A Rich Family’s Matrilocal Alpha Married to a Vegetative Omega - Chapter 23.2

For a moment, anger rose in Qin Shujian’s heart. Perhaps she had brought up Zhao Yusze initially because she was embarrassed and wanted to change the subject, but now she was genuinely angry.

Qin Shujian’s voice was cold. “Get off!”

The smile on Ye Fan’s face vanished instantly. She put on her clothes aggrievedly, got out of bed, and stood honestly by the bedside.

She explained, “Yesterday I went to buy flowers for you. I met Zhao Yusze on the road. She insisted on pestering me to go to her house for dinner.”

She only went to break off the relationship with Zhao Yusze. She didn’t expect Zhao Yusze to be that kind of person or to drug her. Someone who could do such a thing has major moral issues; the original owner’s taste was really not good.

“She pestered you, so you went? Ye Fan, I didn’t know you were ever so easy to talk to. Or do you want to go live with Zhao Yusze?” Qin Shujian’s cool voice was as cold as winter water, her aura of displeasure spreading without concealment.

“No, no!” Ye Fan denied repeatedly, fearing Qin Shujian would misunderstand. “Zhao Yusze said to have one last meal with her at her house so she wouldn’t pester me anymore. I did it to get rid of her, definitely not because I wanted to go!”

“Heh, so you’re saying you did nothing wrong, and I should even praise you?” Qin Shujian sneered, her anger not diminishing at all.

If Ye Fan hadn’t resisted the drug’s effect and escaped from Zhao Yusze’s house last night, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

“It’s my fault, wife… don’t be angry anymore. Anger is bad for your health.” Ye Fan spoke, picking up the flowers from the floor by the door and placing them at the head of the bed. “Wife, smell this. These are the hyacinths I bought at the flower shop yesterday. Do you like them?”

“Who is your ‘wife’!”

Ye Fan blinked her eyes, her tone innocent. “But we’ve already done that! You are my wife!”

“Wife, didn’t you say you hadn’t smelled the fragrance of hyacinths for a long time? I went out specifically to buy them.” At this point, Ye Fan paused, remembering something. “And when I went to the flower shop yesterday, Wei Xing was back. She looked fine and even had the energy to argue with me!”

Qin Shujian knew Madam Qin; she knew her mother kept her word. Wei Xing being released was within her expectations.

However, Qin Shujian was currently in a fit of rage and had no extra energy to focus on Wei Xing; she only told Ye Fan to take the hyacinths away.

Ye Fan didn’t actually take the flowers away. She sat on the edge of the bed and tidied Qin Shujian’s stray hair. “Wife, didn’t you say before that the milk tea I bought tasted good? Do you want to try it again? I’ll go buy some for you.”

“I’m not drinking it; I don’t like it. Besides, did I give you permission to touch me?”

Ye Fan timidly withdrew her hand. “Then, wife, is there any movie you want to watch? I can explain it to you…”

After that, Ye Fan sat by the bed for a long time trying to coax Qin Shujian. She used every method of acting cute and spoiled she could think of, but she just couldn’t make it right. In desperation, Ye Fan could only turn to Housekeeper Su for help.

“Housekeeper Su, do you know what things Shujian likes?”

Housekeeper Su immediately became vigilant. “What do you want to do now?”

“Shujian is lying in bed and can’t do anything. I am Shujian’s other half and thought if I knew the things Shujian likes, maybe I could do something for her.”

Housekeeper Su carefully studied Ye Fan’s expression. Finding nothing amiss, she told Ye Fan about some of Qin Shujian’s preferences.

Ye Fan noted them down carefully and, according to what Housekeeper Su said, found several things Qin Shujian liked. However, Qin Shujian’s attitude still didn’t change.

Before, when Ye Fan was being injected with the stimulants, her pheromones often made Qin Shujian’s face flush and heart race. Now that the two had been intimate, the pheromones had become even more sensitive, frequently triggering mutual attraction.

