Villainous Stand-in (21)
Facing Li Yuqing’s accusations, Song Xuyi was left speechless.
She wanted to say something, but after opening her mouth, she found she couldn’t utter a word.
Even though Li Yuqing had initiated the seduction, it was true that she had kissed her that night in a moment of confusion and passion; using Li Yuqing as a prototype for her manga character… although she didn’t know how Li Yuqing had found out, it was indeed a fact; it was also true that because of Li Yuqing’s beauty, she would always steal a few more glances and think about protecting her whenever she encountered her…
From Li Yuqing’s perspective, her accusations seemed reasonable and well-founded, and no wonder she was so angry…
But am I really a scumbag?
Song Xuyi reviewed her behavior with Li Yuqing over time, feeling somewhat existentially doubtful.
The system couldn’t bear seeing Song Xuyi being led astray again and roared furiously: “Xuyi! She’s being unreasonable! It was clearly her who seduced you first…”
“But she has forgotten everything.”
Song Xuyi sighed deeply, looking at Li Yuqing, whose eyes were red and seemed on the verge of tears: “I… even if I explain, it seems useless.” It seemed Li Yuqing would not believe her explanation at all, and she could only bear the label of ‘scumbag’ herself.
The system choked for a moment, thinking that this was indeed the case. This villain was so cunning, she could turn black into white. Even if Song Xuyi explained, she would probably come up with a hundred excuses to refute her…
The system also felt helpless and could only silently curse Li Yuqing’s insidiousness, turning away in anger…
But with the system’s interruption, Song Xuyi finally felt a bit relieved from her awkwardness.
She mustered the courage to lift her eyes and glance at Li Yuqing. At that moment, Li Yuqing was looking back at her with tear-filled eyes, a complex mix of emotions swirling within them. The moment their gazes met, Li Yuqing pressed her lips together and let out a sorrowful laugh, her eyes appearing even redder.
Song Xuyi sighed deeply in her heart.
Although she truly believed she wasn’t a scumbag and that Li Yuqing had misunderstood her, she was not adept at handling these emotional entanglements. At this moment, she really wanted to ask Li Yuqing, “What do you want?” But Song Xuyi knew that this was something she absolutely couldn’t say. If she did, it would probably make Li Yuqing even angrier…
Song Xuyi opened her mouth but didn’t know what to say. Finally, she noticed the ends of Li Yuqing’s hair still dripping with water, sighed softly, and hesitantly took Li Yuqing’s hand: “Don’t be angry, dry your hair first. It’s cold at the door, be careful not to catch a cold and get sick…”
To Song Xuyi’s surprise, Li Yuqing looked at her but did not shake off her hand as she had expected.
Song Xuyi felt a sense of relief, quickly closed the door, and led Li Yuqing into the room. She found a hairdryer and began drying Li Yuqing’s hair.
Li Yuqing didn’t say anything, but her actions were extremely docile. She slightly lowered her head, allowing Song Xuyi to dry her hair.
Li Yuqing’s black hair was of excellent quality, fine and soft, silky to the touch. Song Xuyi carefully dried Li Yuqing’s hair, fearing that breaking even a single strand would make Li Yuqing resent her even more…
However, it didn’t take long for Song Xuyi to finish drying Li Yuqing’s hair.
Not knowing what else to do, Song Xuyi had a sudden idea and started combing Li Yuqing’s long hair with a brush. While combing, she earnestly told Li Yuqing, “My grandmother used to say that if you brush your hair a hundred times at night, it won’t fall out…”
Song Xuyi was privately thinking of ways to stall for time, but she didn’t expect Li Yuqing to see through her plan. Li Yuqing turned her head, expressionless, and pressed down on Song Xuyi’s hand: “Xuyi, your grandmother passed away before you were born. Uncle Song moved out of the Song family because of her. Which grandmother are you talking about?”
Song Xuyi choked, nearly biting her tongue. At that moment, she wanted nothing more than for the ground to open up and swallow her. She could only bow her head, her face turning red.
But Li Yuqing looked even more displeased.
She turned around and slightly forcefully pinched Song Xuyi’s chin, narrowing her eyes dangerously: “So, how exactly do you plan to handle our relationship?”
Song Xuyi looked at Li Yuqing’s expression and cautiously spoke: “How do you want to handle it? I’ll follow your lead.”
