I Pursued My Scummy Ex’s White Moonlight – Chapter 32

Kiss

“Sigh, why has it gone quiet?”

Mother Su pressed her ear to the door, her face filled with an irrepressible smile. She was extremely satisfied with Luo Xi, feeling that this child was quiet, very polite, and carried herself with a noble air, yet remained humble. She was so much better than that Helian Yun, who was always trying to trick her daughter into running away from home.

From the very first glance, Father and Mother Su had found Helian Yun to be oily-mouthed and glib-tongued. The moment they showed the slightest hint of dissatisfaction with her, she never set foot in their house again.

To disregard elders like that while they were still just dating meant that if they truly got together, she probably wouldn’t yield to Su Wenwen during arguments. They wouldn’t be able to intimidate Helian Yun at all, which was why they were so vehemently opposed to her, even finding her extremely disagreeable.

It wasn’t that Father and Mother Su truly detested Su Wenwen for liking someone of the same sex; it was just that this person couldn’t be Helian Yun.

“Oh no, darn it!” Mother Su exclaimed in surprise.

Father Su, who was beside her, jumped in fright. Before he could even ask what was wrong, he saw Mother Su open the door and walk in. He quickly hid to the side, not daring to show his face.

Luo Xi heard the sound and looked up from the photograph, saying to Mother Su, “Hello, Auntie!”

“Ah, hello.” Hearing Luo Xi’s gentle voice, Mother Su’s heart softened. She walked over to Su Wenwen’s side and, seeing the photo frame in her hand, sighed. She was a step too late. “Nannan, this photo…”

“Help me throw it away!”

Su Wenwen handed the frame to her mother. For her, the memories with Helian Yun were more painful than happy. Besides, she had already decided to break up, so things related to Helian Yun really shouldn’t be in her sight anymore.

“Are you sure?” The reason Mother Su hadn’t thrown this photo away was that Su Wenwen had treated it like a treasure. She was afraid that if she really threw it out, her daughter would hold a grudge, so she had just put it in a drawer, out of sight, out of mind.

“Yes, I’ve already broken up with her. Keeping these things just takes up space,” Su Wenwen said with a smile, linking her arm with her mother’s.

Seeing that Su Wenwen was truly serious, Mother Su felt relieved. However, as she had entered, she had noticed the bedding on the floor. As she left, she conveniently took the bedding with her, offering a plausible excuse: “Your father’s old cold legs¹ are acting up. I’ll take an extra quilt to warm him up.”

There were only so many quilts in the room. One was a mattress pad, one was a thin blanket for covering her stomach, and now one had been taken away. Su Wenwen turned to the villain with a hint of helplessness. “You know I like girls. Would you mind sharing a bed with me?”

“I don’t mind.”

Luo Xi truly didn’t mind sharing a bed with Su Wenwen, but she was very concerned about the photo from just now. It turned out Su Wenwen could smile at someone else so gently and brilliantly, yet she herself had never seen Su Wenwen smile like that.

It’s a little jealousy-inducing!

After a simple wash-up, the two lay down on the bed, back to back. Before, Sisi had been lying between them like a wall, but now, the sounds from behind her were clearly audible in the room, making it impossible to quiet her mind and sleep.

The side Su Wenwen was lying on faced a window. The curtains were open, revealing the countless stars in the sky. She started counting them to keep her mind from wandering, but the system was a real pest and began urging Su Wenwen to have a heart-to-heart with the villain again.

After tossing and turning for a while, Su Wenwen lay flat on her back.

“Can’t sleep?” Luo Xi asked.

“Yeah. Do you have any plans for what’s next?”

According to the plot, the villain would wander outside for a while before returning to the Luo family to help build the base, although it would ultimately end in failure.

“Not for the time being.”

“Don’t you want to go home?”

Perhaps it was the mention of the word ‘home,’ but the villain fell silent for a moment before suddenly sitting up. Su Wenwen, not understanding why, sat up as well.

“Do you have any alcohol? A little drink makes it easier to fall asleep.”

She did have quite a bit of alcohol, all stored in her spatial backpack. Su Wenwen had originally saved it for cooking, but hearing the somber tone in the villain’s voice, she figured she was in a bad mood and took out some for her.

“You have some too.”

Su Wenwen didn’t refuse. She took a small cup and drank with the villain. However, she rarely drank and had poor tolerance, so she could only have a little.

The villain’s tolerance for alcohol seemed excellent. In no time, half a glass was gone. She walked to the window, swirling the glass in her hand. The soft moonlight illuminated her side profile, draping her in a mysterious and beautiful glow that made it impossible to look away.

Her throat felt as if it were being scorched by flames. Su Wenwen subconsciously raised her cup and drained it, only to feel even worse.

The villain poured her another half-cup.

“Do you know about the news report, the one about the chairman of the Feichuang Group who was angered to death at his daughter’s birthday banquet?” Her voice sounded a little sad.

“Yes, I know. If your ex-fiancé hadn’t fallen for someone else, maybe that wouldn’t have happened.”

“It wasn’t like that…” She took a sip of wine, her gaze growing heavy as she stared at the moonlight outside the window, her thoughts unreadable.

From the villain’s description, Su Wenwen learned that the male lead’s grandfather and the villain’s grandfather were brothers-in-arms who had gone through life and death together. They had originally agreed to unite their families through marriage, but their wives both gave birth to boys. So, they made a pact that if the third generation consisted of a boy and a girl, they would have an arranged betrothal².

The villain didn’t like being constrained like this, so she went to the male lead to call off the engagement. Although the male lead also disliked arranged marriages, he didn’t resist like the villain did, instead deciding to let nature take its course.

