The Villain Is Surrounded by Delusional Female Leads Who Won’t Leave Him Alone - Chapter 12:

Chapter 12: If I’m Guilty, the Law Will Punish Me—Not the Female Lead Becoming a Maid to Serve Me

It was Jiang Anran!

She stood there, her face tinged with shyness and unease. Biting her lip gently as if to gather her courage, she finally opened her mouth and said, “Starting today, I’m Young Master Fei’s maid. I’ll be responsible for taking care of all your daily needs.” After speaking, she lowered her head, not daring to meet Fei Yangyao’s eyes.

“Huh?! What’s going on? What happened? Jiang Anran? Why are you here?”

Fei Yangyao was completely confused. Why was the female lead here?

“Because you were hospitalized, Young Master Fei, Uncle Fu asked me to come and take care of you.”

“Oh, I see… Wait, no—when did you become a maid of the Fei family?”

“Last night. Uncle Fu said there was a job opening here, so I quit my previous job and applied,” Jiang Anran answered honestly.

“Uncle Fu?”

Fei Yangyao instantly sensed Uncle Fu was the key player here. He stopped talking to her and immediately called Uncle Fu to find out what was going on.

…

After hearing Uncle Fu’s explanation, Fei Yangyao finally understood.

So Uncle Fu assumed the house was too empty and someone should be around to keep him company. Since both he and Young Master Fei were hospitalized, he couldn’t personally care for him, so he hired a maid to help look after him—feed him better, improve his nutrition, change his clothes. It was a good thing for everyone.

Fei Yangyao was speechless.

A good thing for everyone?

No, following the plot as planned is what’s good for me. Anything else is bad! I don’t need this “good thing” at all.

As for Jiang Anran? Find a better-paying job?

She doesn’t need that! If she had stayed at the convenience store, she would have run into Ye Chen, raised his favorability, eventually returned to the Lin family, and started a brand-new life. Why would she need to work here?

Wait! The convenience store plot!

Fei Yangyao glanced at the time. It was past 9:00!

His heart sank. Too late. Even if he sent her now, it wouldn’t matter. The scheduled scene time was around now. Even if he rushed her there, it would take nearly an hour from the hospital. Could Ye Chen wait that long?

What am I thinking—of course not!

How was he supposed to save the plot now?

What about her scenes?

And now Jiang Anran, who had nothing to do with him in the original novel, was suddenly placed right beside him.

How could he relax like this?

He had to act every single moment—this would kill him! Even the most overworked corporate bosses only worked 996, but he had to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the whole year round.

Wasn’t this becoming 007?

Fei Yangyao wanted to blow up, but who was he supposed to be mad at?

At Jiang Anran?

No way. He was already trying to keep his distance from her. Any more entanglement and the plot could collapse entirely.

Although… things were already showing signs of collapse, right?

Still, his hard work yesterday paid off. Aside from a few small surprises, the overall outcome had been decent. The system even gave it a B grade.

Yes, he still had the system. That was comforting.

As for blaming Uncle Fu?

Let’s not even go there. Uncle Fu was a trusted old servant of the family. He’d never gotten angry at him before—it would go against his character settings.

Besides, logically speaking, Uncle Fu hadn’t really done anything wrong. It was just a minor misunderstanding.

And honestly, his heroic rescue yesterday had genuinely moved Fei Yangyao. No way he could get angry at him.

Uncle Fu was still recovering. Right—just listen to the doctor.

He should take a good rest for a while.

In the meantime, let that smart-looking Zhao Jinfei from yesterday stick around. He looked like a perfect sidekick for a rich playboy—a natural villain’s lackey. He should be able to understand Fei Yangyao’s intentions easily.

Without delay, Fei Yangyao arranged with Uncle Fu to have Zhao Jinfei temporarily take his place as the new security team leader until Uncle Fu was discharged.

After hanging up the call, Fei Yangyao looked at Jiang Anran, who was peeling fruit with big sparkling eyes, and felt a headache coming on.

“Uh… Jiang Anran, stop cutting. I’m officially informing you—you’re fired!” Fei Yangyao assumed a domineering posture and decided to send her away first.

If I’m guilty, the law will punish me. Not by forcing the female lead to serve me as a maid!

With her hanging around, who knew what weird plot reactions might get triggered? Better to send her away immediately.

“Huh? But I signed a contract! How can you just fire me?” Jiang Anran looked stunned, not understanding what Fei Yangyao was up to.

A contract?

Crap!

One of Fei Yangyao’s core character traits in the novel was respecting contracts. He would never violate a signed agreement, even if the penalty fees meant nothing to him.

He wouldn’t even go behind someone’s back to breach it.

In fact, in the original novel, his company had signed a trap-filled contract because of this trait, which ultimately caused a financial collapse, followed by bankruptcy and total ruin.

This trait was critical—he couldn’t break it.

…

After a silent stare between them, Fei Yangyao decided to have Uncle Fu send him a copy of the contract first. Know your enemy to win, after all.

The more he read, the worse he felt.

This damned contract directly stated: “Follow Young Master Fei and serve him at all times.” Wasn’t this completely binding?

“No other part-time jobs allowed?” What the hell?! She had her own plotline!

“Except for rare holidays, no days off all year?” This was lawsuit bait! Labor laws—ever heard of them?

And there were many other harsh terms. Fei Yangyao couldn’t help but mourn for the poor working class. All this suffering, just for a nice paycheck in the end.

This job intensity… Well, your free time might be sacrificed, but the salary made up for it.

It had the flavor of a programmer in a major internet tech company.

Uncle Fu had been kind-hearted… but not entirely.

“I’m gonna nap now, don’t disturb me!” Fei Yangyao was forced to continue acting like an arrogant rich kid even in his own territory.

He entered the system.

“System, what do I do now? Jiang Anran is stuck here, refusing to leave! What about her plotline?”

He hadn’t expected that one day he’d be stressing not just over his own plot, but someone else’s too.

[Host, rest assured. The plot has not been affected in any meaningful way. Even if there is a change, it’s negligible.]

The system responded at lightning speed, but Fei Yangyao still felt uneasy.

Then again… he thought it over. He was only here to patch the Heavenly Dao. As long as he played the villain role well, the rest wasn’t his business. Why worry over nothing? If the system wasn’t panicking, why should he?

Besides, Jiang Anran’s meeting with Ye Chen wasn’t something he could force to happen anyway.

Having thought it through, Fei Yangyao stopped caring. He exited the system interface and sneakily lifted an eyelid to peek at Jiang Anran. She was carefully arranging the flower baskets that had been delivered.

After hesitating a moment, he simply closed his eyes and went to sleep.

This was how it was now.

If he stayed awake, he had to act.

But if he was asleep… wouldn’t he get a free pass?

If he didn’t show up in the plot, how could they force him to work overtime?

Not happening!

Time to sleep!