I Have the Aura of a Supporting Character in Yuri Novels - Chapter 28

It’s said that drunk people are unreasonable, and it’s clear that Tang Weixue fits the description. When she saw Zhu Jun show no reaction, she unhappily repeated her request, “I want a hug!” She stubbornly refused to let Zhu Jun off the hook.

“Fine, fine, hug, hug, hug!” Zhu Jun had no choice but to give in. She sighed deeply and sat down in the chair with a hint of disdain, muttering to herself as if to find an excuse. “Tang Weixue, this isn’t me taking advantage of you. You’re the one who came to me. Did you get that?”

Zhu Jun tried to reason with a drunk person, speaking righteously, but Tang Weixue was already impatient. She frowned, pouted, and grabbed Zhu Jun’s arm, refusing to let go. She obediently threw herself into Zhu Jun’s arms. The moment she was close, Tang Weixue’s tightly knit brows relaxed, and her whole body went limp. Her warm breath brushed against Zhu Jun’s exposed neck.

In the spacious front yard, there was a single chair. Zhu Jun had once asked what it was for, as it seemed so out of place in the garden’s design.

At the time, Tang Weixue had casually said, “When I have nothing to do in the summer, I sit there and look at the stars and the moon.”

Such an activity didn’t quite fit Tang Weixue’s age. Young people today rarely have the leisure to appreciate the moon and stars.

But in Zhu Jun’s eyes, it was something Tang Weixue was perfectly capable of doing.

During their time together, Zhu Jun had come to know Tang Weixue’s lifestyle well. Besides work, she was a homebody. Even when friends invited her out, she rarely went. In Tang Weixue’s words, she was perfectly happy being on her own.

When she was younger, she longed for excitement and an extraordinary life, but now Tang Weixue preferred the simple and peaceful.

Zhu Jun, who was used to bickering and being contrary with Tang Weixue, had often teased her about showing signs of premature aging after learning the purpose of the chair.

She never expected to be sitting on that same long chair not long after. Zhu Jun sighed again.

“I must be crazy. I have a major illness, sitting outside in the dead of winter, enduring the cold wind with Tang Weixue.”

Zhu Jun complained about how her momentary softness had led to this bitter outcome. She looked at Tang Weixue, who was quietly nestled in her arms, with a hint of gentle affection in her eyes—an all-encompassing tenderness. She playfully pinched Tang Weixue’s cheek and grumbled, “You made me so worried waiting for you at home, and what do you do? You go out and have a good time drinking.”

Tang Weixue shook her head, trying to swat Zhu Jun’s hand away, but she failed. Instead, her head felt even dizzier. She pouted pitifully, raising her hazy eyes to complain, “My head hurts.”

“Do you know who I am?” Zhu Jun asked, hardening her heart, seemingly unmoved by Tang Weixue’s charm.

Tang Weixue smiled shyly, then leaned back into the crook of Zhu Jun’s shoulder, responding in a soft voice, “Little Zhu, you’re Little Zhu, Little Zhu!”

“Why does it sound like you’re calling me a little pig?”

Tang Weixue was indeed drunk, but the alcohol hadn’t made her a complete fool. Seeing Zhu Jun’s accusation, she got angry. She ground her teeth, and a rush of alcohol led her to make a big mistake.

She bit Zhu Jun’s neck. The force wasn’t heavy; it wasn’t a gnawing, but a soft, animal-like licking. She seemed afraid of hurting Zhu Jun, so she quickly followed with kisses. The irrational Tang Weixue revealed a side of herself no one had ever seen.

Zhu Jun’s head was practically smoking. She stuttered, “Tang Weixue, are you treating me like a bone? Chewing and biting me!”

Tang Weixue stayed still for a moment, then let out a muffled laugh.

Half of Zhu Jun’s body felt numb, as if an electric current was running through her. It was terrifying, and she knew the culprit was the drunk person in her arms.

“Am I home?” The seemingly random question made Zhu Jun snort in annoyance.

Tang Weixue clung tightly to her, inseparable.

