The Female Lead Wants Me to Take My Medicine [Quick Transmigration] 67

Chapter 67: Online Dating a Bad Beta 20

Xi Congshuang asked, “Do you want to hear?”

She did not give Tan Yicheng a chance to refuse and continued to speak as she recalled.

“Then my parents came home. They had attended a banquet on behalf of their respective companies and had successfully signed a contract in the lounge.”

“When they were about to go back, they remembered that they would pass by my place, and on a whim, they both came to see me.”

It was also because Tan Yicheng was restricted by this posture and could not see Xi Congshuang’s eyes. Otherwise, she would have found that her expression was definitely not one of nostalgia.

“That’s it?” Tan Yicheng asked.

She did not find it strange. When she was young and her mother was at work, she would always run to the neighbor’s house and sit in a row with the neighbor’s child on a stool, being fed one spoonful of rice at a time by the neighbor’s mother like a little bird.

At night, she would even sleep at her house and be carried back to her own home by her mother who had gotten off work. The next morning, she would rub her eyes and see her mother off to work.

Her previous life was not good. The living resources were scarce, and it was a world of difference compared to now.

But many things could not be measured by value. The more you compared, the greater the gap, and the more unacceptable it was. She would occasionally have the thought that it would be good to go back to her ignorant childhood, at least she still had her mother.

This time, Xi Congshuang was silent for a little too long. Tan Yicheng moved, but was held even tighter by the hands behind her back. She stiffened and belatedly felt a hint of dependence from this action.

Her dizzy brain belatedly began to operate. She thought about what Xi Congshuang had just said again and only then reacted—if she were really happy, would she use such words to describe her parents?

“Passing by,” “on a whim,” no matter how you looked at it, they were not adjectives that would be used for people who lived together for a long time.

Besides, how old could a child who liked to be held be?

When she was in elementary school, she could be carried home by her mother when she fell asleep at the neighbor’s house. She couldn’t be older than her and still ask for a hug, right?

Tan Yicheng slowly raised a hand, and like when she was held by her mother, she gently patted her back to comfort her. She didn’t know if it would work, but it was quite effective on her.

“…”

Xi Congshuang was like a robot that had been activated. The silent person let out a light laugh and spoke again, “The couple who were immersed in their success walked into the children’s room with the scent of champagne, which symbolized victory.”

“The good news is, I wasn’t asleep. I was listening to the nanny read a storybook.”

“The bad news is, this was the first time they had seen me being held by the nanny and read a storybook. This was a treatment they had never had.”

Tan Yicheng always felt that it was strange. “Then they snatched you over? Flew into a rage and fired the nanny?”

She muttered to herself, If they did that, is this a child or an object?

Xi Congshuang: “Not really. They grew up in a privileged environment and cared most about etiquette and upbringing. How could they get angry so easily?”

“They just had the nanny carry me over. That day, my mother was wearing a diamond-studded evening gown, and there was a wheat-ear pearl brooch on the collar of her suit, which was just pressing on my face.”

“I had just recovered from a high fever those few days, and my whole body was still sore, so I was unwilling to be held and kept crying.”

From this sentence, Tan Yicheng already felt that it was incredible.

As expected, she heard Xi Congshuang say again, “Then I was handed over to my father. He had been drinking that day, and because he was not skilled in the posture, he used a bit too much force. I was unwilling again and cried again.”

“The nanny stood on the side with a difficult expression, wanting to go forward and guide her employer on how to hold me but didn’t dare. In the end, the thing she least wanted to happen still happened. They thought that it was the nanny’s indulgence that had made me develop such a weak and crybaby personality, and then they set a series of rules.”

The hands behind her loosened. Tan Yicheng, who was used to Xi Congshuang’s body temperature and comfortable posture, subconsciously felt a sense of emptiness and inexplicable loss.

She almost wanted to raise her hand to pull Xi Congshuang’s hand, but she managed to react and forcibly pulled her hand back.

Then she thought again, If an adult like her is so attached, what about a child?

“No unnecessary physical contact with the young miss, no meaningless words with the young miss, no indulging the young miss in pleasure. She is different from you. She is the heir who will inherit everything we own in the future. Your previous style will encourage her weakness and needs to be changed.”

When Xi Congshuang spoke, her tone did not change much. The proficiency in her retelling showed that she remembered it very deeply.

Tan Yicheng: “…” What arrogance.

The child who had been forcibly classified was thrown back to her original position. What would the person who took care of her think of this child, who was not at fault but was closely related to her?

