The Beautiful, Strong, and Miserable Ex-Girlfriend [Quick Transmigration GL] - Chapter 20

Fu Yanzhou didn’t understand. Not until he met Shen Sujie’s eyes, which were a mixture of a smirk and a cold stare. He was stunned for a moment, then his face turned grim. A theory he instinctively didn’t want to admit surfaced in his mind—Jiang Bieyuan and Qiao Weiwei had gotten back together.

But how could that be? What was there to get back together with for a shameless gold digger like Qiao Weiwei? All she wanted was Jiang Bieyuan’s money, the status of being the daughter of the richest man. She didn’t love Jiang Bieyuan.

In an instant, Fu Yanzhou was consumed by rage. He wanted to drag Shen Sujie in front of Jiang Bieyuan and expose her lies, pushing her down from her position as Jiang Bieyuan’s main partner.

Fu Yanzhou’s face was ashen. “So, are you showing off to me, Qiao Weiwei?” he said, secretly grinding his teeth while outwardly trying to look calm. “Qiao Weiwei, I advise you not to get too carried away. A person like you, with no value, will be discarded by Jiang Bieyuan sooner or later.”

“Only I—only with me—will her career advance,” he said, finally finding something to argue with. “My fame alone can bring her endless benefits.”

“What about you? What can you give her?”

“If you’re smart, you’ll back off now. Then I can be lenient with you, for the sake of our past connection.” Fu Yanzhou couldn’t hide the hatred he felt for Shen Sujie. “Otherwise, don’t blame me for what happens.”

The man narrowed his eyes, his expression a little menacing. “You know that to get what I want, I often do whatever it takes.”

Shen Sujie nodded in agreement. “I’m very clear on what you’re capable of. I have no argument with you on that point. But I also want to say, fame doesn’t last forever.”

“The water that carries the boat can also sink it. You’ve done so many bad things; be careful you don’t capsize one day.”

Shen Sujie smiled sweetly. “When that happens, I can’t guarantee I won’t take the opportunity to kick you while you’re down.”

Fu Yanzhou’s rage was off the charts. He immediately kicked over a chair next to Shen Sujie. The loud noise made the entire room fall silent, and everyone looked over.

Shen Sujie didn’t move. She didn’t even blink, watching Fu Yanzhou’s breakdown. She casually said to the system, “This is your precious male lead.”

“Hot-tempered, moody, and ruthless. I find it hard to believe that Jiang Bieyuan will be happy with a male lead like that.”

The system looked at the distorted expression on Fu Yanzhou’s face. It had nothing to say in his defense. Still, it managed to force out a weak argument for Fu Yanzhou. “Host, you’re being too absolute.”

“Maybe once Fu Yanzhou and Sister Yuan are together, he’ll be loved and will grow out of these bad habits.”

“Fu Yanzhou is a little pathetic now, but wouldn’t it be a much happier story if he changed and became a new and better person under Sister Yuan’s love and tolerance?”

Shen Sujie didn’t comment. “But what about the time before he completely changes? Who is actually sacrificing their own interests?”

“You don’t have to answer. I’ll answer for you. It’s Jiang Bieyuan.”

“Before Fu Yanzhou is completely reformed, Jiang Bieyuan will have to be like his mother, tolerating and loving him without a single word of complaint, and emptying herself to lift him up, with nothing in return.”

“At the same time, Fu Yanzhou’s fans will look down on Jiang Bieyuan for being a bastard child and won’t be grateful for her sacrifices. So Jiang Bieyuan will just have to endure—for three, five, or even ten years—until one day, when Fu Yanzhou and his fans finally come to their senses, will her worth and value finally be acknowledged by those irrelevant people.”

“Isn’t that right?”

Shen Sujie tilted her head, her face full of smiles but her words laced with thorns. “No wonder the author named her ‘Bie Yuan’ (which means ‘don’t complain’). It fits the garbage plot of this terrible novel perfectly.”

The system was so beaten down by Shen Sujie’s words that it could barely hold its head up. It wanted to refute her, but it had to admit that every word Shen Sujie said was true.

Jiang Bieyuan’s feelings had truly been hidden and buried. No one cared about what she was going through. Even the author, a fellow woman, had given all her love and forgiveness to Fu Yanzhou, while placing the most demanding expectations on Jiang Bieyuan. As the male lead, Fu Yanzhou got fame and money. But what did Jiang Bieyuan, the author’s so-called “daughter,” get? The system couldn’t answer.

It was a system created to save the tragic but strong heroine, but it was now shocked to realize that it, too, had been subtly influenced by conventional ideas and was also placing those same harsh expectations on Jiang Bieyuan.

The system suddenly lost its confidence. “So, what do you want to do, Host?”

“Simple.” Seeing that the system wasn’t a lost cause, Shen Sujie smiled slightly, then said something shocking that brought the conversation to a screeching halt. “Just get rid of the male lead.”

The system: “!” 

Without the male lead, how could this still be a romance novel? It instantly became hesitant. “I feel like… you have another motive here, Host. Like, if you get rid of the male lead, you can take over and stir up some chaos?”

Shen Sujie: “You’re not wrong.”

“I’m treating you as one of my own, which is why I’m sharing my true intentions with you instead of hiding them. So, when I get rid of Fu Yanzhou, remember to put in a good word for me with the higher-ups. Protect me, I don’t want to die just yet.”

The system: “…” You’re scared of dying after you’ve just gotten rid of the male lead? If you’re so scared of dying, then why are you going after the male lead? What did he do to you?

As the system was pondering this, its thoughts were interrupted by Fu Yanzhou’s voice. “Qiao Weiwei, don’t make me do something I don’t want to do.”

Fu Yanzhou was completely enraged by Shen Sujie. He no longer cared about keeping up appearances. “Otherwise, I have plenty of ways to make your life a living hell.”

The system: “…” Dammit, Fu Yanzhou is actually picking a fight with the host. Why would you do that? Couldn’t you have just been a diligent, sincere, handsome, and charming A-list actor? Maybe without Jiang Bieyuan as the heroine, you could have met some other Jiang Bieyuan or something.

Shen Sujie didn’t get angry at Fu Yanzhou’s threat. She just gave him a smile. Fu Yanzhou thought her sudden smile was strange, especially when he saw Jiang Bieyuan re-enter the room after hearing the commotion. But before he could react, he saw Shen Sujie’s eyes suddenly fill with two streams of clear tears. She looked at him with an expression of hurt and silent defiance, her face a picture of vulnerability.

Fu Yanzhou’s eyes met Jiang Bieyuan’s furious stare. He instinctively tried to explain, “Yuan Yuan, I didn’t, I didn’t do it, she just…”

The man’s remaining words trailed off under Jiang Bieyuan’s terrifying gaze.

Jiang Bieyuan was furious, but she couldn’t show it right now. She held Shen Sujie with a nervous expression, carefully checking her for injuries. “Did he hit you?” she asked, her voice full of concern and undisguised love.

Fu Yanzhou was losing his mind. All of this should have been for him. It should have been his!

“No,” Shen Sujie said, shaking her head, her face tear-stained and looking delicate and pitiful. “Fu-ge didn’t mean it. He just lost control when I refused his demand to get you into his bed.”

“He didn’t actually want to hit me.”

The air suddenly froze. Fu Yanzhou’s pupils constricted, and his scalp tingled. “Yuan Yuan, that’s not what happened, I…” He tried to speak, to deny it, but Jiang Bieyuan was out of patience. “Fu Yanzhou,” she said with a blank expression. “You’re done.”