Chapter 100: Don’t Even Think of Escaping, My Fiery Wife (Part 8)

Qin Yan witnessed Chu Yue’s provocation and show-off. On the surface, she remained unperturbed, but in reality, her fingers were tightly clenched in her palm. Her eyelashes fluttered down, concealing the emotions that were gradually spiraling out of control. After a long moment, she composed herself. When she looked up at Chu Yue again, she saw Chu Yue with her arm around Yu Liuxue’s waist, looking utterly pitiful.

Chu Yue’s current demeanor was strikingly similar to those little green teas and white lotuses who used to try to get close to Wen Sui and snatch him away from her.

Qin Yan found this thought absurd. Chu Yue had always been a god-like figure in her mind. In the adults’ words, she was perfect and excellent, flawless, practically a fairy descended from heaven. Yet, today, such a person was vying for attention with her, and childishly flashing a provocative smile at her.

Something within Qin Yan’s heart quietly fractured.

After kissing Chu Yue, Yu Liuxue wanted her to leave, but Chu Yue was like a stubborn plaster; once she stuck, she couldn’t be peeled off. Yu Liuxue’s waist was slender and felt good to the touch, easily embraced. Chu Yue was already happy because Yu Liuxue was so compliant, and now she was even more reluctant to let go.

The moment Yu Liuxue urged her, she immediately put on a pitiful expression and deliberately said in front of Wen Sui, “Zhizhi, I don’t want to leave you. I want to spend more time alone with you.”

Wen Sui immediately understood Chu Yue’s meaning. He found an excuse to leave, decisively leaving the area to the clingy pair. Yu Liuxue instantly felt a headache coming on. She stared at Chu Yue with a look of despair. Seeing that Chu Yue still showed no sign of letting go, she had no choice but to change the subject and ask, “How did you end up making a bet with her?”

Chu Yue blinked, smiling innocently, “Someone was showing off in front of me. She said she’s known you since childhood and that you used to follow her around, calling her ‘jiejie’ in a sweet, childish voice.” Chu Yue leaned in slightly, and in that instant, her dark eyes deepened. Chu Yue chuckled softly, “But I don’t believe it.”

Qin Yan, who was about to follow Wen Sui, suddenly paused. Wen Sui turned his head and asked softly, “What’s wrong?”

Qin Yan offered a faint smile, gently shook her head, and replied slowly, “Nothing, my body suddenly felt a bit sore, but it’s fine now.” She affectionately linked her arm through Wen Sui’s. Although the gesture was intimate, Wen Sui noticed a faint sense of detachment in her eyes. Qin Yan smiled as she looked at him, “Let’s go, I want to go sit down for a bit.”

Wen Sui nodded, “Okay, I’ll go with you.”

Yu Liuxue gazed at Chu Yue in confusion. Jiang Zhi followed whom around, calling ‘jiejie’ in a sweet, childish voice? Seeing her expression, Chu Yue became even happier. After all the irrelevant people had left, she tried her best to suppress her overflowing joy, happily cupping Yu Liuxue’s face and kissing her earnestly. After they separated, she mumbled softly, “Jiang Zhi, after we’re engaged, you’ll be mine.”

“You’re not allowed to flirt around outside, and you’re not allowed to get entangled with any strange people,” Chu Yue said.

Yu Liuxue thought seriously for a moment, “If you can do it, I can do it.”

Chu Yue: “???” What gave you the illusion that I’m a playgirl? I, Chu, am pure and clean, even more self-respecting than those green teas out there… No, wait. Chu Yue suddenly realized, why am I comparing myself to those green teas?

I, Chu, am upright and open, and would never do something like keeping a mistress outside.

Qin Yan and Wen Sui did not head towards the crowd. They found a quiet corner on the balcony and leaned silently against the railing. Wen Sui had a myriad of thoughts. He couldn’t help but turn his head to look at Qin Yan’s profile. He could never forget the day he got into a big fight with older boys because his mother was insulted.

That day, he was disheartened, feeling that the world was so unfair. Just because his mother was beautiful and remarried a rich man, she was maliciously speculated to be a mistress who climbed her way up. His mother had painstakingly raised him, and merely because she was divorced and beautiful, she had to endure so much insult and slander?

The reason he transferred schools was also because he constantly fought with those who insulted his mother. Wen Sui’s reputation in that area used to be terrible. Everyone knew he fought without regard for his life, everyone knew he would desperately protect his mother, so new slanders came. They said he was a mama’s boy, that his relationship with his mother was abnormal…

Every time he heard such words, he would throw his schoolbag and fight without a word. He felt that problems that could be solved with violence were not problems at all. So at that time, everyone was very afraid of him, especially those young girls who were just beginning to feel love. However, while they found him fierce and violent, they also found him handsome. He was unconventional and different from other boys, so their eyes were filled with a cautious desire to conquer.

