I Just Want to Spoil and Run Away with the Abused Female Lead [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 45.1

“Xiaorao, let’s go for a walk after dinner to help digest.” Shen Yishu knocked on the door.

Shi Xingrao acted as if she hadn’t heard Shen Yishu calling her, continuing to fold paper airplanes folding, flipping, every step executed with precision. Soon, a complete paper airplane appeared between her fingertips.

Just as Shen Yishu thought Shi Xingrao didn’t want to go out and was considering how to coax the girl who had been cooped up for so long, Shi Xingrao placed the paper airplane she had folded into a drawer. Rising to her feet, she walked over to Shen Yishu and briefly tugged at her hand. “Let’s go.”

It was just a fleeting touch Shi Xingrao let go almost immediately. Just as Shen Yishu was about to hold her hand in return, the girl slipped away again.

A faint smile tugged at the corners of Shen Yishu’s lips. Was the punishment not over yet?

She had wanted to explore this place for a long time since arriving, but she never had anyone to accompany her.

Truth be told, when alone, she tended to be lazy unmotivated to move, without any particular cravings or desires.

It wasn’t that she had no expectations for life; rather, her expectations were modest. She believed in taking each day as it came, drifting along, a mindset that better aligned with her original life plan.

Sometimes, it felt unnecessary to plan everything so meticulously.

For a long time, even when others were around, she remained this way. Shi Xingrao couldn’t pinpoint exactly when it started, but if someone was with her, she’d be willing to eat properly, go for walks, and even playfully tease them.

Among all activities, her favorite was teasing others.

Today, with Shen Yishu here, it was perfect she could do everything she wanted.

The place Shen Yishu had chosen was scenic, with rows of plane trees lining both sides of the road. The lush greenery rivaled the height of midsummer, while the vast sky stretched endlessly ahead. The scenery before them resembled an oil painting.

Shen Yishu followed behind Shi Xingrao, watching the girl’s hands clasped behind her back. Once again, it was intentional a light, teasing touch, then withdrawn, leaving no chance for her to hold on.

“Xiaorao, I’m stepping on your shadow,” Shen Yishu suddenly said. Shi Xingrao turned her head and saw Shen Yishu standing in the glow of the setting sun, smiling at her. The twilight spilled into Shen Yishu’s eyes, beautiful and dazzling. Those originally cold and emotionless eyes now held more brilliance than the stars and the universe.

Reflected in Shen Yishu’s beautiful eyes were not just the twilight and the endless road stretching into the distance, but also her own figure.

Shi Xingrao couldn’t help but wonder: Could someone as aloof as Shen Yishu, with such detached eyes, harbor such moving emotions? And all these emotions were because of her.

Shen Yishu blended into this oil painting-like scene. Leaves rustled in the wind, and in that moment, Shi Xingrao felt something in her heart rising and falling with the breeze. She couldn’t help but take two steps toward Shen Yishu, lifting her gaze to meet hers. “Shen Yishu, I feel like something has been lifted with the wind. What do you think it is?”

Shen Yishu replied, “It’s love.”

Love rises like the wind; in life, it cannot be abandoned.

At this moment, Shen Yishu truly felt that one should never give up in life, only by persevering could one eventually meet someone they desperately wanted to love.

Shi Xingrao curved her lips into a smile, grabbed the hem of Shen Yishu’s clothes, and stared at her intently, as if stunned by Shen Yishu’s words. She leaned in closer, little by little.

Then, taking advantage of Shen Yishu’s momentary distraction, she turned and stepped on Shen Yishu’s shadow. Once she succeeded, Shi Xingrao laughed joyfully, “I stepped on your shadow too.”

Without waiting for Shen Yishu to react, Shi Xingrao ran off, clearly conveying the idea: “I’ve evened the score by stepping on your shadow, and now you can’t catch me in the end, I’m the winner.”

“Shen Yishu, that doesn’t count! You cheated!”

“What’s the big deal if you let me step on it?”

“You say you like me, but you won’t even give me this?”

Their bickering voices faded into the dusk as the sun set. What was supposed to be a leisurely stroll to aid digestion had taken them far along the path.

On the way back, Shi Xingrao finally “condescended” to let Shen Yishu hold her hand for a while. “Shen Yishu, I think you’re really pretentious. Do you remember what you said to me that night?”

A faint smile touched Shen Yishu’s eyes and brows. Of course, she remembered every emotion, every thought, and every curiosity she had felt that night.

But Shen Yishu deliberately claimed she couldn’t recall. “What did I say?”

Shi Xingrao imitated Shen Yishu’s cold and fierce tone, “What else do you want? To marry me and share the Shen family with me?”

“Don’t you think you’re being pretentious?”

Shen Yishu curled her lips into a slight smile and reached out to ruffle the girl’s hair. “You acted that out pretty well.”

Shi Xingrao: “President Shen, don’t change the subject, okay? Admit it, aren’t you being pretentious?”

Shen Yishu chuckled softly, playing along with Shi Xingrao’s teasing. “Yeah, I am pretty pretentious.”

