The Dog I Picked Up is the Villain

Wang

When Shen Jiangling regained consciousness, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. 

A pile of memories that did not belong to him replayed in his mind like a trotting horse lamp before finally settling on a young man that looked exactly like him. 

“Please, you must help me change my original fate. I don’t want my family and friends to end up like that again because of me. Please, I beg of you….”

He opened his eyes and saw a cold and domineering man in a black suit standing beside his bed. 

“That–” 

“You’re awake.” Hearing him speak, the man patted the hand on his arm, his tone indifferent. 

Following that hand, Shen Jiangling discovered the youth standing behind the man. 

When the youth saw that Shen Jiangling was awake, he seemed somewhat nervous and hid behind the man. His posture appeared weak and pitiful, easily arousing others’ desire to protect. 

“Don’t worry, no one will dare to bully you with me here.” When the man spoke to the youth, his voice was unexpectedly gentle and soft, entirely unlike the indifference shown towards Shen Jiangling

When the youth heard this, a shy and gentle smile blossomed on his face. He looked at the man with eyes full of admiration, “En.” 

The man clearly enjoyed this type of gaze and his back straightened. 

Shen Jiangling grew up in an orphanage and later had to struggle at the bottom rungs of society, so his ability to discern what others were thinking based on their body language was excellent. Hence, he didn’t miss the flash of disgust in the man’s eyes when he looked at him.

He wrinkled his brows into a frown, uncertain of what was happening, and chose to remain silent. 

“If it weren’t for you speaking nonsense and arguing at the top of the stairs today, how could I have accidentally pushed you down?” The man became even more displeased when he saw Shen Jiangling lowering his head without speaking. 

However, he was wary of the Shen Family behind Shen Jiangling and continued with patience, “This matter ends here. If your family asks you how you were injured, you know what to say.” 

“Shen Jiangling, don’t make me hate you even more.”

When he heard this, Shen Jiangling felt a sudden pain in his heart and lost consciousness again. 

The loss of consciousness this time allowed Shen Jiangling to sort out the current situation. 

He had transmigrated. 

More precisely, he had transmigrated into a dog-blooded novel with an overbearing president. 

The protagonist gong was the classic domineering president, while the protagonist shou was a tenacious and unyielding little white flower with an ordinary background. 

The protagonist shou had accidentally poured red wine on the protagonist gong when he served as a waiter, making the protagonist gong furious. However, his fiery eyes and stubborn expression attracted the protagonist gong. In the end, the protagonist gong tied the protagonist shou up and brought him back to his villa, forcing him to be a servant to pay off the debt.  

The protagonist shou felt aggrieved but could only lower his head and agree. During this time of mutual clashing and verbal attacks, feelings gradually developed. 

It could have ended here with a happy ending if it was a simple, sweet novel. 

But this was a dog-blood novel. In a dog-blood novel, how could there not be various misunderstandings and vicious cannon fodders?

Therefore, when the two were sweet and sticky, the protagonist gong’s fiance, the vicious male supporting character, appeared. 

When the protagonist shou found out the protagonist gong had a fiance, he was deeply distraught and wanted to leave in a fit of rage. 

But the protagonist gong was an overbearing president, so how could he let him go?

So, regardless of the protagonist shou’s resistance, he locked him up in a room and would visit every day to stage a play of sadomasochistic love, ultimately ending up in bed. 

And just when the protagonist gong thought the protagonist shou had given up on running away and was willing to be his lover, the protagonist shou ran away on his wedding day. 

Many years later, the protagonist shou returned. At that point, he had become a well-known fashion designer, and all the major media platforms were reporting his work. 

The protagonist gong couldn’t sit still when he saw the protagonist shou and left the people in the conference room behind to chase after him. The two were like lovers that separated but still longed for each other. 

At this time, the protagonist gong’s legal partner, the vicious male supporting character, couldn’t sit still and targeted the protagonist shou many times. But under the influence of the protagonist’s halo, he was face-slapped every time and returned in defeat. 

