Blame the Villain – Chapter 251

Real World (5)

Song Xuyi originally wanted to refuse.

She had a premonition in her heart that once she agreed to Rong Yu’s request, she would fall deeper and deeper, and might even be unable to bring herself to mention divorce.

However, when facing Rong Yu’s tear-filled eyes, Song Xuyi once again felt guilt and sadness in her heart.

This was Rong Yu! The forever composed and spirited tech company authority figure – except for that night when she drowned her sorrows in alcohol, Song Xuyi had never seen her show such a careful yet sorrowful expression at any other time.

Song Xuyi had liked her for so long that she would rather hurt herself than hurt Rong Yu.

Moreover, since she had objectively caused Rong Yu’s obsession in the dream, it should be her responsibility to resolve this matter.

What harm would it do to like Rong Yu a bit more? After all, she already liked her very much right now…

Thinking this way, Song Xuyi bit her lower lip and still nodded with difficulty.

Seeing Song Xuyi nod, Rong Yu’s eyes immediately brightened. She smiled at Song Xuyi, squeezed into her blanket, and happily hugged her waist: “Then what plans does wifey have today?”

Song Xuyi actually hadn’t thought about what to do, and even if she wanted to think of something, because of Rong Yu’s current posture, Song Xuyi was so nervous her spine went rigid, and she couldn’t remember anything—

In these three years since marrying Rong Yu, Song Xuyi had slowed down her pace, gradually reducing her work as an actress. Initially, she wanted to be a proper wife to match Rong Yu, but later found being Rong Yu’s wife was actually very relaxing and free, so Song Xuyi began to pick up her own interests again and prepare for medical school entrance exams.

Originally according to Song Xuyi’s plan, this day was meant for studying, but now because of the small world situation, Song Xuyi found her grasp of knowledge points had become quite proficient, and she no longer needed to spend so much time studying each day.

Rong Yu seemed to notice that Song Xuyi had no plans, her bright eyes gazing directly into Song Xuyi’s eyes, with obvious anxiety and pleading in her tone: “Wifey, if you don’t think it’s too presumptuous, could you spare a day to go on a date with me? Just one day, would that be possible…”

Song Xuyi couldn’t help but lower her head, speaking softly:

“You don’t need to be so careful around me. Since I agreed to play the role of your partner, I won’t go back on my word. Do whatever you want to do…”

Song Xuyi regretted these words as soon as they left her mouth—because after hearing Song Xuyi speak this way, Rong Yu’s eyes immediately lit up, and she leaned over happily to kiss Song Xuyi once, then seeing Song Xuyi’s widened eyes, started apologizing repeatedly, explaining that she truly couldn’t help herself, after all, in that world she missed the girl she met in the small world every day, and Song Xuyi just looked too cute…

Finally, only when Song Xuyi couldn’t help but cover her lips did Rong Yu close her mouth with a smile.

Song Xuyi couldn’t understand how Rong Yu, originally a cold-faced CEO could transform into such a shameless appearance, but Song Xuyi, covering her rapidly beating heart, though unwilling to admit it, couldn’t deceive herself: she actually quite liked this clingy Rong Yu who was like a little sprite [or: enchantress]…

Song Xuyi’s heart was both shy and expectant as she excused herself to use the bathroom. Only after hearing Rong Yu leave did she pat her burning cheeks and pretend to be composed as she came out of the room.

Though telling herself it was just acting, Song Xuyi still spent a long time choosing clothes and applying makeup.

When Song Xuyi was finally somewhat satisfied with her makeup and went downstairs, she discovered that Sister Zhong and all the servants were no longer in the villa, while Rong Yu had already prepared breakfast and was waiting for her to come down.

“I gave Sister Zhong and the others the day off. Today it’s just you and me at home.”

Rong Yu casually threw out another piece of news that almost made Song Xuyi choke: Song Xuyi had thought yesterday’s Rong Yu was unexpected enough, but didn’t imagine today’s Rong Yu would be even more surprising! However, since Song Xuyi was the one who told her “do whatever you want to do,” she couldn’t bring herself to voice any opposition now.

Meeting Song Xuyi’s reddened eyes from coughing, Rong Yu didn’t seem to think there was anything wrong with her actions, while gently patting Song Xuyi’s back and looking at her with slight grievance: “Wifey, do you have an issue with this? But for our date, why should we keep all these light bulbs [電燈泡 | diàn dēng pāo | meaning: third wheels] here, or… don’t you trust me?”

“Alright!” Meeting Song Xuyi’s shocked gaze, Rong Yu pressed her lips together: “I admit, there are many times when I can’t help wanting to kiss you, hug you, and do more excessive things to you, but I know you’ll get angry, so I’ll try hard to control myself. Even if there’s no one around, I won’t do excessive things to you…”

?!

