Forced to Act out a Strange Script with a Rival - Chapter 37

In this world, there are only two kinds of people: the quiet…

Say? Say what? Of course, she wouldn’t say!

Recalling those embarrassing experiences in the mission worlds.

How was she supposed to tell her friend about those things! Plus, the System wouldn’t allow it!

So, Si Xiaoxiao chose to strike first.

The pair of eyes, usually as round and adorable as a cat’s, but now holding a sharp edge, fixed directly on You Yilin’s profile. She seized the initiative: “Aren’t you also secretly contacting Li Ting behind my back?”

Her voice wasn’t loud, but it carried an undeniable certainty that saw through everything, and a hint of accusation at being betrayed.

You Yilin instantly turned to look at Si Xiaoxiao, her face a mask of unbelievable shock. She cried out in wronged innocence, putting on a “loyal minister” expression: “I swear, I haven’t told her a single thing about you! Including all the things you said to insult her, I’ve been completely tight-lipped!”

After hearing that, Si Xiaoxiao let out an extremely loud and contemptuous cold snort from her nostrils.

She folded her arms, casting her gaze toward the distant, sparkling sea. Her tone was one of undisguised disdain and righteous indignation: “Hmph! When I cursed her to you, I wanted you to relay the insults back! Do you understand the concept of ‘killing with a borrowed knife’? Do you understand ‘strategic circumvention’?”

You Yilin: “…”

What a troublesome woman.

Alright, alright, so these two were playing her like this!!

You Yilin’s mouth was agape and stayed that way for a long time, her expression shifting from shock to bewilderment, and then to a certain inexpressible speechlessness.

However, she wasn’t one to give up and still held onto the loophole from earlier.

“Wait a minute, when did your relationship with Li Ting suddenly get better?”

She slightly narrowed her heroic eyes, which were filled with sharp probing, her gaze fixed steadily on Si Xiaoxiao.

Si Xiaoxiao actually told Li Ting to be careful and stay safe. Shouldn’t she be wishing her nemesis an early death and rebirth?

Something was fishy, absolutely fishy.

A story must have unfolded between those two that she didn’t know about.

“Who said it got better!” Si Xiaoxiao angrily crossed her arms, but her eyes were shifty, seeming to lack confidence.

Have these two reconciled??

No way!

Your subordinate intends to fight to the death, why has Your Majesty surrendered first?

You Yilin felt heartbroken.

In this world, there are only two kinds of people: quiet CP fans and quiet, twisted CP fans.

And You Yilin belonged firmly to the latter.

Keep hating, why aren’t you hating anymore?!

So, her tone carried the conviction of painful disappointment: “Has the sun risen from the west? Or are my ears having problems?”

She was truly embodying the nature of a bad friend by immediately exposing Si Xiaoxiao.

“Given your usual personality, Si Xiaoxiao, when you hear about your nemesis, shouldn’t you be folding your hands and bowing sincerely three times to the sea: ‘The rougher the waves, the more expensive the fish’—ah no, ‘The rougher the waves, the sooner Li Ting is reborn’?”

“What have you been learning?”

A blush crept from Si Xiaoxiao’s cheeks all the way to her earlobes. It was unclear how much was from shame and how much was from anger: “It’s just that she happens to be filming a show with me, and I’m completely unfamiliar with her. We fight the moment we meet.”

You Yilin was not convinced. Instead, she grinned, revealing an extremely irritating, knowing, and suggestive smile. She deliberately dragged out her syllables, saying slowly: “Oh—? Really? I—don’t—believe—you.”

The rising inflection in her voice was full of twists and turns, and her gaze scanned back and forth over Si Xiaoxiao’s face like a searchlight.

Si Xiaoxiao instantly bristled like a cat whose tail has been stepped on. She whipped her head around, her beautiful cat eyes wide open, attempting to use her gaze to kill her friend: “Believe it or not!”

Then, she frustratingly rubbed her long hair. Rather than passively endure her friend’s interrogation, she chose to go on the offensive and question her friend: “It’s you who is strange! Tell me!”

You Yilin put on an innocent expression. As Si Xiaoxiao’s friend, her concealment was the same type of guilt: “Where am I strange! How am I strange?”

Unfortunately, after knowing her for so many years, this expression couldn’t fool Si Xiaoxiao.

Si Xiaoxiao leaned in slightly, adopting an interrogatory posture: “What kind of important gathering needs you to insist on dragging me along? And so relentlessly, with soft-soap persuasion, even dragging me? This isn’t like your usual ‘come if you want, or don’t bother’ style!”

The smile on You Yilin’s face instantly froze. She felt as if her friend had been possessed by some warden.

Her previously relaxed and confident expression seemed to have been paused. Her eyes uncontrollably began to dart left and right. She licked her suddenly dry lips, and her throat moved as she let out a parched syllable: “Uh… about that…”

“Spit it out!” Si Xiaoxiao intensified her demanding tone.

