*knock*

*knock*

"Miss Olivia, breakfast is ready," informed Bacchus family's maid, knocking on the doors of Olivia's bedroom.

"I know. I'll be there right away!" Olivia called out. Getting off the bed with popcorn in her arm, she gazed down at the unfinished butter popcorn.

❝System, do you have a space? Can you save my popcorn?❞

❰ Yes, I can.❱

Olivia stared at the slowly disappearing popcorn in fascination

❝So cool, so handy, thank you!❞

Olivia looked at the unresponsive, metal ball with a smile.

❝System, you should respond with a 'You are welcome'.❞

❰ You are welcome.❱

❝Good.❞

After patting the floating ball, Olivia stepped out of her bedroom and walked along the hallway. Spotting her sister, she stopped at her steps; Grace was walking down the staircase.

░Won't I startle her if I greet her from this distance? This staircase looks dangerous. Let's wait a bit.░

As soon as Grace was out of danger, Olivia followed after her.

░Eh, why do I feel like a creep?░

When Olivia reached the ground floor, she went straight to the kitchen. Along the way, she wished a good morning to the mansion's butlers and maids. She was a spoiled young miss now, but there was still an etiquette that should not be forgotten.

In the kitchen, the Bacchus family was seated behind a large dining table. There were eight seats, Mr. Bacchus, as a head of the family, sat at the end, while Mrs. Bacchus was seated on his right side, Grace was sitting on his left. Everyone stopped talking the moment Olivia appeared.

░So much drama jut for my entrance?░

"Good morning, everyone. Why are you all looking at me like I've done something wrong?" Olivia asked with an awkward smile.

"Ah, nothing we were waiting for you. Come, let's eat," said Mr. Bacchus.

Olivia sat down next to Grace, "Oh."

Everyone started eating. Olivia was deciding between a croissant and a toast. After she made her choice, she reached her hand to the croissant while father Bacchus began a conversation.

"Ehm..." he coughed to get their attention, "I was talking with Grace this morning about breaking her engagement with Ailstar. Mother agreed too."

Mrs. Bacchus nodded her head, "Right, Right. I thought that in time, you would develop some feelings between each other. But when I saw how Ailstar is so unreactive, sigh... That boy is hopeless."

Tears gushed out of Grace's eyes, "Mom, Dad, thank you for your support."

░Green tea...Green tea... Green tea everywhere, ah.░

By 'green tea' did Olivia mean herself or Grace? Picking up a cup, Olivia inhaled the exhilarating aroma of a freshly brewed green tea as she thought about how she should show her concern as a sister and daughter. For her, they were all outsiders. She didn't receive Olivia's memories. The system only gave her a short summary of Olivia's life.

░This smells so good.░

The change was too rapid. If it were before, Grace would act like a spoiled princess. Without thinking about the consequences of her actions, she would start a tantrum — demanding unreasonable things from her parents.

"Hello? What about me? I am here too." Olivia raised her hand, showing her presence. Turning towards Grace, she said in encouragement, "Even though I don't know why you decided to break the engagement, you have my full support! I always thought that he didn't deserve you."

░Nor did you deserve him.░

Thankful for their support, Grace started to cry, feeling sorry for her family's tragic past. They were pretty much innocent. 'It's all those two's fault!'

She felt cheated! Ailstar was flirting with a girl behind his own fiance! No, not behind, he was showing off right before her face, without any care in the world! Grace wanted to make that girl disappear! She knew it's impossible, but still, she couldn't help it! Her whole body was itching, instructing her to do bad things again. But the trauma from her previous life forbade her from doing so. She didn't want to throw away her life so easily.

Even though there were still some lingering feelings for Ailstar, more than that, she wanted to punch that handsome face of his. 'Urgh...so annoying!' thought Grace. Her eyes were looking at her knees, trying to silence the anger with her sobs. There, suddenly, she felt somebody patting her back. '...Olivia?'

"Don't worry. Father will take care of it. Right father?" asked Olivia. Sipping on a cup of green tea, she hid her smile, gazing at her new father.

░Stupid me! Why am I smiling?! I'm supposed to cry with them!░

When Mrs. Bacchus saw her crying daughter, she panicked. Hurriedly, she ran around the table and hugged Grace, crying together, "Oh, dear! It's ok. Mum is here. We won't force you anymore. Mum and Dad are sorry."

While everyone's attention was focused on Grace, Olivia strived to drop a few tears, unsuccessfully.

░I can't... I look ugly when I cry.░

'Olivia is right,' thought Grace. 'Ailstar doesn't deserve my affection!' He was too cruel to bankrupt her family for a ...mere girl. No, not a mere girl, that girl was a heroine! She sure deserved that title. She was the one who changed Ailstar! *Poof* Just like that! From the emotionless ice cube to the lovestruck ice cube, like magic!

"I am thinking of going to meet Ailstar's father tomorrow morning. Does anyone want to go with me?" asked father Bacchus, interrupting their crying session.

"No!" Three women's shouts resonated at the same time.

"Hehe, I was just asking." Father Bacchus scratched his head with an awkward laugh.

Mother Bacchus, after making sure her daughter was not crying anymore, sat back at her place. The family went back to eating as they started a conversation here and there.

❝System, are there any good coffee, tea shop, or a restaurant nearby? I want to try this world's food.❞

❰There is a newly opened Coffee shop LéCoffe.❱

"Father, Mother, I am going out for lunch," said Olivia, wiping her unstained mouth with a napkin, "You don't have to wait for me."

