True or False Heiress: Becoming a Vicious Supporting Female Character (1)
“Hurry up! Give her artificial respiration! What are you foolishly standing there for?!”
“She… She’s out of breath. She’s dead…”
“What? Chu Xiang is dead?”
Chu Xiang heard some voices dazedly. It felt like her ears were stuffed with cotton. The voices were distant and intermittent, like a dream, and she couldn’t make out the content clearly. All she could hear was that they were all in a panic, along with the screams and weeping of a girl.
“I’ll do it.”
A low voice sounded, and then Chu Xiang felt someone coming to her side. The person’s techniques were strict and rigid as they repeatedly performed CPR and artificial respiration on her.
“Cough—— Cough——” Chu Xiang gradually recovered and forcefully coughed out a mouthful of water. She turned her upper body to the side, choking uncontrollably.
“She’s awake! Chu Xiang is awake! That’s great!”
“How are you, Chu Xiang? Are you okay now? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? Did someone check if the ambulance arrived? Hurry up and go to the hospital for an examination!” A boy rushed over to support her.
Chu Xiang looked up and saw that it was Zhang Qi, the class monitor of the original host’s class, a hypocrite who had pursued the original host. Naturally, she didn’t want him to touch her, so she grabbed the arm of the person who had saved her to support herself and tried to sit up. Unfortunately, she overestimated her strength, and her body swayed and leaned softly into the person’s embrace.
Chu Xiang gasped for breath, feeling uncomfortable as she furrowed her brow. She sensed the tension in the person’s chest beside her, so she looked up and surprisingly, it was Shao Yan, the desk mate of the original host, someone who was introverted, never spoke, and didn’t interact with others.
Compared to the hypocrite, Shao Yan made Chu Xiang feel much more comfortable. She temporarily borrowed his embrace, closed her eyes, and rested, hoping to regain some strength. After all, this body had just drowned, and she still felt very uncomfortable. Her throat was terribly sore, and she urgently needed to adjust her breathing.
Seeing Chu Xiang ignoring him and leaning on another boy, Zhang Qi’s expression changed slightly. However, he still approached her and comfortingly said, “Chu Xiang, don’t be afraid. Everything’s okay now. Once the ambulance arrives, I’ll take you to the hospital immediately.”
Over 20 classmates around them had been greatly frightened, and now that they had calmed down, some were still shedding tears in fear, while others scolded Chu Xiang with annoyance, “Do you have a brain? You can’t even swim, yet you dare to harm others by the poolside? Now Chu Xuan is fine, but you almost drowned yourself. It’s just retribution!”
“That’s right! If you want to die, that’s your own business. But can you take responsibility for scaring us like this? You deserved to drown!”
“Monitor, why do you care so much about her? Once she wakes up, she’ll be fine. It’s Chu Xuan who’s in trouble. Chu Xiang pushed her into the water, and she’s still trembling in fear. In my opinion, we shouldn’t call an ambulance. We should call the police and send Chu Xiang to the police station. This is attempted murder!”
At least seven or eight people chimed in, and then Chu Xuan weakly defended herself with a tearful voice, “Please don’t say that. I-I believe my sister didn’t do it on purpose. Maybe, maybe she slipped.”
“Chu Xuan, don’t defend her. It’s always like this. She locked you in the bathroom, ruined your school uniform, and scrapped your papers, but you never blamed her. And now, she’s done something even worse. She pushed you into the pool! She knew you couldn’t swim. She clearly wanted to kill you! Call the police! If you won’t, I will!”
“No! Sasha, don’t! Mom and Dad will be heartbroken.” Chu Xuan desperately grabbed Shasha’s phone, her face filled with pleading. This made the angry crowd of classmates even more furious and disgusted with Chu Xiang.
Chu Xiang’s breathing finally became smooth. She opened her eyes and watched the argument taking place. These boys and girls who were staring at her were all high school classmates of the original host, and Chu Xuan was her nominal younger sister now.
Seventeen years ago, the wives of the Chu and Chen families gave birth at the same hospital. The weather was dreadful that day, and the hospital had a brief power outage for a few minutes. Somehow, the two daughters were switched, and the truth was only discovered three months ago.
The socio-economic gap between the two families was not significant at that time, but in the seventeen years that followed, Father Chen’s business failed, and they went bankrupt. They even had to sell their house. The three of them now lived in a low-rent apartment and sold breakfast items on the street. On the other hand, Father Chu invested in real estate and made a fortune, riding the wave of electronic networking. Now, he was worth several billions.
No one expected that the first one to propose the switch back would be Chu Xuan. After all, she was a rich young lady, and there wouldn’t be much difference for her to be exchanged into the Chen family and fall into the mud. However, it was precisely because she voluntarily proposed the exchange, saying she wanted to return the happy life to the original host, that the Chu couple couldn’t bear to let the original host suffer injustice. Everyone who knew about this matter felt even more sympathetic towards her, especially Father Chu and Mother Chu.
The original host didn’t have a good time at the Chen household. After Father Chen went bankrupt, he developed a liking for smoking and drinking, becoming increasingly irritable and prone to anger. The slightest displeasure would result in him beating the original host. Mother Chen was somewhat superstitious. When they were prosperous, she liked to worship Buddha, but after their downfall, she believed that the original host brought them bad luck. Although they didn’t send the original host away, they couldn’t develop any fondness for her either. The original host had to do at least half of the chores, including selling goods at the stall and doing household work at the Chen household.
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