Cannon Fodder – Chapter 7 – Meeting the Male Lead

Although the original host was jealous, her hostility was directed solely at Su Tao.

Among the freshmen and within her class, the original host was actually quite popular.

Basically, anyone could easily become her friend with just a few compliments.

She had fewer female friends.

But she had no shortage of male admirers.

Her haggard bare-faced photo was posted with a long caption filled with repeated apologies, making it impossible not to feel that she must have gone through something painful.

Concerned and curious comments soon appeared under the post.

Brother Yu: “Xiaocheng, are you okay? Are you sick? Why are you apologizing so much? Who upset you?”

Flower Gentleman: “Who’s the girl in Xiaocheng’s pic? She looks adorable.”

Want to Be Xiaocheng’s Dog: “Is this Xiaocheng’s bare face? She looks a bit pale, but still so pretty! Why do you usually wear makeup? It makes you look worse!”

Xiuhua replied to Want to Be Xiaocheng’s Dog: “What do you mean ‘makeup makes her look worse’? Do you even understand the beauty of makeup, you dumb man? If you don’t, then shut up and stop embarrassing yourself in the comments. And what kind of disgusting username is that?”

Xiuhua @ Chi Xiaocheng: “Xiaocheng, ignore them. A flawless makeup look is the source of a girl’s confidence. The way you look now is way worse than when you’re all dolled up. Did something happen? You can talk to me.”

Yang: “Lol, if this is really Chi Xiaocheng, I’ll eat three pounds of shit. This is obviously heavily edited and filtered!”

Seeing the skepticism, Chi Xiaocheng wasn’t angry.

Influenced by her “sisters,” the original host almost never appeared in public or posted photos without makeup.

Her bare face looked like a completely different person, so doubts were inevitable.

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But that person with the ID “Xiuhua”….

Chi Xiaocheng’s gaze turned icy.

This was one of the original host’s “top three sisters.” They had known each other since high school and ended up in the same dorm after both enrolling in Jiuzhou University.

On the surface, she constantly praised and flattered the original host, pretending to care while actually feeding her insecurities. The original host’s hostility toward Su Tao? This “sister” played no small part in fueling it.

The worst part? The original host actually believed her!

Now that she had transmigrated, this debt would be repaid, one stroke at a time.

After resting, Chi Xiaocheng took out a piece of paper to plan her next steps.

First, before the male leads came knocking, she needed to secure a foothold with Su Tao.

That way, if trouble came, she could rely on Su Tao to resolve it.

Looking at it from another angle, if she were Su Tao, and her childhood friend, who had seemingly turned hostile for over two years, suddenly revealed it was all because of twisted love….

How would she react?

“Ask someone for advice!”

Chi Xiaocheng wrote it down.

Putting herself in Su Tao’s shoes, given her personality, she would definitely seek support when confused.

“And she wouldn’t ask the male leads, because this involves me.”

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Those male leads already hated her. Asking them would only make things worse.

Because of her performance, Su Tao hadn’t completely given up on “Chi Xiaocheng” like in the original plot, where she stopped caring and let the male leads kick her out of the game.

Instead, she was left bewildered and conflicted!

“Then, according to the original story, aside from me, who else is Su Tao close to…?”

Chi Xiaocheng frowned, feeling a headache coming on.

In her past life, she hadn’t actually read this novel. It was just so popular that she occasionally stumbled upon AI-narrated clips summarizing it. ¹ this is true. If I transmigrated right now, I would probably end up in one of those AI summarized stories T-T

She only knew the general plot, not the detailed character dynamics.

“System, do something useful. Don’t just sit there being useless.”

Helpless, she could only pin her hopes on this sarcastic golden finger.

The system responded professionally.

[It is recommended that the host spend emotional points to purchase the novel All the Cannon Fodder Female Leads Get Wiped Out, All the Male Gods Fall for Me. Each chapter costs 5 emotional points, allowing the host to understand the story’s progression.]

Chi Xiaocheng slowly typed a question mark. “I asked for advice, and this is your solution?”

“Also, 5 emotional points for one chapter? That’s daylight robbery!”

She only had a little over a dozen points left. Though, thanks to her social media post, she’d gained a few more during her break.

“Can I at least see the table of contents first?”

[Affirmative.]

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Through the system interface, Chi Xiaocheng quickly skimmed to around Chapter 100.

Sure enough, at Chapter 108, she saw the title: “The Death of Chi Xiaocheng.”

“Survival is the top priority. And if I want to insert myself into later plotlines to farm emotional points from other characters, I should try to buy as many later chapters as possible!”

But who could provide emotional points right now?

Chi Xiaocheng pondered the novel’s characters, her gaze eventually landing on the commenter with the ID “Yang.”

One of the novel’s male leads, Dongfang Yang.

In the original host’s memories, he was the male lead with the least involvement with her so far.

“‘If this is really her bare face, I’ll eat three pounds of shit’?”

“I wonder if this young master keeps his promises.”

Chi Xiaocheng opened WeChat and sent him a message: “You there?”

Watch and learn. This is a masterclass.

Yang: “Chi Xiaocheng, you dare message me?”

Clearly, he already knew about the original host imprisoning Su Tao.

His current location? A certain private hospital.

Chi Xiaocheng initially considered sending a voice message to leverage her naturally sweet voice, but remembering his negative favorability, she realized any charm would backfire.

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So she typed: “I’m sorry, I’ve truly realized my mistakes! I won’t bother you anymore. I just wanted to apologize one last time.”

“I really understand now that I was wrong!”

The yandere persona wouldn’t work on these male leads.

Dongfang Yang coldly replied: “Oh? So starting today, you don’t like me anymore and won’t annoy me, is that it?”

Though not frequent, the original host had confessed to Dongfang Yang a few times.

Every single time, she was rejected.

And because of her attitude toward Su Tao, Dongfang Yang’s disgust for her only grew.

Among the male leads, Dongfang Yang was somewhat of a loser.

Initially, he treated Su Tao as a little sister, but slowly, under the influence of her protagonist halo and the lethal charm of a White Moonlight Heroine, he joined the fierce competition among the male leads.

His favorability toward Su Tao wasn’t at the “unshakably devoted” level yet, which was why Chi Xiaocheng targeted him first.

After some thought, she crafted a message dripping with fake humility:

“I’m really sorry. After Su Tao talked to me in the basement, I truly realized my mistakes. Besides, someone like you would never be interested in someone like me, right? I was delusional before, and I disturbed you.”

The mention of the basement clearly piqued Dongfang Yang’s interest.

Two messages arrived in quick succession.

“Glad you finally got it. Don’t daydream about someone like me. I’d never be interested in trash like you.”

“I’m at the Zhuxia Café on campus. Meet me there. You’d better explain everything that happened in the basement, down to the last detail!”