I Have the Aura of a Supporting Character in Yuri Novels - Chapter 8

This is a live-broadcast dating reality show, and showing it, every day would just wear out the audience’s interest. So, the director finally decided to update every other day, which meant that today, Zhu yun would not need to film and could do whatever she wanted.

And what was it that she wanted to do?

Zhu yun politely knocked on the door. When Tang Yueqi, who was combing her hair, opened it, she saw Zhu yun. The sweet smile on Zhu yun’s face filled Tang Yueqi’s eyes with a soft glow. “Why didn’t you wait for me in your room?”

“I’m impatient, I couldn’t wait, so I just came to find you! I’m not bothering you, am I?” Zhu yun tilted her rounded little face up, her eyes like glass beads filled with a friendly light toward Tang Yueqi, a dazzling kind of light. Suddenly, the knot of frustration that had been bothering Tang Yueqi’s heart came undone. Last night she had been wondering what Zhu yun’s gesture of rummaging through the mailbox meant. She also considered another possibility—that she had received a letter from a woman—but neither result made Tang Yueqi feel uncomfortable.

When she saw Zhu yun again, looking into her lively eyes, Tang Yueqi let go of the struggle. Because Zhu yun was friendly and not at all annoying, why not just go with the flow?

Tang Yueqi chased away the annoying gloom and smiled brightly. She took Zhuyun’s wrist and said, “You’re not bothering me. Come on in.”

Zhu yun looked around the room. It was very similar to hers, nothing special.

“I have a mission today, you know.”

“What is it?”

Tang Yueqi had her back to Zhu yun, and when she turned around, Zhu yun realized the woman had changed her appearance.

She leaned against the table, wearing glasses, and was arranging her long hair by her temples. She wore the simplest gray sweater with a cardigan, but it gave her a gentle, intellectual, and mature beauty. Her loose dark hair fell past her chest, and every movement exuded a sense of “ease.”

[Xiao Zhu, Xiao Zhu, why are you spacing out?! Tang Yueqi is talking to you.]

“I… I just feel like she’s even prettier now!”

[Huh? There’s no big change, just a pair of glasses. Could it be that your kink is girls with glasses?!]

Zhu yun angrily scolded agent 857. What kink?! That’s so inappropriate!

“Xiao Zhu?”

This time it was Tang Yueqi calling her. Zhu yun licked her lips and avoided her gaze, mumbling, “I was just worried about the allergy on your ear. You were live-streaming all day yesterday and didn’t get a chance to put on allergy medicine. I was thinking you would take care of the redness and swelling on your own last night, but who knew you don’t even care about yourself.”

Zhu yun couldn’t help but glance at the smiling Tang Yueqi. She had wanted to remind her yesterday, but the woman seemed to be in a hurry, rushing back to her room and disappearing.

But what Zhu yun didn’t know was that Tang Yueqi wasn’t in a hurry. She just had a heart that had been stirred by Zhu yun and didn’t know what to do.

Tang Yueqi smiled, then lowered her head and laughed heartily.

“What are you doing?”

She shook her head, got up, and sat next to Zhu yun. Her long legs were encased in jeans. Zhu yun was a little envious of Tang Yueqi’s figure. Tall people really are the best.

Tang Yueqi tilted her head and pulled back her long hair, revealing her ear. She said, “Then I’ll leave it to you, Xiao Zhu.”

The woman’s voice was gentle and soothing. Her eyes weren’t fixed on Zhu yun, but the warmth and scent of her body, pressed close to Zhu yun, made it impossible for Zhu yun to ignore her.

“You’re a grown-up, you need to take care of your body. You’re dressed warmly today, that’s good, you deserve praise! You’re much more obedient than when I first met you. It gets so cold in the autumn evening, and you were wearing a skirt that day. Weren’t you worried about your ankles getting cold?”

