The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 29

Ji Mingxiao: “How ruthless.”

“Alright, so I’ll come over to keep you company this Saturday?” Su Mian asked Ji Mingxiao.

Ji Mingxiao showed a surprised smile. “Okay, you can bring your work. I’ll read, and you can work.”

“Sounds good,” Su Mian nodded.

Ji Mingxiao: “Ruan Ruan is no longer that Ruan Ruan; she’s changed.”

System A: “Hahahaha.”

Su Mian stayed here until ten, and Ji Mingxiao acted until ten.

She originally wanted to confront Xi Ruan, but the woman had already run off.

She was so mad.

She decided to add more scenes for Xi Ruan.

But how to add them was still a problem.

When Xi Ruan received the notification that her mission had been extended, she fell silent.

Xi Ruan: “Ji Mingxiao is a bit too ruthless.”

She was also curious as to why scenes were added.

She had clearly tried to avoid excessive contact with this person.

In the past hour, Ji Mingxiao had already thought about how to incorporate Xi Ruan into her plans.

The moment she figured it out, Xi Ruan’s scenes were extended.

System A: “So why do you have to hurt each other?”

“I love her. All these scenes are effective,” Ji Mingxiao sighed.

System A: “…”

“What if they’re not?”

“They should be. You systems can even miscalculate a scumbag’s index, so the determination mechanism for effective scenes shouldn’t be too difficult,” Ji Mingxiao replied.

System A: “…”

“Can you not be so obviously contemptuous? No matter what the system is like, at least it gave you a chance to live again.”

“Couldn’t you exist because of us?” Ji Mingxiao said blandly. “We’re just helping each other out.”

“What if some people truly want to die and not live?”

“We would find hosts with a strong will to live and wouldn’t choose especially pessimistic ones,” System A said. “Anything you can think of, our main system can also think of.”

System A snorted.

Ji Mingxiao laughed. “Oh.”

She yawned.

On Saturday, Su Mian arrived very early. When she arrived, Ji Mingxiao wasn’t awake yet.

The series of events that followed was quite awkward.

Su Mian even wanted to help her to the bathroom, but Ji Mingxiao strongly refused.

“Why are you so shy?”

“What do you think!” Ji Mingxiao said from inside the bathroom. “Don’t stand by the door.”

“Okay.” Su Mian smiled helplessly, but her smile came to an abrupt halt when she saw her phone.

[You Shi: Aren’t you coming over today?]

[Su Mian: I have something to do.]

[You Shi: Are you going to be with her again?]

[Su Mian: She is still my wife right now.]

You Shi looked at her phone and curled her lips.

So what if she’s his wife? She’ll still be discarded in the end.

You Shi stood by the window, her mood not very good.

The place she was living in was also provided by Su Mian—a spacious duplex apartment.

It felt a little empty with just one person.

She had planned what she would do with Su Mian today, but she didn’t expect him to go to Ji Mingxiao’s.

She felt a bit irritable and wanted to smash her phone.

Su Mian saw that You Shi wasn’t replying and knew she was throwing a tantrum again.

Ji Mingxiao had already come out of the bathroom, her face still red. She refused to look at Su Mian and hopped to the bed.

“Aren’t you tired, coming all the way over?”

“It’s just a few steps. I’m young; it’s not a big deal.” Ji Mingxiao got into bed and ate the breakfast Su Mian had brought.

“What do you want to do today?”

“What can I do?” Ji Mingxiao pointed to her arm and then her hand. “Let’s just stay here quietly. Isn’t this quite nice?”

“Mhm.”

Ji Mingxiao was forced to read all day.

Su Mian actually thought it was quite nice. Every time he looked up, he could see Ji Mingxiao’s quiet profile.

In his eyes, everything about Ji Mingxiao was great. Even the things he used to think were bad were good now. Recently, he had even begun to question himself about why he ever thought Ji Mingxiao was bad.

Ji Mingxiao wasn’t boisterous and was very sensible. Even when she got angry, it was gentle and not hysterical. Her small tantrums were also very cute.

Su Mian felt a bit conflicted.

If he had never liked her, that would be one thing, but now, facing her, he genuinely couldn’t bring himself to be cruel.

Ji Mingxiao didn’t know the specifics of Su Mian’s psychological changes, but from the moment he started staring at her in a daze, she knew that he was already struggling.

She sneered inwardly.

When she had previously seen Nan Yu’s experience, she could at least say that Su Mian’s love for You Shi was deep. That was arguably his one redeeming quality.

Now, even that bit of a positive trait was gone.

He was a scumbag, a complete and utter scumbag.

Ji Mingxiao stayed in the hospital for a week before she was discharged.

She still couldn’t walk around. Every time she went out, someone had to push her in a wheelchair, or she used her crutches.

“I’ve realized you look beautiful no matter what.”

“Huh?” Ji Mingxiao looked at the person who spoke and smiled. “You’re beautiful too.”

“I’m just a normal beautiful. You’re a fairy-like beautiful.”

This was the girl who had spoken up for Ji Mingxiao last time. Her name was Sun Mian. She had a carefree personality and was a good person. Many people liked her, but because of her straightforwardness, many also disliked her.

She wasn’t someone who could keep a secret.

She was probably a pampered child who couldn’t stand even a speck of dirt in her eyes and couldn’t tolerate filth.

She was also the person who had the most conflicts with Fang Duoduo.

She was a very suitable person to be used as a pawn.

Ji Mingxiao shared the purchased bubble tea with the people around her.