However, Ye Fan hadn’t been able to coax Qin Shujian during this time. She didn’t dare show these reactions for fear of making Qin Shujian angry, so she could only frequently and secretly inject suppressants.

One day, Qin Wan came over to communicate with Qin Shujian through Ye Fan and keenly noticed that the atmosphere between the two was not quite right.

She slanted a glance at Ye Fan. “You should understand, I only let Shujian marry you because your genes match hers. Right now Shujian is conscious but her body cannot move. You’d better stay honest and don’t try anything with her.”

“But Shujian is my wife…” Ye Fan’s voice was a bit aggrieved. She and her wife were in love; even if she did anything to her, it was with her wife’s permission.

Qin Shujian had been a bit angry with Ye Fan, but hearing Madam Qin talk down to her made her feel bad and a bit protective. Her prejudice toward Ye Fan from the past few days vanished instantly.

Madam Qin didn’t know what Qin Shujian thought of Ye Fan. Fearing her daughter would be mistreated, Qin Wan issued a warning: “Remember your place! You only got to marry Shujian because I need your eggs. If I find out you’ve done anything to Shujian, I won’t be polite to you.”

“I understand.” Ye Fan sighed and hung her head in response, looking completely dejected.

Seeing this, Madam Qin snorted and turned to leave.

Ye Fan lost her original vitality after being scolded by Madam Qin. The atmosphere in the room was stagnant, as if a heavy dark cloud was pressing down on both their hearts.

Qin Shujian finally couldn’t bear to see Ye Fan like this and spoke up of her own accord.

“Ye Fan, come sit over here.”

“Wife?” Ye Fan looked up suddenly, somewhat incredulous. Because of what happened that night, Qin Shujian hadn’t let Ye Fan touch her at all during these days.

Before, she could hold her wife’s hand from time to time, but afterward, her wife wouldn’t allow it.

Qin Shujian, helpless, said it again, “Come here.”

Only then did Ye Fan walk over happily, with no trace of her previous dejection.

Feeling the mattress sink by the bed, Qin Shujian asked, “What exactly is the deal between you and Zhao Yusze?”

In fact, Ye Fan herself had no relationship with Zhao Yusze; the one who truly had a relationship with her was the original owner. Ye Fan was a bit hesitant about whether to reveal that she had transmigrated, but she was afraid Qin Shujian wouldn’t believe her—after all, it was too incredible.

After careful consideration, Ye Fan decided to wait for a suitable opportunity later. After all, she had just managed to coax her wife; it would be bad if she made her angry again by saying the wrong thing.

Following the original owner’s memories, she explained to Qin Shujian, “Zhao Yusze is my ex-girlfriend. Before I married you…”

At this point, Ye Fan looked at Qin Shujian cautiously, fearing she would get angry because of this sentence.

Qin Shujian was indeed a bit angry, but she held it back. Since she had called Ye Fan over, she had to wait for her to explain clearly.

“Go on.”

“Then that night, the day I married you, I hit my head on a wall. After I woke up, my memory was a bit scrambled, and I couldn’t remember some things clearly. It wasn’t until I came to the Qin family and Miss Li brought Zhao Yusze over that I accidentally met her in the corridor and remembered she was my ex-girlfriend. She even asked me to meet her, but I didn’t go, and I didn’t see her again after that until that day…”

“I came out of the flower shop after buying flowers and was called out by Zhao Yusze on the street. She asked me why I didn’t show up. I told her I am married now and can no longer associate with her. She kept pestering me and wouldn’t give up. Later, she said as long as I went to her house for one meal, she wouldn’t pester me again. That’s why I went to her house. Who knew I would be drugged by her?”

“Is that all?” Qin Shujian pressed further.

“That’s all!”

“Think carefully before you speak.” Qin Shujian’s voice turned a few degrees colder.

Ye Fan instantly lost her confidence and said weakly, “Nothing… else!”

Qin Shujian sneered, “I’ll believe you regarding Zhao Yusze for now. However, before we married, I heard a conversation between my mom and Housekeeper Su. Your mother is not a vegetable. So what was the situation with that vegetative mother you told me about before? Were you lying to me?”