“Are you serious?” Li Yuqing seemed skeptical.
“Of course, I’m serious.” Song Xuyi nodded like a pecking chicken, just wanting to get past this moment quickly.
“Alright then!” Originally, Song Xuyi thought Li Yuqing would need some time to think, but in the next moment, she saw Li Yuqing’s lips curl up. Li Yuqing looked at Song Xuyi with a smile, her eyes suddenly sparkling like stars: “I want to be your girlfriend!”
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“What?” Song Xuyi’s eyes widened. For a moment, she felt like she was hallucinating.
However, Li Yuqing seemed determined not to let Song Xuyi escape. She slowly moved closer to Song Xuyi’s face, placing her hands on either side of Song Xuyi’s chair, staring directly into her eyes. She repeated, word by word, “I. Want. To. Be. Your. Girlfriend!”
Song Xuyi looked into Li Yuqing’s eyes.
Li Yuqing’s eyes were extremely bright, full of undisguised affection and determination, but devoid of the jest Song Xuyi had expected.
Was she really not joking?
Song Xuyi suddenly felt flustered. Her heart inexplicably started to beat faster. She didn’t dare look at Li Yuqing’s bewitchingly beautiful face any longer. Biting her lower lip, she averted her gaze and awkwardly asked, “Then… what about that fairy sister of yours? Weren’t you always thinking about her?”
Li Yuqing seemed to have anticipated this question. She moved even closer to Song Xuyi’s cheek with a cold smile—
“Fairy Sister is a ‘senior’ I respect and think about. This doesn’t conflict with you becoming my lover.” Li Yuqing emphasized the word ‘senior’ with a bit of gritted teeth, but Song Xuyi didn’t catch on. Her mind was a jumbled mess, and her thoughts started drifting in strange directions. Almost instinctively, she blurted out, “Then doesn’t that make you a scumbag? Thinking about your pure, untouchable fairy sister while wanting to be my girlfr—”
In the next moment, Li Yuqing silenced Song Xuyi.
Li Yuqing couldn’t bear to listen to the little liar’s ‘earnest’ nonsense any longer and decided to seal her lips with a kiss…
Song Xuyi’s whole body went weak from the kiss, her mind blank, with only Li Yuqing’s beautiful, slightly cold, and angry bright eyes remaining in her vision.
Li Yuqing’s kissing skills were truly excellent, completely revealing her lingering love and desire. Song Xuyi couldn’t muster any thoughts of resistance…
When Li Yuqing finally pulled away, both of their faces were so red it seemed like they might bleed. Li Yuqing was slightly panting, but still glaring at Song Xuyi: “Xuyi, just tell me if you agree or not…” implying that if she didn’t agree, there would be another round.
The most terrifying part was… Song Xuyi’s face blushed even more: she didn’t seem to dislike the intimacy with Li Yuqing, and even… was a bit immersed in it?
Could it be the same with someone else?
Song Xuyi reviewed everyone she knew and realized that indeed, aside from Li Yuqing, no one else would do.
“System, can I fall in love with Li Yuqing?” With a plan forming in her mind, Song Xuyi couldn’t help but quietly ask the system, “I will work hard to complete my tasks. It’s rare for me to meet someone I like, but since this world is for my vacation, it should be okay for me to date, right…”
“In other worlds, where you weren’t on vacation, you still ended up falling in love with her…” The system muttered to itself, feeling very tired and not wanting to speak, silently cursing the big villain who had seduced Song Xuyi.
But to Song Xuyi, the system’s silence seemed like consent…
“Yuqing,” facing Li Yuqing’s increasingly cold gaze, Song Xuyi took a deep breath and mustered the courage to hold Li Yuqing’s hand, “I’m actually not ready to have a girlfriend, but if it’s you, I’m willing to give it a try…”
Li Yuqing was stunned.
For a moment, Li Yuqing wondered if she was dreaming.
She hadn’t expected Song Xuyi to agree so quickly. She had prepared herself for a long-term battle of persistence but never imagined that Song Xuyi would consent so soon.
So… Xuyi must have feelings for her too…
It turned out that Li Yuqing’s strong demeanor was just a facade!
