A Tsundere Beauty Omega is Stubborn but Sweet - Chapter 26

At three in the morning, Zhou Muxian listened to Princess Fenxiang talk endlessly over the phone about the rules of company operations and methods for controlling subordinates. She only felt herself growing drowsy.

Would that old fox really be stupid enough to reveal the core rules? Most likely, half of what she said was true and half was false, releasing smoke bombs so that Zhou Muxian would willingly jump into the traps she had dug in advance.

“Let’s stop here. Even if I want to learn, I can’t become fat in one bite.” Zhou Muxian yawned.

The person on the other end hummed, then casually added, “Tomorrow is Yu You’s birthday. I have to attend too. Little one, don’t get jealous. It’s just normal interaction between friends.”

No—who invited her?

Yu You would absolutely never do something like that. Aside from showing up uninvited, there was no other possibility.

Zhou Muxian’s sleepiness instantly vanished. She abruptly sat up and pretended to be jealous. “No. I can’t stand seeing the two of you in the same space.”

The person on the other end seemed to have expected this jealousy from her. She chuckled and coaxed her unconcernedly. “Little one, don’t be angry. I won’t stay long. I’ll leave after giving a gift. After all, I previously had some business dealings with Yu’ai Group through Yu You…”

“I won’t allow it!” Zhou Muxian refused to let it go.

“You’re really overthinking it. I don’t have any other intentions. If I did, why would I take the initiative to report it to you? Isn’t it because I care about you? I’m telling you in advance. It’s really just a gift exchange between business partners.

“If I don’t send anything, other companies will suspect there’s a major problem with my company, that Yu’ai Group has excluded me so much that I don’t even have the right to send a gift.

“How about this? Tomorrow, I won’t show up myself. I’ll have my secretary deliver the gift. That should be fine, right?”

Princess Fenxiang explained unhurriedly. Her attitude was sincere, and her wording was perfect. No wonder Yu You in the original book had never discovered that she was secretly keeping an entire Pacific Ocean’s worth of fish.

Zhou Muxian did not want to get entangled with her any further and insisted from beginning to end. “No means no. If you send it, I’ll sabotage your plan.”

“All right, little one. It’s very late. Sleep early. Good night. Love you.” After saying this, Princess Fenxiang hung up, clearly not taking Zhou Muxian’s words seriously and only treating her as throwing a little tantrum.

In short, tomorrow’s birthday gift absolutely had to be sent.

Zhou Muxian had no other choice and could only make plans tomorrow. If it was a small gift that needed to be unwrapped, she would let Yu You decide for herself. With Yu You’s personality, she probably would not open it.

If it was an obvious large gift, she would have the housekeeper stop it and return it on the spot.

The next day.

Zhou Muxian was awakened by a commotion outside the window. She crawled to the window and looked out, only to see that the courtyard had already been set up for a birthday banquet. Piano, stage, fireworks, flowers, dining tables—everything was ready.

Yu You, however, stood below the stage unwillingly with her arms crossed, while Father Yu and Mother Yu stood beside her, earnestly trying to persuade her of something.

Zhou Muxian hurriedly opened the window and heard Father Yu and Mother Yu’s rather helpless voices.

“Youyou, hasn’t the birthday venue already been arranged at home? Why insist on holding it outside?”

“Youyou, listen to Mom. If you hold this birthday at the Yu residence, other people will know how much you matter to Dad and Mom. They won’t look down on you because of the real-and-fake-heiress issue. Do you know how much it hurts Mom that so many people outside are mocking you now?”

“We’re doing this for your own good. Just listen to us this once. Holding the birthday banquet at the Yu residence is the best choice.”

Yu You turned her face away disdainfully. “I won’t. I want to hold it outside. I want to see exactly how many people are not friends with me because of my identity as the Yu family heiress. This is the best chance to tell my real friends from my fake friends.”

“Youyou, what does it matter whether friends are real or fake? As long as you have value, everyone will be willing to lower their heads to you. Even if they’re fake friends, if they pretend for a lifetime, doesn’t that make them real friends?”

The more Father Yu spoke, the more anxious he became, and Mother Yu’s face was pale with anger.

But Yu You still refused to listen and stubbornly retorted, “I won’t. I just want to see who treats me sincerely. Sincerity is the only thing that matters.”

After saying this, she wrapped the white feather shawl around her shoulders and turned to leave. No matter how Father Yu and Mother Yu sighed or called after her, she pretended not to hear.

Sincerity. It could not be touched or seen. To what degree did something have to be done for it to count as sincere?

