Quick Transmigration - After Betraying the Male Lead, the Supporting Female Character Gets Locked Up and Cries - Chapter 10

The system was about to be stunned: 【Host, what are you doing?!】

Su Yu replied as she deleted the chat records: 【Can’t you tell? I’m courting death [1].】

The system: 【…I can tell, but I don’t understand.】

The system didn’t understand and was close to tears. It was just a newbie system born less than two hundred years ago, still a baby. Why was it assigned such a host to torment it?

While the system despised Su Yu, Su Yu also despised the system.

【Dumb, I’m asking you, what is our mission?】

The system hesitated: 【To make the male lead fall in love with you, then betray him?】

【Wrong!】 Su Yu shook her head seriously. 【That’s the means, not the goal. What’s the purpose? It’s to make the male lead feel at ease with the female lead. Think about it, if the female lead finds out later that I secretly took this photo and stole the phone, will she tell the male lead in anger?】

The system: 【Definitely.】

Su Yu: 【What will happen after the male lead knows?】

After thinking for a moment, the system suddenly realized: 【The male lead will definitely regret it very much. He’ll regret not discovering your true nature earlier, actually being with a hypocritical, deceitful, and malicious woman for so long, and causing so much suffering to the female lead. Then, he’ll feel very sorry for the female lead.】

The system understood: 【Host, you’re really clever!】

Su Yu raised her chin: 【Of course.】

Just as Su Yu was feeling proud, a hand suddenly reached over from the side and mercilessly snatched the phone from her hand.

“What are you doing?” The man’s voice was low, magnetic, and rich, and the weariness diluted the usual inaccessible coldness.

Su Yu was startled, instinctively saying, “You’re not sleeping?!”

Seeing Su Yu looking guilty as if she was a thief, Gu Yanqing narrowed his eyes, glanced at his phone, and the chat interface on the screen with Shen Qingqing’s chat box.

He lowered his gaze, his eyes calm. “Explain?”

Su Yu swallowed nervously, avoiding his gaze with guilt. “I, I…”

With a flash of inspiration, she squeezed out two drops of fake tears from her eyes. “I didn’t mean to, I just love you too much.”

Su Yu sniffed and lowered her head, sounding self-reproachful and sad. “I know it’s wrong, I shouldn’t have checked your phone, but I was so scared.”

“Scared of what?”

Su Yu, with a tearful voice: “You’re so outstanding, and that Shen girl is also rich and beautiful, she likes you too. But I have nothing, I can’t compare to her in anything. Yesterday, I got drunk at the banquet and caused trouble for you, embarrassing you. I’m afraid you won’t want me anymore, so…”

As she spoke, a tear fell, dampening the sheets.

“So… I wanted to look at your previous chat records, to see if you like her or not, if… if you might not want me…” Su Yu sobbed as she spoke.

It was not clear if Gu Yanqing believed her, but the system did. It was too genuine and heartfelt, crying at the drop of a hat, eyes filled with tears. Pitiful.

Tell me, when a beautiful and charming girl, who is liked by many, worries and sheds tears for you, which man wouldn’t be moved?

If the system were a man, it would definitely be touched.

However, Gu Yanqing just calmly glanced at the phone, turned it off, took a tissue from the bedside, and handed it to Su Yu.

“Wipe your tears.”

Su Yu lifted her tearful eyes, her long eyelashes clumped together, making her teary eyes look extremely pitiful.

Seeing that she didn’t move, just foolishly staring at him, Gu Yanqing let out a barely perceptible sigh, leaned against the head of the bed, and pulled her into his arms, awkward but gentle, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes and her face.

“I only see her as a sister.” Gu Yanqing explained for the first time ever.

He didn’t mean to blame her, just said, “If you want to know something in the future, just ask me directly. Don’t go through my phone without my consent.”

Just the confidential files on his phone alone could get her sentenced for several years.

“Really?” Su Yu looked up through her tearful eyes.

Gu Yanqing nodded faintly. “Mm.”

But Gu Yanqing forgot about Su Yu’s nature — greedy, superficial, and vain, always pushing boundaries.

Su Yu dried her tears, suddenly hugged the man’s waist, leaned her chin against his chest, her petal-like lips gently nibbled, her eyes slightly brightened.

“Then…” After struggling for a while, she finally asked, “Would you be willing to marry me?”

As long as she could marry into the Gu family, she wouldn’t have to worry for the rest of her life. From being a mere secretary to becoming a wealthy lady, her future children wouldn’t have to relive her impoverished life, directly transcending social classes.

Su Yu’s ambitions and unrealistic fantasies were always well concealed.

She never hoped that someone like Gu Yanqing would marry her. She just wanted to make a fortune while she was young and then marry someone else.

But today’s Gu Yanqing was so gentle, and he even stood up for her at the banquet, forcefully defending her.

It was as if that cold and aloof iceberg had melted for her, revealing a glimpse of the radiant and silent love within.

Su Yu let her inner greed fuel her impulses.

Hearing this question, Gu Yanqing paused.

After a quiet moment, he didn’t answer directly. Instead, he gently touched her hair and said in a cool tone, “It’s still early. If you’re tired, you can sleep a bit more.”

“…”

Su Yu: 【System, he scolded me for daydreaming!】

The system was indignant: 【This is too much! What’s wrong with the male lead? Did he not eat? He scolded you so lightly!】

Su Yu: 【…】

The man’s evasive attitude made Su Yu’s face pale.

“An Yan…”

Gu Yanqing released her, lifted the blanket, and got off the bed. “I’ll go to the study to handle some work. The housekeeper will come later to cook. You can sleep a bit more, and I’ll call you for meals.”

Su Yu’s face turned pale. She grabbed his arm, but not too hard. Eventually, she let go and watched the man leave the room.

With a soft click, the door closed gently.

In the dim room, Su Yu leaned against the head of the bed, her hair scattered. For a long time, layers of tear streaks suppressed her crying.

The system worried: 【Host, don’t cry. This is just a task…】

Su Yu sobbed: 【He really… I’m so touched. Even at this time, he cares about me, afraid that I won’t sleep well, willingly gives the big bed to me, goes to the study himself, and remembers to call me for meals. Just the thought of betraying him in the future makes me feel so guilty and sad.】

The system had no words to comfort her.

It felt like feeding one’s heartfelt emotions to the dogs.

Damn love brain!

On the other side, in the study.

Gu Yanqing stood by the window, his brows distant. The tips of his fingers lit up with a crimson glow, flickering on and off. The smoke dispersed outside the window.

Gu Yanqing didn’t like smoking. He only smoked occasionally when faced with difficult problems to relieve fatigue.

But today, Su Yu gave him that feeling.

Married to her?

A faint hint of mockery appeared at the corner of Gu Yanqing’s mouth.

Outside the window, the choking smoke became heavier for a moment before being dispersed by the wind, leaving no trace behind.

[1] 作死 (zuò sǐ): This phrase is a slang term meaning “to court death” or “to act recklessly.” 

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