Blame the Villain – Chapter 109

Villainous Stand-in (7)

Because of this dream, Song Xuyi couldn’t bear to refuse Li Yuqing, who came early in the morning to invite her for a run.

This time, Li Yuqing ran a bit slower. At the beginning, Song Xuyi was relieved, but not long after, she would have preferred that Li Yuqing ran ahead like the day before: Running beside her, Li Yuqing would occasionally turn her head to look at her with eyes full of sparkling laughter. Song Xuyi wanted to pretend not to see and ignore Li Yuqing’s gaze, but she couldn’t help blushing at the ears.

“I bought ingredients for two. Do you want to have pasta or wontons for breakfast?” Li Yuqing paid attention to Song Xuyi’s reaction all the way, and seeing that Song Xuyi was gasping for breath as if she had reached her physical limit, Li Yuqing also stopped and looked at Song Xuyi with a bright smile.

Originally, Song Xuyi didn’t plan to eat at Li Yuqing’s house, but at this moment, being out of breath, she subconsciously replied, “Wontons.”

“Then we’ll have wontons!” Li Yuqing pursed her lips, her eyes curving with a smile.

Sitting in Li Yuqing’s living room, Song Xuyi belatedly realized the little trick in Li Yuqing’s words. However, since she had already agreed, Song Xuyi once again had an extremely delicious meal of small wontons at Li Yuqing’s house and then played for a while with the kitten named “Xiaoxing” by Li Yuqing.

Li Yuqing had put such care into decorating, it seemed she intended to live here permanently. However, according to Li Yuqing’s revenge plan, she would need to live in the Song household to gather more business secrets about the Song family…

Thinking that their relationship had grown closer over the past two days, after some consideration, Song Xuyi carefully probed, “Yuqing, are you planning to stay here permanently and not go back to the Song household?”

“Why would I go back to the Song household?” Li Yuqing sat on the sofa and looked over, her gaze focused, as if she was extremely puzzled by this question. “I really enjoy the days living with Xuyi. These days feel like a dream to me, and I am very happy every day. If I could choose, I would even want to live like this for a lifetime.”

Li Yuqing’s gaze was so focused that, in a daze, Song Xuyi even had the illusion that Li Yuqing seemed to be subtly revealing her feelings to her.

But Song Xuyi quickly came to her senses: Li Yuqing had already said that she was good to her purely because she resembled a friend of hers.

Since Li Yuqing had shown an attitude of wanting to be friends, Song Xuyi decided not to be bashful anymore and half-jokingly covered her face and laughed, “Can you not look at me like that? Seducing a friend is not exactly moral…”

Song Xuyi said this just to give Li Yuqing a gentle warning, originally thinking that Li Yuqing would stop, but she didn’t expect Li Yuqing to actually move closer to her.

“So, did I manage to seduce Xuyi?”

At this moment, the two were extremely close, so close that their breaths almost intertwined. Looking at Li Yuqing’s extremely beautiful and delicate face at such a close distance, Song Xuyi felt her heart skip a beat, and in the end, she lost the battle and was the first to look away.

“I won’t be so easily seduced by you!” Song Xuyi tried hard to suppress her blushing cheeks, turned her head, and bravely looked back at Li Yuqing, forcibly trying to regain her composure, as if telling Li Yuqing and herself: “Only 2D waifus are the best.”

“Is that so!” Li Yuqing wasn’t angry at all, and for some reason, she laughed softly, leaning back on the sofa while holding the kitten. Her beautiful eyes were shimmering: “Then I can only try harder, after all, there are some things in this world that anime waifus can’t do…”

Song Xuyi didn’t know if it was her imagination, but she felt that Li Yuqing’s words sounded strange. However, whenever she looked at Li Yuqing’s stunningly beautiful face, she felt it must be her overthinking. It was her guilty conscience making her feel that Li Yuqing was always subtly hinting at seducing her…

Clearly, Li Yuqing had already told her—she was good to her only because she resembled a friend of hers.

She wondered what kind of person Li Yuqing’s friend was, to make Li Yuqing treat her so kindly just because of the resemblance…

For a moment, Song Xuyi was extremely curious about the friend Li Yuqing mentioned. However, during the past two days of getting along with Li Yuqing, she had not mentioned that friend again. Song Xuyi was worried that something bad might have happened to that ‘friend,’ and if she brought it up again, it might touch Li Yuqing’s sore spot. After much consideration, Song Xuyi decided not to ask.

Because of the miserable situation of little Li Yuqing in her dream, Song Xuyi had an overwhelming desire to enter the dream again to accompany the little Li Yuqing. However, for some reason, she hadn’t dreamt of little Li Yuqing in the following days.

During the day, Song Xuyi and Li Yuqing became more and more familiar with each other: they went to school together, ate together, exercised together, and went home together… With Li Yuqing by her side, Song Xuyi’s popularity at school significantly increased. Many people approached Song Xuyi, trying to indirectly obtain Li Yuqing’s contact information from her.

