Marrying the Short-Lived, Maniacal Eldest Miss for Good Fortune 103

Chapter 103

“Of course. You’re blocking my way!”

Lin Shuxing raised her eyebrows domineeringly and said righteously. Even though her eyes were tearful, it did not diminish her proud presence.

“Alright, I’m sorry.” Fang Yi replied crisply.

Her eyelashes lowered slightly, and her serious expression was almost pious, which made the young lady slightly stunned. Under her gentle gaze, she bit her lip.

She had wanted Fang Yi to bow her head, but when she had really apologized, she did not feel happy at all. Instead, it had turned into anxiety and unwillingness.

“But Star.” Fang Yi slowly spoke again.

“Don’t play with people’s feelings just because they like you.”

She said it very seriously. Although her gaze was still level, that little bit of gentleness slowly sank, becoming very heavy, and it pressed on the young lady until she could not breathe. Her fingertips unconsciously curled a little, and she was a little panicked.

But Lin Shuxing hated being lectured the most. That little bit of guilt quickly turned into a sharp thorn. She stared at Fang Yi unhappily and asked coldly, “What do you mean?”

Fang Yi looked at her steadily. “You are very beautiful and very smart. You know who to smile at, who to get close to, and how to make people’s hearts flutter.”

“To me, it doesn’t matter how you want to play.”

“But others are different. A casual move of yours might make others misunderstand, and their whole person will become very messy.”

Her voice was very soft, and only they could hear each other. She spoke calmly, as if she were an outsider.

“Does this make you happy?”

“Don’t let them misunderstand. Don’t let them be sad.”

Lin Shuxing bit her lip hard, her fingers tightly clutching the corner of her dress, her face pale. She didn’t like Fang Yi talking to her in this tone—so serious, so earnest, and it was as if what she was saying had nothing to do with her, and she was completely lecturing her from the perspective of an elder.

She finally felt a little genuinely aggrieved.

She couldn’t help but raise her thorns and retort, wishing she could pierce them both through and embrace each other bloodily. “Are you accusing me of being promiscuous?!”

“You know that’s not what I mean…” Fang Yi said.

“I don’t know!”

Lin Shuxing gritted her teeth, her voice even trembling a little. “What right do you have to control me?”

She had wanted to hear Fang Yi say, “Because I like you,” but Fang Yi had not.

The woman just lowered her eyelashes and looked at her calmly, as if she were looking down on a somewhat willful child.

Then she had turned and had left.

She was always like this, walking away indifferently, not leaving a single bit of attachment, as if she really didn’t care at all.

The young lady stood on the spot, feeling that she had walked so far in an instant, taking all the warmth of summer with her.

The tears that had been swirling in her eyes finally fell, without any warning, and a small rain fell.

In the past, her tears had been an invincible weapon. No matter what she was doing, Fang Yi would come back and hold her in her arms. But this time, she just bit her lip hard and was unwilling to make a sound. Her expression was very cold and hard, and she let her tears flow down quietly, proud and stubborn, as if she were a warrior defending her territory.

She hated Fang Yi to death!!

Her curled eyelashes were also stained with tears, like a wet butterfly wing, drooping fragilely. The tip of her nose was slightly red, and her whole person was soft and sharp.

Although she was still so imposing that no one dared to provoke her, this look of suppressing her emotions and being unwilling to cry out made people feel even more pity. The people around were startled, and after they had come to their senses, they had hurriedly gathered around to comfort her.

“Star, don’t cry. Here’s a tissue…”

“It’s better to cry it out. You’ll feel better after you cry it out. Don’t hold it in.”

“Who is that woman? So strange. Is she crazy!”

“…”

Tears overflowed from between her fingers. The young lady put down her hands and glared at that person. “Don’t scold her!”

She paused, and the more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. Her tears flowed even more fiercely, and she whimpered like an injured young beast, and finally made a little sound:

“Fang Yi, you’re crazy!!”

Fang Yi had already gone far.

After she had turned the corner, she had taken off her coat, had held this annoying thing in her arms, and had started to run.

She had not been so pathetic for a long time, but she did not dare to stop, for fear that once she stopped, she would not be able to help but look back. Heaven knows how much strength she had used to restrain her impulse.

Her fingers were pinched until they were broken, and threads of blood spread in her fingerprints, like a maze.

Is a fingerprint a closed loop? Will it forever trap someone in it?

Fang Yi didn’t know.

She had come in a hurry and had left in a panic. This whole day was like an absurd dream.

In the evening, she had received the photos from her junior.

