Reborn! Caught Up by the Critically Obsessed Actress - Chapter 11

The air fell silent. Song Qingxing didn’t know how to answer immediately. She was considered a sister-in-law, yes, but their relationship wasn’t something they could openly and honestly disclose.

After all…

She was merely a mistress.

The relationship of a mistress is common in various film and television dramas and presidential novels.

Cough, cough… In short, it’s not a proper term, and it’s not good for children to know too much.

So, she simply nodded.

Xie Jingshu’s expression instantly changed. She looked at her sister with a sense of adoration, never expecting that her sister, who could kick her out of bed while sleeping, could actually snag the most popular goddess in their school.

“Wow, sister, you’re really amazing.”

Xie Jingcheng closed her eyes, unable to utter a word to her sister.

After her burst of admiration, Xie Jingshu rummaged through her backpack, impatiently tearing out over a dozen pages of paper.

“Song Qingxing, can you sign them for me?”

“I want to give one to every student in my class.”

Song Qingxing nodded. Since Xie Jingcheng was her sugar mommy, respecting her family was part of her daily tasks.

But just as she took the pen from little Xie Jingshu, Song Qingxing noticed something that surprised her. She flipped the paper over and back again.

Sure enough, she saw the practice exercises on the back.

And the teacher’s red pen annotation:

[Xie Jingshu, call your parents over. Who told you that a math problem could be solved this way?]

It’s over!

Could this little brat have torn up her own math homework?

This was truly…

Xie Jingcheng naturally noticed this too. Her gaze drifted slightly downwards, spotting her sister’s messy handwriting on the exercises.

She was instantly amused yet annoyed.

“Xie Jingshu, you tore up your own homework book.”

Xie Jingshu realized what she had done and saw the back of the page, where she had indeed accidentally torn off a page with her completed problems.

She immediately looked heartbroken.

“I-I didn’t do it on purpose.”

“Whether you did it on purpose or not, you have to take responsibility. Copy these out again and hand them in to the teacher.”

Xie Jingcheng’s voice was stern.

“Sis…”

Xie Jingshu knew how to whine and beg now. Seeing her sister’s serious expression, who clearly had no intention of yielding, she turned her pitiful gaze toward Song Qingxing. She practically leaned on Song Qingxing’s leg. Her face was very beautiful.

It was about seventy percent similar to Xie Jingcheng’s.

With her eyes red and moist, she truly looked heartbreaking.

“Sister-in-law, you have to help me. I really tore it by accident just now.”

Song Qingxing: …

How did the term of address change to “sister-in-law” so quickly?

Xie Jingshu was accepting this a little too fast.

Just as Song Qingxing was about to say something noncommittal, the hospital room door was knocked on again. A couple walked in: the man was wearing a suit, with close-cropped hair.

But a closer look revealed strands of white hair in his short cut.

The woman was exquisitely dressed, her long hair curled, swaying slightly as she walked, like a surging wave.

“Jingcheng, how did you get yourself hurt?”

“Your dad, mom, and sister flew over as soon as we heard.”

The woman spoke, her voice gentle and soft.

Her gaze fell on Song Qingxing, seemingly unsurprised. After all, the news had been so sensational, and as parents who cared about their daughter’s career, they naturally knew that the two were now together.

Actually, there were none of the melodramatic clichés from novels. Xie’s parents were not against Xie Jingcheng having a relationship.

Because finding a woman was better than being single for life.

“It’s nothing, someone accidentally spilled something on me.”

Xie Jingcheng spoke slowly, deliberately glossing over the severity of the incident. Hearing her say this, Song Qingxing was unhappy. This incident wasn’t an accident; that group of people was targeting her.

She was about to stand up and explain the truth to Xie’s parents.

It was because of her that Xie Jingcheng was subjected to the calamity of having coffee spilled on her. She had to take responsibility for this.

Song Qingxing was not one to shirk responsibility. The blame was hers, and she was willing to take it. If it wasn’t her fault, no one could pin it on her.

And she would slam the pot thrown at her right back onto that person’s head.

“Aunt and Uncle, that’s not right. Actually, it was because of me that Jingcheng…”

Before she could finish, Xie Jingcheng’s fingers reached out from under the covers. Her skin was fair, appearing even whiter against the hospital’s crisp, white sheets.

She looked like a thousand-year-old vampire.

Her fingers tightly gripped Song Qingxing’s wrist. Xie Jingcheng’s eyes flickered. An average person would probably ask:

“Xie Jingcheng, did you get sand in your eye? Why are you blinking so often?”

However, Song Qingxing was not that foolish.

She was an actress, and she could at least read the emotion in the other person’s eyes. Xie Jingcheng’s meaning was very clear: I don’t want to tell my parents about this. Don’t be too nosey.

Song Qingxing finally pursed her lips and steered the topic elsewhere.

“It was because I didn’t take good care of Jingcheng that she was bumped into by someone. This is my fault.”

Song Qingxing lowered her head, looking pitiful and vulnerable, like a pear blossom tree after a fierce storm, its petals pure white and glistening with crystal clear drops.

It was as if she were squeezing out artificial tears.

Xie Jingcheng’s eyes widened. When did Song Qingxing’s acting get so good? Just a few days ago, she was a trashy actress who couldn’t even say two lines of dialogue without stumbling.

Her acting skills had improved at lightning speed.

Xie’s parents were speechless. They had seen many people and many tactics during their years in the business world.

There were plenty of people who deliberately played poor or acted pitiful.

But the Xie family didn’t have any poor relatives.

That was because the Xie family had been wealthy since Xie Jingcheng’s great-great-great-grandfather.

The two of them didn’t know what to say about their daughter’s new girlfriend. It was Xie’s father who cleared his throat softly.

“How can you be blamed for an accident like this?”

“It’s alright, we won’t blame you.”

“Just… who was that person? How can they be so careless walking around? If you’re carrying a cup of hot coffee, you should walk carefully.”

Clearly, Xie’s father planned to target the person who did the bumping.

After all, his daughter was being bullied, and he couldn’t tolerate it. Regardless of right or wrong in the incident, anyone who dared to bully Jingcheng was essentially stepping on his head.

Xie’s parents stayed at the hospital for almost an entire afternoon. They clarified the sequence of events and cooperated with the police to review the surveillance footage.

But the woman’s lips were sealed.

It was impossible to get anything out of her right away.

So, they could only leave without success.

Xie’s father and mother were very busy with work and couldn’t stay long, so they had to leave their assistant behind to help follow up on the police investigation.

They simply did not believe that the woman did not act intentionally.

After the people left, Song Qingxing finally let go of her tension, slumping into the chair.

Her long hair clung to her face, lending her a messy kind of beauty.

“Why didn’t you let me explain things clearly to your parents? That way, we wouldn’t have to go through such a big detour to find out who the mastermind is.”

Because both of them could clearly and distinctly see.

That woman was coming straight for her.

It was just that Xie Jingcheng insisted on being the damsel rescuing the damsel, taking the scalding hot coffee for her.