After Kissing the World-Weary Female Supporting Character [Transmigration] - Chapter 58

“I have made myself very clear. Since the engagement has been dissolved, there is absolutely no possibility of reconciliation.”

Ji Ruyue raised the coffee cup and took a sip of the Americano that Li Yebai had ordered.

It’s really bitter.

She had never liked coffee, let alone unsweetened bitter coffee, but the Male Lead never knew and never noticed. Perhaps the author’s setting was that she was supposed to like these things?

Ji Ruyue swallowed the slightly acidic bitterness of the coffee and half-closed her eyes as she watched Li Yebai’s hand reach out, blocking it with the coffee cup on the table.

How pitiful. A puppet that will never wake up. What is the difference between being alive and being dead?

Li Yebai retracted his hand. The Ji Ruyue of today made him feel different from the infatuated woman in his memory, but he couldn’t quite pinpoint how.

“Xiaoyue,” his two decades of smooth sailing had prevented him from ever having to think deeply. His dark brows furrowed, and his already cold gaze added three parts of anger and two parts of surprise. “Are you playing hard to get with me? If so, you’ve succeeded.”

“I always thought you would be mine sooner or later, that no matter what I did, you would wait for me behind me. Now it seems I should take some measures to prove your place in my heart, lest you always be consumed by jealousy and fretful.”

With that, Li Yebai stood up, looking down at Ji Ruyue. He then braced one hand on the table and leaned down to kiss her.

What kind of brainless nonsense is that?

Ji Ruyue expressionlessly turned her head away. She raised her hand to resist, only to find that she couldn’t move again.

Damn it. Why did the plot’s control kick in at this moment? Is it specifically trying to disgust me?

Li Yebai’s peripheral vision caught Ji Ruyue’s raised hand: Women are so troublesome, saying one thing and meaning another. She says no with her mouth, but her body is very honest.

Thinking this, Li Yebai reached out to grasp Ji Ruyue’s hand. A sudden repulsive force struck from the point where their fingers were about to meet. The unprepared Li Yebai stumbled, falling back onto his chair.

It was the passive protective spell Song Xingzi had cast on the ring that had triggered.

Although nothing actually happened, due to the angle, Li Yebai’s actions—standing up, leaning close to Ji Ruyue, and then sitting down again—looked to a bystander like a side-view kiss that sparked imaginative thoughts.

What did I just see? Ji Ji actually met the Male Lead behind my back! We are clearly the destined pair! I don’t believe it. It must be that scum Male Lead forcing Ji Ji!

Damn it, I’m going to rush out and kill him. No one stop me. I’m going to cast a hex on him, make his car tires blow out, make his company go bankrupt, get him hit by a car while walking, and get him caught in the door when crossing a doorway.

“Damn it! Damn it! This is infuriating!!!”

Through two layers of glass, Song Xingzi saw that Li Yebai actually kissed her Ji Ji. She was panting with rage and furiously yelled at Zhang Yuan, “Stop the car! Zhang Yuan, stop the car! I see Ji Ji! I’m furious! That scumbag Li Yebai actually dared to kiss Ji Ji! Damn, damn, damn! Let me out of the car!”

Zhang Yuan’s heart trembled, and his danger radar buzzed wildly.

It happened as expected—a love rivalry showdown! I am just a simple and fragile little assistant! Why must I go through this?

The weak and helpless Assistant Zhang chose to selectively forget that he had voluntarily offered to help the White Lotus look at storefronts. His cannon fodder radar screamed frantically. His face was serious, his hands gripped the steering wheel, and his voice was steady. “Miss Song, you can’t park here.”

Song Xingzi, who clearly heard the dramatic assistant’s inner monologue, smiled. “Assistant Zhang, did you know about this all along? Ji Ji is here to see Li Yebai. No wonder you were so resistant when I said I wanted to find her. Are you helping cover for her?”

The White Lotus’s voice was soft, sweet, and gentle, true to her appearance. Her tone wasn’t raised and was light and airy, yet Zhang Yuan’s cannon fodder radar mysteriously sensed a killing intent.

“Ahem, ahem, ahem,” the quick-witted man’s brain worked rapidly, and he immediately came up with a countermeasure. “I assure you, CEO Ji is absolutely here on business today. Didn’t you know? Because of the exposure of CEO Li’s philandering ways, the Ji family put pressure on the Li family. They not only announced the cancellation of the engagement but also gradually terminated some cooperation with the Li Corporation. To prevent you from getting entangled, CEO Ji specifically arranged overseas advertisements for you and even set aside her official duties to accompany you on your trip. How could such a devoted CEO do anything to betray you? Today’s meeting is also noted in the CEO’s schedule. This is genuinely one-hundred percent official business.”