She looked up at the fierce-looking Zhu Jun and gently stroked Zhu Jun’s cheek with her delicate fingers. She said, “It seems I’m home. I’ve seen Little Zhu. Because Little Zhu is here, this is my home.”

The sentence was a bit disjointed, but Zhu Jun understood. Just by looking at her, she knew Tang Weixue had drunk a lot.

Zhu Jun’s concern took over, and her anger disappeared. After all, the current Tang Weixue was so endearing. The redness at the corners of her eyes looked as if they were brimming with tears, making Zhu Jun feel like she might burst into tears at any moment.

“Why did you drink so much?”

“That old man named Bai looked down on me. He set up a dinner to get me to let him off the hook. Bah, a toad wanting to eat swan meat! I made sure he wouldn’t come back!”

Zhu Jun thought to herself, “What is she talking about?” But one thing was certain: Tang Weixue had been in a meeting with Bai Xiangming’s father. Judging by her drunkenness, the discussion had not gone well. And knowing Tang Weixue, she knew Tang Weixue wasn’t the one who had come out on the losing end.

She cupped Tang Weixue’s face in her hands and changed her mind. “This woman actually got the short end of the stick. Drinking this much is definitely related to that guy named Bai.”

Zhu Jun lovingly touched her forehead against Tang Weixue’s and said softly, “You worked hard.”

Tang Weixue didn’t know why she was so happy. Her muddled brain couldn’t form a coherent thought, but she loved Zhu Jun’s intimacy. This made her smile foolishly and bury her face in Zhu Jun’s arms.

“How can you be so well-behaved!” Zhu Jun’s heart melted. She was a hypocrite. When others smoked or drank, Zhu Jun would hold her nose in disgust and say it smelled terrible. But when it came to Tang Weixue, she felt that the scent mixed with Tang Weixue’s perfume was no longer acrid, but rather alluring.

Zhu Jun felt she was in a bad way. She held Tang Weixue and looked at the scattered stars in the sky. She asked, “Are you dealing with Bai because of me?”

It wasn’t that she was conceited. It was just that this part of the plot didn’t exist, and the only variable was her appearance. So, it was natural to assume that Tang Weixue was targeting Bai Xiangming because of her.

Tang Weixue hugged Zhu Jun tighter and mumbled, “The guy named Bai wants to take Little Zhu away.”

Zhu Jun couldn’t help but laugh. She wasn’t some kind of heartbreaker. Bai Xiangming’s infatuation with her was only because she was his first love. His obsession with her wasn’t that deep. Yet, it was this insignificant obsession that had caused her harm in the original plot. So, how could she ever agree to go with him when he annoyed her so much?

“He won’t be able to take me away.”

Tang Weixue was like a clinging vine growing on Zhu Jun. She didn’t mind getting even closer to Zhu Jun in the cold winter. Her lips were almost touching Zhu Jun’s cheek. She was completely unaware of the effect her unintentional actions were having on Zhu Jun. She just wanted to be a little closer, and then a little closer still.

“Then will you leave me?”

Zhu Jun raised an eyebrow and smiled, “Are you really drunk or just pretending?”

She must be really drunk. The usual Tang Weixue would never act like this. Tang Weixue was a person who placed too many restrictions on herself. Her cold facade was just her first layer of pretense.

Zhu Jun couldn’t resist pinching Tang Weixue’s face again, leaving a red mark, but Tang Weixue didn’t complain about the pain.

“Are you afraid I’ll leave?”

“Yes!”

Zhu Jun blinked and patted Tang Weixue’s back, trying to soothe her. “Are you cold?”

“It’s so warm in Little Zhu’s arms. I’m not cold at all.”

“…” She’s only saying what’s on her mind!

Zhu Jun continued, “Let’s go back inside. The wind is cold in the yard.”

“Then Little Zhu, pat me more.”

When Tang Weixue was drunk, she didn’t throw tantrums or do anything ridiculous. She was exceptionally well-behaved, making people want to pamper and spoil her.