All the girls who approached him tried to conquer him. He couldn’t see pure love in their eyes; their eyes were full of desire, full of the comparison and vanity that shouldn’t exist at their age, as if conquering him was an incredibly fulfilling achievement.

But Qin Yan was different from all the girls he had ever met. She was pure, she was innocent, and when she smiled, she was warm, as if just one look from her could melt him.

Although he and Qin Yan were deskmates, their relationship was just ordinary. That day, when he was going home, he happened to run into Qin Yan who was going out to throw out the trash. He clearly remembered that Qin Yan was wearing a white tracksuit that day, looking fresh and clean. After she saw the injuries on his face, she seemed surprised. Just as Wen Sui was about to turn around and leave with a cold expression, Qin Yan reached out and grabbed him. Her eyes showed concern, her tone was full of heartache, and the first thing she said was, “Wen Sui, does it hurt?”

No one had ever asked him that, nor had anyone insisted on dragging him home to apply medicine for such a minor injury. Wen Sui initially disagreed, but as soon as he spoke his refusal, Qin Yan got angry. “Your mouth is bleeding, how could it not hurt? And if you go back like this, how worried will Auntie be?”

Wen Sui’s heart was severely struck at that moment. Without even realizing it himself, he vaguely followed Qin Yan home and sat cross-legged on the living room floor, waiting for Qin Yan to get the first-aid kit to clean and wipe his wound and apply ointment. He watched Qin Yan busying herself, clumsily applying the medicine to him, and his heart, against his will, began to beat faster.

At that moment, he knew she was the one.

Wen Sui’s gaze softened. Qin Yan, as if sensing something, turned around. A faint smile played on her lips, “Wen Sui?”

Wen Sui abruptly awoke from his memories. He pursed his lips, finally making up his mind. He spoke softly, “Qin Yan, let’s break up.”

Qin Yan was stunned for a moment. Wen Sui smiled and said, “Haven’t you always been unable to let go of, or forget, that person in your heart? Let’s break up. Go pursue her, while you still have a chance, while you still have time.” Wen Sui pretended to be nonchalant and looked away, staring straight ahead. “Since you can’t forget Jiang Zhi, then try one last time.”

Qin Yan was momentarily lost in thought after hearing Jiang Zhi’s name. She suddenly felt a sense of ironic amusement. It was true that she wanted to snatch Jiang Zhi away so that Chu Yue would never forget her, but her heart had always belonged to Chu Yue, not Jiang Zhi. She couldn’t help but ask Wen Sui, “Why… do you think I like Jiang Zhi?”

Wen Sui lowered his eyes, looking at the distant child, and retorted, “Does that even need guessing? Every time Jiang Zhi comes to me with a question, she always looks at you a few times first, and you always look back at her and smile. You grew up together, you know each other inside out. You know better than anyone how Jiang Zhi’s academic performance is.”

“She’s thin-skinned and too embarrassed to come directly to you, so she uses liking me as a cover and an excuse, taking the opportunity to ask questions to quietly get close to you.” Wen Sui turned his head to look at Qin Yan. “It’s also hard for her, being so good at academics, yet having to pretend to be a bad student.”

Qin Yan didn’t know that Wen Sui had misunderstood the relationship between her and Jiang Zhi so deeply. She carefully sorted out her thoughts and was very certain that the person Jiang Zhi liked was Wen Sui. Qin Yan explained, “Wen Sui, you’ve misunderstood. Jiang Zhi and I are just ordinary friends. Actually, the person Jiang Zhi has always liked is n…”

Wen Sui motioned for her not to say anything more. He gave a bitter laugh. “Qin Yan, no matter what the final outcome is, no matter whether you succeed or not, I will wait for you. You will always hold the most important place in my heart.”

Yu Liuxue was stunned on the spot after hearing the system’s little report. She had always thought that only girls had strong imaginative capabilities, but she never expected boys to be equally competitive, even surpassing them. In just this short amount of time, the male lead had already conjured up an entire melodramatic epic of unrequited love, both physically and emotionally tormenting?

Later, when she heard that the male and female leads broke up, Yu Liuxue was heartbroken. Wasn’t this her mission? How could the male lead snatch her mission? Did he want her to live or not? Qin Yan, now single again, was no different from a fully revived Niohuru clan member in Yu Liuxue’s eyes. Yu Liuxue’s mouth tasted bitter. It was over, she was going to suffer.

