Translator: Yunyi
Feng City. Late at night.
Inside a brightly lit resort, some young people were having a pool party.
As the pumping beats and deafening electronic sounds filled the air, they shook their bodies wildly in their flashy clothes. Surrounded by Champagne and pretty faces, they were completely immersed in their luxurious lifestyle.
Splash—
No one noticed, at that moment, that a small figure had fallen into the water. After struggling a little…she slowly sunk to the bottom without a single person showing any concern…
After some time, someone finally screamed.
“Help! Someone’s drowning! Quick!
“She…she appears to be out of breath!
“Song Yaoyao? It’s Song Yaoyao…”
Song Yaoyao’s stomach swelled uncomfortably while she felt something flood into her mind.
“Oh God! Yaoyao! Wake up, Yaoyao! Don’t scare me. Huhuhu…”
Someone shook her body frantically, and their cries made her head hurt.
“Cough cough…” Song Yaoyao coughed up a mouthful of water and her mind cleared a little.
Seeing that she was fine, some breathed sighs of relief while others scoffed and complained on the inside, this jinx is certainly lucky!
Song Yaoyao felt a needle-like pain in her temples and it hurt so much that she thought she would die. Unable to control her tears, they began to drip down her cheeks.
Seeing her miserable expression, the man next to her rolled his eyes. “Look, she’s crying again. I don’t understand how she has so many tears!”
Meanwhile, tears also clung to Song Jingwan’s elegant face; her sadness was hard to hide. “How could you say that? Yaoyao is my younger sister!”
Her pitiful tears attracted sympathy, forcing the man to refute, “You treat her like a younger sister, but I don’t see her treating you like an older sister! Otherwise, why would she steal the person that you like?”
If this was in the past, Song Yaoyao would have thrown a slap without hesitation. But her mind was being tormented by a jumble of memories at that moment, so she couldn’t hear their insults.
Since she was lying beside the pool in the middle of autumn and her wet dress was clinging to her body, the wind chilled her down to the bone. Song Yaoyao’s body trembled slightly as her jet-black hair hung down the sides of her face, hiding her cold gaze…
Song Yaoyao had already died in her previous life. Her life ended on the day of her 19th birthday. Cause of death: heart failure.
But now, she was alive again, and the throbbing pain in her temples told her that she wasn’t hallucinating.
Not only had she come back to life — she had transmigrated into a silly novel that she once read. In the novel, the secondary female character shared the same name as her; a character with a weak personality and low self-esteem who often got outshined by her older sister and was treated like a jinx by her parents.
Bullied, neglected, and her fiance stolen, she tried to fight back, but in the end, her family kicked her out and she died a pitiful death.
It could be said that inside ‘The Young Master’s Delicate Wife’, Song Yaoyao’s name was synonymous with tragedy!
“Ha…”
The girl’s dazed eyes came to life and suddenly twinkled. She licked her lips and slowly lifted her head. Under the moonlight, her delicate and flawless face was blooming like an extravagant begonia. As her curly hair stuck to her fair-skinned face, she was dazzling but not vulgar, charming but not evil…
Song Yaoyao took in everyone’s gaze and remembered it as a meaningful smile appeared on her lips.
She was making an announcement: from the moment that she stepped foot into this world, this novel was headed toward a bad ending.
Actors get in position, the show’s about to start.
Have you guys decided how you want to die?
Song Jingwan stared into the girl’s clean and refined face, and a trace of jealousy flashed across her eyes. “Yaoyao? Are you okay?” she asked softly as she held onto Song Yaoyao’s hand.
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Song Yaoyao noticed the look in Song Jingwan’s eyes and slightly curled her lower lip. But, a moment later, her expression changed and she grabbed Song Jingwan’s hand instead, clinging to it and not letting go.
She said weakly with tears in her eyes, “I’m not okay, I’m about to freeze to death. Sis, can you come with me to change clothes?”
As she pleaded quietly, her nose was red and her eyes were misty.
Song Jingwan sensed that more and more eyes were focused on her. She smiled and gently brushed a loose hair behind Song Yaoyao’s ear. “Of course, even if you didn’t ask I would have been too worried to let you go back on your own!”
As she spoke, she helped Song Yaoyao up and turned to apologize to the crowd, “I’m sorry, let’s end the night here. I need to keep my sister company after what happened.”
As the most valued daughter in the Song Family, Song Jingwan was a high class socialite in Feng City, so everyone had to show her some respect.
Thus, the party ended because Song Yaoyao fell in the water.
