Chapter 1: The Substitute Female Side Character
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Just as Gu Mo regained her consciousness, a handsome man in front of her coldly addressed her, “Gu Mo, there's no discussion here. It’s just a notification. Please sign and seal this divorce agreement immediately."
Having just arrived on this plane, Gu Mo's soul was still struggling to integrate fully with her physical body, the pain at the moment was tearing at her soul.
She was drenched in a cold sweat, and her body was slightly trembling, yet all the people in the room observed her with cold, angry gazes.
An elegantly dressed mid-aged woman who obviously took great care of herself, frowned and impatiently said, "Mo Mo, stop this charade; this will get you nowhere.”
Then the woman’s tone turned serious.
“Mo Mo, Si Cheng was never your husband to begin with. Now that your sister has returned, rightfully, he should return to her; surrender Si Cheng to your younger sister."
"Ling Ling has suffered a lot over the years; raising her child on her own. In the meantime, you had been living comfortably in the Si family. Don't you feel that you owe her?”
"Xiao Bao is your own nephew, can you bear to see him growing up in a single-parent family, without a father?"
"Mo Mo, why don't you speak?! Are you still unwilling to sacrifice for your sister? Do you really want your sister to bear the stigma of having a child out of wedlock for the rest of her life? How can you be so selfish?"
"Si Cheng—who had been unaware that Ling Ling was his fiancee—fell in love with her and fathered her child. This only goes to show that they are meant to be. Why do you insist on splitting them apart? Do you simply not want to see your sister thriving?"
"Ling Ling loves Si Cheng; without him, she will never find happiness in her life. Look at her now! She has become emaciated. She has fainted from guilt several times and has developed severe psychological issues. Are you really going to push her until she has no choice but a dead end? How could I have birthed such a cold-hearted daughter?"
"Ling Ling has made too many sacrifices for you already. She finally found her happiness, and even has a child…"
A laundry list of accusations followed, putting all blame on Gu Mo. It was as if Ling Ling’s every misfortune was her doing, and she needed to sacrifice all she had to make up for it—it was the least Gu Mo could do to make it up to Gu Ling.
At this moment, Gu Mo felt a suffocating pressure on her chest.
That was the emotion left behind by the original body.
Indeed, the current Gu Mo is no longer the Gu Mo from before.
She hailed from the year 3024 in the Star Era, thousands of years in the future, a distinguished scientist. Due to the scarcity of resources in the year 3024, she, as a scientist, created a photonic brain space system using advanced technology.
This photonic brain system not only had storage capabilities, but it also helped her capture bodies that were highly compatible with her soul.
And the owners of these bodies were either unable, or unwilling, to return due to various reasons.
In order to borrow these bodies and venture to the outside world to gather resources, Gu Mo promised to grant each original body fulfillment of one wish.
Because there were many unknown factors in the photonic brain system, Gu Mo became the first user of this system.
The worst-case scenario still occurred in the end. She could travel across any space and time using the photonic brain system but found herself unable to return to the Star Era 3024.
Gu Mo could only improve the photonic brain system while collecting resources.
Currently, this plane was generated from a novel.
The female protagonist, Gu Ling, and the male lead, Ou Sicheng, were betrothed since childhood. However, they had never met after growing up. Ou Sicheng always feigned disability to strategically outsmart others and win the family struggle, others perceived him as cold and brutal.
Gu Ling was dissatisfied with her family's decision of marrying her to such a man. Before the wedding, she went to a bar to drink her dissatisfaction away, mistakenly entered the wrong room, and had a one-night stand with a strange man in the hotel. The night before her wedding, she ran away from home.
Gu Ling's family couldn't withstand the outrage from Ou's family because of her elopement, hence they had their eldest daughter married in her stead.
The runaway Gu Ling soon found herself pregnant. She gave birth to a genius baby abroad all alone, and also met the second male lead, Han Xiuyuan, under his care.
Five years later, Gu Ling returned to her country and ran into Ou Sicheng. Recognizing her as the woman from that night, he decided to dote extravagantly on her to the point of leaving her bedridden, preventing her from escape.
The two of them carried on in a shameless pursuit of each other, often resolving disputes in bed. After a series of misunderstandings and tests of love, the lovers were finally united.
As for Gu Mo, she was now the cannon fodder of the book, not even deserving a name and exiting the story after a few chapters - she was the older sister who replaced the female lead, Gu Ling, in her marriage.
When Gu Mo's mother was pregnant with her, her husband was having an affair. Desperate to solidify her position, she hoped to give birth to a boy.
A few days before her due date, the mistress came to provoke her, making her so angry that it led to a difficult labor. After much suffering, she gave birth to a girl.
As a result, Gu Mo's mother didn't like her eldest daughter.
But when Gu Ling was born, the family’s business was doing well, and her husband returned to the family. Gu Ling received her mother's love.
Furthermore, the younger daughter was lively and innocent from childhood. She was smart, understanding, and talented in various arts, making her a source of pride in public. The eldest daughter, on the other hand, was reserved and poor in conversation, and her grades weren't good, which made her an unpleasing existence.
Therefore, Gu Mo's mother favored her younger daughter even more, while the eldest daughter was more or less dispensable.
In time, Gu Mo's father also started to dislike his eldest daughter.
Most outsiders were only aware that the Gu family had such an excellent daughter as Gu Ling, and were entirely oblivious to the existence of Gu Mo.
After Gu Ling ran away from her wedding, Gu Mo's parents did not hesitate to push Gu Mo forward to marry Ou Sicheng in her sister's place. Then, when Gu Ling and Ou Sicheng fell in love, they demanded that Gu Mo give up her husband, claiming that Ou Sicheng was meant to be Gu Ling's husband.
Gu Ling, the genius darling, had also become a convenient helper. She came up with pranks to play on Gu Mo, just to make the "third party", Gu Mo, disappear and satisfy her parents.
However, everyone around her believed these tricks were just proof of the child's cleverness. If Gu Mo was bothered by it, they claimed it was Gu Mo who was in the wrong.
As an adult, what good would it do to argue with a child?
They believed it was just a child pulling pranks; how serious could it be?
The child even concocted a plan to have someone kidnap his own body for a prank, aiming to frighten his original self.
However, he did not anticipate that the person he had hired would actually harbor serious intentions, and ended up kidnapping both his original self and Gu Ling.
After receiving the ransom, the kidnappers, unsatisfied with the sum of money, decided to release one hostage and forced Ou Si Cheng to make a selection.
Without any hesitation, Ou Si Cheng chose Gu Ling, leaving his original self behind. The second ransom demanded by the kidnappers was also left unpaid by Ou Si Cheng.
Realizing they could not obtain any more money, the kidnappers simply freed his original self. After all, their goal was merely money, not murder.
Nonetheless, the original body, who returned unscathed, was blamed by everyone. They claimed that she had arranged the kidnapping herself and got what she deserved. No one thought about how terrified this young woman was during those days of captivity. Nobody knew how despairing she felt when Ou Si Cheng took Gu Ling away and left her behind.
