When the Villain From an Angsty Novel Transmigrates Into a Sweet Romance [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 19

Fang Yuqing’s haggard appearance gave Chi Xia a start, and Chi Xia, standing outside the door, also startled Fang Yuqing into retreating several steps. She had thought about a lot of things last night; she was in a state of chaos, and even her temples were throbbing with pain. Therefore, Fang Yuqing had no idea what time she had actually fallen asleep. She had to thank the alarm clock she had set previously for being able to get up this morning; otherwise, she feared she would have slept until high noon.

She hurriedly covered her face, not wanting Chi Xia to see her looking so ugly. She had cried and cried last night, and her eyes were now very sore and painful. She didn’t even need to look in the mirror to know how bad she looked.

Fang Yuqing turned her back and said gloomily, “No one gave me any grief.”

Chi Xia certainly did not believe her words. With a darkened face, she asked, “Then why were you crying?”

“I couldn’t sleep last night and stayed up watching a drama. There’s a very popular hit drama recently, and who would have known that the ending was a tragedy? In the end, the characters in the TV show all died until only the title of the drama was left. Do you think I could not cry?” Fang Yuqing did not tell the truth. She really could not bring herself to speak of the troubles in her heart to Chi Xia. Based only on a bunch of guesses in her mind, she feared Chi Xia wouldn’t believe her anyway.

Chi Xia was half-doubting. She raised her eyebrows and looked Fang Yuqing up and down, but because she was not good at saying sweet and soft words, Chi Xia stiffly said, “As long as no one is bullying you. I knew you weren’t the type who loves to cry; I was thinking what kind of difficulty you had encountered that could make you cry like this.”

Fang Yuqing muttered, “That’s right, I am very strong.”

She lowered the hands covering her face and cautiously looked up at Chi Xia. Seeing that Chi Xia did not have a trace of mockery toward her and still had that expressionless, serious face, Fang Yuqing’s voice was hoarse as she said despondently, “Chi Xia.”

“Hmm?”

“Are you free tonight?”

Chi Xia thought for a moment and nodded.

There were no social engagements tonight. Furthermore, everyone in the company knew that Chi Xia did not like that whole business of the drinking table. Whenever the company had social engagements, they would let others go. After all, everyone has their own specialty, so Chi Xia, who had recently snatched the male lead’s business, was quite free.

Fang Yuqing said decisively, “Let’s go out for a drink tonight.”

Chi Xia really had no interest in drinking, let alone accompanying Fang Yuqing to drink. This time she shook her head, “I don’t want to drink.”

“Hey! You are at least my sister in name; you won’t even agree to this small request of mine?”

Chi Xia said with a half-smile, “The two of us do not have a single bit of blood relation. What kind of sisters are we? And why should I tolerate you and agree to your request?”

She did not know Fang Yuqing’s troubles, so how could she know that a casual sentence would happen to strike Fang Yuqing’s heart? Upon hearing the words “no blood relation,” Fang Yuqing’s eyes involuntarily turned red. She knew she couldn’t cry, but she just couldn’t help it.

“Then forget it, I don’t want you to accompany me!”

If she wasn’t crying, it would have been fine, but as soon as she cried, Chi Xia’s smile immediately vanished. She grabbed Fang Yuqing’s wrist and said helplessly, “Just because I won’t agree to you, you start shedding tears for me?”

Fang Yuqing’s eyes were misty with water, and the corners of her eyes seemed to be stained with a smudge of rubbed-in rouge. Her voice still carried a crying tone, but her momentum was not affected at all, “So what! If you won’t accompany me, I will find someone else.”

“Who are you going to find? You just returned to the country, and in this strange city where you have no friends, who are you planning to find?”

Fang Yuqing glared and gritted her teeth, “Who says I have no friends! I do!”

Chi Xia was amused by her appearance of having tears in her eyes while refusing to lose with her mouth. She asked patiently, “Then you tell me, let me hear it.”

