A vampire's lackey

This winter seems particularly cold. The chilly wind, laden with snowflakes, rages into the room, causing Ji Huan's ears to turn slightly red. The wind chills her eyebrows and eyes even more, and even her heart seems to freeze over. She stood in front of the wooden window, stretched out her hand to catch a snowflake, which quickly melted into a drop of ice water, sending a chill down her spine. It's really strange that she can actually feel cold. How long has it been since I felt this kind of human warmth? Is it because I haven't fed on blood for too long? Ah, it's really troublesome. She gathered her coat around her, closed the window, and walked straight to the computer, glancing at the time displayed on it. On February 1st, 20xx, it had been over a month since she arrived in this world. She was an illustrator who occasionally helped people draw character designs for novels. A month ago, she took on a commission for fan art of a novel character. To better understand the character, she read the novel. In general, it's a story about a proud and arrogant female protagonist from a wealthy second generation and a male protagonist from a wealthy family. The male protagonist and female protagonist join forces to establish their own business empire, embarking on a thrilling journey of crushing the competition. Since its publication, this novel has gained immense popularity. Alice was neither interested nor disgusted by the male and female protagonists. However, halfway through the story, she suddenly felt a subtle sense of discomfort. The reason is simply because one of the supporting female characters in it shares the same name with her. This novel is a feel-good story, and it's essential to have a villain. The cannon fodder with the same name as the heroine is precisely that "villain". This "villain" is a severe sufferer of love sickness, employing the savage tactics of "crying, making trouble, and threatening to commit suicide" against the hero. She is utterly furious with the heroine, often finding fault with her. Unfortunately, she is just a foolish person with a love-struck mind. No matter how she jumps around, she is just a clown. Finally, one day, her love sickness became so severe that she even captured the heroine's favorite younger sister, attempting to use her to threaten the heroine. What was the outcome? He was ultimately no match for the female protagonist, and ended up with a miserable life. Alice only said a few words briefly at that time. A brainless fool. Humans are indeed hopelessly foolish, Alice scoffed. She has lived for hundreds of years and has seen countless dramas of people desperately clinging to love. Alice always views them as boring farces. Yes, she is not a true human being. Although her appearance and habits are indistinguishable from those of ordinary people, she is indeed not an ordinary human. Most of the energy she maintains comes from human blood, but it's not like humans need to eat three meals a day. Often, one meal of fresh blood can sustain her for several months, or even longer. If she can find a suitable blood source, one drop can sustain her for several years at least. But Alice hasn't fed on blood for over a hundred years. She has a strong aversion to all human blood and can only keep searching for suitable blood sources. Over the past few hundred years, she has only found a handful of suitable donors. However, the last blood source she found died shortly after, and since dead blood was of little use, she discarded it. Since then, she has never found a suitable one again. However, relying on the blood of the last bloodline, it managed to survive for over a hundred years. She put that novel aside for a few days. Later, she went on a business trip, and an earthquake occurred in the local area. She was knocked unconscious, and when she woke up, she found herself in this world.It also happens to be the scene where the original protagonist captures the heroine's sister in an attempt to threaten her. Alice can still remember the little girl's tearful and wavering expression, with her eyes wide open and a panicked look on her face. Especially when she smiled at the female protagonist's younger sister, the latter's eyes nearly popped out of her head, thinking that she was about to kill her. After she jumped into the sea, Alice still heard the child's screams. It's very noisy and annoying. She didn't die so easily, swimming safely from the sea to the shore. Due to her aversion to socializing, she came to her hometown based on the original owner's memories. The original owner was an orphan. Her parents passed away when she was very young. The house they left her in Nanshan Ancient Town was located in a relatively remote area, at the end of a quiet alley. There were few people coming and going, which Alice found satisfactory. She went downstairs, casually ate a piece of bread, too lazy to cook, and then the phone on the table rang. She bit into her bread and picked up the call. "Hey." She spoke in a slurred voice." Alice, are you asleep?" An old man's voice sounded from the other end of the phone, accompanied by the sound of heavy rain. Alice glanced out the door. It's raining "No," she said. "Could you please come to Lianli Bridge and connect me with my wife? Oh, it's raining outside. We're both old and can't carry our things." The speaker was her next-door neighbor, who had reportedly watched the protagonist grow up from childhood and taken good care of her. Alice had a certain fondness for this elderly person. "I see." Alice picked up the car keys, grabbed a black umbrella, and headed out the door. The rain outside, accompanied by wind and snow, was pelting people's faces with a clattering sound. Alice's face was frozen pale; she seemed to be getting less and less resistant to the cold recently. It quickly got dark, and the orange-red lights shrouded in sarong hung over this quaint town, creating a colorful ripple effect in the rainwater puddles on the ground. Alice walked into the pavilion beside the bridge with her umbrella. Two elderly people with kind faces stood up,"Thank you so much, Alice." " Hmm, Alice replied nonchalantly, intending to help them carry their things. "The car is outside. Let's go." " Hey — wait a minute, Alice. My wife and I just saw someone lying under the bridge. Do you think she might have drowned? Let's go and check it out.Alice furrowed her brows slightly, but quickly relaxed them and chuckled softly, "Sir, it's too dark. You must have made a mistake.""I think that's a person," the aunt said with concern. "Let's go take a look, Alice." Alice's hand, holding the umbrella, was numb with cold, and she just wanted to hurry back. She had no intention of rescuing anyone. In this frigid winter, who would be foolish enough to venture into a river. However, she felt embarrassed to reject the kindness of the two elderly people. She curled her lips, her eyes devoid of warmth, and said slowly, "Then let's go."The three of them arrived at the bottom of the bridge. The two elderly people had poor eyesight, and it was too dark. The stones below were slippery, and they almost fell. Alice frowned and said, "You guys just stand here, I'll go." Her vision was better than that of ordinary people. Holding an umbrella, she slowly walked to the riverbank, where there were many stones. Alice squinted and peered ahead for a moment, and seemed to really see a dark shadow on the edge of the stone.