Accidentally Pursued The Female Lead (GL) - Chapter 10
Shen Mian spent a minute contemplating what greeting message to send, but the other person broke her hesitation.
[Xiao Mian?]
[Why aren’t you asleep so late?]
Shen Mian saw this and replied:
[I was just about to go to sleep and wanted to say goodnight to you.]
While washing up, Shen Mian had been thinking about how to approach Xie Qiaoyu naturally.
This was the first time she had proactively reached out to someone other than Lu Jingchen.
In her previous life, before the Shen family’s downfall – which was now – everyone around Shen Mian had proactively surged forward, and Shen Mian had never worried about maintaining friendships.
Thinking about her friends… oh, she couldn’t call them friends anymore. After her accident in her previous life, not a single one of those ‘sisters’ who used to call her brother and sister had gone to see her.
Let’s just call them, ordinary social acquaintances?
Her daily activities with those people consisted only of: shopping sprees in various malls, throwing parties, traveling abroad, and occasionally going to nightclubs to have fun when Shen Zhixing wasn’t paying attention…
It seemed there wasn’t a single thing she could do with Xie Qiaoyu.
Then, while applying shampoo, she realized that the first thing everyone did when they met her was to want to add her on WeChat.
And she just happened not to have Xie Qiaoyu’s WeChat.
After much thought, she had no choice but to ask Shen Zhixing.
Even if Shen Zhixing didn’t have Xie Qiaoyu’s WeChat, he would definitely find a way to get it for her.
Facts told her that she had trusted correctly.
Xie Qiaoyu’s reply speed was still very fast:
[Okay, goodnight.]
Xie Qiaoyu sat in front of her computer. After replying to the message, she lifted her eyelids and glanced at the screen, which displayed multiple lines of code.
She had just taken an urgent order, but she had been stuck in one place for more than thirty minutes and couldn’t think of a solution no matter what.
Just as she was preparing to stay up all night to figure it out, she received Shen Mian’s friend request.
The message she sent didn’t get a reply for a long time, and Xie Qiaoyu guessed that Shen Mian must have fallen asleep.
Xie Qiaoyu got up and made herself a cup of coffee.
When she returned to her seat, she saw a small green voice message on a phone that hadn’t gone to sleep.
It was from Shen Mian.
Xie Qiaoyu sipped her cup, her finger tapping the voice message.
The girl’s sleepy voice rang out: “Goodnight~ Teacher Xie.”
As the voice message ended, the bitterness of the coffee in her mouth just happened to dissipate, but more than that was an indescribable sweetness.
The stimulation of her taste buds gave Xie Qiaoyu an idea. She quickly put down her cup, and her fingers rapidly typed on the keyboard.
Twenty minutes later, the task was completed very perfectly.
After sending the work to the client, Xie Qiaoyu received a notification from her bank card.
She glanced at it and found that the amount was 50% more than originally agreed upon.
Upon asking, she learned that it was a bonus for completing it in such a short time.
Xie Qiaoyu looked at her balance, the corners of her lips slightly curving upward.
Getting up to go to sleep, she suddenly thought of Shen Mian’s “Teacher Xie”…
What a good student.
Xie Qiaoyu thought.
And so, Xie Qiaoyu tutored Shen Mian during the day and took orders on a website where only hackers gathered at night.
Xie Qiaoyu wasn’t short of money; she simply enjoyed the feeling of her balance growing day by day.
Over the years, she had saved quite a bit.
She had spent too much time in the Xie family these past few years, and her inner perspective was almost skewed by Li Xiayi.
Xie Qiaoyu thought that when she had time, she would go abroad for a vacation to relax herself.
••••
Two o’clock in the afternoon a few days later, Xie Qiaoyu arrived at the Shen residence on time.
Led by Wang Feng, Xie Qiaoyu prepared to go to the study.
But when they reached the stairwell, Wang Feng turned to her and said, “Miss Xie, I’m sorry. The study is being used by the master. Can we go directly to the young lady’s room for tutoring today?”
Xie Qiaoyu nodded.