Looking at Li Yuqing, who was stunned and appeared somewhat adorably dumbfounded, Song Xuyi’s lips curved into a smile. Suddenly, she felt mischievous—
She leaned in and planted a kiss on Li Yuqing’s cheek. Although she had always admired Li Yuqing’s beauty, Song Xuyi had never dared to think about it in this way. But now that this stunning beauty was her girlfriend, it felt natural for Song Xuyi to kiss her. Even Song Xuyi was a bit surprised by her own justified attitude, and she even began to tease Li Yuqing further: “What’s wrong? Is my girlfriend scared?”
Immediately, Song Xuyi saw Li Yuqing squint her eyes.
A storm suddenly surged in Li Yuqing’s eyes. Her gaze at Song Xuyi seemed to ignite, completely revealing her overwhelming possessiveness.
Song Xuyi instantly had a bad feeling and instinctively wanted to escape, but Li Yuqing, quick as lightning, wrapped an arm around her waist. Leaning close to Song Xuyi’s cheek, Li Yuqing deliberately lowered her voice and said coyly, “I’m so scared! Xuyi, you have to take good care of me…”
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That night, half-heartedly fulfilling her girlfriend duties, Song Xuyi cried out countless times, “Wife, spare me!” but received no mercy from Li Yuqing.
The next morning, Song Xuyi climbed out of bed with tears in her eyes, deeply regretting her momentary slip of the tongue.
And this was just the beginning of Song Xuyi’s road to regret:
Half a month later, Song Xuyi’s manga reached the finale of the first small world. She originally planned to end it with the female protagonist’s death and leave this world. However, a certain little demon, who had been following the series, saw the ending and persistently coaxed Song Xuyi to change it: “Xuyi, if I were the actress, I would be a walking corpse every day after the protagonist’s death, and it would be impossible for me to love someone else and have a happy ending with them.” Li Yuqing looked at Song Xuyi, her eyes filled with intense emotions, and Song Xuyi had no doubt about the sincerity of Li Yuqing’s words.
Song Xuyi bit her lower lip and suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness in her heart. After much contemplation, she still changed the ending: “After developing a cure for insomnia, the protagonist felt an inexplicable emptiness in her heart. After discussing it with the system, she decided to stay in this world after eliminating the hidden dangers in her original body. Finally, she couldn’t resist the persistent coaxing of the actress and ended up living together with her…”
Apart from the system grumbling to itself, “I’m not that easy to talk to,” both Song Xuyi’s readers and Song Xuyi along with a certain little demon were extremely satisfied with this ending.
However, when Song Xuyi started drawing the second story, the little demon had more opinions!
“Do you think living in an equal and happy interstellar society will make that Omega scientist happy? Xuyi, you underestimated her attachment to the protagonist. The protagonist is the primary reason she feels happiness and equality. After the protagonist’s death, that Omega scientist would absolutely not survive—”
Under the little demon’s persistent pestering, Song Xuyi had no choice but to change the ending again: “When the five-year period was up, the protagonist convinced the system to cure her original body’s poison, and together with the Omega scientist, they continued to strive for the construction of a peaceful and prosperous interstellar society…”
For the third world, to prevent Li Yuqing from pestering her to change the ending again, Song Xuyi had the protagonist fall in love with the villain. Surprisingly, the little demon was considerate and understanding during this time. However, when Song Xuyi mentioned planning a tragic ending where a cannon fodder character kills both of them, the little demon tormented Song Xuyi terribly that night. This time, she didn’t bring up any character issues but straightforwardly told Song Xuyi, “This ending hurts me, it must be changed…”
Song Xuyi ultimately had to abandon the system’s constant reminders that “tragedy is the eternal art” and gritting her teeth, she drew a happy ending (HE) for each world, which unexpectedly became very popular in the market.
Meanwhile, Li Yuqing’s revenge plan was also put on the agenda.
Before Li Yuqing acted to crush the Song family, she had a conversation with the male lead, Song Shi. It turned out that Song Shi knew that the car accident involving Li Yuqing’s family was related to Old Master Song, but he couldn’t bring himself to report the old man, which led to his psychological illness from guilt. Li Yuqing had long guessed this during their interactions.
After Li Yuqing laid everything out, Song Shi closed his eyes in pain: Old Master Song’s targeting of the caregiver heroine exhausted the last bit of respect Song Shi had for him, making him fully realize that he was merely a capable puppet in the old man’s hands. Once Song Shi came to terms with this, he decisively resigned from his company position and took the caregiver heroine abroad.
