Title: The OOC Villainess and the White Moonlight Heroine are BFFs
Translator: Little Bamboo Spirit
Chapter 4 - The plot has drastically changed! (2)
The Shi family's engagement party.
Although Shi Qingyin had no aesthetics, that didn't matter. He was very wealthy. The hall was a glittering feast for the eyes. He had definitely spent a lot of money. The guests were led to their seats. While waiting to be seated, they didn't forget to exchange gossip in lowered voices.
"The engagement party is already so ostentatious. The bill for their wedding will be terrible."
"The Shi family's prodigal second young master has turned around and is finally willing to get married. He keeps his fiancee well-hidden. He must have met true love."
"Who's the lucky woman? That woman definitely isn't simple."
The gossipers looked in all directions.
"By the way, did Yue Xia not come?"
"Not only that, did you see that no one from the Yue family came?"
"So those rumors from a while ago were true? I heard that not only was that clingy Yue Xia dumped, she cried and tried to kill herself. What a laughingstock. She usually puts on a haughty appearance. Who does she think she's fooling?"
Yue Xia clearly heard their words. [System, you guys are too frugal. These generic NPCs can be used from the Republic of China to the 21st century.]
Soon after, Shi Qingyin arrived at the reception hall. His gloominess wasn't completely hidden from his face. The guests in front of him were as lively as ever, but he had an inexplicable sense of foreboding.
He looked away. Shi Yunjian was standing with his eyes downcast and was surrounded by a bunch of bad old men. They had been smiling with rosy complexions until they bumped into Shi Yunjian, an impenetrable wall. Their enthusiasm had been frozen to their cores.
Shi Yunjian was clearly standing in the corner, but no matter where he stood, it became the center of attention that couldn't be overlooked.
Shi Qingyin imperceptibly gritted his teeth.
Fortunately, Jiang Shuyao soon gently walked over from the side door. As expected of a considerate beauty, she noticed right away that Shi Qingyin was unhappy and softly asked, "Qingyin, what's wrong? Are you not feeling well?"
"No, I'm fine." Shi Qingyin looked at his lover's concerned face, and his expression softened. "What about you? Are you nervous?"
Jiang Shuyao had wanted to tell him about the strange thing she encountered, but seeing that he wasn't in a good mood, she decided to not mention it.
After all, the masked person sounded like a young woman. She might have just gotten lost.
The time for superficial greetings and polite chit chat was over. As the engagement ceremony approached, Shi Qingyin's mood became increasingly irritable and uneasy. He didn't know if it was because of what Shi Yunjian said earlier, he kept thinking about Yue Xia.
He frowned in disgust.
As for Yue Xia, she was utterly focused on disputing with the system over responsibility.
Yue Xia: [I ran too quickly just now. I don't know what we replaced the original video with.]
The system: [Failing the task will trigger the punishment process.]
Yue Xia: [You're clearly also responsible. Then I'll go change it now.]
The system: [Stay here.]
Yue Xia pretended to not hear. After taking just two steps, her butt was numb again from electrical shock. "..."
To the system's surprise, Yue Xia didn't curse or say that she was flexible in the face of superior force. She only silently returned. Her expression was extremely peaceful.
The system also started to have an ominous premonition.
Finally, with the last faint vibration of the hour hand, it was time. The engagement party officially started. Shi Qingyin completely dispelled those remaining unnecessary emotions and finally smiled. Under the lights, under the gaze of everyone, there was thunderous applause. Brimming with pride, he put his arm around Jiang Shuyao's waist. Just as he was about to speak…
"Patrick, let's go catch jellyfish together!"
His smile froze.
The 4k UHD screen behind him, where everyone was blankly looking, wasn't showing the sweet video of them meeting and falling in love. Instead, it was showing a yellow sponge and a pink starfish arguing. "Traitor! You're the worst!"
Jiang Shuyao was also stunned. The host was so frightened that he broke out in sweat and goosebumps. He changed the CD as fast as possible. Even Shi Yunjian, who had been silent this entire time, slightly raised his eyes and looked at the screen with a frown.
Suddenly, he saw a figure that was completely out-of-place in his peripheral vision.
The young woman was wearing a white chef's uniform. Not only was she not looking at the screen, she was scarfing down… wasabi? Shi Yunjian didn't have time to clearly see her face. He only got a good look at her clever and crafty eyes.
The next second, she marched forward and calmly said, "Shi Qingyin."
Shi Qingyin abruptly turned his head. Anger quickly accumulated in his eyes. He hissed, "Sure enough, it's you. Yue Xia!"
As soon as that name was called out, the hall was instantly quiet enough to hear a pin drop. Everyone held their breath and stared with widened eyes.
This was the smell of… juicy gossip!
They had heard rumors about Yue Xia and Shi Qingyin a long time ago, but this was their first time witnessing it. Unexpectedly, those rumors turned out to be true. Yue Xia came here… to cause trouble!
Yue Xia stood in the middle with the confidence that justice was on her side.
T/N: Next update on Tuesday, Feb 20th at 9 PM EST.