The Cannon Fodder Crazy Beauty Has Awakened [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 27.2

Chi Jia wasn’t offended. She was still fixated on Jiang Mengyu’s earlier words, “Ayan once saved me.” Strange, why hadn’t her previous investigations uncovered this?

Her instincts told her this was important. She needed to have someone look into it immediately.

After all, based on what she knew of Chi Jingyan, the woman didn’t seem like the charitable type.

Chi Jingyan, too, was deeply puzzled.

She had saved Jiang Mengyu before? Since when?

Suddenly, she recalled Jiang Mengyu’s words in the car earlier that she was her salvation. Could that be what she meant?

But Chi Jingyan had no recollection of it at all.

Her heart suddenly began to race, and an inexplicable panic surged from deep within. Chi Jingyan instinctively tightened her grip on the fork, her thin lips pressed into a straight line.

No, it was also possible she had simply forgotten. Maybe she really had crossed paths with Jiang Mengyu before.

Chi Jingyan didn’t dare dwell on it further, yet a certain thought kept flashing through her mind.

What if…

What if all of this was just Jiang Mengyu’s misunderstanding? Would her love, her promises, still hold any weight then?

System No. 031 was also frustrated.

[Host! You’re adding unnecessary drama again!]

What did she mean by Chi Jingyan having saved her before?

That scene didn’t exist in the original novel at all!

Jiang Mengyu: “Screen time is earned through effort.”

Besides, she had only told a small, inconsequential lie, it wouldn’t affect the overall plot.

That might be true, but System No. 031 couldn’t shake a bad feeling about it.

[So the reason you endured Chi Jia’s nonsense for so long was just to set up this lie?]

The system could tell the host had no interest in engaging with Chi Jia, yet she had patiently entertained the conversation for a long time.

Jiang Mengyu didn’t respond.

She needed someone capable of investigating the “truth” and willing to share it with her. Among the people she knew, very few fit both criteria, Chi Jia was the perfect candidate.

All Jiang Mengyu had to do was drop a hint, and Chi Jia would immediately follow the trail. Given Chi Jia’s spiteful nature, once she realized this could explain Jiang Mengyu and Chi Jingyan’s relationship, she would be more than happy to reveal the “truth” to both of them.

It was time to give the young miss a sense of urgency.

Jiang Mengyu picked up her coat and stood. Chi Jingyan’s meeting should be wrapping up soon, it was time to fetch her.

When Jiang Mengyu arrived at the restaurant entrance, she spotted Chi Jingyan as expected. But to her surprise, Chi Jia was still there too.

The two sisters stood facing each other, while Chu Muyao had already gotten into the car clearly, she had no intention of mediating between them.

Jiang Mengyu walked over unhurriedly and stopped beside Chi Jingyan.

Chi Jia glanced at Jiang Mengyu with a smile before turning back to Chi Jingyan. “Sister, the dog you’ve raised is very well-behaved.”

“No wonder you like her so much. Even I’m a little tempted.”

Chi Jingyan’s expression hardened. “It seems you still haven’t learned your lesson.”

Chi Jia’s smile faltered briefly before she forced it back. “What can I say? I’m just too soft-hearted.”

“Unlike you, sister knowing exactly how the other person feels, yet deliberately hurting them anyway.”

“Rejecting them in one breath, accepting them in the next.”

Chi Jia sighed. “No one should be that greedy.”

Chi Jingyan’s anger flared, but so did the shame of having her thoughts exposed. Still, she suppressed her emotions, keeping her face cold and composed.

“That’s none of your concern.”

Besides, wasn’t Jiang Mengyu willing anyway?

Chi Jia scoffed. “Of course, it has nothing to do with me. I’m just giving you some sisterly advice.”

“You can’t just discipline a dog with a stick sometimes, you have to throw it a bone.”

“Otherwise, it might start wagging its tail at someone else.”

