After Transmigrating into a Book, I Was Marked by the Beautiful Mad Villain - Chapter 20

What were they saying just now? The old lady?

Which topic exactly had driven Shen Han a little more insane?

And yet, the only one who could lower the villain’s blackened value, Xu Nanqiao, happened to not be here.

Last time, Su Mi had merely been a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse—she’d dropped a few hints about Xu Nanqiao’s feelings, which only lowered it by a tiny bit.

But last time, the villain had already grown quite impatient.

If she went to the lounge to find her now and talked about that nonsense, she’d probably be beaten up by the villain, right?

Su Mi stared at the two twitching numbers of the blackened value and bit her lip, feeling anxious.

She went back to the classroom first to help Xu Nanqiao request a leave of absence from the head teacher.

She didn’t even dare to sit directly in her seat, pacing around the classroom door, her leg lifting and then dropping as she debated walking toward the lounge.

To be honest, Su Mi was still somewhat terrified of the villain.

Su Mi thought about her own performance.

No, she was very terrified.

If possible, she really didn’t want to be alone with the villain.

With trepidation in her heart, Su Mi hovered in the corridor for a while, only letting out a sigh of relief once she saw the two twitching numbers stabilize and stop jumping upward.

She had figured it out during this period of time.

When the villain and the female lead spent time together, the blackened value would steadily decrease.

At other times, the rises and falls were sheer metaphysics; currently, she couldn’t grasp the pattern at all.

But to grasp the pattern, would she have to walk into Shen Han’s inner world…

Su Mi shuddered just thinking about it.

While she was trembling with fear, someone suddenly came up behind her and tapped her.

Su Mi, like a startled bird, nearly jumped out of her skin.

Turning around, she realized it was the “minion-of-a-minion” duo she no longer hung out with.

Ai Yiyi and Wei Wan.

Both were exquisitely dressed, their temperaments vastly different from before.

Ai Yiyi smiled, “Susu, why are you pacing in circles here? Why aren’t you going in?”

Wei Wan followed the direction of Su Mi’s unconscious gaze—outside the corridor.

Down there, Mrs. Zhang and Ren Yue hadn’t left yet. They were standing there talking about something.

Mrs. Zhang looked arrogant and bossy, while Ren Yue kept her head down, listening.

Wei Wan said, “Are you looking at Ren Yue? Hey, I heard she grew up with President Shen. Did you know about that?”

Ai Yiyi gently patted Wei Wan’s arm and said, “Wanwan, that’s not right of you. How could Susu know so much? She probably doesn’t even know where President Shen grew up. She only knows how to follow that nameless Xu Nanqiao around until she can’t find north anymore.”

Her tone was sarcastic.

Wei Wan laughed, “Fine, fine, it’s all my fault. I thought Susu didn’t care about Ren Yue, turns out she just didn’t know her.”

Su Mi: …Just a moment ago, I had her contact info in my optical computer.

But she wasn’t the type to fight over petty verbal victories.

Glancing at the blackened value, which was now barely fluctuating.

Su Mi smiled calmly, “I really don’t know. Why don’t you two fill me in?”

Hearing this, Ai Yiyi glanced at Su Mi in surprise, looking somewhat smug.

“There’s actually a day where you don’t know something… Fine, I’ll give you a few hints, just so you don’t keep thinking you’re a special exception by President Shen’s side.”

Su Mi: “Mm-hmm.”

Nonsense, the special exception is obviously Xu Nanqiao.

Ai Yiyi paused and said mysteriously, “Ren Yue grew up in Guancheng. Guancheng is the Shen family’s ancestral home. I heard she played with Shen Han since they were kids. Her enrolling at Loran to secure a school record right after the midterms was arranged by the Shen family. Apparently, she even frequently attends the Shen family banquets.”

Wei Wan added, “Also, you saw what Ren Yue looks like, right? Don’t you think Xu Nanqiao looks a lot like her?”

Su Mi: Eh?

She spaced out for a moment, truly comparing the looks of the two.

In all fairness, Xu Nanqiao was probably better looking, and she had a vigorous, determined vitality that could really influence others.

On the other hand, Ren Yue seemed somewhat cowering; during that brief encounter just now, she hadn’t even seen the girl’s face clearly.

