Pretty Wife Insists I Live Off Her - Chapter 24.1

Chapter 24.1: If You’re Going to Live Off Me, You Have to Listen.

Yue Lei answered honestly, “I want to find another place to live. I’ve been living with you for so long, and I’ve only done one painting, but I’ve taken so much money. I feel really bad about it.”

“I have my own rhythm for painting. Anyway, I don’t agree with you quitting,” Mo Yingxue said, letting go of her and lowering her head. The distance between them suddenly grew much larger.

“Don’t be mad. That’s just what I was thinking. I didn’t say I was definitely going to,” Yue Lei said, subconsciously going over to comfort her. She held her hand and gently tickled her palm.

She argued, “I’m thinking about you. Since you don’t mind the expensive salary and are kindly willing to let me continue living in your house, I’ll reluctantly agree.”

Mo Yingxue pulled her hand away and looked up at Yue Lei: “Actually, this afternoon I couldn’t find a good show to watch, and I wanted to paint again, but you were live streaming, so I didn’t tell you.”

“Oh, you can just send me a message,” Yue Lei said, rubbing her hair, feeling that it was a thorny issue.

The income from live streaming was more now, but it was still dependent on others and was not a stable source of income.

What if one day Miss Z and the other rich women got tired of her?

Then she would get nothing and wouldn’t have the capital to be as arrogant as she was now, and she would have to behave herself online.

But Mo Yingxue provided her with basic food and lodging, and her salary was stable.

So being her model was a higher priority.

“So can I ask you to paint anytime? Even if you’re live streaming or sleeping?” Mo Yingxue couldn’t help but ask.

Yue Lei nodded solemnly: “Of course. Didn’t we agree on that before? Everything is centered around you.”

“Sister, you’re so good!” Mo Yingxue couldn’t hold back anymore and gave her a hug.

Over the next few days, Yue Lei continued to pick up and drop off Mo Yingxue from school.

And every afternoon, they would both spend some time in the studio.

Yue Lei finally felt like she was working hard and didn’t feel like the money was burning a hole in her hand anymore.

On a Wednesday afternoon, she suddenly received a message: Xue: “Come pick me up early.”

She didn’t give a specific reason, but Yue Lei immediately grabbed her car keys and left.

When she got to the school, Yue Lei sent her several messages, but no one replied, and she didn’t answer her calls.

A sense of unease welled up in her heart. Yue Lei no longer waited at the school gate and went to the classroom based on the class schedule.

At this time, Mo Yingxue should have been in a large lecture class with several majors mixed together. The tiered classroom was full of people.

She pretended to walk by the door nonchalantly, but she couldn’t see if Mo Yingxue was inside.

She had no choice but to go to the back door, quietly push it open, and crouch down to slip in without the teacher noticing.

The people sitting in the back were the ones who didn’t like to study, so when they suddenly saw another person, no one said anything.

Yue Lei wanted to sit in the back row and look for her slowly, but it was already full.

She had to stealthily make her way along the side aisle and finally found Mo Yingxue before the teacher noticed her.

She was sitting in a more central location, and the seat next to her was empty.

Yue Lei breathed a sigh of relief and carefully sat down next to her.

To her surprise, as soon as she sat down, before she could even smell Mo Yingxue’s cold fragrance, her cool hand came over like an octopus.

She very forcefully intertwined their fingers. Her slender fingers were like chainmail, firmly binding Yue Lei.

Yue Lei never would have guessed that Mo Yingxue called her here to do this!

There were at least two hundred people in the large class. She was already very conspicuous for sneaking in, and now she was holding hands with a female college student in broad daylight. It was too rebellious!

She tried to pull her hand away, but Mo Yingxue held on tightly. She tried for a long time but didn’t succeed.

Yue Lei had to lean down, trying to lower her presence, and asked her in a low voice, “What are you doing?”

Mo Yingxue gave her a silencing look: “Don’t talk. Someone is watching.”

In an instant, Yue Lei’s mind was racing.

This classroom suddenly felt unsafe.

