After Transmigrating, I Married the Male Lead’s Sister (GL) - Chapter 36

The next day, Li Suimei went to the hospital to see Fu Yanxiao. She was dressed to the nines, strutting through the hospital with her chin held high, ignoring the stares of the doctors and patients.

Fu Yanxiao was sitting on the bed in her hospital gown, drinking porridge when she saw Li Suimei. She almost choked on her porridge. “Pfft!”

Li Suimei tiptoed to the side. “Don’t spit on me.”

Fu Yanxiao looked at her outfit and complained, “Do you have to dress so… to see me?”

Li Suimei flipped her hair and opened a small pearl-woven bag she was carrying, taking out a square box and pushing it towards Fu Yanxiao. “For you.”

Fu Yanxiao took it and opened it. “…A diamond?”

Li Suimei snorted. “It’s a loose diamond. You can find someone to set it for you later.”

It was a pink diamond, worth at least a million. Fu Yanxiao tilted her head. “You’re not short of money anymore?”

Li Suimei sat down on the edge of the bed, smoothing her white skirt. The skirt was as white as snow, adorned with cherry blossoms, making Li Suimei look more beautiful than the flowers.

Fu Yanxiao looked at her and felt a headache coming on. “Are you here to see me or to audition?”

Just as Li Suimei was about to say something, the ward room door was pushed open.

“Xiaoxiao, we’re here to see you!” Several men and women entered, their eyes shifting subtly when they saw Li Suimei. “You’re here too?”

Li Suimei looked sideways and smoothed her hair, smiling. “What can I say? Don’t you know? So many brands are designing white dresses and white clothes for me. I have to pick and choose. This month, Ou Ya magazine wants to invite me to shoot for their August issue and has invited me to try on their new products…”

The girls looked at each other. After listening for a while, they realized that several big brands they often wore were actually inviting Li Suimei to try on clothes.

“……”

People were really infuriating when compared to others. The later arrivals didn’t dare to say a word.

Li Suimei only stayed for a while before leaving. She had a flight in the afternoon to City S.

Fu Yanxiao said, “Call me then!”

“My phone is broken, I haven’t changed it yet.”

Fu Yanxiao immediately stopped talking. After watching Li Suimei leave, she dismissed her friends in a few words, jumped off the bed, and called the driver to pick her up.

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The place where Li Suimei was helping Qin Qing was the wildlife park in City S. Li Suimei had her private plane send her there and landed directly at the nearest stopping point. It only took two or three hours to drive another half hour to the park.

“Why are we going to the zoo?” Fu Yanxiao asked, pulling her disposable cotton coat tighter.

The wildlife park was near the snow mountains, and City S was in the north, so even in summer, the temperature wasn’t very high.

Li Suimei put on a snow-white cape, and the white fluffy collar around her neck made her look as delicate as a porcelain doll. She pulled the cape tighter and stepped on her fleece-lined boots. “You’re the one who suddenly wanted to come. I didn’t prepare any extra clothes.”

“…Let’s go to the hotel first.” Fu Yanxiao dressed like a temporary worker. “Why do you want to come here?”

Li Suimei blinked. “There’s no hotel in the park, only two-story buildings. There’s been a severe drought this year, and these wild animals can’t survive in the wild, so they’ve introduced a batch and raised them in the zoo. The institute is under a lot of pressure. They found Qin Qing and asked her to come and take a look, and they wanted me to find a way to plan for these animals…”

“You can do this?” Fu Yanxiao was very surprised. The young lady, who seemed to be above worldly affairs, had actually come here to do charity work?

Li Suimei chuckled. She hadn’t understood these things before. It was all arranged by Qin Qing. She had recommended her to design the exhibition area, saying that it would be used to receive government officials and socialites in the future.

By now, the sun had set, and the weather was gradually getting colder. The snow mountains were powerful at night. Li Suimei and Fu Yanxiao watched some friendly animals in the park before it got dark, and then each opened a room, deciding to sleep until tomorrow.

The power of nature made people feel refreshed. Li Suimei really forgot all about what happened in Haishi. Fu Yanxiao and she had become closer in the past few days and were already sharing a room.

“We can’t play anymore,” Li Suimei said. “We have to figure out a way to deal with these animals tomorrow.”

Li Suimei: “Shall we roast them and eat them?”

Fu Yanxiao rolled over and played with her phone. “How are we going to deal with them? It’s illegal to roast lions…”

“The cost of the zoo is too high. The park workers only have a few people, and it costs a lot of money to feed them every year…” Li Suimei estimated a price and sighed. “A wildlife park can’t operate like one in the city. What should we do?”

Fu Yanxiao yawned. “You figure it out. I’m too tired to think.”

Li Suimei: “……”

In her dream, she heard Qin Qing’s voice again, “Take a few days off. If you’re bored, I have something for you to do.”

At that time, she didn’t think much of it, thinking that she was just coming to play. Now she realized that there were so many animals, almost a hundred of them. Qin Qing must have spent a lot of money to bring them here. If she didn’t do a good job, she would really lose face.

It’s evening again, and after finishing everything, the sun has set.

“Shall we have a picnic?” Li Suimei asked.

Fu Yanxiao glanced at the sky. It was already late afternoon, so she decided to forgo her plan of taking a private plane to M to try the new Amaris pastries. Instead, she opted for a picnic with Li Suimei in the wildlife park.

The park was full of young interns and volunteers who were quite fond of Li Suimei, a beautiful and approachable flower vase in their eyes.

“Freshly baked Victoria sponge!”