What she had seen on the computer screen was clearer than on the camera. The young lady on the stage was smiling faintly, proud and pure. Her red hair was exceptionally magnificent against the magnolia flowers in front of her, like a blazing flame.

Fang Yi had insomnia again.

She had drawn the curtains and had looked up at the starry sky night after night, until her sleepiness had overcome her reason, and she had fallen into a deep sleep, leaning against the cold pillow.

The days that followed were exceptionally calm, like stagnant water without any ripples.

Duan Ruoxi no longer showed her the young lady’s recent situation. Their news was completely cut off, as if the summer dream had quietly shattered, and it was already autumn.

The little fox had given Fang Yi two tickets to a concert, hoping that she would come with Lin Shuxing. Fang Yi had not told her her current situation and had just said that she was too busy with work.

He Shuanghua was one of the few insiders, but she also knew that a person like Fang Yi would most likely not listen to advice.

Young people are always like this. Some things, they have to hit a wall everywhere and be beaten black and blue before they will understand. Before that, all empty words are just empty talk.

She was going to Yanjing.

The small Z City could not contain He Shuanghua’s ambition. She had wasted the first half of her life here. Now that she was not short of money or power, she had to pursue something higher.

Li Sinian had introduced her to Li Xianqing before, and their first impression of each other had been not bad.

Even though she had seen through He Shuanghua’s scheme in the car accident that day, Li Xianqing had not had any hard feelings. Instead, she had been so amused by her boldness that she had been overjoyed.

Politicians have no conscience, only interests and positions.

This was fully reflected in Li Xianqing.

She did not care about Li Duqiu’s loss, nor did she care about Li Sinian’s pain. She had sat outside the theater and had enjoyed this play with a good mood.

He Shuanghua had also not intended to hide it from Li Xianqing.

To state her value, to swear her future. As long as the other party was strong enough, she would be a loyal subject.

The first half of her life, which she had spent searching in the chaos, had finally paved a path to heaven for the future.

“I’ll be waiting for you in Yanjing, Fang Yi.”

“One day in the future, you will understand that what little love and affection is not important. It is just a necessary path for your growth.”

Wang Quan had held a farewell party for He Shuanghua with great fanfare. She probably knew about their love-hate relationship and had sighed endlessly, lamenting that she had really suffered a lot and had finally gotten her wish.

Wang Quan and He Shuanghua were both relatively emotional people. Although they were not close, this sincere friendship was still moving. They had chatted for a long time before she had left.

Fang Yi had seen Wang Quan hand He Shuanghua an envelope, but had not pointed it out.

This journey would be a long one. There was nothing to be sad about.

There are very few friends who walk the same path in life. To shuttle on different parallel lines, and to occasionally look at each other from a distance and say hello, is already very good.

It was unknown what Zong Heng had done at the meeting that day. The higher-ups had not forced them anymore, but the company had canceled all external publicity, and seemed to have tacitly agreed to the future ownership of the project.

From a certain day, armed guards had been added to the main gate, and the security system had been upgraded three times.

The company’s funds had become so abundant that it was outrageous. This newly started team had gradually grown its wings and had introduced many international top talents.

Zong Heng walked with a swagger. Even without wearing that dragon-patterned square seal, no one dared to defy her. Often, with a single order from her, the required equipment would appear in the lab the next day.

But at such a proud moment, the special small cakes for lunch break had disappeared.

Although the logistics had quickly replaced the afternoon tea with other big-name cake shops, it always felt that something was missing. For a time, the suggestion box was filled with several severe complaints, hoping to have the previous dessert master back.

The not-so-small public grievance had even caught Wang Quan’s attention. She would personally look at the suggestion slips regularly. This was not a small matter. It directly affected the employees’ happiness!

A certain French big shot had come at an inconvenient time. When he had come for an “exchange and inspection,” he had eaten the last day’s small cake. For a time, he had been amazed. Under Wang Quan’s enthusiastic invitation, he had immediately decided to join the company.

However, when he had officially flown over with the friends he had brought with him, he had only then learned that the small cake had already flown away.

Wang Quan had secretly pondered for a while and had felt that the reason Duan Ruoxi was not coming was probably because of the stiff relationship between Fang Yi and the Lin family.

This kind of thing as a mutual friend, like a child in a marriage, when the parents are fighting and getting a divorce, they are more panicked than anyone else. The demonic fate will repeatedly ask and hint before the cold war stops: Are you with your dad or your mom?

It was clear that Duan Ruoxi had been assigned to Lin Shuxing.

But she was originally an employee of the Lin family. This was very normal.

What’s normal? Wang Quan didn’t want normal. She wanted to talk about the law of the Wangs. The law of the Wangs was that her surname was Wang. No matter what she wanted to do, she should be able to solve it with her money power!