Abuse was unlikely, but polite distance was certain. No one would go to the trouble of pitying a child who had more than them, and risk losing their salary to do unnecessary things.

Her forehead was tapped by a fingertip. Tan Yicheng heard Xi Congshuang say, “Actually, I was lying to you.”

“You said this is…” Tan Yicheng turned to look and was stunned.

She didn’t know if it was the hazy moonlight or if there was something wrong with Tan Yicheng’s eyes. Tonight’s Xi Congshuang was exceptionally gentle, as if she had personally torn off the thick cocoon on her body and had walked out of it.

Xi Congshuang spread her hands, her eyes smiling. “The above, actually, was all made up by me. In fact, my life experience is the same as what you’ve found.”

Tan Yicheng’s heart tightened. How did she know that she had already checked everything she could?

Xi Congshuang did not seem to care and instead repeated everything she had found. “Both parents are alive. The father is a weak A and was diagnosed as having difficulty having children. Who knew that a surprise came in middle age, and he had a child with his omega wife.”

This was the stumbling block script that the world consciousness had given to the grassroots marshal. It had originally wanted her life to be full of ups and downs, a desperate struggle for survival.

Who knew that the stumbling block was so stubborn and huge that it had tripped the heroine? The great marshal had become the head of a space pirate, and only then had she come to her senses and had been replaced by Xi Congshuang.

But there was one thing Xi Congshuang did not say, and Tan Yicheng could not find out. If it weren’t for Xi Congshuang’s birth, the heir of that couple would have been the old CEO’s half-brother, Xi Lianghan.

So in Xi Lianghan’s eyes, Xi Congshuang was also a huge stumbling block.

“…”

Tan Yicheng was a little dizzy. She had a gut feeling that this might not be a lie. The other party’s tone when she was narrating did not seem fake.

But what she had said later was indeed what Tan Yicheng had personally found, and there was also Mrs. Xi’s previous account to prove that all of this was true.

Every photo of her and her child, they were either holding hands or arm in arm, their posture intimate, not like someone who would say the things described above.

She had had few entertainment options when she was young, and when she grew up, she was busy with her studies. She seemed to have learned to date online but was actually a low-level surfer. She was better at piloting a mecha than playing games.

So she began to suspect that there was something wrong with Xi Congshuang’s brain, not in a derogatory sense.

As far as she knew, each personality of a split personality had a rough time of appearance, and each personality had its own life experience, skills, and gender. Not to mention splitting into an alpha, beta, or omega personality, it was not impossible to even split into a personality that thought its gender was an aircraft.

If she had surfed more and watched more StarNet TV series, she might have been able to ask the other party which planet or era she had transmigrated from, instead of suspecting if the other party really had a split personality.

Instead, she suspected that the main personality was a personality that fantasized about being an omega. Later, for some reason, she had gradually become unwilling to appear, and the second personality had taken over all the affairs of the main personality.

Perhaps that was really the life she had experienced.

Tan Yicheng’s gaze towards Xi Congshuang instantly changed, filled with infinite care for a terminally ill patient, not knowing that this thought itself was a huge mistake.

But it was very lucky that the process was all wrong, but the result was right.

Xi Congshuang did not know that in Tan Yicheng’s eyes, she had already evolved to the stage of having a bit of a problem with her brain. She just had a gut feeling that the way the other party was looking at her was not like looking at a normal person.

She turned around and reached out her hand. “Do you want to dance? Before the ball is over.”

“?” Tan Yicheng raised her hand and pointed to herself. “Dance? Me?”

The figure, who was covered in moonlight, hooked her hand, luring the other party to place her hand in her palm, but she said, “So you’re not unwilling to invite an omega to dance. Is it that you don’t know how to dance?”

The cold mecha department student, who had never invited any omega to dance, was exposed. Tan Yicheng’s ears instantly turned red. “How did you know?”

Since Tan Yicheng had enrolled, she had never invited anyone to dance, nor had she ever agreed to anyone’s dance.

The few omegas at the ball just now were actually students who had enrolled at the same time as her. They all knew her and were also curious as to why she had taken a leave of absence midway. When they couldn’t get an answer, they had to talk about the record of never having danced with anyone, which had never been broken.

For a moment, the omegas’ competitive spirit was ignited, and they made a bet on who would be the first to break the record.

The omegas had thought that Tan Yicheng was pure and cold and did not like to dance with people, but they had never thought that it was actually because she did not know how to dance.

Tan Yicheng had also never thought that the first person to discover her long-hidden secret would actually be Xi Congshuang.

“You don’t want to be at a loss when you’re invited to dance by an omega at a banquet in the future, right?” The teasing person’s smile became more obvious. “How about I teach you?”

