Whoever Falls in Love First is the Dog - Chapter 51

Chapter 51: “Xiao Nian Told me About you Before, Said you Were Very Much to my Taste…”

Shen Mengke had never imagined that after just one meeting, in less than a day, she could so quickly get to know a person.

And that person was Yuan Yushan, someone she had always admired.

The cigarette was still in Shen Mengke’s hand. Yuan Yushan held her hand, leaning against her with a smile, smoking and saying, “You’re a good actress, with limitless potential in the future.”

Shen Mengke didn’t speak, her face devoid of expression. She simply stared blankly at Yuan Yushan, unsure of what she should say at that moment.

Yuan Yushan didn’t care what she might say; with one hand, under the pretense of offering a cigarette, she played with Shen Mengke’s hand. As she caressed it, she said, “Xiao Nian told me about you before, said you were very much to my taste…”

Saying that, she chuckled twice, then looked up and leaned closer to Shen Mengke.

Shen Mengke instinctively leaned back, but due to the chair’s restraint, her movement wasn’t large enough to prevent Yuan Yushan from getting closer.

They were barely a hand’s width apart. The strong smell of smoke and alcohol on Yuan Yushan made Shen Mengke frown. She looked down at Yuan Yushan—that face flushed from alcohol, those alluring, charming eyes—and Shen Mengke’s heart still couldn’t help but race.

Perhaps it was the alcohol, perhaps these messy smells, or perhaps it was simply Yuan Yushan herself.

Those eyes were exquisitely beautiful, like peach blossoms about to bloom, or lotus flowers just emerging from the water, dewy and mist-shrouded, concealing all sorts of wonderful imaginings.

“Sister Yuan…”

Shen Mengke was losing control. She主动 called Yuan Yushan, but Yuan Yushan suddenly extended a finger and pressed it against Shen Mengke’s lips.

The hand still held a cigarette. Shen Mengke looked down and saw the glowing ember at the tip of the cigarette. A faint, indescribable fragrance of smoke wafted towards Shen Mengke, making her feel a little dizzy, yet also a little excited.

“Mengke,” Yuan Yushan called her name.

“I heard your resources aren’t too good?” Saying that, she chuckled, “I have a few scripts and variety shows here recently. See if you’re interested.”

Unlike Shu Yun’s invitation, Yuan Yushan’s was too direct, so direct that Shen Mengke could instantly grasp its underlying meaning.

She stared at Yuan Yushan’s captivating eyes and chuckled awkwardly, “Sister Yuan, how could I be worthy?”

As she spoke, she pushed Yuan Yushan, trying to help her up.

But perhaps it was due to being drunk, one of them lost their balance, and Yuan Yushan suddenly fell onto Shen Mengke.

“Uh…”

The still-burning cigarette tip poked directly onto Shen Mengke’s neck. Shen Mengke was momentarily dizzy with pain, tears involuntarily streaming down. She tilted her head, her eyes tightly shut, her body trembling uncontrollably.

There was a commotion in her ears. She didn’t know what was happening, only that her world was spinning.

The weight on her body lightened in an instant. Before Shen Mengke could open her eyes, she felt something cold pressing against her neck.

It was slightly misty and cold enough to make Shen Mengke shiver; it must have been an ice pack.

She thought it was Yuan Yushan, and slowly opened her eyes, but when she saw who it was, the surprise in her eyes was unconcealable.

Chen Yanxing looked at her, her expression not very good.

She sat where Yuan Yushan had been sitting, holding an ice pack in one hand and her phone in the other.

“Why are you here?” After the surprise, Shen Mengke composed herself and asked.

As she spoke, she tried to take the ice pack from Chen Yanxing to apply it herself, but Chen Yanxing slapped her hand away. “Don’t move,” she said.

Shen Mengke was startled, her heart starting to pound erratically again. She looked at Chen Yanxing in surprise, but when she met Chen Yanxing’s cold eyes, her question remained unspoken.

