After Transmigrating as the "Green Tea" Fake Heiress, I Got My Happy Ending with the Real Heiress - Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Even though she wasn’t forced to maintain the original owner’s persona, Wen Yun thought for a moment and greeted Lin Qiqi with enthusiasm, following the original owner’s habit. She then calmly walked over and sat down next to her.

“What are you doing here?” Wen Yun asked with a fake smile.

Lin Qiqi quickly explained: “Well, Ruan Yu has her entrance exam today, and I was thinking if I could run into her, I could buy her a coffee and a meal. You know, just to get familiar with her first, so when I show up to apologize next time, I won’t scare her…”

Her voice gradually faded as she knew she was in the wrong.

Wen Yun was naturally happy that the villainess was willing to reform.

But along with the joy, she couldn’t help but feel a little scared.

If she hadn’t run into this little villain today, and let her be alone with the protagonist, would the developments have been different?

Wen Yun didn’t actually like to speculate about others this way, but Lin Qiqi’s suffocation in the original novel had left too deep a mark.

Too many wealthy family children in novels were arrogant and twisted the facts. She wasn’t Wen Yun herself, and the memory of their decade-plus friendship was no different to her than reading someone else’s memoir. She couldn’t fully trust Lin Qiqi yet.

“Xiao Yu won’t finish her Chinese exam until eleven, and she still has Math and English this afternoon. The time is very tight,” Wen Yun reminded her. “Plus, she needs to study. If you want to get familiar with her, let’s do it another day. Today is really not appropriate. And…”

She paused deliberately, then said seriously, “Don’t ever do this kind of thing again. Isn’t focusing on your studies better?”

Wen Yun absolutely detested campus bullying. Those horrible actions in the original text, like locking the protagonist in the restroom or on the rooftop, or ganging up to isolate her—if she saw any sign of it, she would do everything she could to stop it.

Lin Qiqi nodded repeatedly, her eyes sincere: “I remember! I promise you, absolutely, this will not happen again! But…”

“But what?”

“But since I’m already here, checking Xiao Yu’s scores… shouldn’t be a problem, right?” Lin Qiqi asked cautiously. “Even though she’s only testing on Chinese, Math, and English today, these are core subjects. If she’s lacking in any area, I can help her contact a tutor! Consider it… consider it my compensation for her emotional distress. How does that sound?”

Wen Yun was slightly taken aback.

She didn’t expect the little villain to become so subdued after being scolded by her. Not only subdued, but she was also proactively offering to send tutoring resources.

However, thinking that this development would be beneficial to the protagonist, Wen Yun nodded and agreed: “That works, but after the first exam ends, I have to take her to lunch and rest first. We’ll go find the teacher to check the scores together when her afternoon exams begin.”

Lin Qiqi assented enthusiastically, then suddenly asked cautiously, “Then, can I pay when you guys have lunch?”

Wen Yun: “…”

She had never realized while reading the book that this little villain had such a humble side to her.

At ten forty-five, Wen Yun and Lin Qiqi left the book café and walked back under the pomelo tree, holding umbrellas.

The exam hadn’t finished yet, and the butler hadn’t arrived. Only the parents of other transfer students were waiting anxiously.

Lin Qiqi held three cups of coffee in one hand and pulled a small fan out of her bag with the other. As she fanned both herself and Wen Yun, she whispered, “There’s one more thing I don’t quite understand.”

“What is it?”

“Since Xiao Yu is the true heiress, why didn’t Uncle change her surname and residency?” Lin Qiqi asked. “But if it’s inconvenient to say, you don’t have to answer.”

Wen Yun thought there was no harm in answering. “I don’t understand either. I just know that Dad gave the choice to Xiao Yu and said she could decide for herself in a year.”

“Meaning, Xiao Yu can still choose to leave the Wen family after a year?!” Lin Qiqi’s eyes widened. After a long pause, she exclaimed, “That’s amazing! Why would there be a choice? Your family has such great conditions. I don’t believe anyone would want to leave after coming here!”

Wen Yun smiled without saying anything.

That could only depend on the protagonist’s personal wishes. If the Wen family treated her poorly, as they did in the original text, she would be better off leaving and living freely.

Exactly at eleven o’clock, with the ring of the end-of-exam bell, the butler finally arrived, carrying two exquisitely wrapped beverage bags.

Seeing Lin Qiqi, the butler was surprised and looked down awkwardly at the bags in her hand.

Noticing her discomfort, Lin Qiqi quickly held up her coffee: “Aunt Ge, I brought my own drinks!”

“Thank you, Aunt Ge, you’ve worked hard,” Wen Yun said politely. “Qiqi and I will accompany Xiao Yu in a moment. It’s too hot outside, could you please find a shady spot to avoid the heat? You can share these two drinks with Sister Luo.”

The butler knew they were good friends who had grown up together. She simply instructed Wen Yun to contact her if they needed the car, then turned and elegantly walked towards the school gate.

As soon as she left, Lin Qiqi craned her neck to look toward the teaching building entrance: “Where did Xiao Yu take her exam? Why hasn’t she come out yet?”

“I saw her enter the science building,” Wen Yun recalled. “Maybe her exam floor is higher up. Be patient.”

About half a minute later, Ruan Yu came into their view.

Lin Qiqi immediately recognized the designer clothes Ruan Yu was wearing and was instantly shocked: “Yunyun! Isn’t that your favorite outfit?!”

“It is,” Wen Yun nodded calmly, deliberately saying, “New clothes were just ordered last night and haven’t been delivered yet, so I picked out a few outfits that I liked and gave them to Xiao Yu. She’s just making do with them for now.”

Lin Qiqi’s eyes widened further, and she exclaimed admiringly, “As expected of Yunyun! So generous!”

