When I Woke Up, I Had Three Romantic Partners - Chapter 29.1

Su Yunhui spoke directly: “You must want to get her, right?”

Zhuge Wei raised an eyebrow: “And so?”

“Don’t tell me you want to help me. Although I don’t know what kind of person you are, your attitude last time didn’t seem like someone who would stand on my side.”

She sat casually in her music room, twirling the pencil in her hand before returning it to its original place.

Su Yunhui was determined to steal Si Jiamo’s ‘wall corner’ her lover, so she didn’t care about Zhuge Wei’s sarcasm. Instead, she continued, “You don’t need to know what kind of person I am. You just need to tell me if you’re afraid of Si Jiamo or not.”

Zhuge Wei put down her pen: “What, are you really going to help me?”

Su Yunhui pulled out her cigarette case, lit one, took a drag, and blew out a smoke ring. Her voice also deepened: “I don’t have that much obsession with Chi Jinqing, but I also don’t like Si Jiamo’s attitude. So, if Chi Jinqing can get together with you, and it can make Si Jiamo regret it for the rest of her life, I can back out.”

Zhuge Wei lowered her eyes. Although she wasn’t clear about the past between Si Jiamo and Chi Jinqing, judging from the previous situation, Chi Jinqing should like Si Jiamo.

Although Chi Jinqing had dismissed her countless marriage proposals, if she were to make a move against Si Jiamo, Chi Jinqing would definitely be angry.

She didn’t want Chi Jinqing to be angry.

So…

“Alright.”

Zhuge Wei said lightly, “If you can provide something to bring down Si Jiamo, then I’m willing to cooperate with you. If you can’t and just want to use me, I advise you to drop that idea.”

Su Yunhui chuckled: “Then you also need to guarantee that you won’t betray me. Otherwise, I will make Chi Jinqing hate you for life.”

She didn’t entirely trust Zhuge Wei either, but she currently had no better partner.

Zhuge Wei didn’t give a definite answer: “It depends on your sincerity.”

After hanging up the phone, Zhuge Wei pondered for a moment, then sent Chi Jinqing a text message, warning her that Su Yunhui was planning to target Si Jiamo. As for whether Chi Jinqing would tell Si Jiamo and be disgusted with Su Yunhui, that was none of her business.

She had merely put the power of decision into the hands of the most central person.

After doing all this, Zhuge Wei suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly. She didn’t know when she had become so despicable, even doing something to sow discord among the three.

“Zhuge Wei, Zhuge Wei, may these things turn out as you wish.”

When Chi Jinqing received the message, she was ordering takeout. Seeing the message, Chi Jinqing rubbed her forehead. She had already felt that something was off about Su Yunhui, but she didn’t expect her to be so bold as to team up with Zhuge Wei to deal with Si Jiamo.

If they succeeded, Si Jiamo might really be forced out of the industry, as Su Yunhui’s reputation as a Golden Agent was well-earned.

Her methods were notoriously ruthless in the industry.

But luckily, Zhuge Wei wasn’t that kind of person.

After thinking it over, she still sent Si Jiamo a message, relaying the information.

She then sent a message to Zhuge Wei expressing her thanks.

Zhuge Wei immediately called her back the moment she received it.

Chi Jinqing fumbled a bit and answered: “Hello.”

Zhuge Wei chuckled on the other end of the phone: “If you really want to thank me, why don’t you treat me to a meal and come over to pet my ‘daughter’ cat/dog at my house?”

Chi Jinqing hesitated: “You shouldn’t have time lately, right?”

She was a bit afraid that Zhuge Wei would notice that she wasn’t the twenty-six-year-old Chi Jinqing, as the difference was too great.

Zhuge Wei: “As long as it’s you, I have all the time in the world.”

“Stop it,” Chi Jinqing pinched the bridge of her nose. “Don’t make jokes like that anymore.”

“If you keep this up, what will happen if you really meet someone you like in the future? This is a ‘dark history’.”

Zhuge Wei pursed her lips and said seriously: “I never considered my liking for you to be my dark history.”

“Chi Jinqing, I genuinely like you, truly, truly like you. It’s not the kind of liking between a fan and an idol, nor the liking between friends. It’s the kind of liking where I want to marry you and spend my life with you.”

Chi Jinqing didn’t know what to say: “Zhuge Wei…”

She wanted to refuse, and she had been refusing, but Zhuge Wei remained so willful. Last time, saying such things regardless of the occasion had already caused her a lot of distress.

Chi Jinqing organized her thoughts and said earnestly: “Zhuge Wei, I think we need to talk.”

Zhuge Wei sat up straight: “Go ahead.”

Chi Jinqing: “I know you like me, and I’ll take it seriously in the future. But I hope you stop saying things like I’m going to marry you, because I don’t like you and I won’t marry you. I have someone I like…”

Zhuge Wei quickly interjected: “It’s Si Jiamo, I know.”

Chi Jinqing was stunned for a moment, but didn’t deny it.

Chi Jinqing whispered: “Since you know, you should give up.”

Zhuge Wei: “Actually, it doesn’t matter if you like me or not. This feeling I have for you is just something I want to tell you. I want to be with you, and I want to pursue you.”

“You can go after Si Jiamo, it’s okay.”

