When the Villain From an Angsty Novel Transmigrates Into a Sweet Romance [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 12

“Xiaxia.”

Chi Xia, who was about to go out to throw away the trash, stopped her pace. She turned back to look and called out, “Aunt Meng, is something the matter?”

What else could it be? She’s definitely looking for you to ask why you swapped rooms! Quickly, have a big argument! I want to see who the female lead chooses!

Chi Xia felt that this answer did not require much brainpower to figure out; she already knew the answer. However, she had not expected Meng Ruyan to come looking for her now, because a week had already passed since the room swap.

Meng Ruyan spoke in a gentle and friendly manner: “Your father isn’t home today, so I will cook dinner tonight. I’ll still make that specialty dish you love to eat; do you think that’s alright?”

Chi Xia revealed a faint smile. “Everything at home follows the arrangements of Papa and Aunt Meng. Anything is fine with me.”

As she spoke, her gaze drifted over Meng Ruyan’s face. To be fair, Fang Yuqing did not look much like Meng Ruyan; this was quite normal, as Fang Yuqing probably resembled her father who had passed away from illness more closely.

While Chi Xia was observing Meng Ruyan, she was also being observed by Meng Ruyan.

In Meng Ruyan’s view, this child, Chi Xia, always maintained a very thick layer of defensiveness toward others. This defensiveness had become an ice wall surrounding her body, firmly protecting her while also blocking others from approaching her.

Actually, she had seen Chi Xia even earlier than she had seen Fang Yuqing. At that time, she had gone to the school to handle Fang Yuqing’s student records, and she encountered Chi Xia on the road. While other students moved in groups of three or five, she was the only one walking through the corridor holding her books; she was so quiet that there wasn’t a trace of liveliness, and the light in her eyes was dim without any spirit.

Meng Ruyan could not help but pay attention to her. When she saw a classroom window being pushed open to stop Chi Xia, she became even more curious about what would happen next.

And the Chi Xia who had stopped her pace only let her gaze sweep over the test paper once. Speaking briefly, the student she was tutoring suddenly understood how to solve the problem. She smiled and thanked Chi Xia, but Chi Xia merely nodded politely and bypassed the crowd, leaving Meng Ruyan’s line of sight.

When she saw Chi Xia again, her daughter was leading her home. It turned out that the person living across the hall was her.

Meng Ruyan looked with a smile at the enthusiastic Fang Yuqing, then looked at the still-taciturn Chi Xia, suddenly feeling that these two children were quite complementary, so it was no wonder they could play together.

In the blink of an eye, they had actually become a family.

At this moment, Meng Ruyan said tenderly: “That child Qingqing is a bit willful, but in front of outsiders, she is a well-behaved child. Xiaxia must have been troubled by her many times, right?”

It’s coming, it’s coming! The main theme is here!!

Chi Xia obviously shared the same thought as System No. 009. After being polite for so long, it was time to get to the main point.

The female lead’s mother is practicing ‘courtesy before force.’

Chi Xia shook her head and said with a slight smile: “There hasn’t been any trouble. Why would Aunt Meng say that?”

Upon hearing these words, the look in Meng Ruyan’s eyes became even more pained with pity. Look at this child; she looks cold as ice but is actually cold on the outside and warm on the inside. At her age, she unexpectedly failed to see through this child’s heart; she had lived all these years in vain.

“Alright Xiaxia, I know everything. You don’t have to protect Qingqing.”

Chi Xia found that with this mother and daughter, things always happened that she couldn’t keep pace with. she perked up, curious about what Meng Ruyan would say next, and not understanding why she would speak this way.

Meng Ruyan said lovingly: “Qingqing told me everything. She couldn’t get used to sleeping with the bed facing that direction, and she took a fancy to the layout of your room, so she begged you to conduct a room swap. You really are something, child; when Qingqing raised such a request, you should have refused. If you ask me, you shouldn’t indulge her. I heard from Old Chi that you were busy with work a while ago, and I don’t know if you’re busy now, but regardless, you’re already tired after a day of work, yet you still had to come home and mess around with Qingqing; it was really too hard on you.”

