After Kissing the World-Weary Female Supporting Character [Transmigration] - Chapter 67

The dedicated Security Guard: “I apologize, this is a VIP ward. Unauthorized personnel are prohibited from entering!”

The Enraged Dominant CEO (Li Yebai): “Are you blind? Am I unauthorized personnel? Move aside!”

Hmm? The big villain has finally caught up? That’s quite slow.

Song Xingzi finished wiping her tears and hopped onto Ji Ruyue’s shoulder. Her warm breath, along with the little animal’s adorable, milky voice, tickled Ji Ruyue’s ear. Ji Ruyue suddenly felt like laughing. She reached up, cupped the little creature in her hands, and nodded, confirming the plan.

Song Xingzi silently made a gesture, but Ji Ruyue seemed to hear her high-pitched voice loudly shouting, “Go, go, go!”

Ji Ruyue recalled Song Xingzi’s solemn improvisation of script lines, whispering in her ear: “Ji Ji, wait a moment, you first do this, then this. If that scumbag villain does that, then you do this…”

She is truly adorable, Ji Ruyue thought, taking her hands out of her pockets and rising from the hospital bed. She walked toward the door, where the argument outside was still raging.

The unyielding security guard stood blocking the doorway like a mountain, endlessly repeating his professional declaration: “I apologize, this is a VIP ward. Unauthorized personnel are prohibited from entering!”

How could the Dominant CEO Li Yebai ever tolerate such indignity? He was furious, and the CEO’s famous quotes spilled out: “Don’t forget your place, you are just a mere security guard! I can ensure you never find a job again for the rest of your life.”

“Whose dog is barking so loudly? It’s disturbing the patient’s rest. How can dogs be allowed into a hospital? What if a mad one hurts the patient?”

Ji Ruyue slowly approached, leaning against the door frame, her hands hanging naturally at her sides. With half-closed eyes, she cast a faint glance toward Li Yebai.

Though her clothes were tattered and she was covered in dust and grime, with even bloodstains on her shirt, she did not look down-on-her-luck. Instead, it added an air of bleakness and dominance. Simply standing there was enough to scare the villain, whose wicked plan had just failed.

Ji Ruyue’s expression was calm and collected, her presence commanding, but her mind was replaying Song Xingzi’s dramatic tone: Although… where on earth did she read all this idiotic literature?

“What did you say?” Li Yebai, his face ashen, surged forward a few steps in blazing fury, then clenched his fists and bit down hard, stopping himself from speaking.

Damn it! I swore I would take good care of Xingzi for the rest of her life, this pure, kind, and heart-wrenchingly lovely little girl! But! Damn it! I was the one who hurt her with my own hands! I let her fall into the hands of that lunatic, Ji Ruyue! It’s difficult even to see her once!

It was as if a rat from a garbage dump had watched the corpses of its home and food cremated; a sorrowful and oppressive smell permeated the air. The man’s long, powerful fingers curled into a ball. He bit his teeth together tightly, and a painful, angry expression appeared on his sculpted face.

Damn it! In the dimly lit ward, on the plain white hospital bed, his Xingzi lay quietly in a blue and white striped patient gown. She looked innocent and fragile, like a gardenia about to be carried away by the wind. He felt she was truly a flower fairy of the forest.

The Wooden Dummy: The lighting here is actually quite good, bright and spacious. Also, I am not a flower fairy, I am a wooden dummy.

She needs me! Yet this lunatic is blocking the door, standing arrogantly, and humiliating me relentlessly! I hate it so much! But I mustn’t get angry, that’s exactly what this lunatic wants! She wants to provoke me, and I cannot let her have her way!

Damn it! I must stay calm! My Xingzi is still in her hands! I have to find a way to see her!

The Wooden Dummy: Sorry, it’s quite comfortable lying here. Please go away. I don’t need you!

Li Yebai’s heart felt like it was tumbling in magma, growing hotter and hotter, until finally, his heart was completely cooked (not—), until finally, the pain was almost unbearable, making him gasp for breath.

He tightly clenched his fists and painfully lowered his voice, humbling himself for someone else for the first time in his life. But the wooden dummy wasn’t just someone else—she was his flower fairy!

“Xiaoyue, Xiaoyue, I…” This was his first time conceding to a love rival. Li Yebai wasn’t very practiced. He stammered for a moment before overcoming his mental block and continuing, “Xiaoyue, I want to go in and see Song Xingzi, to check on her condition.”

Ji Ruyue did not move or speak. With her eyes half-closed, she watched Li Yebai with a chilly, distant gaze.

