The mind-reading fake heiress changes her fate by eating melons.

In fact, An Ling later carefully analyzed the mysterious man's words at the time.

The reason that person appeared and gave her a second chance was because a major plot hole occurred: the villainous female supporting character was killed, preventing the true identity of the female lead as the real heiress from being discovered.

The novel's plot was able to progress after the truth about the real and fake heiresses was discovered. If the heroine's true identity as the heroine wasn't revealed, she would lose the prerequisite for becoming the heroine, potentially causing the entire novel's world to collapse. This led to the three tasks that the mysterious person gave An Ling.

She had already completed the first two tasks, but she waited and waited and waited and never heard from that mysterious person again to give her a definite answer.

Without receiving a definite reply from that mysterious person, An Ling dared not make the decision to abandon the persona on her own, and could only keep dragging it on.

But dragging this out like this isn't a solution; we can't keep acting like this forever, can we?

An Ling figured it out herself. Just to be on the safe side, she decided to keep acting and then slowly test the waters to see if there would be any punishment if she didn't maintain the persona.

She set the time to begin this probing activity after the family reunion banquet ended.

Since the family reunion banquet signifies that the An family has officially acknowledged the true daughter's identity, the prerequisite for her becoming the female lead of this novel has been 100% met.

Now that this has been achieved, the world won't collapse, right?

As long as the world doesn't collapse, everything is fine!

“Xiao Ling,” Gu Chenming replied with a disapproving look, “Today is the banquet for Uncle An and Aunt Pei to reunite with their biological daughter and son. It’s a happy occasion for the entire An family. You should be happy for them. Why are you hiding in a place like this?”

"How can I be happy for them? Am I, this fake heiress, supposed to welcome them with fanfare and grovel in order to be happy for them?"

"Besides, what else can I do if I don't hide here? Disturb their family reunion or listen to others mocking me?"

An Ling discovered that pretending to be jealous of Qiu Nian and directly arguing with Gu Chenming by grasping the meaning behind his words was much more comfortable than pretending to love him to the point of being clingy and cuddly. At least she didn't feel nauseous.

Anyway, being jealous and possessive is just a manifestation of being a "simp"! It's not like she's completely ruining her image!

This was a method she had painstakingly come up with.

Seeing that An Ling made no attempt to hide her hostility towards Qiu Nian in this situation, Gu Chenming thought that An Ling was indeed a brainless idiot, and it seemed that his provocation last time had worked.

“Don’t do this, Xiaoling,” Gu Chenming frowned at An Ling, “You’re only making things difficult for your aunt and uncle. No matter what, they still treat you like their own daughter. They’ve given you plenty of what they should have given you. You should be more understanding…”

"Understand?" An Ling sneered. "What about me? I've been a daughter in the An family for over twenty years, and now suddenly I'm an outsider. Who's going to understand me? Was it my fault that they mixed up the children?"

With red-rimmed eyes, An Ling perfectly portrayed a vicious female supporting character blinded by jealousy, saying, "Why should I be expected to forgive Qiu Nian for taking everything from me?"

Although there were few people at the place An Ling chose, there were still a few guests present. Now, with Yan Yu and Gu Chenming arriving one after another, this famous pair of simps in the circle have come together in a rare way. Soon, the surrounding guests began to slowly move towards this small corner, pretending to be casual.

Therefore, An Ling's words attracted the attention of many guests nearby. While they were still chatting with each other on the surface, they actually wished they could pluck their eyes and ears off and throw them at An Ling.

They had previously heard that An Ling and Qiu Nian got along quite well, but now it seems that seeing is believing and hearing is deceiving. An Ling's behavior today was hardly harmonious.

A triumphant smile flashed in Gu Chenming's eyes, but his face showed even more disapproval:

"Xiaoling, you've really disappointed me. No matter what, Qiu Nian is the most innocent one. Besides, I told you before, Qiu Nian never wanted to compete with you for anything. How can you say that she stole everything from you? It was clearly you who stole it..."

"Gu Chenming." Yan Yu interrupted Gu Chenming with an unhappy expression.

Although he knew that An Ling was putting on an act with Gu Chenming, Yan Yu felt a sour taste in his mouth and felt uncomfortable all over when he saw her talking to Gu Chenming.

"It's been a while since I've seen you. I didn't even know you became a father. Congratulations! How old is your child now?"

Gu Chenming was stunned.

"Mr. Yan, don't joke around. What do you mean by becoming a father? I'm not even married yet, where would I get a child from?"

"You're not a father yet?" Yan Yu asked in surprise. "I'm sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you must be a father because you smell so strongly of a dad."

"Pfft!" An Ling couldn't help but burst out laughing. Realizing that she had ruined her image, she could only quickly turn her face away and pretend that nothing had happened.

Not only Anling, but also some of the guests who had been paying attention to this area accidentally let out laughter.

Having been humiliated in public, Gu Chenming's expression was quite interesting.

Yan Yu's words, though sarcastic and pointed, were difficult to retort to, but if he remained silent, he would lose even more face.

Gu Chenming's face turned pale and then red. He suppressed his anger and forced a smile: "President Yan, you really know how to joke..."

“I’m not joking.” Yan Yu had no intention of giving Gu Chenming any face. “Since you’re not a father anymore, don’t try to lecture others on how to behave.”

The atmosphere froze instantly. The surrounding guests stopped pretending and held their breath, afraid of missing any detail of this great show.

Especially given the complex relationships between the three main characters in this drama, they have no choice but to watch the spectacle!

The tension between Yan Yu and Gu Chenming was palpable, but An Ling kept her face turned away, using this gesture to hide the wildly upturned corners of her mouth.

But those who are blind to reason will not be blind to reason, and Gu Chenming just had to call An Ling's name at this moment.

"Xiaoling, you know I didn't mean that. Besides, didn't you keep telling me that you don't like President Yan at all? Why are you sitting here with him today?"

It's obvious that he felt humiliated and his pride was hurt, so he wanted to get back at Anling.

An Ling could only manage a quick, furtive eye roll before turning her head back, then said ambiguously:

“I sat here first. Yan Yu came by himself. I didn’t call him here.”

Gu Chenming, however, thought that An Ling was deliberately explaining to him, trying to draw a line between herself and Yan Yu, and couldn't help but feel that he had gotten back at Yan Yu.