Chi Jinqing felt a little embarrassed hearing this: “…You don’t need to be so humble as to downgrade yourself to a backup.”

“Just think of it as me not having outgrown my teenage phase and not growing up.”

Zhuge Wei didn’t care how others saw her. She just wanted to do what she wanted for the person she liked.

“I’m happy that you’ve seriously considered my feelings, Chi Jinqing.”

“I know that pestering someone isn’t a good habit and can be annoying, but I’ve never liked someone before. I don’t have experience. You are the first person I’ve liked, and I can only use this method to tell you.”

Zhuge Wei lowered her eyes, concealing the disappointment and tears within: “Perhaps the day you two truly get together is the day I’ll let go.”

“Until you two are together, please allow me to pursue you in this way.”

Chi Jinqing: “…”

“You don’t have to be like this.”

Chi Jinqing sighed: “If the person you like doesn’t make you better, constantly makes you humble, and makes you compromise, you should cut your losses in time.”

“I’m not worth this, Zhuge Wei.”

Zhuge Wei smiled: “You have made me better. Because of you, I have more inspiration, and because of you, I feel that this entertainment industry isn’t so unlivable.”

She teased: “Others hope to have more backups to make their life easier. I’m practically throwing myself at you, so why do you want me to leave instead?”

“Since you’re so considerate of me, how can I bear to let go?”

Chi Jinqing: “…”

She now genuinely felt that Zhuge Wei’s ‘teenage phase’ had lasted a long time. Besides that, she seemed to have some other minor issues, such as…

She just needed Chi Jinqing to say a couple of words for her to feel that she was wonderful and worthwhile.

Chi Jinqing pinched her aching temples: “You sound like a child who is particularly starved for affection.”

Zhuge Wei candidly accepted this persona: “So, I’ll have to trouble you to give me more love.”

Chi Jinqing choked. She could even cling to her like that.

To prevent the conversation from continuing, Chi Jinqing quickly hung up the phone. She was genuinely afraid that if she talked any longer, the other person would say something even more shocking.

“Honestly, why is she always like a child?”

Si Jiamo, whose call showed “busy” several times, gritted her teeth. Who was Chi Jinqing talking to?

Why was the call taking so long and why wouldn’t she hang up?

Finally, when the call ended, Si Jiamo immediately dialed.

Chi Jinqing answered but didn’t speak. The two were silent for a moment. Si Jiamo’s initial excitement subsided due to the prolonged dialing. The words that had been on the tip of her tongue now felt difficult to utter.

After a long pause, Si Jiamo looked away and spoke awkwardly: “You…”

Chi Jinqing listened, neither speaking nor hanging up.

“Who were you just talking to on the phone?”

The moment she said it, Si Jiamo regretted it. Why did she sound like she was interrogating her? Chi Jinqing would probably misunderstand again.

But she wanted to explain and didn’t know how. The atmosphere between them fell silent again.

Just when Si Jiamo thought Chi Jinqing was going to ignore her, Chi Jinqing’s voice faintly sounded: “Zhuge Wei.”

Si Jiamo: “Huh?”

Chi Jinqing: “…”

“Ahem.”

Si Jiamo lightly coughed: “Oh.”

“Are you… explaining yourself to me?”

Chi Jinqing: “Just answering a question normally.”

“What do you need me for?”

Si Jiamo tried hard to find a topic: “I saw the text message you sent me just now.”

“Oh.”

Chi Jinqing’s reaction was still indifferent, as if her passion had suddenly receded.

Si Jiamo’s heart tightened a little, and her throat felt blocked. She didn’t know how to speak.

She wanted to clarify things with Chi Jinqing. She wanted to ask for Chi Jinqing’s opinion on the matter, and also whether Chi Jinqing still loved her.

But those words just wouldn’t come out.

Chi Jinqing: “If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up.”

Si Jiamo: “Chi Jinqing.”

Chi Jinqing: “What else?”

Si Jiamo’s voice was strained, tense to the point of being slightly hoarse: “I know the harm that has been done is irreparable, but I still want to know one thing.”

Chi Jinqing: “What is it?”

Si Jiamo was silent for a long time before finally asking the question she had never dared to ask: “When you pursued me because of that bet, in the year we were together, did you ever genuinely love me?”

“I don’t want to hear a lie. I want you to set everything aside and answer this question.”

Chi Jinqing didn’t want to answer the question directly again: “So much time has passed since then. There’s no need to keep dwelling on it.”

Si Jiamo refused to let her evade: “But I want to know whether the Chi Jinqing who loved me has followed me to the present, or if she remained in the past.”

“I want to know if I’m the only one trapped in this loop, or if we are both stuck in it together, unable to get out.”

Over the years, she had never dared to ask this question. Aside from being afraid of hearing the same negative answer as before, she also felt that only by keeping it this way could she hold onto Chi Jinqing forever.

Now she didn’t think that way anymore. She wanted to know the real answer.

Chi Jinqing was silent for a very long time this time, so long that even she felt a little lost. Then, she gave her answer.

“If you can remember what happened that night when you were drunk, you’ll know my answer.”

“Si Jiamo, I have only ever had one answer.”

Si Jiamo felt a stabbing pain in her heart: “…”