Chapter 37: In Any Case, My Persona as the Vicious Supporting Female Lead Remains Intact!

[Rest assured, Host, this segment is also part of the original plot.]

[In the original story, after discovering the female lead was working as a translator, you deliberately sabotaged every business deal she managed to secure for foreign clients. Any cooperation she facilitated ended in failure... and you even leveraged Princess Samaya’s connections to do it.]

[So, next, you can continue to play the part of the vicious supporting female character well!]

Lin Xianxian: "..."

Lin Xianxian was unaware that, at this moment, Qin Xinxia was feeling even more nervous and conflicted than she was.

Qin Xinxia listened with a sense of dejection as Lin Xianxian continued to converse with Princess Samaya in fluent French, feeling a pang of shame. Her own French was limited to daily communication and a few trade-related phrases. It was easy for her to tell that Lin Xianxian’s French was superior to her own.

However, she found it strange: wasn't Princess Samaya from an Arab nation? Even if she had studied abroad in a European country, shouldn't she be communicating with Lin Xianxian in English or Arabic? No, perhaps Arabic was too niche, and since they both studied in France, they were using French to communicate?

Well, Lin Xianxian’s parents had never worked in Arab countries, and Lin Xianxian herself shouldn't know it either...

Yet, just as Qin Xinxia was comforting herself with this thought, she heard Princess Samaya bid farewell to Lin Xianxian.

"Xianxian, I must go. My royal brother is waiting for me."

Samaya hugged Lin Xianxian and said, "Thank you for accompanying me all day. I love the gift you gave me. And... you have no idea how fortunate I am that you also speak French."

Samaya couldn't help but complain, "You don't know, my royal brother sent people to follow me. Every one of them speaks Arabic and English. I didn't want any of our conversations to be clearly overheard by them and reported back to my brother... Fortunately, we both speak French!"

Qin Xinxia: "..."

So, it turned out Lin Xianxian hadn't even been using French to communicate with the princess before... Then they must have been using an international common language, right?

The next second, Qin Xinxia was choked up again.

Lin Xianxian said seriously, "Next time, just speak to me in the language of the Dragon Kingdom; they won't understand it at all!"

Princess Samaya laughed and said in the language of the Dragon Kingdom, "True! Even fewer people know the language of the Dragon Kingdom."

"Xianxian, I miss our life in middle school so much. Back then, we lived together. You taught me the language of the Dragon Kingdom, and I taught you Arabic. Our conversations were a jumble—one sentence in the language of the Dragon Kingdom, the next in Arabic, and then in French..."

"We even spoke like that when we went out to eat. It was so hard on the servers!"

As she spoke, Princess Samaya laughed.

"My brother is calling... he really has no patience. I'm leaving, Xianxian. This is a gift for you!"

Princess Samaya casually handed a box to Lin Xianxian. When Lin Xianxian opened it, the sight instantly dazzled Qin Xinxia’s eyes. It was a ruby necklace that, at a glance, clearly cost well into the seven figures.

It was obvious that as a princess of a nation, Samaya would never give a fake gemstone. To give away such an expensive necklace so casually? It left Qin Xinxia, who had worked hard for every penny since she was young, feeling dazed.

When she was with Shang Beiming, perhaps because he was mindful of her feelings, he had never let her feel the vast class gap between them. But at this moment, in front of Lin Xianxian, Qin Xinxia felt it profoundly.

It wasn't just because a casual friend of Lin Xianxian was a princess, or because they exchanged such expensive gifts, but because of... the effortless ease Lin Xianxian displayed in front of Princess Samaya. It was as if they were perfectly equal.

Qin Xinxia had always thought she wasn't a vulgar person who cared about class status; she had always believed that all people were born equal. But at this moment, as she was ignored by Princess Samaya throughout the entire encounter, Qin Xinxia realized with absolute clarity: she and Lin Xianxian were truly people from different worlds.

No wonder... no matter how outstanding she was, Madam Shang never approved of her. It was because Lin Xianxian was no less talented than her, and compared to her, Lin Xianxian could indeed bring much more to Shang Beiming.

Qin Xinxia even had a strange thought: Could it be that Shang Beiming liked her only because he had never experienced a "commoner's" life, and because the girls in his social circle were all chasing after him, he found it boring and thus took a liking to someone as "special" as her?

Though she had never doubted Shang Beiming’s love before, at this moment, she couldn't control the thought: Lin Xianxian is clearly so outstanding, why did Shang Beiming choose her instead of Lin Xianxian?

Princess Samaya left. Lin Xianxian looked at Qin Xinxia and the Arab businessman who wanted to befriend her because of her obvious close relationship with Samaya.

Next... it was time for her, the vicious supporting character, to take the stage!

Lin Xianxian smiled and, without hesitation, ruined the business deal Qin Xinxia had introduced today.

"Is that so? However, that isn't the original manufacturer’s brand. I have a better supplier I can recommend to you!"

The client followed her with great enthusiasm.

Lin Xianxian gave Qin Xinxia a triumphant smile. "Sorry, I’ve stolen your business!"

Qin Xinxia felt dazed, her expression ugly. What Lin Xianxian had just said to that Arab businessman was... in fluent Arabic!

Beyond having her client snatched away, what hurt Qin Xinxia more was that not only was Lin Xianxian’s French better than hers, but she could even speak Arabic!

The major manufacturer Lin Xianxian recommended indeed offered better product quality, larger volumes, and better prices. The client didn't hesitate to choose the one Lin Xianxian recommended, giving Qin Xinxia only a small red envelope before dismissing her.

Qin Xinxia felt as if she had been slapped in the face, and she left with a complicated heart.

On the other side, Lin Xianxian’s smile vanished.

[Being a vicious supporting character is really tiring... I have to steal the female lead's business... It’s a good thing I actually have connections with this manufacturer, otherwise, if I just ruined her business and stole her client, the client would be too innocent.]

[Host, you are helping that client.]

The system added, [You don’t look like a vicious supporting character at all!]

Lin Xianxian: [But I did steal the female lead's business. Look at the expression on her face when she left; you can tell how miserable she is.]

She argued with conviction: [In any case, my persona as a vicious supporting character hasn't collapsed!]

[...Fine, it hasn't collapsed.]

In any case, the Host only needed to be a vicious supporting character in front of the male and female leads. As for the opinion of the Arab businessman who was grateful to the Host... it didn't matter. It wouldn't affect the plot or the Host's vicious persona!

The system finished its assessment and vanished again.

Neither Lin Xianxian nor the system knew that, today, Lin Xianxian had dealt Qin Xinxia yet another profound shock.