As Ruan Yu got closer, Lin Qiqi immediately adjusted her expression, holding up her coffee with a brilliant smile: “Xiao Yu~ Over here!”

Meeting Lin Qiqi’s friendly gaze and smile, Ruan Yu froze, momentarily thinking she was hallucinating from the exam.

She, of course, remembered this person with long, straight, wine-red hair: Wen Yun’s good friend since childhood, Lin Qiqi.

Many of the troubles she experienced in her previous life were caused by Lin Qiqi.

Thinking of those distressing memories, Ruan Yu felt her stomach start to ache faintly, and her heart pounded rapidly.

Despite this, she quickly put on a smile, walked a few steps closer, and feigned surprise as she looked at Lin Qiqi, then turned to Wen Yun, asking softly, “Yunyun, this is…”

“This is Qiqi, the Lin family’s daughter, and my good friend,” she heard Wen Yun introduce her gently, as a girlish pink umbrella covered her head. “You can call her Qiqi too.”

Ruan Yu’s heart skipped a beat at these words, and then she heard Lin Qiqi enthusiastically ask, “I bought you coffee. It’s a sweet Caramel Macchiato. Want to try it?”

Ruan Yu: ?

What act was this?

She hesitated, but finally accepted the Caramel Macchiato, forcing a relatively gentle voice: “Thank you for the coffee.”

Lin Qiqi was overjoyed and continued, “Xiao Yu hasn’t been to our school’s cafeteria, right? I’m treating Yunyun to lunch today, and you should join us! Don’t worry about how much you eat, I can afford it all!”

Ruan Yu: …

She had never seen this side of Lin Qiqi. It was as if… the other party was deliberately trying to curry favor with her.

But she was just a student who had just arrived from the countryside and temporarily had no value worthy of the Lin family’s daughter’s flattery.

Could it be… that Wen Yun had said something to Lin Qiqi?

Thinking this, Ruan Yu rubbed the takeout string of the coffee bag and replied politely, “Alright, then I humbly accept the offer.”

The Langying cafeteria was a bit of a distance from the exam building. Upon entering, Wen Yun quietly looked around and was inwardly amazed.

Even though she had carefully read the descriptions of the cafeteria in the original text and seen photos uploaded by others, the shock of seeing it in person was undiminished.

The luxuriousness of this cafeteria easily surpassed the university cafeteria she had been to in her previous life, which was known as the “Provincial Top Cafeteria”!

Not only did it have a buffet, but also a food court, and it even served afternoon tea and late-night snacks at specific times. The dishes were appealing just by looking at them and smelling them!

Probably to solidify the reason for “treating them to lunch,” Lin Qiqi specifically requested a four-person private booth by the window. After telling Wen Yun and Ruan Yu the location, she headed straight for the pasta counter with her tray.

Wen Yun took Ruan Yu to the buffet area, introducing it as they walked: “This is the buffet section. It’s all pre-made food. Just take what you want; it’s priced by weight. Where Qiqi just went is one of the made-to-order counters. They sell both Chinese and Western snacks there—fried rice, lamb noodles, cold skin noodles, Italian pasta, sushi, etc. Pick what you want from the signs above and then just wait for Lin Qiqi at the checkout area.”

After speaking, she saw Ruan Yu nod, and she went to pick her own lunch.

Wen Yun toured the area, selecting a vegetable salad, a foie gras and roast meat platter, a few pieces of pan-seared cod, and some small portions of dessert. As soon as she reached the checkout area, she saw Ruan Yu already standing in the waiting spot, with only a large bowl of beef fried rice, heaped full, on her tray.

Wen Yun couldn’t help but smile wryly and ask, “Don’t you want to eat anything else?”

“This is enough,” Ruan Yu explained with a smile. “Paired with… the coffee Miss Lin gave me, it’s very filling.”

Given her past experience, she couldn’t yet bring herself to use the nickname “Qiqi.”

Wen Yun knew Ruan Yu was introverted and didn’t correct her polite address. She waited with her for Lin Qiqi to arrive and pay.

When they returned to the booth to eat, Wen Yun sat Ruan Yu on the same side as herself, fearing Ruan Yu might be uncomfortable.

Although the Wen family motto was “no talking while eating,” they were eating out now, and Wen Yun didn’t intend to follow that rule anyway. As they ate, she opened the conversation: “Xiao Yu, did you find that exam difficult?”

Ruan Yu thought seriously for a moment and shook her head: “Not really difficult. It’s just that the composition topic was a little politically focused, and I don’t have enough material on current affairs.”

The current affairs material she accumulated while preparing for the gaokao couldn’t be used, so she could only rely on classical references to ensure she didn’t make a mistake, but it lacked novelty.

“It’s okay. When school starts and you review, the Chinese teacher will specifically teach you how to accumulate material for that kind of argumentative essay and will issue current affairs materials irregularly,” Wen Yun quickly reassured her. “So… other than the essay, did you find any other questions particularly hard?”

This time, Ruan Yu shook her head without hesitation: “No, everything went quite smoothly.”

Excluding the essay, the other questions were familiar, easy-win questions for her—truly just a baseline difficulty for transfer students.

Wen Yun was slightly doubtful, but she immediately smiled: “That’s good. I think your current state is excellent. Maintain it, and don’t be nervous!”

She raised the Coconut Latte in her hand and smiled: “I wish Xiao Yu smooth sailing for the next two subjects as well!”

“A smooth start and great success!” Lin Qiqi also raised her Iced Americano, saying with dramatic exaggeration, “Cheers!”

Ruan Yu quickly offered her coffee cup, gently clinking it with theirs, and felt a mysterious warmth in her heart.

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