Take Away My Sickly Beauty [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 23

“There are some things I can’t verify myself, but that Hua Lingling is very strange. So, just in case, I want you to be more careful.”

As if thinking of something, the smile that usually hung on Ye Wuming’s lips turned slightly cold.

She still remembered when Cupid had first started collaborating with the Chen family; someone who had been in contact with Hua Lingling was bewitched into trying to sabotage the joint project between the two companies.

If Ye Wuming hadn’t been watching closely, there’s no telling what kind of chaos would have ensued.

As she was thinking this, Ye Wuming’s “dog head” was suddenly and vigorously rubbed by someone.

“Don’t smile like that next time; it’s a bit creepy.” This brat, Chen Jiyu thought, such a nice face, yet she makes it look so sinister.

“Hey?!” Ye Wuming wailed, clutching her hair that had just fallen victim to the assault. “Jiyu, you’re wronging me! I clearly smile very beautifully!”

“Oh?” Chen Jiyu narrowed her eyes upon hearing this, teasing, “There are no mirrors here; how would you know?”

The boisterous President Ye suddenly fell silent.

She couldn’t exactly say that she had practiced in front of a mirror while abroad, just so she could show her best side to Chen Jiyu after returning to the country, could she?

If she said that, where would she put her pride as President Ye?!

With her eyes wandering and refusing to answer, President Ye looked at the sky, then the ground, then at the flowers on the dining table, and then at the plates basically anywhere except at her wife.

Seeing this, Chen Jiyu burst out laughing.

Having a lover younger than herself, she seemed to be captivated by her cuteness every single day.

“Alright, let’s talk business.” Having cheered up, Chen Jiyu decided to let President Ye off the hook.

She thought back to Ye Wuming’s previous mention of telling Cheng Ye the truth after some time, and after a moment of reflection, she roughly understood the reasoning behind it.

“You’re afraid Hua Lingling might do something… um, that ordinary people can’t do?” Chen Jiyu paused, struggling to find a suitable term to describe Hua Lingling’s behavior.

Being able to attract anyone she wanted and then wipe their memories after discarding them this kind of ability surely fell outside the realm of ordinary humans.

“Exactly.” Ye Wuming narrowed her eyes. Although Hua Lingling might truly be harmed in the future and was seeking help from Jiyu through dreams, that didn’t mean Ye Wuming was willing to go all out to save her.

She wouldn’t let her die, but she wouldn’t let her get away without paying a price either.

If she hadn’t returned to the country in time, Jiyu would have been pushed to the edge of a cliff by Hua Lingling that day, with no way to retreat and no path forward.

Jiyu’s pale face from that time and the way she forced her spine to stay straight were still vivid in her mind.

They wanted to strip an eagle of its wings so it could never fly again, forcing her to live in the mud like an insect, filthy and unable to ever rise again.

They wanted to break her wings, destroy her pride, and trample on her dignity.

Especially Hua Lingling her malice was the most obvious. She had not only seduced Cheng Ye into stealing Chen family secrets to push Jiyu into a desperate situation but had also repeatedly instigated others to embarrass Jiyu.

Such a person did not deserve Jiyu’s help.

“I’m just afraid Cheng Ye will act impulsively and take a wrong turn.” Chen Jiyu was currently annoyed to death by Hua Lingling.

A while ago, when she was provoked at the Cupid building, she had already used her connections to teach her a lesson. She just hadn’t expected the girl to possess such strange power. If what Yezi said was true, she feared Cheng Ye would be driven mad.

She had said long ago that if Hua Lingling withdrew, Cheng Ye would be the only one left in pain.

But she hadn’t expected Cheng Ye to be so extreme.

“Don’t worry, it’s just a dream after all,” Ye Wuming soothed at the right moment. “Perhaps dreams are the opposite of reality. Look at how Cheng Ye is so obedient to Hua Lingling now; she’ll likely tolerate whatever Hua Lingling does.”

“I’m just afraid that if Hua Lingling really cheats and Cheng Ye finds out, Cheng Ye will do something impulsive.” That girl was stubborn to a fault; Chen Jiyu knew her all too well.

“She’s an adult. If she still doesn’t know how to think twice before acting, then I’ll be the one to teach her.” Seeing her wife so worried about another woman’s affairs, Ye Wuming was in a very foul mood.

Even if that woman was Jiyu’s cousin, it wasn’t okay.

How much effort had she spent to reach this position, to be worthy of Jiyu? Cheng Ye gained Jiyu’s attention based on a thin blood relation, and what was more hateful was that Cheng Ye didn’t even know how to cherish it.

Anyone who had dealt with Cupid knew that Cupid’s law of survival was the law of the “starving dog.” Once it saw meat, it would take a bite; as long as the dog wasn’t beaten to death, it would keep biting and never let go until the meat was swallowed.

And anyone who disturbed its meal would suffer a thousandfold retaliation a violent counterattack from a starving dog protecting its food.

Therefore, no one dared to provoke Cupid.

“Mhm, then I’ll leave it to you. But she is still young after all, there’s no need for a massive scene.” Chen Jiyu could sense Ye Wuming’s displeasure, so she restrained her appropriately.

Of course, if Hua Lingling and Cheng Ye were innocent bystanders, or even just kind-hearted people, she wouldn’t care if they accidentally damaged her interests slightly.

But they were neither. They targeted her specifically, provoked her maliciously, and repeatedly stirred up trouble to harm her and the Chen family.

Chen Jiyu would not forgive such people easily.

Having received her lover’s approval, Ye Wuming’s mood improved significantly.

She remembered when she first returned to the country and met Jiyu. At that time, she desperately wanted to intervene in Jiyu’s affairs, wanting to suppress and retaliate against those who hurt her, and wanting to deal with that idiot Cheng Ye on her behalf.

But she had no right.

She was nobody to Jiyu. At most, she was an old acquaintance and a forgotten one at that.

So, she could only use her identity as the founder of Cupid to step into her circle, enter her life, and then step into her heart one bit at a time.

And her plan had been very successful.

The two of them talked a lot about work afterward. When it was time to sleep, Ye Wuming started acting up again.

“How old are you?” Chen Jiyu held the fairy tale book in her hand, glancing helplessly at the person lying beside her.

The dignified founder of Cupid not only liked listening to bedtime stories but specifically stories meant for children. If word got out, President Ye’s “overbearing CEO” aura would be completely gone.

“I’m already 24 months old! Sister Jiyu, hurry up and tell me a story.” A certain someone’s eyes, peeking out from over the quilt, blinked repeatedly in an attempt to be cute.

Chen Jiyu was most vulnerable to this display of cuteness. If they weren’t unmarried, she would definitely have to teach President Ye the meaning of “the world is a dangerous place!”

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