Take Away My Sickly Beauty [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 22

Fortunately, Chen Jiyu gradually calmed down, but her body still couldn’t stop trembling, which prompted Ye Wuming to hold her a few degrees tighter.

After another while, once Ye Wuming’s legs had grown somewhat numb from standing, Chen Jiyu finally pulled away from her. The woman kept her eyes cast down, looking both apologetic and dejected.

Ye Wuming didn’t ask her what was wrong. Instead, she first put shoes on her feet and then led her to eat, half-supporting her by the waist.

Luckily, she had taken measures to keep the food warm early on; otherwise, it would have been cold by now.

After taking a few sips of the warm vegetable soup, Chen Jiyu finally began to recover.

Despite the fact that she rode the winds and broke the waves on the commercial battlefield with indomitable courage and daring, she was still terrified when facing such a realistic murder scene.

The blood flying off the machete in Cheng Ye’s hand had landed on her face; she could even feel its temperature and the fishy, sweet metallic scent.

Moreover, Hua Lingling’s tragic screams and pleas for help echoed repeatedly in her ears.

Chen Jiyu suddenly set down her bowl. Even though it was only vegetable soup, she felt a sudden surge of nausea.

That dream was too real so real that it left her unable to swallow.

Ye Wuming had been watching her movements closely. Seeing this, she couldn’t help but worry, “What’s wrong? Does the food not suit your palate?”

“No,” Chen Jiyu shook her head upon hearing this. That wasn’t the reason.

She simply had no appetite.

Ye Wuming frowned slightly but said nothing.

One particularly good trait of Jiyu was that she wouldn’t bottle things up inside; she didn’t feel that just because she could solve a problem herself, she shouldn’t tell Ye Wuming.

This was something Ye Wuming found difficult to do herself, yet she deeply admired it.

“You eat first. I’ll tell you after you’ve finished.”

Sure enough, to avoid ruining Ye Wuming’s appetite, Chen Jiyu specifically urged her to eat her meal properly first.

Hearing this, Ye Wuming silently increased her eating speed.

Meanwhile, Chen Jiyu sat to the side, organizing her thoughts. Occasionally, when certain images flashed through her mind, she would clench her fingers, trying her best to ignore the wave of discomfort.

Her thoughts were in disarray; by the time she had sorted them out, Ye Wuming had finished eating long ago. She sat upright across from her, watching her with a gaze that was both calm and concerned, as if trying to grant her the strength to sweep away all difficulties.

Seeing this, Chen Jiyu felt a warmth in her heart.

“It’s like this… I just had a dream…”

The woman’s voice was gentle and pleasant, like a gurgling clear spring flowing over smooth river stones, or a warm spring breeze brushing past the willow leaves before a door tender and mild.

However, the content of her words was bloody and dark, leaving the listener’s hair standing on end and filled with horror.

Although Ye Wuming was very brave, she couldn’t help but overthink it.

Jiyu said this dream was impossibly realistic. Combined with her previous suspicions regarding Hua Lingling, Ye Wuming even wondered: Could this be the future Hua Lingling calling out for help to the current Jiyu?!

That woman had always been strange; she could influence people’s memories could she also send dreams?

And based on Ye Wuming’s understanding of Cheng Ye, if there ever came a day when Hua Lingling dumped her first, or flirted with someone else right in front of her, Cheng Ye truly was capable of doing such a thing.

Cheng Ye was not a stable person at her core; she even dared to harm her own cousin, let alone Hua Lingling.

Specifically, for the sake of marrying Hua Lingling, Cheng Ye had not only lost her high-ranking position at the Chen Corporation but was even being bullied by others who took the opportunity. Yet, instead of protecting Cheng Ye, Hua Lingling joined the others in finding excuses to berate her.

Cheng Ye had been tamed by her like a loyal dog. Therefore, almost everyone who knew them, including Hua Lingling, believed that a loyal dog would never bite its master.

But Ye Wuming had sensed a repulsive aura emanating from Cheng Ye.

If a gentleman walks with a gentleman, both cherish each other and converse happily. If a petty person walks with a gentleman, the petty person is at ease while the gentleman remains silent. If a petty person walks with a petty person, they hide daggers behind their smiles and loathe one another.

Cheng Ye possessed a pathological madness in her bones that disgusted Ye Wuming. This was because, during the times when Ye Wuming herself could barely hold on, she too had thought about forcibly bringing Jiyu to her side or hiring people to stalk and investigate her.

But she had restrained herself. That would have been a lack of respect for Jiyu.

However, just because she didn’t do it didn’t mean she hadn’t thought about it. She and Cheng Ye were similar in some ways; the difference was that she chose to respect and cherish Jiyu, and Jiyu loved and respected her in return.

As for Cheng Ye and Hua Lingling…

Heh. It was the relationship between an unscrupulous master and a pet dog. Cheng Ye was a dog in Hua Lingling’s hands that could be discarded at will, yet if Cheng Ye left her, she would have nothing—she might even die.

A cornered, dying mad dog will bite everything with sheer ferocity.

Combining all past events, Ye Wuming wouldn’t be surprised if Hua Lingling could send Jiyu a dream. But Ye Wuming would not take action.

After all, she couldn’t separate Hua Lingling and Cheng Ye based solely on Jiyu’s dream. Currently, Hua Lingling was still unwilling to let go of Cheng Ye; she held a sliver of hope in her heart, expecting to use Cheng Ye to manipulate Jiyu.

“The only solution I can think of right now is to get them to separate,” Chen Jiyu pressed her temples, her head aching slightly.

Although she had said she would no longer interfere in Cheng Ye’s affairs, she couldn’t just stand by and let Cheng Ye commit murder.

This dream was too real. What if it actually happened?

Chen Jiyu couldn’t get past the moral hurdle of simply letting things take their course.

“As far as I know, Cheng Ye has never known the whereabouts of her parents. So, her previous dissatisfaction with you, Jiyu, was likely because she felt you were being overbearing, right?” Now that the two had settled their feelings for each other, Ye Wuming spoke more directly.

“In my view, Cheng Ye is just a spoiled brat.” Ye Wuming truly looked down on her. “So, as her cousin, it’s time you let her know everything, Jiyu.”

Because she had been protected too well by Chen Jiyu, Cheng Ye didn’t even know her parents were in prison. She didn’t even realize that the so-called “allowance left by her parents” was actually money out of Jiyu’s own pocket.

Chen Jiyu pursed her lips and remained silent. Because she was an only child, she didn’t quite know how to get along with a younger sister; she only knew to give her whatever she wanted.

She had never imagined that this would spoil a person so thoroughly.

“You’re right,” Chen Jiyu sighed.

Although she had promised her aunt and uncle to hide their imprisonment from Cheng Ye, Cheng Ye was now beyond her control. She had been led down a wicked path by others.

If she, the cousin, said certain things, it would be seen as meddling. But if those words came from Cheng Ye’s own parents, they would likely be much more effective.

“But we should wait a little longer.” Ye Wuming’s eyes flickered, as if she had thought of something else.

“Why?” Chen Jiyu was startled.

According to her own intention, the sooner she told Cheng Ye about her parents, the better so they could discipline her and prevent her from truly committing a crime.

“I mean that Hua Lingling is likely up to some ghost of a scheme again.” Ye Wuming shook her head, looked up at her confused lover, and said slowly: “Jiyu, keep a close eye on your company’s confidential files.”

Where there is a first time, there is a second. Some people do not give up easily.

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