“Fairy Nan, you bring bubble tea every day. We’re really going to get fat,” a girl said with a sigh. “I still want to lose weight.”

Although she said she wanted to lose weight, she still took a big gulp of the bubble tea.

“Let’s get fat together.” Ji Mingxiao clinked cups with her.

“To be honest, I used to think you were hard to get along with. Now that I see it, it was my mistake.”

“I used to think you guys were hard to get along with, too. Now that I see it, well, it was your mistake,” Ji Mingxiao said with a laugh.

“Why don’t you follow the script?”

“You said it yourself, how can I steal your pot?”

The group of them laughed and chatted.

You Shi walked by the window and saw Ji Mingxiao surrounded by people, her expression somewhat gloomy.

Sun Mian happened to see her. Startled by You Shi’s gaze, she tugged on Ji Mingxiao’s sleeve and leaned in. “I just saw the advisor looking at you with a very scary expression.”

Ji Mingxiao froze for a moment, pursed her lips, and her expression showed a hint of sadness. She then squeezed Sun Mian’s hand and didn’t say anything.

Sun Mian didn’t ask further.

Although she was carefree, she wasn’t brainless.

You Shi couldn’t understand why she was so miserable every day while Ji Mingxiao was so happy.

Why did everyone like her?

Why?

She wasn’t bad either.

You Shi clenched her fists. Very few people, not many at all, said hello to her on the road.

Because she was young, the perfect version of her was blended in with these graduate students.

Many people flirted with her, but even more discussed her and Ji Mingxiao’s similar looks.

Originally, more people liked her a bit more.

However, because Ji Mingxiao had recently gradually stepped down from her pedestal, closed the distance with other students, and had a good personality, was beautiful, smart, and clean, it was clear that more people liked Ji Mingxiao now.

Ji Mingxiao was praised as a “bare-faced goddess.” Even without makeup, you could spot her in a crowd.

You Shi was very envious of Ji Mingxiao’s skin quality. Having passed twenty-five and being in the workforce for a few years, she had aged a lot.

Why did she get all the good things?

Jealousy made her lose her senses a bit.

You Shi didn’t know if Ji Mingxiao knew about her relationship with Su Mian.

Whether she knew or not, she was prepared to meet with Ji Mingxiao.

When You Shi arranged to meet Ji Mingxiao, Sun Mian just happened to see it, or perhaps one could say, it was deliberately let for Sun Mian to see.

“Are you going?”

Ji Mingxiao looked at Sun Mian. “Huh?”

“The advisor…” Sun Mian said, a little hesitant. “I didn’t mean to see it. I just accidentally glanced at it.”

A woman’s intuition told Sun Mian that whatever was going on between Ji Mingxiao and the advisor had nothing to do with academics.

Ji Mingxiao smiled. “Yes, I’m going. I want to see what she wants. I’ll go by myself. She might be emotional, but she probably won’t hit me.”

Sun Mian was stunned. “Ah?”

“See you later.”

System A: “Host, isn’t this a bit inappropriate?”

“What’s inappropriate? I’m not making her do anything bad,” Ji Mingxiao said, walking slowly on the road.

You Shi invited her to a dessert shop next to the school.

It was an open environment.

Clearly, the other party wanted to do something in public.

When Ji Mingxiao arrived, You Shi was already there.

She walked in.

The dessert shop wasn’t crowded, but there were definitely quite a few people. There was some noise, but it wasn’t loud. If they made a scene, they would definitely be noticed by others.

“Miss You.”

“Not ‘Advisor’?”

“An advisor wouldn’t ask me to meet in a place like this.” Ji Mingxiao placed her crutch to the side, carefully sat down on a chair, and looked at You Shi. “And you’re not here to talk to me about my studies, are you?”

Sun Mian also walked in from another door and sat down at a table behind them.

“So, what can I do for you?” Ji Mingxiao’s voice became much softer.

“Su Mian is mine.”

Ji Mingxiao was silent for a few seconds. “Then why did you leave back then? I didn’t know you existed before.”

“He only married you because you look like me.”

Sun Mian: ???

“You should know that, given the current situation, you’re a mistress.”

“So what? He’s in love with me,” You Shi curled her lips. “The public might actually prefer a story about a rich young lady being the mistress.”

“What do you mean?” Ji Mingxiao had already called Su Mian.

He answered.

“My point is, you should just get a divorce from him. He doesn’t like you anyway, so why are you standing in our way?”

“He was the one who actively proposed to me. He came to my family, the Nan family, to ask me to marry him,” Ji Mingxiao’s voice trembled with a mix of grievance, dissatisfaction, and anger.

Sun Mian was already on the verge of rushing out to intervene.

Su Mian was furious. Hearing Ji Mingxiao’s words, he grabbed his jacket and stormed out.

The conversation continued.

“You don’t love Su Mian at all. If you did, you wouldn’t have asked to meet me. You’re just after his money.”

“You’re talking nonsense.”

“If you really loved him, why did you choose this open dessert shop? A place where if we talk even a little bit louder, people will notice us!”

Su Mian frowned.

“You’re just playing with Su Mian’s reputation,” Ji Mingxiao’s voice was shaking, whether from anger or something else. “Or what do you want to do? Do you want to deliberately provoke me? And then I’ll hopefully throw a glass of water on you so you can go around spreading rumors about me?”

“You know what? The day you, Nan Yu, rolled down the stairs, Su Mian was at my place the whole time.”

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