The Awakened Cannon Fodder Beauty [Quick Transmigration] 67p1

Chapter 67p1: The Vicious Supporting Female Character in a Romance Novel (20)

◎A wave of disappointment welled up in Gu Lanqiu’s heart◎

Jiang Mengyu handed the chopsticks to Gu Lanqiu. Hearing her words, the expression on her face did not change. “She knows.”

Gu Lanqiu: “…What?”

She actually already had a guess in her heart. This sentence was just subconsciously asked.

“She was also at the bar that night.”

Jiang Mengyu did not specify which night, but Gu Lanqiu had only been caught twice in total. It was estimated that it was one of these two times that Zhou Xinying had seen her.

“And then?”

No wonder Jiang Mengyu would agree to meet with Zhou Xinying.

Gu Lanqiu’s gaze fell on Jiang Mengyu’s neck. Those love bites were almost completely hidden. Zhou Xinying should not have seen them.

Gu Lanqiu did not pay too much attention.

She did not know that what Zhou Xinying had seen that night was the scene of the two of them kissing, and had even been flustered because of it.

“She used this matter to threaten you?”

Jiang Mengyu nodded. “Mmm.”

Gu Lanqiu’s face was a little cold. She knew that Jiang Mengyu could solve this matter herself, and Zhou Xinying’s threat would not have much of an impact on her, but Gu Lanqiu was still very unhappy in her heart.

Jiang Mengyu was her person. When was it others’ turn to bully her?

Zhou Xiang was still too irresponsible.

He only knew how to be busy with work and did not care about his own daughter.

“What did she want you to do?”

Gu Lanqiu thought of how Jiang Mengyu had just helped Zhou Xinying not long ago, but Zhou Xinying had in turn used this matter to threaten her. Wasn’t this repaying kindness with enmity?

She selectively forgot about the things that the vicious supporting female character had done to bully the female lead before.

“Nothing,” Jiang Mengyu said casually.

“She wanted me to apologize to her.”

Apologize?

Gu Lanqiu had a feeling that it was not that simple.

But Jiang Mengyu’s expression was too open. If she really wanted to lie to her, she could have not told her about this matter. The suspicion in her heart flashed and was quickly suppressed by Gu Lanqiu.

“Don’t bother with her,” Gu Lanqiu’s tone was indifferent.

If Zhou Xinying threatened Jiang Mengyu, it was also threatening her.

If this matter were to be exposed, not only would Jiang Mengyu be scolded, but Gu Lanqiu’s reputation would also be affected.

It wasn’t that Gu Lanqiu didn’t know the consequences, but she didn’t care. From the day she had decided to be with Jiang Mengyu, she had already considered that such a situation would happen.

She just hadn’t expected that the first person to expose this matter would actually be Zhou Xinying.

However, thinking of Zhou Xinying’s various behaviors in the past, Gu Lanqiu did not feel surprised anymore.

“Mmm,” Jiang Mengyu placed a piece of pork rib in Gu Lanqiu’s bowl. “Eat this.”

[Don’t let unimportant people occupy our time.]

Hearing these words, the last bit of suspicion in Gu Lanqiu’s heart also disappeared.

Jiang Mengyu didn’t care about Zhou Xinying, so that was good.

She picked up the pork rib that Jiang Mengyu had placed in her bowl. Just as she took a bite, she suddenly heard Jiang Mengyu’s next thought.

[Lanqiu really loves to eat pork ribs.]

Gu Lanqiu looked down at her bowl and took out the piece of pork rib.

Jiang Mengyu seemed to be stunned for a moment. “What’s wrong?”

“I don’t like to eat pork ribs,” Gu Lanqiu’s face was unchanged.

Jiang Mengyu tilted her head. “But…”

“There are no buts,” Gu Lanqiu knew what she wanted to say. She interrupted her first.

“You just need to remember this.”

Jiang Mengyu: “…Okay.”

[Lanqiu seems to be different from before.]

Gu Lanqiu knew that the “before” she was referring to was her previous life.

She lowered her eyes and let out a light breath. It didn’t matter. Wasn’t it just giving up a dish she liked? Anyway, she didn’t have a strong appetite. She could just endure it.

What was more important now was to make Jiang Mengyu realize that she was not the same as that person.

After eating, it was already not early.

“Do you still have to work in the afternoon?” Jiang Mengyu asked.

Gu Lanqiu’s waist and legs both ached. Her expression was weary. “Do you have any plans?”