So, the windfall of good fortune wasn’t earned by Uncle Lin selling me out? It was Ji Ji.

Song Xingzi’s heart softened into a pool of warm water, bubbling gently.

“But, I wasn’t even suspecting Ji Ji! I’m angry that the scumbag Li Yebai dared to force a kiss on Ji Ji!”

Song Xingzi snapped out of her moment of sentimentality, clenching her fist. “Assistant Zhang Yuan, stop the car! I can’t just stand by and watch Ji Ji be bullied by a scumbag.”

“Ahem, ahem, ahem.”

The White Lotus is quite quick-witted, unlike what I read in the novel.

For the sake of his CEO’s career and his own livelihood, Zhang Yuan quickly analyzed the source of the White Lotus’s anger and sought to dissuade her. “I know Miss Song is very angry right now and wants to rush over and beat up CEO Li. But if you suddenly appear now, the forced CEO Ji will definitely feel extremely ashamed and embarrassed, and she might even be angry at you. You have to understand, sometimes merely being associated with a bad scenario can damage your image in the other person’s heart. Is Miss Song sure she wants to do this?”

Oh my god! If the White Lotus rushes forward now, the one who dies won’t be just me, but also my monthly salary and my OTP! Wouldn’t it be better to stab him in the back? CEO Li didn’t bring anyone with him. Can’t we wait until the meeting is over, let the CEO vent her anger first, and then we come out and put a sack over his head?

Zhang Yuan’s words were fluent and sounded very professional. More importantly, his inner monologue genuinely seemed to be considering the well-being of Song Xingzi and Ji Ruyue.

Song Xingzi was slightly moved by his words. “What you said makes sense, but…”

It worked! Wuwuwu! Being well-read is useful after all! The domineering CEO novels did not lie to me!

Zhang Yuan pressed his advantage. “Miss Song, to take a step back, even though you and the CEO are in the passionate early stages of a relationship, constantly watching the CEO’s every move will put pressure on her. If we suddenly show up, we’ll look just like stalking maniacs. Furthermore, there is no parking space outside the coffee shop; stopping there is illegal. Miss Song comes from a background in law and certainly wouldn’t want to do anything illegal.”

“Although, though,” Song Xingzi grabbed her ponytail in frustration, her thoughts not as smooth as her hair. “I… I wasn’t planning on stalking Ji Ji; I just wanted to see her. Fine, fine, I’ll listen to you. I can’t cause trouble for Ji Ji. We’ll stake out Li Yebai after Ji Ji leaves.”

Zhang Yuan steadily parked the car in the nearest parking garage. “Understood, Miss Song.”

Song Xingzi gripped the ring worn on the necklace around her chest, boredly scrolling on her phone. She opened WeChat, paused on Ji Ruyue’s profile picture, exited, and then clicked back in to look through her Moments. Going back and forth, she managed to pass quite a bit of time.

In reality, Ji Ruyue’s Moments were completely empty.

Ji Ruyue did not know that her weak, pitiful, and helpless assistant was exerting effort behind her back. Li Yebai’s sudden retreat allowed her to be spared from torment, and she was quite pleased.

“The matter of the engagement should have been made very clear by my father and Grandpa Li. As for the cooperation between the Li and Ji Corporations, instead of focusing your efforts on me, you should go back and reorganize your company’s business and save your stock price. After all, there is still some history between the two families. My father will not do something that harms the enemy by a thousand while losing eight hundred for himself.”

But I will! You should just obediently follow the path of the malicious Male Supporting Character!

Feeling that her body could move freely, Ji Ruyue lightly flexed her neck, picked up her clutch bag and placed it on her lap, ending the conversation. “The discussion ends here. There’s no need for you to say anything else. When we meet again, I hope the stock prices of both our families have returned to normal.”

Li Yebai had once said these very words to her when the Ji family was on the brink of bankruptcy. Returning them to him today didn’t make her feel particularly vindicated.

Perhaps it wasn’t time yet. The Male Lead was still the darling of the Heavenly Dao, and she hadn’t succeeded yet. The road to reversing her fate still had some distance to go.

It doesn’t matter. I can wait.

Ji Ruyue pursed her lips, said nothing more, nodded a signal to the bodyguard at the next table, and walked out of the coffee shop.

The parking lot Zhang Yuan had chosen was the closest and largest underground garage to the commercial street. Ji Ruyue’s car was naturally also parked there.

Seeing the quiet bodyguard Li walk into the parking lot, Zhang Yuan whispered to Song Xingzi, who was playing on her phone, “Miss Song, Bodyguard Li is here to get the car. The CEO has finished her conversation.”

“Huh? Really? Where? Let me see!”

