The Villainous Sister-in-law Mistakenly Marked as the Heroine (Transmigration) - Chapter 25.1

No matter how much Lin Qile tried to avoid it, her wedding day had arrived.

Before dawn, she was already awakened by the commotion.

Changing clothes, getting her makeup done, through it all, she felt like a puppet on strings.

“Baby’s getting married today, are you happy?”

Lin Xinrou, dressed in a red dress, was all smiles. Clearly, she was extremely satisfied with this marriage. In contrast, Qi Song’s expression remained indifferent from start to finish.

Seeing Qi Song unhappy suddenly made the wedding feel worth it.

She flashed a bright smile. “I’m thrilled! From now on, Rong Jing and I will take care of you both together. I’ll inherit the Lin family business, and Rong Jing will inherit the Rong family business. Everything is just perfect.”

As she said this, she deliberately looked at Qi Song.

Let it eat you up inside!

Not a single penny will go to you or your illegitimate daughter. After all these years of scheming, I’ll make sure you end up with nothing!

Qi Song frowned. “Inherit the Lin family business? Prove you’re capable of it first. Otherwise, I won’t hand over my life’s work to you.”

She quickly turned on the charm. “Mom~”

“Of course it’ll be yours, sweetheart. You’re our only daughter, who else would we give it to? Right, A’Song?”

Qi Song could only respond with a reluctant “Hmm.”

“I’ll go greet the guests outside.”

With that, Qi Song left.

Now alone with her mother, Lin Qile noticed Lin Xinrou suddenly choking up as she looked at her daughter in the wedding dress. She hurried forward. “Mom, why are you crying?”

“Just thinking about how my baby has grown up and is starting her own family… it makes me a little sad.”

Her eyes lit up with mischief. “Then I won’t get married!”

“Don’t be silly, it’s your wedding day.” Lin Xinrou gently adjusted her dress. “You can’t stay unmarried forever. I’m just feeling sentimental. Now that you’re getting married, you need to be more mature, understand? Take good care of your omega.”

“I will.”

“From now on, it’ll be just the two of you. Always talk things through. Learn from me and your mother we’ve stayed deeply in love for decades. Don’t go causing a divorce after just a few days of marriage. You can still be so childish sometimes, it worries me.”

Learn from them?

Lin Qile’s eyelid twitched. “Mom.”

“Hmm?”

After hesitating for a few seconds, she hugged her tightly. “Even after I’m married, I’ll always be your daughter. No matter what happens, I’ll always protect you.”

“My sweet girl.”

“Mom, I’ve been learning a lot at the company lately it’s really interesting. Since you don’t have much to do at home, why not go to the office with Mother? That way, you two can spend more time together. Otherwise, once I move out after the wedding, you’ll be all alone at home.”

She had noticed that the company employees seemed to have forgotten that her mother was the real power behind the Lin family. In casual conversations, everyone only recognized Qi Song as the CEO.

This was definitely not a good sign.

In the original story, Qi Song had effortlessly taken over the Lin family precisely because she had spent decades isolating her mother from the business, ensuring the company knew only her, Qi Song, and not Lin Xinrou.

“I used to want to go to the office to keep A’Song company, but she wouldn’t let me. I don’t understand business at all, and she didn’t want me to overwork myself, so I stopped going.”

Seeing Lin Xinrou’s shy expression, clearly moved by Qisong’s tender words, Lin Qile couldn’t help but roll her eyes. “If you don’t understand something, just ask her to teach you. That’s part of a couple’s intimacy.”

“Ah…”

“I don’t understand business either, but Rong Jing is teaching me. That’s how we grew closer. You could try it too, Mom working together, leaving together, spending every possible moment together. Think about how long it’s been since you had lunch with Mother. The way things are now, barely seeing each other day after day, it’s practically a long-distance relationship.”

She continued fanning the flames!

Lin Xinrou seemed tempted, her expression softening as she rubbed her chin. “That does… sound nice.”

“Of course! Whenever I don’t understand something and ask Rong Jing, our bond deepens after she explains. That’s how we built our relationship. You and Mother have deep feelings, but being apart so often will inevitably strain them.”

“Exactly!”

Lin Xinrou’s eyes lit up. “You’re right, sweetheart. After your wedding, I’ll go to the company!”

“Great!”

Knock, knock, knock!

They turned to see Xu Jiao at the door holding a bouquet. “The auspicious hour approaches. It’s time to fetch the bride.”

“Coming.”

A procession of thirty limited-edition sports cars stretched from the Lin residence.

Sitting in the bridal car, Lin Qile held the bouquet meant for Rong Jing. The vehicle was meticulously decorated with wedding dolls modeled after them and double-happiness characters.

Looking at these decorations, she sighed inwardly.

She was really getting married.

In another world, she’d been just an intern doctor, resigned to five years of shuttling between dorm and hospital first becoming a surgeon, then buying a small apartment, maybe adopting a dog. That had been her plan.

As for love and marriage?

Those were things she’d never dared consider.

An orphan.

She’d never known what family felt like until coming here, where Lin Xinrou gave her warmth though that home had cracks, always shadowed by lurking threats. She’d experienced maternal love while constantly watching for venomous snakes in their midst.

This wedding brought joy to outsiders, but as the central figure, she felt no happiness, only heaviness.

To her, marriage was sacred. Yet here she was, entering a sham wedding with Rong Jing for complicated reasons, a false ceremony, a pretend home.

What would this fabricated marriage look like?