“No plans.”

Jiang Mengyu’s eyes were calm as she looked at Gu Lanqiu, her tone serious. “I just want to be with you.”

The corners of Gu Lanqiu’s lips curled up imperceptibly. Before Jiang Mengyu could discover it, they quickly returned to calm. “Just this?”

Hearing her tone, it was as if she were unwilling.

Jiang Mengyu slowly leaned over and wrapped her arm around Gu Lanqiu’s waist, her voice soft and gentle. “Lanqiu.”

A warm breath fanned against the side of Gu Lanqiu’s ear, stirring up an itch. “Is that not okay?”

It wasn’t that it wasn’t okay.

Gu Lanqiu suddenly remembered something. She reached out and pushed Jiang Mengyu away. Under Jiang Mengyu’s gaze, she stood up and walked toward the desk, picked up two invitation letters from the desk, and turned to hand them to Jiang Mengyu.

“A charity auction?”

Jiang Mengyu took it and looked at it. She always felt that the theme of this auction was a little familiar.

“Do you want to go and take a look?”

Gu Lanqiu observed Jiang Mengyu’s reaction. “I remember you seem to have also donated a painting?”

There was not a single flaw on Jiang Mengyu’s face. It was impossible to tell that she had long forgotten about this matter. “Mmm.”

She looked up at Gu Lanqiu. “Are you going too?”

Gu Lanqiu retorted, “Who else do you want to go with?”

Jiang Mengyu put down the invitation letter, stood up, and hugged Gu Lanqiu again. “There’s no one else.”

“I just want to be with you.”

“Lanqiu.”

This time, Gu Lanqiu did not push her away again. Feeling the light kisses on the side of her face, her mood seemed to have improved a lot.

Jiang Mengyu had definitely not attended an auction with her in her previous life. After all, at that time, she couldn’t even walk.

So this was a memory that belonged exclusively to her and Jiang Mengyu.

[Ding! Mission target Gu Lanqiu’s favorability +2. Current total favorability: 229.]

A gentle kiss moved from her cheek to her lips.

Jiang Mengyu’s long lashes were half-closed. The afternoon sun was just right. Half of her face was bathed in a golden light, her skin as if it were transparent.

This scene entered Gu Lanqiu’s eyes. She suddenly really wanted to keep it.

“The painting you drew two days ago,” Gu Lanqiu said softly. “Is it finished?”

“It’s almost done,” Jiang Mengyu raised her hand and brushed away Gu Lanqiu’s long hair, her thumb casually pinching her earlobe. “What’s wrong?”

“Why didn’t you continue to paint?”

Jiang Mengyu: “I thought you didn’t like it.”

Gu Lanqiu confirmed that she had not said anything like she didn’t like it. “Finish it.”

Her tone was forceful and not to be refused.

That was the first painting that Jiang Mengyu had drawn for her. Before this, Jiang Mengyu had never drawn a portrait.

Gu Lanqiu thought, but in her mind, another thought inevitably appeared.

Had Jiang Mengyu drawn a portrait for her in her previous life?

Just as she was thinking this, she heard Jiang Mengyu say in her ear, “I don’t remember very clearly.”

Huh?

Looking at the doubt in Gu Lanqiu’s eyes, Jiang Mengyu blinked. “There are some details that I’ve forgotten.”

As she spoke, the hand that was pinching Gu Lanqiu’s earlobe moved to the back of her neck, with a hint of suggestion.

Jiang Mengyu said in a low voice, “Lanqiu, why don’t you help me recall?”

Gu Lanqiu understood.

She was impassive, as if she were asking casually, “You haven’t painted before?”

Jiang Mengyu: “No.”

She looked at Gu Lanqiu with her dark eyes, the expression in their depths exceptionally serious. “Only you.”

Hearing this, Gu Lanqiu’s heart immediately relaxed, and her body also relaxed.

She lowered her eyes and pretended to be thinking. After a few seconds, she nodded reservedly. “Fine.”

A smile finally appeared in Jiang Mengyu’s eyes. She leaned forward and kissed the corner of Gu Lanqiu’s lips, her voice a little slurred. “Lanqiu, you’re so cute.”

Cute?

Gu Lanqiu considered herself not to be associated with this word, but Jiang Mengyu seemed to like it very much. Gu Lanqiu pursed her lips and, in the end, did not say anything.

