After the Second Playthrough, the CP-Less Female Lead Kneels and Begs Me for Forgiveness [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 55

Song Xiuran lowered her eyes, her expression gradually becoming aggrieved. ” Ah Xi, we’re in that kind of relationship now. Why can’t we do something to advance it? Do you find me repulsive?”

Shao Xibei increased the pressure of her hand on Song Xiuran’s.

“I don’t find you repulsive. Don’t overthink it.”

Song Xiuran: “Then why won’t you touch me?”

What else could it be? Because I don’t want to! Shao Xibei screamed internally.

She turned her head slightly, avoiding Song Xiuran’s gaze. “Song Xiuran, you’re drunk right now, that’s why you’re acting like this. Just get some sleep.”

A dark glint flashed through Song Xiuran’s eyes.

She suddenly shoved Shao Xibei back and pinned her down onto the sofa. The sofa was large, more than enough for two people to lie on.

Shao Xibei was stunned. How did she suddenly end up pinned down?

Song Xiuran, hovering over her, held Shao Xibei’s hands firmly. “Axi, I really… I really like you.”

Song Xiuran’s expression was so earnest that Shao Xibei couldn’t tell for a moment whether she was actually drunk or not.

While Shao Xibei was still processing this, Song Xiuran suddenly laughed.

The corners of her eyes were tinged with a rosy hue, making her look exceptionally vivid.

” Ah Xi, Ah Xi, Ah Xi…” Song Xiuran began repeating the name, her gaze blurred.

She slowly leaned down, moving closer to Shao Xibei.

With her arms trapped, Shao Xibei didn’t understand why Song Xiuran was so strong. She couldn’t break free. Watching those red lips get closer and closer, Shao Xibei closed her eyes and turned her head away.

However, the expected wet sensation didn’t come. Instead, she felt a weight on her shoulder.

Shao Xibei looked over and saw Song Xiuran’s long eyelashes. She had fallen asleep.

Shao Xibei let out a heavy sigh of relief.

Noticing that Song Xiuran had loosened her grip, she carefully extricated herself and got off the sofa.

Looking at the person lying on the sofa with flushed cheeks and disheveled clothes, Shao Xibei rubbed her face. Song Xiuran’s alcohol tolerance was terrible; she’d have to keep a closer eye on her next time.

It wasn’t right to leave her sleeping on the sofa, so Shao Xibei moved gently, slowly picking her up and carrying her toward the bedroom.

Luckily, there was a sign on the door that said “Bedroom,” otherwise she might have had to check every room.

She placed her on the bed, took off her shoes, and tucked her in. Seeing that there was no sign of her waking up, Shao Xibei left the room, feeling relieved.

In the living room, the food was still on the table, but it had already gone cold.

Shao Xibei looked at the dishes. The weather was so hot lately; they would surely spoil if left out.

So, she put all the food into the refrigerator. After tidying everything up, she left Song Xiuran’s house.

It was now completely dark outside. Shao Xibei checked her phone—it was only 8:00 PM. She could still go for a stroll and find something to eat.

Shao Xibei didn’t know that Song Xiuran woke up shortly after she left.

Her eyes were clear, without a trace of drunkenness.

She stood at the sink, staring at the glamorous face in the mirror—her pale skin and tight red dress.

If Shao Xibei had even the slightest feelings for her, she wouldn’t have rejected her when she leaned in for a kiss.

She had only pretended to be drunk to entice her into bed, but Shao Xibei had been resistant from the very beginning.

She scooped up a handful of water and splashed it on her face. She felt so unreconciled. Axi, is Song Xin still in your heart?

Shao Xibei drove to a night market not far from the Shao family home. She planned to fill her stomach here and then head home. She parked her car by the roadside.

As soon as she stepped out, she was greeted by a mouth-watering aroma—the smell of barbecue.

Looking to the side, sure enough, there was an open-air barbecue stall. But remembering her own injuries, Shao Xibei could only sigh and keep walking.

After walking for a bit, she spotted a stall selling Clam Noodles.

As she stood by the stall about to order a plain broth version, she heard someone calling her name.

“Sister Shao! Sister Shao!”

The voice sounded familiar. Shao Xibei looked around. The night market was crowded, but she immediately spotted the person in the throng.

It was Li Chenxu.

She had only met him once, but Shao Xibei remembered him; after all, both she and he were considered “bottom-tier” figures among the second-generation wealthy.

But why was he in a place like this?

Li Chenxu waved vigorously, afraid Shao Xibei wouldn’t see him. With his long legs, he reached her side in just a few steps.

“Sister Shao! I saw your car on the side of the road and thought you might be visiting the night market. I didn’t expect you to actually be here!”

Shao Xibei nodded. “I happened to be hungry. But you could have sent me a message to check if I was here instead of running over.”

Li Chenxu scratched his head. “Haha, true. I didn’t think of that in the moment.”

