Quick Transmigration - After Betraying the Male Lead, the Supporting Female Character Gets Locked Up and Cries - Chapter 8

Su Yu bit her lip. “What do you want? Are you going to be rude to me?”

“Rude to you?” The person sneered, “You’re not even worth it.”

“I heard you have a little brother?”

Su Yu almost laughed out loud. Goodness, these people knew Su Jiabao wasn’t a good person and were here specifically to deal with him.

Su Yu visibly panicked. “What are you going to do to my brother? He doesn’t know anything, don’t touch him.”

Seeing this, the group knew they had found her weakness. With a cold snort, one of them said, “If you do as we say, we won’t touch your brother, otherwise…”

They left the rest unsaid, leaving Su Yu to guess.

Su Yu bit her lip. “But… but I genuinely like An Yan.”

“Then don’t blame us for being rude. Go back and tell your brother to be careful on his way home.”

Su Yu was filled with grief. “My brother is innocent, don’t touch him.”

“Innocent? That’s not necessarily true. After all, he has a good sister.”

With that, one of them produced a cup prepared in advance, containing some unknown liquid with a strong smell of alcohol, a mixture of several types.

“Drink it, and we’ll let you go.”

Su Yu’s back was almost completely against the wall, her face filled with fear. “Is this poison? Are you trying to kill me?!”

The group: “…”

They weren’t stupid. Killing someone in broad daylight? Were they tired of their family’s cooking?

The leader said coldly, “It’s just a drink to teach you a lesson. You’d better listen to us and drink it obediently, or we’ll have to force it down your throat.”

This drink they prepared was potent, with a strong aftereffect. They planned to make Su Yu embarrass herself at the banquet before Gu Yanqing returned. Once he saw her drunk state, he would realize that Qingqing was the one most suitable for him.

The system felt so sorry for Su Yu. She had been bullied since arriving at this banquet.

“Host, you can drink without worry. With me here, you definitely won’t get drunk.”

…

Gu Yanqing followed the servant into the villa, seeing Shen Qingqing’s mother and Shen Qingqing, who was cuddling up to her mother with eyes as red as a rabbit’s [1].

Even though she was extremely sad, Shen Qingqing’s gaze was still drawn to Gu Yanqing, staring at him intently, unwilling to look away for a moment.

Seeing this, Shen’s mother felt a pang of pity for her silly child.

“Yanqing is here, come sit. Auntie hasn’t seen you in a long time. I invited you here so abruptly today, I hope you don’t mind.” Shen’s mother invited Gu Yanqing to sit down.

“No.” Gu Yan glanced at Shen Qingqing, sat down across from her with a calm expression, and nodded slightly. “Aunt Shen.”

The beginning was the perennial exchange of pleasantries, concerns about work, health, and family and friends.

Mrs. Shen gradually got to the point, “Yanqing, I heard you brought a female companion today. Auntie hasn’t seen her before. I wonder which family’s girl she is. How fortunate?”

Shen Qingqing pulled Mrs. Shen’s sleeve, looking displeased.

Ignoring her, Mrs. Shen smiled at Gu Yanqing.

Gu Yanqing lowered his gaze, his voice flat, “We met through work. It’s normal that Aunt Shen hasn’t seen her.”

This blunt response left Mrs. Shen unsure of how to proceed.

She smiled and changed the subject, “By the way, your mother mentioned to Auntie a few days ago that you’re not young anymore and should get married. Both our families know each other well. You and Qingqing grew up together. Your relationship is good. Why not set a date for the engagement?”

Shen Qingqing held onto Mrs. Shen’s clothes tightly, looking expectantly at Gu Yanqing.

The man raised his eyes slightly, his expression unchanged.

Shen Qingqing seemed to sense something and tears welled up again.

Gu Yanqing looked apologetic, “Sorry, Aunt Shen. I only see Qingqing as a sister and currently have no intention of marrying. I’ll explain the situation to my family about the engagement. If I’ve caused any misunderstanding between you and Qingqing, please forgive me.”

