Cannon Fodder in an Era Drama — I Survive with Acting-Chapter 61: An Inescapable Calamity

"AHHH—"

Sun Yaoguang screamed with all his might.

The sudden discovery made Wen Wei’s eyes widen, looking like they were about to pop out of their sockets.

She finally recognized exactly who that man was.

At that moment, her heart was beating so fast it felt like it would leap from her chest.

Her entire body trembled slightly.

"Who is he? I really don’t know this person! Song Qingya, don’t try to frame me! I definitely didn’t bring him here!"

Wen Wei hurriedly tried to defend herself, eager to distance herself from him.

Faced with this denial, Song Qingya retorted mercilessly, "I haven’t said a thing. Why are you already admitting you know him?"

She pointed it out bluntly, giving Wen Wei no chance to escape.

Song Qingya continued, "Wen Wei, if you really can’t remember what you’ve done, why don’t we let Mr. Qi here speak for you? I’m sure he can describe everything perfectly."

"No, that’s not necessary! I remember it very clearly... I remember I did discuss some things with him. His name is Sun Yaoguang. We’ve had some dealings."

She practically ground her teeth, forcing herself to control her emotions.

She absolutely could not let Sun Yaoguang have any chance to open his mouth and explain.

Otherwise, once the truth came out, she would likely be doomed.

So, Wen Wei quickly fabricated a reason.

"That night, after Aunt Wang kicked me out of the house, I ran into Sun Yaoguang. He said he was looking for a wife and hoped I could introduce him to someone. So I just jokingly suggested he could come look for you."

"Oh, so that’s how it is," Song Qingya replied coldly.

"Could you possibly make up something more ridiculous?"

Seeing the situation was dire, Wen Wei had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue her excuses. "I didn’t think he would actually come looking for you! I swear, I had no idea he would show up. Maybe he was drunk!"

As she spoke, she desperately shot glances at Sun Yaoguang.

From the look on Song Qingya’s face, she clearly didn’t intend to let this matter go easily.

Tomorrow morning, she would very likely hand this matter over to the police.

Their conspiracy was far more serious than her own failed attempt at drugging someone.

Wen Wei didn’t know the specific articles of the law.

But her intuition told her the consequences of the former were much more severe than the latter.

So she had to get her story straight with Sun Yaoguang.

As muddle-headed as Sun Yaoguang was, he could see that Wen Wei was making excuses for the two of them.

He quickly nodded in support, eager to prove that what Wen Wei said was true.

"Do you really think I’m an idiot?"

Song Qingya asked with a cold laugh.

She was sick and tired of this endless struggle with Wen Wei.

In truth, Song Qingya never intended to be too harsh with the original female lead.

But she had been provoked time and again by Wen Xiuxiu.

At first, Song Qingya thought Wen Xiuxiu was just jealous because she liked Fei Jin and was intentionally causing some minor trouble.

But after this incident, Song Qingya had a complete awakening.

The Wen Xiuxiu of today was no longer the original female lead.

As for where Wen Xiuxiu’s soul had gone, no one knew.

Inside this body was her arch-nemesis from modern society—Wen Wei.

And Wen Wei... she was just plain vicious.

"Wen Wei, do you want to know how I recognized you?"

Song Qingya’s gaze was like a torch as she stared at the other woman’s face and asked.

"Why would I want to know?"

Wen Wei ground her teeth, glaring at Song Qingya.

It was as if she wanted to tear Song Qingya to shreds with her eyes alone.

Song Qingya gently twirled the keys in her hand and said slowly, "Because only someone like you would think of destroying a woman’s reputation to utterly defeat an opponent. This kind of despicable method is something no one with a shred of humanity would do, let alone the original Wen Xiuxiu."

"How can you guarantee that if Wen Xiuxiu were still here, she wouldn’t do the same thing as me?"

Even now, Wen Wei still believed she had done nothing wrong.

She didn’t understand why everyone treated her this way.

’After all, I’m supposed to be the female lead of this story.’

’What’s wrong with taking back the male lead?’

This question churned in her mind.

’Even if I used some extreme measures, it was all something I deserved.’

Unfortunately, she overlooked one thing.

She hadn’t realized that with the changes in time and circumstances, many things had quietly shifted.

As the differences between her and the original Wen Xiuxiu grew larger and larger, the image of the Wen Xiuxiu who might have spent her life with Fei Jin became increasingly blurred.

This rendered all her previous efforts gradually meaningless.

Song Qingya opened the gate to the pigsty.

At that moment, she didn’t waver in the slightest.

When she looked at Wen Wei again, there wasn’t a trace of pity in her eyes.

"Song Qingya, you actually kicked me! Ahh, that fall is killing me! It hurts so much."

Wen Wei’s voice was tinged with tears.

She never imagined Song Qingya would treat her like this.

Wen Wei’s foot slipped, and she fell directly into the pigsty, her face covered in a filthy mixture of pig manure and mud.

A foul stench filled the air, making her instinctively cover her nose.

But even so, the filth still clung to her skin.

"BLECH—"

A wave of nausea surged up from her stomach, nearly bursting from her throat.

She was already starving, and this ordeal made her feel like she was about to vomit up bile.

’How dare Song Qingya do this to me!’

The thought echoed in Wen Wei’s mind.

She swore a silent oath.

’When I make a comeback, I’ll definitely get a dozen old, ugly men to teach her a lesson.’

However, when she turned and saw Sun Yaoguang’s greedy gaze, Wen Wei collapsed to the ground.

The malice revealed in that look sent a sudden chill through her.

Seeing that even Wen Wei had been thrown in to suffer with him, Sun Yaoguang felt the pain in his arm fade as his strength returned.

He stared at Wen Wei, slowly inching toward her.

Seeing this, Song Qingya let out a soft sigh.

She walked forward and untied the ropes binding Sun Yaoguang’s feet.

This act made Sun Yaoguang ecstatic.

But lust is a blade hanging over one’s head. No matter how angry one gets, one shouldn’t lose their reason.

True, the woman before him was filthy, covered in dust and mud.

But a closer look revealed that she was actually decent-looking.

Sun Yaoguang didn’t care about such superficial things one bit.

Watching Sun Yaoguang close in on her step by step, Wen Wei was terrified.

Her whole body trembled, and her legs felt incredibly weak.

She wanted absolutely nothing to do with a vicious-looking old bachelor like him.

"Qing... Qingya, are you really going to..."

She thought of the common plots in novels.

The female lead is often framed and trapped, only to turn the tables and emerge victorious.

And now, it seemed this very script was about to play out with her as the victim.

Wen Xiuxiu was so scared she couldn’t even speak.

Her entire body trembled uncontrollably.