When I Woke Up, I Had Three Romantic Partners - Chapter 24

Su Yunhui’s eyes blazed with fury, gathering into a storm. She grabbed Chi Jinqing’s hand, which was trying to pull away: “Chi Jinqing!”

“Slap!”

Chi Jinqing stumbled from the pull, but still insisted on raising her hand and slapping Su Yunhui again.

Her eyes were bloodshot as she glared at her, and she said coldly, “Shut up!”

Eighteen-year-old she was not twenty-six-year-old Chi Jinqing; she wasn’t so tolerant. She wasn’t a punching bag; if she had anger, she would let it out.

“Do you think you’re the only one who’s angry? Do you think you’re clean? What the hell are you to me?”

“Isn’t it just a contract? The end date on that contract was three years, but I can tell you now, the contract is over early, Su Yunhui.”

“I don’t want this month’s money. I’m not playing with you anymore.”

Chi Jinqing pushed her away, bypassed Si Jiamo, and entered the room, leaving only a grim-faced Su Yunhui, who was clutching her cheek, and the silently indifferent Si Jiamo.

The two remained silent for a long time before Si Jiamo spoke first: “What contract did she sign with you?”

Su Yunhui rubbed her swollen face and touched her cheek with her tongue: “Want to know?”

“It’s nothing special, just a substitute.”

“You probably don’t know this, but the reason you could never find her every Saturday and Sunday when she wasn’t working is that she was with me. What did you think she was? Some kind of angel?

You haven’t tasted her, have you?

Twenty thousand a month, and she can be bought by me…”

“Bang!”

Another heavy punch landed on her face. Si Jiamo did not hold back this time. Su Yunhui was slammed directly against the wall, her gold-rimmed glasses knocked off her nose, and blood streamed from her mouth.

Si Jiamo coldly strode forward, grabbed Su Yunhui by the collar, and pinned her against the wall. The rage in her eyes escalated—how dare she…

How dare she talk about Chi Jinqing like that?

Even in her own anger, she had never called Chi Jinqing a prostitute. How dare this person humiliate Chi Jinqing so much?

Su Yunhui licked her cracked lip. The metallic taste of blood made her frown in disgust. The spot where she was hit was now completely swollen, and the impact from hitting her head against the wall left her ears ringing.

She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she had reverted to her indifferent self, chuckling lightly: “This punch is enough to completely ruin your reputation and make it impossible for you to stay in this industry. Do you believe that?”

“Threatening me? Do you think I’m afraid of you?”

Si Jiamo, infuriated, laughed instead of crying. She released Su Yunhui’s collar and even patted her down, saying meaningfully, “You’d better pray that your sugar daddy can protect you, otherwise…”

She leaned close to Su Yunhui’s ear and whispered, “You’ll be sorry.”

She might not stay in the entertainment industry, but her temperament had developed over the years. If anyone tried to threaten her, they should be ready to be torn apart.

Su Yunhui leaned against the wall, watching Si Jiamo turn and leave upstairs, her eyes icy.

She had managed to stay in the entertainment industry for so many years because she understood things clearly and knew how to conduct herself. The title of Gold Medal Agent had been hers for so long, and she possessed some actual strength.

But Si Jiamo was not to be trifled with, either.

The commotion today was quite loud, but others didn’t dare to spread the news. This was not just because of the ‘love triangle’ issue among the three, but more importantly, because these people truly had the power to make them lose their jobs.

She picked up her shattered glasses from the floor, put on a face mask, left the house, and got into her RV. Since Chi Jinqing wasn’t willing to come back, she didn’t need to force the issue. She would have other ways later.

Back in the room, Chi Jinqing began packing. It was impossible to regret what she had just done, but as the anger subsided, facing so much debt made her feel incredibly miserable.

Her family’s situation was different now than it used to be; she had to be strong.

When Si Jiamo pushed the door open and entered, Chi Jinqing had already packed a lot of things. Si Jiamo was silent for a moment and did not speak.

Chi Jinqing ignored whether she spoke or not and continued packing her belongings.

After a long while, Si Jiamo finally said softly, filled with self-reproach, “I’m sorry…”

Chi Jinqing’s hands, which were putting away things, paused: “…”

Si Jiamo sat on the edge of the bed, watching Chi Jinqing, who was still folding clothes. She parted her lips, and after several attempts, finally managed to say, “I spoke out of anger just now. I shouldn’t have said those things about you. I didn’t actually mean that…”

Hurt is not erased just because you say sorry. Chi Jinqing still remembered how Si Jiamo completely disbelieved her character earlier and blurted out that she was dirty.

If the person here now were not herself, but twenty-six-year-old Chi Jinqing, she probably wouldn’t have offered any explanation and would have just quietly hid away and grieved.

Years of silence had worn away her former courage and pride, leaving only silence and independence.

So, in the face of Si Jiamo’s apology, Chi Jinqing only said calmly, “You’re right. I am an unscrupulous person, both then and now.”

