I Quit Being This Female Lead (GL) - Chapter 88

Following the interrogation, the testimony of the suspect, Huang, was as follows:

[Facial blurring and audio muting have been applied here as per the subject’s request.]

Huang: I was so scared, just super, super scared. We were on the elevated highway, and the car was going really fast, and then the woman in the back suddenly started talking.

Investigator: You mean you were startled when she suddenly spoke?

Huang: Yes, Officer. You don’t know how scared I was. My hands gripping the steering wheel were trembling.

Investigator: Why were you so afraid of a woman talking? Wasn’t she the one you kidnapped?

Huang: We definitely intended to kidnap her. Before we did, Brother Tao told me she was disabled, mute, and recently discharged from the hospital, practically half-dead. Who would have thought a disabled person would suddenly start talking to me? At the time, I thought I’d encountered a ghost.

Investigator: How did she treat you then?

Huang: Wuu… She got up from the back seat and grabbed my hair. You see, my hair is long in the middle and shaved on the sides. She grabbed the blondest, most visible section and yanked hard! (He describes it while demonstrating)

Investigator: And then?

Huang: She pulled my scalp almost off! I started crying, but if I cried, I couldn’t see the road ahead, and I was driving! I was so terrified. I thought I was going to die right there on the elevated highway.

Investigator: What happened later?

Huang: Later, crying, I found an exit and pulled off. After I stopped, she opened the driver’s side door, yanked my hair again, dragged me out of the car, and then used her high heels—those high heels were twenty inches high!

Investigator: Did you say twenty inches, or was it a smaller measurement?

Huang: I don’t remember! I just remember the high heel stomping on me hurt so much! My arms hurt, my back hurt, and my butt hurt! I never knew a woman hitting a man could hurt so badly. She didn’t use her hands at all; she just used her high heels to stomp on me the whole time… Wuwuwuwu it hurt so much! Look, I still have bruises on my arms. In this situation, can I sue her for intentional assault?

Investigator: It seems unlikely. That would be classified as self-defense.

Huang: (Crying hysterically) But it really hurt! You don’t know how vicious she was! She dragged me out of the car, threw me on the roadside, and just stomped on me! Wuwuwuwu I’ve never been stomped on like that in my whole life! The high heel dug into my flesh over and over again. And I still can’t sue her for intentional assault? My whole body is covered in injuries, and she only ruined a pair of high heels!

Investigator: Even so, you initiated the kidnapping. That level of injury is not enough to sue her.

Huang: (Crying very loudly) But she’s genuinely terrifying! I think I’ll have a phobia of women and disabled people now! I’m truly deeply wounded! I want my mother! I want to go home! Wuwuwuwuwu, Ahahahahaha!!!!

After the engagement ceremony was completely disrupted, Xun Fangyun returned to her normal routine. However, a new trend started circulating in the upper circles about the practice of ‘Good Luck Marriage’. Some people even believed that Xun Fangyun’s ability to stand up immediately from her wheelchair was definitely due to the ‘good luck’ ceremony.

Nie Wentao, thanks to Huang’s candid confession, was happily taken into custody.

Xun’s mother was not one to be trifled with. She used her connections to suppress the Nie Wentao family’s attempts to recover, isolating them from the Xun Corporation. Nie Wentao’s adoptive parents were forced out of the company with a pile of debt and had to pay hefty compensation and emotional distress fees.

During the entire commotion, Mang Ke had been sitting in the control room on the second floor of the main hall, watching the chaotic scene below, until Xun Fangyun came to take her home.

“You must be very angry that I didn’t give you a romantic engagement ceremony,” Xun Fangyun apologized afterward, stroking Mang Ke’s head. “How about we pick another auspicious day and hold the ceremony again?”

Mang Ke was reluctant to have another massive event. She knew that this round had already cost hundreds of thousands of dollars just for the venue rental and catering. The jewelry set Auntie Xun gave her was reportedly worth tens of millions. If they did it all again, her heart couldn’t handle the expense.

“I don’t care about that,” Mang Ke said glumly. “I just care that you are safe and sound.”

Mang Ke had thought a lot while Xun Fangyun was missing. She decided that she would respect whatever decision Xun Fangyun made, as long as Xun Fangyun was alive and safe.

She had endured too much hardship, having been in a coma for so long. If Mang Ke really wasn’t right for her, then even a real ‘runaway’ was fine; they didn’t have to be together.

Xun Fangyun saw Mang Ke’s dejected expression and knew that although she said she didn’t care, she was definitely feeling a little hurt deep down.

“Lift your head.”

Mang Ke looked up suspiciously, only to see Xun Fangyun quickly lower her head and capture her lips.

Their lips and teeth met, the warm and tingling sensation making Mang Ke momentarily lost.

The kisses were tender and gentle. Mang Ke blushed and wrapped her arms around Xun Fangyun’s neck, asking, “Is this… your way of comforting me?”

