Running Away While Pregnant with the Villain’s Child - Chapter 8

“Waaaah,” Luo Xingran wailed inwardly, despising herself. She wasn’t a good person. Just because of the other woman’s beauty, she claimed to like her. She was so shallow; she only liked the woman’s outward appearance!

She had finally become the kind of person she hated most!

But the “Big Beauty” was truly stunning—she was the absolute embodiment of Luo Xingran’s aesthetic!

Luo Xingran had confidence in herself; she would slowly get to know her and, step by step, find a way into the woman’s heart.

“My name is Luo Xingran. May I know your name?” Luo Xingran reached out a hand toward the beauty, introducing herself somewhat bashfully.

Seeing Luo Xingran tentatively reach out to her, Pei Junzhuo felt a wave of warmth in her heart, yet also felt a hollow ache. However, seeing Luo Xingran’s nervous expression felt incredibly fresh and new.

“Hello, my surname is Pei. I am Pei Junzhuo. It is a pleasure to meet you.” Pei Junzhuo grasped Luo Xingran’s hand; it was warm and soft, just as it had been before.

After a vast stretch of time, she finally held this hand once more. Pei Junzhuo looked at Luo Xingran with eyes brimming so deeply with tenderness and love that they seemed ready to overflow.

When Luo Xingran heard the name “Pei Junzhuo,” her entire body froze.

The name Li Dan wasn’t very familiar to her, but the name Pei Junzhuo was one she knew all too well.

Put it this way: her dislike for Li Dan was simply because she disliked the author. She knew clearly that the male lead was only so annoying because the author was a disgusting person.

But Pei Junzhuo was completely different. When she read the novel, she genuinely liked this character.

If nothing else, in the entire book, Pei Junzhuo was the only normal person with an actual IQ. You could say that one of the main reasons she finished the book was because of Pei Junzhuo.

Amidst the nauseating male lead and the brainlessly submissive female lead, Pei Junzhuo was like a ray of holy light. Most importantly, everything she did followed logical human reasoning, and she could strike at the male lead with surgical precision.

Every time she saw the male lead get choked up or sabotaged, Luo Xingran was overjoyed. And when she looked back at Pei Junzhuo’s actions, the woman was actually developing her own career while simultaneously crushing the male lead.

God bless! What a perfect villainess!

Of course, Pei Junzhuo’s methods in the text were indeed cold and ruthless. To say Luo Xingran wasn’t a little intimidated would be a lie.

Just a moment ago, she felt guilty for not knowing the Big Beauty well before deciding she wanted to be with her. In the blink of an eye, she realized she actually knew quite a lot about her—it was just that this beauty was a bit… ferocious.

Fear—Luo Xingran was still a little afraid.

“What’s wrong?” Pei Junzhuo’s gentle voice drifted over, making Luo Xingran’s heart melt.

Seeing Pei Junzhuo’s concerned gaze, the slight thought of distancing herself from the villainess vanished completely.

What? Villain? How could someone who trashed that garbage male lead be considered a villain?

Ruthless? Luo Xingran didn’t care! With a beauty like this, what did it matter if she was a little ruthless?

Are you kidding? The things this “villain” Pei Junzhuo did were far more moral than anything the male lead did.

Luo Xingran turned to look at Pei Junzhuo, her eyes sparkling like a puppy’s.

Pei Junzhuo felt as though her heart had been struck. A warm smile slowly spread across her lips as she gazed at Luo Xingran.

Regardless of whether she had the memories of this world or not, Luo Xingran was always a source of warmth.

Pei Junzhuo gave Luo Xingran a hug. She was soft, carrying that familiar scent of jasmine. It seemed she had never changed her preference for body wash.

Pei Junzhuo hoped her preference in people wouldn’t change either.

The sudden hug made Luo Xingran’s face turn red. Waaaah, the Big Beauty is so affectionate towards me! Could it be that Pei Junzhuo is also mesmerized by my beauty?

Luo Xingran took a sniff of the Big Beauty. Wow, she really is the woman I loved when I was reading the novel!

She smelled wonderful. Luo Xingran couldn’t pinpoint exactly what the scent was, only that it felt very familiar.

Indeed, the fragrance on a Big Beauty was just different. It was a familiar scent that made her feel entirely at ease.

It was strange; ever since coming to this world, Luo Xingran felt a sense of belonging. It was as if she had returned home; everything was so familiar.

“Wait for me a moment,” Pei Junzhuo said, releasing her.

Once released, Luo Xingran suddenly felt a sense of emptiness. It wasn’t just the loss of the embrace; her heart felt empty.

But the moment she thought about having the Big Beauty as a girlfriend, her heart was filled with nothing but joy and excitement.

“I actually have a partner!” Luo Xingran’s face heated up, making her look like a boiled shrimp.

Her heart was thumping. Luo Xingran felt like she could no longer control her heart or her mind. Was this what it felt like to like someone?

She felt like a kitten that had spotted a massive ball of yarn. Unable to resist the temptation, this little kitten had been “kidnapped” by the yarn.

After thinking this, Luo Xingran couldn’t help but feel she was being a bit ridiculous. What kind of strange metaphors were these?

Luo Xingran was so immersed in her own world that she didn’t notice Pei Junzhuo had returned.

“For you,” Pei Junzhuo said, placing a bouquet of flowers into Luo Xingran’s arms.

“I like you. Can we be together?”