She was silent, but she let Jiang Mengyu press the back of her neck and take her breath with her lips. Even when she was out of breath, she just pushed Jiang Mengyu’s shoulder impatiently.

Jiang Mengyu looked at Gu Lanqiu’s flushed cheeks and felt that the other party was like a ragdoll cat. She had to be coaxed along with her fur to barely show her soft side.

She pulled away a little. Gu Lanqiu still hadn’t come back to her senses, her lips parted as she panted heavily.

“Lanqiu, I still have some paintings in my previous apartment that I haven’t packed. When you have time, can you go with me?”

Gu Lanqiu was instantly sober.

The apartment that Jiang Mengyu had before was bought by Xu Zeyan. She remembered it very clearly. At that time, Xu Zeyan had even asked her for money.

She sized up Jiang Mengyu’s expression. Seeing that there was no look of nostalgia on her face, and that the only figure reflected in her eyes was her own, Gu Lanqiu finally felt at ease.

Unlike Zhou Xinying, Xu Zeyan had really had a relationship with Jiang Mengyu. Although Jiang Mengyu had most likely not given him her true feelings, he had occupied that title after all.

Gu Lanqiu knitted her brows, but then she thought, if it weren’t for Xu Zeyan, perhaps she would never have met Jiang Mengyu.

She let out a light breath. “When do you want to go?”

Jiang Mengyu wanted to move all her things away. Was she planning to completely say goodbye to the past?

“Whenever,” Jiang Mengyu said. “Whenever it’s convenient for you.”

Actually, there was no need for Gu Lanqiu to accompany her to pack things. After all, Gu Lanqiu couldn’t help much. But the clingy attitude that Jiang Mengyu showed made Gu Lanqiu very satisfied.

“Let’s go and take a look first.”

After first confirming how many things there were to pack, she would then have Secretary Zhao find someone to move them away.

“Then let’s go and take a look in the afternoon?”

“Mmm.”

Gu Lanqiu agreed.

…

Just as Jiang Mengyu and Gu Lanqiu were being intimate, Zhou Xinying also encountered a little trouble.

She set her phone to silent with a blank expression.

The next second, a new call popped up. Zhou Xinying rejected it without hesitation.

The calls were all from Xu Zeyan.

Ever since she had confirmed that Jiang Mengyu was really not interested in Xu Zeyan, Zhou Xinying had also lost her patience with him.

Before, she could still endure the disgust and be perfunctory with him. Now, she didn’t even want to answer his calls.

She put away her phone. Thinking of the negotiation with Jiang Mengyu just now, Zhou Xinying instantly threw Xu Zeyan to the back of her mind.

All she was thinking about now was how to make Jiang Mengyu compromise.

At the same time, in the hospital.

Xu Zeyan was so angry he fiercely threw his phone.

The nurse was already used to it. This young master loved to throw his phone when he was angry. This was not the first time.

Xu Zeyan did not notice his gaze. He was clenching his fists in an incompetent rage.

What was wrong with these two?

Did they think he was already dead?

Jiang Mengyu was one thing, going crazy for no reason, beating him into the hospital, and even looking like she wanted to kill him.

To this day, Xu Zeyan still did not know why Jiang Mengyu’s attitude toward him had changed so drastically.

Clearly, they had been very loving and sweet before.

However, Jiang Mengyu’s out-of-control appearance that day had really scared him. No matter how dissatisfied Xu Zeyan was in his heart, he did not dare to find trouble with her again.

But what was wrong with Zhou Xinying?

In Xu Zeyan’s eyes, Zhou Xinying was still the pitiful little white flower who could only live with his help and regarded him as the only salvation in her life.

He hadn’t expected Zhou Xinying to not answer his calls.

The first two times, he had thought that Zhou Xinying had had another accident. But when he couldn’t get through to her every time he called, Xu Zeyan knew that Zhou Xinying was doing it on purpose.

How dare she?!

Xu Zeyan was so angry his chest began to hurt again.

“Mr. Xu, please don’t…” the nurse persuaded in a small voice.

“Get out!”

“Okay.”

The nurse quickly left, leaving only Xu Zeyan to rage in the hospital room.

After a bout of venting, Xu Zeyan calmed down and thought again. Perhaps it was because he had been in the hospital for too long and was not well-informed.

Gu Lanqiu also seemed to have deliberately hidden it from him. To this day, he still did not know where Jiang Mengyu had gone.

At this thought, Xu Zeyan suddenly couldn’t sit still.

No, he had to be discharged today.

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