The random passerby I married is the world's richest man!

At dusk, when lanterns had just been lit, a certain high-end western restaurant was gradually welcoming more and more costumers. At a table near the entrance, a female customer abruptly spoke in a peculiar tone. "Ah, many women in the current society are not well-bred when young. They use their somewhat pretty looks just like a bewitching and charming fox in order to get some job, believing that someday they'll fly from the branch and become a phoenix(1)!" The customers seated a few tables to the side started discussing in a low voice. Everyone could see that a waitress was standing next to the customer who spoke those mocking words. Bai Zhen Zhen, the waitress, was precisely this kind of charming fox with somewhat good looks spoken by the female customer. However, she did not just have 'somewhat pretty looks', but rather a natural white-skinned beauty with long legs and a pair of enticing peach blossom eyes. But it was precisely due to this beautiful but fierce appearance that the male customer glimpsed at her when she was taking the order, and the female customer sitting next to him started making cutting remarks just a moment ago. This kind of thing had already happened three times today. But Bai Zhen Zhen unexpectedly kept her face completely calm. Who asked her to be here, with these "characters", attracting tender gazes from males and bumping into jealous wives, this "bunch of crackpots"? Yes, characters. Actually, Bai Zhen Zhen did not belong to this "world". To be more precise, this was a book. Last night, she closed her eyes to sleep, and when she opened her eyes again, she was standing in this restaurant serving drinks. Then, a beep echoed in her ears. --- System: "Congratulations! The host has successfully joined the world of《Lovable Lady: The Voracious CEO's Pampered Pet 》(2)!" Bai Zhen Zhen: ? 《Lovable Lady: The Voracious CEO's Pampered Pet》… wasn't this the dog-blood (3) romance novel she was reading yesterday? At that time, she was at the train station waiting for her train back to school. In order to pass the time, she bought a novel at a stall, which was precisely this book. It was a typical Mary Sue novel, with a plot especially filled with dog blood and a main character difficult to put into words. In essence, what Bai Zhen Zhen totally couldn't stand. But since it would still take a long time for the train to arrive, Bai Zhen Zhen finished the book without putting much thought into it. Then, when the lights in the wagon dimmed, she also closed her eyes. But who would have thought, after closing her eyes, when she opened them again, she had directly transmigrated into that book!! ---System: "The author of this book set a random lottery. Among all the readers who have finished reading the novel, one would be randomly selected to experience the book's world by themselves. Congratulations, host, you are the sole winner among thousands of people!" ---Bai Zhen Zhen: "…" This kind of lousy book actually had that many readers?!! --- System: "Host, I believe that by reading the book, you already have a complete understanding of the relevant characters and plots in the storyline." ---Bai Zhen Zhen: "What if I've forgotten?" --- System: "It doesn't matter, according to the author's setup, the system can provide you with the background information of the main characters. In order to let you better integrate in this world, the heroine's name has been directly replaced by your real name by default." ---Bai Zhen Zhen: "…The author is really thoughtful." --- System: "Good, so let us start and experience this pleasant journey." ---Bai Zhen Zhen: "Wait!" --- System: "Host, please say." ---Bai Zhen Zhen: "I want to ask… how can I go back after I have experienced it?" System: "Host, this experience is completely time-restricted, you only need to live in the book for 365 days. When the time is up, you will automatically exit the world. Host, please rest a.s.sured, one day in the book's world is equivalent to only one minute in the real world." Bai Zhen Zhen calculated the time. When she fell asleep after reading the book, it was around 10 p.m., and her train would arrive at her destination at 6 a.m. Even if she stayed in this book for a year and then went back to the real world, she could still continue her life as planned. "This setting is okay." Bai Zhen Zhen had just finished when she suddenly felt a burst of pain in her stomach. ---Bai Zhen Zhen: "What's going on? My stomach hurts!" ---System: "Host, according to the character settings, because you suffered a cold in your childhood, you ended with weak constitution. Today is precisely the first day of your great aunt(4) , having menstrual cramps is normal." ---Bai Zhen Zhen: "But doesn't this feel too real?!" ---System: "Host, that's because the system recreates the world in the book with 100% accuracy, so