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

In most novels, female protagonists rarely appeared with a height of two meters. This was why characters like Bayonetta, the demon-hunting witch, weren’t popular among otakus. But in this book, there were quite a few such characters—tall women. However, it seemed the author ignored the readers’ preferences.
When this character first appeared, Chen Fan himself was very curious. This person gave off a subtle vibe, with a hint of strangeness. But she was indeed the strongest presence by Chen Fan’s side.
If Zhu Yeqing was the spokesperson for Chen Fan’s strength, then Wu Meiniang was his trump card. This trump card was also someone his family had found for him. Though the Chen family had fallen, they still pulled some strings and managed to find this woman.
This woman came bearing a grudge because the Chen family promised that they would eventually take down the Di family, and the person Wu Meiniang needed to challenge was Di Junsi.
She was a girl raised and trained by her mother since childhood. In this part of the plot, although Ye Aotian and Chen Fan were enemies and didn’t get along, they had cooperated once. That was when they launched an attack against the Di family.
Ye Aotian needed to kill Di Junsi, and similarly, the Di family had also launched an attack on the Chen family.
At that time, Di Junsi had gone berserk during cultivation, entering an uncontrollable state, and many people were gathering forces to hunt him down. However, the strength of someone above the first rank and those below it were worlds apart.
Everyone’s attempts to encircle him resulted in heavy losses, and the Chen family naturally joined this battle.
Zhu Yeqing didn’t participate; Wu Meiniang did. Her role wasn’t that prominent and didn’t have much to do with the protagonist. The most dialogue she had was when the protagonist, Ye Aotian, thought this woman should be under his command instead of following Chen Fan.
As for Wu Meiniang’s role, in Chen Fan’s eyes, the author wrote half of it, realized the readers didn’t like her, and simply threw her to Chen Fan.
But in reality, this character had a serious bug. Originally, she was meant to be written as a queen-like figure, but because of the existence of Cao Zijin, the villainess, that idea was abandoned. Her proportions were indeed modeled after Bayonetta, but she couldn’t use firearms or anything like that. If she were written as Meiniang, the historical female emperor, that wouldn’t work either.
Because she had no background or status, in the end, they settled on making her a Martial Emperor.
This way, Chen Fan’s strength in the later stages balanced out with Ye Aotian’s side.
But this character … she actually had a bit of a grudge against Chen Fan. Because this character often hit Chen Fan. She was like a nanny or housekeeper figure.
Due to her overwhelming martial prowess, after the Chen family’s patriarch, Chen Tianqiang, fell, and Cao Zijin took over, Wu Meiniang became the guarantee of their martial strength. But if Chen Fan got particularly irritable or disobedient, this woman would handle him. In plain terms, she’d give Chen Fan a beating.
A lesson, so to speak. She was like the guardian deity of the Chen family, but she was a presence that appeared only later.
Chen Fan needed to survive until the end, and many parts required him to connect the dots himself. But the current situation was a bit weird.
Chen Fan raised his hand, and Wu Meiniang immediately lowered her head, not daring to look at him.
Clearly, this girl had been beaten into submission by Chen Fan.
“How about we forget about me hitting you, and we discuss how to move forward?”
“I was sent by your father to protect you … I feel …”
“Forget it.”
“Okay, forgotten. I don’t know anything. You didn’t hit me, not at all. I fell on my own.”
“That’s more like it. That’s a good girl.”
This was the world line fixing itself. Chen Fan was set to be the villain who survives until the end. For that to make sense, he had to have some forces of his own. Otherwise, when the power gap became too wide, the trouble Chen Fan caused would be meaningless.
After reading the diary, Cao Zijin was dumbfounded. She absolutely believed that any woman who appeared out of nowhere must have a diary.
Wait, according to Chen Fan’s diary, later on, this person had a habit of venting her outside frustrations on her family.
This was just a way to smear the villain and elevate the protagonist.
If the villain and his wife were lovey-dovey, then he wouldn’t be a villain, and readers wouldn’t feel any hatred toward him.
But with this setup, Chen Fan would hit her, and Wu Meiniang would hit Chen Fan. If she took control of the Chen family later, wouldn’t that mean she’d be managing Wu Meiniang?
At this moment, Cao Zijin looked at Wu Meiniang, her eyes gradually turning strange.
Wu Meiniang looked at Cao Zijin.
“Wanna join the group, little sister?”
“I’m older than you. I’m thirty.”
Cao Zijin said, “You’re thirty? I couldn’t tell at all.”
“I’ve been training all my life, so it’s normal. Plus, I practice external martial arts.”
“But you don’t look muscular.”
Wu Meiniang said, “Mm, it’s alright. I used to look pretty rough, but I’ve improved now. It’s just that my height is too much—it gives people an overwhelming sense of pressure.”
“That’s fine. It’s not something to be ashamed of. On the contrary, if others can’t appreciate your beauty, that’s their loss. I think you’re great.”
The things Wu Meiniang thought about were very simple. Her character was designed to be a martial arts maniac, so she was completely clueless about social nuances.
After joining the group, Jin Lan was the first to speak, saying, “Cao Zijin’s trying to get close to you, huh?”
“Uh … well … what’s up with that?”
“Don’t listen to her. She’s just worried that if Chen Fan hits her in the future, no one will help her. You don’t need to bother with this woman—just do your own thing.”
“Oh.”