After I Transmigrated into the Novel, I made the Heroine Fall for Me - Chapter 69

“Hat?” Gu Shengxiao looked at her, puzzled. Was there some trendy hat style recently?

“Hehe.” Fang Qingying chuckled softly, miming the action of putting on a hat. “A green one, get it?”

“Pfft…” Gu Shengxiao couldn’t hold back her laughter at the sight of Fang Qingying being so jealous yet refusing to admit it.

Fang Qingying’s cheeks flushed red. She took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to beat someone up deep inside.

“Xiao Ying, don’t change the subject. Where’s my reward?” Gu Shengxiao tapped her cheek where Fang Qingying had kissed her earlier, boldly demanding more.

“No, keep dreaming.” Fang Qingying refused without hesitation. Want a reward? Not a chance.

Meanwhile, Xu Huanhuan felt she shouldn’t be here, she should be under the car instead.

And she was so flustered she didn’t even know what she was saying.

“Are you done filming?” Gu Shengxiao noticed her costume and asked curiously.

Fang Qingying looked down at her clothes. In her haste to find Gu Shengxiao, she had forgotten to change back into her regular clothes. Only when Gu Shengxiao mentioned it did she remember.

“Yes, I’m done for the day. I’ve finished shooting my scenes and can go rest.” Fang Qingying stretched lazily and replied unhurriedly, “Let me change out of this costume first. How about we grab a meal together later?”

“Sure, I’ll wait for you.”

Fang Qingying turned and headed to the dressing room to change.

Xu Huanhuan pointed at herself, her face full of gossipy curiosity as she looked at Gu Shengxiao. She had so many questions but didn’t know how to ask without offending her.

“Miss Xu, you seem to have something on your mind?” Gu Shengxiao glanced at the fidgeting Xu Huanhuan and smiled. “Is there something you want to tell me?”

Xu Huanhuan twisted the hem of her clothes, avoiding eye contact awkwardly, and whispered, “Are you and Yingying together now?”

This was the question every fan of their ship wanted to know.

“You guess.” Gu Shengxiao didn’t spell it out, but her tone implied confirmation.

“Alright, I understand.” Xu Huanhuan made an ‘OK’ gesture, wearing an expression that said, “I get it, I get it,” and added, “Enjoy your meal.”

She was leaving now.

Being a third wheel was the worst.

When Fang Qingying returned, the room was noticeably missing one person.

“Where’s Huanhuan?” Fang Qingying stood at the doorway, scanning the room but still not spotting Xu Huanhuan.

Gu Shengxiao pouted slightly. “In Xiao Ying’s eyes, is Miss Xu the only one who matters?”

Fang Qingying glanced at Gu Shengxiao and asked, “Where did she go?”

Wasn’t this her dressing room?

If Xu Huanhuan wasn’t here, why was Gu Shengxiao still around?

“I’m very upset right now.” Instead of answering, Gu Shengxiao sat on the sofa, refusing to move. She hung her head, pretending to cry, exuding an aura of “come comfort me.”

Wasn’t this the epitome of a jealous lover?

Was she really still just a twenty-year-old girl at heart?

Fang Qingying curled her lips, watching Gu Shengxiao sulk and deliberately chose not to comfort her.

She turned slowly and said, “Since someone is so upset, I guess I’ll have to eat alone? Eating alone is so boring. Maybe I’ll go with Gao Tian instead?”

She had just taken a few steps forward when her arm was grabbed tightly by the person she had referred to earlier. The other’s expression was stiff and unreadable, like a mask.

Fang Qingying turned around to see slender fingers gripping her arm. She lifted her gaze slightly and met a face devoid of emotion, yet she could clearly see deep hurt in the other’s eyes.

“Still upset?” Fang Qingying asked with a slight curve of her lips.

The other shook her head, then leaned her head against Fang Qingying’s shoulder as if conceding defeat, murmuring, “Xiao Ying always bullies me. You clearly know I’m jealous, but you won’t even comfort me.”

Their long shadows stretched across the ground, overlapping one another.

Then, the other cupped her face, lifting it gently.

Two dark silhouettes intertwined.

Warm breath brushed against her face as their lips met, sharing each other’s warmth.

Gu Shengxiao lowered her gaze, staring intently at Fang Qingying, her fiery eyes unwavering.

In her eyes, Fang Qingying was just as captivating as she had been in their childhood.

Day after day, she had stayed in that empty, silent house, waiting for time to pass, trapped in a monotonous and tedious existence.

Until one day,

That person descended into her life like a blade cutting through the gray world that confined her.

A burst of vibrant colors followed, illuminating her world.

People often say that a hero arrives on a rainbow cloud, but her hero only needed to appear to bring her profound emotion.

At first, it was an inexplicable stirring.

Later, she realized she had fallen deeply, unable to extricate herself.

And so, she wanted to possess her.

Just as a dragon carefully guards its glittering treasure, she wanted to hold her close, never letting her stray even half a step away.

“You’re supposed to close your eyes when we kiss. Remember that next time,” Fang Qingying said softly, releasing her embrace and gently tapping her forehead with a curled finger.

“But Xiao Ying didn’t close her eyes either?” Gu Shengxiao lowered her head to kiss her lips again, a mischievous smile playing on her face.