Luo Xingran held the white roses, her eyes filled with surprise and happiness as she looked at Pei Junzhuo.

“I…” She hadn’t expected Pei Junzhuo to give her such a formal confession.

“I thought about it and felt that our relationship should start with a formal confession and a bouquet of flowers.”

Pei Junzhuo took Luo Xingran’s right hand, brought it to her lips, and kissed it gently.

“Don’t answer me right now. Tell me your answer when you are truly certain that you like me.”

Pei Junzhuo pulled her gently into her arms, as if holding a rare treasure.

“I don’t mind if you use me as an excuse to reject others. I still want you to tell me you like me only when you truly know what ‘liking’ is.”

“With me, you will always have the power to choose.”

Hearing this, Luo Xingran was stunned. She never imagined Pei Junzhuo would say such a thing.

She felt truly respected—as if someone finally valued her personality and her own will.

Although Luo Xingran didn’t want to compare to that piece of trash Li Dan, under the current circumstances, Li Dan really served as an excellent point of reference.

“Okay, I will definitely fall in love with you very soon! The kind that comes from the bottom of my heart!” Luo Xingran held the white roses in one hand and made a tiny fist with the other.

She lifted her head, her eyes bright like stars in the sky. How could someone say something like that with such solemn conviction?

Seeing Luo Xingran like this, Pei Junzhuo dazed for a moment. In a trance, she felt as if she were seeing the Luo Xingran from five years ago.

At that time, she had the same expression, telling her excitedly that everything could be resolved. She had found a way to solve the “plot” so that everyone would no longer be controlled by it. But it was also that very method that caused her to disappear for five whole years.

“Alright, I will wait for you faithfully.” Pei Junzhuo released her hold on Luo Xingran, her gaze so intense it felt like it could leave physical trails of affection.

However, it was strange; Luo Xingran felt as if there was something more hidden in that tone of voice. She looked curiously at Pei Junzhuo’s face, but she couldn’t make anything out.

“Why do you keep staring at me?”

Sensing that a certain little dummy was staring at her, Pei Junzhuo suddenly leaned in, closing the distance between them. Suddenly, their eyes met.

Ah! This close-up beauty… wahhh, I’m dead!

Luo Xingran, of course, shook her head. Even if it was true that she was greedy for her looks, she couldn’t say it out loud. How much would that hurt a person’s feelings?

Besides, ever since she realized that this woman was the only character she liked in that brain-dead “Overpowered Son-in-law” novel, Luo Xingran’s mindset had shifted! She felt certain she would fall for Pei Junzhuo. This was her favorite 2D character come to life!

Who could understand? When a favorite fictional character manifests in reality, no one could possibly resist.

Furthermore, Luo Xingran still remembered the ending of the story vividly. The female lead was sabotaged by Li Dan’s “true love” and ended up freezing to death on a snowy winter night. Yes, literally frozen to death in the winter snow.

What’s more, when Li Dan saw the female lead’s body, he didn’t feel any pain. Instead, he said reproachfully, “Why couldn’t you learn from Shen Youchu?”

“What’s so hard about serving my other women during their postpartum recovery and helping me raise my kids? You’re not magnanimous at all.”

“Even in death, you have to embarrass me.” When he said these things, Li Dan knew the female lead had been killed by his “true love.” Well, one of the many “true loves” in his harem had killed her.

When Luo Xingran read that part back then, she immediately sent nearly a hundred reports to the author. Her later essays were so brilliant and her reasons for reporting so well-founded that the author eventually, reluctantly, made a tiny modification.

They deleted the part where Li Dan knew how Luo Xingran died.

To this day, even though she had transmigrated, Luo Xingran was still speechless at that moronic author’s moronic behavior. Honestly, if she had known she would transmigrate, she would have taken an axe and forced the author to rewrite it.

The two chatted for a while before Pei Junzhuo dropped Luo Xingran off at the Luo family home. As luck would have it, Luo’s father and mother were just coming out to walk the dog.

“Xingran, is this your classmate?” Luo’s mother held the leash, smiling with great poise. However, if one looked closely, the veins on her hand were bulging.

“If not a classmate, what else could she be? Thank you, classmate, for sending our daughter home.” Luo’s father snatched Luo Xingran out of Pei Junzhuo’s arms in one swift motion.

Luo Xingran hadn’t intended to come out to her parents yet; after all, the two of them had just started. Meeting the parents was something that should wait until before marriage. But she also didn’t want her parents to think Pei Junzhuo was just a classmate.

“Her name is Pei Junzhuo. She is my classmate and my good friend,” Luo Xingran introduced her openly, just as she had five years ago.

Seeing their daughter like this, Luo’s father and mother felt like they were watching a replay of the past. Their blood pressure spiked just as it had back then.

“I see. Hello there, Classmate Pei.” On the surface, Luo’s mother looked like a kind mother, but she was secretly shooting daggers at Pei Junzhuo with her eyes.

“It’s getting late. Classmate Pei should probably head home for dinner, right? Our Xingran is a very picky eater; our home cooking might not suit your taste.”

“So, we won’t keep you for dinner.” Luo’s father spoke quickly, moving even faster as he dragged his daughter back into the house.

As she was being pulled away, Luo Xingran secretly blew a finger-heart to Pei Junzhuo.

“Too cute,” Pei Junzhuo murmured to herself, watching Luo Xingran’s retreating figure.

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