Song Xingzi also lowered her voice to reply. The two went back and forth, sounding exactly like undercover agents meeting in a spy movie.

“Hey, it really is Li Biao! I’ll send a message to Ji Ji to ask where she is, and then we’ll stake out Li Yebai!”

Huh? She wasn’t just talking? Is she actually going to resort to violence? The opponent is the CEO of a transnational group as rich as a nation! This is…

Too damn exciting! Are we filming a movie? Hurry up! I can’t wait anymore!

Song Xingzi, who heard the dramatic assistant’s inner monologue word-for-word: “…”

Okay, I understand. It turns out there are no normal people in the entire world.

Song Xingzi, who had accidentally guessed the truth, received Ji Ruyue’s reply. After watching Bodyguard Li drive away, she furiously directed Zhang Yuan to drive and stake out the area.

The several bodyguards who had followed them made their way grandly toward the vicinity of the coffee shop and set up an ambush in advance. Song Xingzi then casually led Zhang Yuan to block the Male Lead who had just stepped out the door.

“Stop!” Song Xingzi gave a clear, sharp shout, beckoning with her finger toward Li Yebai. “I’m talking about you. Come here.”

“You are?” Li Yebai frowned. The handsome face, perpetually covered in ice and snow, immediately conjured a blizzard. The entire office seemed to have turned into the Arctic Ice Continent. (Note 1)

This woman is a little familiar. Why does she look so much like the White Lotus?

The two were still a distance apart. Song Xingzi did not know the convoluted thoughts churning in the Male Lead’s mind. Seeing that the scumbag Male Lead did not walk over quickly, she whispered suspiciously to her assistant behind her.

“Zhang Yuan, why isn’t he coming over? Didn’t you guarantee this would get Li Yebai’s attention?”

Zhang Yuan was expressionless, but replied with extreme confidence, “Don’t panic, Miss Song. According to my experience, if you act tough and righteous like a small roadside grass, and then tearfully scold him, CEO Li will definitely look at you differently and take the bait!”

Song Xingzi: According to the experience from the ‘Overbearing CEO Falls in Love With Me’ novel in your head? I’m an idiot. I’m truly an idiot for actually believing Zhang Yuan.

“Zhang Yuan? Ji Ruyue’s assistant? So this woman is the small star who snatched my ex-fiancée (and stepping stone). What was her name again?”

Li Yebai concentrated and clearly recognized Zhang Yuan, the cannon fodder assistant who had quite a few scenes, and then deduced Song Xingzi’s identity.

“Woman, you are the first person who has dared to speak to me this way.”

Li Yebai flashed a slight smile at Song Xingzi, accidentally revealing his 99th perfect tooth. Swinging his six-foot-tall legs, he slowly walked toward Song Xingzi. “Woman, you have successfully attracted my attention.” (Note 2)

He actually came over? Song Xingzi was dumbfounded.

I knew it. There isn’t a single normal person in this world besides Ji Ji and me.

Zhang Yuan urged her softly from the side, “Quick, Miss Song, use your White Lotus beauty to stun CEO Li and lead him into the alley! We can then put a sack over his head and hit him with a club.”

Indeed, there really isn’t a normal one…

Song Xingzi revealed a knowing smile, turning her head to narrow her eyes and scrutinize Li Yebai from head to toe.

The previous two times were too rushed, so much so that I, the Female Lead, haven’t had a good look at the Overbearing CEO’s appearance. Now that I look closely, tsk tsk, he’s only so-so.

Where are the promised perfectly chiseled facial features like a knife-cut noodle? Where are the freezing eyes that can shoot out cold beams? Where is the mouth that can speak even when closed? Where are the all-hearing ears that can hear the sound of a sniper pulling the trigger ten thousand miles away?

He clearly just looks like an ordinary human! What a disappointment for a demon!

Song Xingzi frowned, making a hand-seal to cast a Cloud of Bad Luck over Li Yebai, and turned away in dissatisfaction.

Listening to Zhang Yuan’s suggestion to stake him out is one of the most foolish decisions of my demonic life! Wouldn’t direct revenge be more satisfying?

“Stop!”

This time, it was Li Yebai who called out to her. He watched Song Xingzi’s resolute back, and for some unknown reason, a huge wave of panic rose in his heart. He had never felt this sensation before. The spreading terror threatened to utterly consume him, erasing him, skin and bones, from this world.

Song Xingzi turned to look at him. The expected dark cloud had not appeared above Li Yebai’s head, which meant the spell had failed.

What is going on? I can’t hear Ji Ji’s inner monologue, and I can’t cast my spiritual power on the Male Lead either?

Song Xingzi gazed at Li Yebai in confusion and made the hand-seal again.