"Where are you going?" asked her father. Their shut-in daughter finally decided to go outside?

"There is this new coffee shop I want to try out," done with her meal, Olivia stood up from her chair, "Anyone wants to tag along?"

"You go ahead. I still have some work to finish with your mom," father Bacchus shook his head.

"I'll pass too, sorry," apologized Grace.

"No problem, take a good rest," Olivia nodded and went back to her bedroom in a hurry like she used to do in the past.

After breakfast, everyone scattered to do their things.

When Grace arrived at her room, she tried to calm down her emotions. She was thinking about how to be better as a person. Her last life left a big scar in her heart. Why did she reincarnate? To have a second chance in life? Or to correct her wrongdoings?

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Olivia closed the doors to her room and walked into her walk-in closet.

░*Inner screaming* So many cute clothes! Which one should I choose!?░

░Olivia Bacchus was a good bet. It's more comfortable with a personality similar to mine.░

Luckily, the Bacchus family was only business-oriented. They were not aristocrats. Bing Shi would have to choose someone else if they were. She knew nothing about royal etiquette.

░I am not an actress. I would OOC too easily.░

░Like most daughters, me included, Grace started to behave like a white lotus before her parents. The engagement annulment was a bit unforeseen, but let's consider that other people would give up far more sooner...░

░Hm. Hm. Hm~░

░If you are courting someone and they reject you, it's reasonable to give up after a few more tries, right? The exceptions may be delusional masochists, who love being rejected.░

If Ailstar was a bit more cooperative and gave some response, Grace would continue with her courting. But in the past life, he didn't care about her, not even a tiny bit. He was so cold, so emotionless. Only the heroine was able to trigger some emotions within him...

❝System, when is the second male lead Mark coming back from abroad? How about that chat with Grace?❞

❰He is on his way to the airport. He should be back around 12 AM. After Grace told him about her situation, he didn't believe her.❱

░Right now, I feel like a god of fate.░

❝System, should we hijack his plane?❞

❰ Host you are not funny.❱

❝...❞

❰ What are your next step Host?❱

Olivia was choosing her outfit, thinking about her next step. She couldn't come up with a bulletproof plan in a matter of seconds. She thought about the powerful female leads in her favorite stories. They were so cool! She wanted to be like them too!

░Ah, what do I do? What. Do. I do!?!░

░I don't want to sound stupid before my system...░

❝System what if I fail, do I die too?❞

❰ This world will reset, and you start from scratch. You won't die.❱

❝Thank you.❞

░Should I make them meet up? Mark and Grace?░

░Should I start a conflict between the first male lead's Dalton family?░

░How?░

░Should I ask someone?░

░Who?░

░Google?░

░Nah, what are the causes of conflicts?░

░Misunderstandings?░

░No, we need a bigger conflict.░

░Cheating?░

❝System, is there a pill to stop time?❞

❰ No, there is not.❱

❝What a pity, It would be much easier. What about a fast-moving pill?❞

❰ There is.❱

❝Is it fast? I mean, will other people notice me moving around?❞

❰ They should not, but you should act quick.❱

░I have to use modern technology again. I wonder how I am going to get through those fantasy, ancient worlds. I'm getting stressed just thinking about them.░

Placing her outfit on a sofa, Olivia ran to her desk, sitting down on her chair, she turned on the laptop and started her clicking and typing.

Bing Shi wasn't a hacker nor an IT expert. In her previous life, she got a master's degree in civil engineering. She knew how to use some designing and civil engineering programs. Her degree was not going to be of use. But who needed to be a hacker or an IT, when they had a system? She found it odd. What's the reason behind her becoming a host when the HQ had such powerful systems?

❝System, I looked up that newly opened LéCaffe, I downloaded some of their ads and photoshopped the content a bit. Can you send this new ad to Mark?❞

❰ Yes, host.❱

Olivia picked up her outfit of choice that she chose a while ago, a black A-line dress with a peter pan shirt collar adorned with a black ribbon. For shoes, she chose black mary jane ones. She placed her wet tissues, cellphone, wallet, and keys into her crossbody designer handbag. About to go out, she stopped abruptly. Something was missing.

❝System, give me a pepper spray.❞

❰ Yes, host.❱

In her palm, a handy pepper spray appeared.

❝Thank you.❞

❰ You are welcome.❱

░I am getting used to these magical things too fast...░

Olivia put the pepper spray into her handbag and walked out of her room. Reaching the main door of the mansion, she stepped out and closed the door, trying to open it a few times, she had to make sure that it's locked from the outside. Oblivious, she went through the same routine as the one from her life before death.

Before leaving her house, she always had to look presentable.

Also, she always had to check the door if it's closed.

After a few steps, she went back to check the door again.

Habits, surely, were hard to change...

She was a bad, bad actress.

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OOC - out of character behavior

Who did MC mean by green tea?

She meant herself for being pretentious, and also Grace.

Why is Grace green tea?

In her previous life, she was a villain, who bullied the heroine. A person doesn't change in a matter of seconds. Hiding behind a pitiful facade, Grace's rotten thoughts remained. But she's trying to change her way for her family. ♪ \(^ω^\ )

Lately, white lotus became a synonym to green tea bītch. In the beginning, it was a way to describe innocent and good-natured girls.

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