I Quit Being This Female Lead (GL) - Chapter 84

It was eight or nine o’clock this morning. Because it was the weekend, Xun’s mother was also home.

The maid brewed a cup of fresh coffee, and Mang Ke had also woken up early to accompany Xun Fangyun doing morning exercises in the training room.

The bright sunshine suggested it was going to be a beautiful day.

Just as Xun’s mother was enjoying the first sip of her rich morning coffee, she heard a knock on the door. The maid went to open it and returned to say to Xun’s mother, “Madam, Miss Jiayun and Mrs. Jia have arrived.”

Xun’s mother was a little surprised and said, “Let them in.”

Just like that, the slightly plump middle-aged woman, holding Jiayun’s hand, entered the villa. The boisterous woman was delighted to see Xun’s mother, grabbing her hand and shaking it up and down: “Long time no see, Sister Xun! It’s been almost half a year, hasn’t it?”

Xun’s mother’s arm hurt from the shaking, but she still smiled and said, “It has. We’ve been busy with many things at home recently, so it’s been a while since we met.”

“These are coffee beans my friend in New Zealand sent me. Knowing you love coffee, I specifically saved some for you.”

“Mrs. Jia, you shouldn’t have gone to such trouble. Why bring a gift when just visiting?”

“Oh, it’s nothing,” Mrs. Jia said, then swung her arm and slapped Jiayun’s back, roaring, “Why are you standing there like an idiot? Hurry up and greet Auntie!”

Jiayun stumbled, then said with a strained face, “Hello, Auntie.”

Xun’s mother gave an awkward laugh: “Xiao Yun looks great! Thanks to you, my Yunyun was able to wake up. Auntie never properly thanked you before.”

“Thank her for what?” Mrs. Jia said in a loud voice. “It’s her good fortune to be able to treat Yunyun’s illness. If she hadn’t succeeded, I would have broken her leg!”

Xun’s mother gave an embarrassed laugh: “Hahahahaha…”

And so, at the kitchen island in the dining room, Jiayun was sipping the freshly squeezed juice the maid gave her.

Mang Ke pulled out a tissue and handed it to her, glancing at Mrs. Jia and Auntie Xun, who were chatting in the living room. She couldn’t help but ask, “Why are you here today?”

Jiayun took a sip of orange juice and sighed, “It’s all because I refused to go on blind dates, so my mom made me come here to reconcile with Xun Fangyun.”

Xun Fangyun, sitting in her wheelchair nearby, said unhappily, “We were never together in the first place. Don’t use words carelessly.”

Their engagement at the time was merely a pre-arranged match from childhood, plus a commercial marriage alliance. Moreover, Xun Fangyun hadn’t even reached adulthood then, so the engagement didn’t even count.

Jiayun sighed, saying lazily, “Don’t be so fierce. I’m a victim right now, too. Can you two help me out?”

Xun Fangyun frowned: “How can we help you?”

Jiayun whispered, “Lend me some money. I want to hide abroad. My mom froze my cards, and I’m penniless now.”

“No money,” Xun Fangyun said with displeasure.

Jiayun grunted: “If you don’t help me, I’ll have no choice but to marry Xun Fangyun. Sigh, actually, marrying you wouldn’t be so bad. Even though you’re mute and disabled right now, I truly don’t mind.”

Xun Fangyun was so disgusted her hackles went up.

She absolutely would not marry this shallow woman! ! ! !

Jiayun even leaned forward and smiled: “When we get married, Xiao Ke will be all alone. I think her childhood friend, the doctor, is quite nice. He could seize the opportunity… Right? Then we can form a group and all get married.”

Xun Fangyun grabbed the mango from the table out of anger and shoved it into Jiayun’s mouth: “Shut your stinking mouth!”

Mang Ke watched the two bickering and didn’t feel angry. She just tilted her head to look at the two parents chatting in the living room and couldn’t help but ask, “Then, Jiayun, is your mom here today to arrange your engagement with Xun Fangyun?”

Jiayun: “Yes.”

Xun Fangyun: “No!”

Mang Ke: …

Xun Fangyun grabbed Mang Ke’s hand fiercely and said, “I won’t get engaged to her. My mom also said she wants you to marry me. Have you thought about it yet?”

Mang Ke was surprised. She looked at Xun Fangyun, not expecting her to bring up the topic again: “I… I haven’t thought it through yet…”

After all, it was a lifelong decision, and with so many other things happening lately, Mang Ke had completely put the matter out of her mind.

Xun Fangyun held Mang Ke’s hand, dissatisfied, her ears rare red: “I like you, and you like me. I think… we can get married.”

Mang Ke: “Yunyun…”

“Tsk,” Jiayun propped up her head, stirring the settled orange juice with a straw. “That’s the most unsophisticated proposal I’ve ever seen. Xun Fangyun, if Mang Ke weren’t kind-hearted, you’d probably be single for life.”

Xun Fangyun glanced at her: “Well, at least someone still wants me, unlike you, who doesn’t even have a girlfriend.”

Jiayun said angrily: “Nonsense! I’ve had so many ex-girlfriends!”

“What good are so many ex-girlfriends? You still had to be brought by your mother to blind date with me now, didn’t you?”

“You! Don’t get ahead of yourself! Believe it or not, I’ll agree to marry you right now!”

“You wouldn’t dare!”

Just as the two were bickering, the living room suddenly went quiet, causing the three people at the island to turn their heads and look over.

They saw the plump Mrs. Jia stand up exasperatedly and walk toward them, saying to Jiayun, “Is it true what Auntie Xun just told me—that you have someone you like?!”

