Blame the Villain – Chapter 247

Real World (1)

When Song Xuyi woke up, she found herself lying in a giant nutrition pod.

Around her was warm nutrient fluid like water. At the moment Song Xuyi woke up, her head was somewhat dizzy. After quite a while, she finally regained her senses and slowly opened her eyes.

A mechanical voice sounded from above——

“Madam, welcome home.”

Although it was clearly a mechanical electronic voice, when Song Xuyi heard it, her heart inexplicably ached.

“What happened?” Song Xuyi blinked-blinked her eyes. Something seemed to flash through her mind but she couldn’t quite process it at the moment. She slowly sat up, and as the pod cover automatically opened, a woman who had been waiting outside helped her up with a face full of smiles: “Madam, you’ve finally awakened.”

Song Xuyi was stunned for a moment before realizing the person before her was Sister Zhong, the housekeeper who had been taking care of her all these years. She glanced at the electronic screen in the laboratory and found only twelve days had passed, yet somehow, when Song Xuyi saw Sister Zhong, she felt a strange sense of unfamiliarity, as if… she hadn’t seen Sister Zhong for a very long time.

The surroundings were very clean, the floor so polished it could reflect people’s shadows, and the decoration remained that person’s preferred simple and clear style, without any of the mess from when Song Xuyi had first entered.

Looking at the surroundings, Song Xuyi belatedly came to her senses and stood up while holding Sister Zhong’s hand: “How is Rong Yu now?”

“Young Miss is doing well and recovering. Thanks to your help, Young Miss’s recovery has been accelerated.” Sister Zhong smiled hearing Song Xuyi’s words and looked at her again: “Would Madam like to go see Young Miss?”

“Did I really help her?” Song Xuyi looked at Sister Zhong somewhat incredulously. Sister Zhong nodded with a smile, and Song Xuyi’s lips also curved into a smile.

The feeling in her heart at this moment was somewhat strange: she felt she should be excited, after all, even though they were contract wives, she had secretly loved Rong Yu for several years. However, somehow, although she was happy now, Song Xuyi didn’t feel as excited as she had imagined.

Perhaps it was because she had originally come to discuss divorce with Rong Yu?

Song Xuyi took the clothes Sister Zhong handed over and entered the bathroom to shower. As the warm water flowed down from her head, the image of Rong Yu from their last meeting flooded her mind once again. At that time, Rong Yu’s eyes were tightly closed, that face that could topple kingdoms had lost its color, her whole person lay unconscious in the nutrition pod. Song Xuyi’s heart sank to the bottom in that moment, realizing she liked Rong Yu more than she had imagined.

Now being able to help her wake up could be considered repaying her past kindness, but Song Xuyi dared not go see Rong Yu, fearing she would once again lose control of her heart and be unwilling to divorce.

They had been married for three years, and it was time to pursue freedom.

Song Xuyi couldn’t help but recall the scene of her first meeting with Rong Yu.

Song Xuyi’s life path had always been full of hardships.

Her parents passed away when she was young, and she was raised by her grandmother. She was sickly as a child, and once disappeared for more than ten days when visiting the cliff where her parents had their accident to pay respects.

At that time, everyone thought she had died, but later the skeletal [骨瘦如柴 | gǔshòurúchái | extremely thin] Song Xuyi was found appearing at her grandmother’s door. After waking up, Song Xuyi couldn’t remember what happened during those ten-plus days, but developed a fear of darkness. With her grandmother’s companionship, she gradually emerged from the dark clouds and no longer feared darkness, resolving to study hard and enter a good university. However, unexpectedly, her grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease on top of her existing heart condition.

Because of grandmother’s Alzheimer’s and heart disease, Song Xuyi became busy earning money for medical expenses. Her grades gradually declined, and her high school performance wasn’t good enough for top medical universities, though she was considered a top student among arts examination candidates.

Under the talent agency’s suggestion, Song Xuyi switched to studying performance arts through the arts examination.

She was always very diligent, even though she was just an eighteen-liner [十八線 | shíbā xiàn | minor celebrity], her looks weren’t top-tier, and she faced countless cold shoulders for refusing to take shortcuts. But she possessed a spirit of determined effort, not afraid of hardships in filming, taking any role to earn money. Her acting received much tempering, and though limited by natural talent, Song Xuyi’s acting was average, but due to her diligent attitude, she gained favor with some directors, appeared more on television, and thus accumulated a small fan base.

