The Villainous Sister-in-law Mistakenly Marked as the Heroine (Transmigration) - Chapter 17

Ignoring Rong Jing, Lin Qile drove away from home and arrived at the meeting spot with Xu Jiao.

As soon as she stepped out of the car, people began staring at her, some even pulling out their phones to take pictures.

Xu Jiao quickly placed her own hat on Lin Qile’s head. “I almost forgot you’ve been trending these past two days.”

“What about He Yu?”

“She opened a clothing store now, turned into a business owner. It’s just up ahead.”

“Let’s go.”

Xu Jiao still looked uncomfortable. “Are you really going to apologize? Isn’t that stupid? If you feel bad, just give her some money.”

“No!”

Lin Qile linked arms with Xu Jiao. “To acknowledge one’s faults and correct them is the greatest virtue! Come on!”

“Hey, since when did you become such a model student?”

“Starting today, you are too!”

Xu Jiao: “…”

The two arrived at He Yu’s clothing store.

The moment they entered, He Yu recognized them, her face instantly paling.

“You… you…”

Lin Qile immediately stepped forward and bowed deeply at a ninety-degree angle. “I’m sorry!”

He Yu froze.

Lin Qile even waved for her friend to join. Reluctantly, Xu Jiao walked over and was pulled into bowing alongside her.

“We’re sorry for hurting you back in high school when we were immature. We came specifically to apologize today. He Yu, we’re truly sorry.”

He Yu stumbled backward two steps until her back hit the wall.

Straightening up, Lin Qile saw the other woman’s ashen expression and mentally cursed the original owner of this body before speaking gently, “He Yu, I know you probably don’t want to see us at all right now. But we’re willing to do anything to make up for the pain we caused you.”

“I never agreed to that!” Xu Jiao hastily interjected from behind.

Lin Qile turned to glare at her, and Xu Jiao immediately fell silent.

They bowed together in apology.

“You’re only here because I exposed what happened in high school to the media, aren’t you? You never actually thought you did anything wrong back then.”

“I—” Before Lin Qile could finish, Xu Jiao cut in angrily, “You dare talk about exposing us? Don’t you remember why we targeted you in high school?”

He Yu flinched.

Lin Qile quickly restrained her friend.

“Don’t stop me! We came to apologize, what more does she want?” Xu Jiao advanced on He Yu. “Who was the one sucking up to us the moment school started, following us around like a lost puppy? And then? Did you ever pay when we went out to eat? Which of us didn’t give you jewelry? Before exams you promised to let us copy, but not only did you refuse, you went and told the teacher! We showed mercy by not making you drink toilet water!”

Lin Qile pulled Xu Jiao back.

“Cheating was wrong to begin with.”

Xu Jiao swore, “Then you shouldn’t have fucking promised in the first place! Did we ever bother with you after that? After all these years, you have the nerve to expose us online? Should I start sharing what you did to lick up to us back then?”

He Yu turned deathly pale.

Pushing Xu Jiao toward the door, Lin Qile turned back to He Yu. “We were all at fault back then. Locking you in the bathroom, we should have settled our grievances in a more appropriate way instead of resorting to the worst possible method. For that, we apologize.”

She bowed again before straightening up, her gaze clear and bright. “But you betrayed your friends. You owe me and Xu Jiao an apology too.”

“I don’t need her fucking apology.”

Lin Qile smiled faintly. “It’s your freedom to leak information to the media. I won’t stop you, but we have a clear conscience. Goodbye.”

She turned and walked out.

“Wait!”

He Yu called out to stop them. “Back then, it wasn’t that I deliberately wanted to tell the teacher. My mother needed money for surgery, and someone offered me fifty thousand yuan just to get you a demerit. I… really needed that money.”

Lin Qile turned back in astonishment. “Someone had you scheme against me?”

“Including this recent leak, the landlord was going to raise the rent for my shop, but someone called and said they’d stop the rent increase if I talked about what happened in high school. I hadn’t planned to bring up the past again.”

“Who was it?”

“I don’t know. Back in high school, it was a woman dressed very conservatively. This time, it was just a phone call.”

After leaving the clothing store, Lin Qile and Xu Jiao went to a café.

They sat by the window.

Lin Qile absentmindedly stirred her coffee.

Xu Jiao couldn’t wait any longer. “You’ve been thinking for a while now. Have you figured out who set you up?”

“Yes.”

“Who?”

She slowly looked up at her friend, but the name “Qi Song” stuck in her throat.

There was no one else it could be but Qi Song.

She had always wondered Lin Xinrou had spoiled the original host to the point of indulgence, and Qi Song had built Lin Corporation step by step to its current scale. She couldn’t possibly be a foolish woman.

As the sole heir of Lin Corporation, why hadn’t the original host been properly groomed? Why had she been allowed to attend a medical school where she had no talent whatsoever?

Why had the original host’s reputation been allowed to deteriorate bit by bit?

Now, she had the answer.

Because the original host had long been abandoned.

The heir in Qi Song’s heart was Ji Zhao!

The more useless the legitimate heir was, the less of a threat she posed to Ji Zhao.

What a cruel mother!

What a pitiful original host!

“Qile, what’s wrong?” Xu Jiao looked at her worriedly. “Did you figure out who’s been harming you?”

“It’s… Ji Zhao!”

“She’s definitely the one behind He Yu ruining your reputation this time that’s obvious. But what about back in high school? Ji Zhao was the same age as us then. You didn’t even know Rong Wanning, so she couldn’t have foreseen the future and set this up early, could she?”

Lin Qile lowered her gaze. “I haven’t figured that part out yet. Maybe there were just a lot of people jealous of me back then. It’s hard to say.”

People nearby recognized Lin Qile and began whispering in groups.

Seeing someone pull out a phone, Lin Qile quickly stood up. Xu Jiao followed suit. “We’ve been recognized again. Damn those two bitches!”

“Let’s go!”

The two left the café together.

Someone followed them out to take sneaky photos. Xu Jiao immediately wrapped an arm around her and whispered, “Don’t let them get a clear shot. Let’s go to my place first, then figure out how to deal with those two bitches!”

“Okay.”

They walked intimately to the car and drove off.

Watching the car disappear into the distance.

From an inconspicuous car at the street corner, Rong Jing sat with a pale face and cold eyes.

No time to look for me, but plenty of time to cozy up to someone else over coffee, huh?

The report in her hand crumpled into a ball.

“Lin Qile, you’re really something!” Halfway through the drive, Lin Qile’s phone rang.

Xu Jiao picked it up and teased, “Unreasonable Little Princess? That’s an interesting contact name.”

Was it Rong Jing calling?

She quickly pulled the car over to the side of the road, snatched the phone, and signaled Xu Jiao to shut up before answering the call, “Hello?”

“** Hotel, Room 07012.”

So blunt!

In the past, he’d at least ask something first, how could he just directly give the hotel room number like this?

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