Foolishly Flirting with the White Moonlight Leads to Being Marked - Chapter 10

“Oh… a fierce Alpha.” Song Qingre’s eyes were slightly lowered. When she blinked, her lashes brushed the skin beneath her eyes. The line “fine lashes covered the skin beneath her eyes, their ten fingers intertwining tighter and tighter” popped into Yan Qingqiu’s mind. She panicked even more, feeling terribly uncomfortable. If her body softened any further, it felt like they were going to kiss.

A muffled groan sounded in Song Qingre’s throat. She had probably been hurt from Yan Qingqiu repeatedly bumping into her.

Because of this commotion, quite a few people had gathered around them, and now they were all staring.

Song Qingre steadied herself. Although she did not laugh openly, the curve of her lips was obvious. She stood perfectly straight, though a few wrinkles had appeared at her waist.

Yan Qingqiu was so embarrassed that her toes curled. Her lips moved, but she could not say a single word.

Fortunately, Song Qingre did not tease her further. She helped Yan Qingqiu stand steadily and even smoothed the messy hair by her ear. “Go in first. I’ll come find you later.”

Yan Qingqiu did not answer. She turned sideways and staggered into the art exhibition, not daring to look back. It was too hot.

Another group of people arrived outside, and Song Qingre withdrew her smile to welcome them.

The speaker was arrogant. “Song Qingre, you notified everyone about your exhibition, so why didn’t you notify me?”

Song Qingre said, “I only heard that Miss Luo doesn’t like my paintings or my style, and even urged the people around you not to buy them. I was afraid my poor art would offend your eyes.”

Her attitude was neither humble nor arrogant. She used polite language, intellectual and refined, not bending her waist or fawning for money. Her bearing was truly noble. Luo Xi frowned, her expression very ugly. She had not expected Song Qingre to be so direct.

·

Inside, Yan Qingqiu suddenly walked with a burst of energy, but her body continued to burn hot.

There was no one around. She raised her hand and sniffed. A hidden fragrance floated faintly. The lingering citrus scent deeply stimulated her nerves. If it merged with ice-like skin and jade-like bones… not doing it a few hundred times would be a loss.

The aftereffect was too strong. Half her body went numb. Yan Qingqiu found a sofa and sat down. Thinking back on her own actions, it was way too embarrassing…

Yan Qingqiu asked the system: [Are you controlling my body?]

System: [No, host. What happened just now was your own physiological reaction. We have no way to control that. Your lust comes from instinct and nature. We can only control your life and death.]

Yan Qingqiu was speechless.

If you don’t know how to talk, please don’t talk.

The person who had called her from behind came over and sat on the sofa beside her. Su Xingjie turned sideways, staring at Yan Qingqiu in confusion. “I called you for so long. Why did you ignore me? Do you not want to be sisters anymore?”

Yan Qingqiu raised her eyes and looked at her…

Su Xingjie was quite pretty. Her black hair was braided, and she wore a fresh green shirt on top with beige trousers. A pair of sunglasses hung on the bridge of her nose. The whole outfit was rather fashionable. When she saw Yan Qingqiu, she took the sunglasses off.

Su Xingjie hissed softly. “Why did you fall into her arms just now? I was sweating from embarrassment beside you.”

At present, Su Xingjie was “her” best friend. Yan Qingqiu had read their previous chat history. Su Xingjie often cursed Song Qingre together with “her,” using language that was too ugly to look at, completely brainlessly defending “her.”

Su Xingjie’s family was also wealthy and in the clothing business. At present, she worked as an art director at her own family’s company.

Yan Qingqiu pursed her lips. “Weren’t you the one calling me? If you hadn’t called me, nothing would have happened.”

“I saw you keep throwing yourself into her arms, so I got scared too.”

“I… I was actually secretly pinching her waist. Very hard. So hard. Didn’t you see she couldn’t even stand steadily?”

Su Xingjie carefully recalled the scene from earlier. Had she seen it wrong? Clearly, her good sister had been the one who could not stand steadily and kept burrowing into Song Qingre’s arms. If she did not understand Yan Qingqiu’s personality, she would have thought Yan Qingqiu was throwing herself at Song Qingre.