She turned to the car window, eyes clouded with uncertainty.

Bringing the bouquet to her nose, she inhaled. “So fragrant.”

Whatever.

Since I’m here, I’ll adapt!

Outside the Rong family villa, the scene was livelier reporters, guests, Rong Jing’s friends.

“Taking our bride won’t be that easy!”

He Yan and several friends blocked the bedroom door.

Lin Qile quickly produced prepared red envelopes. “Have mercy, I’m on a tight schedule.”

“Oh ho!”

He Yan weighed the envelopes. “Quite thick, but no!”

“Huh?”

“First, sing a love song to Rong Jing. The bride’s listening inside, if it’s bad, no entry.”

Lin Qile’s mouth twitched. For a fake wedding, why such exacting standards?

Couldn’t Rong Jing control her friends?

“Right!” came laughter from behind the door. “Sing! No song, no bride!”

Xu Jiao asked, “What should she sing?”

“Sing a love song, and it has to be over thirty seconds long.”

She whispered in protest, “I don’t know how to sing.”

“I’ll do it for her!”

Just as Xu Jiao was about to speak, He Yan cut her off, “What do you mean, do it for her? Can you also marry a wife for her? If you can’t, and don’t want to welcome the bride, then don’t sing!”

Amidst the crowd’s teasing, Xu Jiao had no choice but to search for a song and hand it to her, “Sing!”

Lin Qile had no option but to steel herself and sing for half a minute, but the tune was completely off.

He Yan knocked on the door, “Is this acceptable?”

The people inside turned to look at Rong Jing, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, holding a notebook and still engrossed in her work. “Well?”

Rong Jing replied indifferently, “No.”

The person by the door immediately shouted, “No! If you can’t even move us, how do you expect to take the bride away? Play again!”

He Yan, guarding the door outside, said, “Come on, let’s play a little game. If you don’t pass, the bride won’t be handed over.”

“Ah…”

Outside, laughter, pleas for mercy, and the crowd’s teasing filled the air.

“Have mercy… Rong Jing, don’t let them play anymore, save me!”

Rong Jing, her face adorned with exquisite makeup, kept her eyes fixed on the computer screen, but the corners of her lips curled into a barely noticeable smile.

She had to let someone know that being casual came with a price!

After what seemed like an eternity, she finished her last task and slowly closed the notebook.

“Rong Jing, if we keep playing, the wedding will miss its auspicious time.”

“Let them pass.”

With the bride’s permission, the welcoming party was finally allowed inside.

Lin Qile had been thoroughly tormented, but when she stepped into the room and saw the bride standing by the window, she was stunned in place.

Dressed in a pristine off-the-shoulder wedding gown, hand-sewn and designed by a world-class master, adorned with thousands of diamonds, she looked like a celestial being descended to earth, her skin glowing under the sunlight.

Her breathtaking beauty, usually cold and unapproachable, seemed different now whether due to the makeup or a change in mood, Lin Qile actually found her sweet and endearing.

He Yan teased, “Dazzled? Is the bride beautiful?”

“Beautiful.”

This was the truth.

Rong Jing’s beauty and intelligence were beyond reproach!

Rong Jing walked over and glanced at the bouquet in her hand, “Shouldn’t you give it to me?”

“Ah? Oh, right, here you go.”

Lin Qile nervously handed her the bouquet.

Xu Jiao reminded from the side, “Hurry up and carry the bride away.”

Carry her in front of all these people?

Rong Jing looked at her and then spread her arms.

Fine!

She reached out and picked Rong Jing up.

They had been intimate many times before, but for some reason, just lifting her up, even through layers of clothing, made her heart race uncontrollably.

It felt like she was holding a ticking time bomb.

As she descended the stairs, she took each step carefully, terrified that a single misstep would send them both tumbling down, a scenario that would surely make her die of embarrassment on the spot!

Rong Jing leaned against Lin Qile’s shoulder, noticing her tense jawline, and asked in a low voice, “Am I heavy?”

“N-no, not at all.”

“Then why do you look like that?”

“What look?”

Rong Jing said unhappily, “Like you’re very reluctant.”

She quickly forced a smile, “Not at all! I was just thinking… since we’re faking this marriage so elaborately, how will you explain it to the person you truly love in the future?”

Rong Jing’s expression turned icy, and she sneered, “Thank you for your thorough consideration. When the time comes, I’ll trouble you to personally explain it to them.”

“Of course, of course.”

Rong Jing gritted her teeth in frustration, simply closing her eyes out of sight, out of mind!

The orchestra began playing the wedding march.

Lin Qile stood beside the priest, turning her head to look toward the grand entrance. The doors slowly opened as Rong Jing, led by Rong Yihua, stepped into the hall with the music, walking step by step toward her.

She had kept telling herself that this wedding was fake!

Yet, watching Rong Jing being led toward her, for a fleeting moment, she felt as if she were in a dream.

Rong Yihua brought her forward and solemnly placed Rong Jing’s hand into hers. “I entrust my only daughter to you now.”

“Yes, Mother.”

Hand in hand, they turned to face the priest.

On the stage, the priest recited the vows while the guests below applauded in celebration.

Seated in a corner, Rong Wanning and Ji Zhao both wore visibly unpleasant expressions.

Ji Zhao clenched his fists. “They ruined our wedding, yet theirs is so grand.”

“Ah Zhao…”

“Wanning, I swear I’ll make them pay for this!”

Rong Wanning asked nervously, “What are you planning?”

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