Too Late to Regret, She’s Now With the Big Boss - Chapter 22

Ye Qianqian turned on the speakerphone and heard a soft, delicate voice:
“Little sister~ Mom and Dad said you haven’t come home since last night?”

“Oh! Ye Qingyan? Shouldn’t you be busy cuddling with that scumbag groom you stole from our Qianqian? How do you still have time to harass us? Could it be that the groom you snatched just won’t warm up to you?” Lu Yao couldn’t resist mocking Ye Qingyan the moment she heard her voice, her tone dripping with sarcasm.

“Yao Yao? Why do you have Qianqian’s phone?” Ye Qingyan asked, surprised.

“Qianqian and I are best friends. Is it weird for us to have a meal together?” Lu Yao replied in a tone that even a fool would recognize as mocking.

“Yao Yao, we grew up together. We’re the ones who should be best friends. I don’t know when I offended you, but why do you always get angry when you see me?”

Ye Qingyan’s sharp voice was unmistakable even through the phone. She was jealous that Lu Yao had always favored that country bumpkin.

Her older brother had told her that the bumpkin had already registered her marriage with Assistant Bai yesterday. So why was she still staying with Lu Yao?

That idiot Ye Qianqian might not have noticed, but she had long known that Lu Yao had fallen for Bai Lang back in their senior year of high school.

“Ye Qingyan, we did grow up together, but sometimes, you just don’t like someone for no reason. Best friendships are about chemistry!”

“Yao Yao, I just wanted to ask my little sister~~ Tomorrow is our return visit. We’d like to invite you and Assistant Bai to the banquet. You’ll come, won’t you?”

“We’ll be there. We’ll talk tomorrow if there’s anything else.” Seeing that Lu Yao didn’t respond immediately, Ye Qianqian spoke up and hung up.

As soon as the call ended, Lu Yao turned to Ye Qianqian anxiously.

“Qianqian, tell me quickly, how did you end up with my third uncle?”

“Yao Yao, it’s a long story…”

Before Ye Qianqian could finish, Lu Yao cut her off. “Then make it short! Hurry up, my third uncle will be back soon.”

…

In a private room at Blue Bay Café, Xiao Feng watched as Ye Qingyan stared blankly at her phone, silent for a long time.

Furious, he asked, “Qingyan, did she insult you?”

“N-No… It’s all my fault for marrying Brother Yuntao…” Ye Qingyan’s delicate shoulders trembled, her eyes brimming with tears.

Her soft voice quivered with sorrow, a sight that would move anyone’s heart.

“Qingyan, don’t cry. How is this your fault? Song Yuntao said Ye Qianqian didn’t want to marry him in the first place. It was all to save face for the Ye and Song families. That vicious woman, once she returns to the Ye family tomorrow, I’ll make sure she’s ruined!” Xiao Feng gripped her shoulders tightly, his heart aching for her.

“Brother Xiao Feng, my older brother said Qianqian has already registered her marriage with Third Master Lu’s assistant. I just want her to be happy… Please don’t hurt her…”

“Qingyan, you’re too kind. Do you really think a country bumpkin like her is worthy of Third Master Lu’s assistant?” Xiao Feng sneered, his hands sliding down from her shoulders to her arms before clasping her delicate fingers.

“…” Ye Qingyan said nothing, her eyelashes still wet with tears.

But inwardly, she scoffed in disdain: Aren’t you from the same backwater place? Acting like you’re not a bumpkin yourself.

She let Xiao Feng caress her hands excitedly, relishing the way he struggled to suppress his desire.

She still remembered six years ago, when Ye Qianqian had introduced Xiao Feng, an eighteen-year-old country boy to Father Ye.

Tempered by time, his face bore more weariness than others his age, his eyes lacking clarity and brightness, exuding an air of turbidity that was truly off-putting.

Now, looking at Xiao Feng, who had been sponsored by the Ye family to complete university and seamlessly entered the Ye Corporation after graduation, he carried an air of youthful vigor that set him apart from his peers, untouched by the cutthroat competition of the workplace.

Perhaps he had once felt some gratitude toward Ye Qianqian, but in the end, hadn’t he still fallen at her feet?

Dealing with a country bumpkin like him was easy, she only needed to offer her arms, and he would fawn over her like a lapdog…

“Yanyan, don’t overthink it. After she’s thoroughly disgraced, I’ll marry her. I won’t let her suffer too much,” Xiao Feng said with infinite tenderness.

“Brother Xiao Feng, you’re so good~~ I’ve been out too long, I should head back now. See you tomorrow~~” Ye Qingyan teetered on her sky-high heels, glancing back at him every few steps.

Xiao Feng watched her retreating figure. Just moments ago, he had wanted to pull the pitiful girl into his arms, but he knew he wasn’t worthy.

Even though she was the Ye family’s fake heiress, from childhood to old age… she had always been the epitome of wealth, beauty, and privilege.

With the eldest son of the Song family and the three Ye brothers shielding her, not to mention his own efforts to ensure she lived a life of luxury and joy, free from worry.

[Wow! This is making me sick! The way the third simp is holding the female lead’s delicate hand is so cringe!]

[Shouldn’t the female lead be at home with the male lead since they just got married? Is the male lead… lacking?]

[How could the male lead be lacking? It was clearly written earlier, his body was perfectly conditioned by that idiot supporting female character.]

[I don’t get it! The supporting female character has such superb medical skills, why didn’t she just work honestly at a big hospital? Instead, she had to fight the female lead for the male lead and ended up miserable!]

[You think the supporting female character could avoid the main couple? No way! Without this female antagonist adding fuel to the fire, how could the main couple’s love be so sweet?]

[In novels, the female lead and the female antagonist are naturally incompatible, yet they’re always entangled. With how things are going, I’m really worried about the main couple.]

[Why worry? The female lead knows how to charm, just a wave of her delicate hand, and the third simp would walk through fire for her. The supporting female character can’t stay out of it even if she tries.]

[The author spent 5,000 words describing how the male lead and female lead unlocked all eighteen positions before he decided to switch brides.]

[I saw that part too, it was intense! But why is the female lead sneaking out to meet the third simp right after her wedding?]

[Are you all missing the point? The third simp saw the female lead crying like a delicate flower, so now he’s planning to set up the naive supporting female antagonist at the homecoming banquet!]

Ye Qianqian chatted with Lu Yao about how she and Lu Jingchen had gotten their marriage certificate while skimming through the snowstorm of bullet comments.

“Wife-” Lu Jingchen rushed into the hall, stopping in front of Ye Qianqian. Spotting Lu Yao, he quickly swallowed the words “your husband’s back.”

“Third Master, you must be hungry. Let’s eat first,” Ye Qianqian said graciously, stepping forward to take his hand and lead him to the dining table.

“Bai Lang, are you hungry?” Lu Yao boldly approached Bai Lang and asked softly.

“I’m not an immortal, it’s this late, of course I’m hungry,” Bai Lang replied without even glancing at her, following behind Lu Jingchen and his wife.

Watching Bai Lang act like a clueless young man untouched by romance, Ye Qianqian wanted to say something.

But she worried her words might backfire, so she stayed silent, letting her best friend and Bai Lang take things as they came.

As long as she changes her own fate, she believes her best friend won’t go down a path of no return just to avenge her!

She hopes she and Bai Lang can have a happy ending together.

In the Song family’s second-floor living room.

Ye Qingyan had just reached the top of the stairs when she heard the furious roar of Old Master Song, “You unfilial son! How dare you marry a woman who covets Third Master Lu?”