Without Song Shi to hold the fort, and with Old Master Song not trusting other members of the Song family, he had no choice but to come out of retirement and take charge of the Song Group himself.
At this time, Li Yuqing, who had been lying in wait for many years, launched an attack on the Song Group. Old Master Song was ultimately too old; his ruthless methods were no longer suited to this era. Soon, the Song Group went bankrupt, just as described in the plot summary.
In a panic while being pursued by creditors, Old Master Song accidentally drove off a cliff and died instantly.
After Old Master Song’s death, Li Yuqing’s company grew even stronger.
Song Xuyi originally thought that with such a large company to manage, Li Yuqing would be extremely busy every day. However, to her surprise, Li Yuqing became even more clingy after her revenge, sticking to Song Xuyi all the time…
The two traveled to every corner of the world, and in the process, Song Xuyi, as the system had hoped, learned to enjoy life and discovered different aspects of it.
One night during this process, Song Xuyi suddenly woke up from a dream, still shaken, and held Li Yuqing tightly beside her.
“What’s wrong?” Li Yuqing’s voice was clearly drowsy.
“Do you think if I had really set the small world’s ending as a tragedy, would the female villain hate the female protagonist?” Perhaps because she had been brainstorming new plots recently, Song Xuyi dreamed that she became the female protagonist, and Li Yuqing became the female villain, ignoring her completely…
“Probably,” Li Yuqing yawned. “But in the end, she would definitely choose to forgive the female protagonist.”
“Why?” Song Xuyi pressed, puzzled as to why Li Yuqing was so certain.
“Kiss me and I’ll tell you.”
Song Xuyi didn’t suspect anything, intending to kiss Li Yuqing on the cheek, but as she leaned in, her lips met Li Yuqing’s. Naturally, Li Yuqing wouldn’t let this “benefit” slip away; their lips and teeth intertwined for quite a while before she finally whispered softly in Song Xuyi’s ear, “Fool, it’s because of love!”
“Love?”
“Of course, it’s because of love.”
“Because I love you, even if I’m ever angry, as long as you smile at me, all the frustration and resentment will vanish in that instant… The joy you bring me, I can equally accept the sorrow you bring. Your existence is my greatest happiness.”
In this small world, Song Xuyi regretted many things, but she never regretted agreeing to be Li Yuqing’s girlfriend.
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Twenty years later, the planet named “XY,” for which Li Yuqing had bought the naming rights, suddenly exploded. The space-time magnetic field of the small world became incredibly chaotic at this moment, and Song Xuyi and Li Yuqing, who had once intersected with the space-time magnetic field, were both swept into the vortex of time and space…
Song Xuyi knew she wouldn’t die, but she was extremely worried about Li Yuqing. Finally, she fought against the dizziness from the weightlessness and revealed a long-hidden truth to Li Yuqing: “I am your fairy sister…”
“I always knew,” Li Yuqing smiled, countless surging memories flashing through her mind. At that moment, her eyes were incredibly bright. She tightly grasped Song Xuyi’s hand and smiled brilliantly: “Xuyi, don’t fear separation. We will meet again in the next world…”
What did she mean?
Song Xuyi’s eyes widened.
In the next instant, familiar darkness swept in…
The author has something to say:
To the little angels who were clamoring to send me razor blades in the first three worlds, Xuyi has finally given you the happy ending (HE) you wanted in this world~~~
~~~O(∩_∩)O~~~ Chin up!
Next world: Mascot Little Princess * Sinister Fake Eunuch Villain
LP: Re-translated on August 08, 2024
This author would adjust the first three worlds into “HE” then immediately eject the lovers into a wormhole… 😂
Thank you for the translations!
I was originally filled with anger towards author tragedy loving ways, until their last message really made me laugh to death lmao. Writing books is really hard work.
Loving and hating this novel so far but thank you so much for the translation!
I was originally filled with anger towards author tragedy loving ways, until their last message really made me laugh to death lmao. Writing books is really hard work.
Loving and hating this novel so far but thank you so much for the translation!
This author would adjust the first three worlds into “HE” then immediately eject the lovers into a wormhole… 😂
Thank you for the translations!