After Marrying the Cold and Elegant Beauty, I Fell in Love (GL) - Chapter 11

Han Shuangshuang knew that the original character’s setting in the book was a rebellious airhead who changed girlfriends as quickly as every three days. She was like a girl stuck in a permanent rebellious phase.

But Han Shuangshuang herself was a total novice in romance.

While her brain was still loading, the hot and glamorous beauty standing in front of her handed a glass of strong liquor to her face.

“You turned 18 six months ago. You’re an adult now—don’t tell me you can’t drink.”

The beauty’s voice carried a sultry, flirtatious undertone. Her makeup was exquisite, with the eyeliner slightly upturned at the corners of her eyes, making her look like a seductive fox in a nightclub, picking out drunks to steal their souls.

Han Shuangshuang looked at the glass of hard liquor, completely dumbfounded. Even though she was an adult, she had never touched alcohol in her original world. Moreover, the novel didn’t provide a single bit of description for this ex-girlfriend, whose screen time was even less than her own cannon-fodder role.

The novel only mentioned that the original host “played around,” but it never listed specific names. She didn’t even know what the woman in front of her was called.

Han Shuangshuang’s hand trembled slightly as she reached out.

“Um… is there some kind of misunderstanding? Should we… have a proper chat? Let’s not ruin the harmony.”

Han Shuangshuang let out two dry, awkward chuckles, but the beauty didn’t buy it.

“When we parted ways, you called it a ‘misunderstanding’ too, but you just hooked up with someone else and dumped me. Little girl, did you really think I’m that easy to fool?”

“Sister, don’t be so hasty. A real breakup should be like being dead to each other. If you act like this, it makes me think you’re still pining for me.”

Han Shuangshuang used whatever cheesy lines she could remember from the melodramatic dramas she’d seen in her original world. Clearly, the beauty wasn’t having it; in fact, she looked even more annoyed, as if a sore spot had been poked.

Yun Ruyi downed the glass of liquor in one go. “We haven’t met for barely half a month, but you’ve certainly changed. You’re calling me ‘Sister’ now? I wonder if you’ve mistaken me for someone else again?”

Han Shuangshuang didn’t understand what she meant. How many people did the original host provoke?! No wonder her ending was so tragic; she didn’t even check if her targets were dangerous before messing with them.

Yun Ruyi suddenly leaned down toward Han Shuangshuang and reached out to pinch her chin. “What is my name? Hmm?”

“Uh…” Faced with this life-threatening question, cold sweat broke out on Han Shuangshuang’s forehead. Her eyes darted around guiltily. “Lately, I’ve been focusing all my energy on my studies. I don’t talk about romance anymore. Since we’ve already split, can’t we just leave each other be? Why bring up these sad memories?”

Yun Ruyi sneered, her beautiful eyes fixed on Han Shuangshuang. “Easy for you to say. You’re the one who started it, and you’re the one who wanted to end it. Why does the ‘Great Miss Han’ get to be so capricious? Splitting whenever you feel like it?”

Han Shuangshuang was at her wits’ end. The original character was brainless for provoking people, but failing to even achieve a “peaceful breakup” was just incompetent.

“Truly heartless. You’ve even forgotten my name. I suppose you’ve already found a replacement, and I’m of no use to you anymore, right?”

Han Shuangshuang grew more confused as she listened.

“Let’s just treat the past as the past. Wouldn’t it be better if we both forgot and looked toward the future? Starting our new lives?” Han Shuangshuang wrung her brain for every last drop of cellular energy to come up with a comforting line. “Also, I’ve decided: I want to study hard. I want to go to grad school. I want to ‘get ashore’ (pass the exams). I want to enrich myself with knowledge, to elevate and purify myself from the inside out. I am no longer the me of the past.”

“Bullshit!”

Han Shuangshuang’s lips trembled. She didn’t know which part of that had triggered the woman.

“If you don’t say my name today, don’t even think about leaving.”

Han Shuangshuang desperately tried to recall the plot. Damn system! Your host is in a crisis! Help me out or I’m going to lay flat (quit)! I’ll die right here and then see how your program runs!

[System: Ah-ha! Apologies, Host. The character in front of you is a minor role who had no name and only one line in the original book. So, the Host naturally doesn’t know her name. You could try to trick the info out of her? You’re so smart, surely you won’t be defeated!]

Han Shuangshuang’s heart went cold. This crappy system was utterly unreliable. She had to pull a name she vaguely remembered from somewhere. “Little Grey… is it you?”