“By the way, Sister Shao, do you want to come watch a car race with me? There’s a newcomer who’s been incredible lately!”

The original owner of the body did indeed love racing. Following the character’s persona, Shao Xibei didn’t refuse and nodded. “Sure, let’s go take a look.”

Li Chenxu gave an “OK” gesture. Before leaving, Shao Xibei still grabbed her order of plain Clam Noodles.

In truth, the Shao family’s lifestyle wasn’t that different from an ordinary family’s.

They lived in a modest small villa with no butler or servants, only a part-time cleaner who came at set times.

So, while the original owner loved to play, she wasn’t out of touch with ordinary people.

The original owner would also visit night markets and eat at regular restaurants, so Li Chenxu didn’t find it strange that she was buying noodles at a night market.

However, in that wealthy social circle, people generally looked down on these things as “uncouth.”

Li Chenxu drove in front while Shao Xibei followed behind. The two arrived at the night’s race track.

“Whew, just in time,” Li Chenxu said.

Shao Xibei, holding her Clam Noodles, stood in the spectator stands and looked around. There were quite a lot of people.

LED screens, drones, photographers, and commentators—they had it all. It looked quite professional.

Night racing was more dangerous than racing during the day, but it was also more thrilling.

The crowd was cheering loudly. On the track stood seven racing cars of various colors.

Shao Xibei noticed that the cheers were loudest for the number four red racing car.

Except for the red car, Shao Xibei recognized the others from her memories.

So she asked Li Chenxu, “Is that number four car the newcomer?”

Li Chenxu nodded, appearing somewhat excited. “Yes, yes, yes, that’s her! Ever since she joined, she’s been number one every single time. Her technique is amazing, and her overtaking skills are top-notch. I think she’s almost at the level of a professional racer.”

As Li Chenxu spoke, the referee fired the starting gun. The cars sped off instantly, and the surrounding cheers surged. Most of the people there were amateur racing enthusiasts, though most of them were wealthy enough to afford the hobby.

Shao Xibei stared at the large LED screen, watching the cars flying across the screen.

She wasn’t the original owner, so she had little interest in racing; in fact, she found it a bit boring.

Instead, she simply sat there and started slurping her noodles. No matter how loud the cheers grew, how exciting the commentary became, or how fierce the race was, nothing could dampen Shao Xibei’s passion for her snack.

“Everyone! Look! It’s the Red Rose taking first place again!!!” the commentator shouted ecstatically.

The audience caught the fever, a wave of excitement sweeping through the crowd. Even Li Chenxu started shouting along.

Only Shao Xibei remained focused on slurping her noodles.

The noodles had gone a bit soft, but the flavor was still excellent. Honestly, many high-end restaurants didn’t taste as good as these small street stalls.

Shang Yin stepped out of the red sports car and removed her red helmet. Her tight-fitting protective suit accentuated her perfect figure.

Sweat trickled down her cheeks, lending her a striking charm. “Sorry, first place again.” At that moment, the crowd’s roar reached its peak.

“Shang Yin!!!”

The other racers reached the finish line one after another. They had to admit that this Shang Yin was truly formidable.

Suddenly, a female spectator shouted: “Shang Yin! Last time you said if you won first place again, you’d pick an audience member to give a hug to!!!”

The crowd erupted in excitement once more.

Shang Yin thought for a moment; she did recall saying something like that.

She scanned the spectator stands, and her gaze immediately landed on a certain someone who was head-down, slurping noodles.

“Ah, let’s go with that lady over there who is eating… whatever kind of noodles those are.”

Everyone looked around, their eyes locking onto Shao Xibei.

Li Chenxu gave her a tug. Shao Xibei looked up: “What?”

Li Chenxu said: “Sister Shao, Shang Yin picked you.”

Shao Xibei tilted her head: “Huh? What?”

Below, Shang Yin continued: “Oh dear, does that lady not want to? I’m a little heartbroken.”

Some people in the crowd recognized Shao Xibei and called out: “Shao Second, the big beauty is calling you, aren’t you going down?”

Shao Xibei stood up and realized everyone was staring at her. Looking toward the track, she met Shang Yin’s smiling eyes. The distance was a bit far, and since it was night, Shao Xibei couldn’t see perfectly clearly, but she felt the person looked strikingly familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere before.

“Sister Shao, go on down. Getting a hug from a big beauty, you know,” Li Chenxu said, though he thought to himself that Sister Shao was a big beauty herself.

Shao Xibei handed the container to Li Chenxu: “Fine, hold this for me.”

And so, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Shao Xibei walked up to Shang Yin.

Originally, they were far apart and couldn’t see each other clearly; Shang Yin felt the same.

However, as soon as Shao Xibei drew close, Shang Yin recognized her instantly—this was her blind date from earlier today when she was pretending to be Shang Yuan. Her body stiffened imperceptibly.