She didn’t know why Chen Yanxing was so fierce, but she could feel that Chen Yanxing was angry.

Was it just because she didn’t go with Chen Yanxing to see her mother? Was it that big of a deal?

Yuan Yushan was sitting nearby, and Xu Shinan was also there.

She also held an ice pack, smiling as she told Shen Mengke, “Sorry, my hand slipped just now and burned you.”

Saying that, Yuan Yushan opened her palm to show Shen Mengke; in her palm, there was also a clear red mark.

Shen Mengke saw out of the corner of her eye that the unsmoked cigarette butt was under Chen Yanxing’s foot.

Shen Mengke shook her head, about to speak, when Chen Yanxing grabbed her chin and turned her head away.

Her burned neck was exposed again, and the ice pack pressed against it suddenly felt colder.

Shen Mengke frowned, looking at Chen Yanxing with displeasure.

Chen Yanxing’s actions were completely undisguised. Yuan Yushan looked at her strangely.

Just now, when something happened on their side and they hadn’t even reacted yet, this person suddenly rushed over and pulled her away from Shen Mengke.

“This is?”

“Sister Yuan, she’s Mengke’s girlfriend, Miss Chen of the Chen family,” Xu Shinan explained.

“Girlfriend?” Yuan Yushan looked at the two in surprise. “Didn’t you just say you didn’t have a partner?”

The surroundings instantly fell silent. Shen Mengke slowly turned her neck to look at Chen Yanxing.

Chen Yanxing also looked at her, but didn’t speak, only slowly increasing the pressure of her hand.

Shen Mengke winced in pain and pushed her away. “It hurts so much, be gentler.”

Saying that, she picked up her phone to check her neck; it didn’t look serious, just a red mark.

She couldn’t explain whether Chen Yanxing was her girlfriend right now, so she just pretended to be confused and asked, “Sister Yuan, are you okay?”

Yuan Yushan was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily, “I’m fine~ Smokers inevitably get burned a few times, it’s a habit.”

“Cigarette?” Chen Yanxing suddenly spoke. “What cigarette?”

As she spoke, her gaze fell on Shen Mengke’s hand.

Shen Mengke also followed her gaze and only then realized she had been holding the cigarette Yuan Yushan had given her.

She froze for a moment, then subconsciously explained, “I didn’t smoke it.”

“I know,” Chen Yanxing said, taking the cigarette from her hand and looking at Yuan Yushan and Xu Shinan. “Whose is it?”

She asked this, but her eyes were constantly fixed on Yuan Yushan.

Yuan Yushan narrowed her eyes slightly, then suddenly leaned back, one hand resting on the back of the chair, and crossed one leg.

The chair beside them was a bit higher than the bench Chen Yanxing and Shen Mengke were sitting on. When Yuan Yushan looked over like this, there was a sense of looking down.

How could Chen Yanxing not know whose it was? This person had suddenly rushed over, pulled her away from Shen Mengke, and then snatched the cigarette from her hand, stepping on it.

Everything was so sudden, yet she couldn’t do anything.

With just one glance, Yuan Yushan could tell that Chen Yanxing was not simple. The strength with which she squeezed was so great that Yuan Yushan thought her arm would break.

Yuan Yushan smiled, looking at Shen Mengke. Chen Yanxing’s actions towards Shen Mengke just now were infinitely gentler than hers, and her attitude didn’t seem like just playing around; it was as if she genuinely cared.

How could Shen Mengke be so worthy?

Being stared at by Yuan Yushan made Shen Mengke a bit uncomfortable. She keenly detected the tension in the air, looking at the three of them confused, only assuming there was a personal grudge between Chen Yanxing and Yuan Yushan.

“Uh, Sister Yuan, I’m feeling a bit unwell. I might have to leave early today.”

As Shen Mengke spoke, she stood up and tried to pull Chen Yanxing away, but Chen Yanxing sat motionless. She held the cigarette between two fingers and looked up at Shen Mengke.