Whether from burning anger or anxious worry, Li Yebai’s eyes turned red. He lowered his head. “Xiaoyue, please let me go in and see her.”

“On what grounds?”

Ji Ruyue finally spoke! But her sharp words were like a dagger piercing Li Yebai’s heart, slicing his already ‘cooked’ heart into small pieces, ready to be served (not—).

The scathing interrogation continued. Ji Ruyue pushed off the door frame, no longer leaning on anything. She straightened up and slowly walked toward Li Yebai, her voice like a sharp sword: “On what grounds should I let you go in and see her? On the grounds that you are the criminal suspect and she is the victim? Or on the grounds that you used her father to threaten her? Or perhaps because you conspired with her agent to harm her? Huh? To let you in—do you even deserve it?”

Ji Ruyue: Although it sounds embarrassing, saying it out loud feels quite exhilarating. Is this why she is so addicted to novels? That ‘awkward-but-satisfying’ feeling.

Li Yebai stumbled back a step. His hands changed from fists to open palms, clutching the edge of his suit jacket, staining the expensive fabric with blood. A tear fell from the corner of his eye, his expression growing more desperate and sorrowful.

He mumbled to himself, “It’s me, I was wrong. I let Xingzi down. I admit it. I want to compensate her. I was wrong.”

Ji Ruyue observed the great villain’s transformation, frowning slightly: This is truly odd. I thought the little squirrel was just playing around, but the male lead is so lacking in intelligence that he’s actually following her script. Is this the consequence of reading too many dominant CEO novels? Becoming as foolish as the dominant CEO in the books?

Thinking this, Ji Ruyue looked back. The little squirrel, who had ‘read too many dominant CEO novels,’ was hopping excitedly between the bedside table and the edge of the bed, cheering her on.

I wonder what kind of spirit she is, to be so adorable.

Ji Ruyue gave the little squirrel a fond smile. Due to the movement of her cheek muscles, the tear that had been clinging to her eye during the performance finally slid down.

With tear streaks still on her face, Ji Ruyue turned back to Li Yebai, her eyes blazing with heartbreaking fury: “You sacrificed my life, and now you’ve caused my beloved to fall into a coma. And you still want to compensate her? How will you compensate her? By ending your own life?”

“I, I, no,” Li Yebai was racked with pain.

I never intended to hurt Xingzi. She is so wonderful, so pure and kind that it hurts my heart. How could I harm her?

No, I was the one who hurt her. I did it with my own hands! I can’t let her go. Stay here. I will make her come back to me. I have decided to compensate her.

“I let you off time and again before, out of consideration for the Ji family’s reputation and the relationship between our two families,” Ji Ruyue slightly lifted her head, her eyes half-closed. The damp tear streaks on her cheek added a touch of fragility to her coldness. “Starting today, we will slowly settle our accounts. I want to see how much strength you truly have to dare to scheme against me.”

“I am very upset that Xingzi is hurt, but as for you, bring it on. I am absolutely going to get Song Xingzi. She is mine!” Li Yebai retorted, unwilling to concede, and a new ‘CEO quote’ emerged: “All good things in the world belong to me, including her.”

“Idiot. I’ll be watching to see what you use to fight me,” Ji Ruyue turned and walked back into the room, ending with a cold, chilling sentence: “Go back and wait for your bankruptcy notice.”

Li Yebai rushed forward, shouting loudly, “Ji Ruyue, you wouldn’t dare—”

“Aunt Zhou, inform the medical staff to remove the dog. Don’t let it disturb the patient.”

Following a calm, clear voice, a woman who looked five points similar to Ji Ruyue approached, her small high heels clicking. She stopped in front of Li Yebai. “I was wondering what dog was here. Turns out I was mistaken; it’s the Li family child. What are you doing here?”

“Auntie Ji?”

The person who arrived was Xu Yan.

“Don’t bother with pleasantries. You need to leave quickly, before the medical staff comes to kick you out.”

Xu Yan flung her hand away as if discarding trash, her elegant, noble face filled with contempt.

She had disliked her daughter’s former fiancé for a long time. Now that her daughter had finally changed her mind and was no longer obsessed with Li Yebai, she unexpectedly ran into him here.

Xu Yan thought: How unlucky.

“Thank you both for your hard work. Guarding the door is truly difficult; you run into all sorts of monsters and demons,” Xu Yan nodded to the two security guards without waiting for Li Yebai’s reaction. She led her maid into the room. “Aunt Zhou, close the door. Don’t let the dog in.”

“Yes, Madam.” The maid, who had been with Xu Yan for many years, already had an excellent understanding of her mistress and slammed the door shut with a loud sound.