Si Jiamo felt a pang in her heart: “Chi Jinqing…”

Chi Jinqing finished packing, put her things aside, then grabbed her toiletries to wash up, speaking in an indifferent tone, “You don’t need to apologize to me either. After all, I was the one who dumped you without a word back then. I was wrong, and you have the right to punish me.”

Si Jiamo bowed her head and didn’t speak.

Chi Jinqing: “It’s just…”

“Si Jiamo, people get disappointed.”

With that, she went to take a shower. After coming out and drying her hair, she turned her back to Si Jiamo and went to sleep. She just lay there so calmly. Si Jiamo looked at her and felt that Chi Jinqing at this moment was exceptionally similar to when she broke up with her back then.

That day was the same; the other person didn’t explain anything and suddenly broke up with her.

After a long time, Si Jiamo slowly walked to Chi Jinqing’s bed, then lay down on it, hugging her waist from behind.

The sweet scent of milk-candy perfume filled Chi Jinqing’s nostrils. Si Jiamo hugged Chi Jinqing and buried her head in the back of Chi Jinqing’s neck, tears silently flowing.

Chi Jinqing, whose back of the head was dampened by tears, hesitated for a while, but ultimately did not speak first.

“I’m sorry…”

As proud as Si Jiamo was, the only people who could make her lower her head were Chi Jinqing and her sick mother.

Between the person she loved and her sick mother, she chose her mother.

But she didn’t want to give up on Chi Jinqing either, although she knew that Chi Jinqing wouldn’t leave the entertainment industry for her sake, because Chi Jinqing had debts to pay and a family to consider.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”

She hugged Chi Jinqing tightly, uttering apologies that only she understood.

Chi Jinqing also heard the apology in Si Jiamo’s words. She gave a bitter smile, felt a sting in her nose, and her eyes moistened. She didn’t speak, just listened silently to Si Jiamo’s apology.

Si Jiamo didn’t know when she fell asleep. She only knew that when she opened her eyes the next day, Chi Jinqing was already gone.

The last scene of the show was her silently carrying her suitcase and leaving alone, completely different from when she arrived.

Su Yunhui had slept in the RV the previous night. The next day, after Chi Jinqing finished filming her departure scene, she got onto the RV and left.

She still had a terrible expression when facing Su Yunhui. She remembered everything from last night and was determined that one day she would make those who ridiculed her take it all back.

There was a medicine kit and a refrigerator in the RV, so Su Yunhui’s face wasn’t quite as bad, though swelling was unavoidable.

Su Yunhui closed her eyes to rest. Chi Jinqing sat next to her. The driver saw this and quietly asked, “Where are we going now, to the company or the airport first?”

Su Yunhui: “Back to her house first.”

“Yes.”

The car drove all the way to the villa Chi Jinqing rented, letting her change her clothes, and then they switched to a nanny van to head to the airport. Chi Jinqing didn’t even have time to take a proper look at her precious goose.

Su Yunhui: “Pick them up here at nine in the morning three days from now.”

Driver: “Understood.”

The assistant, who was entrusted with such an important task for the first time, was trembling slightly: “Sister Su, are you not going to the ad shoot this time?”

Su Yunhui glanced sideways at her: “I’ll replace you if you can’t handle it.”

Assistant: “…!”

“No, I can!”

Su Yunhui was impatient: “Then stop talking nonsense. You know the procedure. Just look after the arrangements and don’t lose the person.”

The assistant nodded fearfully: “Understood, understood.”

After Chi Jinqing and the assistant boarded the plane, Su Yunhui left in her car.

Zhuge Wei, who had planned to find Chi Jinqing to explain last night’s events, arrived at Chi Jinqing’s villa only to find it empty. She could only see Chi Jinqing’s goose swimming in the pond in the yard. She sighed and beckoned to the white goose: “Precious Goose, come here.”

The name of the big white goose was indeed Precious Goose. Although many people suggested she change it to prevent strange people from spreading rumors, Chi Jinqing was obstinate and insisted on calling it Precious Goose.

Moreover, the big white goose was very smart. After understanding its name was Precious Goose, it wouldn’t respond if they tried to change it to something else.

So, upon hearing its name and seeing a familiar person, Precious Goose leisurely flew out of the pond and slowly approached Zhuge Wei: “Honk?”

Zhuge Wei looked at the goose’s chubby body and sighed: “So beautiful.”

“Just as beautiful as your mother.”

A person you’d want to marry and take home.

“It’s just a pity your mother never takes my confessions seriously.”

She genuinely liked Chi Jinqing, not just her goose, but Chi Jinqing herself.

If it weren’t for the comprehensive set of criminal laws in their country, she might really commit some strange acts.

Precious Goose flapped its wet wings: “Honk!”

This person is so weird, what is she even talking about?

Zhuge Wei didn’t mind the water splattering onto her hand. She just glanced at the locked villa and then skillfully found Chi Jinqing’s WeChat to explain why she had said what she did last night, strongly emphasizing that she really wasn’t joking and genuinely wanted to marry her.

Chi Jinqing, already on the plane, turned off her phone and began to sleep.

Because of Si Jiamo’s tears and belated apology, she hadn’t fallen asleep until very late last night.

She thought, perhaps the other person truly felt remorse.