Transmigrated as the Cannon Fodder Spouse of the Disabled Beauty - Chapter 12

Xu Luo looked at the person in the wheelchair before her. After a long silence, she raised her hand and poked the other woman’s cheek with her finger, pressing in a small dimple.

The slightly cool sensation traveled from her fingertip. Xu Luo withdrew her hand. “Thank you for your generosity. I’m finished bullying you.”

I will let you bully me.

Xu Luo had carried out those words using the “bullying” method she preferred.

Song Yunran was stunned.

She hadn’t expected this turn of events. After a while, she spoke up: “Would you like to bully me again?”

Xu Luo poked her again.

Song Yunran: “…”

Being poked in the face with a finger was an experience she had rarely had in her life; to be precise, only Xu Luo had ever done it.

She muttered, “I’m certain now…”

“Certain of what?”

“Luo Luo, you definitely poked me with the same hand you used to hold the beef jerky.”

Xu Luo: “…”

“Ah.” She looked at her finger, seeing no visible dirt, but she apologized anyway. “Sorry.”

Song Yunran broke into a radiant smile. She didn’t let Xu Luo distract her. Picking up the small spoon provided by the cake shop, she scooped a bit of cake and held it to Xu Luo’s lips. “Luo Luo, try some.”

The arrow was notched and had to be fired. With a distorted face, Xu Luo struggled immensely to open her mouth… At that moment, Song Yunran’s hand holding the spoon gave a slight jerk, smearing the cream from the cake onto the corner of Xu Luo’s mouth. Before Xu Luo could notice, Song Yunran pressed her thumb against the corner of her mouth and wiped. Instead of cleaning the cream away, she smeared it further across the side of her cheek.

Xu Luo was dazed.

Song Yunran’s eyes curved with laughter. “We’re even.”

She said, “Luo Luo, you made me dirty, and now I’ve made you dirty. We’re even.”

Xu Luo: “Err.”

Song Yunran seemed very satisfied with this conclusion. She didn’t insist that Xu Luo finish the cake she brought back. Instead, she sat smiling, admiring Xu Luo’s cream-stained face for a moment with a sense of fulfillment that no one else could understand, and then she left.

Xu Luo: “…”

She wiped her face, blinking in confusion.

She couldn’t figure out what was going on. She slumped back onto the sofa, returning to a relaxed, sprawling posture.

She had originally intended to analyze what was going on in Song Yunran’s head, but the position was too comfortable. Before she could deduce anything, she was lured away by the god of sleep.

In a haze, she heard the sound of raindrops hitting the Michelia champaca tree in the yard. It was raining.

Her sleepiness deepened, but then a shrill cat’s cry pierced through the sound of the rain and into the house, one cry following another. She woke up instantly and ran out of the house toward the sound.

As soon as she stepped out the door, she saw a cat sitting in the rain, wailing piteously. It was the very same orange fat cat that usually didn’t get along with Xu Luo at all.

Xu Luo had lived in the Song family villa for some time now and had fought countless times with this orange cat. The fat cat was a frequent visitor to the villa; because of the tolerance of Auntie Li from the kitchen, it had been spoiled into coming around often to pilfer food. Not only was it a thief, but it also frequently flaunted the evidence in front of Xu Luo. Xu Luo was not Auntie Li and didn’t indulge it, leading to a quarrel between the human and the cat every three days.

Right now, the cat had lost its usual arrogance. It didn’t run despite being drenched by the heavy rain, only crouching on the ground and crying out.

Likely startled by the sound of Xu Luo’s footsteps running out the door, the cat straightened its upper body. As it moved, the problem became apparent its lower body remained pressed against the ground in an awkward posture.

Xu Luo had a premonition. Her expression tightened as she walked toward the cat.

“Meow~” The fat cat, which usually hated her, gave a cry that was significantly gentler than usual.

Xu Luo: “…”

“Why are you being so sweet?” she grumbled, saying with feigned disgust, “Do you think I’ll fall for that?”

Well, she actually did fall for it.

She knelt down to check the cat’s condition. Upon inspection, she discovered the cat had encountered something terrible. One of its hind legs was completely broken, the bone protruding ominously beneath a layer of flesh.

In addition, there were other wounds on its body; its abdomen was torn in several places. It was a tragic sight.

Xu Luo’s brow twitched.

“Meow~~”

The fat orange cat obediently let her examine it. Seeing her fall silent, it even pressed its chubby head against her hand.

Xu Luo: “…”

Her throat tightened. “…You stupid cat, where did you go to end up like this?”

Her hand shook. She wanted to pick the cat up but was afraid of worsening its injuries. For a moment, she didn’t know what to do.

“What happened?” A voice came from inside the house.

Xu Luo was startled. She looked toward the house as if seeking help. Even though the person inside wasn’t exactly a great philanthropist, at this moment, she didn’t know who else could share her panic. “Song Yunran, this cat…”

Song Yunran looked at the human and the cat in the rain and quickly understood the situation.

“Don’t worry, Luo Luo,” she said to soothe her, her voice steady. “These injuries aren’t fatal. As long as it’s sent to the doctor in time, there won’t be any problem.”

While speaking, she picked up her phone and began giving instructions.