Zhou Muxian could not understand. She only knew she had to wash up quickly so she could become the first person to attend Yu You’s birthday banquet.

The birthday banquet was set on the lawn of a mountain resort halfway up the mountain. Although there were still flowers, a piano, and fireworks, it was far less carefully and grandly arranged than the Yu residence.

Zhou Muxian and Yu You arrived at the resort almost one after the other. She deliberately waited until Yu You entered the resort gate before slowly opening the car door and getting out.

Yu You had only just sat down, adjusting the hem of her skirt, when Zhou Muxian appeared in her line of sight, holding a cake and smiling brightly. “Happy birthday, Sister.”

Yu You lowered her eyes and looked at the cake in Zhou Muxian’s hands.

It could hardly be described with the word ugly alone.

The overall shape was supposed to be a heart, but it looked nothing like one, bulging here and dented there. The surface looked like piles of poop. In the center of those piles was written—

Sister Is the Most Beautiful.

The corner of Yu You’s mouth twitched. She pulled her gaze back and shrugged. “Compared with your cake, of course I’m beautiful beyond measure.”

Seeing her indifferent attitude, Zhou Muxian felt a little embarrassed and drew the cake back. “It’s my first time making one, so it is pretty ugly. If Sister dislikes it, I’ll throw it away.”

As Zhou Muxian spoke, she raised her head and swept her gaze around.

Not far away, a sharp-eared server heard this and quickly turned to get a trash can.

Seeing this, Yu You immediately said loudly, “There are no trash cans in such a beautiful place. Put it on the smallest table in the farthest corner.”

Zhou Muxian followed her gaze and looked over. Compared with the largest, longest dining table here, that table was the most inconspicuous and could only fit one person.

Most people attending a birthday banquet would come in groups. Who would be willing to sit there alone?

Such an unsightly cake naturally had to be placed in an unnoticed corner.

Zhou Muxian placed the cake on the table and carefully looked at it again. It really was quite ugly. After finishing her call with Princess Fenxiang last night, she had made this thing half-asleep and half-awake.

Good thing she had prepared other gifts.

She took a jewelry box from her chest and happily ran to Yu You. With a click, she opened it. “Sister, Sister, this is your favorite Wanpai. I asked Mom and Dad to help me buy it. They said it’s one of a kind.”

Yu You glanced at it and reached out to close the jewelry box.

Zhou Muxian looked at her in confusion. Why did she not even want her favorite Wanpai? Was she still angry about Zhou Muxian pouncing on her and biting her everywhere that day?

Yu You glanced around and, seeing that no one was nearby, leaned close to Zhou Muxian’s ear and lowered her voice. “Wait until everyone’s here, then give it to me.”

Zhou Muxian was so amused by her words that she nearly laughed out loud. Afraid Yu You would be unhappy, she forcefully held it in.

Half an hour later, Chun Ling arrived.

The three of them sat by the dining table, waiting for the others while the cold mountain wind blew around them.

An hour and a half later, Chengcheng and Zizi arrived.

The five of them sat by the dining table, bathed in the rare warm winter sunlight, waiting for the others to arrive.

Three hours later, it was almost mealtime.

Still, no one had come.

Yu You’s expression looked somewhat downcast. Seeing this, Zizi comforted her. “This place is a little remote. I even took the wrong road when I came. Navigation nowadays isn’t very accurate either.”

Chengcheng half-comforted and half-joked, “Friends are about quality, not quantity. You still think having us isn’t enough? You scumbag woman!”

Yu You shrugged indifferently. “This banquet was only prepared for you few in the first place. Let’s eat, then.”

The first dish was just about to be served when a burst of noisy commotion came from the entrance. Zhou Muxian turned back and saw a dozen or so people walking over, chatting and laughing.

There were men and women among them, and they seemed to all know one another. They kept exchanging meaningful looks. Since they had appeared at the same time, they had most likely arranged in a group chat to travel together.

Zhou Muxian felt something was wrong, and an ominous thought faintly rose in her heart.

They walked up to Yu You and smilingly wished her happy birthday one after another.

“Happy birthday, Yu You. I forgot to buy a gift today. You won’t mind, right?”

“Come on, why be so formal between friends? I didn’t buy one either. It’s enough that I came.”

“Exactly, that’s the logic. No need to give anything. I came empty-handed too.”

Out of a dozen people, not one had brought a gift. They had most likely communicated in advance. Because Yu You was no longer the real heiress, they thought they could treat her carelessly.