Indeed, she was. The most pretentious moment was probably when she stubbornly refused to face her own feelings and wouldn’t admit that she liked Shi Xingrao. But liking was liking, and a heartbeat was a heartbeat it was uncontrollable. No matter how many lies she told, she couldn’t deceive herself.

After walking a while longer, Shi Xingrao spoke up, “When are you going back?”

Shen Yishu: “Do you want me to leave? I only just arrived yesterday.”

Shi Xingrao: “…”

So she wasn’t in a hurry to leave? Wasn’t Shen Yishu usually so busy she could practically make sparks fly from her keyboard? How come she had so much free time lately?

Shi Xingrao: “Aren’t you afraid that while you’re away, certain people might stir up trouble, and you’ll come back to find your home has been taken over?”

Shi Xingrao kicked a pebble by her feet, watching it roll along the asphalt road until it left the pavement. Only then did she lift her head to look at Shen Yishu again.

Shen Yishu looked down at the girl’s upturned face beautiful and delicate, the kind that would flush red with just a gentle pinch. Slowly, she spoke.

“If they can stir up trouble in just a few days, then I’ve truly wasted all these years.” Shen Yishu gazed somewhat helplessly at her little girl, who seemed overly concerned. “But sometimes, it’s better to let them stir up trouble first it makes it easier to deal with.”

Shi Xingrao slowly blinked her eyes. It was still that black-hearted Shen Yishu. Her heart was quite dark, and both of their hearts were quite dark, so neither of them would mind the other. It was perfect.

“Who do you think will stir up trouble?” This time, it was Shen Yishu’s turn to ask the question.

She didn’t know if Shi Xingrao’s question was meant to probe, but she knew her own question was.

Shi Xingrao gently pinched the fleshy part of Shen Yishu’s hand between her thumb and forefinger. Ah, Shen Yishu she didn’t even know how to describe Shen Yishu’s behavior.

“There are plenty. For example, Yang Xiao, or the Shen family branches you didn’t prune, or maybe.”

Shen Yishu paused and looked at Shi Xingrao. “Hmm?”

But Shi Xingrao couldn’t help but shoot Shen Yishu a reproachful glance. Wasn’t she just trying to ask about Shen Yun? From the very beginning, the only answer she wanted to hear from her was Shen Yun, yet she still had to ask who she thought it was. “Don’t you already know who it is?”

Sometimes, she really admired someone like her. Why create so many clones? Was it all about not trusting herself and fighting with herself?

“It seems I’ve made Xiao Rao angry,” Shen Yishu said seriously. “But I still want to ask, have you really never liked Shen Yun?”

Even though she knew Shen Yun was one of her clones, to be honest, Shi Xingrao felt that she and Shen Yun just didn’t click. It wasn’t that Shen Yun was bad; they simply hadn’t interacted much, so there were no feelings to speak of.

“I never liked her.”

“That night, I didn’t intend to kiss Shen Yun. I was completely set up, caught off guard by a petty person. When I get back, I’ll make sure to ruin him.” Just thinking about it made Shi Xingrao a little angry.

Being tricked by Yang Xiao was the first time she had suffered such a major loss in silence. Although Yang Xiao’s scheme didn’t turn out as he had hoped, Shi Xingrao was still furious about being played.

She really couldn’t stand taking a loss in silence. Shen Yishu looked at Shi Xingrao with gentle eyes. “What do you want to do? Do you need my help?”

Shi Xingrao slowly blinked her eyes. Since Shen Yishu was offering herself up, why not take advantage? “President Shen, then you’re not in a hurry to go back, are you? If they want to muddy the waters, let them muddy it even more.”

For someone like Yang Xiao, if you don’t give him an opportunity, he won’t be able to make any major mistakes. The best way to make him err is to slowly inflate his desires. His own greed will be his downfall.

As they spoke, the two of them happened to arrive at their doorstep. Shen Yishu lowered her gaze. “If I help you, how will you repay me?”

Shi Xingrao raised their intertwined hands to Shen Yishu’s eyes. “Haven’t I already rewarded you? President Shen, one shouldn’t be too greedy, or you’ll end up like Yang Xiao.”

Shen Yishu’s lips curved slightly. “I don’t think I’m that greedy.”

Shi Xingrao traced Shen Yishu’s eyebrows and eyes with her fingers. “You are greedy. I’m so petty, and after all the things you did that made me angry, I only gave you a small punishment. I think you should be satisfied.”

Shen Yishu lowered her long eyelashes. “A small punishment? Telling everyone in public that I’m a bottom is a small punishment? Teasing me all day without letting me touch you is that also a small punishment?”

“Xiao Rao, your definition of a ‘small punishment’ seems quite different from mine.”

Such long eyelashes. Shi Xingrao’s fingers traced Shen Yishu’s lashes over and over, only half-listening to what she was saying. It seemed that, at this moment, nothing Shen Yishu said could compare to the importance of playing with her eyelashes.

Shen Yishu: “…”

Sometimes, she truly felt like Shi Xingrao’s toy. The words she had just spoken probably hadn’t registered with Shi Xingrao at all.

That night,

After sending a message, Shen Yishu turned and hugged Shi Xingrao to sleep. “What were you doing just now?”