“I did close my eyes,” Fang Qingying retorted, turning away and grabbing her hand. The roots of her dark hair-covered ears flushed red, she wouldn’t admit that she had secretly watched Gu Shengxiao’s reaction.

“If you closed your eyes, how did you know mine were open?” Gu Shengxiao tightened her grip, teasing relentlessly, “So, were you peeking at me, Xiao Ying?”

“You’re overthinking it,” Fang Qingying replied, her body stiffening slightly as if caught red-handed. She straightened her neck and insisted, “Let’s go. If we don’t eat soon, I’ll starve.”

“My fault,” Gu Shengxiao said, interlacing their fingers.

She tilted her head slightly, her eyes filled with tenderness reserved for one person alone.

It didn’t matter if she couldn’t remember.

Right now, she was here by her side.

Meanwhile, on Gao Tian’s end.

“Ding dong!”

Her phone chimed. Gao Tian glanced at it.

Then, slipping the phone back into her pocket, she took Lin Yaya’s hand and said, “Yaya, let’s go have dinner together?”

Lin Yaya looked up at her and firmly refused, “No, I’m still on duty.”

In other words, she still had to find Gu Shengxiao and had no time to join her for a meal.

“But, Yingjie said that Gu Yinghou is with her now, and told me to tell you, ‘You can clock out.’ So you’re free now and can come have a meal with me.” Gao Tian spoke with confidence, even pulling out her phone again to show her the message.

[Fang Qingying: Xiao Xiao and I are going to eat. You and Xiao Lin can clock out.]

“So what? It was Miss Fang who said it, not Sister Gu.” Lin Zhiya read the message but refused to acknowledge it.

No sooner had she spoken than her own phone rang.

Lin Zhiya: “…”

Suddenly, she felt the sting of instant karma.

“Why aren’t you checking your messages?” Gao Tian grinned slyly at her. Even without Lin Zhiya looking at her phone, she knew exactly what the message said.

When the two bosses went out to eat together, why would they bring along a third wheel?

“Nothing worth seeing. I’m leaving first.” Flustered, Lin Zhiya turned to flee.

But Gao Tian, taking advantage of her height, wrapped her arms around Lin Zhiya, pulling her close, and retrieved the phone from her pocket.

Staring at the lock screen, almost as if guided by some impulse, Gao Tian entered a few numbers.

To her surprise, the screen unlocked.

A smile spread across Gao Tian’s face as she leaned close to Lin Zhiya’s ear and whispered, “Yaya, you still like me, don’t you?”

Even the lock screen password was the date they had gotten together, and the wallpaper was the same image she had helped set back then. It was clear that the person in her arms had never truly disliked her.

“Shut up.” Lin Zhiya snatched her phone back, her eyes red as she glared at Gao Tian. “You’re overthinking it. I’m just used to it and too lazy to change it.”

Seeing the disbelief in Gao Tian’s eyes, Lin Zhiya took a deep breath and said, “If these things are giving Miss Gao Tian the wrong idea, I’ll change them right now.”

With that, she began frantically altering her phone password and wallpaper settings, her movements so hurried that no one could intervene.

This desperate attempt to escape left Gao Tian momentarily stunned.

“Why?” Gao Tian asked, bewildered.

Wasn’t it obvious that she still had feelings?

Why was she so desperate to break away?

“Why?” Lin Zhiya let out a bitter laugh at the sight of Gao Tian’s confusion. “It’s because I don’t want to be with you anymore, and I don’t want to keep being the fool you summon and dismiss at will.”

“From the day you confessed to me, I’ve always known you didn’t really like me. You were only with me because of a bet, weren’t you?”

“So why are you putting on this act of affection now? What’s the point?”

“Do you feel proud, toying with me like this, making my heart leap at your every move?”

As she spoke, she could no longer hold back.

Tears streamed from her reddened eyes.

She had tried so hard to forget this scoundrel before her, so why did Gao Tian have to draw near just as she was about to give up?

Lin Zhiya thought it over aside from her restless heart and the lingering resentment stirring within her, there was nothing else left.

“I didn’t,” Gao Tian shook her head and took a step forward.

Seeing Lin Zhiya shrink back in fear, she bit her lip and moved closer again.

“You!” Lin Zhiya watched as Gao Tian drew near, and despite everything, a part of her still wished to stay.

They say the one who falls in love first is the loser and in this game, she had lost everything.

But no one had told her what to do if one day the other person said that she was actually the one who had lost.

Gao Tian reached out and grabbed Lin Zhiya, who wanted to run away but couldn’t bring herself to leave, and said softly, “It wasn’t because of the bet, but because it was you.”

That was why she had lost to them.

Otherwise, with her temper, how could she have lost so easily and then so readily fulfilled this “bet”?

From the very beginning, she was the one who had lost.

But now, she was still the loser.

“Are you still trying to deceive me?”

“I never wanted to deceive you.”

Lin Zhiya looked at her, her lips trembling slightly as she finally voiced the question in her heart, “Why me?”

“Because you were the one who provoked me first.”

Gao Tian smiled sadly.

Like an abandoned kitten, stubbornly clinging to its owner’s pant leg.

“I didn’t. Stop slandering me.”

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