“Yu She and Yu Yao! Didn’t we eat together? I have the contact information for both of them. If I make a phone call, they might be able to accompany me for a drink. They definitely won’t be like a certain someone who is iron-hearted and won’t even agree to have a drink.” She spoke in a sarcastic tone. The distress brought by the blood relation issue dissipated along with their bickering. Fang Yuqing had already shifted all her attention to Chi Xia, so naturally, she would no longer think about other sad matters.

Chi Xia silently tightened her grip on Fang Yuqing’s wrist; it was so slender that it felt as if it could be broken with a forceful squeeze. Her ink-like eyes gazed at Fang Yuqing. It was clearly still those expressionless features, but Fang Yuqing sensitively sniffed out a trace of anger. She only heard Chi Xia say, “I’ve changed my mind.”

“What?” Fang Yuqing didn’t quite react.

Chi Xia tapped the tears on Fang Yuqing’s cheek with her finger and sneered, “I agree to your request, lest I be called a cold-blooded and heartless fellow by a certain someone.”

The water stains on her finger were wet and slippery, and they were soon evaporated by body heat and warm air. But Chi Xia felt that the finger that had wiped the tears still retained Fang Yuqing’s aura, as if she and Fang Yuqing had a very intimate relationship. This fleeting thought made Chi Xia feel horrified. The coldness on her face deepened. She was worried that continuing to chat with Fang Yuqing would make things even more abnormal, so her gaze swept across her face, and she said calmly, “Remember to contact me tonight, crybaby.”

Fang Yuqing’s eyes widened, like a cat with its fur standing on end. She threw two punches at the air, “What kind of person is she! You have to anger her yourself before she is willing to speak like a human being. She’s annoying to death!”

But undeniably, Fang Yuqing’s disappointment was swept away.

She lifted a bitter smile and whispered, “Having a pair of bickering rivals is quite good; bickering and arguing with her makes me forget sad things.”

“What are you standing there for? Hurry up and come to the living room, don’t let Auntie Meng and me wait anxiously.” Chi Xia stood not far away. She was gorgeously beautiful and tender, like a fresh rose covered in dewdrops. Fang Yuqing was in a daze; why did it feel like Chi Xia was becoming more beautiful day by day?

“Coming right now.”

The summer sunlight was intense, making busy people feel extremely irritable. The most enjoyable moment during work hours was having afternoon tea.

It was still that same pantry. Fang Yuqing was drinking milk tea that the delivery person had just brought. She was talking with Manager Peng. This afternoon tea was naturally Manager Peng’s way of rewarding her. A person like Fang Yuqing, who was proficient in multiple languages, would be a sought-after talent in any company; what’s more, her personality was very easy to get along with. A leader like Manager Peng, who liked to promote subordinates, found it hard not to pay attention to Fang Yuqing.

“Then next week you will go abroad with me. You can temporarily put the work on your hands aside.”

Fang Yuqing did not expect that she would be able to follow Manager Peng abroad so soon. She thought it would be another colleague this time, but since her leader had already spoken and chosen her, Fang Yuqing would not let go of this good opportunity.

The swelling in her eyes had already subsided, and she looked no different from usual. Fang Yuqing playfully gave a salute and said, “Guarantee to complete the mission!”

Manager Peng laughed and patted her shoulder, stood up and said, “I still have things to be busy with, you stay here by yourself.”

“Okay, Manager.”

At this moment, Fang Yuqing finally didn’t have to talk to her superior with a smiling face. She reached out to rub her cheeks and slumped tiredly on the table. Her eyes were vacant and spiritless. Slacking off was the most suitable time for the mind to go blank; one always has to give oneself a time to rest.

But such a rest time still quickly ushered in an uninvited guest. Yu Yao had been staring at the pantry from outside. Manager Chang was on a business trip again, and this time he took a male assistant. Yu Yao, as his assistant, stayed at the company to arrange domestic affairs for him. So as soon as Yu Yao’s direct superior left, wasn’t she just free?

“Yuqing, Yuqing.”

Fang Yuqing propped up her neck, saw it was Yu Yao, and with a “plop,” slumped back onto the table.

She said weakly, “What’s the matter?”

Yu Yao winked at her and gossiped, “What happened between you guys that day?”