Finally, the protagonist gong understood who was the one he truly loved and took the initiative to strike first. He bankrupted the vicious male supporting character’s family, then ruthlessly divorced him and proposed to the protagonist shou. 

When the protagonist shou saw how sincere he was, he was very moved, but the existence of the vicious male supporting character remained a thorn in his heart. 

To prove to the protagonist shou that he had no feelings for the vicious male supporting character, he had someone deliver the vicious male supporting character onto the bed of a fat man who was old enough to be his father. It was only then that the protagonist shou could let go of the barriers in his heart and be together happily with the protagonist gong. 

Shen Jiangling had no interest in these types of dog-blooded novels, but because the vicious male supporting character had the same exact name as him, he took a look. 

After reading it, he almost went blind. 

Shen Jiangling couldn’t help but sigh when he thought about how the colleague who recommended the novel had jokingly said, “don’t transmigrate after reading it.” 

The colleague’s mouth must have been enlightened. 

As for why he crossed over, it seems to be because the original owner of this body had too much resentment after experiencing the tragedy of his family’s destruction. Therefore, when he came across him, he pulled him into the book at the expense of his own soul to turn things around, to let time go back to before the tragedy had happened. 

When he thought to this point, Shen Jiangling felt his headache worsen. 

He was an orphan in the original world. He had finally paid off his student loans with great difficulty and saved up enough for a down payment, planning to buy a two-bedroom apartment in the suburbs. Seeing that his life was about to be on the right track, he never expected to suddenly be pulled into the book and become the vicious male supporting character. This is really….

Can he report the other party for coercion?

After digesting the original owner’s memory, Shen Jiangling finally realized that the man standing at the bedside just now was the protagonist gong of the novel, the overbearing president, Leng Sihan. 

And the one holding Leng Sihan’s arm was the little white flower protagonist shou, Bai Lianhua.

His current identity was Leng Sihan’s fiance, the vicious male supporting character that existed to increase the difficulty of the protagonists’ love. 

Shen Jiangling slowly opened his eyes after sorting out his thoughts.

Leng Sihan’s brows were so wrinkled that they could almost kill a fly, and his voice was colder than the coldest days of the year, “Shen Jiangling, who are you pretending to be weak for? Don’t think I’ll pity you just because of this!”

Shen Jiangling’s sharp eyes saw that when Bai Lianhua, who was behind Leng Sihan, heard this, the corners of his mouth raised into a smug arc.

Yes, this individual was not a little white flower but a black-hearted lotus. 1 

No wonder the original owner had such a miserable end. 

Shen Jiangling rubbed the quilt and was about to say something when the door was suddenly pushed open. 

A man wearing a black trenchcoat strode in, and when he saw Shen Jiangling lying on the bed, his footsteps stopped. 

“Xiao2 Ling! How did you get hurt? Is it serious? Does your head still hurt?” 

The man bent down, wanting to examine the wound. 

But facing the tightly wrapped bandages on Shen Jiangling’s head, he didn’t know what to do and was so anxious that he wished he could give his eyes x-ray function. 

Perhaps it was due to the influence of the original owner, but when Shen Jiangling saw the young man, his nose instantly soured, and his eyes became wet. 

The man in front of him was Jiang Haotian, the original owner’s close childhood friend.

When Jiang Haotian saw his reaction, he became even more anxious. He hated that he couldn’t rush out and drag the doctor over right now. 

“Brother Haotian, I’m fine.” Shen Jiangling grabbed his sleeve and forced out a smile.

“Still saying you’re fine, you’re in so much pain you’re crying!”

“I’m not in pain. I’m just a little moved, I didn’t expect Brother Haotian to still be willing to take care of me.” Shen Jiangling sniffled, feeling a little embarrassed. 

There was also this scene in the original plot. After “Shen Jiangling” entered the hospital, Jiang Haotian rushed over in a hurry. 

But before he could question him, the “Shen Jiangling” who loved Leng Sihan to death insisted that he hadn’t stood firm and accidentally fell down the stairs. 

