I Quit Being This Female Lead (GL) - Chapter 51

The sun has been exceptionally bright recently.

In the early spring season, you could always see many pretty young women walking in groups on the streets. Some were cute, others sexy, their light skirts swaying in the gentle breeze.

Like individual blossoms, those vibrant flowers were exceptionally patient, their blooming faces unhurried by the prolonged sunbathing.

Mang Ke was humming a tune as she walked briskly toward the company.

Mang Ke was in a great mood today. She felt that the plot of this book was much more comfortable than her previous ones. She had a family that, though loud, was generally amicable, a group of easygoing colleagues, and a…

Looking at the woman stepping out of the car in front of her, Mang Ke couldn’t help but sigh.

…and an apparently gentle and considerate ‘girlfriend.’

Jia Yun reached up to smooth her long hair. Mang Ke could literally see the light behind her turning into pink bubbles, and she couldn’t help but show a helpless expression.

This woman was great in every way, except for one thing: she was too narcissistic.

“Honey~”

After flipping her hair, Jia Yun used the same hand to beckon Mang Ke, smiling very brightly: “Good morning, my dear~”

Mang Ke: “…”

Please be serious. Everyone is watching.

Oh, right.

She wanted everyone to watch.

Mang Ke felt goosebumps rise all over her body. There were even some facially distorted, mosaiced NPCs gathering around to watch the two of them, whispering—

“The supervisor is beautiful and kind-hearted. Mang Ke is truly blessed to have such an enviable girlfriend.”

“Yes, indeed. She picks her up and drops her off every day without seeming tired. She’s a truly wonderful woman!”

“Watching this sweet, sweet romance, I want to find a girlfriend too~”

Listening to the words reaching her ears, Mang Ke couldn’t help but quietly complain: “I take the bus to the company myself, okay? When has she ever picked me up? Why is everyone talking nonsense?”

Don’t think she can’t speak up just because they don’t have names or faces!

This world was wrong from the start!

She had read the script!

Jia Yun walked over while Mang Ke was looking conflicted, reached out, and linked arms with her, saying, “What are you thinking about, looking so lost?”

Mang Ke broke into a cold sweat: “I’m thinking about how to get you to stay away from me.”

“Hahaha, you’re so cute,” Jia Yun whispered in her ear. “You agreed to be my girlfriend. Why are you constantly avoiding me?”

Mang Ke furrowed her brow: “It’s because you want to get handsy every time you see me! We agreed this was just f—!!!”

Jia Yun quickly covered Mang Ke’s mouth, smiling with a slightly twisted expression: “I want to spend the holidays with you, too, my dear baby~”

Mang Ke: “!!!!”

Who wants to spend the holidays with you? Working during the day is painful enough; spare her on the weekends!

Just as Mang Ke was exerting all her strength to stop the woman in front of her from getting closer, she suddenly saw a red sports car speeding past on the road.

The sports car drove through the crowd and into the open-air parking lot. After smoothly parking in a spot, a woman stepped out of the car.

Xun Fangyun glanced at the two people whose behavior was exceptionally ‘intimate’ from afar. Without showing what she was thinking, she turned and entered the company building.

Mang Ke: “…”

Jia Yun naturally saw it too. She said, “See? She doesn’t even bother to come over and talk to us anymore.”

Mang Ke retorted, “Isn’t this the result you wanted?!”

Jia Yun released Mang Ke, chuckling, “It is what I wanted, but it feels different somehow.”

Mang Ke: “???”

Different how?

Seeing the confused look on Mang Ke’s face, Jia Yun tidied her clothes and said to her, “Come with me. I think the time is about right.”

As they walked toward the company, Jia Yun said to Mang Ke, “After spending half a month together, what do you think of me as a girlfriend?”

Mang Ke looked at her: “Do you want the truth or a lie?”

“The truth, of course.”

“On the surface, there’s no problem—flowers, gifts, pick-ups and drop-offs—but I always feel like you’re just going through the motions.”

Jia Yun: “…”

Mang Ke thought for a moment and continued, “Also, whenever I’m with you, it subconsciously makes me feel like you’re very frivolous.”

Jia Yun: “…”

Mang Ke added, “Most importantly, I feel absolutely nothing even when you hold my hand. I don’t know if it’s your problem or mine.”

Jia Yun: “…”

[No! Fee! Ling!]

These three words pierced Jia Yun’s heart. She gritted her teeth and said, “You don’t feel anything when I hold your hand?”

Mang Ke nodded: “I don’t feel a hint of excitement.”

Jia Yun was miserably annoyed: “Then do you feel something when Xun Fangyun holds you?”

Mang Ke nodded again: “My heart races when she touches me. It’s completely different from you.”

“So you’re saying…” Jia Yun looked at her with a dark expression. “I treat you like a wife, but you treat me like a sister?!”

Mang Ke: “…”

You told me to tell the truth, why are you so angry now?!

Fortunately, Jia Yun wasn’t truly upset. She just looked into the distance and said helplessly, “Actually, I’ve dated a few girlfriends in the real world, and they all told me the same thing.”