Mrs. Shen didn’t get angry, just thoughtful, “I see. Auntie understands.”

Gu Yanqing bid farewell, and Mrs. Shen didn’t insist on him staying.

Watching Gu Yanqing leave, Shen Qingqing’s tears flowed like a floodgate opened, “Mom, why didn’t you persuade Brother Yanqing just now? I like him, I want to marry him, I don’t care, I want to marry him!”

Mrs. Shen hugged her daughter, feeling a headache, “Alright, alright, Mom knows. Stop crying.”

This silly child, what problems can crying solve? She just cries here.

“You said earlier that the woman was Yanqing’s secretary?”

Shen Qingqing nodded with red eyes.

Mrs. Shen pondered, “Knowing Auntie Gu as I do, she would never let such a woman into the Gu family.”

“Marriage is about matching doors and households [2]. With different educations and beliefs since childhood, it won’t last. You’ll see, they’ll break up soon. Then, both our families can facilitate the engagement much easier.”

“But at this time, you need to be stable. People are rebellious. The more you obstruct them, the more they’ll want to be together. It’s better to let nature take its course. Men, if things come too easily, they won’t cherish them.”

With that, Mrs. Shen glanced at Shen Qingqing, just like this silly child.

“These words are just to fool Shen Qingqing. As for the future, we’ll talk about it later. Their daughter from the Shen family can still get married. There’s no need to cling onto a man who doesn’t love her forever.

Coming out of the villa, Gu Yanqing immediately looked for Su Yu’s figure. Instead, he saw several people hesitating to speak, glancing towards a corner of the lawn.

Following their gaze, Gu Yanqing successfully found Su Yu.

However…

On the disorderly arranged folding chair, the woman curled up, holding her legs, surrounded by a circle of men who were either curious or malicious. From afar, it looked like friends chatting and cooling off on the lawn.

But Gu Yanqing clearly saw that one person’s hand had already reached the woman’s leg.

Gu Yanqing’s gaze suddenly turned cold, and his body temperature seemed to drop by tens of degrees in an instant. The person being stared at shivered, and his hand involuntarily retracted.

Gu Yanqing walked towards Su Yu step by step.

Passing through those people, he stood in front of Su Yu, stopped, and looked down at her with lowered eyes.

There was a strong smell of alcohol. The woman curled up her body, slowly raised her head, her eyes hazy and confused, her captivating fox-like eyes soaked with moisture, devoid of the deliberate charm of the past, appearing innocent and pure.

One tall, one short, facing each other in silence.

Suddenly, Gu Yanqing made a move.

He turned around, lifted his foot fiercely, and kicked the man who had just tried to touch Su Yu’s leg, along with the chair, to the ground. The force was so great that he even slid back half a meter.

The onlookers were surprised, covering their mouths in shock.

“From the Zheng family?” Gu Yanqing’s voice was as cold as ice.

The man who was kicked down covered his head and sweated coldly.

He argued stubbornly, “Gu Yanqing, this woman seduced me. You don’t even take care of your own woman. Why did you kick me?”

As soon as he finished speaking, a chair flew over and hit him exactly where he had been kicked before. The man screamed in pain, trembling all over.

Gu Yanqing looked around. The people who had surrounded here earlier had already dispersed, those who felt guilty lowered their heads, not daring to meet his eyes.

Suddenly, his sleeve was tugged, and Gu Yanqing lowered his head.

Su Yu was quite drunk, her eyes misty with tears, looking very aggrieved. “Why did you only come now?”

She complained like a spoiled child with a teary voice, “They’re so bad, they all bullied me.”

[1] 眼红得像兔子 (yǎn hóng de xiàng tùzi): Literally “eyes as red as a rabbit’s.” It’s a simile used to describe someone’s eyes being red from crying.

[2] 门当户对 (mén dāng hù duì): Literally “matching doors and households,” it refers to marriage between families of similar social and economic status.