As the sisters left, they could still hear people praising.
“The Elder Miss Song has such a good personality. She’s also beautiful and gentle!”
“She treats her sister so well, but it’s a shame that Song Yaoyao is no good.”
“I know, right? Jingwan and Young Master Huo are clearly a match made in heaven!”
Amidst the praising, someone scoffed, “Fake,” and left.
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…
Back in Song Yaoyao’s room.
Song Yaoyao finished bathing, stood in front of the mirror, and curved her eyes at the person staring back at her. With a smile, she yelled outside, “Sis, I forgot to grab my clothes. Can you help me?”
Just like the usual Song Yaoyao, she completely trusted her older sister.
But, what had her sister done?
Song Jingwan furrowed her brows impatiently. She held back her frustration, casually grabbed a set of clothes from the wardrobe, and brought them into the bathroom.
However, to her surprise, she looked around the bathroom and did not see any trace of Song Yaoyao. She was dumbfounded. “Yaoyao?”
Then, out of nowhere, Song Yaoyao somehow appeared behind her and replied sweetly, “Yes, I’m here.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she grabbed onto Song Jingwan’s hair ruthlessly and dunked her head into a bathtub of water that she had prepared…
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“Mm! Mmm, help, mmm…”
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Caught off guard, water entered Song Jingwan’s mouth and nose. She started to struggle furiously, but the hand holding her hair was extremely strong; so strong that it felt like her scalp was about to be torn off as well!
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Slowly, she was deprived of air, and the feeling of suffocation made her lose hope.
She tried, with all her might, to grab Song Yaoyao’s hand, but she couldn’t grab onto anything.
Just as she was about to fall unconscious, the person holding her hair finally decided to show mercy and pulled her head out of the water.
“Huff…”
Song Jingwan’s pupils dilated. But just as she took a breath, her head was dunked back into the water before she could react.
Once, twice, three times…
The person behind her was like a demon. There was a smile on her charming face and two deep dimples on her cheeks. She lowered her eyes in a carefree manner and watched as Song Jingwan lingered on the border between life and death.
Her curled eyelashes cast a shadow on her lower eyelid, making her appearance exquisite like a doll in a shop window.
“Are you having fun, Sis? Huh?” Song Yaoyao laughed as she tilted her head and pulled Song Jingwan out.
“Mm…cough cough…cough…”
Song Jingwan’s heart filled with hatred as her eyes unconsciously teared up and her nose became runny. It took a lot of effort, but she finally turned her watery gaze and looked into the girl’s beaming eyes.
“Song Yao—”
“Isn’t this fun, Sis?”
Song Yaoyao applied force, grabbed onto Song Jingwan’s scalp, and pulled it back, forcing her to lift her head.
Practically cheek to cheek with Song Jingwan, Song Yaoyao said affectionately, “Sis, why aren’t you saying anything? I still remember the joke you played beside the pool earlier,” Song Yaoyao said softly. “As the water covered my head, it entered my nose and mouth, and my breathing slowly stopped. That feeling — I will never forget it!”
Song Jingwan was in a vulnerable state and she felt a moment of panic, but she stared straight into Song Yaoyao’s eyes, refusing to admit that she had done anything wrong. It was just a joke. Besides, wasn’t she alive and well?
“Song Yaoyao, you’ve lost your mind!” Refusing to admit defeat, Song Jingwan fought back and tried to claw Song Yaoyao’s face.
But one loud slap caused the world to fall silent.
Song Yaoyao brushed off her hands and looked at the scum that was Song Jingwan. She leaned over and patted her on the cheek, “Think of this as a return gift. Remember, you owe me a life.”
The life that was quietly lost in the water because of a joke… She was going to make her pay for it on behalf of the original owner of this body.
Song Jingwan’s fiery eyes stared at Song Yaoyao, wishing she could burn a hole through her back. Her chest heaved up and down as the scene ended with a stubborn expression remaining on her face.
She did nothing wrong. She was never admitting that she was wrong! Song Yaoyao, this isn’t over!
…
Song Yaoyao walked arrogantly out of the bathroom and her expression suddenly changed.
Owwww! The slap that she gave Song Jingwan was so intense that her hand was hurting!
She tried to endure it by opening her eyes wide and holding back her tears.
“Hu…”
But her palm was burning like it was on fire.
She couldn’t endure it anymore! F*ck, I can’t take it! Huhuhu, it hurts like hell!