Even though Li Yuqing had rejected everyone’s advances over the years, there were always those who believed they would be the exception. They thought that Li Yuqing didn’t accept them because she didn’t know them well enough, and that once she recognized their charm, she would like them, relentlessly pursuing her.

The most excessive among them was a second-generation nouveau riche named Zhang Cai.

Zhang Cai’s father secretly aligned himself with a mysterious big shot, made a fortune, and became a somewhat famous entrepreneur in the local area. He married several wives but only had Zhang Cai as his sole heir. Since the family already had wealth, they hoped their son could develop in the direction of ‘talent,’ hence naming him Zhang Cai (which means ‘talent’). However, they didn’t expect Zhang Cai to be particularly unambitious, spending his days drinking, clubbing, and neglecting his studies. His academic performance was a mess, and he only got into the vocational school affiliated with Song Xuyi’s university after several years of repeating grades.

Because some courses were taken together with the main campus, Zhang Cai was stunned when he saw Li Yuqing for the first time and began to relentlessly pursue her. Initially, Li Yuqing barely managed to remain polite, but later she directly turned cold. Zhang Cai, however, seemed oblivious to Li Yuqing’s rejections and increasingly pursued her inappropriately: he declared publicly that Li Yuqing was his girlfriend, blocked her way to school to give her flowers, obtained her phone number through illegal means, and sent her nauseating messages all day long…

The most outrageous incident occurred when Zhang Cai found his way to Li Yuqing’s neighborhood, holding a bouquet of roses and calling out affectionately from downstairs, “Yuqing, I really like you! I have enough money to play this game of cat and mouse with you…”

Li Yuqing didn’t respond, only gazing at Zhang Cai with eyes that seemed filled with frost. Song Xuyi, however, was genuinely angry, immediately calling security to drive Zhang Cai away.

“This kind of person is truly disgusting,” Song Xuyi said, watching Zhang Cai being escorted away by security while still making obscene gestures in her direction, feeling extremely furious. “Doesn’t he have eyes? What cat and mouse game? Does he think he’s the center of the universe and everyone has to revolve around him? Shameless…”

Song Xuyi angrily turned to look at Li Yuqing, and the more she looked, the more she felt that Li Yuqing’s appearance made her too unsafe. She couldn’t help but speak up, “Yuqing, if you need to go out in the future, remember to call me. I’m afraid that scoundrel Zhang Cai might have bad intentions…”

Although her own body wasn’t particularly strong in terms of physical fitness, the combat skills she had learned in a certain world were still there, and dealing with someone like Zhang Cai, who was lazy and unskilled, should be more than enough…

Li Yuqing was originally holding her phone, seemingly contemplating something. Upon hearing Song Xuyi’s words, she looked up at her for a moment, then put away her phone, leaned in, hugged Song Xuyi’s arm, and smiled very gently, “Luckily, I have you!”

“Xuyi, of course, I’ll listen to you.”

Song Xuyi felt that Li Yuqing’s behavior was a bit strange, but she couldn’t quite pinpoint what was strange at the moment. She only felt her heart skip a beat when Li Yuqing leaned on her.

To protect Li Yuqing, Song Xuyi bought pepper spray and chili water online that very night. However, when Song Xuyi came back, she saw Zhang Cai appearing downstairs with a smug expression. This time, Zhang Cai didn’t display his previous infatuated demeanor; instead, he looked somewhat impatient, “I bought a house in this neighborhood too, and I’m moving in today. Song Xuyi, if you’re smart, you’d better persuade Yuqing for me. If she misses out on me, she won’t find another man as rich and devoted as I am…”

What greeted him was the chili water sprayed by Song Xuyi—

After this episode, Song Xuyi originally thought Zhang Cai would learn to restrain himself, but she underestimated Zhang Cai’s arrogance and malice.

That evening, Song Xuyi was out for a walk with Li Yuqing. When they passed a secluded spot, a few burly men suddenly emerged from the shadows. As Song Xuyi saw Zhang Cai, who was obviously drunk and surrounded by those men, her heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively shielded Li Yuqing behind her—

Zhang Cai sneered at the two of them and drunkenly said, “Tonight, neither of you is getting away!”

Song Xuyi seized the moment and sprayed the pepper spray forward, immediately dragging Li Yuqing to run away—

The two ran very fast and were familiar with the terrain. Just as they were about to reach a crowded area, the sound of an engine starting came from behind: a heavy motorcycle wobbly chased after them!

The drunken Zhang Cai couldn’t control his body, let alone the motorcycle, and he crashed straight towards the two of them!

—Facing Zhang Cai’s bloodshot and terrified eyes, Song Xuyi instinctively pushed Li Yuqing away.

A burst of intense pain…

The last thing she saw before the darkness engulfed her was Li Yuqing’s shocked and pained eyes. When she opened her eyes again, Song Xuyi saw the young Li Yuqing.

The author has something to say:

Alright! Now it’s little Li Yuqing’s turn to live a good life!

Big Li Yuqing, you have to bear with it for now.

LP: Re-translated on July 05, 2024