Achieving A Happy Ending With The Tragic Female Lead [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 61.1

The aroma of noodles filled the air, and Lin Nanyue really did feel hungry.

Once the noodles were served, she brought the chopsticks and spoons, and they carried the bowls to the living room to eat.

When Lin Nanyue saw the dining table, she froze. The surface was now clean, no clothes, no nothing. Professor Su must have cleaned everything up while she was asleep.

Still, she avoided the spot where she had sat earlier and pulled Su Mi away so she wouldn’t sit there either.

So, the two sat side by side to eat.

When she was almost full, Lin Nanyue checked her phone and saw someone on WeChat Moments posting photos of tonight’s event. There were group photos of various faculty members. She looked up at the quietly eating Su Mi.

“Professor Su, was it okay for you to leave early with me today? I saw they took a group photo of the teachers and students.”

“Mhm, I already explained to the organizer.” Su Mi put down her chopsticks and looked at her. “As for you, don’t you think it’s a pity? It was a good chance to network. You might have found some opportunities.”

Lin Nanyue propped her head on her hand. “Not a pity at all. Most of why I wanted to go was just curiosity.” She frowned slightly. “If I had known it would lead to you meeting that person, I’d rather the event never happened.”

Besides, wasn’t Professor Su her greatest opportunity?

Lin Nanyue sat up straight, her expression serious. “He won’t come looking for you again, right? No, no, no. Professor Su, you’re already mine. You need to have the attitude of someone who is ‘taken,’ just like how you were so cold and heartless to me before.”

Su Mi heard this and said calmly, “You really hold a grudge.”

The hotel incident from back then still hadn’t been forgotten.

“But does my home look like I have a family?”

Lin Nanyue blinked. “What do you mean?”

Su Mi sighed. “Doesn’t this home lack another mistress?”

Slowly catching the meaning, Lin Nanyue’s face flushed. She scratched the smooth tabletop with her finger. After a long while, she replied, “Then… would it be fine if I just moved in?”

Su Mi turned her head slightly and gave a soft hum of affirmation.

Having decided to move in together, Lin Nanyue went to her counselor at school to apply for off campus living. It was approved quickly, but she was delayed for a while by her internship acceptance and her graduation project.

During that time, Lin Nanyue gradually moved her main daily necessities over. The things left in the dorm weren’t urgent.

On the weekend, the two finally found the time to pack up the remaining items in the dormitory.

On moving day, Su Mi went to the school with her, showing her true face. When people saw the two together and getting along harmoniously, the rumors were naturally dispelled.

As for Fang Qian, Su Mi had already blocked him. She informed him she had a partner and “kindly” reminded Fang’s parents about the “good friend” their son was keeping outside.

Likely, Fang Qian was currently frantic dealing with his family’s interrogation, with no time to bother anyone else.

Cleaning out the dorm was the hardest part. Four years of living accumulated countless items, making it hard to decide what to toss.

When Lin Nanyue couldn’t choose, she handed the decision to Su Mi. Under Su Mi’s decisive judgment, nearly two-thirds of the clutter disappeared.

It took them over two hours to load everything into the car.

Lin Nanyue got in first.

Before getting into the car, Su Mi received a call. Her expression became serious. After hanging up and getting in, she noticed Lin Nanyue’s abnormality. “What’s wrong?”

A pale Lin Nanyue gripped her phone tightly, turning to her. “Professor Su… something seems to have happened to my mother.”

At the County Hospital.

Su Mi stood by the stairwell making a call. “The general situation is what I told you. Lawyer Liang, contact us as soon as you arrive. Alright, goodbye.”

She hung up and walked back, stopping at the door of the ward at the end of the hallway. She looked inside at Lin Nanyue, who was slumped over the side of the hospital bed.

She picked up a coat from nearby and draped it over Lin Nanyue’s back.

Lin Nanyue wasn’t sleeping soundly, the slight movement woke her. When she saw it was Su Mi, she finally felt at ease.

Su Mi stroked her head. “Go sleep for a bit if you’re tired. I’ll watch over here. I’ll tell you the moment she wakes up.”

Lin Nanyue shook her head, looking at her mother, whose head was wrapped in layers of gauze. Her eyes began to well up.

Sensing her low mood, Su Mi let the girl lean against her, offering silent comfort.

“…Yueyue?” Her mother’s weak voice sounded.

Lin Nanyue turned instantly. “Mom?”

The moment she saw her daughter, Lin’s mother also burst into tears. “Yueyue, oh Yueyue.”

“I never thought… I really never thought they would treat me like this.” Remembering the scene, her mother began to tremble slightly. “I am his mother…”

“I’ll go get the doctor.” Su Mi walked out and happened to run into a caregiver and a patient walking slowly by.

The caregiver poked her head into the room out of curiosity.

“Oh my, why are those two crying so hard in there? What’s the illness?” the patient asked.

