The Villain’s Inner Thoughts Were Exposed, and the Female Leads All Lost It - Chapter 3:

Chapter 3: This Plot Isn’t Right

Lin Fan forcefully pushed open the heavy door of the private room. The noise inside abruptly died, as though severed by a blade. The rotating disco ball cast shifting, hazy patterns of light across one stunned face after another, while the air carried a mixture of alcohol, cigar smoke, and cloying fruit fragrance.

At the center of all this extravagance sat Su Wan, like a solitary, unapproachable peak of ice. She wore an impeccably tailored pearl-white business skirt suit that outlined her graceful figure while somehow making her seem even colder and more distant. Her long black hair was meticulously pinned behind her head, revealing a smooth forehead and a strikingly beautiful face.

Her skin gleamed like polished jade beneath the lights. Her nose was high and elegant, while her beautifully shaped lips were pressed into a thin line. Most striking of all were her eyes, like obsidian submerged in an icy pool, clear and bright yet radiating a chilling aura that warned strangers to keep their distance. She merely sat there in silence, yet the surrounding noise seemed unable to reach her.

Lin Fan steeled himself and walked closer. He had to admit that Su Wan certainly possessed everything needed to make the original Lin Fan obsess over her.

[Tsk. Su Wan might be a little too cold, but that face and temperament really are flawless… She looks like one of those supermodels from a magazine, except she doesn’t even need photo editing. What a shame those eyes look like they could freeze someone to death.]

While silently evaluating her, Lin Fan desperately forced an arrogant expression onto his face.

Stopping in front of Su Wan, he deliberately raised his voice. However, his nervousness left his throat slightly dry as he declared, “Wanwan, what’s the point of singing with these old men? Come back with this Young Master!”

The moment those words fell, the private room became terrifyingly silent. The “old men” he had just singled out immediately turned grim.

Lin Fan was already screaming internally.

[It’s over! I finished the line! The countdown to my death has officially begun! According to the script, Ye Chen is about to burst through that door!]

When Su Wan heard the same tiresome harassment yet again, she did not even raise her eyelids. All she felt was the familiar irritation accompanied by a trace of exhaustion.

She was about to signal her assistant with her eyes and put an end to this farce when an incredibly clear “voice,” filled with despair and frantic complaints, suddenly crashed into her mind.

[According to Chapter 35 of “The Ice-Cold CEO’s Personal Soldier King,” that bastard Ye Chen is about to burst through the door as if he calculated the timing down to the second, then put on his heroic rescue performance! After that, he’ll use a standard military shoulder throw on me, toss me away like garbage, and smash my face straight through that glass coffee table! And I’ll even have to pay my own medical bills!]

Su Wan’s upright posture stiffened almost imperceptibly.

‘That voice?!’

It was Lin Fan’s voice!

Yet his mouth was clearly closed!

Even more absurd was what the voice was saying. Chapter 35? Ye Chen bursting through the door? A shoulder throw?

Su Wan clenched the hands resting on her knees. Her fingertips dug into her palms as she tried to use the pain to dispel this unbelievable auditory hallucination.

‘This is ridiculous! How could I, Su Wan, possibly experience such an absurd hallucination? I must have been under too much pressure lately.’

However, the “voice” did not stop. Instead, it continued in a tone that made her deeply uncomfortable, as though casually revealing spoilers about her own future.

[And the most frustrating part is you, Su Wan, you iceberg! According to the original novel, you should be looking at me like I’m a disgusting fly right now. Then you’ll give Ye Chen that grateful “my savior has arrived” look. Later, he’ll keep helping you through all sorts of convenient “coincidences” and shower you with his domineering concern. Eventually, he’ll forcibly melt this iceberg of yours, and you’ll become completely devoted to him as one of the important members of his harem!]

‘Harem? Grateful? Toward Ye Chen, that newly appointed security captain?’

An overwhelming sense of absurdity surged through Su Wan, accompanied by the intense feeling that she had been personally insulted.

She would look at a subordinate with the grateful eyes of some helpless young woman?

She would even become a member of some ridiculous “harem”?

It was an insult to both her intelligence and her dignity.

At that moment…

“Click.”

An extremely faint sound came from the metallic door handle.

Inside the suddenly silent private room, Su Wan’s keen senses caught it immediately.

‘Someone is outside!’

Almost the instant she heard Lin Fan’s inner thoughts and detected the movement beyond the door, Su Wan reacted.

Her eyes snapped upward, and her gaze shot toward Lin Fan like an icy blade. Open disgust filled her expression, mixed with the impatience of someone who had finally reached the limits of her tolerance.

“Lin Fan, how much longer do you intend to continue this childish farce? Leave immediately, or I’ll call security!”

On the surface, she was simply ordering Lin Fan to leave because of his harassment. Yet the timing of her words was extraordinarily precise.

She spoke exactly one moment before the person outside was about to push open the door.

Moreover, her gaze was not entirely focused on Lin Fan. From the corner of her eye, she was watching that door with intense vigilance.

The brilliance of her actions lay in how perfectly they matched her usual image as an Ice-Cold CEO who despised Lin Fan and wanted to end his ridiculous behavior. At the same time, this was also an extremely discreet test.

If the person who entered in the next moment really was Ye Chen…

Then…

Lin Fan was stunned by Su Wan’s sudden rebuke, which somehow felt even colder than usual.

[You’re telling me to leave? I’d love to leave! But this damn System won’t let me! It’s over, it’s over! The moment you finish saying that, Ye Chen is going to walk in. Won’t that make it look even more like he came here specifically to “save you”? There’ll be no explaining this afterward!]

Just as Lin Fan wailed internally…

“BANG!!”

The door of the private room was violently thrown open with tremendous force, producing a deafening crash.