Zhu Jun didn’t refuse her request and continued patting her.

Tang Weixue nestled her face against Zhu Jun’s neck and whispered, “Little Zhu is like a mother.”

Zhu Jun’s eyes widened. “That’s not right! That would be a mess!”

Fortunately, Tang Weixue’s next words reassured Zhu Jun. She heard her say, “Besides my mom, only Little Zhu treats me like this. I love my mom so much, and I love Little Zhu so much, too. But mom is gone, so I will be extra good to Little Zhu. I’ll be very, very well-behaved.”

Zhu Jun had a distant relationship with her parents and never had high expectations of them. If they were there, fine; if not, that was also fine. But hearing Tang Weixue’s murmurings, a gentle and loving image of a mother appeared in her mind, and she felt even more sorry for Tang Weixue.

She said, “You’re so outstanding now. Your mom would be so happy if she knew.”

“Of course she would. She’d be so proud to see me outwit my scummy dad and anger my stepmom.”

“…” So filial, it’s almost ironic.

Zhu Jun suppressed a laugh and got up, hugging Tang Weixue as they went inside. The wind outside was getting colder, and they couldn’t stay any longer. They might catch a cold.

The long chair in the yard, which had always held one solitary figure, now had two, no longer lonely.

“I’ll go make you some hangover soup. Will you wait here for me?”

Tang Weixue nodded vigorously, “Okay!”

Zhu Jun patted her on the head and went into the kitchen. But a drunk person is never easy to deal with. Tang Weixue suddenly came up from behind and hugged Zhu Jun’s waist, scaring Zhu Jun so much that a curse word was about to escape her lips.

“Tang Weixue!”

“I’m here.”

Zhu Jun took a deep breath. Don’t mind it, don’t mind it. After all, it wouldn’t be her who would be mortified tomorrow.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jun smiled kindly. She was really looking forward to tomorrow.

“What do you want?”

“I want to hear a lullaby. Little Zhu, sing one for me.”

“…” I think you’re looking for death.

The kitchen was warm, and the cold wind blew outside the window.

It would be a good night’s sleep.

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Waking up from a drunken state is always accompanied by a headache and dizziness. When Tang Weixue sat up, rubbing her forehead, her memory was still fragmented. Her throat was parched. She saw a glass of water on the nightstand and drank it without caring if it was hot or cold.

The cold water had its benefits; it made Tang Weixue fully sober.

She sat there, still holding the glass, staring blankly. If you looked closely, you could see Tang Weixue’s lips trembling, struggling to contain her embarrassment.

This is great! Just great! Bai, this isn’t over yet!

Tang Weixue had an excellent memory. She used to think it was a good thing, but now she absolutely hated it.

She buried her face in a pillow and silently rolled around on the bed, venting her embarrassment.

How could this happen? Her face was thick as a wall. How was she supposed to face Zhu Jun?

At this moment, Tang Weixue deeply regretted letting her assistant send her home last night. She should have just gotten a hotel room and let herself be.

Suddenly, a knock came at the door. Zhu Jun was just giving a heads-up; she didn’t wait for Tang Weixue’s response and opened the door, walking in.

Zhu Jun had a cup of hot milk and a bowl of oatmeal. She planned to wake Tang Weixue up, but she didn’t expect her to already be awake.

“Good morning, Sister Tang,” she said with a grin, acting like the bad guy early in the morning. Why? Because Tang Weixue had been so difficult yesterday. It was time to settle the score.

Tang Weixue tidied her long hair. After a glance at Zhu Jun, she quickly lowered her gaze. Tang Weixue wasn’t an ordinary person. After a mortifying incident like last night, she had already accepted reality.

She threw off the blanket and stepped off the bed barefoot.

Zhu Jun hadn’t changed her clothes last night, so she had slept in her sweater and long pants.

Tang Weixue smelled the alcohol on herself, shrugged helplessly, and said in a low voice, “Thank you for last night.”

“Thank me for what? I didn’t do anything. Just small stuff, you know. Soothing you, making some hangover soup, and singing a lullaby.”