Song Xuyi didn’t know what she could say anymore!

She felt that one day she would choke to death at the dining table because of Rong Yu’s words of tigers and wolves [虎狼之詞 | hǔ láng zhī cí | | meaning: suggestive/provocative words]—

What did she mean by ‘excessive things’? Was this something to be said at the dining table?!

In this moment, Song Xuyi finally understood the benefit of Rong Yu giving Sister Zhong and others the day off—if they had heard these words, Song Xuyi felt she would never be able to show her face again…

Moreover, Rong Yu was already being quite excessive: she had kissed her, hugged her, and even crawled into her bed… how much more excessive could it get?

—Only that certain thing remained…

Song Xuyi thought of that kind of thing, widening her eyes in disbelief, and immediately her face turned bright red, almost wanting to flee upstairs in panic and add ten locks to her bedroom door.

But Song Xuyi discovered that even ten locks wouldn’t be secure, as her doorway now had the latest iris recognition lock, yet Rong Yu still managed to slip in last night…

Were all people who ran tech companies this capable? Actually… there were many mysteries surrounding Rong Yu.

…

Yet Rong Yu showed no awareness that she was the chief culprit who made Song Xuyi choke. She looked at Song Xuyi with slight grievance, and seeing that Song Xuyi kept her head down with no intention of comforting her, a flash of darkness crossed Rong Yu’s eyes, her hand at her side tightened, but her face continued to show a wronged expression: “Wifey, I really like you—”

“I know.” Although knowing they were just playing the role of a couple, hearing Rong Yu’s confession still made Song Xuyi’s heart race uncontrollably. She wanted to take this chance to half-truthfully confess to Rong Yu as well, but the words “I like you too” reached her lips yet couldn’t be spoken…

“You’ll understand in the future, I like you far more than you can imagine,” Rong Yu continued.

Her gaze was too sincere; for a moment, Song Xuyi even felt that Rong Yu wasn’t acting, but was truly confessing to her.

“Wifey, you look beautiful today.” Fortunately, before Song Xuyi’s head could sink into her bowl, Rong Yu changed the subject.

Rong Yu poured some more soup into Song Xuyi’s bowl, stirring up the lake of Song Xuyi’s heart, while her own expression remained extremely calm. She stood up again and tucked Song Xuyi’s hair behind her ear: “I’m sorry for making you choke.”

“Just eat in peace, I’ll stop talking…”

Song Xuyi felt relieved in her heart. Though she wanted to eat in peace, after all of Rong Yu’s actions, Song Xuyi was flustered and confused, feeling full after just one bowl of soup, barely able to eat anything else. Moreover, although Rong Yu kept her word and continued eating quietly without saying anything else to make Song Xuyi’s face flush and heart race, this version of Rong Yu made Song Xuyi even more anxious, feeling that Rong Yu was secretly plotting something…

“Wifey!”

Sure enough, as soon as Song Xuyi put down her chopsticks, Rong Yu also put down hers, looking over with expectant eyes: “I want wifey to help me get dressed up before we go out!”

Song Xuyi let out a small sigh of relief and followed Rong Yu upstairs.

She originally thought helping Rong Yu get dressed would be easy, after all, Rong Yu was beautiful with a good figure, even wearing a piece of sackcloth wouldn’t diminish her beauty. However, Song Xuyi later discovered she had thought wrong – the makeup itself wasn’t difficult, but the person she was dressing up was Rong Yu—

After experiencing a series of forceful arguments like “wives don’t need to look away when their wife changes clothes,” “wifey help me with the zipper, when will wifey let me help with her zipper?” “I want to wear matching couple outfits with wifey,” “wifey’s lipstick is fading, my lipstick is dark, let me help touch it up”… Song Xuyi felt more exhausted than after fighting a battle: she was kissed by Rong Yu again, yet also saw all of Rong Yu with her permission, their relationship becoming as tangled as tangled hemp…

Song Xuyi further discovered Rong Yu’s craftiness in their subsequent interactions – she had only promised not to do excessive things to Song Xuyi even when alone, but hadn’t promised not to kiss and hug her, and left several lipstick marks on Song Xuyi’s face…

By the time they reached the garage wearing matching couple outfits, it was almost noon. This time Rong Yu was driving, and Song Xuyi hadn’t expected to be riding in Rong Yu’s car so soon. Worried about accidents, Song Xuyi gave countless reminders, while Rong Yu listened to her concerns with a smile, and did obediently drive carefully.

