What Should I do After Binding the Wrong System and the Female Lead comes Knocking at my Door? - Chapter 39

“Ah Qing.”

“Mm?”

“Happy New Year.”

As she poured herself a glass of red wine, Pei Yuanxi raised her glass and said to Gu Qing, “My sister is gone. This place is now our world. Want to have a drink with me?”

Gu Qing eagerly agreed.

She gently pressed her lips together, and with a soft “ding,” their two wine glasses clinked, marking the start of this ambiguous and confessional battle.

“Speaking of which, red wine holds special meaning for us. If that one cup of red wine hadn’t accidentally spilled on you back then, maybe we would have just passed by like normal strangers, and never would have had the connection we have now.”

Pei Yuanxi looked at her girlfriend with a smile, her eyes shining through the wine glass.

To be honest, Pei Yuanxi had always suspected that the system had bound the wrong person because of that incident with Gu Qing.

If it hadn’t happened, perhaps the entertainment industry would have seen the rise of a new star—one called Gu Qing—who, in a few years, would become the next best actress, and her value wouldn’t have been any less than Pei Yuanxi’s.

But at that time, Pei Yuanxi had no connection to her.

Pei Yuanxi wouldn’t have cared.

She would have just thought that this person, named Gu Qing, was quite beautiful.

Gu Qing raised her glass and softly said to Pei Yuanxi,

“To our first meeting.”

“To our first meeting!”

After another sip, Gu Qing scooted her chair closer to Pei Yuanxi.

Their shoulders brushed against each other.

Gu Qing’s delicate cheeks slowly turned red as she leaned her head onto Pei Yuanxi’s shoulder, murmuring, “Yuanxi, I’ve been wondering… back then when I came to you with the love contract, did you think I was strange? After all, I could have just gone directly into your studio, but I insisted on making this extra step to sign a love agreement with you?”

“Of course!”

Pei Yuanxi, eager to speak, immediately said, “I thought you were really strange. To be honest, if it weren’t for my curiosity, I wouldn’t have bothered with you!”

Gu Qing looked up at Pei Yuanxi’s side profile, a bit curious.

“Curiosity? You were curious about why I did that?”

“Well…” Pei Yuanxi awkwardly smiled. “Part of it was curiosity, yes.”

But more so, it was due to her curiosity about the identity of the time traveler and the system.

After all, it was something that could never happen in reality, but here it was happening in front of her, and since she was naturally a curious person, she couldn’t have rejected Gu Qing’s approach.

Besides, Gu Qing’s behavior back then puzzled Pei Yuanxi a little, but not much.

After all, Gu Qing was a time traveler.

What does that usually mean?

If this world were a book, Gu Qing would definitely be the female protagonist!

Wasn’t it reasonable for a time traveler female protagonist to do strange things?

But now that they were here, Pei Yuanxi took a deep breath. It was time to confess everything to Gu Qing.

There was no better time than now.

In fact, when her sister invited Gu Qing to spend the New Year with them, Pei Yuanxi had already prepared herself…

She had spent countless days imagining the possible reactions Gu Qing would have when she learned the truth.

But one thing was certain: since Gu Qing had come with her, had called her sister “Pei Muchen,” and had even bowed to her parents during the incense ceremony…

No matter what Gu Qing’s reaction was, she wouldn’t give up on her.

She had even prepared herself to pursue Gu Qing.

“Ah Qing, there’s something I need to tell you…”

“Yuanxi, there’s something I need to tell you…”

The two of them spoke in unison.

“You go first!” X2.

Pei Yuanxi and Gu Qing exchanged glances and suddenly burst out laughing.

Gu Qing, this time, rested her head on Pei Yuanxi’s chest, listening to her heartbeat.

“I’ll go first,” Pei Yuanxi nodded. “Alright.”

“Yuanxi… do you know… about time travel?”

Gu Qing asked word by word.

Pei Yuanxi froze, her pupils contracted, and her heartbeat raced.

She didn’t expect…

She didn’t expect that Gu Qing would bring up the subject of being a time traveler…

And even more, she didn’t expect that Gu Qing would choose today.

Gu Qing felt Pei Yuanxi’s heartbeat speeding up. She thought Pei Yuanxi had already guessed something from her words.

“Yuanxi, if I told you I wasn’t from this world, would you believe me?”

Pei Yuanxi was about to speak but was stopped by Gu Qing’s finger pressing on her lips.

“Don’t answer yet, let me finish first.”

Gu Qing, nervous, clenched her fists, not knowing how to start. She could only say whatever came to mind.

“I… my name is Gu Qing. I was born into a wealthy family in my original world. I have a younger brother, a happy family… well, if you exclude me.”

“I don’t know why, but from when I can remember, my parents were always cold and indifferent toward me. I thought that was just how they were until later, when a new family member arrived— a boy. For the first time, I saw my parents’ faces full of affection. That was when I realized they could love their children.”

