it's actually not easy wanting to be a supporting Male lead

1.2

Chapter 1.2:

Sui Yuan doesn’t hear system 5237’s heart-wrenching cry, nor does he see the tears of blood streaming down its face. For he has automatically entered character mode, the enchantingly evil aura wrapping around him like a cloak. A captivating smile on his face, he places his folded fan below the prostitute’s chin, using it to tip the peasant girl’s face up.

…Still not as attractive as me.

In truth, Sui Yuan would like to avoid this little event, but no matter his innermost thoughts, he has a task to complete. Maintaining a faint smile on his face, his eyes narrow slightly and his head tilts a little to the side. Long, pitch-black hair flutters in the light breeze and brushes against the woman’s cheek, causing her to flush red.

“Looking at you really incites pity in my heart. Since you are willing to sell yourself, how about selling to me?” A slender finger extends to wipe the young girl’s tears away. A sparkling teardrop falls onto the tip of his finger, truly resembling a shimmering gem upon white jade.

“If… if daren[1] assists this commoner to bury her father, this commoner will be willing to work like a horse or cattle for daren…” The woman chokes on her words as intense emotions surge forth. “But, this commoner has already vowed to mother before she passed that I will never be anyone’s concubine. I beseech daren to allow me this request!”

“Become a concubine?” Sui Yuan scoffs coldly, tone full of contempt. “Do you think you are fit to be a one?”

The young girl’s pupils shrink in fear, disbelief bleeding onto her face. The terse silence stretches as she struggles to form an appropriate reply.

“I am Qin Wang[2]. Women who are allowed into Qin Wang’s residence, even if it is only to be a concubine, are at minimum daughters of lesser nobles.” Sui Yuan smiles, his voice ambiguously affectionate, contrary to the frosty, cutting words falling from his lips. “The only position you are fit to have is that of a concubine’s maid. You have sold yourself to me. How I handle you is up to benwang[3]. A mere slave girl believing yourself to be as valuable as the purest jade? Really don’t know how to differentiate good from bad.”

The woman’s lips tremble faintly as tears begin to tumble down her cheeks. “Please…please be magnanimous, daren. This…this commoner does not wish to enter the prince’s residence!”

“Do you think you can refuse to enter just like that?” Sui Yuan sneers. “If I want you, who dares to say a single ‘no’?”

Not even a second after he says this, someone amongst the crowd yells a loud, “I dare!”

Inwardly, Sui Yuan feels satisfaction course through his being as he praises himself for a magnificent performance. Languidly turning his head towards the direction of the voice, he stares wordlessly at the female lead pushing through the crowd for her “hero saving the beauty” scene.

“Such a great Qin Wang! Bullying and humiliating a small, weak woman in the middle of the street! Spouting such obscene words in public. Beneath the foot of the rightful Emperor[4], since when do you have the authority to disregard law or discipline, taking advantage of any commoner woman you see!” Despite her petite figure, the female lead’s commanding aura is definitely not feeble.

However, her appearance left Sui Yuan feeling a tad disappointed. But according to 5237’s knowledge, the recent trend for female leads is brain and personality over appearance. Any female who possesses great beauty is a cannon fodder.

Sui Yuan quirks an eyebrow. “Who are you? Speaking in this manner towards benwang, such impertinence!”

“This commoner is a record-keeper in the Ministry of Justice, Fan Caiyao.” The female lead greets Sui Yuan in a manner that is neither haughty nor humble. Immediately following her brief introduction, a myriad of laws and decrees flow from her mouth. Clever and witty, stately bearing attracting everyone’s gaze – based on the plot, this female lead is a transmigrated soul who was a lawyer in her previous life…