Shen Mengke met her gaze across the space, frowning, looking at her in confusion, as if asking Chen Yanxing what exactly she was doing.

Chen Yanxing suddenly chuckled, then pulled Shen Mengke back with more force than Shen Mengke had.

Momentarily off balance, she fell onto Chen Yanxing’s body.

It was an extremely ambiguous posture. Shen Mengke almost knelt on the ground first, but was then promptly scooped up by Chen Yanxing and sat on Chen Yanxing’s lap.

She didn’t like being restrained like this and struggled to get up, but Chen Yanxing firmly held her down, preventing her from moving.

Shen Mengke looked at her with dissatisfaction. She knew there were two other people watching behind them, so she whispered, “What exactly are you doing? Let go of me!”

Chen Yanxing glanced at her and said, “Don’t talk.”

“Yuan Yushan?” Before Shen Mengke could speak again, Chen Yanxing had already spoken first. “I know you,” Chen Yanxing said.

Yuan Yushan looked at her, then at Shen Mengke, chuckled, and lit another cigarette. “Heavy smoker, please bear with me.”

Chen Yanxing scoffed, then heard Yuan Yushan say, “Many people know me, but you…” Saying that, she looked Chen Yanxing up and down, then shook her head mockingly, “It’d be more appropriate if your mother came to speak with me.”

Shen Mengke, in her arms, stirred, seemingly about to say something, but Chen Yanxing pressed her head down onto her shoulder.

Her teeth knocked against Chen Yanxing’s shoulder, and Shen Mengke took the opportunity to bite her, making Chen Yanxing wince in pain.

She glanced at her, then smiled nonchalantly, “Yu Yajun, do you know her?”

Yuan Yushan’s eyes instantly changed, but she continued to smoke calmly.

Xu Shinan glanced at Chen Yanxing, then at Yuan Yushan, and taking advantage of no one paying attention to her, quietly retreated, trying to leave.

Suddenly, a hand rested on her shoulder, stopping her from backing away further.

Shen Jingli leaned out from behind her, smiling as she looked at her. “Sister Xu, where are you going?”

Xu Shinan turned her head in surprise to look at Shen Jingli, then at Chen Yanxing, “You… you know each other?”

Shen Jingli tilted her head, “Coincidentally, yes, we do.”

Shen Mengke finally couldn’t help but struggle out of Chen Yanxing’s embrace. She glared at Chen Yanxing, then stood up, looking at the somewhat chaotic situation.

Shen Mengke had originally chosen this corner for quietness, but unexpectedly, it had created a space for the group.

“What’s wrong?” In this situation, Shen Mengke didn’t dare to move recklessly. She sat back down and whispered to Chen Yanxing.

Chen Yanxing smiled, playing with the cigarette in her hand. “Nothing, just sit here and don’t move.”

After a moment of silence, Yuan Yushan finally finished her cigarette. She flicked the ash and threw the butt on the ground.

“What’s your relationship with Yu Yajun?” Yuan Yushan finally spoke.

“Her adopted wolf cub,” Chen Yanxing said, opening her phone and finding a photo. The photo showed two women together, one of whom was clearly Yuan Yushan.

Shen Mengke leaned forward curiously to take a look. Yuan Yushan in the photo looked very young, perhaps in her early twenties.

Yuan Yushan glanced at it, then lowered her eyes. “Where is she?”

“Dead,” Chen Yanxing said, placing her phone on a nearby chair. “As you wished, she’s dead.”

As Chen Yanxing said this, the music not far away paused for a moment. Shen Mengke looked at Chen Yanxing in surprise, then at Yuan Yushan.

“What are you saying?” Shen Mengke asked incredulously, even with a hint of anger in her tone.

Chen Yanxing glanced at her, then at Shen Jingli. “You ask her, she’s here to arrest someone.”

“Arrest someone?”

Shen Mengke suddenly felt like a clown trapped in a box, knowing nothing.