Meng Ruyan had discovered the change in the two rooms as soon as she returned home. She couldn’t go to ask Chi Xia, but finding her daughter was just a matter of waving her hand. Therefore, Fang Yuqing did not hide it and told Meng Ruyan the sequence of events directly. Hearing this made Meng Ruyan’s temper flare; it was lucky that Chi Xia didn’t mind, otherwise, someone with a higher temperament would have argued many times already.

Meng Ruyan nagged her daughter for a few sentences and didn’t know how to explain it in detail to Chi Changhai. Fang Yuqing saw her mother’s intention and hurriedly told her that this matter had already been settled, telling her not to let her thoughts run wild anymore.

But even though that was said, after these few days, Meng Ruyan still felt uneasy in her heart, which was why she spoke of this matter to Chi Xia today.

Chi Xia’s always calm expression developed a crack. She tightened her grip on the plastic string of the trash bag and said without a second thought: “Aunt Meng, regarding the room swap, I was the one who brought it up first. It has nothing to do with her, and she did not make things difficult for me.”

She and Fang Yuqing each stuck to their own version of the story, and their accounts were different, making Meng Ruyan confused and unable to distinguish which was true and which was false. However, there was one point Meng Ruyan was very certain about, and that was that their relationship was very good.

By now, Meng Ruyan no longer obsessed over what the actual truth of the matter was. The wood was already made into a boat; both children had agreed, so why should she be the villain?

“What kind of medicine are you two selling in your gourds? You’ve got me all confused. It seems that thinking about what delicious food to make tonight is more important.” Meng Ruyan teased. Seeing Chi Xia standing dazed and lost in thought, she reached out and patted her, saying: “Weren’t you going to throw away the trash? What are you thinking about?”

Chi Xia’s heart was filled with a mix of emotions. Regarding the matter of swapping rooms, her original intention was to bully the female lead. In other worlds, she had even performed more excessive actions, yet a trace of guilt had never appeared, because a task was a task. She existed outside of the characters in the world; her only conviction was to complete the task, so she naturally didn’t need to consider other people’s thoughts.

But this time, regarding Fang Yuqing, she… unexpectedly wavered.

“It’s nothing. Aunt Meng, I’ll head out first.”

“Be careful on the road.”

Chi Xia closed the door to the house, took a deep breath, and let it out.

With the beginning of this incident, she inevitably became somewhat distracted while at work. It wasn’t until she encountered a colleague from Fang Yuqing’s company midway through that she looked at that colleague a few more times. After returning to the office, she asked her assistant: “What is the name of that person just now?”

“Manager Chi, she is an assistant by President Chang’s side. This time she followed President Chang here to handle official business.”

Chi Xia’s gaze shifted slightly, flickering with gloom. She indeed had not remembered incorrectly. The plot once mentioned that the assistant by President Chang’s side had a beauty mark at the corner of her eye, and her pupils were a rare amber color; her features were extremely beautiful, capable of hooking one’s soul. Her existence in the plot was because she was the younger half-sister of the male lead, Yu She. The Yu family’s private life was chaotic; Yu She’s mother had been victimized by his father back then to have Yu She, so Yu She had complex emotions toward his father. This younger sister of his had received benefits from Yu She and intentionally had a chance encounter with Fang Yuqing, becoming friends and also becoming an assist between the male and female leads.

Yu Rao’s situation and circumstances were similar to Yu She’s; she had not been recognized back into the Yu family when she was young. All the good days Yu Rao had now were arranged by Yu She. After hearing Yu She’s request, she did not hesitate to approach Fang Yuqing.

The Yu Group had a large family and big business; Yu Rao even worried that Fang Yuqing had bad intentions, but as they spent time together, the two of them truly became good friends. In the later stages, Yu Rao also confessed to Fang Yuqing, though this also resulted in their friendship being unable to return to what it was at the beginning.