Jiayun: “…”

She recalled that she had met Xun’s mother once accidentally when Xun Fangyun woke up. During the small talk, she had casually blurted out a lie. At the time, she was in a hurry to get back to the studio and didn’t think too much, giving a casual reason for her single status before leaving. She never expected it to blow up in her face today.

“Um, Mom, listen to me…”

Jiayun was unusually flustered, clutching her mother’s thick arm. “I was just joking with Auntie…”

“Why didn’t you tell your mother sooner that you liked someone?” Mrs. Jia looked at her daughter with a mixture of reproach and tenderness. “If I had known you liked someone, I wouldn’t have kicked down your door so many times! Hurry and tell Mom, whose family is it? It doesn’t matter if it’s a boy or a girl, as long as they’re a person! Mom is very open-minded!”

This wasn’t open-minded; this was practically giving up!

Jiayun truly had difficulties expressing herself. She finally understood the meaning of having to cover one lie with another. The fact that none of her many ex-girlfriends could come to her rescue at this moment made Jiayun feel like she was going bald.

Xun Fangyun and Mang Ke sat on the side, watching the drama and occasionally eating a small cherry tomato to calm their nerves.

Facing Mrs. Jia’s interrogation, Jiayun stiffened and said, “Yes, I do have someone I like. So, Mom, please stop forcing me to be with Xun Fangyun. We wouldn’t be happy together!”

Xun Fangyun nodded in strong agreement, earning a glare from Xun’s mother.

Mrs. Jia was overjoyed, holding Jiayun’s hand and saying, “Hurry, tell me who it is! I’m going to prepare the betrothal gifts right now!”

Jiayun: “It’s… it’s…”

She looked imploringly at Mang Ke and Xun Fangyun, only to see two bystanders who were just enjoying the show.

“It… it’s that person!” Jiayun pointed at the commercial on the TV. “The spokesperson! She’s the one I’m interested in. Her name is Yue Yin. It was love at first sight, and I’ve decided I must marry her!”

Everyone looked at the TV commercial, which was an advertisement for toothpaste endorsed by Yue Yin, who was currently smiling brightly at the viewers.

Mrs. Jia: “What a beautiful girl. She’s very suitable to be our daughter-in-law.”

Jiayun: “????”

Mrs. Jia turned to Xun’s mother and said, “We have some things to take care of today, so we’ll be leaving first. We’ll visit Yunyun again another day.”

Xun’s mother smiled and said, “It’s no trouble. Matters of marriage are important.”

Jiayun: Auntie, why are you joining in???

Watching Jiayun be dragged away, Xun Fangyun slowly turned to Mang Ke. Mang Ke felt uneasy under her gaze, looking at her helplessly: “Why are you staring at me like that?”

Xun Fangyun curled the corner of her mouth, revealing a mischievous smile: “I think I have a way to get rid of two rivals in one go.”

Mang Ke was curious: “What way?”

Xun Fangyun smiled: “I won’t tell you.”

Mang Ke pouted. She didn’t want to know either.

Seeing the two bickering, Xun’s mother found her new ‘good luck’ girl exceptionally cute. She sat down on the high stool opposite them and asked, “Xiao Ke, what’s the progress on the matter you were investigating last time?”

Mang Ke knew what she was talking about: “They said the person had a mastermind behind them, but because the dark line runs deep, they are still investigating. For now, they advised me not to go out alone and to stay home.”

In the future, Mang Ke probably wouldn’t even dare to fetch a package. She had been psychologically traumatized.

Xun’s mother listened, then pondered for a moment. She then slowly said, “Yunyun, do you remember Nie Wentao, who came to our banquet last time?”

Xun Fangyun said lightly, “I don’t remember. Why?”

Xun’s mother took the coffee the maid had brewed and said, “He’s been running to my office every day recently, being extremely attentive. Nie Wentao is your distant cousin’s adopted son, and I hear he’s not very upright.”

Xun Fangyun was puzzled: “Mom, why are you telling me about him?”

Xun’s mother glanced at Mang Ke and said, “He is now completely acting as if he is the prospective son-in-law of the Xun family. I think this is a problem.”

Xun Fangyun: “…”

Who does that man think he is, to claim kinship with her?

“Then what is your suggestion, Mom?”

“Get married quickly. It will stop certain people from jumping around in front of me everywhere.”

Xun Fangyun leaned her head to look at Mang Ke, who was preparing to flee. She grabbed her firmly and pretended to be serious: “Mom wants us to get married quickly. Why are you running?”

Mang Ke said, blushing, “I… I need to use the restroom, urgently…”

Xun Fangyun smiled: “The one who’s urgent right now is me.”

Mang Ke’s ears were flushed, and she was at a loss, being held captive. Seeing the two exchanging meaningful glances, Xun’s mother didn’t mind. She stepped down from the high stool with her coffee and said to the pair, “You two discuss it yourselves. I’ll go have someone select a good date to set the engagement.”

Xun Fangyun shouted loudly: “Thank you, Mom!”

Mang Ke, frustrated, kicked her wheelchair, only to be laughed at and embraced by Xun Fangyun, who was extremely happy.

Finally, according to the predictions of a certain fortune-telling master, the 28th of the month was a good day for an engagement and a wedding. Xun’s mother didn’t hold back, sending out invitations to all her relatives and friends, cordially inviting them to her daughter’s engagement banquet.

When Nie Wentao received this invitation, he felt as if he had been severely slapped across the face.

He had been tirelessly running back and forth to Xun’s mother, acting like a devoted lapdog, only for this woman not only to be ungrateful but also to confirm Xun Fangyun’s fiancé so quickly.

Nie Wentao gritted his teeth. If he couldn’t kidnap that little maid of the Xun family, couldn’t he still kidnap the disabled, mute Xun Fangyun?