After Transmigrated As The Scummy Ex Of The White Lotus Female Supporting Character - Chapter 7

Everything before Pei Wu’s eyes was dark.

Shang Yuqing’s hand was warm, different from Pei Wu’s hands, which had been cold all year round. It covered her eyes softly, and Pei Wu kept feeling as though that warmth was about to melt into her eyes.

She should have refused.

It absolutely should not have been like this, with her obediently listening to Shang Yuqing and relying on her completely as she walked forward.

Before her eyes was darkness, just like countless days and nights in the past.

Only this time, she did not seem very afraid.

How strange.

Clearly, this person was also the one she hated most.

The two of them were pressed extremely close. Pei Wu’s long hair, lifted by the wind, would occasionally brush across Shang Yuqing’s face. It was a little ticklish. She did not know what shampoo Pei Wu used, but it smelled very nice.

Pei Wu did not know where Shang Yuqing was taking her. The road was not very flat. It was a little uneven and full of dips, like a mountain path.

“We’re here.”

Shang Yuqing slowly removed her hand. The sudden light was somewhat dazzling, and Pei Wu instinctively raised her hand to rub her eyes. Her vision slowly became clear, and the glow covering the mountains entered her sight.

She was standing on high ground. In front of her were endless green mountains stretching into the distance. The mountains were very, very far from them. The fog had already dispersed quite a lot, and at some point, the sun had come out a little. Its light was scattered across the mountains, filling the space between them. The fog had blurred and turned somewhat translucent, with clouds floating amid the sunlight.

Everywhere her eyes could see, there was clear, bright openness.

The light was too dazzling. Pei Wu was a little dazed.

Shang Yuqing walked to her side and looked at the distant mountains. “Look. The fog has dispersed.”

When the heavy fog disperses, someone will come to love you.

There was a smile in Shang Yuqing’s eyes. “Pei Wu, as long as people are alive, they will face countless hardships, sorrow, and unwillingness. None of us can avoid that. But all of it is illusory. There’s nothing worth letting it trap us.”

“You can’t keep being so pessimistic and hopeless. As long as you’re not dead, it isn’t true despair. Only by continuing to move forward can a person have hope.”

“What trapped you was never the fog. It was yourself.”

Pei Wu’s stiff hand trembled. The tip of her heart shuddered. Those eyes, covered all year round by cold snow, seemed to gain a little light. Slowly, she turned her head and looked at Shang Yuqing.

Shang Yuqing had peach blossom eyes. The tails of her eyes tilted upward, carrying a flush of red. Unlike Pei Wu’s clear, graceful, and gentle appearance, Shang Yuqing’s beauty was vivid and richly colored. When she smiled, it was as if peach blossoms bloomed in her eyes, carrying a presence that could overwhelm people.

Pei Wu stared, dazzled, for a second. After realizing it, she abruptly turned her head away. Her tone was stiff, as though she was trying to cover something up. “Do you think you’re a god? Saying so much because you want to reform me?”

“…Why are you pretending to be a good person now!”

Shang Yuqing tilted her head and looked at her. “Then have you been reformed by me, this god?”

Pei Wu turned her head and realized she was extremely close to Shang Yuqing. She moved back a little, putting some distance between them. Her voice was cold, yet inexplicably carried a trace of sulkiness. “Reformed my ass. A year ago, you heartlessly abandoned me. Now you’re acting like some savior and preaching at me. A scumbag woman like you, what kind of god are you supposed to be?”

“…”

What was Shang Yuqing supposed to say to that?

If she said she was not the original owner, Pei Wu would probably add “liar who loves making things up” on top of “scumbag woman.” Saying it would be wrong, and not saying it would also be wrong.

This is too hard.

Just as Shang Yuqing was struggling with it, her heartbeat suddenly began to speed up for no reason again. It seemed dissatisfied with what Pei Wu had said. In her mind, a voice faintly sounded.

It wasn’t like that.

It wasn’t like that.

A needle-like pain spread into her head, leaving Shang Yuqing feeling inexplicably confused.

If it wasn’t like that, then what was it like?

Who was speaking? The original owner?

The voice was very brief and disappeared quickly.