Ye Fan was shocked. She didn’t expect that while Qin Shujian had been lying in bed the whole time, she actually knew the mother of this body’s host was not a vegetable, and she had been pretending not to know.

Seeing Ye Fan go silent, Qin Shujian spoke to remind her, “This is your last chance, Ye Fan. You’d better explain everything clearly. Otherwise, if something else happens next time, no amount of explanation will help.”

Ye Fan caved immediately. She had been hesitant about whether to admit she transmigrated, but now that Qin Shujian asked, she had nothing to hide and began to confess honestly.

“Actually, I’m not a person from this world…”

Qin Shujian was surprised but said nothing, just quietly listening to Ye Fan. After all, the fact that Ye Fan could hear her heart was already quite absurd.

Ye Fan continued, “I used to live in another world; I wasn’t from here. Later I was hit by a car, and when I woke up, I was here. Then I inherited the memories of the original owner of this body. I don’t know if it was because the original owner hit her head that day, but it caused me to forget about Zhao Yusze.”

Bringing up Zhao Yusze again, Ye Fan immediately stated her innocence.

“I have no relationship with Zhao Yusze at all; the one who did was the original owner of this body.” Speaking, Ye Fan raised her hand to the sky. “I swear, wife, you are my first love. Before I met you, I hadn’t even held another girl’s hand!”

Although the matter of Ye Fan’s transmigration was far-fetched, hearing her explain it this way made Qin Shujian feel much better.

The fact that the body Ye Fan occupied had no pheromones was something the whole city knew. Madam Qin had mentioned it when visiting her, along with some of Ye Fan’s family background and her personality.

However, through their contact during this time, Qin Shujian noticed that although Ye Fan was different from the person Madam Qin described, her simple nature showed she wasn’t a bad person. Gradually, she lowered her guard and accepted Ye Fan.

After Ye Fan’s complete confession this time, Qin Shujian knew Ye Fan had nothing to do with Zhao Yusze and was in a very good mood. However, some matters still had to be handled.

The person in this body now was Ye Fan, and the trouble brought by the original owner would affect her to some extent. As for Zhao Yusze…

Thinking of this, Qin Shujian’s heart sank. She still had to deal with Zhao Yusze.

Ye Fan was her person. If she was constantly being targeted by someone with ulterior motives, she would be unhappy.

“Zhao Yusze was willing to drug you rather than break off the relationship; she is clearly a difficult person.” Qin Shujian spoke, pondering for a moment, and then continued, “Tomorrow you go to the flower shop to find Wei Xing. Tell her about the fact that you can hear my heart and let her help you handle the relationship between you and Zhao Yusze.”

Ye Fan had just argued with Wei Xing and didn’t really want to see her.

She spoke piteously, “Um… I can handle it myself; I don’t need Wei Xing’s help.”

But hearing Ye Fan say this made Qin Shujian a bit angry, and her voice turned cold. “What, if you go alone, do you want to be drugged by Zhao Yusze again? Or are you reluctant to leave her?”

Hearing her wife’s tone becoming unfriendly, Ye Fan immediately ignored the previous argument with Wei Xing and shook her head repeatedly.

“I understand. I’ll go find Wei Xing right away and definitely have her help me handle the relationship with Zhao Yusze.”

No matter what, her wife was most important! Since her wife wanted her to find Wei Xing, she would go; there was no need to upset her wife over such a thing.

“Mhm, go then. I’ll wait for your news.”

Ye Fan responded and turned to leave the Qin house for the flower shop.

Wei Xing was still at the front desk of the flower shop helping Wei Rou. Hearing the movement, she looked up and saw it was Ye Fan, her face hardening.

“What are you doing here again?”

Ye Fan kept her head down, hands behind her back, her toe scuffing the ground. “I came to ask you for a favor.”

Wei Xing knew Ye Fan only got to marry Qin Shujian because her genes matched. She already disliked Ye Fan, and having argued with her that day made her even more unwelcoming.