Naturally, the villain was unwilling to accept this. She investigated and found that the male lead had been getting close to the female lead recently. If she could find this out, the male lead’s family naturally could too. The female lead’s fate was thus predictable: she was bullied at school and often ran into hooligans who would harass her when she went out.

So, the villain decided to give things a little push, guiding the male lead to play the hero saving the damsel. Over time, the male lead developed a protective desire for the female lead. When she brought up calling off the engagement again, the male lead naturally agreed for the female lead’s sake.

But to silence their families, they had to make the two families have a complete falling out. To achieve her goal, the villain specifically arranged for the male lead to break off the engagement at her eighteenth birthday banquet, in front of numerous reporters and members of high society. Who would have known that it would anger Father Luo to death on the spot?

After hearing the villain say all this, Su Wenwen finally understood. The time she had met the sullen villain, it wasn’t because of an embarrassing period, but because she was blaming herself for unintentionally causing the death of the father who doted on her the most.

That was why she had no face to go home.

She was also afraid of seeing her mother’s sorrow after losing her beloved, and of hearing her grandfather’s angry rebukes.

After finishing her story, the villain suddenly smiled. “Actually, I’m the type of person who won’t stop until I achieve my goal. I’m far from being as good as you think.”

“That’s not true…” Su Wenwen bit her lip and said, “That wasn’t your fault. If it were me, I might have done something even more extreme.”

【Ding: Mission complete.】

【Rewards: Spatial Backpack3, Dried Meat5, Dried Tofu5, Clear Tea5, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall5, Chicken Wings5, Milk5, Cod Liver Oil5, Low-grade Gauze*5】

【Mid-grade Gauze*5 (Can heal large-area wounds and stop bleeding caused by external injuries)】

【Attribute Reward: 300】

Although the mission was complete, it had made the villain recall painful memories. She finished one glass of wine and poured another, her eyes downcast. In the moonlight, the beauty mark that adorned her face was like a silver teardrop.

For some reason, Su Wenwen’s thoughts drifted back to Helian Yun. For that person, she had indeed done many extreme and foolish things: running away from home, fighting with her parents, and the cruelest time, shouting that she would never come home again.

And she really hadn’t returned home for several years.

A bitter taste filled her mouth that even wine couldn’t suppress. The small half-cup of wine was soon empty again. She reached for the bottle, but the villain blocked her with her hand.

“My story is more or less told, and we’ve had enough to drink. Let’s go to sleep.”

Su Wenwen stared at the villain, somewhat stunned. She clearly looked so sad, yet she could remain so calm.

The villain cherished her family deeply. This feeling of having a home but not daring to return was so similar to the Su Wenwen of her previous life.

But Su Wenwen hadn’t been able to go home for even a single glance before she died. After her rebirth, it was with the villain’s help that she had returned home.

Looking at the villain’s sorrowful eyes, Su Wenwen’s heart softened. She wanted to comfort her, so she reached out, cupped the villain’s cheeks, and pressed a kiss onto that vexing tear. The sound of chaotic breathing filled her ears.

The soft moonlight seemed to want to merge the two figures embracing by the window.

“Let’s go home. I’ll go home with you.”

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When Su Wenwen woke up, her head felt heavy and she reeked of alcohol. The villain had gotten up very early; the bedding on the other side of the bed was cold to the touch.

She groggily got up to wash, opening her panel to check her rewards while she was at it. She discovered that the main mission had been updated, and the villain’s blackening value had dropped by twenty points last night.

Only then did she remember what a bold thing she had done last night. Memories flooded in like a tide, forcibly crammed into her mind, making it hard for her to tell if it was a dream or if she had really kissed the corner of the villain’s eye.

【It wasn’t a dream. The Host got some serious guts after getting drunk and kissed the villain. However, the villain’s blackening value dropped, which means the villain also likes being kissed by the Host. Therefore, to prevent the world from being destroyed, the system sincerely suggests that the Host pursue the villain as a girlfriend.】

To prevent the world from being destroyed, I have to use the villain as a tool and take advantage of her feelings?

Su Wenwen couldn’t do it.

【Host, don’t paint yourself as so noble. It seems that ever since you met the villain, you’ve only ever called out the villain’s name with your mouth, but in your heart, you’ve always treated her as a character from the book. You’ve never once sincerely thought of the villain’s real name.】

Su Wenwen was speechless.

The system was right. In her heart, Luo Xi was just the great villain. All that talk about being friends through life and death was just to win the villain’s favor.

No, to win Luo Xi’s favor.

And now she was acting like a white lotus³, saying she didn’t want to use Luo Xi, but in reality, she was using her through and through.

【Of course, the Host isn’t a true white lotus. Otherwise, with the villain’s personality, the Host would have been dealt with long ago. The system was just offering a suggestion. The decision lies with the Host.】

After washing up, Su Wenwen returned to her room distractedly. The faces of Helian Yun and Luo Xi flashed before her eyes again and again.

She looked around in a daze. After a moment, as if having made a decision, she shook her head, clearing away all the chaotic thoughts. Then she took out her phone and deleted all of Helian Yun’s contact information.

Su Wenwen didn’t understand her own feelings for Luo Xi yet, but before she could figure it out, she had to at least make a clean break with her ex.

“System, from now on, stop prying into my thoughts so much.”

【Denied. The system has no desire to pry into the Host’s messy thoughts. It only increases the system’s processing load.】

Forget it. She wouldn’t argue with an emotionless machine. Su Wenwen checked the new mission. The main mission was to accompany the villain home. It seemed normal, but when she clicked on the main mission to expand it, she saw there was a mandatory requirement below. If she failed to complete it as required before the villain returned home, she would be punished.

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