Then Wang Feng added, “But this is just for today. The master’s friend is also a sudden visitor. Today I will arrange the empty room on the third floor as the young lady’s reading room, and tomorrow we can tutor on the third floor.”
The two walked to Shen Mian’s room. Wang Feng knocked and said it was her, and Shen Mian’s voice calling them in came from inside.
Afraid that leaving Xie Qiaoyu waiting alone in the hallway would be impolite, Wang Feng said, “Miss Xie, please go in. The young lady should be awake already.”
Xie Qiaoyu said, “Okay.”
Pushing open the bedroom door, the first thing she saw was the bathroom and walk-in closet directly ahead. After taking a few steps and turning a corner, she saw the large bed placed inside.
A figure was kneeling on the bed with her back to Xie Qiaoyu. Her lower body was wearing casual sweatpants. Her slender, smooth, and long calves, kneeling on the bed and supporting her weight, and her taut hamstrings were visible.
Her upper body…
Xie Qiaoyu retracted her stepping foot.
Shen Mian’s hands were behind her back, unable to fasten her bra properly.
This bra was newly bought and a bit too small.
Thinking that perhaps with some effort she could put it on, she tried for three minutes without success.
Fortunately, Aunt Wang had come.
Because she had heard what Aunt Wang said when she knocked, Shen Mian didn’t suspect that it was someone else who had come in.
Without even looking behind her, she said, “Aunt Wang, please come and help me fasten this. I can’t get it.”
Shen Mian shifted her body slightly, making her back face the entrance even more directly.
‘Aunt Wang’ didn’t respond as usual, and even the sound of her footsteps approaching was much lighter.
When the two straps she had been holding were taken away by ‘Aunt Wang’ and a warm touch pressed against her back, Shen Mian’s stiff waist relaxed slightly.
‘Aunt Wang’ also didn’t know what was going on. She tried to fasten it a few times but still couldn’t get it right. The accidental touch of her fingers against her back made Shen Mian feel a slight itch.
Shen Mian thought it was because she had relaxed. She had no choice but to straighten her back again, also whispering, “Aunt Wang, don’t be shy. You forgot? You’ve watched me grow up since I was little.”
Perhaps because she mentioned her childhood, ‘Aunt Wang’ quickly fastened it for her. As the warmth on her back disappeared, the itch also vanished.
Shen Mian picked up the short-sleeved shirt placed in front of her and put it on, asking as she did so, “Oh right, Aunt Wang, who were you talking to just now?”
She seemed to have heard Wang Feng speak again after knocking, but she hadn’t heard clearly what was said.
Before ‘Aunt Wang’ could reply, Shen Mian asked again, “Is it almost two o’clock? Has Sister Qiaoyu arrived yet?”
After lunch, Shen Mian had changed into her pajamas and taken a nap. When she woke up, she realized it was almost time for Xie Qiaoyu to arrive.
Taking off her pajamas, Shen Mian had started her battle with her bra.
She still didn’t know what time it was.
Just as Shen Mian was about to roll over to the bedside table to grab her phone and check the time, she heard the person behind her reply.
“Arrived.”
Hearing the extremely familiar voice, Shen Mian rolled over and sat up on the bed, staring blankly behind her.
“Si- Sister Qiaoyu?”
Shen Mian saw Xie Qiaoyu nod, and her cheeks flushed red. “Why are you here? Where’s Aunt Wang?”
“Went downstairs.” Xie Qiaoyu continued, “I originally wanted to go out, but you kept calling for Aunt Wang, and seeing that you really needed help… so…”
“Ah? It’s okay.” They were both girls, she didn’t mind it much.
She just minded that the person who came in had been Xie Qiaoyu all along? She had actually let Xie Qiaoyu, the female lead, fasten her bra strap?
“Th-then why not go to the study?” Realizing what she had done, Shen Mian asked awkwardly.
“Mr. Shen is entertaining guests in the study.”
“Oh, is that so?”
“Yes, Aunt Wang said we’ll study in your room.” Xie Qiaoyu said, “I wonder where I should sit now?”