Song Yaoyao was born with an abnormal sense of pain. For her, just a little bit of pain was magnified infinitely.
She blew on her hand. She couldn’t stay in this room, so she sniffed back her tears and went to look for food.
The original Song Yaoyao was a nobody at the party; Song Jingwan was the one that enthusiastically brought her along. Song Yaoyao had never been a valued member of the Song Family and she suffered all kinds of ridicule from the outside world. Thus, her contrasting life meant that the more famous Song Jingwan got, the more inferior she felt.
In fact, even when she was hungry, she was too afraid to grab food from the dessert table.
If it was the current Song Yaoyao, she would have protested long ago if she was hungry.
After a simple change of clothes, Song Yaoyao left the room.
From memory, they were inside Feng City’s top mountain resort. Combining food, drinks, and entertainment facilities in one place, this resort was considered as heaven on earth.
The moon hung in the night sky with a dim glow as Song Yaoyao followed the corridor to the outside. The resort was shockingly huge! Outside, the gravel path lined with green bushes was dotted with dreamy night lights.
Not realizing that she was drifting farther and farther away from the restaurant, Song Yaoyao noticed that the lights around her had gotten dim. Compared to the brightly lit area that she came from, this part of the resort was filled with precious plants, the architectural style was slightly different, and it was oddly quiet.
While she was looking around, she didn’t pay attention and accidentally plunged her head into a wall of flesh. The hard muscles on the man’s body hurt her head. Stumbling backward, she lost her balance and fell on the ground with a plonk.
“Hu…”
It hurts!!
Unable to control herself, Song Yaoyao burst into tears, “Waaa!”
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Actually, she didn’t mean to cry — but it hurt too much!! It wasn’t like she could control her physiological reaction just because she wanted to.
Huo Yunque: “......”
The man scrunched up his brows and looked at the girl on the ground who had trespassed into his area. She was covering her head, twitching and crying in extreme pain.
She had clearly run into him, yet she seemed to be wronged instead of him.
The noise caused Huo Yunque’s brain to hurt. He glanced at Song Yaoyao, parted his lips slightly, and ordered a subordinate who was standing in a dark corner, “Kick her out.”
The man’s voice was pleasant, yet cold and indifferent.
“Yes, sir.”
Song Yaoyao stopped crying. As she held onto her head, she gasped for air.
Meanwhile, Huo Yunque turned around to leave. But before he got far, he felt something grab onto his Chinese-style robe.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the girl who was lying on the ground, gripping onto the corner of his robe.
She was tiny, rolled up on the floor like a small ball. Underneath the moonlight, he could see that her eyes and nose were red from crying, and her dark eyes reminded him of grapes that had been iced in summer: watery and round.
“Let go!”
His voice was cold and it contained a trace of impatience.
“No!”
Song Yaoyao had never been wronged. She grabbed onto the corner of Huo Yunque’s robe and said in a weak, nasally voice, “You hurt me. Apologize!”
Huo Yunque lowered his gaze and his eyes fell on Song Yaoyao’s red forehead. He raised his eyebrows slightly. Was this girl so delicate?
Huo Qi, who had just approached, felt his knees go weak. He looked at the shameless girl speechlessly and thought to himself, oh my god, who is this fierce young lady? How dare she stop Master Huo and force him to apologize?
You may be pretty and your voice may be delicate and soft, but Master Huo has never taken interest in the opposite s*x! If you think you can get his attention by doing this, then you are wro—
“No.”
Huo Qi rubbed his face quietly when he heard Huo Yunque’s response. The face slap was too painful!
Huo Yunque wanted to laugh, but he didn’t. He simply stared at Song Yaoyao leisurely and waited for her response.
Song Yaoyao: “......” This man is so annoying!
Her bottom hurt and she wanted to cry again. Song Yaoyao pouted her lips and got angry.
“If you don’t apologize, I won’t…hic…I won’t let go!”
How does it feel to sob in the middle of a sentence that’s supposed to sound ruthless?
Huo Qi couldn’t help but laugh. Huo Yunque glanced at Huo Qi coldly and he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck. As the temperature lowered around him, goosebumps formed on his arms.
“Sorry, sir, I will kick her out immediately!” Huo Qi immediately stopped laughing. He stepped forward, grabbed onto the back of Song Yaoyao’s collar, and got ready to throw her out in case his boss got upset and decided to bury the girl in the garden as fertilizer.
It would be a shame for such a pretty girl to be used as fertilizer!
