Quick Transmigration: Yandere Male Leads? Hand 'Em Over! - Chapter 18

Madam Qi held Su Ci’s hand and looked her over from head to toe, only relaxing once she confirmed that the girl hadn’t been hurt while staying with Qi Du.

“Susu, I really do like you and hope you’ll be with Qi Du for a long time… But I can’t, for the sake of his happiness, keep something this important from you.”

“You must’ve sensed it already—Qi Du suffers from severe bipolar disorder. He’s had more than one suicidal episode… And to be honest, that’s partly my fault.”

Qi Junyue’s marriage to her ex-husband had been one she forced into being.

Back then, she had just taken over the Qi family’s business empire, aiming sky-high. At a banquet, she had her eye on the only son of the Song family—even though he already had feelings for someone else.

Rather than lower herself to pursue him, she manipulated the stock market behind the scenes, crashing the Song family’s shares and forcing Song Wenzhu to beg for help.

The price she named was clear: he had to marry into the Qi family.

For a while after the wedding, the Song family gradually got back on track. The couple seemed affectionate and had a short-lived period of marital bliss.

But over time, Song Wenzhu couldn’t bear Qi Junyue’s dominant nature. When she was pregnant, he cheated—with his first love.

Qi Junyue agreed to a divorce and let him go. After giving birth to Qi Du, she threw herself entirely into work.

Because of that, her attention and care for her son suffered greatly.

It wasn’t until she got a call from the principal that she learned Qi Du had locked himself in the dorm and attempted suicide by slitting his wrists.

It turned out the son of Song Wenzhu and his first love had been bullying Qi Du, both physically and mentally, for a long time at school.

And instead of defending his biological son, Song Wenzhu manipulated his emotions, feeding him negativity on purpose.

He hated Qi Junyue for forcing him into marriage. He hated that Qi Du was more talented than the son he had with his first love. He hated that after the divorce, Qi Junyue’s career continued to rise.

Once Qi Junyue found out, she showed no mercy. Within half a year, she bankrupted the Song family. Song Wenzhu was hounded by creditors—his family broken, his life destroyed.

Vengeance might heal her own wounds, but a child’s emotional trauma was much harder to mend.

So when it came to anything Qi Du did—so long as it wasn’t murder or harming the public—Qi Junyue usually let him have his way out of guilt.

But when facing this young woman in front of her, she found herself leaning in another direction.

“Qi Du has deep insecurities. His emotional needs are several times greater than most. His possessiveness and need for control over you will only grow stronger with time.”

Su Ci looked back at her calmly. In her eyes was a deep, flowing gentleness.

“I know. And I like it. That side of him fascinates me.”

It was the kind of fierce, overwhelming emotion that made her skin tingle with excitement.

Qi Junyue froze for two seconds. She hadn’t expected Su Ci to actually accept that side of Qi Du.

“Susu, what I’m trying to say is… He may hurt you one day. Maybe not on purpose, but because he simply can’t control himself.”

“When that time comes, it might be too late. I don’t want to see you suffer.”

Su Ci shook her head.

“He won’t. There’s no one in this world whose soul fits mine better than his.”

Between two of the same kind, the outcome could be mutual admiration—or mutual destruction. But Qi Du hurting her? That was almost a logical impossibility.

Qi Junyue didn’t know why, but a flicker of envy stirred in her heart—envy that her son had found someone who could love him without reservation.

Or perhaps… it was simply because this girl was Su Ci. The one and only.

Still, she gave her daughter-in-law a way out.

“If one day you truly can’t take it anymore and regret being with him, come find me. I’ll help you leave his grasp.”

Su Ci smiled and glanced toward the kitchen, where the boy standing there was red-eyed and holding back tears.

“Thank you. But I won’t let that day come.”

A warm tear landed in the dish. Qi Du sniffled, wiped his eyes, and ducked back into the kitchen—pretending he hadn’t heard a thing—as he started cooking another dish from scratch.