After finishing her words, Chi Jia didn’t wait for Chi Jingyan to respond before turning and getting into the car. The vehicle quickly drove away, disappearing from the sight of the two.

Chi Jia had left, but her words lingered in Chi Jingyan’s heart.

She glanced sideways at Jiang Mengyu, who curled her fingers slightly and softly explained, “She wanted to drive a wedge between us.”

Of course, Chi Jingyan knew Chi Jia was doing it on purpose, but at that moment, she wanted to ask Jiang Mengyu, what exactly was the relationship between them?

Chi Jingyan held back the question.

“Let’s get in the car first.”

On the way back, Chi Jingyan and Chu Muyao still sat in the back seat.

Chi Jingyan had the driver drop Chu Muyao off first before returning to the apartment with Jiang Mengyu.

The two entered the elevator one after the other. Looking at the silent Jiang Mengyu beside her, Chi Jingyan struggled to restrain herself but ultimately couldn’t hold back. She asked, “What exactly did Chi Jia say to you?”

Jiang Mengyu raised her eyes to meet her gaze, thinking to herself that Chi Jingyan’s acting was quite good too. She had clearly heard the entire conversation, yet now she pretended to know nothing.

From the moment Chi Jingyan gave her the necklace in the study earlier, Jiang Mengyu had guessed there must be something inside it.

Chi Jingyan wasn’t the type to waste effort for no reason. There was no way she would inexplicably gift her a necklace unless she had some purpose in mind. Combined with her suspicions toward Jiang Mengyu, she was almost certain the necklace likely contained a listening device.

Chi Jia’s appearance today wasn’t a coincidence, she had clearly followed Chi Jingyan and Jiang Mengyu, which was why she knew their movements so well.

If Chi Jia could have people watch Chi Jingyan, how could Chi Jingyan possibly be completely at ease with Chi Jia?

Jiang Mengyu suspected that from the moment Chi Jia approached her, Chi Jingyan had already been informed.

She knew Chi Jingyan well. If she truly had no idea, she wouldn’t have remained so calm when Chi Jia said those things earlier.

But Jiang Mengyu didn’t reveal her true thoughts. Instead, she followed Chi Jingyan’s lead and said softly, “She offered me money to betray you.”

Chi Jingyan’s lips tightened. “And then?”

“I refused.”

Chi Jingyan’s eyes darkened. “Why refuse? Did she not offer enough?”

She knew her words were harsh, but she couldn’t control her temper. Ever since hearing that matter, her emotions had been suppressed.

Jiang Mengyu’s breath hitched slightly. “A-Yan.”

Her voice carried a faint hoarseness. “You know very well…”

Know very well what?

Chi Jingyan stared fixedly at Jiang Mengyu. “I don’t know.”

As they spoke, the elevator doors opened, but neither of them moved to exit. Instead, they stood in the foyer, locked in a standoff.

Chi Jingyan averted her gaze. “Earlier today, you swore to me that you would never betray me.”

“But I remember not long ago, you also told Muyao that you would love her forever.”

“Jiang Mengyu, how long is your ‘forever’?”

The one who had promised to love Chu Muyao forever was Cannon Fodder A from the original novel, what did that have to do with Jiang Mengyu?

Her expression remained unchanged. “What I said to her was a lie, but what I said to you was sincere.”

“Really?” Chi Jingyan let out a cold laugh. “So, your sincerity can be given out so casually.”

“You heard what Chi Jia just said.” Chi Jingyan took a sudden step forward as she spoke, using her body to block Jiang Mengyu’s path, forcing her to retreat until her back pressed against the wall.

“Jiang Mengyu, I’m also very curious, what exactly do you like about me?”

Chi Jingyan’s gaze was icy cold. “Think carefully before you answer. I’ve told you before, I despise being lied to the most.”

Jiang Mengyu let out a soft sigh. “Ayan, there are some things you might have forgotten, and I don’t want to use them to gain your sympathy.”