The caregiver looked around and whispered gossip: “She was beaten. I heard the son and the father borrowed money they couldn’t pay back. The two of them conspired to ‘sell’ the mother for money. The son even called his cousins from the father’s side to kidnap her. They failed and beat her into the hospital instead.”

The patient was horrified. “What kind of animals are they?”

The caregiver shook her head and tsked in disgust. “Exactly! The police came several times yesterday. That shameless family even came to cause a scene, saying it was a frame-up that the son was detained. Luckily, the daughter came. Oh, and the girl with the daughter, the one who just walked out, she’s even more impressive. She called a lot of police and had all those troublemakers sent straight in together.”

The patient sighed. “It’s better to have a daughter. Daughters know how to love their mothers.”

“Yes,” the caregiver agreed.

The two stopped talking when they saw Su Mi and the doctor approaching.

Inside the ward, the doctor performed a simple check-up and stated there were no major issues for now, though they must ensure the patient avoids emotional distress.

“Mom, how do you feel now?” Lin Nanyue choked up, looking at the wound on her head, wanting to touch it but not daring to.

Because of the heavy blow to her head, her mother had been dizzy and vomiting all day yesterday, in a semi-conscious state.

After Lin Nanyue and the Professor arrived yesterday, they first sent Grandma home to rest while Lin Nanyue stayed here all night without sleep.

“I’m fine, Mom is fine now.” Despite her words, she gripped her daughter’s hand tightly, as if catching her last lifeline.

Lin Nanyue tried to speak several times, but fearing her mother’s injury, she couldn’t.

“Where are… they?” Her mother asked voluntarily, her voice timid.

Lin Nanyue’s voice turned cold. “They are all being held at the police station. You…”

A silence fell between mother and daughter. Just as Lin Nanyue took a deep breath to speak, her mother spoke first.

“Yueyue, Mom… Mom has been thinking a lot lately.” She slowly raised her head.

Though life hadn’t been kind to her, time had been generous; one could still see the beauty of her youth in her face.

“I have such a smart, beautiful, and obedient daughter. How could I… how could I not see that?”

“Yueyue, I’m sorry. It’s Mom’s fault.”

Upon hearing those words, the tears in Lin Nanyue’s eyes finally spilled over.

Her mother tried to reach out and hug her. “Mom wants to live a good life with you and Grandma. Mom is willing to… get a divorce.”

The last word was quiet, but it hit Lin Nanyue’s heart like a heavy weight, making her sob out loud.

In this moment, the little girl who had been suppressed throughout her upbringing finally let out her first cry of release, as if crying away years of grievance and insecurity.

Her mother cried softly too, patting Lin Nanyue’s back just as she had when she was a baby, coaxing her.

Su Mi leaned against the wall, watching quietly. She tapped her finger lightly against the wall. The weight in her own heart finally lifted.

Lin’s mother left the entire matter to Lin Nanyue to handle. She was afraid she would be soft-hearted, so she didn’t go to see the son she had once pampered. She moved out of that house and back to her own mother’s side.

Lin Nanyue chose to prosecute. She was determined to ensure that every single person who had hurt her mother was sent to prison.

The lawsuit wouldn’t be settled overnight, but before that, with the lawyer’s help, Lin’s mother finally successfully obtained her divorce certificate.

Standing on the busy street, she looked at the name on the certificate. The sunlight fell upon it, illuminating the ink.

Yao Fuling.

In this moment, she had reclaimed her own name.

On the day her mother got the divorce certificate, Lin Nanyue’s mood remained jubilant.

It wasn’t until they returned home and walked through the door that Lin Nanyue suddenly turned and threw herself into Su Mi’s embrace.

Su Mi felt a slight dampness on her thin clothing. she held her, patting her back. “All these years, you’ve worked hard.”

Lin Nanyue, who was feeling emotional, couldn’t help but laugh. “Professor Su, has anyone ever told you that when you comfort people, you’re like a rigid old fogey?”

“Really?” Su Mi frowned.

“But I like it very much,” Lin Nanyue said, smiling.

The corners of Su Mi’s mouth quirked up.

At bedtime, Lin Nanyue naturally snuggled into Professor Su’s arms, holding her tight.

“Professor Su, why do you like me?” Lin Nanyue recalled their first encounter. It probably wasn’t love at first sight.

Su Mi rested her chin on the top of the girl’s head and rubbed it gently. She took Lin Nanyue’s hand and placed it over her own heart.

“This was its decision.”

“It cannot explain the reason to you, but it will use the rest of its life to interpret the reason why it beats for you.”

Lin Nanyue’s eyelashes fluttered. she looked down at her palm pressed against Su Mi’s chest, feeling the steady thrumming beneath.

She turned her hand over to interlace her fingers with Su Mi’s.

Professor Su, it’s so good to have met you.