An Atypical Tragic Romance Heroine

Chu Xun is a well-known fool in high society.

A mute girl raised in the countryside, she could never turn a pheasant into a phoenix.

The young master of the Qi family, whom she secretly loves, despises her. The older brother she wants to get close to looks down on her. Even her perfect-looking childhood friend treats her as a lackey who must come running whenever called, then leaves whenever dismissed... And yet she keeps trailing after them, impossible to shake off.

Little fool.

They always call her that with mocking disdain, but never tire of tormenting her.

*

At the racetrack, Zhuang Xu leans against the hood, smiling with crinkled eyes amid the swirling smoke. In a lazy, casual tone, he suggests, "Whoever wins gets her for the night. How about it?"

The two men opposite him say nothing. They only glance at Chu Xun, sitting beneath a gardenia tree with her arms wrapped around her knees, staring straight at them. So tacky, stiff, and mind-numbingly boring.

As always, they take her silence for agreement.

After the race, Chu Xun is dragged into a car. A man who seems to have sprung from nowhere grabs her sleeve with a desperate grip, his eyes reddening as he grits his teeth. "Host, we're done with this! We..."

Naturally, he's dragged away and beaten.

Zhuang Xu wipes the blood from his hands and moves closer to Chu Xun, asking curiously, "Do you know him, Xiao Xun?"

He thinks she'll timidly lower her head and mumble that she doesn't know him. Instead, he hears her calm voice.

"Zhuang Xu, let him go."

His smile slowly fades. "Let who go?"

Chu Xun turns her head and presses the craft knife hidden in her sleeve against his neck. Her eyes are pitch-black as she repeats, "Let him go."

*

In the System's space, the System sobs indignantly. "Host, don't you really feel wronged? They're just too awful..."

"It's all right. I don't even have to say a word, and the compensation money arrives... Did you forget? The terms I made you sign say that every insult and taunt counts toward the amount of emotional damages I'm owed."

She glances at the System, still crying pitifully. "Besides, you spent a lot of that money. That person who framed me last time... didn't you already kill him?"

*

1. All the male leads are virgins, physically and emotionally pure, but they aren't good people.

2. The heroine loves none of the male leads. Everyone thinks she's disliked, but in truth she's adored by all.

3. There is a groveling arc.

4. The System is also one of the male leads.

5. Her muteness is an early language disability, part of the angsty setup. But the heroine is also too lazy to talk. When something happens, she'd rather use her fists than her words.

Theme: Be independent and self-reliant.