Seeing Shang Yuqing remain silent for so long, Pei Wu thought she had tacitly admitted it. She gave a cold laugh, turned around, and left.

Shang Yuqing was left standing there with a helpless expression. She hoped Pei Wu could take in what she had said just now.

Auntie Cheng’s house was rather far away. The two of them walked for a long time before arriving.

“Xiao Wu, you’re here.” Auntie Cheng saw the two of them from far away and came out of the house.

Pei Wu gave a polite smile. “Granny Jing, have you eaten?”

“I have, I have.” Auntie Cheng’s given name was Jing. She had watched Pei Wu grow up since childhood and was still quite fond of her.

“Oh, and this is—” Auntie Cheng looked at Shang Yuqing and asked.

“Uh—” For a moment, Shang Yuqing did not know whether to call her Auntie or follow Pei Wu’s way of addressing her.

“Call her Granny Jing,” Pei Wu reminded her quietly.

“Granny Jing, I’m Pei Wu’s friend.”

Auntie Cheng had lived alone at home all year round and had long been used to loneliness. She especially liked liveliness, so she was very happy about the two of them coming over. She quickly called them into the house and brought out some candied fruits for them to eat.

Shang Yuqing was a little frightened by her enthusiasm and hurriedly declined. “Granny Jing, you don’t need to bring out so much. We’ll be leaving in a while. We can’t eat that much.”

Pei Wu also persuaded her. “Granny Jing, put some of it back. Save it for your grandson.”

Auntie Cheng deliberately pulled a stern face. “Xiao Wu, are you still being polite with me?”

Pei Wu pressed her lips into a smile. “Then thank you, Granny Jing.”

The number of times Pei Wu smiled could be counted on one hand. Every smile was precious. Shang Yuqing stared at her a little blankly.

“What is this?” Shang Yuqing pointed at the food in front of her, whose color was somewhat dull.

Pei Wu picked one up and ate it. She said lightly, “Dried peach.” Then she added, “Auntie Cheng dried it herself.”

Shang Yuqing was a little curious and ate one. As a result, it was so sour that her brows scrunched together. “Heavens, it’s this sour?”

“Is it?” Pei Wu thought it was fine. Seeing Shang Yuqing turned into such a mess by the sourness, she generously showed a bit of kindness and picked one that did not look as sour, then handed it to her. “Try this one.”

Shang Yuqing did not know whether her brain had short-circuited. Instead of taking it with her hand, she leaned forward directly and bit the dried peach with her mouth.

“…”

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Shang Yuqing lifted her eyes and looked at Pei Wu. The other woman also seemed a little stunned. After a long while, she suddenly said, “You bit my finger.”

Shang Yuqing immediately leaned back and gave a few dry laughs. “This one really isn’t sour.”

Pei Wu ignored her words. She stared straight at the teeth marks on her finger, somewhat lost in thought.

Only when Shang Yuqing called her did she come back to herself.

Shang Yuqing said, “Are you done eating? Let’s go get the things.”

“…Oh.”

Pei Wu gently rubbed the teeth marks with her thumb. Shang Yuqing had bitten a little hard, and the marks were very obvious. Suddenly, an intense thought rose in Pei Wu’s heart.

She thought that if these teeth marks landed on Shang Yuqing’s soft, clean, fair fingers, preferably mixed with bright red threads of blood, it would probably be very beautiful.

She was a little looking forward to it.

In a place Shang Yuqing could not see, Pei Wu smiled strangely.

Auntie Cheng had gone out with Grandma Pei today to buy things. She came back earlier, and Grandma Pei had asked her to bring some things back first so Pei Wu could take them down.

The two of them discovered that it was a box of candies and chocolates. It looked very exquisite.

There were no supermarkets back home, and there were no snacks at home either. Grandma Pei felt that young people should like this kind of thing, so she had specially bought them.

“Grandma Pei is so nice,” Shang Yuqing could not help saying.

Pei Wu glanced at her, somewhat proud. “Of course.”

Shang Yuqing had discovered it. Pei Wu was usually silent and lifeless, and only in front of her grandmother would she reveal a little childish sweetness.

Like a child.

Shang Yuqing thought.