“Sometimes I think, if they didn’t like me, why did they even let me be born in the first place?”

“They could have just killed me, but why didn’t they?”

“I don’t understand, but that didn’t stop me from distancing myself from this suffocating family.”

“Luckily, they were just as annoyed with me, so when I suggested boarding school in middle school, they agreed without hesitation.”

“I even felt grateful to them, thankful that they let me go…”

“But my childhood family created severe personality defects in me. I became withdrawn, lacking love, cold. You know, people like me aren’t popular in school. So I was severely bullied from middle school to high school.”

“But it’s okay, it doesn’t matter…”

“Ah Qing…”

Pei Yuanxi lifted Gu Qing’s tear-streaked face with trembling hands.

Gu Qing bit her lip, sniffing, a smile breaking through.

“Yuanxi, you know what? Despite everything I went through, I never thought of ending it all. I wanted to live, to live well, and to be treated kindly by the world.”

“So, I became a star.”

“Being a star was the only way out I could think of. Not only could I prove to my family that I could live well without them, but I could also be loved by many people.”

“By the way, you all think I’m talented and have good acting skills, but it’s because I was an actress in my original world.”

“Ah Qing, I know…”

“Mm!”

Before Pei Yuanxi could finish, Gu Qing bit her lips, cutting her off.

“Tell you what, let me finish.”

Pei Yuanxi, with teary eyes, helplessly nodded.

“Good.”

“Actually, there’s not much more to say. I’m telling you all of this, not to gain your sympathy, but because I want to give you everything about me, without any reservations.”

Gu Qing wiped her nose and smiled, “Let’s talk about something happy, okay?”

“I don’t even know why I ended up traveling here, I just woke up one day in this world.”

“When I first met you, I had just crossed over. I was still confused back then.”

“But then I realized this was a chance to start over. In my past world, I had no connections in the entertainment industry. No matter how hard I worked, I could only ever make it as a second-tier actress. So, I thought, why not find myself a background to give myself more fame?”

“That’s when I saw that you had been exposed for liking women, and your ambiguous answers on Weibo made me think you liked women.”

“Since I wanted a big backing, why not pick a beautiful woman?”

“That’s why I came to you with the love agreement.”

Gu Qing hit her head lightly. “You know what happened after. That’s all I could come up with back then. If you have any questions or things you don’t understand, feel free to ask me. I’ll tell you everything.”

Pei Yuanxi, with a heart full of love, pulled Gu Qing into her arms.

“So, when I asked you to join my studio, I could protect you, but you said it wasn’t enough. It was because you wanted to reach the top of the entertainment industry and be liked by more people?”

Gu Qing lay back in Pei Yuanxi’s arms, comfortably closing her eyes.

“Back then, yes, that’s what I thought. But now, it’s different…”

“Yuanxi, what you said in that Weibo post—about not knowing your sexual orientation because you never met anyone you liked—well, I’m the same.”

“Now I know, because the one I like… is a woman. And I like you.”

“The one I like the most… is Pei Yuanxi~”

Pei Yuanxi was about to say something but was once again interrupted by Gu Qing.

“Forget it, let’s kiss first.”

She was afraid Pei Yuanxi would reject her…

She feared she might never again get the chance to be this close to Pei Yuanxi.

So, before Pei Yuanxi could speak, she kissed her.

Pei Yuanxi knew it!

She had a feeling that she wouldn’t be able to speak now.

Luckily, she was prepared.

She gently held Gu Qing’s head, while Gu Qing tightly wrapped her arms around Pei Yuanxi’s neck.

In the drunken haze, the two deepened their kiss.

“Ah Qing… Ah Qing…”

“Mm?”

“Let me say something first.”

“I don’t want to hear it.”

“Mm-mm!”

Pei Yuanxi, annoyed, pushed Gu Qing’s shoulders away.

She was a little angry: “Let me finish first.”

Gu Qing smiled foolishly.

“Are you mad?”

“So good!”

Pei Yuanxi, confused, looked at Gu Qing, who was clapping her hands happily because of her anger. “Wait, why are you happy that I’m mad?”

“Because Yuanxi… you’re too good to me!”

“Sometimes, I feel like you’re not real. A person who never gets mad at me, always pampering me and loving me, only exists in my dreams.”

“But now, you’re sulking a little, and I feel like you’re more real.”

Pei Yuanxi sighed and wiped away the tears from Gu Qing’s eyes.

“Alright, stop crying those little pearls. I can’t bear it.”

Gu Qing gazed at Pei Yuanxi with deep affection in her eyes.

“Yuanxi, hurry up and say it.”

“Say you like me.”

“As long as you say it, I’m yours for life.”

Pei Yuanxi pinched Gu Qing’s nose.

“Let me finish first.”

“Ah Qing, actually…”

“I’ve always known you were a time traveler.”