Title: The OOC Villainess and the White Moonlight Heroine are BFFs
Translator: Little Bamboo Spirit
Chapter 44 - She was scared, scared that person would be there too (3)
Jiang Shuyao seemed unable to stand this atmosphere. She lowered her head and said, "I'll go in to take a look and leave right after that…"
Lin Wan smiled. "Oh, what a coincidence, Qingyin fell asleep not long ago."
"Ah? Oh, okay." Jiang Shuyao was hugging the thermos to her chest. A bit taken aback, she said, "I'll leave the soup in his room and go."
"... Soup?"
Lin Wan slightly furrowed her brow. She wryly smiled as if she was a doting elder looking at an ignorant child. "Little Jiang, do you think Qingyin, who lives in a hospital room that costs 3,000 a night and is served with meals that are cooked with ingredients that are flown in from all over, needs your soup? Of course, your intentions are good, but your living standards are too different from his. During this special period, it'll be bad if he eats oily food that disrupts his diet."
Jiang Shuyao stiffened under her gaze. She didn't even know where to put her hands and could only mumble, "I'm sorry… I didn't mean that."
Yue Xia felt her blood pressure rising. [System, I thought the domineering CEO's mother only threw a few million yuan around to get her precious son's girlfriend to leave him. Why is she so tactless?]
The system: [This isn't tactlessness. This is how adults speak in a watertight manner.]
Yue Xia: [I'll pour some water into your case to see if it leaks.]
The system: [?]
Breathing anxiously, Jiang Shuyao seemed like she was about to bolt. Pulling Yue Xia's hand, she hastily said, "Then we'll leave first.
However, she was called back by a gentle voice, "Little Jiang, why are you in a hurry to leave? I have something to tell you."
Jiang Shuyao didn't turn around. She bit her lip.
"Shuyao." Yue Xia looked at her from the side. She considerately didn't ask anything and only said, "Let's go. Whatever she wants to say, she can say it another time."
Jiang Shuyao was silent for a few seconds, and then she shook her head. She forced herself to smile at Yue Xia. "It's okay. Just wait for me downstairs."
She couldn't avoid this forever.
Lin Wan looked on in satisfaction as Jiang Shuyao slowly walked towards her. Just as she was about to speak, she noticed that Yue Xia hadn't left and was calmly leaning on the railing during this tense moment. She looked like she was waiting to watch a show.
Lin Wan's smile stiffened. "Xiaxia, aren't you going to leave first?"
"It's okay." Yue Xia nonchalantly waved her hand. "I'm not busy today, no rush."
Lin Wan stiffly smiled. "Little Jiang and I will probably talk for a long time. It'll be so tiring for you to stand…"
Yue Xia dragged out a small stool from the janitor's closet, placed it on the floor, and brightly smiled. "It's okay. I'll wait."
Lin Wan: "..." What was wrong with her?!
Whatever. It was fine if Yue Xia heard the words that she said to Jiang Shuyao. She might even enjoy hearing it. Lin Wan moved a bit further away and looked at Jiang Shuyao.
Jiang Shuyao looked like an elementary school student that had been called to the principal's office. Her head was lowered, and she looked quite pitiful.
She softly said, "Little Jiang."
Jiang Shuyao made a vague sound in response.
"I already know what happened between you and Qingyin." Lin Wan smiled and sighed. Her tone was gentle, but her words were extremely sharp. "Tell me, when will you stop causing him harm? Auntie is begging you."
Jiang Shuyao was shocked. She raised her head in panic. "I'm sorry, I…"
"Think about it. How much has Qingyin lost because of you?"
Lin Wan didn't plan on giving her time to respond. "Since high school, because of his puppy love with you, he almost ruined his studies and was injured because of you. At the time, I talked to you and you sensibly chose to go abroad. Then you came back. You're an adult now. Why are you making more ignorant decisions the older you get?"
"I didn't agree to the two of you getting engaged, but Qingyin threatened to kill himself, so I could only turn a blind eye to it." Lin Wan saw that Jiang Shuyao looked like she was about to refute her. With a few sentences, she blocked her defense. "Don't say you're unable to refuse him. If a woman wants to refuse a man, there are thousands of ways to do it. Saying that you're unable to refuse him is just an excuse. Auntie is a woman too. How can I not know your thoughts?"
Jiang Shuyao could only stay silent.
"I know you feel bad seeing Qingyin in such a state, but I can also see that you and him aren't suitable," Lin Wan said, "It's not easy for you to get a man like him. I admire your courage, but a smart person knows that courage isn't enough."
"Auntie Lin," Jiang Shuyao raised her head. Her eyes were already red. She had to make things clear. "I'm not with Qingyin for his money. I don't want anything from him. I can support myself…"
Lin Wan just looked at her with a smile.
When Jiang Shuyao got to the second half of what she wanted to say, she also felt that it was pointless and trailed off.
How could this be explained? Even if she wasn't scheming to get his money right, others would say that she would do it in the future. She tried so hard to explain and prove herself, but it was futile.
"How about this?" Lin Wan softly said, "Auntie will give you three million yuan to support you in continuing your studies abroad. Studying art is pretty good. It's suitable for you. There's no development prospects in China. It'll be more suitable abroad."
Jiang Shuyao instinctively refused, "I don't need it."
"Three million yuan is enough for you to live comfortably abroad for the rest of your life," Lin Wan said, "Or, do you think that amount is too little?"
"Auntie." Jiang Shuyao kept looking at the closed hospital room door. She was hoping that Shi Qingyin would appear just like he had in the past. "This isn't an issue about money. I can't take your money-""
"It's okay. The amount that Auntie said was too little. Let's go with five million yuan," Lin Wan interrupted her once again.
She took a step closer and looked Jiang Shuyao over. Then, she chuckled, reached out, and gently patted her collar. "Just treat it as a reward for taking care of Qingyin all these years. In fact, it's not much. After all, you're young and beautiful. You know how to draw, and he was your first love. Of course, if you miscarried in the past few years, Auntie can give you extra money to remedy the damage that's done to your body."
Jiang Shuyao's mind went blank. She couldn't speak. She felt like her throat was clogged with a ball of cotton. She almost couldn't discern the overflowing malice in Lin Wan's words.
What did she mean by that? Was she saying that she was selling herself? Was that what she meant?
Why did Lin Wan have to insult her like that… She obviously hadn't done anything wrong.
She heard the sound of that pitiful little bit of her self-esteem being crushed. It felt hard to breathe. This was the exact same feeling as last time, as if her nightmare was repeating itself.
Qingyin, why haven't you come yet? Come out, tell Lin Wan that she wasn't that type of person…
Just as she felt she was about to suffocate, she suddenly heard Yue Xia's voice coming from next to her.
Yue Xia grabbed Lin Wan's wrist and rudely shook her hand off of Shuyao.
"You and your son sure have a lot of fun playing good cop and bad cop." Yue Xia's hidden anger came out. "You had so much fun that you lost your sense of shame. Do you two still have any dignity left to lose?"
She was angry, but her voice didn't tremble. She wasn't running away, and her back was as straight as a javelin.
Jiang Shuyao felt a tap on her shoulder. Yue Xia glared at her. "She's insulting you. Why don't you curse at her? Who told you to meekly stand there?"
Jiang Shuyao: "..." She wanted to cry.
Lin Wan finally recovered from her shock and angrily said, "What do you mean-"
"You can say such despicable words to a girl. You're really worthy of being an elder, huh?" Yue Xia turned her head. There were flames in her calm, pitch-black eyes. She pointed at Lin Wan and asked, "Have you forgotten you're also a woman just because you gave birth to a son?"