The Romance Extras Turned Out to Be a Yuri Story - Chapter 44.1

The System was late, its tone a little impatient: “Do you think this identity is that easy to fake? Isn’t the current identity noble enough? As a distant relative of the Sang family, you can walk sideways in the street without any problem.”

Sang Jing angrily said: “Why would I walk sideways? They all look down on me! How lowly am I to them, that they can’t even be bothered to lift an eyelid!”

System: “Didn’t you want an identity that could meet the male lead at any time, so you could do the mission? Isn’t this identity close? Can’t you approach the male lead?”

Sang Jing whispered: “A small difference in rank is enough to crush a person. I met the male lead, but he just sees me as a poor relative who came to beg for food.”

System: “Just focus on your mission, why think so much?”

Sang Jing sighed: “The female lead seems to have deep feelings for the male lead. Can I really break them up?”

System: “As long as the hoe digs deep, a iron rod can be ground into a needle.” (A Chinese idiom meaning perseverance pays off.)

What nonsense.

Sang Jing stopped talking and quietly watched the female lead, Lin Luoluo, playing with Dongfang Yuan.

The Wealthy Marriage Alliance was a popular TV drama. The female lead, Lin Luoluo, had a crush on the male lead, Gu Beichen, since childhood. She finally found an opportunity to spend time with him when they grew up, but the male lead already had a “white moonlight” (first love) in his heart. Because the white moonlight was of humble background and their families forced them apart, the male lead instead entered into a marriage alliance with his childhood friend, the well-matched Lin Luoluo.

However, the male lead could never let go of his white moonlight. Lin Luoluo, being sensible, always stood behind him, waiting for him, and finally won his deep affection.

It was a story of the male lead and his white moonlight breaking up and getting back together, only for the male lead to finally realize that someone had been waiting behind him all along, leading to a happy ending.

At the time, the internet called it a “Simp’s Rise to Power” story.

Sang Jing felt it was unfair to the female lead, believing the scriptwriter’s head was full of foul male chauvinist ideas, thinking a wealthy young lady must be deeply in love with a poor boy (though the poor boy was replaced by a rich boy in this context, it was still a male fantasy). Lin Luoluo had wealth and beauty; if her conditions were posted online, many netizens would probably say, “Sister, feed me, I’m hungry.”

Why kneel and cling to a male lead whose family was similar to hers? Wouldn’t it be better for the male lead to get lost and the female lead to thrive on her own?

With this repressed feeling, Sang Jing finished the last episode, and then she transmigrated.

When she transmigrated into this world, Sang Jing was excited for only a short while before the system discouraged her. The system demanded she break up the male and female leads within a month; otherwise, she would be trapped in this world forever.

There was a reward for completing the mission, but Sang Jing definitely wanted to go home; how could she stay in this godforsaken place?

Although it was a world of captivating wealth, after spending some time with her reportedly kind aunt, Sang Tian, Sang Jing felt the Sang family was worse than her own doghouse—the people here were simply too complicated.

The male lead’s parents, Gu Jianye and Sang Tian, were known for their affectionate marriage, but in reality, Gu Jianye had six mistresses outside, two of whom had already given birth. Only because of Sang Tian’s influence did Gu Jianye not dare to bring the children home. One of the children was already sixteen, a boy who was said to be very smart. Gu Jianye even personally sent him abroad for focused education.

The Sang family’s emphasis on the marriage alliance with the Lin family was also a deterrent to Gu Jianye and those mistresses. Sang Tian would rather die than accept the male lead’s white moonlight into the family, allowing the mistresses to mock her and eventually divide the Gu family’s assets.

With the Lin family involved, Gu Jianye would also be more cautious about his public image and would not dare to act recklessly.

If Sang Tian found out that her niece wasn’t here to help her but to break up the male and female leads, she would probably be killed…

Sang Jing shivered.

Lin Luoluo felt uncomfortable being stared at, so she handed the puzzle toy that Dongfang Yuan hadn’t solved to Sang Jing and said, “You try too.”

Sang Jing looked down at the toy in her hand, then at Lin Luoluo, thinking that the female lead was still so kind, which made her feel more guilty. Although she felt the female lead and male lead were unsuitable, the female lead hadn’t done anything wrong. It was the male lead who was unclear. From her previous attempts, Sang Jing knew the female lead wouldn’t give up on the male lead, which made her headache worse.

She picked up the toy and started solving it while spacing out.

Dongfang Yuan leaned close to Lin Luoluo’s ear and asked, “Sister, I think that other sister is strange. Why does she keep peeking at you?”

It wasn’t just Lin Luoluo’s sensitivity; Dongfang Yuan had also noticed Sang Jing’s gaze.

Lin Luoluo rubbed Dongfang Yuan’s little head: “Have you solved the toy in your hand?”

Dongfang Yuan was immediately drawn back to the topic and said with a miserable face: “This toy was clearly very simple when brother played with it. He solved it quickly. What should we do, Sister?”

He looked at Lin Luoluo pitifully.

Lin Luoluo was helpless too. She had fiddled with it for a long time and even watched the tutorial, but she hadn’t solved as much as little Dongfang Yuan had on his own.

Seeing Dongfang Yuan’s lost little face, she felt this wasn’t the way. Lin Luoluo cleared her throat and asked, “How about we video call your brother and ask him to teach us?”

Dongfang Yuan’s eyes lit up immediately. He nodded repeatedly.