Fang Yuqing, Fang Yuqing how is it that no matter what matter she sees, she can think of her?

Chi Xia supported her forehead with her hand. Seeing this, the assistant was worried and subsequently asked: “Manager, are you alright?”

“You go out first. I’ll rest for a while; my head hurts a bit.”

“Alright then, Manager, you rest first. If there’s anything, call me and I will come immediately.”

She did not dare to stay and disturb Chi Xia. For a time, the office was quiet.

Chi Xia’s gaze was dark and difficult to decipher. She admitted that her restlessness all day was related to Fang Yuqing. She just felt that Fang Yuqing was so silly; clearly, she was the one making things difficult for her, yet not only did she not complain, she even helped her cover up the lie. Why was this?

The question kept bothering Chi Xia, and she could not find a way to solve it.

Suddenly, the office phone rang. After answering, she learned that someone was coming to deliver documents. She gave an “Mm.” Soon, there was a knock at the door, and the woman who walked in had black hair and brown eyes. The beauty mark at the tail of her eye reminded Chi Xia of this person’s name Yu Rao.

“Manager Chi, these are the documents President Chang asked me to hand over to you. Please look them over.”

She bent over and placed the documents on the desk, looking at and sizing up Chi Xia before departing elegantly.

Chi Xia did not even give her a single glance, spinning the cap of her fountain pen, lost in thought.

After Yu Rao handed over the things, she followed President Chang and left. Her figure was graceful and charming, but President Chang did not look sideways because he was already married.

Not long after she arrived at the company, she found an excuse to go see Fang Yuqing. The two of them were huddled in the pantry. She glanced sideways at Fang Yuqing and asked with a laugh: “Don’t you usually not drink coffee? Why did you think of drinking it today?”

“I heard people say this brand tastes good. At first, I didn’t like it much because I don’t really drink coffee unless it’s to refresh myself for work, but after getting used to drinking it, I really have fallen in love with this taste.” Fang Yuqing did not drink much, taking a few sips and setting it aside. Summer afternoons were easy to get sleepy in, so a sip of coffee made her quite a bit clearer.

She propped up her chin and talked aimlessly with Yu Rao, chatting about celebrities and then about gossip in the company. Yu Rao tilted her head to look at her and, without any warning, brought up a person, saying: “I saw Chi Xia. She really does look like she has a great aura, just like what others say.”

“You saw her?” Fang Yuqing had not spoken to the outside world about her relationship with Chi Xia; why let everyone know about family matters?

However, what she did not know was that the woman in front of her had already learned about their situation from Yu She’s mouth.

Yu Rao said: “That’s right, I saw her. She’s chilly; she couldn’t even be bothered to pay attention to me when I spoke. If you ask me, whether looking for a boyfriend or a girlfriend, personality is very important; the polite, refined, and elegant kind is best. I think that President Yu from a few days ago was quite good; if I’m not mistaken, he seems to care about you quite a bit, secretly looking at you several times.”

Fang Yuqing could not help but laugh. “Looking at me several times means he cares? You’ve watched too many idol dramas.”

Yu Rao looked at the sky speechlessly. “In any case, I don’t like cold people.”

Fang Yuqing felt that she was implying something and couldn’t bear to hear someone speak ill of Chi Xia, so she smiled and said, “I like it, though. Being cold and taciturn toward others, but being tsundere and blushing toward me isn’t that kind of contrast very interesting?”

Yu Rao could not help but laugh out loud, half-hugging her shoulder and teasing: “How could there be such a person? I don’t believe it.”

Fang Yuqing, who was being held by her, gave a shy smile and thought to herself: Of course there is. Isn’t the one you just complained about exactly like that?

“By the way, let’s go have dinner together tonight.”

Fang Yuqing agreed to her words, and the two of them discussed what they wanted to eat for dinner. But they did not know that that meal would be so lively it would be filled with the smoke of gunpowder; No. 009 described it directly with two words exciting.

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