“Hello, Princess!”

Li Suimei smiled and waved at them, motioning for them to stop teasing her.

“What are fashion shows like? Are all the banquets that you big shots and wealthy heiresses attend paved with diamonds?”

Li Suimei hummed in response, casually saying, “It’s just like that.”

Fu Yanxiao elbowed her playfully. “Just like that? The title of Victoria is enough for you to brag about for two years!”

Everyone burst into laughter. Li Suimei joined in, her lips curving into a smile. The group of young people was full of energy.

As they were chatting, Fu Yanxiao pointed out a girl walking towards them on the grass. She looked a bit like Qin Qing.

The park had been hosting charity events, and occasionally, celebrities would come to take photos or make appearances. They had heard that this female star had arrived in the afternoon, but Li Suimei had been busy with her planning and only saw her now.

“Is that her?” Li Suimei asked.

Fu Yanxiao replied, “Do you know Zhang Yue?”

Li Suimei said, “I’m following her drama! She’s really good at playing vicious female villains!”

Fu Yanxiao said, “…Zhang Yue is her stage name. Her real surname is actually Qin.”

Li Suimei: “???”

Fu Yanxiao: “She’s a distant relative of the Qin family.”

“……”

Li Suimei stared at the approaching face, her mind going blank. Someone quickly pinched her cheek. Qin Yue said, “Little bunny, you’re so cute!”

The picnic spot was quickly set up with a bonfire, a tent, and a barbecue grill. The park’s staff had specially selected a high ground with a good view for them. With binoculars, the group could even see the tigers on the opposite mountain slope.

After a while of playing, a lot of food had been wasted, and the barbecue area was in a mess. They hadn’t eaten much, and everyone was starving when the park staff delivered a whole roasted lamb.

Li Suimei asked Fu Yanxiao, “Is this the one you fed this afternoon?”

“Pfft!” Someone chuckled. Qin Yue had left and returned.

“……”

Li Suimei looked at Qin Yue and retorted, “What’s so funny?”

Qin Yue shrugged and walked away.

Fu Yanxiao took a lamb leg and sat next to Li Suimei. “I thought you were quite happy to see her just now. What happened?”

Li Suimei twirled a blade of grass in her hands. “Nothing.”

Fu Yanxiao said, “I thought you were unhappy because she has the surname Qin?”

“……”

Li Suimei panicked for a moment, almost thinking that Fu Yanxiao had seen through her.

Fu Yanxiao cut a piece of lamb and handed it to Li Suimei. Li Suimei chewed it slowly, her posture elegant and pleasing to the eye. “It’s normal for you to look down on her. In families like ours, the elders hate it when people mix with the entertainment industry. To put it bluntly, they’re considered performers! Why bother to earn that money?”

Li Suimei slowed down her eating. “Do the Qin family members lack money?”

Fu Yanxiao sighed. “They didn’t lack money in the past, but after offending Qin Zhan and being messed with by Qin Qing, look at her. She’s been acting for so many years, but she still can’t even get a leading role. She’s 30 years old this year, two years older than Qin Qing. Do you know why she came all the way here?”

Li Suimei found it hard to swallow. She asked, “Why?”

Fu Yanxiao replied, “The son of the Zhong family was supposed to come, but he had something urgent and canceled.”

“She’s not really here for the animals.” Li Suimei put down the lamb and couldn’t eat anymore.

“………………”

As night fell, the stars were as numerous as pearls scattered across the sky. A shooting star suddenly streaked across the sky, and Fu Yanxiao pulled Li Suimei to make a wish.

Fu Yanxiao urged, “Hurry up!”

“Ugh, what’s the fun in that?” Li Suimei was reluctantly pulled up and clasped her hands together in front of her. Her almond-shaped eyes widened, reflecting the brilliant starry sky. She was about to make a wish in her heart when…

“Sister Qin Qing!”

The shooting star disappeared in an instant. Li Suimei kicked the grass in front of her.

“Did I interrupt your wish?” Qin Qing walked over. She was wearing a black windbreaker, and as the wind blew, her hair swayed and her coat fluttered, revealing her tight waist and graceful curves.

Li Suimei said, “No, I don’t believe in those things anyway.”

The little girl’s cheeks were puffed up in anger. She asked again, “What are you doing here?”

Qin Qing replied, “Your father has returned, and he can’t reach you. He asked me to pick you up and go back to Haishi to discuss the engagement.”

It had been almost a week. Li Suimei felt complicated and gloomy. “I haven’t finished the task you gave me.”

Qin Qing replied, “It doesn’t matter. I’ll find someone else to take over.”

But Li Suimei wasn’t willing. She had spent almost half a notebook writing a planning proposal, and she wasn’t willing to give up.

“Give me three more days.”

Qin Qing checked her phone and replied, “Okay.”

“Get some rest early.” Qin Qing turned and left, looking indifferent. Li Suimei wanted to thank her for saving her at the bar, but now she felt embarrassed. Why had she been so kind when she saved her, but now she was so cold?

Oh well, Li Suimei thought. She should thank Qin Qing when she had the chance.

The next morning, Qin Qing got up and opened the window of her 2nd floor room in the park. She saw a clear blue sky and a girl with bare arms waving at her.

“Hi!” Li Suimei waved at her. Behind her, there was a group of well-dressed men and women.

Qin Qing smiled. She hugged her arms, her curly black hair draped casually behind her. She looked at Li Suimei with tired peach blossom eyes.

Li Suimei said, “I’ve figured it out!”