…Wait.

She almost got sidetracked by these two.

Given Shen Han’s merciless demand to delete the contact info and her avoidance of Mrs. Zhang and the others, how could it be possible?

Su Mi didn’t speak.

Ai Yiyi and the other thought Su Mi was scared and felt they had won the confrontation.

They clapped their hands arrogantly and said, “Alright, you just keep hanging around that Xu Nanqiao. I wish you a ‘bright’ future at Capital University~”

The two left.

Su Mi stood in place, still thinking about the matter.

Although she believed Ren Yue and Shen Han had no personal friendship, since she said she was from Guancheng, did this have something to do with the “old residence”?

Was the family banquet the same one Mrs. Zhang mentioned going back to for dinner?

Strange.

Su Mi mused that if she wanted to understand further, she should try to get close to Ren Yue.

But Shen Han’s attitude was very clear; she didn’t want Su Mi contacting that family. If she discovered Su Mi was in private contact with them, she would definitely be unhappy.

Su Mi was undecided.

Consequently, she ignored the crisp sound of footsteps behind her.

Shen Han’s footsteps had a specific frequency, bypassing countless people who wanted to greet her, stopping leisurely in front of Su Mi.

She seemed to have composed herself well. Tilting her head slightly, she watched Su Mi with great interest for a while.

Su Mi was immersed in her daze and thus hadn’t noticed.

Until—

Shen Han finally asked:

“What are you thinking about?”

Su Mi turned her head blankly, meeting the villain’s gaze.

Her mouth was faster than her brain.

Su Mi said, “I was thinking about your relationship with Ren Yue…”

The moment the words left her mouth, Su Mi was startled, her eyes widening as she looked at Shen Han foolishly.

…

Help.

Su Mi instinctively took a step back.

Shen Han had no reaction, saying calmly, “Why? What do you want to know?”

This reaction seemed okay?

Su Mi’s courage suddenly grew a bit.

Though she was still a little nervous.

Su Mi said tentatively, “It’s just… just that I feel you’re quite special toward her. I heard them say Ren Yue has attended your family banquets, so I was a little curious.”

After speaking, she put on a look of pure curiosity, blinking her eyes at the villain.

When standing, Shen Han’s back was still poker-straight. She crossed her arms, the corners of her mouth curling into a faint, ambiguous smile.

Heaven knows what she was thinking.

Shen Han spoke slowly, word by word, “Quite special? Why not say I’m special toward Mrs. Zhang? So it turns out the most special person in my heart is Mrs. Zhang, and not someone else?”

The words “someone else” entered Su Mi’s ears and were immediately translated into Xu Nanqiao.

She’s finally enlightened!

Su Mi followed up immediately, “Ah, is that so?”

Shen Han: “.”

The woman closed her eyes, turned around, and walked away. The cuff of her draped coat nearly flew into Su Mi’s face.

If you won’t answer, you won’t answer, but why act like this!

Su Mi stomped her feet and hurried after Shen Han through the back door into the classroom.

There were many parents standing in groups of twos and threes in the classroom; almost everyone had arrived, and the parent-teacher meeting was set to start in ten minutes.

Su Mi was in Class A, which mostly consisted of the better-off families in Loran Public School. Thus, these parents gathered here inevitably talked about business.

If not for the location, anyone seeing these people’s attire and the atmosphere of their conversation would think it was a high-society banquet.

However, the moment Shen Han stepped into the classroom, it suddenly went silent for an instant.

Gazes flew in from all directions, carrying astonishment.

Why was Shen Han here?

At the same time, Su Mi sneakily squeezed through the gap where Shen Han had entered.

She thought Shen Han had paused because she didn’t know where to sit.

So she said enthusiastically, “Sister, my seat is at…”

Turning her head to point the way, she only then realized that standing slightly in front and to the side of Shen Han, she had already become the focus of everyone’s attention.

A group of richly dressed, glamorous elite parents appeared to have resumed their conversations, but they were actually all sizing up this side subtly.

It was just that no one dared to step forward and greet her first.

Shen Han had always kept a low profile and rarely participated in upper-class activities. Everyone knew she had an eccentric temper and ruthless methods. A few days ago, a family named Yang had offended her somehow and had already packed up and left the Capital in disgrace.

