Title: The OOC Villainess and the White Moonlight Heroine are BFFs
Translator: Little Bamboo Spirit
Chapter 22 - Was this how a woman would change after she was betrayed?! (1)
The scene was still and silent. The first person to react wasn't Shi Qingyin or the dazed Shen Yu. It was the foreigner coach, who was sticking his head out and looking around.
He didn't stay around because he was a gossipy person. He was worried that the conflict between that man and his cute little customer would end badly for the latter. That decisive slap just now refreshed his cognition.
… That dull sound and the speed at which she exerted force. He was sure that she had practiced martial arts for a few years at least and knocked out plenty of brain cells from her opponent.
However, Shi Qingyin was a male protagonist, and his shamelessness was far beyond the reach of others. Once he returned to his senses, while his head was still buzzing, he incredulously shouted, "What the hell are you doing?!"
Yue Xia shook her numb hand and innocently blinked. "Didn't you tell me to hit you?"
Shi Qingyin's head was flushed with blood. "Why did you hit so hard?"
"Or else?" Yue Xia's expression quickly changed. She took a few steps forward until she was standing above the prone Shi Qingyin. "Do you think I should give rearranging your face a try?"
Shi Qingyin: "..."
It was only then that Shen Yu came out of his shock. "F*ck…"
Was this how a woman would change after she was betrayed?!
Yue Xia had the free time to ask. [System, what's Shuyao doing?]
The system: [She can't accept your past relationship with Shi Qingyin. She's waiting in Shi Qingyin's car and crying.]
[Okay.] Yue Xia mentally made an "OK" gesture. [I'll go over there in three minutes.]
She had been waiting to slap him for a long time. She felt that people like Shi Qingyin, who could harm others mentally and physically without feeling an ounce of guilt, deserved a harsher punishment than the one dictated by the system. It was impossible for him to feel remorse without experiencing similar pain for himself.
In the plot, Shi Qingyin caused Jiang Shuyao to miscarry three times. She had to take apart and assemble that body part of his three times for her to be done. This was just the beginning. It wasn't even enough for an appetizer.
"Since you said let bygones be bygones, sure." Yue Xia opened the door to leave. "But you seemed to have misunderstood. I want to see Jiang Shuyao strictly because I like her. It has nothing to do with you. Stop flattering yourself."
The remaining people saw her leaving without lingering. The door closed with a click, and her tall figure disappeared.
Shi Qingyin: "..."
Shen Yu: "..."
The coach: "..."
"F*ck-" Shi Qingyin was angry out of embarrassment.
He struggled to get up. The coach awkwardly, but politely stopped him. "Sir, fighting isn't allowed here. How about you drink a cup of tea…"
The closed door cut off the noise from reaching Yue Xia. She quickly went towards Shi Qingyin's black car that was parked at the door.
Separated by the car window, she met the Jiang Shuyao's reddened eyes. Shuyao looked at her in surprise for a moment before quickly turning her head.
Jiang Shuyao was in a state of confusion. She didn't want to and didn't dare to believe what she had recently overheard. She felt conflicting emotions and wanted to escape from it all, so even when she heard Yue Xia lightly knocking on the door, she kept her face turned away.
It was silent inside the car. Just when she thought Yue Xia had left, she heard a light knocking on the window again.
Her heart felt painful. She didn't know if she wasn't bothered by the fact that Shi Qingyin had been with someone else or that Yue Xia had lied to her. Instead of hiding her emotions as usual, she stared at Yue Xia with an upset gaze and wondered how Yue Xia would react.
Separated by thick glass, Yue Xia didn't say anything. Faced with Shuyao's aggrieved gaze, she took out her phone and showed a WeChat QR code.
Yue Xia mouthed "add me".
Jiang Shuyao: "?"
She wasn't thinking straight yet and blankly stared out the window. She didn't understand Yue Xia's intention.
Yue Xia misunderstood Shuyao's silence. She blinked, and then she stretched out two fingers and saluted her in a cute manner. Then, she shook her fingers for a long time, made a kneeling gesture, and mouthed "I am sorry".
Jiang Shuyao: "..."
In the past, no matter what people said, she didn't think she needed to change her personality. But now, for the first time, she felt that she was too easy to manipulate.
Even though Yue Xia had done such a thing, lied to her from the beginning, and probably had ulterior motives, her anger still evaporated after a single apology. She couldn't stay angry.
Sigh.
Jiang Shuyao reached for her phone.
… Sigh.
***
Jiang Shuyao was taken away by Shi Qingyin, and these two would start to have conflicts. The current phase tasks were completed, and the plot was finally back on track and progressed by 10%.
However, Yue Xia wasn't happy.
She looked at the empty guest room. There was still a bouquet of flowers that Jiang Shuyao had placed on the table a few days ago. With no one around to carefully replace the water in the vase, the flowers had dried up. She sang, "The cold leaves blow over my face, my child's rebellion breaks my heart."
(T/N: These lyrics are sung by a silly dramatic mother in a sauce commercial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM0owDwmLkk. )
The system: [...]
Are you up to your theatrics again?
Yue Xia had been busy with the plot. Now that she had free time, she finally started to explore the ins and outs of the system and discovered many features she hadn't known about.
In addition to the achievement points that could be exchanged for money at a ratio of 1:1000 and an extension on life after the tasks of each world was completed, if she tried to watch restricted content, the images would be automatically pixelated. She would also be punished if she used inappropriate language.
Yue Xia was always eager to learn. [So then, will you be punished if you say inappropriate words?]
The system's voice was tense. [I wouldn't make such a low-level mistake. Also, you have to start preparing for the following plot. While there's conflict ongoing between the protagonists, you have to look for opportunities to visit the Shi's and annoy the protagonists. Moreover, please note that Father Shi and Mother Shi will appear. They've never liked you…]
Yue Xia typed out the words "turkey-flavored rice crackers" on her phone and said: [Read it.]
The system: [Hotpot-flavored di… ahh!]
After a miserable shriek, the system was banned from speaking for 12 hours. Yue Xia thought this was the most useful feature she recently discovered.
(T/N: Turkey-flavored rice crackers (火鸡味锅巴) is from an E-sports meme. When people fluent in Chinese read those Chinese characters, it's very common to automatically reorder those Chinese characters to 火锅味鸡* which means hotpot-flavored d*ck. The closest English thing I can think of is the Typoglycemia phenomenon where our brains can often read jumbled words correctly as long as the first and last letter is correct.)