everything you experience will feel the most real." Bai Zhen Zhen suddenly realized. Thinking again, there was nothing good about it ah! She remembered that, according to the plot in the book, the heroine not only had a pitiful life, but also her father was seriously ill, her mother had died, and her stepmother was crafty. Moreover, because of the emotional entanglement with the three male leads, she suffered from the jealousy of the supporting female characters. None of those vicious women were easy to deal with, each of their moves more vicious than the previous. What about humiliating her from the front, and framing her from the back, that was too soft! Because she was pregnant with the male lead's child, she even suffered a car accident, a miscarriage, and lost her memories… just to get her memory back in another accident, successfully exposing the true colors of the murderer, and then getting married to the male lead. Let's forget about the ending, just with this car accident, having a miscarriage, and then suffering amnesia… Pei! Pei! Pei(5)! She didn't want to have these experiences!! ---Bai Zhen Zhen: "You mean, I must live 365 days in order to return to my original world?" ---System: "Yes, host." ---Bai Zhen Zhen: "Can I refuse?" ---System: "You can't, host." ---Bai Zhen Zhen: "…" In this way, Bai Zhen Zhen endured the severe pain in her body and the huge wound in her spirit, and endured till the end of the day. Today was the exact day when the original owner had met the male lead for the first time. It was precisely in this grandiose high-end Western restaurant that the original owner and the male lead got to know each other. From here on, they were caught up in the middle of a complex emotional dispute. The male lead had a high-quality status as the CEO of the Leng group. Naturally, he possessed a wild, pushing, boastful and ruthless character, with a cool name that could explode the heaven: Leng Hao Chen(6) Speak of the devil and he shall appear. There was a sudden commotion in the crowd. "Wow! Who is this ah! Such a big ostentation!" Ten bodyguards clad in black could be seen clearing the way in front of a man wearing a suit and walking with a straight posture. He had a cold temperament as he walked closer. At his side followed a man with the appearance of being his assistant, his looks were also not bad either. The clamor of voices did not stop. A man shook his arm: "It's young master Leng! The president of Leng group! He has hundreds of billions of assets! He's the legend of the Chinese business world!" Another man shouted: "It really is young master Leng! My God, I didn't expect that in this lifetime, I would be so lucky as to see this Chinese legend, young master Leng!" Another person covered her mouth with a face full of infatuation: "Young master Leng is really handsome! These fascinating phoenix eyes(7), such a high bridge of the nose, these sexy lips… How can there be such a stern yet refined face on this earth!" Bai Zhen Zhen held her forehead. Sure enough, the world (people) of the book was recreated with (terrifying) 100% accuracy ah!(8) "hello, we are looking for miss Bai Zhen Zhen. " Michael(9), the assistant next to Leng Hao Chen stated their reasons. Bai Zhen Zhen smiled politely: "It's me." Leng Hao Chen's cold gaze fell on Bai Zhen Zhen's face. "Are you the one who found my phone?" Bai Zhen Zhen nodded: "Yes, president." The main character and the male lead met because of a mobile phone. When Bai Zhen Zhen was tidying up the tables and chairs last night, she picked up the male lead's phone which had fallen to a corner. Just then, a phone call from the president's assistant came in, and she immediately informed the assistant with the restaurant's name, along with her full name and phone number. And today, the male lead had brought his assistant and bodyguards to take back his phone. Regarding this plot, Bai Zhen Zhen roasted it while she was reading the book: the president personally went to take his phone back?! If this was not your typical 'plot convenience', then what was it! As soon as Bai Zhen Zhen and Leng Hao Chen looked at each other's eyes, the voice of the system suddenly sounded with a high pitch. ---System: "Introducing a main character: Leng Hao Chen, male, 25 years old, president of the Leng group…" ---Bai Zhen Zhen: "Hey, hey, I already know this! If I later meet a character I don't understand I will be the one to ask you, ok?" Although she was the only one who could hear this sudden high-pitched sound, but it really was very scary. --System: "As the host likes." Bai Zhen Zhen fished the phone out from her work clothes and handed it to Leng Hao Chen with both hands. Then, she could not help but raise her head to glance at him. Indeed, as the book said, his facial features were as exquisite as if they had been carved, and would unavoidably attract everyone's gaze. If she wasn't