Shao Xibei didn’t notice. She only felt that the girl in front of her was hauntingly familiar, but having traveled through so many worlds, it was normal to encounter familiar faces. She put the thought out of her mind immediately.

Shang Yin gave Shao Xibei a quick hug. She had intended to let go immediately, but the feeling of holding Shao Xibei was surprisingly wonderful—she was soft, petite, and smelled lovely. For a moment, she didn’t want to let go.

She never felt this way when hugging her friends.

Finally, Shao Xibei patted Shang Yin, and Shang Yin quickly pulled away.

“Ahem, alright, that’s it for today’s race. I welcome everyone to challenge me again next time.”

For Shao Xibei, the boring race was over; it was time to go home and sleep.

But as she was preparing to get into her car, she was called back. Turning around, she saw it was Shang Yin.

Li Chenxu was already in the car, shouting from the side: “Sister Shao, are you ready?”

Shao Xibei replied: “Almost, wait a second.”

Li Chenxu saw Shang Yin next to Shao Xibei and couldn’t help but sigh—was this yet another butterfly attracted to Sister Shao?

Shang Yin was smiling as she took out her phone. “Hello, could we exchange contact information?”

Shao Xibei didn’t refuse, but she didn’t agree immediately either. Instead, she asked: “Why?”

Shang Yin’s smile froze. What kind of ‘straight-man’ response is that? She said: “Don’t misunderstand, I just think you look a bit like a friend I know. No other intentions.”

Shao Xibei: “Alright then.” She took out her phone and exchanged WeChat with Shang Yin.

“Actually, I also think you look like someone I know,” Shao Xibei said. To anyone else, this would have sounded like a very cliché pick-up line.

But Shang Yin knew Shao Xibei was just telling the truth.

She lowered her head: “By the way, what’s your name? I’ll add a note for your contact.”

Shao Xibei didn’t think much of it. She said: “My name is Shao Xibei.”

Shao Xibei? A lightbulb went off in Shang Yin’s head. So the person she was supposed to go on a blind date with wasn’t Shao Yu at all!

It seemed both sides hadn’t wanted to go on the date.

After exchanging contact info, Shao Xibei said goodbye and left with Li Chenxu.

When she arrived home, she saw Papa Shao with a solemn expression and Shao Yu with a blank face sitting on the sofa.

A phone was on the coffee table, showing the video of her blind date with “Shang Yuan” today.

Three giant question marks appeared over Shao Xibei’s head: “Uh, what’s going on?”

Papa Shao suddenly sprang up and slammed his hand on the coffee table: “Yu-er! How could you do this! Making our Precious go on a blind date for you!”

Shao Yu rubbed her temples. When Papa Shao had asked her to go on the date, he was practically in tears, and in a moment of weakness, she had agreed.

Later, she realized she was crazy to have thought of letting Shao Xibei go in her place.

Regardless, Papa Shao had said the blind date partner had just returned from abroad and hadn’t had time to see a photo yet.

So she figured she’d just let Shao Xibei go and mess it up.

She didn’t expect someone to film it and post it online, nor did she expect Papa Shao to see it.

Papa Shao had seen Shang Yuan’s photo, so as soon as he saw the video, he figured out the whole story.

That led to the current scene.

Papa Shao sighed: “Sigh, A-Yu, Papa just sees how old you are and wants to find you a good husband. We’d have him marry into our family to take care of you. You work so hard every day, that’s why I thought of this. I didn’t realize you disliked it so much, I really…”

Papa Shao began one of his long-winded lectures, making Shao Yu’s head buzz.

Shao Xibei’s head was also spinning.

Just then, her phone rang.

“Ah, someone’s calling me.” After saying that, she bolted for her room with her phone.

Leaving Shao Yu alone to face Papa Shao’s dramatic complaining.

Shao Yu sighed deeply in her heart. Fair-weather sister.

Shao Xibei ran back to her room, closed the door, and then answered the call.

To her surprise, the call was from Song Xin.

“Axi, do you have time tomorrow? I want to take you out to dinner.”

Shao Xibei was blunt: “No time. I have no time for you.”

Now that the truth was out, Shao Xibei didn’t hold back; she didn’t even bother to pretend anymore.

“Nothing good happens when I’m with you. Song Xin, don’t make me hate you, okay?”

Hearing the cold words over the phone, Song Xin felt her heart bleeding.

“Axi, do you really hate me that much?”

The only answer she received was the beep-beep-beep of the disconnected line.

She hung up.

Song Xin suddenly covered her face and laughed shrilly. Axi, you will come back to me.

Once I eliminate everyone who stands in our way one by one.

Let’s start with Song Xiuran, Song Xin thought happily.

Her fingers tapped on her phone, sending a message to a blank chat box.

——Room 3261, 10 o’clock, Fireworks.

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