Money earned at the bottom of the entertainment industry wasn’t much, and grandmother’s medical expenses were high. Song Xuyi didn’t have much time to accompany grandmother, and the elderly woman was advanced in age – no amount of money could extend life. When Song Xuyi was twenty-three, the doctor subtly told her that grandmother’s life could last at most another year.

Song Xuyi then requested leave from her agent, resigned from all work that year, and focused on caring for grandmother.

However, one day Song Xuyi received a call from her agent. The agent had accompanied Song Xuyi all along, counting as half a family member, and knew Song Xuyi’s special circumstances, normally wouldn’t contact her without major matters, but this time there happened to be an exception – the agent told Song Xuyi that Rong Yu wanted to meet her.

At first, Song Xuyi thought she had misheard the name, after all, someone like Rong Yu had absolutely no connection with Song Xuyi – Rong Yu was a dark horse [黑馬 | hēimǎ | unexpected success] who emerged in the business world three years ago, with mysterious background and identity, but her developed holographic phones had conquered the global phone market with cross-era technology, and she had leaped to become one of the top ten on the wealth list.

Now, from eighty-year-old elderly to young children, all extremely loved the cross-era products developed by Rong Yu’s company. Tech bloggers even predicted: if Rong Yu said their company would develop spaceships to send people to space the next day, they would believe it.

However, Rong Yu was extremely mysterious, never showing her face in public, all instructions and speeches were completed through processed recordings played by her secretary. Everyone only knew she was a woman, but information like appearance and age was completely unknown. More than one person suspected Rong Yu wasn’t one person but a team, and Rong Yu had never publicly addressed these rumors.

Such a mysterious person saying she wanted to meet Song Xuyi, Song Xuyi didn’t believe it.

The agent’s voice on the phone also carried a hint of disbelief, but she still tried to convince Song Xuyi: “It’s true, Xuyi, you know now that we have holographic phones, scammers can’t deceive people anymore. The one who called me was really Rong Yu’s secretary!”

“What do you think… could Rong Yu be your fan? Is that why she wants to meet you?”

Song Xuyi was silent for a moment. With Rong Yu’s wealth and status, even the most popular traffic stars [流量 | liúliàng | internet celebrities] would probably be happy to meet her. Song Xuyi couldn’t think of any reason why Rong Yu would want to meet her, but she didn’t dwell on it long before responding to her agent: because grandmother had caught a cold these days and was bedridden, Song Xuyi was busy taking care of her and couldn’t spare time to go meet Rong Yu. If Rong Yu really wanted to meet her, she would have to trouble herself to come to Song Xuyi’s home.

The agent was somewhat surprised by Song Xuyi’s response, but she knew grandmother’s importance to Song Xuyi. Although she felt Song Xuyi might miss some opportunities this way, over these years Song Xuyi had already lost many opportunities due to standing by her principles. This had become normal for the agent, so she didn’t force Song Xuyi and relayed her message back.

Rong Yu’s side asked for Song Xuyi’s address and didn’t reply further.

The agent sighed long-sigh short-sigh [長籲短嘆 | cháng yì duǎn tàn | expressing worry], thinking the other side might be annoyed, but also knew this couldn’t be blamed on Song Xuyi. After asking about grandmother’s condition and comforting Song Xuyi with a few words, she hung up the phone.

Afterward, Song Xuyi focused entirely on caring for grandmother, completely putting this matter out of her mind, until one day, when Song Xuyi went to pour water, she saw in grandmother’s small courtyard a woman so beautiful she didn’t look real.

Song Xuyi was from the entertainment circle, where no one who could enter was ugly. She had seen many top-tier stars and many ‘face emperors’ [顏霸 | yán bà | extremely good-looking people], and Song Xuyi had thought she had developed some immunity to beauty over these years. Only now did she realize she had overestimated herself – in front of absolute beauty, all self-control was defenseless…

It was only then that Song Xuyi understood that there truly existed in this world a kind of ultimate beauty that could capture one’s soul at first sight.

