After Transmigrating as the Vicious Female Supporting Character, I Ran Away While Pregnant - Chapter 17

“Uncle Xiao Guan? Uncle Xiao Guan doesn’t have a father or a mother either.”

Discussing such heavy topics with a child was clearly inappropriate. Mo Yueshuang gently patted Li Ran’s back: “Be good, Ranran. It’s very late today. Let’s go to sleep first, okay?”

“Okay.”

Mo Yueshuang hummed a soft lullaby to coax Li Ran to sleep.

The little one in her arms was soon sleeping soundly, but Mo Yueshuang’s mind was cluttered with thoughts, and Li Sheng’s figure kept surfacing in her head.

The Li Sheng who appeared in the parking lot to save her; the meticulous Li Sheng holding the manuscript during the audition; the Li Sheng carefully selecting vegetables in the supermarket.

The Li Sheng who, though reluctant, would do anything for her daughter.

A stoic single mother who had raised such an adorable and thoughtful child.

“Li Sheng.”

Mo Yueshuang didn’t know when she fell asleep. She only remembered that tonight she seemed possessed; her mind was full of Li Sheng before bed, and even her dreams were filled with her.

At this moment, Li Sheng was not asleep. She stood at the door of Ranran’s room for a while, then went straight to the study.

Li Sheng carefully sorted through everything that had happened since she arrived in this world.

Back then, surviving the aftermath of transmigration left her little room for thought. The rising star Mo Yueshuang, the real estate tycoon Ji Ruodong, the original Li Sheng who was locked up by her parents for her willful pursuit of Ji Ruodong, and the four major families of F Province.

This information told her that she was currently inside a novel she had happened to read in her past life.

Books were scarce in the apocalypse, and this overbearing CEO romance novel was one of the few entertainment books Li Sheng had read to pass the time; consequently, she remembered it quite well.

It was then she realized she had been reborn into a fictional world. According to the plot, the child in her belly should belong to the male lead, Ji Ruodong.

But the fact that Ranran and Mo Yueshuang were so strangely similar was a suspicious point. Moreover, the attitude Ji Ruodong displayed during their meeting today differed too much from the “Domineering CEO” in her memory. In the novel, Ji Ruodong knew about the supporting character’s scheme five years ago, and upon seeing the child, he immediately realized it was his.

However, the Ji Ruodong she met today felt as though he knew nothing about what happened back then.

Mo Yueshuang liked Ranran very much. If things truly followed the original plot… then after Li Sheng died, Mo Yueshuang would treat Ranran well… right?

Li Sheng leaned back against her chair, but the thought vanished instantly. She gave a self-deprecating smile, thinking: It’s not certain who will die yet.

Li Sheng was sick of being a lab rat. Her life should be held in her own hands. If there really was a mysterious force controlling everything in this world, she would destroy it to carve out a path for herself.

If it wasn’t her personally looking after Ranran, she wouldn’t trust anyone else.

Li Sheng made a phone call.

Guan Tai, who had just finished arranging the bodyguards and was preparing to rest, received the call. Before he could brag about his efficiency, he was handed a new mission.

“What? Help you set a meeting with Ji Ruodong?!” Guan Tai nearly jumped out of bed in fright. “Li Sheng, don’t tell me you still haven’t given up on him?”

“Don’t ask so much. Just get me a meeting. As soon as possible.”

Li Sheng hung up. Guan Tai felt a surge of frustration but swallowed it down.

Truly, Li Sheng speaks a word, and Guan Tai runs his legs off. By the next morning, Li Sheng received her answer.

“2:00 PM, at Guoshang. Li Sheng, don’t do anything reckless. You’re away from home and have a child now; please be steady.” Guan Tai offered a kind reminder and added: “I’ll take a leave from the crew after lunch to come over and watch Ranran for you.”

As usual, Guan Tai offered to help when Li Sheng was away, but today, she refused.

“No need. Ms. Mo is off today, and she already agreed to stay and accompany Ranran. I’ll be home before dark. Just focus on your work.”

At 1:00 PM, Li Sheng was already waiting at the designated spot.

Ji Ruodong, out of politeness, arrived half an hour early and thus didn’t keep Li Sheng waiting.

“Sorry, sorry, I’m late because of a traffic jam.”

“The appointed time hasn’t arrived yet.” Li Sheng spoke the words in a cold, narrator-like tone.

The soft and lovely “sister next door” had become like this because of his negligence back then; Ji Ruodong felt guilty and pained.

Sitting opposite Li Sheng, he tried to pretend nothing had happened—that they were still the big brother and little sister who played together years ago.

But clearly, Li Sheng wasn’t buying it.

Li Sheng stated her purpose directly: “President Ji, I came to learn about what happened five years ago.”

Here it comes! As expected, she was here for the events of five years ago. Ji Ruodong’s hand holding the menu trembled slightly, but he quickly put it down, feigning composure.

“Sheng-sheng, it’s been five years. Let the past stay in the past. If you feel wronged, Brother Ruodong will help you get justice.”

Ji Ruodong’s tone was peaceful and gentle, but his last sentence carried a hint of ruthlessness.

Li Sheng was unmoved: “President Ji, I think you’ve misunderstood. I am here to find out if, five years ago, you actually stayed behind as I had planned?”

Ji Ruodong paused, suddenly confused by what Li Sheng was saying.

“Five years ago? You mean the time you set me up at the hotel?”

“Mhm.”

Ji Ruodong was still a bit embarrassed mentioning it, but Li Sheng’s expression didn’t change; her “mhm” was perfectly frank.

“I didn’t stay…”

Ji Ruodong’s expression worsened. If Li Sheng was asking him this now, could she have mistaken someone else who hurt her for him? Surely she didn’t think the child was his?

“Li Sheng, listen to me.” Ji Ruodong took a deep breath, steeling himself. But when he looked into her cold eyes, the words got stuck. The truth is often so painful; the little sister before him had already suffered so much injustice. Did he really have to tear open the old scars and make her face the bleeding wound again?

Ji Ruodong hesitated. Li Sheng remained indifferent, taking a small sip of her tea. When she saw no sign of him speaking, she urged him: “President Ji, what do you want to say?”

“Sheng-sheng, five years ago I learned of your plan and did not stay as you expected. After you entered the hotel room and drank that glass of wine, I left. I…”

“Mhm?”

“I left two bodyguards there to protect you, but I didn’t expect them to be knocked unconscious, and you disappeared. So, we had no relationship that day. But…”

Ji Ruodong lowered his head and finished recounting the events in fragments.

Back when they were children, he used to carry her to kindergarten. When she finished school, she would have the butler wait with her at his school gate for him to finish.

In families like theirs, the one thing they didn’t lack was siblings—mostly half-siblings—but everyone had envied him for having such a cute little “lolita” by his side back then.

Later, when he graduated and took over the family business, Li Sheng was still in high school. The “sister next door” was still a sister in his heart, but her teenage feelings had sprouted, and her relentless pursuit of him eventually became a joke in their social circle.