After Transmigrating into a Book, I Was Bent by the Villainess (GL) - Chapter 33

After Su Yiming was blackened, she ran away from home and disappeared without a trace.

Xia Chuci was truly powerless to complain about the brainless logic of the plot. The current Su Yiming did not love Gu Xin, yet she would still blacken because she and Gu Xin got together.

And, fine if she blackens, but why did she have to leave?

She racked her brains but couldn’t understand why Su Yiming left without a word for no reason.

In the original work, after Su Yiming blackened, she was expelled from the Su family and disappeared for three years. But now no one was trying to drive her away, yet she still left. So, regardless of the process, would the result always be the same?

After a villain blackens, they need to accumulate strength before returning to take revenge on the female protagonist. If you look at it that way, the plot forcibly making Su Yiming leave now seems not entirely unreasonable.

“If I hadn’t come over, were you planning to starve yourself to death?”

Miaomiao walked straight in without knocking, pushed the documents on Xia Chuci’s desk aside, opened the lunchbox on her own, and started laying out the food while muttering.

Xia Chuci looked out the window; it was already pitch black outside. She closed her eyes, rubbed her forehead, and said, “It’s so late, why are you still here?”

“So you do know it’s late, huh? I never noticed you were such a work enthusiast before.”

Miaomiao handed her a pair of chopsticks and said, “Eat quickly. If you keep this up, even if you don’t die suddenly, you’ll starve to death.”

In the past, Su Yiming had managed all these daily chores, and Xia Chuci never had to worry about them at all.

Xia Chuci was also quite depressed about this. After years of being used to a life where clothes and food were handed to her, with that person gone, she couldn’t even manage a meal for herself. She was almost spoiled into a useless person.

Xia Chuci gave her a weak glare and said, “Sudden death or starvation is unlikely, but I’ll definitely be cursed to death by you.”

Ever since Su Yiming left, Su Wenhu began to train her as the successor of the Su Corporation. Xia Chuci was happy to be busy, as this way she wouldn’t have time to think about other things, so she started studying and working day and night.

At the same time, Miaomiao also became her assistant.

“I really didn’t expect you to have such a background story, just like a TV drama,” Miaomiao sighed.

Yeah, isn’t such a melodramatic plot just like the soap opera that airs at 8:30 in the evening?

Xia Chuci really had no appetite and just took a few quick bites before saying she was full.

Miaomiao cleaned up without complaint but her mouth was busy: “She’s been gone for days, why are you still so sad?”

Xia Chuci thought to herself: Where do you see me being sad? I’m just not used to it, stop labeling me with these groundless emotions.

“Hey, I’m your boss now, can’t you show me a little respect?”

“If you give me a raise, I’d worship you like an ancestor.”

Xia Chuci choked. Are you obsessed with money?

“The food’s delivered, and you’ve finished your teasing. You can get off work now.”

Miaomiao snatched the document she had just opened and put it aside, saying, “Well, thank you for remembering I should get off work, but I still have one last thing to do.”

Xia Chuci looked at her in confusion and asked, “What else do you have to do?”

“Take you home.”

Xia Chuci waved her hand and said, “No need. I’m not a three-year-old child; I know how to get home.”

Miaomao crossed her arms and warned seriously, “The General Manager transferred me here not only to assist you with work but, more importantly, to supervise your daily routine. So you’d better obey, or I’ll just have someone knock you out and carry you back.”

Her method was simple and crude, but the effect was immediate.

Xia Chuci opened her mouth, speechless. Truth be told, Miaomao was perfectly capable of doing something like that.

Finally, she let Miaomao take her back to the Su family villa. Since it was the weekend tomorrow and she didn’t have to work, she could spend time with Chu Qian. It was easy to imagine how heartbroken Chu Qian must be after the daughter she had raised for over twenty years left without a word.

Ahem, the reason she didn’t return to her own little apartment was actually because every corner, even every small object there, was imprinted with someone’s traces. Being alone, staring at the empty house, with warm memories constantly resurfacing in her mind—that feeling of loneliness, emptiness, and cold was simply terrifying to think about.

After washing up, Xia Chuci inadvertently glanced at herself in the mirror and was greatly shocked.

She quickly leaned closer to examine herself: dry, sallow hair, rough skin, puffy eye bags, and a downturned mouth…

My god, when did I turn into this monstrous look!

Why do I look like a widow whose husband just died? Ptooey! What a terrible comparison.

Xia Chuci fiercely slapped herself in her mind.

She covered her face with both hands and rubbed it hard. Just the thought of Su Yiming coming back in three years to settle the score gave Xia Chuci a headache.

No, I absolutely can’t continue like this. This feeling of just waiting for death is absolutely awful.

The next day, Su Wenhu invited his private lawyer home to draw up a will.

Xia Chuci was surprised because, in the original work, Su Wenhu had never made a will. After he died in an accident, his daughter on the household register and his biological daughter fought tooth and nail over the family property.