The colorful neon lights of the bar made her eyes ache, but in that moment, she clearly saw the veins bulging on the woman’s forehead. Her anger had reached its peak.

“Remember it well. My name is Yun Ruyi.”

“Ah! Haha! Sister Ruyi! I’m so sorry! Studying has made my brain go numb lately, my memory is failing. I promise starting tomorrow I’ll eat an egg every day just to improve my memory so I can remember Sister Ruyi’s name forever!” Han Shuangshuang immediately put on a fawning, “loyal dog” smile, trying to de-escalate Yun Ruyi’s rage.

Yun Ruyi suddenly took out her phone, scrolled through it, and shoved a photo in Han Shuangshuang’s face.

“Is this the reason you gave me up?”

The phone was held so close Han Shuangshuang almost went cross-eyed, but she still recognized the blurry image. It was her and Shen Yuru. Specifically, it was the scene from yesterday when they were studying in the classroom.

But the angle of the photo made it look incredibly intimate and ambiguous—as if they were hugging and touching each other.

[System: Congratulations, Host, on triggering a plot turning point!]

[Please choose one of the following responses to Yun Ruyi. Friendly Reminder: Different choices will lead the plot in slightly different directions. Please choose carefully!]

[Choice 1: That’s right. I already have someone I like—the person in the photo, my Senior, Shen Yuru.]

[Choice 2: Everyone is just playing around. Why are you the only one taking it seriously? Tearing each other’s masks off now would be too embarrassing.]

[Friendly Reminder: You must choose one of these responses. You cannot create your own. Otherwise, a ‘terrifying plot event’ will occur, which is outside system control. Think twice!]

A threat! This is a blatant threat!

[System: No choice! Who told you the character with your name was a brainless, vicious, suicidal fodder? With all those buffs, you have to stay in character!]

Han Shuangshuang felt it would be easier to just die on the spot. Choice 2 was way too scummy. She didn’t know what happened between the original host and Yun Ruyi, but she couldn’t say something so hurtful. Since they already broke up, they should just move on.

Besides, Shen Yuru would never show up in a bar. She could just use her as a shield to trick Yun Ruyi. Once Yun Ruyi gave up, she wouldn’t come back for trouble. Yun Ruyi seemed like a socialite, not a student; she and Shen Yuru probably didn’t have common friends, so this wouldn’t reach Shen Yuru’s ears.

Han Shuangshuang felt brilliant. She had perfectly resolved the “crematorium.” No wonder the system chose her.

She grabbed Yun Ruyi’s wrist to free her chin and stood up slowly. Her 170cm height gave her an immediate aura of authority.

“Since you already know, I won’t hide it. Yes, that’s right! I have a new target. When it comes to feelings, I believe in ‘binary’—I can’t let her feel insecure.”

Han Shuangshuang had never been this serious. But since she wasn’t good at lying, her tone was too formal, her words coming out one by one like a robot.

But Yun Ruyi believed it. “Is she really that good?”

Han Shuangshuang’s voice was firm. “Yes. She is very good. She is better than anyone else. She deserves the best of everything.”

Looking at the increasingly dejected look on Yun Ruyi’s face, Han Shuangshuang felt triumphant. As expected of me. I handled this difficult scene with ease.

“I really didn’t know Classmate Han thought of me that way.”

A faint voice rang out from behind Han Shuangshuang. The bar music and the noise of the crowd were deafening, but this voice was like a high-quality ear cleanser—it purified both her ears and her soul.

Except… why did that voice sound so familiar?

Han Shuangshuang’s neck turned stiffly. She saw Shen Yuru standing behind her, her face as cold as ever, her phoenix eyes devoid of emotion.

Why is she here?!

So, everything she just said was heard by Shen Yuru.

This is bad. Shen Yuru’s two shirt buttons were still in her pocket. The misunderstanding from the morning had barely been cleared, and now another disaster. Judging by Shen Yuru’s tone, it was impossible to tell if she was angry, or angry, or furious.

And just then, Yan Huan popped out of nowhere. She whispered loudly in Han Shuangshuang’s ear, making a bad situation fatal:

“Sister, are you stupid? Yun Ruyi isn’t your ex-girlfriend. She’s the woman you hired to seduce your dad and defeat your stepmother! So… you’re getting this close to Shen Yuru because you want her to seduce your dad and become your new stepmother?”

Han Shuangshuang felt, for the first time, what it felt like to be struck by lightning. A burnt smell wafted from her toes to the top of her head.

She watched as Shen Yuru’s pale face turned darker and darker—the silence before a hurricane.

So… can she please transmigrate one more time? Asking for a friend, it’s urgent.