She complained about Tang Yueqi while opening her little medicine box. Thanks to the time she bought cold medicine, Zhu yun remembered to buy a first-aid kit. So she had specially bought some daily essentials, and she didn’t expect them to come in handy so soon.

“Now that you mention it, I think I often neglect my ankles.”

Zhu yun gossiped, “What happened?”

“I hurt my ankle once half a year ago. It was when I was at…”

Her words stopped before she could finish because Zhu yun had put her hand over Tang Yueqi’s mouth and said seriously, “Is it related to your job? You can’t reveal that yet. That’s a later part of the show, you can’t spoil it!”

[You need Tang Yueqi to spoil it? Xiao Zhu, you can trick Tang Yueqi, but don’t trick yourself.]

“None of your business! Go offline and stop watching the show.”

The reason Zhu yun would stop Tang Yueqi from revealing that incident was because of the sadness in her expression. It made Zhu yun feel as if she had eaten an unripe autumn persimmon, both astringent and bitter. Although Zhu yun didn’t know what story happened to her half a year ago, it must have been a sad one, and Zhu yun couldn’t bear to touch her pain.

Tang Yueqi blinked, looking a little dazed and innocent.

Zhu yun couldn’t help but laugh. “Let’s continue putting the medicine on you. You’ve already neglected your ankle, so you can’t neglect your ears now.”

She didn’t speak, her gentle gaze always fixed on Zhu yun.

“Why are you looking at me?”

Her gaze was like a feather, one by one, landing on Zhu yun’s cheek, making her feel a tingling sensation.

“Do you want to have dinner together tonight?”

Zhu yun teased, “You’re treating me to dinner?”

Tang Yueqi nodded. “As a thank you for today.”

“Then let’s have hot pot!” Zhu yun was craving hot pot. She couldn’t eat delicious food like that when she was in the hospital, and once she even dreamed about hot pot. Now that she finally had a chance to go out to eat, of course hot pot was a must.

Tang Yueqi had no objections, and the two of them sat on the sofa chatting.

Gradually, Zhu yun leaned against the armrest and fell asleep. She fell asleep just like that, with a quality of sleep that Tang Yueqi envied.

She considerately got a thin blanket and covered Zhu yun with it. With someone resting, Tang Yueqi just found a book and started reading.

After flipping through a few pages, Tang Yueqi realized that the two of them seemed to be very compatible.

Even her senior sister, Mu Nianqiao, had not brought Tang Yueqi this sense of ease in such a short time.

She looked at the soundly sleeping Zhu yun and smiled faintly.

So meeting her was a pretty good experience.

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Zhu yun, who still looked sleepy after an afternoon nap, yawned and watched Tang Yueqi put on her coat with her hands in her pockets. Just then, Tang Yueqi prepared to put on contact lenses, which immediately chased away Zhu yun’s sleepiness. She quickly said, “You’re going to wear contacts?”

Tang Yueqi raised her eyebrows, looked down at Zhu yun, who was close to her, and said, “Yes.”

“Ah… that’s right. After all, we’re going to have hot pot later, and wearing glasses isn’t very convenient.” Zhu yun comforted herself. She couldn’t cause trouble for others for her own selfish reasons!

The bright smile was tinged with a little bitterness, which seemed to make Tang Yueqi notice something. She held back her laughter and asked in return, “Do you like it when I wear glasses, Xiao Zhu?”

Zhu yun shyly cupped her face, showing an awkward smile. In her heart, she was screaming: “Ah! How did she find out?!”

Tang Yueqi closed the contact lens case and said, “Let’s go then.”

“Eh!? You… you’re not wearing contacts?” Zhu yun asked again.

Tang Yueqi patted her head and didn’t say any more.

It was such a simple thing, but it felt like it had struck Zhuyun’s heart.

“Ayue, you’re so good!”

She clung to Tang Yueqi’s side, earning a raised eyebrow from Tang Yueqi, who said, “Since you think I’m so good, why don’t you call me ‘jiejie’ and let me hear it?”

