Villain – Peeking at the Diary, the Female Leads’ Personas Collapse

Chen Fan even suspected that this was a half-baked plotline the dumbass author had come up with, only to scrap it after discovering a more exciting story direction.
However, this part of the story was still fresh in his memory. The Cao family was indeed a major force, with both powerful men and women.
The Ye family had wanted to form a marriage alliance with the Cao family, but unfortunately for them, the Chen family had swooped in at the last moment.
In the end, Cao Zijin chose Chen Fan.
Chen Fan’s understanding was that the author was trying to shape Cao Zijin into a formidable character. The stronger she was, the more reasonable it became for him to survive.
Because in the second half of the novel, no matter how much of a nuisance he was, Ye Aotian never killed him.
In Ye Aotian’s eyes, letting Chen Fan live was the greatest form of torture.
Of course, in the later stages, Chen Fan would fully embrace his Conan Syndrome—wherever he went, people would drop dead. But that stage hadn’t arrived yet.
“I think I’ll handle Ye Zifeng myself. My wife—I’ll protect her.”
Jin Lan said, “Good, as long as you’re aware. I was just here to remind you. Now that I see you’re fine, I’ll be leaving.”
After saying that, Jin Lan turned and left the hospital.
Chen Fan stared at her departing figure, feeling conflicted.

In truth, he had already secretly investigated Jin Lan. This woman had changed her stance—she wasn’t supporting Ye Aotian anymore. But logically, this didn’t make any damn sense. If she wasn’t helping him, how did the protagonist still manage to rise so damn fast?
Actually, there was something Chen Fan had overlooked: Jin Lan hadn’t intervened because she simply didn’t want to be involved with Ye Aotian.
She had thought that distancing herself from Ye Aotian would make Chen Fan see that she had no connection to him. But she had miscalculated.
“Jin Lan-jie is really pitiful …”
“What the hell, why are you siding with her?”
“No reason. Just feeling disappointed. She went out of her way, put her warm face out there, and you responded with a cold one. If it were me, I’d castrate you that very night. No hesitation.”
“… Are you asking for a beating?”
“Hahahaha.” Ling Yuyan said, “Then come hit me. I’m begging you, please hit me.”


After saying that, Chen Fan immediately disappeared. There was no way he could stay at the hospital any longer. The next part of the plot was about to kick off, and he had to start preparing.
Before long, he received a call from home.
“Father.”
“Ye Zifeng is here. I know. What do you plan to do?”
“I want to kill him.” Chen Fan stated his intention directly.
Chen Tianqiang was silent for a long time before saying, “Are you sure? You really have that thought?”
“I hate the way he looks at me. And besides, isn’t he also going after Cao Zijin?”
“Uh … no, not really. Ye Zifeng isn’t the heir, but he does have some influence. Killing him won’t be that easy—he has a lot of protection around him.”
“So what, does that mean I shouldn’t kill him?”
“Not necessarily. In fact, if you do kill him, it would be the best thing for you. If you go through with it, the family will support you. You’ll immediately take over a bigger company. Even if your pharmaceutical company collapses, there will be a new business waiting for you to manage.”
Chen Fan said, “I don’t care about any of that. I just want to kill Ye Zifeng. You said Ye Aotian was my whetstone. I want to sharpen my blade with Ye Zifeng first.”
Chen Tianqiang said, “Alright, kill him. If anything happens, I’ll handle it. No need to worry.”
After hanging up the phone, Chen Fan felt satisfied and headed home to prepare.
Meanwhile, filming continued at the set. Around noon, a few people gathered to eat their boxed lunches.
Surprisingly, Ye Zifeng didn’t indulge in a feast. Instead, he actually ate on set like everyone else.
One had to admit—Ye Zifeng could accomplish great things because he didn’t have the arrogance that Chen Fan carried. But Ye Aotian still felt that Ye Zifeng couldn’t compare to Chen Fan.
Because in Ye Aotian’s eyes, Chen Fan at least had a bottom line, while Ye Zifeng had none.
“Cao Zijin, sister-in-law, hello.”
Cao Zijin replied, “I didn’t marry your brother. Did he send you to cause trouble?”
“Not at all. My brother doesn’t care much about these things. I just called you that out of habit. I’m just curious—why did you choose Chen Fan? Was it because he’s useless?”
Cao Zijin said, “That has nothing to do with you.”
“True, it doesn’t. But it feels like … you still want to take back the Cao family. So you picked a weakling, controlled him, and planned to eventually bring the Chen family along to reclaim the head of the Cao family. A lot of people have probably figured that out by now.”
“So what if they have?”
“Aren’t you worried that Chen Fan might catch on?”
Cao Zijin said, “That’s between us as husband and wife. It has nothing to do with you. You wouldn’t be so bored as to come talk to me about this, would you?”
Putting down his chopsticks, Ye Zifeng said, “Not really. I was just hoping for a little help. Since we’re all in the same circle, do me a favor, and I won’t go against Chen Fan.”
“Speak. What do you want?”
“It’s not much. I just need someone’s contact. Their personal number—not their work phone.”
Cao Zijin froze. “Whose?”
Her mind started racing.
Could it be one of the female leads? Or someone else? Something felt off. Something didn’t feel right at all.
Ye Zifeng said, “Jin Lan. I want her contact information. I like her. I want her. I want to make her my wife and have her support me.”
Cao Zijin and Liu Feifei were completely stunned.
What the fuck? Jin Lan? How long had it been since she had any plot relevance? They had thought the author had forgotten about her. Turns out, this was her storyline? Holy shit.
This woman’s plotline was insane.
Meanwhile, after reading the diary, Jin Lan was frozen in shock.
She was furious.
Her storyline wasn’t even intertwined with Chen Fan and Ye Aotian.
Instead … she was part of some random side character’s arc?
No wonder she wasn’t the second female lead.