Tan Yicheng sat on the spot, her hands on the bench. It took a lot of effort for her to resist not putting her hand on it.

She just stared at Xi Congshuang without speaking, as if she were firmly refusing, but her eyes betrayed her.

I’ve accidentally angered her. She wasn’t angry even when her gland was touched, but she’s sulking because she was exposed for not knowing how to dance… a bit cute.

The person, who was covered in moonlight, approached her, bent down gracefully, and reached out her hand. “Miss Tan, I wonder if I have the honor of inviting you to dance.”

Tan Yicheng answered in a muffled voice, “You know, I don’t know how to dance.”

Xi Congshuang translated it on her own and did not find any refusal in it. She answered, “Then I wonder if Miss Tan is willing to let me teach you. I’ve learned a little and won’t mislead you.”

With the sound of the music from the banquet hall in the distance, Tan Yicheng placed her hand in Xi Congshuang’s palm and was slowly held.

Following the pulling force, she stood up. With their joined hands as a bridge, the two figures under the moon slowly approached, their shadows gradually merging into one, inseparable.

Tan Yicheng looked at the hand that was being held, then at the other empty hand, not knowing how to place it. She tried to recall the scene she had seen on the dance floor, but all she could remember was the memory of being recited to in a self-deceiving way. She had no memory of the dance floor at all.

She only remembered that they had gotten close to each other, and then they had spun and spun, constantly spinning, making one’s eyes dizzy, and then the music had stopped, and the dancers had all dispersed.

From beginning to end, Tan Yicheng had not dared to look for more than a few glances before she was asked if she wanted to dance.

She had grown up in a slum since she was young, and many of her skills were self-taught. If you asked her to repair a robot, arrange the wiring in the house, or where to hit someone the most painfully, she was an expert.

If you asked her how to dance, she didn’t even know if the first step was with her left or right foot. Before, she had always comforted herself that everyone had something they were not good at. After all, learning to waltz would not fill her stomach.

Receiving Tan Yicheng’s signal for help, Xi Congshuang grabbed her other hand and guided it to her shoulder. Her other hand wrapped around her lower back, and with a slight force, she made her dance partner move a little closer to her.

“About this distance, one hand joined, the other on the shoulder, and start with the right foot.” Xi Congshuang corrected her posture as she spoke.

After roughly arranging the woman, who was like a steel frame, into a roughly acceptable posture, with the sound of the music again, the two, whose shadows were almost entangled, finally began to move.

Xi Congshuang had also never thought that she would have the patience to teach someone to dance, like a gentle and extremely patient kindergarten teacher, constantly reciting the beat.

Tan Yicheng, who was being led in the dance, could no longer hear the melodious music in the distance. Her proud hearing had lost most of its function, and she could only hear the voice not far from her ear.

“Right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot, then turn, and again.”

But Tan Yicheng, who was a quick learner in everything, had encountered a major Waterloo in dancing. Even with Xi Congshuang’s gentle approach, she could not soften her bones, and she made mistakes repeatedly.

If it weren’t for the person who was making the mistakes being Tan Yicheng, Xi Congshuang would have left without mercy the second time she made the same mistake. She was deeply influenced by her parents and was a perfectionist who could not tolerate mistakes.

All the standards were invalid in front of Tan Yicheng, only an infinite green light and “one more time.”

Xi Congshuang even had the mood to think that with Tan Yicheng’s bone structure, if she had been born in ancient times, she would have been a martial arts supreme. As for the dance world, she should not join in the fun. It was better to concentrate on practicing martial arts at home.

The consequence of being distracted was.

“Ah, I stepped on you again.”

“It’s okay.”

A few seconds later.

“I’m sorry…”

“…It’s okay. Let’s try again.”

This time, Tan Yicheng had made great progress. It was only after a few minutes that she accidentally stepped on Xi Congshuang’s shoe.

“I’m always thinking if the beat is right. When I think of my left foot, I step with my right, and then I step on you.”

“I know you didn’t mean to. Come on, continue.”

Seeing that the clean, custom-made shoes were being irreparably stepped on by Tan Yicheng, she couldn’t help but feel guilty. The hand she had wanted to pull away several times was still held tightly. She didn’t know why, but she didn’t want to take the initiative to let go.

Tonight’s Xi Congshuang was surprisingly patient. She was not angry even after being stepped on a few times and continued to teach. Even when she was stepped on, the hand around her lower back did not loosen.