“There’s no telling what might happen, it’s better to plan some things early.”

No one knew whether an accident or tomorrow would arrive first; he had to pave the way for his two daughters’ later lives.

Su Wenhu said, “Chuci, you and Yiming are both my daughters. I don’t want an unfair distribution to cause disputes between you in the future, so how about one half each?”

“I disagree.”

Su Wenhu was startled and questioned incredulously, “You disagree?”

Xia Chuci said solemnly, “Yes, I disagree with one half each. Everything in the Su family should belong to Yiming in the future. I don’t want to take a single cent.”

She cleared her throat and continued, “Dad, you know that when it comes to preserving our family business, no one is more suitable than her. Besides, if the Su family were left in my hands, I’d squander it all someday.”

Chu Qian reached out and stroked her head, saying, “Silly child, how can you talk about yourself like that?”

Xia Chuci grinned foolishly. Rather than fighting Su Yiming to the death over this hot potato after she blackens, it’s better to just give it up from the start. Better to have one less feud.

Su Wenhu said, “That’s fine, all the family property will go to Yiming. However, you can’t take nothing at all as you said. For the past twenty-plus years, your mother and I haven’t fully fulfilled our parental responsibilities. Regardless, child support must be paid.”

Two days later, Miaomiao delivered a deed of gift to her.

Xia Chuci rubbed her hands and opened the contract, figuring this child support should be enough for her to splurge for a few years.

“Ten… ten million! My god, what would I have to eat for eighteen years to finish ten million? Oh dear, help me up.”

Miaomiao said faintly, “Look closer. How many zeros are there?”

Xia Chuci glanced at her suspiciously, then shifted her gaze to the contract and used her finger to poke and count the zeros one by one. After counting twice, she nearly passed out.

She had missed one zero just now. That was one hundred million! One hundred million!

Xia Chuci’s eyes were vacant, her gaze staring blankly ahead. She mumbled, “My life is over.”

Miaomiao sighed, disappointed, and scoffed, “Look at you, getting excited over this little bit. Compared to Su Yiming, this is nothing.”

Xia Chuci slumped on the desk, depressed, “You wouldn’t understand this feeling of not needing money for the rest of my life. I just want to retire now and live off my pension. I have absolutely no passion left to work hard and strive.”

“…” Miaomiao suppressed the urge to slap her and sneered, “That’s too bad. Before Miss Su returns, you still have to shoulder the responsibility of the Su family. Forget about retirement.”

Xia Chuci pouted. A life of toil. What could she do? Work diligently, of course.

Under Su Wenhu’s careful cultivation, Xia Chuci, this slow and clumsy bird, finally got on the right track, and she could handle almost all work matters with ease. The rapport between her and Miaomiao also grew, making their cooperation increasingly smooth.

Recently, Xia Chuci took on a major project and has been working non-stop almost every day.

Perhaps due to lack of rest, today she felt her whole head was heavy, and her eyelids were droopy. Nevertheless, she forced herself to attend the project negotiation meeting.

After the meeting, Xia Chuci began to feel a little disoriented.

On the stairs, she missed a step, and her entire body instantly lost balance and fell backward. Before she completely lost consciousness, she seemed to hear Miaomiao’s shrill cry of alarm.

After an unknown amount of time, when Xia Chuci woke up, the slightest movement sent her entire body’s pain nerves screaming.

“You’re awake. Don’t move.”

It was Liu Yi’s voice. “Two broken ribs, a sprained ankle, and multiple bruises. No major issues, just minor injuries.”

Xia Chuci thought to herself: This is considered a minor injury? In your divine Doctor Liu’s eyes, is only ‘beyond saving’ considered a severe injury?

Liu Yi gently helped her lean against the headboard, openly examining her, and said playfully, “Tsk tsk, I really wouldn’t have guessed.”

Xia Chuci was utterly confused, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

Liu Yi said, “During the time you were unconscious, you called out Gu Xin’s name twenty-seven times.”

What’s the big deal? It’s standard procedure for the female protagonist to murmur the male protagonist’s name when she’s unconscious.

Also, you’re a surgeon, don’t you have other patients? How bored are you to actually count how many times I called the male lead’s name?

Xia Chuci said indifferently, “Oh, he’s my half-fiancé. Isn’t it normal for me to call his name?”

“Half?” Liu Yi asked curiously, “What does that mean?”

Xia Chuci didn’t want to bring up those melodramatic complications again and said perfunctorily, “It doesn’t mean anything special. You just need to know that we are in love.”

“You called Gu Xin’s name twenty-seven times, and you say you are in love. So, how do you explain calling Su Yiming’s name one hundred and seven times?”

Upon hearing this, Xia Chuci’s body froze. It was as if a bolt of thunder from a clear sky had struck her on the head, leaving her utterly speechless and scorched inside and out.