After Transmigrating, I Bent the Female Lead O - Chapter 14

Shu Minglan smiled lightly.

She had been away from this city filming for about a week. During that time, she occasionally posted updates on her social media, which mostly had a blocked list, so only a few people in the industry could see them.

He Lingxing was one of them.

This morning, she had posted that her evening flight would land at this airport around a certain time. She hadn’t expected He Lingxing to actually show up.

Female friendships are especially easy to break and build. At this moment, Shu Minglan had basically forgotten all the previous unpleasantness, and she found the slightly bewildered He Lingxing increasingly pleasing to the eye.

Shu Minglan’s fingertips deliberately kept a few inches away, not touching the exquisitely applied eye makeup. When He Lingxing pushed her hand away and looked up, her smile deepened.

Indeed, she was just a tsundere young lady. Although she spoke harshly, she was actually very enthusiastic in helping whenever something came up. Shu Minglan, having let down her guard, looked at He Lingxing with eyes so gentle they could melt.

“I grew up in Jiangcheng, and I’m quite familiar with the newly opened restaurants in recent years. What would you like to eat?”

He Lingxing closed the phone screen and slowly stood up from her seat.

As she was contemplating how to respond to such warmth from the female lead, a hand suddenly rested on her shoulder, naturally pulling her into an embrace.

The slightly aggressive scent of an Alpha subtly drifted into her nostrils. He Lingxing didn’t like being touched by unfamiliar people, and with this double aversion, she instinctively pushed the person away a bit.

Yu Fanhui, wearing five-centimeter thin high heels, almost twisted her ankle from the sudden shove but wasn’t annoyed. She simply hooked her arm around He Lingxing’s neck with a smile and gave her a big hug.

The young girl had fiery red hair, cut short to her ears, and wore two silvery star earrings. Although it was a chilly October, she wore only a short jacket, and a pair of fair, long legs showed beneath a black and white plaid skirt, a complete hot girl outfit.

Seeing Shu Minglan, whose beautiful features were still evident even with a mask, Yu Fanhui greeted her casually, then linked her arm with He Lingxing’s and charmingly whined:

“Sister Xingxing, where are you taking me to eat? I’m picky about bad food!”

It was fine for people of the same gender to hug and link arms, but He Lingxing wasn’t used to such intimacy with overly familiar people. Just as she was about to pull her arm away from the other person’s embrace, she heard Yu Fanhui lean in and whisper:

“You’re not going to bring an irrelevant person, are you, sister? Isn’t that Shu… what’s her name? I’ve seen her interviews, she’s a bit hmm…”

“Yu Fanhui!”

Although she whispered into her ear, she actually had no regard for Shu Minglan. The volume was just right for all three to hear clearly. Shu Minglan’s expression slowly turned cold, tinged with an indescribable emotion that made He Lingxing uncomfortable—

That discomfort wasn’t because of Shu Minglan herself, but because of Yu Fanhui’s excessive arrogance.

“I’m just kidding!” Yu Fanhui, seeing the situation wasn’t good, whined and called out, “Sister Lingxing, I’m hungry, shall we go eat?”

The airport was bustling with people, and Yu Fanhui had come alone. As angry as He Lingxing was, she couldn’t just leave the young girl alone at the airport. She could only tell Shu Minglan she’d see her next time. Noticing the fleeting disappointment in the other’s eyes, her anger flared even more.

The female lead she had painstakingly coaxed was now messed up by Yu Fanhui in an instant.

••••

The dinner wasn’t very pleasant either.

She wasn’t actually very familiar with Yu Fanhui; they had only crossed paths in childhood. Their friendship wasn’t close enough to be like best friends linking arms, but Yu Fanhui was naturally overly familiar.

And not the likable kind.

During dinner, Yu Fanhui kept trying to make conversation, asking her about industry gossip, but He Lingxing wasn’t very interested and only gave casual replies. After dinner, He Lingxing dutifully drove her to another home based on memory – not her individual residence, but the one she shared with her family.

The original owner had started making her own way during university, and her feelings and impressions of home were very distant. She rarely contacted her family proactively. Her parents also didn’t seem to care much about the original owner, but were instead much more enthusiastic towards Yu Fanhui.

Especially He’s mother, who smiled kindly and amiably upon seeing Yu Fanhui, saying the child had grown taller and looked even better after differentiation, praising Yu Fanhui until her small face turned red.

“Fanhui, Lingxing, it’s already past ten at night. Lingxing, don’t go back either, just sleep with Fanhui. You two can chat in the same room.”

She smiled at He Lingxing, but He Lingxing refused directly and decisively:

“I’m an Omega, how can I sleep with an Alpha?”

The original owner’s disguise as an Omega became her biggest shield at this moment, with gender difference being one of the most appropriate reasons.

He’s mother frowned: “Child, what’s wrong with women and women? Fanhui came all this way… I’ll have someone make the bed. Fanhui, you go sleep there, don’t mind her.”

Yu Fanhui sweetly agreed with a “Yes” and casually patted He Lingxing’s shoulder, about to say something but was interrupted by He Lingxing.

“Are you from outer space?” He Lingxing looked at them with a half-smile, her gaze shifting between the clearly ulterior-motived Yu Fanhui and He’s mother. “Of course women and women can be together, but forced relationships don’t work.”

Having just differentiated into an Alpha, the daughter of her mother’s friend, from a wealthy family of equal status, He Lingxing would have wasted her struggles in previous worlds if she still didn’t understand.

Normally, even for an arranged marriage, they would first ask if the parties were willing. But her mother was something else, directly trying to push her own daughter into someone else’s bed. And not to mention that she was an Alpha, even if she were an Omega, she wouldn’t date someone like Yu Fanhui.

He Lingxing truly couldn’t spend the night in such a home; it was filled with an uncomfortable feeling everywhere. She finally understood why the original owner was so cold towards her own family.

“Lingxing—He Lingxing!?”

Watching the figure walk away without a trace of hesitation, He’s mother’s eyes quickly flashed with a sharp glint, but when facing her guest again, she reverted to that kind and amiable face.

••••

He Lingxing, walking quickly into the night, had just inserted her car key when 520’s emergency alert sounded in her ear.

[Crucial plot imminent. Host, please prepare. The female lead will be framed and enter the male lead’s room. Host, as the vicious female supporting character, you must dutifully lock the door to facilitate the male lead marking the female lead!]

A set of coordinates appeared in her mind.