“You’re obsessed with being called ‘jiejie’!” she protested.

Tang Yueqi shrugged helplessly. “What can I do? I’ve never been one.”

Zhu yun tightened her little face, purposely trying to scare Tang Yueqi, and said with a look of difficulty, “I’ll reluctantly satisfy you this time.”

“Jiejie is so good!” she said.

Tang Yueqi patted her head again. “Good girl.”

“Don’t keep patting my head, I won’t grow taller.”

“Can a twenty-four-year-old still grow taller?”

“You’re too much!”

Tang Yueqi saw that she seemed to have angered Zhu yun and quickly went to chase after her. When the two of them arrived in the living room, they found it was quite lively.

Duan Fei greeted them. “You two are going out?”

Lü Tinglan, who was playing chess with Luo Yi, looked at the sky outside and guessed, “Going out at this time, are you going to eat?”

“Eat? I’m hungry! How about we all go together?” Luo Yi seized the opportunity, determined not to let it pass.

Lü Tinglan wasn’t very interested in this, but then Zhou Shihao, who had been on the second floor and hadn’t appeared, leaned on the railing and said, “I’m in.”

Lü Tinglan couldn’t help but sneer. This Zhou Shihao looked arrogant, but after seeing Tang Yueqi, he also became no different from an ordinary man.

Tang Yueqi pursed her lips imperceptibly. She only wanted to go out with Zhu yun; she hadn’t planned on bringing so many people.

“I’m so sorry, I only made a reservation for two. I’m going out to thank Xiao Zhu for helping me with my ear allergy. Let’s all go out to eat together another time.” Tang Yueqi politely declined everyone’s suggestion. Seeing this, Luo Yi also gave up on the idea of joining them. Only Zhou Shihao, upon seeing their departing backs, showed a hint of obsession.

He was always spoiled as the youngest child. Things he wanted never escaped him, let alone a woman.

Duan Fei saw that he had also left and couldn’t help but mumble. “He wouldn’t be so tactless, would he?”

“Yueqi.”

Zhou Shihao called her name, completely ignoring Zhu yun beside her.

Tang Yueqi frowned, wanting to pretend she hadn’t heard him and just keep walking. Why was it so difficult to just go have dinner?

Zhou Shihao’s handsome face looked especially attractive in the moonlight. He said, “I have many properties under my name. I can recommend whatever the two of you want to eat. I was just wondering if I would have the honor of accompanying the two of you for a meal today.”

The wealthy persona he had created was shattered by a single laugh from Zhu yun. Zhou Shihao looked at her in confusion. “What’s wrong?”

Zhu yun wouldn’t indulge him. She said with a smile, “The way you just were reminded me of a phrase.”

“What phrase?” Tang Yueqi’s curiosity was piqued.

Zhu yun’s eyes were full of mockery as she said, “Yes, boss, we’ll listen to you.”

Tang Yueqi was amused by her. Thinking back to Zhou Shihao’s arrogance just now, Zhu yun’s description was very fitting.

Zhou Shihao’s face darkened, feeling that he and this woman were indeed at odds!

“But we’re not your employees, you know. We don’t need you to recommend what we want to do or what we want to eat.”

Zhu yun held Tang Yueqi’s hand and walked away from Zhou Shihao again. She also didn’t forget to tattle on him to Tang Yueqi, saying in a wronged tone, “His eyes were so fierce, I’m so scared.”

Tang Yueqi put her arm around Zhuyun’s shoulder and said gently, “It’s okay, I’ll protect you. Don’t be afraid.”

[Xiao Zhu! When did you learn the skill of being so coy and manipulative?!]

“I’m not being coy and manipulative. I’m just seeking protection from Sister Tang. This is a women’s thing; you wouldn’t understand.”

Good, she had once again lowered Tang Yueqi’s favorability toward the male lead. Hmph, if he dares to provoke her again, she’ll make sure he can’t win Tang Yueqi over in this lifetime!

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