Damn it! I will definitely return! Song Xingzi is mine!

Li Yebai’s face was livid. He stared at the hospital bed number on the wooden door for a while, clenched his fist, and turned to leave.

There is no battle I can’t win, and no person who can defy me. I will see whether your Ji Corporation falls first, or whether I, Li Yebai, go bankrupt first!

No one paid attention to the dominant CEO’s melodramatic inner monologue. Ji Ruyue sat by the bed, and the little squirrel jumped up and down beside her, clapping her paws with extreme excitement.

“Mom? Why are you here?” Ji Ruyue quietly held Song Xingzi in her arms, rubbing her back to signal her to stop performing.

The maid brought a chair over. Xu Yan sat down opposite Ji Ruyue and scrutinized her only child, saying with distress, “Oh, look at our poor little princess. All dusty and tear-stained.”

“Mom, how did you end up here?”

“I was traveling in Yunnan. The producer of your show knows me, and he called as soon as the accident happened. I was worried about you, so I rushed over to see,” Xu Yan meticulously checked her daughter from head to toe. After confirming she wasn’t injured, she turned to look at the quiet wooden dummy on the hospital bed. “What happened here? What’s wrong with your little girlfriend?”

Song Xingzi nestled obediently in Ji Ruyue’s arms, observing her prospective mother-in-law. When she heard her talk about her, she shyly clawed at Ji Ruyue’s hand.

Oh dear, how embarrassing. It turns out Ji Ji already told Mom and Dad about me. Hehe, that’s so nice.

“The mountain road collapsed during the program recording. We both tumbled down the mountain. She protected me but got injured herself…” Ji Ruyue kept the script in mind, soothingly stroking the little squirrel’s back to reassure her. “It was Li Yebai’s doing. I will definitely make him pay the blood debt!”

“That’s fine. Anyway, his family is no match for ours. You can discuss it with Old Ji,” Xu Yan nodded, then leaned closer to look at the wooden dummy. “So, what about your little girlfriend? What did the doctor say?”

“Severe trauma to the cranial nerves, excessive blood loss, multiple fractures all over her body,” Ji Ruyue paused, looking down at the little squirrel clinging to her in her arms. She thought: Is such a tragic script really okay?

Xu Yan frowned, her grief looking genuine. “Alas, how pitiful. Such a good girl, good at cooking and kind-hearted. I’ve been following the show you two were starring in recently.”

“It’s a miracle she survived. Whether she wakes up is up to fate,” Ji Ruyue continued the lines. “Mom, I will never love anyone else.”

“Oh, oh, I know. I understand. Well, we can’t get the marriage certificate yet, so let’s go public first, and give Miaomiao a legitimate title,” Xu Yan, deeply immersed in the drama, rubbed the ring on her hand and declared firmly, “Let’s continue treatment. My poor Miaomiao can’t be lying in bed forever. If she can’t be cured here, we’ll transfer her back to the capital. If she can’t be cured domestically, we’ll go abroad! Mom will help you take care of her! You focus on fighting your battles!”

Ji Ruyue: … What’s wrong with my mom? What are these melodramatic lines? Song Xingzi, my mom isn’t usually like this. She is an elegant lady, really, you have to believe me.

Ji Ruyue lowered her head, intending to comfort the little squirrel, only to see Song Xingzi wiping her tears with the hem of Ji Ruyue’s shirt, genuinely moved to tears.

Ji Ruyue: … So, what kind of protagonist you have determines what kind of world you live in, right?

“Xiaoyue, where did you get this squirrel? It’s so expressive.”

Ji Ruyue looked up at the ceiling. Song Xingzi was dissatisfied and scratched Ji Ruyue’s palm with her claw.

“After Song Xingzi and I rolled to the bottom of the mountain, I thought Li Yebai’s conspiracy would succeed, and I might die there. I never expected…”

This is too embarrassing. Why did Song Xingzi have to add so much unnecessary drama, and this kind of overwhelmingly embarrassing scene at that?

Ji Ruyue looked up at the ceiling again, pondering world problems.

Xu Yan thought her daughter was simply heartbroken. She indignantly cursed Li Yebai: “That black-hearted man only ever does wicked things! You be relentless. Make him starve!”

Ji Ruyue tilted her head back, fulfilling the wish of Scriptwriter Song, and recited the lines haltingly: “Then, as if by fate, a little squirrel led the rescue team to us. We were saved, and the squirrel followed us.”

Xu Yan wiped her tears emotionally. “I’ve never heard such a moving story, truly! Xiaoyue, entrust this little squirrel and Miaomiao to me. Mom will help you look after them. You can focus on your battle!”