While using her own body to block the rain for the cat, Xu Luo looked at Song Yunran. The latter’s composure greatly calmed her anxiety.

She watched Song Yunran make calls to contact a driver and a pet hospital. Through the curtain of rain, the other woman’s calm demeanor appeared exceptionally reliable.

After the call, Song Yunran’s expression changed as she smiled at Xu Luo in the rain. “It’s all right. The driver will be here to pick us up soon. I’ve already contacted the hospital; as soon as we arrive, they can perform surgery on the cat immediately. Don’t worry.”

With that, she picked up an umbrella from the villa entrance, opened it, and drove her wheelchair into the rain.

Xu Luo watched her approach, her mind drifting for a second. In the next moment, the umbrella was held over her head.

“Luo Luo, go inside and change your clothes. Don’t catch a cold. I’ll be here to keep an eye on it for you,” Song Yunran said.

From her crouching position, Xu Luo looked up at the beauty under the umbrella, her eyes flickering.

Since her transmigration, she had experienced Song Yunran’s “kindness” many times, but most of it was a fake performance; Song Yunran was by no means as gentle as she appeared.

But at this moment, she truly felt the other woman’s concern.

It wasn’t fake. It didn’t seem fake.

Song Yunran seemed… to really be worried about her.

Thinking carefully, Song Yunran seemed to have undergone a change in her treatment of her starting from a certain moment. When was it? Was it the second day after Song Yunran woke up from her illness? No, it was after that banquet.

Xu Luo was a mermaid. She and her kin were born to struggle against the sea, and her perception of danger was extremely keen. Possessing such sharp intuition, she had not sensed a threat to her life from Song Yunran since that banquet.

Song Yunran might… perhaps… probably… no longer want to kill her off.

Xu Luo subconsciously realized this, but the transition was so sudden and strange that she didn’t understand what had happened. That was why she had never lowered her guard against Song Yunran.

“Song Yunran, you…”

“I what?”

“…Nothing.”

Xu Luo wanted to know if something had happened at the banquet, but she didn’t know how to ask or if she even could. In the end, she didn’t say it.

She didn’t go back to change her clothes either. Instead, she waited, soaked through, for the driver to arrive.

Before long, the driver came and took her and the cat to a nearby pet hospital. Just as Song Yunran had arranged, the cat received immediate treatment. Because it was rescued in time, the surgery was a complete success.

This matter actually had nothing to do with Song Yunran, but she accompanied them the whole time. Like Xu Luo, she stayed at the hospital until the evening, waiting until the surgery was over.

It was past eight o’clock in the evening when Xu Luo returned to the villa, as did Song Yunran. Although it had been a long and busy day, Xu Luo didn’t feel tired. On the contrary, she felt somewhat hyper because of the successful surgery.

The rescued cat didn’t return to the villa yet but stayed at the hospital. Xu Luo had nothing left to do and was preparing to go back to her room, but Song Yunran called out to her, asking her…

To help her bathe.

This request was highly unusual. Song Yunran had difficulty with her legs and needed assistance to bathe, but because she was extremely sensitive about her legs, she had only ever allowed Grandma Fu, who had cared for her for years, to get close to her.

“Where is Grandma?” Xu Luo didn’t find the task troublesome, she just thought Song Yunran was acting strange.

“Grandma isn’t here tonight,” Song Yunran explained. “She took the night off.”

“Eh?” Grandma Fu took a leave of absence?

Seeing her reaction, Song Yunran asked, “Are you unwilling?”

After saying this, she lowered her eyes slightly, looking as though she had been let down. She added, “I even brought you cake.”

I’ve been so good to you, and you won’t even help me take a bath?

Song Yunran’s words could be interpreted that way.

Xu Luo: “…”

The corner of her mouth twitched.

Compared to the sentiment of a single cake, the weight of helping send the cat to the hospital was obviously greater. However, Song Yunran didn’t mention the cat; she only brought up the cake. This made the conversation between them feel filled with the relaxed air of friendship.

Xu Luo glanced at Song Yunran several times, confirming she didn’t sense any aura of danger from her.

Could it be that Song Yunran suddenly understood that a person needs a friend or two and wanted to be friends with her?

But even so, isn’t her current identity supposed to be very loathsome? Was Song Yunran that desperate?

Xu Luo’s mood was complicated.

With a strange feeling in her heart, she agreed to help.

She pushed Song Yunran to the third-floor room and went into the bathroom first to start the water. Through the frosted glass of the bathroom, she saw Song Yunran standing well, positioned by the bookshelf. She pulled out a book and opened it. Throughout the process, the curve of her profile was relaxed; it was clear she was in a very good mood right now.

Xu Luo: “…”

What kind of book was she reading?

Before she knew it, the bathtub was full. Xu Luo cut off the stray thoughts in her mind and poked her head out of the bathroom door.

“Song Yunran—”

“You can come over now. The water is ready.”

At her words, Song Yunran looked toward the bathroom and a smile blossomed.

“Okay.”

Her fingers brushed over the title page of the book on her lap.

Humans possess souls. Under special circumstances, a soul can escape its own body and possess another…

The book was somewhat obscure, looking like the product of some self-published author, but it had replaced that anatomy book as Song Yunran’s recent favorite.

She put the book back on the shelf and headed toward the bathroom.

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