“Granny Jing, why did you plant so many hydrangeas in your backyard?” Shang Yuqing had accidentally seen a large patch of hydrangeas in the backyard just now. They looked very beautiful.

“Oh, you mean those? My granddaughter gave me a lot of them before. Do you want some?”

“Can I?” Shang Yuqing’s eyes lit up.

“Of course. I’ll go get them for you.” Auntie Cheng went to the room to get flower seeds.

“What do you want those for? Where are you going to plant them?” Pei Wu had a candy in her mouth, so her tone sounded a little lazy and unclear.

“To plant them, of course. As for where…” Shang Yuqing thought for a moment, then smiled. “Let’s plant them in your front yard. Next summer, we’ll come look at them together again.”

Crack.

Pei Wu bit through the candy, and sweet flavor spread through her mouth.

Shang Yuqing said next summer. She said she would come here again.

Next year.

That was a very hopeful phrase.

Pei Wu had never thought about next year. This year was already difficult enough. She did not want to hope for next year at all.

But what if there was a next year?

It seemed impossible to refuse.

Grandma Pei only came back in the evening. Yunshanju’s weather changed unpredictably. It had cleared up at noon, but by dusk, heavy rain began to fall again. Grandma Pei had bought a pile of things, and Shang Yuqing and Pei Wu nearly carried them until their hands broke.

“Ah Wu, Xiao Qing, was the candy good?” Grandma Pei asked the two of them while drying her hair.

Pei Wu and Shang Yuqing were drinking hot water in the kitchen. Hearing this, they both nodded.

“Grandma, what made you think of buying candy?” Shang Yuqing asked.

Grandma Pei smiled until her eyes nearly disappeared. “Because our Ah Wu likes eating candy. I thought you young people probably all like it.”

Pei Wu slowly drank her hot water, then raised her head and gave Grandma Pei a slow smile.

The lamplight was dim and yellow, making Pei Wu’s face look unusually gentle and beautiful.

Outside, the rain was still falling. The sky had already darkened. Inside the house, the lamplight was warm, and the shadows of people were sparse and soft.

The atmosphere was peaceful and cozy. Looking at Pei Wu’s obedient, docile face, a feeling of returning home suddenly surged in Shang Yuqing’s heart.

As if this was not bad either.

In the middle of the night, the rain grew heavier and heavier, the sound of it striking the window lattice noisy and irritating.

For some reason, Shang Yuqing suddenly woke with a start. Her drowsiness was gone. She turned over to face Pei Wu.

Her eyes abruptly widened.

Where was Pei Wu?

She quickly turned on the light, flipped out of bed, and walked to Pei Wu’s bed.

No one was there.

She was not in bed. Had she gone to the bathroom?

Shang Yuqing waited a while longer, but after a long time, Pei Wu still did not come back. Strange. Even going to the bathroom should not take this long.

Panic rose in her heart. She simply went to the bathroom to check, but there was no one there either.

She panicked. By chance, she saw that the main door seemed to be open.

Pei Wu had gone out!

But in such heavy rain, where could she go?

Left with no choice, Shang Yuqing could only go find Grandma Pei.

When Grandma Pei heard what Shang Yuqing said outside the door, she woke up immediately. Before her eyes had even fully opened, she hurriedly got out of bed. In the end, her foot slipped by accident, and her head hit the corner of the table.

Shang Yuqing heard the noise and panicked. “Grandma, what happened?”

Grandma Pei opened the door. “I’m fine. Where did Ah Wu go?!”

Shang Yuqing was frightened by the blood on Grandma Pei’s forehead. “Grandma, your head—”

Grandma Pei was even more frightened than she was. “What happened to Ah Wu?”

Shang Yuqing said blankly, “I don’t know. The door was open. She probably went out, but I don’t know where she went.”

“…Went out?” Grandma Pei murmured. Thinking of something, she became agitated. “She went to her mother’s grave. Tomorrow is her mother’s birthday. She might have gone there! Hurry and find her! Hurry!”

As she spoke, Grandma Pei tried to walk outside.

Shang Yuqing grabbed her. “Grandma, I’ll go. Let me treat your wound first, all right?”