“Please! Boss, go and ask them what conditions they want to let Duan Ruoxi out.”

“The stomach is more important than face. Don’t you know that our international friend has not eaten since he got on the plane, just to eat the cake? Save her!”

“No matter what conditions the Lin family sets, we will offer double! We have plenty of money!”

“Or you can get back together. Don’t look at that broken photo every day. Isn’t a real person better than—mmm.”

The talkative big boss was happily thrown out of the office.

Fang Yi had changed the door lock permission inside. Wang Quan had squatted at the door and had scratched the glass. From time to time, she would pull down a gap in the blinds and had stared at Fang Yi with a loving look.

When Fang Yi was resting, she would knock on the glass, breathe on it, and write on the mist with her finger: Go and apologize. Go and get back together. Stop pretending.

So persistent, she would randomly appear outside the glass at twelve o’clock at night, like a sunny and cheerful top-level resentful spirit.

As Fang Yi’s unofficial best friend, she had long seen that this person, Fang Yi, was being stubborn.

It was just that Duan Ruoxi was not here, and Lin Shuxing still hadn’t unblocked her. Now there was completely no way out. She needed a little external stimulation to make her close her eyes and take a step down.

This bottomless cliff could actually be reached with a light leap!

At the shareholder meeting, Lin Shuxing had mentioned Fang Yi several times, both openly and secretly. Although she had asked in a roundabout way, Wang Quan was very smart. With a single look from the young lady, she knew what she really wanted to ask.

In the past, Wang Quan had still felt that the two of them were a model couple. Now, it seemed that it was just a delayed rebellious phase.

What’s wrong with apologizing? This is your wife!

Faced with Wang Quan’s earnest advice, Fang Yi only had a low, “I’ve already apologized.”

“And then? She didn’t agree, or she pushed her luck?”

Fang Yi was silent again. Wang Quan was so anxious she was spinning in circles, and her mind couldn’t help but conjure up something like a prestigious family’s live-in son-in-law being humiliated… sigh, she couldn’t let her good friend be so wronged!

So Wang Quan had changed her words again. “Then forget it. I’ve long seen that none of the Lin family are good people!”

Fang Yi buried her head in the code. “Don’t say that.”

Wang Quan: “…”

What on earth do you little couple want to do?

In fact, Fang Yi had privately asked Duan Ruoxi. Every time, she had said that Lin Shuxing was very good and healthy, and had told Fang Yi not to worry.

Duan Ruoxi was unwilling to say more. Fang Yi had a faint sense of unease, as if the bond between them was getting weaker and weaker.

But wasn’t this also what she had hoped for?

She would complete Genesis as soon as possible and give the unique snowy mountain to Lin Shuxing.

The young lady’s wish would be fulfilled, and she would no longer be in debt with points, for fear that one day she would die silently.

The surplus points could also be exchanged for something like a ten-thousand-year-old ginseng snow lotus. It was said to be a treasure that could bring the dead back to life. Although it was a little expensive, a single root would cost five or six thousand, which was equivalent to the hundreds of lives she had owed from dying over and over again at the beginning.

She would give it back to her, all of it.

They would all get complete freedom.

She had completely abandoned her personal emotions, hoping that she would operate like a machine or a model.

This peaceful life had continued until one day, when she was chatting with He Shuanghua, and the other party had unintentionally asked how Duan Ruoxi was doing recently.

Only then had Fang Yi learned that the younger sister that Duan Ruoxi had been so concerned about had disappeared along with the small cake.

It was a car accident. The perpetrator had been drunk driving. When he had seen that he had hit someone, his first reaction had been to silence them. He had started the car again and had driven away. He had only gone to surrender the next day after he had sobered up.

“Drunk driving and a normal sentence are two different standards. There must be someone behind this scumbag. Surrendering can reduce the sentence, and if you show a good attitude of admitting your mistake, the sentence will be even lighter.”

“Later, it was an out-of-court settlement. Their guardian accepted a huge amount of compensation.”

He Shuanghua had paused and had asked in confusion, “Didn’t Duan Ruoxi tell you?”

She and Duan Ruoxi had only met by chance through Fang Yi. No matter how you looked at it, there was no reason for them to deliberately hide it from Fang Yi, right?

Fang Yi’s voice sounded very stiff, and she asked, “And then? How was it handled?”

“The culprit is the son of a real estate tycoon in the city next door. This case is very difficult to fight. I was originally preparing to fly back to take it on personally. Duan Ruoxi did not accept the settlement and hoped to snatch the guardianship from her aunt.”