Several families present had even carved out a piece of the cake from their industries.

Therefore, they only dared to steal glances.

Even someone as slow as Su Mi realized the atmosphere was not right.

But she was stuck in front of Shen Han and couldn’t easily retreat, so she glanced at Shen Han cautiously.

Shen Han looked down and asked, “Where do you sit?”

Su Mi said sheepishly, “Over there.”

She didn’t dare speak loudly anymore and led Shen Han over.

Su Mi had cleaned her seat early today. It was exceptionally tidy, with a few textbooks and draft papers on it. It was originally prepared for Su Ciyu and the others.

She originally thought her arrangement was quite good, but now that Shen Han was to sit there, she felt it didn’t quite seem worthy of her.

On the way over, the head teacher, who had noticed Shen Han’s arrival, walked over quickly.

She was also very surprised: “President Shen.”

Shen Han gave a hum of acknowledgment, aloof but polite, and said, “Hello, Teacher Chen.”

Teacher Chen hadn’t expected Shen Han to know her surname. She was stunned for a moment, looked at Su Mi, and asked, “Are you here for Su Mi’s parent-teacher meeting?”

Shen Han nodded.

The fact that Su Mi was Shen Han’s god-sister was known by many; after all, the Su family had always been supported by the Shen Corporation, so this relationship was just icing on the cake.

But no one expected the relationship to be so close that Shen Han would actually come to a parent-teacher meeting for Su Mi.

Although there was no blood relation, since Shen Han was here, no one would say it was against the rules.

Some even wondered if Su Mi had brought Shen Han here to back her up. They sent messages to their sons and daughters who were out playing, asking about Su Mi’s recent situation in class.

The answers were all that there were no problems—who would dare offend her?

Teacher Chen felt the same way.

After inviting Shen Han to sit, she went back to the podium and carefully reviewed the recent class situation in her mind.

Everything was fine. Su Mi’s grades had also improved significantly, and she hadn’t heard of anything being wrong.

Some people spoke to Shen Han, and her attitude was polite. The minds of most parents present became active.

Setting aside Shen Han’s status, an SS-rank Alpha was a target of everyone’s pursuit.

Not to mention that since inheriting the Shen Corporation, Shen Han had remained single with zero scandals.

It was just a pity that the meeting was about to start and their children weren’t here, so they couldn’t take them over to say hello.

Su Mi stood beside Shen Han. She originally wanted to stay on standby, but after a while, being stolen-glanced at by the crowd made her scalp tingle.

She didn’t know how Shen Han could endure being stared at by so many people.

Su Mi looked around and saw the head teacher about to distribute the school’s promotional materials. Her eyes lit up, and she moved over.

Very proactive: “Teacher Chen, let me help you.”

She took a stack of promotional papers and intended to go from table to table like she was handing out homework, placing them on the empty desks.

However, she discovered that those parents seemed to have eyes in the backs of their heads.

The moment Su Mi delivered a flyer behind them, the lady with her back turned would immediately turn around gracefully and accurately take the flyer.

She would even smile at her and say thank you.

Su Mi felt a bit creeped out.

What was the difference between her and Tang Sanzang entering a cave of demons?

She finished distributing them in a few strokes and hurried back to Shen Han’s side.

After standing for a few seconds, she felt it wasn’t right, so she squatted down.

Her fingers rested on the edge of the desk, unconsciously picking at the scratches on the wooden table.

Sigh, her peaceful school life…

The villain was just here to make things difficult for her, wasn’t she?

Feeling apprehensive, she wanted to slip away: “Sister, will you sit for a while? I’m going outside to get some air.”

Shen Han lowered her eyelids to look at the blonde girl crouching by the table.

Quite obedient; crouching like that, she looked like a loyal little Golden Retriever.

She reached out and patted the top of Su Mi’s head.

This drew a strange look from the girl.

Shen Han smiled faintly and said, “You can’t even handle this much attention, yet you want to attend the Shen family banquet?”

Su Mi: …Ah, what?

When did I ever say I wanted to attend the Shen family banquet??

Wait, Sister, you didn’t lower your voice!

Su Mi looked around in panic. Sure enough, several parents nearby now looked at her with different expressions.

Listen, listen to my explanation!