Chapter 11: Supporting Female Character, What Are You Doing?!
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Pei Baoyuan lifted her chin toward Song Yiren.
“Miss Song is busy with work. I thought you two wouldn’t have time to date, so I specifically invited you here.”
Huang Zhenyu: ...
Song Yiren was delighted when she saw Huo Yanci. Ignoring the ten-centimeter heels beneath her feet, she strode toward him. Only when she drew closer did she see Pei Baoyuan leaning against Huo Yanci. Her smile gradually faded.
Huo Yanci’s expression also darkened slightly when he saw Song Yiren.
He had not expected Pei Baoyuan’s guest on the show to be Song Yiren.
His gaze toward Song Yiren held a little more scrutiny and warning.
He hoped Song Yiren was a sensible woman.
Song Yiren glanced at him pitifully, thinking that she herself had not known Pei Baoyuan would suddenly pull something like this.
Pretending to be blind, Pei Baoyuan ignored the exchange between them. “Miss Song, when I had just returned to the country last time, I didn’t know about your relationship with Huang Zhenyu, so I offended you.”
[The female supporting character has finally realized her mistake. Hurry up and apologize to our precious Yiren!]
[Looking at it from another angle, the heroine is actually the mistress now. Isn’t that terribly disgraceful?]
[I have a feeling Pei Baoyuan is up to no good. Haven’t you noticed that the plot has already deviated by miles from the original storyline?]
Song Yiren drew a deep breath. Knowing that her current status was indeed shameful, she could only swallow her anger.
She forced a smile. “It’s all right, Miss Pei. I understand how you feel.”
Huang Zhenyu stood to one side like a mute.
He truly had never expected the lie he had once told Pei Baoyuan to trick her to have consequences even now.
If Pei Baoyuan kept remembering it, trouble would continue to come knocking. Worse yet, if she ever learned the truth, he would be the first one to die. That would be the end of him.
With a bitter expression, he thought that next time he should find some excuse to “break up” with Song Yiren.
After mentally preparing himself for quite some time, he put on a fawning smile and said, “Miss Pei, there’s no need to apologize. We were both at fault last time. We didn’t know our place and affected the relationship between you and Brother Yan.”
The Huo family was now at the height of its power, backed by the Ke family, which held absolute sway over Harbor City. Huo Yanci was someone Huang Zhenyu could not afford to offend.
Nor could he afford to offend Pei Baoyuan.
Leaving aside the Song Corporation, which towered over the capital, the Pei family had produced three generations of government officials. Pei Zongnian alone, as the capital’s secretary-general, could make it impossible for the Huang family to survive there.
As for Song Yiren...
Although she was merely a minor celebrity, she was at least Huo Yanci’s woman.
In short, he could not afford to offend a single person present.
All he could do was lower his head and play the obedient grandson.
Pei Baoyuan had always known that Huo Yanci’s friends did not genuinely accept her. Most of them merely humored her because of her status. She simply had not expected them to be so hypocritical once she saw them clearly.
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Every one of them was full of lies, helping Huo Yanci conceal the fact that he was cheating on her.
Since everyone treated her like a fool, she might as well play the fool.
“We’re all friends. After I went home that day, I thought it over carefully and realized that I had gone too far. Why don’t I treat everyone to a meal today?”
“No need.” Huo Yanci refused immediately.
Pei Baoyuan wrinkled her delicate face and said coquettishly, “Do you also think I went too far that day?”
Huo Yanci said, “How could I? It wasn’t your fault in the first place. There’s no need for you to treat them to dinner.”
In the busy public lounge, quite a few people had already used work as an excuse to pass by several times.
Huo Yanci doted on Pei Baoyuan unconditionally, indulging and protecting her. Even his voice became exceptionally gentle whenever he spoke to her. The two of them were a perfect match—equally attractive and from well-matched families—and they looked exceptionally pleasing together.
A bold staff member passing by asked, “Teacher Pei, is this your boyfriend?”
Pei Baoyuan could smile and say, “Yes.”
But she could not.
Song Yiren could not.