Zhu Jun was good at being annoying. Tang Weixue’s expression visibly grew more awkward.

Tang Weixue stared at Zhu Jun, who was smirking, and her inner panic slowly subsided.

Since it had already happened, why bother with self-pity? It was only Zhu Jun who had seen that side of her, and she wasn’t an outsider.

She smiled slightly, not getting angry as Zhu Jun had expected.

Tang Weixue probably understood what Zhu Jun was thinking. She leisurely stretched, and in front of Zhu Jun, she unfastened her belt and bent over to take off her pants.

The rustling sound of her clothes coming off made Zhu Jun’s face turn crimson. She saw Tang Weixue’s fair, long legs and immediately turned her back.

“What are you doing?”

Tang Weixue put one hand on her hip and laughed, “Can’t you tell?”

“I’d be a ghost if I could! Taking off your clothes early in the morning, you pervert!”

Tang Weixue didn’t intend to let her off the hook and continued to tease her, “I only took off my pants. I haven’t taken off my sweater yet. What are you so scared of?”

The long sweater barely covered her hips. As she moved, her beautifully toned, long legs enthusiastically attracted Zhu Jun’s gaze. It wasn’t lewd, but it was charming. No one could look away.

She walked up to Zhu Jun, calm and composed, as if the person who had been rolling around on the bed a moment ago wasn’t her.

Zhu Jun gave a cold laugh. Since Tang Weixue insisted on being seen, she would look to her heart’s content!

With her fair skin and graceful figure, her legs were long and shapely. Zhu Jun suddenly felt like she had fallen into Tang Weixue’s trap.

Tang Weixue started to move her hands, as if she was about to take off her sweater.

“Do you want to keep looking?”

Her voice was husky and alluring, a lazy smile making Zhu Jun’s heart race. Saying yes wouldn’t work, and saying no wasn’t right either.

Zhu Jun’s mind changed. She turned around and drank the hot milk, saying angrily, “You look so full of life, you don’t need my concern at all. So, I’ll have the milk!”

Even the back of Zhu Jun’s head was angry. Tang Weixue couldn’t stop herself from laughing, but her heart was finally relieved. At least the atmosphere was no longer so awkward.

She went over and ruffled Zhu Jun’s hair. “I’m going to take a shower. See you later.”

“Never again!”

Zhu Jun made a face at her. After she finished the cup of warm milk, she left the oatmeal for Tang Weixue. So when Zhu Jun came downstairs, she saw Tang Weixue washing the dishes.

The comfortable and casual loungewear hid her great figure. Zhu Jun leaned against the doorframe, watching her from behind.

Her face was serious, but her mind was filled with wild thoughts.

Tang Weixue couldn’t ignore her footsteps. Her hands paused for a moment before she resumed her actions.

With the drunken night behind them, a kind of ineffable and unbreakable ambiguous feeling had grown between them. It was only one step away from breaking through that final barrier.

“The busy woman isn’t going to the company today?”

Tang Weixue wiped her hands and said, “No, I have a headache.”

Zhu Jun said gleefully, “Serves you right.”

Tang Weixue smiled sweetly, “You were so worried about me yesterday. Why are you so mean today?”

Zhu Jun didn’t expect her to bring it up. She insisted, “I wasn’t worried about you.”

Tang Weixue’s eyes were gentle and captivating, filled with deep affection. Her smile was so charming that Zhu Jun rolled her eyes and decided to stay away from this woman’s verbal attacks.

But as soon as she turned to leave, Tang Weixue hugged her from behind.

Tang Weixue’s embrace was soft. Now sober, she knew exactly what she was doing.

Zhu Jun thought she would instinctively resist, but she didn’t do anything to object.

“With Little Zhu here, I feel so at peace.”

She was consciously sinking into this feeling, hoping this moment would last forever.

But some people are allergic to romance. Zhu Jun asked, “Is it because I sang you a lullaby?”

[Zhu, I beg you, just be quiet!]

Why did such a good person have to have a mouth?