{The Niohuru clan was a royal Manchu family in the Qing dynasty.

In memes, a “revived Niohuru clan member” = someone who’s had a dramatic glow-up, like a powerful empress making a comeback after a breakup.}

Qin Yan did not try to keep Wen Sui. Their relationship, where they mutually comforted each other’s emotional wounds, ended there. People always have to learn to grow up, just as Chu Yue would one day enter the halls of marriage with her childhood sweetheart. Qin Yan smiled silently and slowly found a seat.

The engagement ceremony wasn’t overly long, but even so, Yu Liuxue was exhausted. The thought of getting married in the future gave her a headache. However, to complete the supporting female character’s mission, she had to marry Chu Yue and seize Chu Yue’s assets, firmly holding her in her grasp, cutting off all of Qin Yan’s thoughts and desires, ensuring that Qin Yan would never achieve her wishes in this lifetime.

Qin Yan watched the entire time with a faint smile, showing no abnormalities, and even nonchalantly offered a few words of blessing. However, Yu Liuxue couldn’t let down her guard at all. She always felt that Qin Yan was about to unleash a big move.

Compared to the overly cautious Yu Liuxue, Chu Yue’s thoughts were much simpler—

Opposite, love rival, press F to attack.

After Qin Yan once again gained Chu Yue’s hostility +1, the smile in her eyes finally faded. She didn’t want to stay any longer and found an excuse to slowly disappear from Yu Liuxue’s sight. Chu Yue wrapped her arm around Yu Liuxue’s waist and whispered into her ear, “Zhizhi, from now on, you are mine.”

Yu Liuxue was tired all day. As for Chu Yue’s domineering declaration of ownership, she simply let it go in one ear and out the other. Yu Liuxue nodded perfunctorily, which Chu Yue immediately noticed. Chu Yue narrowed her eyes slightly, “Zhizhi, they say a spring night is worth a thousand gold…”

Yu Liuxue was tired enough from the engagement ceremony all day, but after being taken home by Chu Yue, she was tormented to half-death. She couldn’t help but sigh, “I’m too difficult.”

Chu Yue’s movements paused slightly. She frowned, realizing that things were not simple. After Chu Yue quickly deduced with her clever brain, she suddenly realized and caught the key point: Was Jiang Zhi dissatisfied with her service again? Impossible, she had been working hard on fitness and lifting weights recently.

It was fine when she didn’t get distracted thinking about these things, but as soon as she did, her wrists and arms immediately felt sore, as if her entire arm was about to give out. Chu Yue thought with a sense of despair, perhaps she was truly getting old, and in the future, she would only be able to rely on some small props to add to the fun.

When Yu Liuxue later watched Chu Yue pull open a large drawer full of items by the bed, she stared at those strange little gadgets and fell into contemplation. Just as the system kindly wanted to explain a few words to Chu Yue, Yu Liuxue spoke thoughtfully, “People with high IQs are just different.”

Under the system’s horrified gaze, Yu Liuxue showed a look of satisfaction, “This woman Chu Yue is just too damn likable?!”

System: “…” Sure enough, it shouldn’t have held any hope for the host’s purity.

Jiang Zhi was the most popular person in school. The news of her engagement to a promising young CEO quickly spread throughout the school. Students buzzed with discussion, asking around, trying to dig up more inside information and news. At the same time, Qin Yan and Wen Sui, not to be outdone, separately admitted that they had broken up. Everyone was so shocked that they dropped their snacks.

What kind of existence were Qin Yan and Wen Sui? They were the perfect couple in everyone’s eyes, like a match made in heaven. Their love was as sweet and beautiful as a romance novel. It was safe to say that even if the end of the world came, no one would have thought they would break up.

But now, they had unexpectedly proven many people wrong, breaking up without warning and becoming just friends.

No, Jiang Zhi just got engaged, and then you two broke up? What’s going on with you two? Did Wen Sui suddenly realize his true feelings, or did Qin Yan suddenly fall in love with the rival she had been secretly competing with for several years?

People couldn’t understand it, couldn’t figure it out, but that didn’t stop them from genuinely enjoying the gossip.

“I think this must be Wen Sui’s fault. I have a friend who is Jiang Zhi’s classmate. She told me that before Qin Yan and Wen Sui got together, Jiang Zhi already liked Wen Sui. And back then, when Wen Sui got into conflicts with boys from other grades, it was Jiang Zhi who stepped in to help him resolve them.”

Another girl gasped, covering her mouth in surprise, “Really? That’s too exciting! Could it be that Wen Sui, upon hearing that the admirer who had been obsessed with him suddenly got engaged, felt a mix of emotions and then suddenly realized that the person he truly loved all along was the Jiang Zhi he had overlooked? Qin Yan is so miserable then.”