But in order to correct her posture, their bodies got closer and closer. Xi Congshuang even suggested that Tan Yicheng step on her toes again, and she would lead her. This request startled Tan Yicheng, and she quickly refused.

She was wearing the school-issued uniform, and her shoes were hard-soled military boots. Even if they were more inclined to the student uniform standard, they were still hard-soled. Plus her body weight, she would definitely step on the young miss’s foot.

Xi Congshuang, who had been rejected again, looked a little disappointed. “You can’t?”

Tan Yicheng was flustered. “Of course not! You’re wearing soft-soled shoes. I was already worried if I had hurt you the last few times.”

She really felt that Xi Congshuang’s thoughts were often frightening.

Xi Congshuang didn’t insist. “Alright then. Actually, I was going to say, take off your shoes… right foot first. Ah, you stepped on me again.”

Tan Yicheng’s head slowly sprouted a tangled black mess. “…”

Dancing is really a strange thing. It makes her so uncoordinated.

She asked, “Does it hurt?”

Xi Congshuang was always dressed elegantly and spoke slowly. She shook her head. “It’s okay.”

According to Xi Congshuang’s habit of speaking with six parts truth and the rest being polite, Tan Yicheng accurately judged the real answer: It hurts a lot.

Xi Congshuang said, “I haven’t practiced for a long time. Just think of it as keeping me company and practice a little longer.”

The hand that had always wanted to be pulled away was still held firmly. The crisp sound of the military boots hitting the ground was the best music at this moment, although it sounded a bit incomplete and not very coherent.

But Xi Congshuang admitted to herself that she was deaf in one ear and only had a left channel. It was very normal to hear things incompletely and not be able to feel the normal stereo surround sound.

Compared to Tan Yicheng, who was determined to learn to dance well, Xi Congshuang was more like she was enjoying this exceptionally peaceful time alone.

No one had any grudges, and they no longer cared about other things, just embracing and dancing without any distractions.

The palms of their joined hands gradually became dyed with each other’s temperature, becoming indistinguishably hot. But Tan Yicheng’s movements slowed down, her eyes slightly lowered, her gaze falling on the beauty mark under her eye.

But she didn’t realize that she was becoming more and more engrossed in looking at that beauty mark. Unconsciously, she got closer, her breath on the side of her face—this was a distance that was either asking for a kiss or wanting to beat the other person to death.

Xi Congshuang decisively ruled out the latter option and hesitated on the former. As if bewitched, she also got closer and closer.

She wanted to kiss her.

Suddenly, she heard the person in her arms whisper, “If you’re really sick in the head, I hope you’ll never get better.”

Xi Congshuang: “?” She tilted her left ear, thinking that her remaining ear also had a hearing problem.

She couldn’t help but laugh and was full of confusion. “What?”

Tan Yicheng lowered her head and said in a low voice, “But you can take medicine, treat a little bit. It’s best if it’s the kind of good that makes you comfortable but not completely better. I don’t like the old you.”

She doesn’t want her to be well, but she doesn’t want her to be uncomfortable either. She’s in a dilemma.

“…?” Xi Congshuang now understood what she was talking about and couldn’t help but laugh.

The words she had used to mislead Tan Yicheng to lower her guard had actually been taken to heart by her. It seemed that she was deeply convinced.

Xi Congshuang said, “Don’t worry. I’ll never get better.”

Forget about taking medicine. She’s not a fan of taking medicine.

She didn’t know if it was her imagination, but she always felt that Tan Yicheng let out a sigh of relief after hearing this.

Tan Yicheng’s head was lowered. As she swayed with the dance steps, she suddenly felt that something was not right. She raised her head and said, “Are you teaching me correctly? The dance steps I’m doing now seem to be an omega’s.”

“…”

Tan Yicheng: “?? Why aren’t you talking?”

Xi Congshuang finally couldn’t hold it in anymore and burst out laughing. She held a fist to her lips, laughing even louder as if to cover her ears and steal a bell. Her laughter was full of the joy of “you stupid A finally found out.”

“………”

Even a fool would know that she had been tricked.

Tan Yicheng was slightly embarrassed and couldn’t help but frown. “You…”

“Ah, yes?” Xi Congshuang looked up, and a pair of smiling smoky-gray eyes met hers. The moving moonlight was like fine starlight in her eyes. She was very happy, not mocking herself.

Tan Yicheng, who realized that she had been tricked, stepped forward and grabbed Xi Congshuang’s shoulders, shaking her. “You did it on purpose, didn’t you?”

“Collapse value -3. Current collapse value: 39.95.”

Author’s Note:

Why does the heroine want me to take medicine? [Helpless]