But she really couldn’t think of anything that required her to be there during Mo Yingxue’s class and to hold her hand.

But she was still very happy to finally be able to hold her wife’s hand.

It wasn’t until Yue Lei felt her palms sweating and complained several times that Mo Yingxue finally let go of her.

There was still half an hour until class was over. Yue Lei didn’t dare to speak and disturb her wife’s class, so she just stared straight ahead, pretending to listen.

But not long after, Mo Yingxue’s hand came over again.

Who would have thought that this cold and beautiful woman, who seemed to be emotionlessly listening to the class, was actually restlessly sweeping her hand across her thigh, trying to find her hand?

“If you keep this up, I’m going to ask for emotional damages!” Yue Lei was angry but didn’t dare to speak up. Afraid that she would touch a place she shouldn’t, she quickly held out her hand for her to hold.

The excruciating yet blissful half hour finally passed. Yue Lei swore that no matter what Mo Yingxue said next time, she would not come to the classroom.

Students started to leave the classroom one after another. She sat on the side, obediently waiting for Mo Yingxue to pack her bag.

Suddenly, Yue Lei felt a few pairs of eyes staring at her.

She turned her head and, sure enough, caught a few girls secretly looking at them. Those girls didn’t know what they were thinking. They didn’t leave after class and were sitting there whispering, their eyes impolitely looking over here.

Yue Lei nudged Mo Yingxue’s knee and pointed to them: “Are they from your class?”

“No, they’re from another class. The tall one was chasing me. I rejected her, but she’s still pestering me. So I had to say I had a girlfriend. Thank you,” Mo Yingxue answered candidly, and she finally answered Yue Lei’s question.

A jealous fire spread in Yue Lei’s heart.

But Mo Yingxue was so good; there would definitely be people who were attracted to her just like she was.

Yue Lei’s brain worked quickly. Seeing that the other students had left, but those girls were still there, the anger in her heart grew.

She gritted her teeth, put her hand on the back of Mo Yingxue’s head, and brought her face closer to hers.

At the same time, she whispered, “Just holding hands doesn’t prove anything. Don’t move. Just pretend we’re kissing.”

Mo Yingxue’s eyes widened slightly. Her skin was very thin, and her cheeks turned red almost instantly.

As if embarrassed, she gently closed her eyes, not wanting to look anymore.

But as Yue Lei had wished, she didn’t resist.

Yue Lei used a camera angle trick to pretend to kiss her, while at the same time, she used her eyes to glance at the girls. Seeing that the tallest one’s face turned green, she felt a secret sense of satisfaction.

Those girls finally stopped lingering in the classroom, and only then did Yue Lei let go of Mo Yingxue.

She said smugly, “Hahahaha, you should tell me about things like this in advance next time. I can definitely act better.

I was so flustered during class that my acting must have been bad. Luckily, I was clever and added another scene at the end.”

Mo Yingxue’s cheeks were still slightly red, whether from the heat or from embarrassment.

She bit her lower lip: “The situation was urgent just now. The girl who’s friends with her was sitting behind me. I didn’t dare to type too much in case she saw.”

Yue Lei walked with her toward the exit and said, “That girl doesn’t seem like your type. It’s a good thing she’s not in the same class as you. Otherwise, it would be so awkward to see her every day.”

Mo Yingxue didn’t say yes or no but looked back curiously: “You know what type I like?”

Yue Lei was about to say, “Someone like me.”

But she thought better of it. In her previous life, they were together for eight years, and she still couldn’t be sure if Mo Yingxue had her in her heart. How could she be so confident now?

Seeing Yue Lei’s blank expression, Mo Yingxue smiled.

She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and said calmly, “I don’t really have a fixed type. But I just don’t have any feelings for that girl.”

That was a fair point.

Yue Lei thought the same way.

In her two lives combined, she had only had a brief crush on other pretty girls before she met Mo Yingxue.

But at that time, she just looked and enjoyed the feeling from a distance.

