Chapter 15: Straightforward Woman, Rejecting Illegitimacy

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“If you die, then I’ll be the...”

Lin Mianmian’s words abruptly stopped. Her expression suddenly changed, looking painfully distressed.

Yu Ling had already guessed what she was about to say next, which was nothing more than: “If you die, then I’ll be the female lead.”

As for the painful look on her face, it was surely caused by that cursed system.

If she actually revealed the female lead’s identity, it would surely overturn many people’s understanding.

Unfortunately, they didn’t know that Yu Ling had already awakened.

So, Yu Ling deliberately asked back, “You’ll be what exactly?”

Lin Mianmian felt as if her head was about to explode, a wave of electric current coursing through her body, preventing her from speaking.

She had to grit her teeth to stop a painful moan from slipping through her lips, but Yu Ling only poured fuel on the fire. She had already cursed the system nearly eight hundred times in her mind.

Damn system—only plays dead when you ask for help.

Lin Mianmian glared at Yu Ling and painfully squeezed out two words from her throat, “Get lost.”

Yu Ling wasn’t offended. Calmly, she looked at her and said, “Miss Lin, I really think you should seriously consider what I just said.”

“Let’s establish what’s known: you want to snatch everything of mine, and Mu Chenbei is my boyfriend.”

“So...”

Yu Ling deliberately paused, her tone dripping with malice, “Is it possible that you love me deeply but can’t have me?”

Her words were dripping with sarcasm to the extreme—Yu Ling almost laughed at herself.

Lin Mianmian vowed silently not to reveal anything about the female lead, and only then did the system relent.

Finally catching her breath, Lin Mianmian felt like she was about to vomit from rage. She glared at Yu Ling, “Stop flattering yourself.”

Yu Ling was certain that if knives could shoot out of her eyes, Lin Mianmian would have died a thousand deaths by now.

“I sincerely suggest you consider my proposal, but...”

Yu Ling said earnestly, “I’m straight, and I reject illegitimate offspring.”

The moment she said this, Chu Ming immediately burst out laughing.

She quickly covered her mouth, feeling guilty as she stole a glance at Yu Ling.

How could she laugh at such a serious moment of catching a cheater?

In the end, Chu Ming earned a dagger-like glare from Yu Ling.

But when she saw Xiao Zhang’s face turning red from holding back laughter, she almost burst out laughing again.

Holding in laughter is truly difficult.

Returning to the point, Lin Mianmian’s face flickered between pale and flushed from anger at Yu Ling’s words, but she was utterly powerless, clutching the blanket tightly.

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By the way, the blanket had been thrown over by Xiao Zhang to spare his eyes.

With that purpose achieved, Yu Ling didn’t want to get entangled with them any longer—she wasn’t a pervert who enjoyed seeing others undressed.

She beckoned to Chu Ming, who immediately hurried over.

Then Chu Ming secretly nodded at Yu Ling while holding her pocket.

The whole gesture was full of stealth.

Yu Ling suppressed a smile and cleared her throat, “Miss Lin, sorry to interrupt. You may continue.”

The moment these words fell, Lin Mianmian’s face instantly darkened.

Yu Ling, belatedly, sensed something off in the way Chu Ming and Xiao Zhang looked at her.

This seemed problematic—

The direction of catching a cheater had suddenly become rather strange.

“Lingling...”

Mu Chenbei’s sudden voice made the scene return to normal.

Yu Ling turned to look at him and suddenly remembered she hadn’t broken up with Mu Chenbei yet.

No wonder she felt like she had forgotten something—it was that she forgot to ditch the scumbag.

Seeing Yu Ling approach, Mu Chenbei was overjoyed. He was about to say some sweet words to win her back when—

Yu Ling smiled and suddenly raised her hand, slapping him.

The crisp slap echoed in the room, and the sound alone made it clear how hard Yu Ling struck.

Mu Chenbei turned his head away, a clear handprint appearing on his face.

But force was mutual—Yu Ling’s hand trembled slightly. She tucked her hand behind her back, her expression cold.

“Mu Chenbei, stop spouting those petty, insincere lies. We’re broken up. Get lost.”

Then she suddenly looked at Lin Mianmian with a chilling, icy gaze—as if staring at a mere ant. The coldness seemed to seep from the depths of hell, suffocating and unbearable.

“Miss Lin, above you, three feet high, there are gods watching. If you’ve taken something from others with great effort, you’d better hold onto it tightly.”

Lin Mianmian was paralyzed in place, too afraid to move.

Suddenly, she had an illusion: Yu Ling knew everything.

Everything she had snatched from Yu Ling would ultimately be lost.

This realization made Lin Mianmian gasp for breath. She moved her neck to confirm her head was still firmly attached.

No, she couldn’t accept this.

She had finally bound the system and escaped the NPC role. She still had the system; she was the true female lead of this world!

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No matter what she thought, Yu Ling only glanced at her once before withdrawing her gaze and turning back to Mu Chenbei. She spoke slowly and clearly, “I wish you both a happy marriage—locked and sealed.”

With that, she picked up the limp flower and turned away without looking back.

Xiao Zhang hurried after her, pulling along the still-dazed Chu Ming.

Mu Chenbei tried to stop Yu Ling, but Xiao Zhang’s sharp look forced him to retreat.

Xiao Zhang raised his fist threateningly, and Mu Chenbei shrank back, his cowardice and incompetence fully exposed in that moment.

Yu Ling knew nothing of this.

She didn’t look back, striding forward.

At the moment she turned, she suddenly felt as if a massive boulder pressing down on her vanished. She exhaled heavily, letting out a cloud of stale air.

Chu Ming and Xiao Zhang followed silently behind her, the three entering the elevator without a word.

They glanced at each other, then simultaneously turned their heads to look at Yu Ling, before lowering them again in unison.

After three seconds, they cautiously raised their heads again, then lowered them again—repeating over and over.

“Pfft!”

Yu Ling burst out laughing. She had been watching them out of the corner of her eye, taking in their reactions fully.

She considered herself a kind boss, yet their timid and nervous behavior made her begin to doubt herself.

She couldn’t help but ask herself, “Am I really that fierce and hard to get along with?”

Thinking this, she decided to just ask out loud, as a way to lighten the mood and joke with them.

So, she deliberately put on a stern face and asked, “Do you two have anything to say?”

Xiao Zhang and Chu Ming exchanged a glance and replied in unison, “No.”

Yu Ling looked at them suspiciously, “Really?”

Chu Ming hesitated, then pointed at Yu Ling’s clothes and whispered, “Sis, your clothes are wet...”

Yu Ling looked down and saw the hem of her garment soaked from the flower branch’s water.

Luckily, she was wearing black today, so the wetness wasn’t revealing.

She looked up and smiled, “It’s fine. I’ll just change when we get back.”