His wife… his wife, his wife, his wife… his wife really loved him that much!

If Madam Qi had walked into the kitchen just then, she would have seen her son crying and laughing at the same time, tears falling as he expertly flipped a wok.

The illness didn’t disappear—it just relocated. For Qi Du, his mental disorder had fully evolved… into being completely and utterly lovesick.

…

Qi’s legal team—top-tier—handled Su Ci’s case against the couple who had abducted her as a child.

The two were sentenced to seven years in prison and fined tens of thousands.

In court, they repeatedly expressed remorse, but Su Ci’s cold expression throughout the trial swayed the judge against any leniency.

After the verdict, the judge even privately grumbled to the clerk:

“Such a beautiful girl, abducted and forced into labor as a kid… Those people are monsters!”

The clerk nodded vigorously.

“I’m planning to visit her to offer psychological support, maybe bring some gifts to show we care.”

The judge patted her shoulder approvingly.

“Smart move! Young people these days really know how to think on their feet!”

Why hadn’t she thought of such a perfectly legitimate excuse to visit the pretty victim herself?

…

In the third month of one-on-one tutoring, An Kefan was fired by Xu Tao’s mom.

It was summer vacation, and Xu Tao had started sleeping until almost noon—yawning all afternoon, clearly lacking rest.

Even for a growing teen, that was excessive.

Then one day, when Xu Tao’s mom came home from an early shift, she caught An Kefan and Xu Tao playing video games during tutoring hours!

She was paying 300 yuan a day—her hard-earned money—and this irresponsible college tutor was blowing it on snacks and air conditioning?

She hadn’t hired a tutor to babysit a gaming duo!

Xu Tao’s mom erupted in fury, throwing An Kefan out on the spot.

Xu Tao, however, protested. Stammering, he insisted:

“I only want An Kefan to tutor me. I won’t accept anyone else.”

His mom found this strange. One night, she eavesdropped at his door—only to hear him sweet-talking An Kefan on the phone:

“Baby… sis… please don’t be mad…”

Not only had they been gaming all night, Xu Tao had also been secretly sending her money, buying her gifts, ordering food, and even gifting her in-game skins.

His mom grabbed him by the ear.

“What’s going on between you two?!”

Xu Tao shrank back.

“She’s… she’s my girlfriend. We haven’t officially said it, but I’ve given her all my money.”

His mom blew up. She tried to message An Kefan for a refund, only to discover she’d been blocked and deleted.

She called, cursed her out in the tutoring group chat, even showed up at Peking University’s gates to ambush her. She even threatened to hack Xu Tao’s game account for answers.

An Kefan had enough. She deleted Xu Tao’s WeChat—and cut ties with him completely.

When Xu Tao found out, he was stunned.

All his frugal savings, his late-night efforts to surprise her, every little gesture… none of it had mattered?

Furious and heartbroken, he snapped at his mom:

“This is all your fault! If you hadn’t pressured her, Kefan wouldn’t have broken up with me!”

…

With her tutoring income gone, An Kefan quickly ran out of money.

She became addicted to online games, dozing off in class, her grades nosediving. In a school like Peking University—where top students were everywhere—she was now at the bottom of the class.

After the first quiz, class monitor Liu Jiaxin, as usual, gathered the list of students who failed to pass.

“Kefan, what was your score for the core subject?”

An Kefan slammed her hand over the page and glared.

“So what if you got 95? You can’t even reach Gold in Arena mode. You really think you’re national-standard level? Can you even play bot lane properly?”

Liu Jiaxin was baffled. Though annoyed by her attitude, she still reported the situation to the mental health officer.

As a med student, she knew the signs: An Kefan might be suffering from psychological issues.

After being called in by the counselor, An Kefan’s resentment toward Liu Jiaxin deepened.

If it weren’t for her report, why would the advisor call her in for no reason?