“It’s not necessarily Wen Sui’s fault. Qin Yan might have unknowingly fallen for the woman who was stealing her boyfriend while battling wits with Jiang Zhi. Jiang Zhi is so beautiful; I think she and Qin Yan are a good match. Don’t you think so? When Jiang Zhi and Qin Yan stand together, the scene is really beautiful…”

Yu Liuxue had the expression of an old man on the subway looking at his phone. This matter was getting more and more outrageous. According to the tropes of melodramatic novels, if it continued like this, it would probably turn into Qin Yan and Wen Sui, these once intimate lovers, turning against each other and fighting over a mere outsider—Jiang Zhi.

Yu Liuxue was about to turn and leave when she heard the girls behind her say again, “I think you’re all wrong. It must be that Wen Sui and Qin Yan simultaneously realized they liked Jiang Zhi, and then this perfect couple turned against each other, competing for affection, unable to stand each other, and finally, being incompatible, they simply broke up.”

Yu Liuxue: “…” Here’s a pen, you be the screenwriter.

System: “…” As expected of the host.

Yu Liuxue felt she couldn’t listen anymore. Otherwise, given the imaginative power of the gossip-loving crowd in melodramatic novels, they might even fabricate stories about her and Qin Yan sleeping together. However, after walking a few steps, she saw Qin Yan, whom she hadn’t seen for several days. Qin Yan still had that bright, gentle, and enchanting look. With charming eyes, she smiled and walked towards her, “Little one.”

Hearing Qin Yan’s voice, the gossiping girls instinctively shut up and turned to look in their direction. Qin Yan walked up to Yu Liuxue in a few steps. She adjusted her long hair behind her ear and smiled, “Let’s walk together.”

“Long time no see, I missed you so much.”

Could Yu Liuxue refuse? No. In the eyes of the gossipers, being in the same frame meant showing affection, and making eye contact meant sleeping together. Yu Liuxue caught a glimpse of an excited expression on one girl’s face and immediately knew that she was probably beyond redemption now. She pursed her lips and resignedly replied, “Me too.”

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Qin Yan seemed to have just happened to pass by. After walking a short distance with Yu Liuxue, Qin Yan stopped and said, “Little one, I’ve arrived. I’ll go in now.”

Yu Liuxue was about to say “okay” when Qin Yan suddenly leaned in. She raised her beautiful hand and whispered, “Wait. Little one, your lipstick is smudged.”

Before Yu Liuxue could react, Qin Yan’s fingertip gently landed. She lightly wiped the full, cherry-red lips. After achieving her goal, she subtly hid her thumb. Sunlight filtered through the leaves and shone on Qin Yan, making her look like a beautiful fairy. Qin Yan smiled enchantingly, “There.”

“Little one, be careful.” With that, she walked away.

Yu Liuxue wandered aimlessly on the street for a while, not taking it seriously, until a kind passerby couldn’t stand it anymore and reminded her, “Um, Jiang Zhi, your lip corner…”

The person pointed to her lips. Yu Liuxue instinctively raised her hand and wiped, “???”

She quickly took out a mirror and, upon seeing her lips, looked utterly defeated. Qin Yan was truly cunning. She managed to make her look so ravaged with just a small gesture. According to victim Yu Moumou’s recollection: the perpetrator, who relied on her beauty to commit mischief, moved very lightly, so light it was like a feather brushing by, or a lover’s hand gently caressing. In short, she was careless.

Within half a day, the news of Qin Yan and Jiang Zhi entering the small forest together for “ghs” (getting hot and heavy) spread throughout the campus.

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Yu Liuxue was heartbroken and devastated. She suspected that her IQ had dropped so much because she had been with Chu Yue for too long. Now, not only had the instigator, Qin Yan, heard the news, but even Wen Sui, who was preparing for an internship interview, had heard about it.

A thought of “I knew it” immediately arose in Wen Sui’s mind. He smiled bitterly. If he had known this earlier, he shouldn’t have stolen her away and broken them up.

Later, even Chu Yue heard about it. Chu Yue’s face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot. She arrogantly and ostentatiously drove to school to pick up Yu Liuxue. Before driving even a kilometer, she pounced on Yu Liuxue and, taking advantage of the situation, severely punished her in the car. Yu Liuxue felt guilty. She pitifully hugged Chu Yue and, to save her life, had to act coquettishly, “Chuchu, listen to me, it’s not what you think. I’m innocent. Actually, nothing happened between Qin Yan and me.”

Chu Yue sneered. Before she caused trouble, she always called her “Chu Yue.” Now that she’s in trouble, she immediately changed to “Chuchu”?