She was merely the canary Huo Yanci kept outside, nothing more than a substitute for Pei Baoyuan while Pei Baoyuan was abroad.
Only a few hours ago, Huo Yanci had clung to her relentlessly, pinning her against the floor-to-ceiling windows and taking her in several different positions, leaving countless marks on her body without ever seeming to tire.
Yet now, she could only watch helplessly as Huo Yanci put his arm around Pei Baoyuan.
The two of them smiled so happily.
Song Yiren dug her fingertips into her flesh. With a numb expression, she said, “There’s no need, Miss Pei. I have work tomorrow, and I don’t eat anything after eight.”
Was she not eating, or was she simply unable to eat?
Pei Baoyuan had no interest in finding out. Her objective for today had been achieved.
“That’s such a shame. Let’s arrange something another time.” Pei Baoyuan tugged at Huo Yanci’s sleeve. “I’m so cold, Yanci.”
Pei Baoyuan was not wearing any more than Song Yiren had for the show.
Though it was called a public lounge, it was really just an open area at the intersection of several corridors, furnished with a few sofas and exposed to drafts from every direction.
When Huo Yanci heard this, he hurriedly removed his coat and draped it over her shoulders. “I’ll take you home.”
[Little Song! Your eyes are making it so obvious, ahhh!]
[Our baby’s gaze is terrifying. Sob, you’re no longer the gentle, sweet, beautiful young lady I knew.]
[The heroine’s eyes look so resentful. It feels like she could stare a hole right through the female supporting character.]
Pei Baoyuan was delighted when she saw the comments.
Let her show off.
As if she were the only one who knew how.
Infuriate Song Yiren!
She still had debts to settle with her.
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After getting into Huo Yanci’s supercar, Pei Baoyuan pouted. “I feel like Miss Song doesn’t like me very much. Do you think I really went too far last time?”
Pei Baoyuan looked utterly aggrieved as she tugged at the cuff of Huo Yanci’s shirt. “But I was only afraid someone else would take you away. I was just too anxious, so...”
Huo Yanci’s heart warmed, and he suddenly felt like kissing Pei Baoyuan.
To be honest, Pei Baoyuan and Song Yiren were equally beautiful. In fact, Pei Baoyuan surpassed Song Yiren in family background, talent, and every other respect. If not for...
Only an idiot would give up Pei Baoyuan and choose Song Yiren instead.
But from another perspective, he had two beautiful women at once. It was hardly a loss.
He raised his hand and wiped away Pei Baoyuan’s tears. “Be good, Yuanyuan. It’s all right. Song Yiren is nothing more than an actress. How could she compare with you? If she makes you unhappy, I’ll have people cut off all her work opportunities immediately.”
“Really?!” Pei Baoyuan’s eyes lit up, her voice brimming with excitement. But she quickly wilted again. “Forget it... She is your brother’s girlfriend, after all. Doing that would be disrespectful to your brother.”
[Take back everything I said praising the female supporting character. She reeks of fake sweetness.]
[The female supporting character is the ultimate green tea. I really feel sorry for our Little Song.]
Huo Yanci said, “It’s fine. It’s only a small matter. Huang Zhenyu won’t go so far as to fall out with me.” He wouldn’t dare.
Pei Baoyuan said indignantly, “But I don’t like this Miss Song either!”
“We could have finished work early, but she was late and made everyone on the show wait for her. We had to wait more than an hour before filming could begin. Don’t you think she’s terribly unprofessional?”
“...”
Huo Yanci fell silent.
The reason Song Yiren had been late was him.
If he had known beforehand that Pei Baoyuan’s guest on this episode would be Song Yiren, he would certainly have restrained himself.
“You’re not saying anything!”
“...Mm.” Huo Yanci felt somewhat guilty.
The rest of the drive home passed in silence.
Huo Yanci seemed to have something on his mind, while Pei Baoyuan was perfectly content. She sat in the passenger seat, seriously tapping away at her keyboard.
[Wait, female supporting character, why are you contacting paparazzi?!]
[Why are there marketing accounts and paid online trolls too?!]
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