“Which day?”

“Just the dinner! Didn’t President Yu chase after you guys? What happened later?”

If she hadn’t mentioned Yu She, Fang Yuqing probably wouldn’t have remembered that socially embarrassing thing she did. Fang Yuqing covered her eyes, “Nothing, just said a few words to him and left.”

Yu Yao slumped her shoulders in dissatisfaction, “That’s it?”

“Could there have been something else between us? Yu Yao, I don’t know what President Yu did to make you misunderstand, but in short, there is no relationship between the two of us. If you still consider me a friend, don’t say such things again.”

She disliked Yu Yao’s attitude, as if she and Yu She had some ambiguous emotional connection. Fang Yuqing sighed in collapse. How was it that the two people she met with the surname Yu both had that kind of personality that lacked discernment? Could Yu Yao really not see that she was already a bit impatient?

Yu Yao acted coquettishly toward Fang Yuqing, “I know I was wrong, I won’t mention it next time. The key is that he is from a big, wealthy family! Marrying him means having no worries for the rest of your life, eating and drinking the best. The life of a wealthy wife must be very happy.”

“Forget it, if you keep talking, I’m afraid I’m going to become phobic of rich people.”

Fang Yuqing did not take her words; she was not swayed at all by the life of a rich person imagined by Yu Yao. Yu Yao was completely puzzled, “You don’t want to be a rich person? Once you have money, you don’t have to come to work anymore. How tiring is it to be a worker?”

Fang Yuqing half-squinted her eyes, her lazy voice curling upward at the end, “Let’s leave such a good opportunity to someone else. We are not from the same world, why should I force myself to blend in? I finally got into university, obtained various certificates, and returned to the country from abroad. Why should I give up my current life?”

Yu Yao went silent and suddenly started laughing, “I really envy you for having this kind of innocence.”

“Are you being sarcastic with me? This isn’t innocence; it’s my personality.”

Yu Yao said self-mockingly, “Then would you think that I am very worldly for having that kind of thought?”

Fang Yuqing placed her face on her arm and looked sideways at Yu Yao. The flesh on her cheek was pressed out of shape, but she looked very cute like this. She said, “No. Different views, no one is right or wrong. Even if our views are different, didn’t we still become friends? Who doesn’t love money? I am also a worldly person.”

Yu Yao burst into laughter and reached out to rub Fang Yuqing’s hair, but she missed.

“You cannot touch here.”

“Who can?”

She answered without thinking, “Sister can.”

Speaking of which, her embrace is really soft.

I really want to snuggle! I wonder if I can… snuggle when we drink tonight!

The kind where I bury my face.

Seeing how much she relied on Chi Xia, Yu Yao remarked with emotion, “The relationship between the two of you is really good. But once she gets married and has her own family, she probably won’t be able to look after you.”

Fang Yuqing suddenly straightened her back and said stutteringly, “Get… married?”

“That’s right, marriage. Don’t be so worried either; anyway, the two of you are sisters, so it’s fine even after marriage.”

Her comfort did not make Fang Yuqing relax. The issue she had always ignored was now brought to her attention by Yu Yao’s reminder. Fang Yuqing finally realized that in the future, there would be a day when she and Chi Xia would drift apart. It wouldn’t be because a crack appeared in their relationship, but because the narrow social circle would suddenly be crowded with many people, causing the focus to shift and be placed entirely on their respective families. So, would this pair of sisters with no blood relation really not become strangers?

Fang Yuqing suddenly had a thought.

Why can’t I monopolize Chi Xia?

Just like during high school, her figure was always beside me.

“Yu Yao, what do you think is the way to monopolize a person?”

She was smiling, very sweetly.

Yu Yao did not hesitate and said, “There is no way. People nowadays are free. Let alone marriage, they can even get divorced. So there is no way to monopolize.”

Fang Yuqing was thoughtful, and then she heard Yu Yao ask, “Why are you asking this?”

“Nothing, just that my rarely-seen possessiveness suddenly made a move.”

Possiveness has appeared; can going crazy be far behind?

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