afraid of those vicious women, she would also be a little stirred by that charming face in front of her… Leng Hao Chen took back his mobile phone and asked, in a tone neither warm nor cold: "How much do you want?" According to the original story in the book, at this moment Bai Zhen Zhen should have said: "I just picked it up so I returned it to you, it really wasn't for remuneration. You don't need to give me thank-you money." This was to highlight her fine character of 'picking up money and not keeping it for oneself'. However, at this moment, Bai Zhen Zhen spoke with righteousness: "Five hundred thousand." Obviously, this answer not only surprised Leng Hao Chen, but also shocked all the onlookers that were on the scene. "No way! That's daylight robbery ah!" "Picking up a mobile phone and thinking right away that she can rip off 500,000 from young master Leng? What does she take young master Leng as? A fool? " "Ha, what did I just say? Exactly this kind of money grubber." The system's voice also sounded. ---System: "Host, it is necessary to remind you, there seems to be a mistake in your lines just now…" ---Bai Zhen Zhen: "I'll explain it to you later! Don't bother me, I won't go along the plot!" ---System: "…" Bai Zhen Zhen looked at Leng Hao Chen and continued: "President Leng, I believe that for a successful businessman, one's mobile phone is surely extremely important. In that case, if this phone was lost, or someone else found it but didn't have the intention to return it, I fear what you'd lose would not be just 500,000." "I'll give you a million." Leng Hao Chen's eyes did not even blink. Bai Zhen Zhen swallowed. So refreshing! He truly deserved the t.i.tle of a cold, overbearing CEO! Leng Hao Chen gave a meaningful glance to his assistant, who handed him the check and a pen. He signed it and handed it to Bai Zhen Zhen. "You're called Bai Zhen Zhen?" Leng Hao Chen asked her. Bai Zhen Zhen could smell that something was not right. Must not have any more contact! Otherwise, the heroine's halo might attract his interest. Bai Zhen Zhen took the check and said in a hurry "That's right! Thank you, president, I have some other things to take care of!" When she was done speaking, she turned in a flash and went back into the kitchen. However, Leng Hao Chen was not in a rush to leave. He squinted as he gazed in the direction where Bai Zhen Zhen had left. Turning to leave the restaurant, he spoke to the assistant at his side, the classic lines that were a symbol of his identity. "In one hour, I want all the information about this woman." Author's note: This is basically a stupid text, but I wish to bring everyone hahaha (good laughs). Please note: Young master Leng is only the 'original ML' from the book. Oh, please don't ship the wrong CP (couple), or young brother Huo Xiang will be upset. Aka the cold overbearing CEO ain't the true ML of this story, he's only the ML of the novel MC transmigrated into. Huo Xiang is the true ML so don't get on the wrong ship or you'll end up feeding fish under the ocean… Footnotes: 1: The Phoenix is the king of birds, used as comparison when alluding to someone's nobleness or prestige (in ancient China the phoenix symbolized the empress). Here it's used to remark how these girls who use their looks to get a job think they will be able to climb up the social ladder, prolly by marrying (/becoming the mistress) of a rich customer or something along the lines.. 2: *****：*******. Not the exact exact translation but what's important is that it's cheesy enough to give you goosebumps. And really, what can I say, with a title like that, dear MC, I don't know what were you expecting… 3: **: dog blood. Chinese internet slang for something melodramatic, lots of exaggerated drama… For reference, if you watch korean romance dramas, there's usually a lot of dog blood in there…. 4: ***: lit. great aunt, it's a slang used for menstrual period. 5: * (pei): Chinese onomatopoeia for spitting sound. 6: ***: Leng is cold, Hao is vast (water), Chen is imperial apartments. So a kinda grandiose name I guess, with a touch of arrogance. 7: *** - red phoenix eyes, eyes whose outer corners incline upwards. 8:*********（*）*（*）***！！-> * is thunder, slang for being shocked or terrified; * is person/people; and ** [léirén] is also slang for something shocking, striking, unbelievable. Not sure if this is a wordplay/double sense or just MC is intercalating her thoughts amid the sentence, separating the syllables due to her 'shock'. 9: sorry for this one but I needed to comment, I just find it so lame! ***, pronounced Màikè'ěr was used for his name. This way of using kanjis to make English names just gives me goosebumps, urgh. Just as bad as putting English words in katakana…. Translated by BloomingTranslations. I did not write the book nor translate. I am only responsible for uploading. Also, I apologize for any mistake.