Dongfang Yuan went to beg the nanny watching him to video call Dongfang Qing. Lin Luoluo stood behind him, watching Dongfang Yuan charming the nanny for a long time before the nanny finally smiled falsely and agreed. She dialed the call to Dongfang Qing, first asking for the young master’s permission before handing the phone to Dongfang Yuan.

Dongfang Yuan shouted into the phone: “Brother! Mom brought me out to play! Sister Luoluo is here too!” He tilted the phone toward Lin Luoluo. Caught off guard by the camera, Lin Luoluo awkwardly waved at the phone.

Dongfang Qing smiled: “Thank you for playing with him.”

Lin Luoluo shook her head. Dongfang Yuan then leaned in front of the camera and muttered: “Brother, we can’t solve this toy. We want to ask you how to do it.”

“Dongfang Qing, it’s your turn now,” a voice suddenly entered the frame. Dongfang Yuan’s eyes sparkled: “Is Sister Zhang Qiu there too, Brother?”

Dongfang Qing smiled into the phone: “Brother needs to go for a check-up. Shall I let Sister Zhang Qiu teach you?”

Dongfang Yuan nodded obediently: “Go quickly, Brother. I’ll wait for you.”

Today was Dongfang Qing’s medical check-up day. Dongfang’s mother brought Dongfang Yuan along because she was worried the younger son would be restless at home.

At the hospital, Dongfang Yuan said something to Zhang Qiu, who replied softly, “I know, you go quickly.”

She took the phone, and a plain, beautiful face occupied the entire screen. Her skin looked flawless even on the phone’s front camera.

Lin Luoluo’s breath hitched.

Dongfang Yuan had, at some point, shoved the phone into her hand and, balancing on his short legs, said: “Sister Luoluo, you talk to Sister Zhang Qiu.”

The two stared at each other on the phone and paused simultaneously.

Zhang Qiu was the first to recover. She looked at Lin Luoluo for a long time, then showed a slight smile and said: “The ‘important thing’ you mentioned today was playing with Dongfang Yuan? That is indeed quite important.”

Lin Luoluo couldn’t tell if there was sarcasm in her words and her heart trembled. After all, she was the one who broke the agreement first, and her usually eloquent mouth was sealed shut like a clam.

Dongfang Yuan urged: “Sister Luoluo, did Sister Zhang Qiu say anything? How do we solve this?”

Sang Jing, who had been spacing out nearby, also looked over.

Lin Luoluo pursed her lips. Facing Zhang Qiu suddenly made her feel ashamed, so she lowered her eyes and held up the toy, asking, “Do you know how to do this?”

Zhang Qiu looked at the quiet girl behind the phone screen, her expression calm, showing no emotion. After carefully observing the toy in Lin Luoluo’s hand, she said lightly, “I’ve played with it with Yuan Yuan.”

“Yes, Sister Zhang Qiu played with me. Sister Zhang Qiu is so amazing; she solved it quickly,” Dongfang Yuan clapped happily, and Lin Luoluo’s voice became even quieter.

“Thank you for the trouble.”

“No trouble,” Zhang Qiu said. “It’s very simple. Give the toy to Yuan Yuan and hold the phone up high.”

Lin Luoluo obeyed.

“Yuan Yuan, do you remember how I taught you last time?” Zhang Qiu’s voice was gentle.

Dongfang Yuan responded to her, and Lin Luoluo froze stiffly.

It was as if Zhang Qiu was standing right beside her. She lowered her head guiltily, rubbing her toes on the floor, not knowing how to face Zhang Qiu.

The nanny caring for Dongfang Yuan walked over and said softly, “Miss Lin, let me hold it.”

Lin Luoluo sighed with relief and was about to hand over the phone when Zhang Qiu’s voice suddenly came from the other side: “How long do you plan to keep running away?”

Lin Luoluo’s hand trembled, and the phone fell with a clatter, heavily impacting everyone’s heart.

Not just Sang Jing, even Dongfang Yuan sensed the tension between them and whispered, “Sister Luoluo…”

Lin Luoluo bent down to pick up the phone, but felt her hands had suddenly lost all strength. Her eyes felt sore. She gritted her teeth, picked up the phone, shoved it into the nanny’s hands, and hurried out.

“I need to go touch up my makeup!”

The nanny called out, “Miss Lin?”

Dongfang Yuan grabbed the nanny’s trousers. The phone, when turned over again, had gone black.

Sang Jing watched the scene, deep in thought.

She asked: “System, if I didn’t mishear, the person on the other end of the phone was the male lead’s white moonlight, Zhang Qiu, right? How do she and the female lead know each other?”

The System replied after a moment, as if reconnecting: “The female lead deliberately got close to the male lead’s white moonlight in order to form a marriage alliance with the male lead. What’s so strange about them knowing each other?”

Sang Jing wondered: “Don’t you think the conversation just now was problematic? To me, it didn’t sound like rivals in love, but more like… like…”

“…Lovers.”

…Or lovers who were having a fight.

System: “You’re overthinking it. They are love rivals, the kind who won’t rest until one is defeated. How could they be lovers?”

Sang Jing rubbed her face, feeling she might be dizzy from the sheer volume of information she had processed these past few days.

Otherwise, how could she mistake rivals for lovers?

It was truly ridiculous.

She forced a few awkward laughs, then thought it was too foolish, so she simply closed her mouth.

The mahjong table quieted down. Mrs. Dongfang came over to check on her youngest son. Seeing him quietly playing by himself and not seeing the Lin family’s girl, Mrs. Yuqin frowned and asked, “Why isn’t Miss Lin here?”

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