Seeing that Song Yaoyao was beautiful and delicate, Huo Qi decided to be gentle. But, to his surprise, the moment that he stretched out his hand, the world flipped upside down, and with a bang, he was lying on the floor before he could even react.
“Oh, I…” WTF??
What the hell happened? Did I encounter a ghost?
Song Yaoyao stood up. Her eyes were still red and teardrops continued to fall. As she cried, she pointed at Huo Qi who was lying on the floor in a daze. “This is a matter between the two of us. You, step aside!”
Turning her head, she grabbed onto the corner of Huo Yunque’s robe again. “Hurry and apologize. I need to go eat.”
Amusement appeared in Huo Yunque’s eyes. Playing with the prayer beads in his hand, he asked, “What if I don’t?”
Song Yaoyao lifted her head. The man was much taller than she was, so tall that she only reached the height of his chest. Earlier on, she had been so focused on crying that she didn’t notice his appearance until now. He had handsome features, black hair, and a pair of long narrow phoenix eyes that made him look amorous. On his body, he wore a long moon-colored Chinese-style robe, and he had a cold and prestigious presence that made him appear as though he had walked straight out of a painting.
Song Yaoyao’s mouth opened slightly and she subconsciously touched the red mole on her wrist. Only those that were familiar with her knew that she did this when she spotted something that she wanted.
Seeing that she was in a daze, Huo Yunque shook his head. “No answer? Then I’m leaving,” he said as he turned to leave.
Song Yaoyao immediately snapped back to reality. As she grabbed onto the man, she carefully stood on her tiptoes and leaned toward him.
In a soft voice, she said, “If you don’t want to apologize, you don’t have to.....Instead, you can blow on it for me.”
This young lady was flirtatious, capricious, and narcissistic.
Huo Qi rolled his eyes and closed them. He couldn’t bear to watch what was to become of her.
Will Master Huo lose his patience and snap her neck? Huo Qi sighed. What a shame......
Huo Yunque glanced down. This girl sure knows how to take advantage of the situation and push her luck. He couldn’t be bothered playing along with her; her personality was too strange.
But just as he was about to pull himself away, he noticed the girl’s toes were beginning to shake. He could see right through her big watery eyes and saw her pitiful yet hopeful expression.
He pursed his lips gently. Before he realized what he was doing, he leaned forward and blew. One puff was all it took....
Song Yaoyao was satisfied. As she blushed, she lifted her hand to carefully touch her forehead. The spot where the man blew was numb and tingly.
It didn’t seem to hurt anymore.
Huo Yunque looked at the happy girl questioningly. Did he just go soft on her?
“I’m leaving.” Huo Yunque turned around coldly and strode away.
Just as he was about to disappear from her line of sight, Song Yaoyao suddenly remembered that she hadn’t introduced herself yet. “By the way! My name is Song Yaoyao! Gege1, you need to remember me~”
G-Gege?
Huo Qi stumbled a little and almost pounced at the girl.
The corners of Huo Yunque’s lips twitched a little. In an indifferent manner, he glanced at Huo Qi and said, “If you’re tired, go swap with Huo Wu.”
Huo Qi suddenly looked sad, but he did not make a sound.
The two men walked upstairs quietly, one after the other. But Huo Qi happened to glance downstairs at the right time and was dumbfounded by what he saw. “Sir, what’s that girl doing? Is she lost?”
Huo Yunque glanced over lazily.
Downstairs, Song Yaoyao was scurrying down a small path that crisscrossed with another path. Down the sides, every path had the same greenery. Each time she felt she was walking the wrong way, she would walk down another path. After some time, even she didn’t realize that she was going in circles.
Huo Qi covered his eyes. He couldn’t bear to watch the girl.
He had met people with a bad sense of direction in the past — but never to this extent!
“Ahem......”
Huo Yunque clenched his fist and held it up to his lips. As his mouth curved upwards slightly, he instructed, “Show her the way out.”
Judging by her bad sense of direction, he was afraid that she’d still be starving the next day.
Huo Qi was surprised, but he bowed and said with respect, “Yes, I will do it right away!”
As soon as he was done speaking, he immediately ran downstairs. All of a sudden, he heard Huo Yunque’s voice behind him again, “Forget it, show her all the way to the restaurant.”
Thinking about the way that she wandered into his area, he had a feeling she wouldn’t know where the restaurant was even if they showed her the way out.
“Yes, I understand.”
Huo Qi’s response was calm, but inside, his mind was overwhelmed. When had Master Huo been this kind and caring?