Zhou Muxian hurriedly took out the jewelry box from her arms, rushed in front of Yu You, and opened it with a click. “Sister, this is your favorite Wanpai. It’s a new one-of-a-kind piece. Please accept it with a smile.”

Seeing this, Chun Ling, Chengcheng, and Zizi quickly took out their gifts too, immediately easing Yu You’s awkwardness.

The awkwardness instantly shifted from Yu You to those dozen or so people. They put away their smiles, pulled out the white chairs, and sat down, silently exchanging looks among themselves.

A long-haired artistic-looking man leaned against his chair, spinning the lighter in his hand as he spoke casually. “Miss Yu, this gown of yours is so special. What brand is it? Would it be convenient to tell me? My little sister’s birthday is next month, and I want to buy one for her too.”

Today, Yu You wore a close-fitting silver sequined fringed fishtail camisole dress, paired with a white feather shawl. Under the sunlight, she shone brilliantly, like a goddess descending to earth, beautiful beyond description.

Sitting beside the long-haired artistic man was a baby-faced girl with a bun. She narrowed her eyes and answered in surprise, “What material are these feathers? They’re so pretty.”

“What else could they be? Anyone can tell it’s some no-name brand. And if it’s no-name, then naturally it’s sparrow feathers,” a boy in a suit at the dining table sneered.

“What! I thought they were phoenix feathers.” The girl with the bun exaggeratedly covered her mouth and looked at the boy in the suit in disbelief.

The long-haired artistic man glanced at the two of them and also joined in with a smile. “Real is real, fake is fake. The real one is at home. Of course the fake one could only be swept out the door and sit in front of us.”

“That’s really not wrong. A phoenix can’t become a sparrow, and a sparrow can’t pretend to be a phoenix either. An impostor is even copying the real heiress and holding a birthday banquet. Tell me, is this a birthday banquet, or an impostor exhibition? Hahahaha!”

“Hahahahaha! This kind of impostor exhibition is worth seeing once. Next time, even if you gave me a hundred million, I wouldn’t come. It hurts my eyes.”

Yu You sat upright, gently swirling the red wine in her goblet. Her expression was perfectly calm, as if the person being mocked was not her.

But Zhou Muxian could not keep listening. She grabbed a small cake from the table, squeezed it in her hand, and hurled it fiercely at the group.

The soft cream cake was crushed and smashed onto someone’s face, instantly covering their eyes and nostrils. The person who was hit immediately became flustered and utterly disheveled.

“What the hell, are you sick?”

“Where did this lunatic come from? How uncivilized!”

Rumble, rumble—

The sound of many drones flying suddenly came from midair. Everyone raised their eyes and looked up. They saw those drones flashing purple lights, forming a heart shape in the sky.

Beneath the heart was a line of words.

Happy Birthday, Youyou.

Immediately afterward, purple bellflowers fell all over the sky. Blown by the mountain wind, they danced through the air, brushing across Yu You’s cheek and gently landing on her hair, shawl, and dress.

The otherworldly goddess untouched by mortal smoke and fire had transformed in an instant into a bright and charming flower goddess.

“My dear…”

From some unknown broadcast speaker came Princess Fenxiang’s gentle voice, recorded in advance. “When we first met, it was in a flower shop. Your favorite purple roses had sold out. I looked at the disappointment in your eyes, bought all the purple bellflowers in the shop, and chased after you. Do you still remember what I said then?

“I said, there is more than one kind of purple in this world. Just as in the surging sea of people, there is also more than one answer. As long as it is you, I will use everything I have to answer every question, only wishing that you can be happy.

“I have filled in your answer sheet. Are you still willing to answer mine? The answer is: you. Permanently valid.”

These words could be called sincere, deeply affectionate, and romantic.

The expressions of those dozen people who had come to watch Yu You make a fool of herself instantly turned rather ugly. Not only had they failed to enjoy the show today, they had been force-fed a mouthful of public affection.

It was simply enough to raise their blood pressure.

Zhou Muxian had imagined a thousand possibilities, but she had never expected Princess Fenxiang to put on such a performance. She looked at Yu You worriedly, afraid Yu You would be moved by this, willing to throw herself into Princess Fenxiang’s arms and reconcile with her.

Yu You did not say a single word. Only the hand holding the goblet trembled slightly. She tilted her head back and drank the red wine in the goblet in one gulp.

Under everyone’s gazes and scrutiny, without warning, she fiercely smashed the tall wine glass in her hand to the ground, then swept her sleeves and left the banquet.