They All Want to Be My Female Lead v2 c73

Chapter 73: Look at Me, Look at Me!

“I don’t want to be here either,” Yan Zhen retorted, cracking his knuckles as he approached Xiao Shi. “But you, you creep, trying to drug and assault your own cousin? You’re sick! They should lock you up and throw away the key.” He adopted a heroic pose. “As a champion of justice, Yan Zhen the Great can’t simply stand by and ignore your wicked deeds… Surrender now, and perhaps I’ll go easy on you.”

“I-I don’t know what you’re talking about! Stop making things up!” Xiao Shi feigned innocence, his acting surprisingly convincing. “You’re the one trespassing! I should be the one calling the guards! L-Leave now, and I’ll pretend this never happened!”

“Seems like you won’t listen to reason. Not that I intended to let you off easy in the first place. You see, yours truly despises scumbags who drug and violate women.”

Xiao Xinyan was merely a test subject for his concentrated Dream Drop Dew. Xiao Shi’s real targets were the four academy flowers residing in his own home!

“W-what are you going to do? Stay back!”

Xiao Shi channeled his Mystic Power, even activating his wrist-mounted Mystic Tool, desperate to escape.

He had witnessed Yan Zhen’s victory over Lan Ke. Fighting him was the last thing on his mind.

Yan Zhen scoffed. With a flick of his mind, he locked onto Xiao Shi with his Spiritual Power and dashed forward, delivering a powerful punch that sent the other boy flying. Xiao Shi crashed into a tree at the edge of the courtyard, the impact nearly causing him to lose his lunch.

“Help! Murder! Ugh…”

Yan Zhen’s foot shot out, barely missing Xiao Shi’s jaw. The impact, however, knocked the other boy unconscious.

After securing the unconscious Xiao Shi to the tree with some rope, Yan Zhen searched him, finding the remaining vials of concentrated Dream Drop Dew. He brought one to his nose, sniffing it thoughtfully.

He’s increased its potency by at least three times. This Xiao Shi really is something.

While other novice male Mystic Refiners secretly concocted aphrodisiacs, this guy had gone above and beyond, actually improving the formula and enhancing its effects. And he had succeeded! He definitely had some talent.

No wonder that Mystic Refiner from the academy had taken an interest in Xiao Shi’s talent and offered to take him on as a disciple. Too bad his morals were rotten. Once this incident came to light, that Mystic Refiner wouldn’t touch him with a ten-foot pole.

Yan Zhen pocketed the concentrated Dream Drop Dew. He wanted to study it further. It might prove useful for future scripted scenarios.

Returning to the window, he could hear Xiao Xinyan’s moans growing louder.

Dream Drop Dew was originally intended to enhance a woman’s pleasure. The concentrated version Xiao Shi had concocted, however, was far more potent. Pleasuring herself wasn’t going to be enough.

To alleviate her current predicament, she either needed a man to keep her occupied for an hour or something to purge the drug’s effects from her system.

With a soft thud, Yan Zhen channeled his Mystic Power, effortlessly removing the window frame thanks to his precise control. A folding screen had been erected inside the room, concealing the source of the moans.

She’s quite the screamer, Yan Zhen thought wryly as he peered around the screen.

Xiao Xinyan was sprawled in the bathtub, her back against one side, legs spread wide open, and both hands moving furiously between them. Her eyes were tightly shut, her breath coming in short, desperate gasps, her face flushed crimson.

Though her personality left much to be desired, there was no denying Xiao Xinyan was attractive. In terms of looks and figure, she was only slightly outmatched by the four academy flowers.

Seeing her in such a compromising position, it would be a lie to say Yan Zhen was completely unaffected.

However, he quickly regained his composure and approached her, his expression carefully neutral. He gently patted her cheek.

“Hey, Miss High-and-Mighty, wake up.”

Xiao Xinyan weakly shook her head, her breath hitching as she mumbled, “Xiao Shi, get away from me! If you come any closer, I’ll have Brother Xiao Mie break your legs! You’re disgusting! I’d rather die than let you touch me! Get out!”

Huh… I thought they were close. So this was how she truly felt?

Yan Zhen’s expression turned strange. “It’s me, Yan Zhen. Xiao Shi is tied up outside.”

“Yan Zhen?” Xiao Xinyan paused, turning her head to look at the young man standing beside the tub. Her eyes slowly focused on him. “You’re Yan Zhen? What are you doing here? Is this a hallucination?”

“No, it’s not a hallucination.”

His words, however, seemed to fall on deaf ears.

“Damn it… why am I thinking about that brat at a time like this… No! I won’t do it with him watching… But why does it feel even better? Ah… Don’t look at me. Go look at Yan Ruyu and Mi Xue’er. I’m not as pretty as them anyway… They always get all the good stuff, even a handsome junior like you… Even though they’re just useless vases… Ah… I want to be looked at too! Look at me! Look at me, Junior! Look at me, look at me, ah…”

Her words ended in a gasp as a tremor ran through her body. Yet, she couldn’t stop. The drug’s effects still had a hold on her.

If this continued, it could cause serious damage, potentially even fatal.

Yan Zhen grabbed her arms, forcefully pulling her hands from the water. He then used a garment hanging on the screen to tie her hands behind her back, preventing her from harming herself further.

Xiao Xinyan thrashed against his hold, her muffled cries echoing in the small room. Her hips bucked, sending waves of water sloshing over the edge of the tub, soaking his clothes.

“Stop it! Calm down and listen to me!” Yan Zhen’s voice hardened.

His words only seemed to agitate her further. Her legs, still dangling over the edge of the tub, rubbed together restlessly.

“Give it to me… give it to me…” she whimpered.

Taking a page from his protagonist playbook, Yan Zhen delivered a swift slap to her face.

Slap!

The sharp sound seemed to jolt Xiao Xinyan back to reality. She gasped, her eyes widening as she stared up at him in a daze.

This woman… she was a bit of a masochist. She had a terrible temper and a sharp tongue, but once she was put in her place, she became surprisingly docile, like a tamed puppy. In the context of the story, she was a classic tsundere.

“You’ve been drugged with a concentrated version of Dream Drop Dew,” he said calmly. “It’s a powerful aphrodisiac designed for women. There are two ways to resolve this. Either we find a man to help you out for an hour or you take this pill, and I use my cultivation to purge the drug’s effects from your system. Which will it be? If you don’t answer, I’ll assume you choose the latter.”

Xiao Xinyan, her hands still bound behind her, nodded weakly.

Yan Zhen swiftly retrieved a “Detoxification Pill” from his storage ring. It was capable of neutralizing the effects of most Tier 1 pills.

“Open up.”

Without waiting for a response, he pinched her jaw, forcing her mouth open. He popped the pill inside, then scooped some water from the tub and made her swallow.

Brushing aside the flower petals floating on the water’s surface, Yan Zhen placed his hand on Xiao Xinyan’s abdomen and began to channel his Mystic Power, guiding the detoxification process.