So the reason she hadn’t mentioned it before wasn’t because she hadn’t thought it through it was because she wanted to keep that beautiful memory to herself.

“We’ve met before.”

Chi Jingyan’s heart clenched. Her fingers, hanging at her sides, slowly curled inward. The sense of panic in her chest grew stronger, yet she forced herself not to show any weakness.

“When?”

Jiang Mengyu’s voice was slow and deliberate.

In her telling, it was a story about a kind-hearted Alpha who had helped her through a difficult time without leaving a name.

“I had a hypoglycemic episode back then and happened to faint on a deserted street. It was freezing cold…”

Jiang Mengyu left it at that. She had indeed been very poor at the time, barely able to afford food, let alone new clothes.

Under those circumstances, there was a real chance Jiang Mengyu could have fallen seriously ill from the cold.

“You gave me a piece of candy and a loaf of bread, along with the last two hundred yuan you had on you.”

At this point, Jiang Mengyu’s usually expressionless face showed a rare hint of embarrassment. “After I came to, I wanted to find you and return the money. But later…”

However, Chi Jingyan had no mind left to wonder why Jiang Mengyu had spent that two hundred yuan.

She felt as though she had been plunged into an icy abyss, her breath nearly stopping altogether.

Jiang Mengyu’s words echoed in her ears like a demon’s whisper. Chi Jingyan was certain the person she described was not her.

She had no interest in helping strangers who fainted on the street, nor would she ever carry two hundred yuan in cash.

Who had Jiang Mengyu mistaken for her?

Chi Jingyan’s lips slowly lost their color. She stared fixedly at Jiang Mengyu, the tenderness in the latter’s eyes piercing her like a knife.

The more nostalgic Jiang Mengyu seemed, the worse Chi Jingyan felt.

It was as though a heavy stone had been tied to her heart, dragging it down with a dull, aching weight.

For a long moment, Chi Jingyan couldn’t speak. Yet Jiang Mengyu, seemingly oblivious to her distress, continued softly confessing her feelings.

“Ayan, I know this might have been just a trivial act of kindness to you, so you’ve long forgotten it.”

Jiang Mengyu pressed her lips together, her tone tinged with shyness. “But to me back then, you were like a sudden beam of light, bringing me warmth I’d never known before.”

She had always been starved for love, and at that time, she was particularly vulnerable. Was it so wrong that she had seen the person who helped her as a savior?

Jiang Mengyu found it perfectly reasonable aside from the story being a bit clichéd and melodramatic, there was nothing wrong with it.

She wasn’t afraid of Chi Jingyan looking into it either. No matter how much she dug, she wouldn’t find anything.

After what felt like an eternity, Chi Jingyan finally moved again. Her face was expressionless, but her voice carried an inexplicable hoarseness.

“How can you be sure it was me?”

Jiang Mengyu explained, “Though it was dark and I couldn’t see your face clearly, I recognized your voice. And the way you walked away, I remember your silhouette.”

Jiang Mengyu gazed intently at Chi Jingyan without blinking. “Ayan, I admit I used the wrong approach at the very beginning.”

“I genuinely wanted to thank you.”

“But you were so popular, surrounded by all those extraordinary women, while I was just an ordinary Alpha. I didn’t even have the right to stand before you.”

“So, in a moment of foolishness, I used the wrong method to get your attention.”

As she spoke, a pleading look crept into Jiang Mengyu’s eyes. “I know I was wrong now, Ayan.”

“Can you forgive me?”

This wasn’t even about forgiveness anymore.

Chi Jingyan’s throat felt as though something were lodged in it. Her eyes darkened with a crimson hue, though she remained oblivious to it. She struggled to steady herself, refusing to reveal even a hint of vulnerability.

“So, you only liked me because I once helped you?”

Jiang Mengyu corrected her, “You saved me.”

She didn’t deny it.

Chi Jingyan’s heart plummeted into the abyss.

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