She snorted. “Why should I help you?”

Ye Fan knew Wei Xing wouldn’t help her easily, so she said the words she had prepared on the way. “I am married to Shujian now, but there’s a person named Zhao Yusze who keeps pestering me. She even drugged me before, nearly causing a huge mistake.”

“Moreover…” Ye Fan spoke and looked left and right. Seeing no one, she continued, “Although Shujian is a vegetable, she still has her own thoughts and can perceive the outside world. I can hear her heart and communicate with her. It was Shujian who sent me to find you this time.”

“What did you say!” Wei Xing stepped forward excitedly and grabbed Ye Fan. “What do you mean by hearing her heart? Are you just saying that so I’ll help you?”

Ye Fan, uncomfortable from being grabbed, brushed her hand away and explained with a frown, “It is as I said. Otherwise, how would I, a person from the Ye family who has never had contact with Shujian before, know your method of contacting her?”

This was actually something that had puzzled Wei Xing all along. After being released by Madam Qin, she had specifically investigated Ye Fan, but the findings weren’t suspicious. It was as if Ye Fan just suddenly knew her contact method with Shujian.

Ye Fan knew this alone wouldn’t be enough to make Wei Xing believe her, so she mentioned some things related to Wei Xing that Qin Shujian had told her. Only then did Wei Xing completely believe Ye Fan.

Since it was Qin Shujian’s request, Wei Xing no longer made things difficult for Ye Fan.

She nodded in agreement. “Okay, I’ll help you.”

“Take out your phone and call Zhao Yusze now. I’ll teach you how to deal with your relationship with her.”

Ye Fan herself didn’t have Zhao Yusze’s contact information, but the original owner had saved it in the phone. Finding Zhao Yusze’s name, Ye Fan immediately clicked to dial out.

“Beep…”

The phone only rang once before being picked up immediately. A hurried scream came from the other end: “Ye Fan, help me!”

Wei Xing and Ye Fan completely didn’t expect this situation from Zhao Yusze’s side. All the words Ye Fan intended to say were swallowed back.

“Zhao Yusze, what’s wrong? Where are you?”

“I’m at home! Ye Fan, someone wants to kill me! I have very important things to tell you, come and save me quickly, I…” The voice stopped abruptly, and the call was disconnected.

Ye Fan’s heart tightened, and she hurriedly dialed the number again, but she couldn’t get through.

Wei Xing and Ye Fan looked at each other, both realizing something was wrong.

“What do we do now? Call the police?”

Wei Xing’s face was dark as she shook her head. “No, we don’t know Zhao Yusze’s situation yet. Do you know where her house is? Let’s go check first.”

Zhao Yusze had taken Ye Fan to her house before, and Ye Fan remembered the way; it happened to come in handy now.

“I know. Let’s go.”

Zhao Yusze’s situation sounded very dangerous. The two didn’t dare delay at all. Wei Xing drove quickly under Ye Fan’s guidance to Zhao Yusze’s house.

Zhao Yusze’s house was in an old residential area without an elevator. The two almost climbed the stairs three at a time and arrived in no time, only to find a pool of red blood at her door. Her door was closed, with two bloody handprints on it.

Although Ye Fan disliked Zhao Yusze, a human life was at stake, and personal likes or dislikes meant nothing at this moment. She stepped forward and pounded on the door.

“Zhao Yusze, are you home?”

The door of Zhao Yusze’s house was pounded loudly, but there was no response from inside—not even a sound.

Wei Xing made a prompt decision and kicked the door open. The two rushed in; there was no one inside, but the furniture was very messy, and many shards of fallen glass cups were on the floor. It was clear how violently Zhao Yusze had struggled before being taken away.

The matter had reached a point beyond the control of Wei Xing and Ye Fan.

Ye Fan picked up her phone to call the police. When the dispatcher answered, Ye Fan immediately explained about finding blood at Zhao Yusze’s house and the inability to contact her. The dispatcher told Ye Fan and Wei Xing to go to the police station, so the two went to the station to start making a statement.