“Mhm.”

Xun Fangyun held Mang Ke, sighing softly, “It was wrong of me to take matters into my own hands and leave without telling you this time. It won’t happen again.”

Mang Ke buried her face in Xun Fangyun’s chest, her face burning.

“My mom said many people are guessing I ran away. I don’t know what these people are thinking,” Xun Fangyun complained. “I like you so much, how could I run away from our engagement?”

Mang Ke’s ears turned red.

Xun Fangyun, being naughty, blew into her ear: “Isn’t that right, wife?”

Mang Ke suddenly felt goosebumps all over her body and said in exasperation, “Who are you calling ‘wife’!”

Xun Fangyun blinked, looking innocent: “Did I say something wrong? We’re engaged; can’t I call you my wife?”

Mang Ke reached out and covered her mouth, blushing all over: “No, no, I’m not used to it yet!”

Xun Fangyun smiled wickedly, pulled her into her arms, and bit her shoulder affectionately, saying, “Then let’s try to get used to it in bed.”

“N-no! Don’t touch me inappropriately!”

“Wife~”

“Ngh… you bastard…”

“Wife, your waist is relaxing. Are you sure you don’t like it?”

“I don’t… Mmm mmm…”

“Wife, wife, wife~”

Even after falling asleep, Mang Ke dreamed of miniature Xun Fangyuns popping up one by one, shouting at Mang Ke in four-dimensional surround sound: “Wife wife wife wife wife wife—”

She didn’t get any good sleep that night.

The next morning, Xun’s mother went out to discuss business, and Xun Fangyun went to the hospital for a follow-up. Since there was no need to take Mang Ke, she was left alone at home.

After washing her face and brushing her teeth, the maid served her breakfast, and she felt a little more energetic.

She hadn’t slept well all night, but now eating sausage and toast made her stomach feel much better.

“Miss Mang Ke, your phone rang several times today. Miss was worried about disturbing your rest, so she kept it with me and asked me to give it to you when you woke up.”

Mang Ke was puzzled as she took the phone the maid handed over. She unlocked it and saw calls and a stack of messages from Si Nan.

Si Nan: [I heard you got engaged to Xun Fangyun? Why didn’t you tell me?] Si Nan: [When did you two decide on this? Is it so hard to tell me???] Si Nan: [You’re not a good friend at all.]

About half an hour later, Si Nan sent a few more messages.

Si Nan: [Okay, okay, I was too harsh. But not even telling me about your engagement really hurt my feelings. I thought we were the closest people.] Si Nan: [My parents also saw the news about your engagement to Xun Fangyun. They want you to come over. You promised me you’d come for dinner last time, but you never did. You should come back this time, right?] Si Nan: [They just called me and told me to urge you to reply quickly. I went to your old apartment complex and heard you moved. If you see my messages, call me. My mom is waiting for your reply.]

Looking at the long chain of messages, Mang Ke felt a familiar ache in her nose.

She pulled up Si Nan’s number and called directly.

The other party answered quickly.

“Hello?”

Si Nan complained: “Why are you only calling me back now, you little ancestor? My parents have been nagging me to death!”

“I’m sorry,” Mang Ke’s eyes welled up. “Auntie and Uncle aren’t mad, are they, about… the engagement?”

Si Nan said: “Why would they be mad? You’ve always liked that girl, haven’t you? I could tell she likes you too. Getting engaged is a good thing. They’ve always hoped you’d have someone to take care of you, instead of being all alone.”

Mang Ke nodded: “I’m free recently. I can come back anytime.”

“Really? That’s great!” Si Nan said happily. “I’ll call my mom now and tell her to buy more of your favorite food. I’ll come pick you up tonight. I just bought a new car. Send me your current address, and I’ll come right after work.”

“Okay.”

After hanging up, Mang Ke sent Si Nan the address. Si Nan quickly replied with an emoji, a cute little heart.

Looking at the somewhat childish emoji, Mang Ke couldn’t help but smile. Si Nan had always been a bookworm and never used cute emoji packs like that; she must have stolen it from somewhere.

But those things didn’t matter. She was going to have dinner with Si Nan’s parents tonight. Thinking about it, it had been almost half a year since she had seen Auntie and Uncle.

Around 5:30 PM, Si Nan arrived at the villa entrance. Mang Ke came out wearing a down jacket. Seeing Si Nan’s new car, she said happily, “What made you decide to buy a car? You always said parking was difficult at the hospital and you weren’t considering it.”

Si Nan rubbed her nose and cleared her throat: “I recently met a friend who gets headaches when the wind blows. I can’t always ride a bicycle when I go shopping with her, right? And I’ve been promoted to a permanent position, so I decided to reward myself for working hard all these years.”

“That makes sense,” Mang Ke leaned back in the seat and smiled. “Uncle and Auntie must be waiting anxiously. Let’s go home quickly.”