“The Lin family should have also intervened. Later, for some reason, Duan Ruoxi gave up.”

He Shuanghua let out a heavy sigh.

In this sigh, Fang Yi had a very bad premonition.

Duan Ruoxi loved her younger sister very much. The only possibility that she would give up pursuing legal responsibility was that she wanted to kill that person herself.

But why hide this from her?

Thinking of Duan Ruoxi’s calm response during this period, Fang Yi immediately got up and rushed to the Lin family’s house.

The butler had blocked Fang Yi at the door with great difficulty. Instead, a graceful back appeared, dangling that white jade pipe, and gently pointed at Fang Yi.

“Come in. You’ll find out sooner or later.”

“It’s strange that you’ve come so late,” Shui Wuding said with a mocking and frivolous look.

The two of them had not seen each other for a long time and still disliked each other.

Fang Yi vaguely felt that the yin energy on Shui Wuding was getting heavier. She simply did not hide that pair of strange vertical pupils and just looked at people with a smile.

Shui Wuding walked in front and led the way for Fang Yi.

“Let me tell you first. She’s willing. Don’t make a rash accusation.”

“Duan Ruoxi hopes to take revenge with her own hands, and she also feels that she owes the Lin family. So she proposed to transfer this half-box of fate to Lin Shuxing. Although it’s broken, it’s at least of high purity. It shouldn’t be a problem to live a few more years.”

Shui Wuding was wearing a dark green qipao. When she walked gracefully, she was like a snake winding through an ancient long corridor, floating in the dust of the years with those antiques of unknown age.

Fang Yi’s throat was dry and sore. After waiting for a long time and not seeing any follow-up, she finally and slowly said, “What do you mean?”

Shui Wuding turned her head to look at her. Actually, she probably knew, but she was emotionally unwilling to accept it. Many people would deceive themselves and escape like this.

“I said you were smart, but I wasn’t completely right,” Shui Wuding laughed.

“Yes, it’s an evil art,” she said nonchalantly. “When Duan Ruoxi’s wish is fulfilled, and she no longer wants to live, she’s preparing to do a good deed without an equivalent exchange.”

The lottery was just a pretext. In fact, although Duan Ruoxi’s fate was also special, she was at most half a bottle of water. She could quench her thirst, but she could not cure the root cause.

She cultivated the divine way and did not do those things that were against the heavens. But now, Duan Ruoxi was bent on seeking death. When her obsession was gone, her three souls and seven spirits would not be left much. She might as well sacrifice them to Lin Shuxing through a special method.

This was also Duan Ruoxi’s own request.

Neither Lin Shuxing nor Fang Yi knew.

“Lin Lan said she could help her solve it, but she was unwilling,” Shui Wuding stood in front of a wooden door and spread her hands. “We’ve done what we can. She has a knot in her heart that can’t be untied.”

“She has no family, no friends. You can just go in and talk to her.”

Shui Wuding knocked on the door, and soon, a calm to the point of being bizarre voice came from inside, faintly, “Please come in.”

Fang Yi pushed the door open and saw Duan Ruoxi sitting on the sofa, her body half in the warm light and half hidden in the darkness. A dark blue cashmere blanket was draped over her shoulders, and she pulled it a little tighter as if she were cold.

“Ah, it’s you, Little Yi.”

The woman forced a smile at her. “Why are you here?”

Fang Yi walked closer and saw that she was holding a gun in her hand, which was hidden under the blanket. The dark and cold iron shell had been polished to a shine, reflecting her pale and sharp chin.

She seemed not to want Fang Yi to see her like this and shrank back a little. The little bit of a murderous outline was then completely dispersed in the dim room.

Fang Yi sat down by her side and patted her shoulder very stiffly.

She should have comforted her, but she really didn’t know what to say. In the face of silent pain, words were too pale.

The two of them fell into a silence.

Fang Yi pinched her fingertips in a dilemma and secretly glanced at Duan Ruoxi out of the corner of her eye, her throat rolling.

Before she could speak, Duan Ruoxi gently raised her eyes. “Don’t persuade me, Little Yi.”

Fang Yi lowered her gaze, and then pressed her nose. After a long while, she said, “Can you not die?”

“I’ll find a way for Lin Shuxing’s illness. I already have an idea. Let’s do it another way.”

“However you want to take revenge, I’ll help you. But don’t risk your own life.”

She looked up and met Duan Ruoxi’s gaze, and repeated, “Don’t die, okay?”

This was so straightforward it was a little unreasonable.

But she also had very few friends.

If Duan Ruoxi was gone, there would be no one to teach her how to make delicious desserts anymore.