Her career was just starting then, and she was in as bad a situation as when she first transmigrated. How could she dare to fall in love and expect someone to be happy with her even without money?

But Yue Lei also knew that ever since she met Mo Yingxue, her heart had told her that this was the one.

As they walked to the parking lot together, Yue Lei heard someone talking. She turned around and saw the tall girl again.

This time, her follower wasn’t with her. It was just her, and her steps were hesitant as she followed behind them. She didn’t know how long she had been following them.

Yue Lei’s alarm bells went off.

She quickly walked over to Mo Yingxue and whispered, “Xiao Xue, hold my hand.”

Mo Yingxue didn’t understand at first, but seeing Yue Lei’s constant winks, she immediately understood and held her hand, intertwining their fingers as they walked side by side on the sidewalk.

She thought that would be enough, but to her surprise, the girl was more stubborn than they had imagined.

The tall girl shouted from behind, “Xiao Xue, wait for me! I have something to say to you!”

Yue Lei didn’t want to appear too jealous, so she reluctantly stopped.

The girl first looked at their clasped hands and then moved her gaze to their faces.

She had a cocky smile on her face and looked at Yue Lei with a provocative look: “Xiao Xue, can I talk to you for a minute?”

Before Xiao Xue could speak, Yue Lei curled her lips and said in a more intimidating tone, “Say what you have to say here. Our food is going to get cold.”

The tall girl shot her a dagger-like look: “I asked her, not you, you bum.”

Before Yue Lei could get mad, Mo Yingxue’s face fell, her beautiful face filled with anger.

Because this anger wasn’t directed at her, Yue Lei found it very pleasing to look at.

Mo Yingxue: “Zhu Yi, talk nicely. Say what you have to say here.”

Zhu Yi’s face was sullen. She looked at Yue Lei with disdain, as if she were some kind of dangerous vagrant.

“This woman is with you because of your family’s money. Xiao Ting saw her staying at a youth hostel and working as a sketch model for a drawing class!”

In her opinion, behind this woman’s glamorous appearance, there might be all sorts of unspeakable things. She was not worthy of being with a girl like Mo Yingxue, who was a noble and proper young lady.

That wasn’t the lowest point in Yue Lei’s life, but hearing it from someone else’s mouth was still a little harsh.

She carefully observed Mo Yingxue’s expression.

It was still a blank, cold face, but this face now gave her a lot of strength.

Yue Lei felt her palm being gently squeezed. She didn’t know if it was from Xiao Xue’s comfort.

She saw Mo Yingxue look up and down at Zhu Yi strangely: “I know everything you just said. And?”

Zhu Yi felt like her world was falling apart: “She… she’s like that, and you’re still willing to be with her? She’s living off you!”

Mo Yingxue walked behind Yue Lei, wrapped her arms around her waist, and rested her chin on her shoulder.

The corners of her lips curled into a slight smile as she looked at Zhu Yi with a deep gaze: “With a face like that, of course, she deserves to live off me. What, are you jealous?”

Zhu Yi was furious. She didn’t expect Mo Yingxue to fall for this.

She turned her attack on Yue Lei: “Don’t you have any dignity, big sister? Be smart and stop being a leech to Xiao Xue!”

This time, Yue Lei laughed genuinely. “Who told you I’m living off her? I have my own job. Staying at a hostel and being a model were just hobbies.

My next hobbies are horseback riding and racing, which are both more expensive. If you saw those, would you think I’m worthy of her?”

She came from a poor background and had no parents. This was an unchangeable fact.

But she wasn’t going to feel inferior because of money.

In her previous life, Yue Lei had earned enough money to last her several lifetimes. The desire for money in her heart had long been filled, and that inferiority no longer existed.

Besides, judging a person by money was what she despised the most.

From the moment she saw Yue Lei, Zhu Yi and her friends were whispering. After Xiao Ting told her those things, she immediately felt that she had a handle on them and found an opportunity to break them up.

She didn’t expect to go on an outburst and end up being infuriated by the two of them.