Shen Mian pointed to the north. “There’s my computer desk over there.”
“Okay.” Saying that, Xie Qiaoyu walked towards the computer desk.
Leaving Shen Mian alone, sitting blankly on the bed, contemplating life. The next second, she buried her head in the blanket and didn’t move.
Xie Qiaoyu turned her head and saw Shen Mian’s hunched figure, curled up in a ball.
The smile on Xie Qiaoyu’s lips grew wider.
Seeing the person on the bed shrinking smaller and smaller, her eyelashes fluttering, she said, “Hunching over like that, if the bra is too small, it might snap open, right?”
The female lead was indeed the female lead; what she said quickly came true.
Hearing a ‘snap’ sound behind her and the feeling of release after the constraint was gone, Shen Mian now wanted to wrap her whole body in the blanket.
Before she could make any move, she heard a soft chuckle coming from the distance.
Just as Shen Mian didn’t know what to do to ease the awkwardness, she heard Xie Qiaoyu’s voice from outside the blanket, “I’ll go out and pour a glass of water.”
The sound of the door closing followed. Shen Mian poked her head out from the blanket. After confirming that Xie Qiaoyu was really gone, she ran barefoot into the walk-in closet.
Taking off the culprit and throwing it into the laundry basket, Shen Mian changed into a normal-sized one.
She vowed that in the future, she wouldn’t buy something unsuitable just because it looked good!
When Xie Qiaoyu came in with two glasses of water, she saw Shen Mian sitting upright and properly dressed at the computer desk, a pen in her hand circling on the paper.
Watching Xie Qiaoyu place her glass of water in front of her, Shen Mian gripped her pen tightly and said with a dry laugh, “Sister Qiaoyu, I’ve finished all the homework you assigned yesterday.”
“Mm.”
There was no unusual expression on Shen Mian’s face. Xie Qiaoyu knew that Shen Mian was afraid she would bring up what had just happened, so she didn’t say anything, just hummed softly in acknowledgment.
Then she sat down beside Shen Mian and picked up her homework notebook.
Xie Qiaoyu checked for a few minutes. “Everything is correct.”
“At the current pace, we can probably finish tutoring in another two days.”
“Really?” Shen Mian said happily.
Thinking of the news she had seen while browsing Weibo in the morning, she added, “It just so happens that my second brother will be back from filming in three days. That way, I can hang out with him for a few days.”
Xie Qiaoyu didn’t speak, and Shen Mian didn’t feel awkward, simply asking, “Then, Sister Qiaoyu, what kind of work do you do?”
There was no part in the book about Xie Qiaoyu being her tutor, so Shen Mian wasn’t sure about the subsequent development.
A light flashed in Xie Qiaoyu’s eyes as she replied, “Doctor.”
“Is it going back to the previous hospital?”
Xie Qiaoyu shook her head. “I’m the private doctor for the president of the Lu Corporation.” She had signed the contract with Lu Jingchen a few days ago.
Hearing this, Shen Mian felt as if all the bl00d in her body had frozen.
Her lips felt dry, and she asked, “Wh-why?”
She thought she had already changed the storyline. Why, even after so many unprecedented things had happened, would Xie Qiaoyu still become Lu Jingchen’s private doctor?
And then the two would fall for each other, fall in love…
Finally, the Shen family would fall apart…
Thinking of the ending in the book, Shen Mian couldn’t accept it for a moment, and guilt poured out from the depths of her eyes.
Xie Qiaoyu noticed Shen Mian’s unusual behavior, placed her hand on Shen Mian’s shoulder, and called out softly, “Xiao Mian?”
Shen Mian came back to her senses. “I’m fine. It’s just that I’m a little sad to hear that Sister Qiaoyu won’t be teaching me anymore.”
Knowing that Shen Mian was hiding something, Xie Qiaoyu smiled and said, “Then how about I take you out for dinner later? As compensation.”
“Then I might just eat you broke!” Shen Mian suppressed the emotions in her eyes and returned to her usual self.