A figure stood at the entrance, silhouetted against the light from the corridor.

The newcomer wore a simple white T-shirt and dark athletic pants. His posture was straight and firm like a pine tree. Beneath his short, slightly tousled black hair was a sharply defined face with strong, rugged features.

His eyes were like those of a razor-sharp hawk. They swept across the entire room in an instant, carrying an invisible pressure before locking firmly onto Lin Fan, who stood in front of Su Wan.

The cold, hardened aura surrounding him stood in stark contrast to the luxurious decadence of the private room.

It was Ye Chen!

Su Wan’s pupils abruptly contracted.

Although her face maintained its usual frosty expression, a tsunami had already erupted within her heart.

‘It really is him! Even the timing matches perfectly! Could that voice really be something more than an auditory hallucination?!’

Ye Chen’s appearance, combined with Su Wan having “just happened” to sternly order Lin Fan away at this exact moment, looked to everyone present like the perfect opening scene of a classic heroic rescue.

Even Ye Chen himself seemed to believe his timing could not have been better. A faint trace of confidence flashed across his stern face, as though everything was unfolding entirely within his control.

Lin Fan screamed internally.

[Ye Chen! He’s here! He’s really here! The Soldier King has arrived! Su Wan, you damn jinx! You really summoned him just by talking about it! Your “destined man” has come to rescue you!]

‘No!’

Alarm bells exploded inside Su Wan’s mind.

If there was even the slightest truth to Lin Fan’s inner thoughts, she absolutely could not allow this so-called “plot” to continue according to its predetermined course.

Especially after hearing what came next.

[Your massive Su Group practically becomes Ye Chen’s dowry for expanding his power later on! And you’re still giving me that cold look? Wake up! Both of us are unlucky bastards trapped in this stupid script! The only difference is that I’m about to get physically beaten, while you’ll be sold out and still unknowingly help the person who sold you count the money!]

‘Dowry? Help him count the money?’

Those words burned against Su Wan’s pride and bottom line like red-hot branding irons.

She, Su Wan, had poured countless hours and immense effort into managing the Su Group. How could it possibly become someone else’s stepping stone?

A powerful sense of humiliation and fury rose within her, mixed with deep unease over whether she should believe that bizarre voice.

In that instant, she made her decision.

Just as Ye Chen parted his lips, preparing to deliver the line destined to begin the “plot,” Su Wan abruptly stood up.

Her movement was so sudden that she knocked over the glass in front of her.

“Crash!”

The glass shattered against the floor, sending water spreading across the surface.

Su Wan paid it no attention.

Her gaze was cold and resolute. This time, it was no longer directed solely at Lin Fan. Her eyes swept across the entire room without even settling on Ye Chen.

Her voice carried unquestionable authority. Although the faintest uncontrollable tremor could be heard beneath that coldness, her words clearly cut off Ye Chen before he could begin.

“My apologies, everyone. I’m feeling extremely unwell and must leave immediately! Put tonight’s expenses on my account. Excuse me!”

Without giving anyone time to react, Su Wan lowered her head slightly and raised an arm to partially shield herself. Her steps were hurried and somewhat disordered, yet astonishingly fast.

She moved around Ye Chen, whose expression instantly darkened, and practically rushed out of the private room.

Despite the haste in her retreat, her departing figure carried the determination of someone who had burned every bridge behind her.

Ye Chen froze where he stood.

Every line he had prepared was forcibly trapped in his throat.

He stared at Su Wan’s rapidly disappearing figure, then turned toward the equally dumbfounded Lin Fan.

For the first time, his sharp eyes filled with astonishment and confusion, accompanied by a trace of irritation from having his plans completely disrupted.

This was nothing like what he had expected!

Lin Fan was equally stunned.

[What? She left? Just like that? I… I’m safe? Ye Chen’s grand show ended before it even started? This plot has gone completely off the rails!]

[Ding! Abnormal departure of core plot character Su Wan detected. Interaction with Ye Chen did not occur according to the original novel. Host’s initial provocation mission completion rate evaluated at 80%.]

[Reward Settlement: Skill “Beginner Driving Proficiency” acquired permanently. Plot Points +4. Due to plot deviation, rewards have been appropriately reduced. Current total Plot Points: 14.]

The System notification jolted Lin Fan back to his senses.

An overwhelming sense of relief flooded through him after narrowly escaping disaster. He no longer had the presence of mind to wonder why Su Wan had behaved so strangely tonight.

Before Ye Chen could redirect his anger toward him, Lin Fan immediately seized the opportunity and slipped away as quickly as possible.

Ye Chen was left standing alone at the entrance of the private room like a clown abandoned at center stage, facing an entire room of dumbfounded spectators.

His meticulously planned entrance had transformed into an utterly embarrassing spectacle.

From the moment he appeared, the script had already been forcibly twisted in another direction by an invisible force.

Meanwhile, Su Wan sat in the back seat of a speeding sedan, her slightly trembling hands tightly clenched together. Her chest rose and fell heavily.

That mysterious voice…

Ye Chen appearing at precisely the predicted moment…

And those terrifying predictions about her future…

“Inner thoughts… Ye Chen… harem… dowry…”

She murmured the words under her breath.

Within her normally icy eyes were immense shock, an overwhelming sense of absurdity she could not shake, anger at having been insulted, and a deep wariness toward the unknown.

Everything that had happened tonight was far too unbelievable. She could not immediately bring herself to believe it all.

However, a seed called “suspicion” had already taken root deep within her heart, carrying with it a bone-chilling cold.

Su Wan turned toward the brilliantly illuminated city outside the window. Gradually, some of her usual calmness and sharpness returned to her eyes.

“Whatever that was…” Su Wan drew a deep breath. “If something thinks it can control my fate, it won’t be that easy.”