Looking at Mo Yingxue again, the tenderness hidden beneath her frozen exterior and her aloof and cold beauty like a snow lotus on a high mountain seemed to have disappeared.

Zhu Yi spat on the ground and looked at her angrily.

She left with a bitter remark: “I misjudged you. I can’t believe you’d rather choose a bum than me. I’ll never see you again. You don’t deserve my affection anymore!”

These words were so baffling, as if her affection was so valuable.

Looking at her retreating figure, Yue Lei couldn’t help but laugh out loud. She leaned closer to Xiao Xue and said, “The kids at your school are pretty funny. They have that kind of reckless stupidity. Xiao Xue, can you tell me how she fell for you?”

Because she knew that Mo Yingxue didn’t like Zhu Yi, she felt she could be a little bold and talk about this as gossip.

If Xiao Xue really had feelings for Zhu Yi, it would be her turn to be jealous and make sour remarks shamelessly.

Mo Yingxue shivered at her words.

She pulled Yue Lei and quickly walked toward the parking lot: “Stop teasing me. I’m not close to her at all!

We were in the same large class last semester and this semester. God knows what she saw in me. It’s impossible to talk to her. She’s a hopeless romantic.”

After getting in the car, Yue Lei thought for a moment, “Since you’re not close, she’s just harassing you. You can talk to her advisor and have them deal with it.”

She spoke with the wisdom of an older person: “Xiao Xue, you don’t have to fabricate a girlfriend for yourself. That will filter out other normal people who like you. That method is too extreme.

Campus relationships are very pure. It’s all about one-minded affection, without all the social interests and exploitation.”

“I’m not a child. I’m not going to run to my parents. Besides, a girl liking a girl is probably a shock for the teacher too.”

Mo Yingxue pouted.

She thought about that scenario. Reporting her would inevitably mean coming out to her advisor.

Mo Yingxue had already come out to her mother a long time ago and didn’t think much of it.

But her advisor was an insignificant person in her life whom she would never contact after she left school. There was no need for her to know too much about her private life.

She would have to explain a lot to the advisor, and Mo Yingxue felt a vague discomfort, like ants crawling all over her.

As for the campus relationship Yue Lei mentioned, she hadn’t considered it at all.

At a traffic light, she poked the back of Yue Lei’s hand, her dark eyes filled with her reflection.

“Sister, you’re older than me and have been in society. You have more experience. Do you have someone you like?”

Yue Lei didn’t know how to answer for a moment.

After a long time, she gave a wry smile: “I guess so, but we probably won’t have a good outcome. Even if we insisted on being together, the result wouldn’t be good. It’s better not to start.”

She turned her head and saw Mo Yingxue’s pensive expression. Yue Lei quickly laughed and changed the subject.

She scratched her head and asked, “When she said I was living off you just now, why didn’t you refute her? Do you really think I’m that kind of person?”

To her surprise, Mo Yingxue actually thought about the answer seriously, her tone earnest: “I hope you are.

Just like a son-in-law who marries into the family has to listen to his wife, if you’re going to live off me, you have to listen to me.”

Although she knew that what Mo Yingxue was talking about was probably related to her being her painting model.

But it still hit a nerve for Yue Lei. Just that sentence was enough to cause a physical reaction. Her lower abdomen uncontrollably tightened, and the excitement was so strong that she almost couldn’t hold the steering wheel.

She turned on a more upbeat rock song and let the stormy drum beats help her calm down before she got home.

Another Friday came in the blink of an eye.

The weather was gloomy and gray, and the heavy clouds and low pressure put her in a bad mood.

Afraid of traffic jams from the rain, Yue Lei left early to pick up Mo Yingxue from school.

But even so, she still arrived only after the dismissal bell rang.

From a distance, she saw Mo Yingxue and a few girls squatting in the hallway, their gestures intimate. One of them looked suspiciously like Zhu Yi, who had threatened her before.

Yue Lei frowned. She held an umbrella in one hand and her other hand was in her pocket. The tapping of her high heels on the ground sounded as she walked toward them, one step at a time.

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