Song Xuyi didn’t know where Rong Yu was taking her, but as they drove along, the surroundings became increasingly familiar, and Song Xuyi realized that Rong Yu seemed to be taking her back to grandmother’s small courtyard…

Since grandmother’s passing, Song Xuyi would occasionally go back to check on things, while entrusting the house’s maintenance to neighbors. The neighbors knew about her marriage to Rong Yu, and whenever they saw Song Xuyi return alone, they would always ask where Rong Yu was. After this happened many times, the neighbors began to think Song Xuyi and Rong Yu’s relationship wasn’t good, looking at Song Xuyi with sympathetic gazes.

This time, Rong Yu and Song Xuyi returning together thoroughly dispelled the neighbors’ speculation about their poor relationship. The way Rong Yu looked at Song Xuyi was so sweet it could drip honey, how could she not like Song Xuyi?

The two spent a pleasant day at Song Xuyi’s hometown.

The small county town was just that size from start to finish. When hearing Rong Yu say she wanted to understand Song Xuyi’s childhood, Song Xuyi took her to her elementary and middle schools, and even encountered Song Xuyi’s middle school homeroom teacher at the middle school.

The teacher warmly invited Song Xuyi to the office and pulled out a small box containing many yellowed letters. The teacher smiled and sighed: “Xuyi, when you were young, you were well-behaved and had a good nature, many people liked you. But you lost your parents and disappeared for a while, only barely making it back. Usually, people lacking love tend to give more easily and are easily hurt. I was afraid you might go astray and suffer, so I specifically talked to your desk mate, asking her to give me all the love letters that people asked her to pass to you…”

“Here, I’ve been keeping these letters, wanting to give them to you someday. Now they’re returned to their rightful owner [完璧歸趙 | wán bì guī zhào | lit: return the jade intact to Zhao | meaning: return something valuable intact]. Please forgive your teacher for withholding your letters. I promise I haven’t read a single word—”

Song Xuyi hadn’t expected such a matter, no wonder she hadn’t received many love letters in middle school. Very grateful for the teacher’s care, after expressing thanks, she wanted to take the box, but Rong Yu quickly took it instead.

Song Xuyi didn’t mind, chatted with the teacher for a while before saying goodbye, and walked out of the school with Rong Yu under the dim street lights. Suddenly feeling talkative, though life hadn’t been particularly kind to Song Xuyi, looking back, there were still many happy times in her childhood: those elders who quietly cared for her, lively and lovely classmates, diligent studying efforts, and laughter sprinkled around the small stalls outside the school gates…

Rong Yu quietly listened to Song Xuyi’s words until they walked to the small grove beside the school. Watching a pair of middle school students secretly holding hands in the grove, Song Xuyi sighed, remarking “Ah, youth!” and teased Rong Yu: “You’re so beautiful, you must have received many more love letters than me during your school days, right?”

There was a long silence.

After a while, Rong Yu’s slightly hoarse voice finally spoke softly—

“Xuyi, you mentioned all the memorable people from your youth, but you forgot about me.”

Song Xuyi was stunned for a moment. Rong Yu’s words somehow carried a hint of heartache. Just as she was about to say she didn’t know Rong Yu back then, Rong Yu stepped forward and embraced her waist—

Song Xuyi instinctively looked at Rong Yu, only to find tears had unknowingly appeared in her eyes. Her gaze now was extremely strange, seeming both gratified and resigned, containing an overwhelming love that couldn’t be concealed.

As if bewitched, Song Xuyi’s heart suddenly began racing, some images flashed through her mind, and her heart became incredibly soft. She instinctively closed her eyes.

“Xuyi, but I’m very happy, very happy that you were once so joyful, even if I wasn’t part of your youth—”

“Your appearance has already been the greatest miracle in my life…”

Under the hanging bright moon, Rong Yu spoke softly. She blinked away the tears in her eyes and gently, preciously, bent down to kiss Song Xuyi’s lips…

“Xuyi, you tutored this fellow, that’s why he had a crush on you—”

Rong Yu coldly finished reading the first letter, but when she looked at Song Xuyi, her eyes became seductive, biting Song Xuyi’s ear: “Teacher Song, I want you to tutor me in biology too…”

Another night.

“Xuyi, this fellow saw you feeding rabbits, thought you were very caring, so he liked you…”

Rong Yu lightly kissed Song Xuyi’s nose tip, looking at Song Xuyi’s reddened eyes, trembling eyelashes, and rabbit ear hair accessory, making a “tsk” sound: “I also want to feed the cute Rabbit Xuyi…”

Yet another night.

“Xuyi, this person said he held hands with you during the sports meet running event, so he liked you…”

“Tonight I want to hold hands with you too, never letting go, for some exercise…”

…

Song Xuyi: T_T.

Teacher, let me say, thank you…

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LP: Re-translated on February 07, 2025

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