Dou Huayue had been having a lot of liver fire lately, leading to severe canker sores. She sighed every morning, and her husband found her so depressing that he hadn’t come home for several days.

In the past, Dou Huayue would have gotten angry about her husband’s behavior, but now she was too busy with her own problems to care which mistress he was with.

Lately, everything she did went wrong. She even had trouble drinking cold water.

Today, she was waiting for a call from the person she looked down on the most, Zhao Mingzhu. Dou Huayue checked the time and felt that Zhao Mingzhu was deliberately playing hard to get. She was supposed to call at two, and it was now almost four.

“That little slut! If I didn’t need her, I wouldn’t bother with her slutty face!”

While she was waiting, Zhao Mingzhu finally called.

Zhao Mingzhu was young, just over thirty, and doted on by her husband. Her voice was sweet and childlike. She said, “Sister Huayue, the favor you asked me for might not be possible. Old Mrs. Xia must have been bewitched by something her daughter said, because she’s determined to get a divorce from Qiu Hongliang. Without Old Mrs. Xia’s approval, the marriage is definitely over. And I heard Qiu Hongliang offended someone, and he might even go to jail.”

Zhao Mingzhu had deliberately agreed to Dou Huayue’s request. She knew it couldn’t be done, but she took it on just to humiliate Dou Huayue, who always looked down on people. Even if she could have helped, Zhao Mingzhu wouldn’t have.

Dou Huayue forced a smile, feeling bitter inside. This task shouldn’t have been hers, but Qiu Hongliang, that scoundrel, had evidence of her harming Zhu Jun. She wasn’t ready to get into that kind of trouble, so in desperation, Dou Huayue had thought of Zhao Mingzhu.

She was grasping at straws. In the eyes of the Tang family elders, Zhao Mingzhu was a seductive and wicked woman. Even the family friend, Old Mrs. Xia, didn’t take her seriously. They all believed that the heir to the Tang family could only be Tang Weixue. Everyone knew Zhao Mingzhu’s background; she was a mistress who had taken the place of the legal wife.

Zhao Mingzhu said with a playful smile, “Your son isn’t very useful, either. He can’t even handle a woman a few years younger than him. I was hoping to go to their wedding this year, but it looks like that won’t happen.”

Dou Huayue was set on marrying Tang Weixue off. She believed that a married daughter was like spilled water; she wouldn’t have the right to manage the company. Dou Huayue was still young and had plenty of opportunities.

But she didn’t know that Tang Weixue had already made a move against Bai Xiangming. Rather than getting married, Tang Weixue was more interested in making him go bankrupt.

“Oh, Xiangming is so busy with his career. There are so many young, well-to-do ladies who like him. Your daughter is so old and still not married because her standards are too high. As her stepmother, you should teach her more. She should learn your tricks; that would be better than anything else.”

Zhao Mingzhu’s face immediately darkened. Her tricks? What was Dou Huayue insinuating?

She laughed, “My daughter is very filial. If I ask her to come back tonight, she will. I won’t bother you anymore, Sister Huayue. You should hurry and find a way to get Qiu Hongliang out of trouble.” Zhao Mingzhu hung up decisively, thinking to herself, “Why would she rescue Qiu Hongliang for no reason? They must have something going on.”

Speaking of Zhao Mingzhu, the reason she dared to go head-to-head with Tang Weixue wasn’t because she was fearless but because she held a trump card.

After being angered by Dou Huayue, she became even more convinced that her stepdaughter, Tang Weixue, was a curse. Her eyes darted around. She decided to annoy Tang Weixue. She made a call and waited for a while without getting angry. So, when Tang Weixue answered the phone, she said leisurely, “My dear daughter, you’re not a kid anymore. It’s time for you to get married. Your stepmom has always treated you like my own daughter. As long as you get married and leave the Tang family, I will give you what you want. How does that sound? It’s a great deal, isn’t it?”

What was her trump card?

It was the belongings that Tang Weixue’s mother had left behind. So, to get the belongings, she had to get married.

“My dear daughter, what will you choose?”

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