How could such an exceptionally beautiful woman come to her home?

The temperature had dropped somewhat these days. The woman wore a black windbreaker, her gaze cold and stern, but the small red mole at the corner of her eye gave her entire being a layer of alluring charm.

When meeting Song Xuyi’s gaze, the woman narrowed her eyes and softly asked while looking at Song Xuyi: “Song Xuyi?”

Only then did Song Xuyi confirm the woman had come for her——

She didn’t know why, but suddenly regretted not wearing makeup, her completely bare face being seen directly by the woman. She could only hold onto the doorframe and slightly avert her gaze: “I am.”

“May I ask why you’re here…”

“I am Rong Yu,” facing Song Xuyi’s widened eyes, the woman introduced herself. She seemed to be in a hurry, and after a brief self-introduction, dropped news that left Song Xuyi utterly shocked: Rong Yu claimed she appreciated Song Xuyi’s acting skills, and because her family was urging her to marry while she had no one she fancied, she wanted Song Xuyi to fake-marry her to deal with her family, offering generous compensation.

Song Xuyi didn’t know why Rong Yu would make such a request. Although same-sex marriage was possible in this era, Rong Yu’s request instinctively made Song Xuyi wary. After consideration, Song Xuyi still politely declined Rong Yu’s suggestion: such a pie falling from heaven Song Xuyi dared not eat. Moreover, Song Xuyi actually disliked acting – she had acted enough in her regular work and didn’t want to wear a mask in her personal life. Besides, she needed to care for grandmother and had neither time nor energy to act with Rong Yu.

Being rejected by Song Xuyi, Rong Yu wasn’t angry. She gracefully followed out to the courtyard, greeted grandmother, introduced herself as Song Xuyi’s friend, then left her phone number with Song Xuyi, telling her to contact if needed, before leaving the courtyard and hurriedly departing by car.

Song Xuyi originally thought she would never need this phone number in her life, but unexpectedly, things developed beyond expectations. Perhaps because her life was nearing its end, after more than a month, grandmother suddenly became lucid, but the elderly woman couldn’t let go of Song Xuyi, who had no other relatives left in this world. Fearing Song Xuyi would be lonely after she passed, she acted extremely optimistic in front of Song Xuyi, eating heartily, but was caught several times by Song Xuyi secretly wiping tears.

Song Xuyi felt incredibly distressed, not knowing how to reassure grandmother. At this moment, as if possessed, she thought of Rong Yu—actually, perhaps she could accept Rong Yu’s fake marriage condition:

Although Song Xuyi didn’t understand why Rong Yu would choose her, as she had neither money nor power, and while she had some beauty, this beauty was nothing compared to Rong Yu’s ultimate beauty. But if it was truly as she said, agreeing to fake marry her would benefit both parties – Rong Yu would get a wife to deal with her family, while she would be married, allowing grandmother to feel at ease…

But what troubled Song Xuyi was that more than a month had passed since Rong Yu’s visit, and Song Xuyi didn’t know if Rong Yu had found someone else. After all, last time when Song Xuyi rejected Rong Yu, to avoid angering this big shot, she had recommended many beautiful actresses with good acting skills who liked women and were currently single…

Song Xuyi couldn’t make up her mind about contacting Rong Yu, occasionally staring absent-mindedly at her phone. While caring for grandmother, she was somewhat distracted, even spilling soup on grandmother. Song Xuyi finally decided she couldn’t go on like this – whether sticking one’s neck out or pulling it back, it’s still one cut [伸頭一刀縮頭也是一刀 | shēntóu yī dāo suō tóu yě shì yī dāo | might as well face it], so she dialed Rong Yu’s number——

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The author has something to say:

In reality, Xiaosong and the little villain are actually legally married wives, hehe.

It’s mutual pining.

Everyone knows my update schedule is very ghostly [陰間 | yīnjiān | at odd hours], so sometimes when I’m coding words while sleepy and my mind isn’t clear, I remember there were a few times I wrote Xiaosong’s grandmother as maternal grandmother. I looked for a long time today but couldn’t find which chapters they were in, but it shouldn’t affect the reading, so I didn’t go back to fix it~

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LP: Re-translated on February 02, 2025

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