Even Sichuan opera actors can’t change faces as quickly as her.

Yu Liuxue couldn’t understand why her unprecedented act of coquettish pleading for mercy only made Chu Yue more intense. Though she wasn’t much better when she didn’t bow her head and admit fault. Lying on the bed, watching Chu Yue devoutly pull out those strange gadgets, she suddenly had a Dadan idea, “System, what if I…”

Before she could finish, the system interrupted her, “No, host, you don’t want to.”

Yu Liuxue: “…”

Yu Liuxue suffered a mixed beating from the female lead and Chu Yue. As soon as her body recovered, Yu Liuxue, like a proud and spirited hen, ran back to school. She kept telling the system, “The female lead started this, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”

The system found it strange. This was the first time the host was so cowardly. Had the sun risen from the west?

After finally spotting Wen Sui, who had returned to school, and then seeing Qin Yan appear just behind Wen Sui, Yu Liuxue seized the opportunity and ran towards Wen Sui. A smile bloomed on her face, her long black straight hair shimmering with fine light in the sun. She joyfully called out, “Brother Wen Sui!”

Qin Yan stopped. Wen Sui… brother?

Wen Sui turned his head upon hearing her, only to see a look of panic on Yu Liuxue’s face. Then, she seemed to fall towards the ground like a bird with broken wings, flailing her limbs. He almost instinctively rushed towards Yu Liuxue. His mind was completely blank; it was purely out of a gentleman’s instinct to protect her.

However, his actions were a step too slow. Yu Liuxue tripped and fell to the ground. The skin on her knees, exposed by her short skirt, was immediately scraped raw by the rough ground. Tiny beads of blood instantly seeped out, and the wound on her knee became horrifyingly grotesque.

Despite this, Qin Yan’s expression darkened in that instant.

Wen Sui hadn’t expected Yu Liuxue to trip on flat ground. He strode over, knelt on one knee, his light brown eyes filled with worry and concern, “Are you okay?”

Yu Liuxue was in so much pain that tears almost gushed out. She thought, to get revenge on the female lead, the suffering she endured and the price she paid were truly too much. She was practically enduring the pain of love that she shouldn’t have at her age. Yu Liuxue’s eyes were red, and she sniffled, trying hard to act strong, “Brother Wen Sui, I’m fine.”

Her peripheral vision caught Qin Yan’s expression. Yu Liuxue was both cowardly and scared, yet she still pretended to be happily gazing at Wen Sui with tender affection, “Brother Wen Sui, thank you.”

Wen Sui slightly furrowed his brows. It seemed that ever since their breakup, Jiang Zhi no longer called him by his name directly. Instead, she softly added “gege” after his name. Wen Sui was a little dazed. Could it be that Jiang Zhi actually liked him, not Qin Yan?

Qin Yan walked over from behind with a faint expression. She half-knelt, took out a tissue, and gently wiped the blood and dirt from Yu Liuxue’s knee. She said with a helpless and pained look, “How can you be so careless? Little one, when will you learn to protect yourself properly?”

Wen Sui’s guess was instantly overturned. Impossible, they must like each other.

After speaking, Qin Yan tried to help Yu Liuxue up: “I’ll take you to get it bandaged…”

Just then, Chu Yue, who had received Yu Liuxue’s text message, rushed over. Her face darkened as soon as she saw the wound on Yu Liuxue’s knee and Qin Yan and Wen Sui huddled around Yu Liuxue as if for warmth. Wen Sui alone was one thing, but why was Qin Yan also here?

However, she didn’t have time to think. She strode towards Yu Liuxue, quickly took off her jacket, wrapped Yu Liuxue in it, and then carefully and gently held her in her arms. Her eyes were tender and pained, and her tone was gentle in a way even Chu Yue herself didn’t notice, “Zhizhi, it doesn’t hurt. I’ll take you to our mom’s hospital right away, I promise it won’t leave any scars…”

Qin Yan was half-kneeling on the ground, her gaze fixed on Chu Yue’s eyes. In that moment, she suddenly recognized reality.

After a self-deprecating, silent laugh, Qin Yan stood up and caught up to Chu Yue, reaching out to stop her. With a smile on her face, she took Yu Liuxue from Chu Yue’s arms and casually said, “Sister, Zhizhi fell so badly, her wound must be very painful now. There’s a clinic not far from here, I’ll take her there first for a simple bandage to stop the pain.”

Yu Liuxue, who was instantly G-keyed and snatched by Qin Yan: “…?!”

Oh no! The female lead and her beloved are fighting over me and have turned against each other, breaking off all ties!