You Yilin tried to use a lighthearted tone to gloss over it, but her voice carried a trace of barely noticeable guilt: “Aiya, Xiaoxiao, you’re overthinking it! Really! It’s just a lively party, and I was thinking of calling you to relax together. Look how hard you’ve been working filming…”

“Oh? Is that so?” Si Xiaoxiao’s voice abruptly chilled, like ice-cold seawater.

You Yilin nodded frantically like a little dog, inwardly grumbling about how Xiaoxiao was becoming more and more like Li Ting these days.

Normally, she wouldn’t think so much about things like this!

A miscalculation!

Si Xiaoxiao’s beautiful cat eyes now only held a knowing gaze. Her lips even curled into a cold, heartless arc. Her voice was flat but full of menace: “Since it’s just a party, with no ‘special’ reason, and I’m not absolutely necessary…”

She deliberately paused, enjoying her friend’s instantly nervous expression, and then slowly spoke the decisive second half of the sentence, “…then let’s turn the car around and go back now. Anyway, maybe we’ll run right into Li Ting, who’ll be looking for us. Besides, I’m a little sleepy.”

As she spoke, she symbolically yawned, squeezing out a realistic physiological tear from the corner of her eye.

Hearing Si Xiaoxiao say this, You Yilin immediately went into groveling mode. Her hands quickly clasped together in front of her chest, and she heavily leaned her body towards Si Xiaoxiao.

Her face was covered in a fawning, pitiful smile, blinking her eyes, which usually looked quite heroic but were now desperately trying to produce a “puppy-dog eyes” effect. Her voice was soft and sweet, carrying twelve parts of pleading: “I was wrong! I’ll be honest! There really… really is something very important! Please, Xiaoxiao, help me this time! Only you can save me from this disaster!”

Si Xiaoxiao was speechless by her “face-changing” skill and exaggerated body language. She folded her arms and grunted unhappily: “Get to the point! Stop with this act!”

You Yilin licked her lips, cleared her throat, her eyes avoiding contact. Her voice was extremely low, carrying the embarrassment of a broken-jar-broken-sickness: “It’s like this: for certain reasons, I led a woman on, so… I want you to pretend to be my girlfriend and convince her to break up with me.”

“?? Huh? When did you turn gay?” Si Xiaoxiao’s wide cat eyes were full of shock, as if she had just heard the most ridiculous news of the century.

She had always thought the lesbian community was a minority, but now it felt like there were quite a lot of people in this category.

And it had even escalated to the point of a desperate breakup!

“No, I’m not!” You Yilin’s face instantly flushed red down to her neck, like a boiled shrimp. She hurriedly waved her hands, but her explanation seemed weak.

“Can you elaborate a bit?”

You Yilin immediately shook her head like a rattle-drum.

Si Xiaoxiao instantly saw through her very easy-to-read expression: “Special mission?”

You Yilin nodded frantically.

Three months ago, she received a notice from her superiors that someone had reported the Guangyuan Group for engaging in illegal activities.

So, You Yilin began a secret investigation, and the entry point she chose was Guangyuan Group’s only daughter, Gong Zhiyuan.

She spent a month getting close to this young mistress. Later, by a strange turn of events, she ended up in a romantic relationship with her.

Now that the investigation was over, You Yilin naturally wanted to find a way to get out of it, so she lied to the young mistress, saying she had found someone else she liked.

The young mistress didn’t believe her. While You Yilin was struggling with this, she happened to run into Si Xiaoxiao’s assistant. A lightbulb went off, and she decided to simply trick Si Xiaoxiao into pretending to be her girlfriend!

She hadn’t expected that the usually easily-fooled Si Xiaoxiao would be so hard to fool this time.

Seeing that her friend didn’t want to elaborate on the details, Si Xiaoxiao generously let it go. After all, her only goal was to stop her friend from prying into her relationship with Li Ting.

However, a new doubt immediately arose: “But if Li Ting and I are going together, what will her identity be!?”

Since the role of girlfriend was already set, what would another Li Ting count as?

It felt very strange.

Hearing this question, You Yilin was first stunned, but then she became excited again. She declared decisively and resolutely: “The more the better!”

Her mind instantly opened up, focused on enjoyment: “One of you will be my mistress, and the other my fourth wheel! At the party, right in front of the young mistress, we’ll stage a grand drama!”

“Hmm? What kind of drama?” Si Xiaoxiao’s interest was piqued when she heard about a “grand drama.” This was right up her alley, so she asked.

You Yilin was truly thrilled, her eyes gleaming as she stated: “A drama about fighting over me, of course!”

She was truly enjoying the pleasure of having her cake and eating it too.

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