Mang Ke looked at her: “What did they say?”

“No feeling.”

Jia Yun looked back at her: “Not only did they not feel anything, but I didn’t feel anything either. I did everything according to the girlfriend standard, but it still felt like I was repeating a very tiresome task.”

“Meeting every day, eating, shopping, holding hands, giving gifts.”

“Every day, I did the same things I did yesterday, just in a different way, but the essence never changed.”

Jia Yun paused and said, “Can you describe to me what the feeling of excitement is like?”

Mang Ke looked at her, saw she wasn’t joking around, and thought seriously for a long time.

“It’s probably…” Mang Ke said, “The urge to kiss her every time we meet.”

Jia Yun: “…”

Fearing she wouldn’t understand, Mang Ke used gestures and words: “It’s a completely ordinary thing, but doing it with her makes me feel very happy. Most importantly, just looking into each other’s eyes gives me an urge to kiss her.”

Jia Yun was silent for a moment and said, “Is that really not sexual harassment?”

Mang Ke: “???”

No, what are you even thinking!!!

Watching Mang Ke start babbling again, explaining the difference between the two, Jia Yun couldn’t help but ask, “Do you want to kiss Xun Fangyun?”

Mang Ke: “…Yes.”

She thought about it every moment.

She wanted to kiss her, wanted to be alone with her, and wanted to do more intimate things with her.

She wanted to… be with her forever.

Jia Yun stared at Mang Ke, seeing the clarity in her eyes. She seemed to realize something, and after a long time, she said, “Then do you regret acting out this drama with me?”

Mang Ke shook her head: “Didn’t you say this was for treatment? When she’s cured, will she forgive me?”

Jia Yun: “…You really are so stupid.”

Mang Ke looked up at her blankly. She saw Jia Yun turn her head, a hint of shyness on her face, and say, “Let’s go talk to Xun Fangyun. The situation is about right now. We should tell her everything.”

“Really?” Mang Ke’s eyes lit up. “Will I get beaten?”

Jia Yun: “No. If that frail, sick old thing dares to hit you, I’ll hit her back!”

Mang Ke chuckled: “No need, no need. Just shield me when she gets angry.”

Jia Yun: “I treat you like a sister, and you treat me like a tool!”

Meanwhile,

In the General Manager’s office, Xun Fangyun looked at the hundred-million-yuan check in her hand, feeling an even sharper pain in her chest than before.

[She signed the check without hesitation.]

Her mother had told Xun Fangyun: [I’ve never met a girl who accepted money so straightforwardly, so decisively, so without hesitation. It seems she intended to take this money from the beginning, just waiting for me to offer.]

[Look at the person you love. Sometimes you need to open your eyes and see who is truly suitable for you.]

Xun Fangyun clutched her head. Although she knew the money here was essentially unimportant game currency, did Mang Ke really want to leave her that badly?

The Ginkgo Boulevard at that time.

And the myriad of lights in the dark night.

Her goal was clearly to make Mang Ke leave, so why did her heart hurt so much now that she was close to achieving it?

Could physical pain extend to psychological pain?

Xun Fangyun didn’t know.

Just as she was sitting in her chair, feeling helpless, the office door was suddenly pushed open.

No one dared to enter the General Manager’s office without knocking. No one!

Xun Fangyun frowned and lifted her head, about to speak, but she closed her mouth.

She saw Jia Yun, dressed in a bright magenta business suit, with a full figure, standing at the door. Trailing nervously behind her was a girl with chestnut-colored long hair.

Seeing their posture, Xun Fangyun’s heart sank instantly, but she maintained a calm appearance and asked, “Are you two planning to go back?”

Back to that world without her.

Jia Yun blinked, confused: “Go back where? We’re only a few chapters in. The story hasn’t finished yet.”

Xun Fangyun: “If you’re not going back, then why are you in my office?”

“Of course—”

Jia Yun pulled the ‘little chick’ from behind her and pushed her toward Xun Fangyun: “You’ve tasted the bitterness of love. Do you want to try the sweetness of love again? I happen to have a little mango here I can give you to get rid of your heartache~”

Xun Fangyun frowned. What was the meaning of this nonsense?

Jia Yun smiled: “Of course, I’m here to return your wife.”

Xun Fangyun looked at the flustered Mang Ke, then at the grinning Jia Yun, and her face instantly darkened.

“What do you mean ‘return her to me’?” Xun Fangyun gripped the desk and stood up, mildly enraged: “In your mind, is the person you love something that can be freely borrowed and returned?”

What did this woman take Mang Ke for?!

Jia Yun chuckled and whistled: “Is our General Manager Yu angry? Such a big temper! I can smell the sourness from this far away.”

“You—!!!”

“But seriously,” Jia Yun said, hiding behind Mang Ke, “I really am here to return your wife. Don’t believe me? Ask her.”

The pointed-out Mang Ke was nervous. Grabbing the corner of her clothes, she stuttered, “I… I came to get back together with you.”

Xun Fangyun: “…?”

Now what kind of act is this?!