Jiang Haotian wanted to ask Leng Sihan for an explanation, but “Shen Jiangling” protected Leng Sihan as if his life depended on it and, in a moment of desperation, made a lot of excessive remarks. 

Jiang Haotian was stabbed by him and hated that iron could not become steel. In the end, he flicked his sleeves and left, completely severing their relationship. 

However, when the Shen Family was almost forced into bankruptcy by the Leng Family, Jiang Haotian still tried to protect the Shen Family. Unfortunately, he failed in the end. 

In short, Jiang Haotian was a very good person.

Such a good person should not be harmed. 

“You–” Jiang Haotian wanted to rub Shen Jiangling’s hair out of habit, but when he raised his hand halfway, he lowered it and lightly patted his shoulder instead.

Seeing that Shen Jiangling was really all right, Jiang Haotian turned his head, and when he saw Leng Sihan, his face instantly fell, “Leng Sihan, what’s going on? How are you taking care of Xiao Ling?”

Leng Sihan’s face darkened because of Jiang Haotian’s aggressive tone, “What does this have to do with you?”

“I’m Xiao Ling’s friend, how could it not have something to do with me?” The hospital was under the Jiang Group, so as soon as Shen Jianglin was admitted, someone immediately reported the matter to Jiang Haotian, which was how he arrived so quickly. 

Leng Sihan has long found Jiang Haotian unpleasant to the eye. Although he didn’t like Shen Jiangling, he still couldn’t tolerate others coveting what was his. 

Whenever he saw Jiang Haotian warmly caring for Shen Jiangling, he had a feeling of being offended. 

“You are just an outsider–”

“Brother Haotian is not an outsider.” Shen Jiangling interrupted Leng Sihan’s words and earnestly said, “He’s my family!”

Leng Sihan and Jiang Haotian were both stunned when they heard this.

“Shen Jiangling!” Leng Sihan didn’t expect Shen Jiangling, who had always been so docile, to stand on Jiang Haotian’s side. His face tinged with anger. 

“Brother Haotian is very good to me. He has protected me since I was a child, he’s no different from a biological brother.”

“No matter what I want, he would get it for me, but what about you?” Shen Jiangling steadily looked at Leng Sihan and said word by word, “Leng Sihan, we’ve been together for so long, but it’s only ever been me putting in the effort. We’ve known each other for so long, but have you ever given me a single thing?”

“I admit I fell for you first, and your actions aren’t completely unforgivable.”

“But we’re already engaged, yet you unexpectedly raised a mistress at home in such a grandiose manner and even pushed me down the stairs for this mistress.”

“Don’t you think your actions are too much?”

“If you like someone else, you can directly tell me, and I won’t continue to pester you. But instead, you decide to give me a green hat silently. What did I do wrong for you to humiliate me like this?”

Leng Sihan was dumbfounded when he heard this. 

He was indeed wrong in this matter. 

“Don’t maliciously slander us, Sihan and I are innocent! It’s not what you think!” Bai Lianhua stood up from behind Leng Sihan. He opened his arms and stood in front of him while speaking loudly. 

“Sihan?” When he heard how he addressed him, Shen Jiangling slowly curled his lips. He looked at the two of them with great interest, “You’re shouting his name so intimately, yet you still want to say you two are innocent?” 

Who are you deceiving?

If the person here was still the original owner that loved Leng Sihan to death, he definitely would have exploded in anger. 

“I’m sorry, it’s all my fault. If you really mind it, I can leave.” Bai Lianhua’s eyes instantly turned red. He raised his arm and wiped his tears, showing a hint of strength within his perseverance. “As for the money for the clothes… I’ll work hard to pay it off. I-I’ll leave first.”

Leng Sihan immediately grabbed his hand and said the classic line of an overhearing president, “Who allowed you to leave without my permission?”

Fun Fact: The protagonist shou’s name (Bai Lianhua) sounds nearly identical (but with different characters) to the word “white lotus” in Chinese. “White lotus” is a Chinese internet slang for someone who looks pure on the outside but is rotten inside.

“Xiao” directly translates to “little” and is often used as part of a nickname for someone younger.