Hearing Yan Qingqiu speak so firmly, Su Xingjie did not dwell on it. She reached out and touched Yan Qingqiu’s hair. “You dyed it back again. I remember the first time you dyed your hair was in the summer of senior year. You suddenly dyed it silver and straightened your hair too. Your whole personality changed. It looks pretty good dyed back now.”

Yan Qingqiu hummed. Her gaze darted around. Song Qingre came in from outside. Her dress today was fitted, and she chatted freely with the person beside her. When her gaze landed on Yan Qingqiu, her smile deepened. Then, when she glanced at a certain hand hooking around golden hair, she lowered her eyes.

“Speaking of which… why did you forcefully kiss Song Qingre last time?” Su Xingjie deliberately lowered her voice, afraid of being heard, making Yan Qingqiu’s ears even hotter. Yan Qingqiu had not figured out how to make up a lie, so she changed the topic. “Look at the paintings, look at the paintings.”

The venue Song Qingre had rented was not small, and the location she chose was also prime.

Wine, servers, all kinds of decorations, inviting media—adding everything together, one million was not even enough to squander. If Luo Xi’s group really ruined this, Song Qingre would not only lose terribly, her reputation would also be destroyed.

Art itself was hard to make money from. Those who could afford to play with art were usually elites.

Before coming, Yan Qingqiu had thought that as long as she helped Song Qingre sell the paintings, Song Qingre would have money on hand and could pay back her one million. Then the two of them would be even, right? The plot where she had to cut out her gland would definitely be skipped.

While looking at the paintings, she circled around Song Qingre from a distance. Several times when she saw her, Song Qingre did not deliberately come looking for her either. She only curved her lips at Yan Qingqiu and smiled gently.

Yan Qingqiu went even more numb.

Fu Ye arrived relatively late. As soon as he appeared, many people gathered around him, all crowding toward the center of the venue. After walking a few steps inside, several of them ran into each other.

The one called Luo Xi stood beside Fu Ye, very close to him. Fu Ye wore a black suit, while she wore a black dress. When Luo Xi saw Yan Qingqiu, she deliberately leaned one step closer to Fu Ye, and Fu Ye did not stop her from approaching.

The more Yan Qingqiu looked, the more she felt that these two were cheap. Fu Ye especially was simply open to anyone. Whoever tried to hook up with him, he would not push away. And this was him treating Song Qingre as his white moonlight? If she were the female lead, she would directly cut him off. Seriously, unbelievable.

She had already checked clearly. Luo Xi and Fu Ye were childhood sweethearts. Her family was also not short of money, and they matched Fu Ye’s family in status. Those two should just lock themselves together.

Fu Ye did not want to pay attention to Yan Qingqiu either. When others asked about her, he only said indifferently, “She’s annoying. Just playing some hard-to-get tricks.”

“Brother, don’t bother with her. Didn’t you say last time that once her father comes back, you’ll immediately break off the wedding?” Luo Xi said softly, seizing every gap to sow discord.

Fu Ye nodded.

Luo Xi smiled like a venomous snake.

The annoyance in Fu Ye’s eyes was not fake. Last time, Yan Qingqiu had knocked his head crooked, making him lose all dignity and face. His neck still hurt even now, and he was too lazy to even look at her.

But when he turned his head, what entered his eyes was a head of golden hair, bright beneath the lights, like a little sun. If he looked too long, it created a visual illusion, making his eyes sting.

The surroundings were all landscape oil paintings, and she seemed to be standing among all kinds of beautiful scenery.

When he blinked again, he clearly saw that person’s profile. Clean, lively eyes, holding a triangular glass cup with a glass straw between her lips.

Fu Ye froze. “That’s Yan Qingqiu?”

The person beside him, who was admiring the paintings, also glanced over. “Her blond hair really is beautiful. It has a lot of personality, like someone who walked out of an oil painting…”

Yan Qingqiu sensed the gaze from that side. When she walked past, she coldly slanted a glance at Fu Ye and left without looking back. She lowered her voice and said to Su Xingjie, “Cooperate with me later. Watch me smash their faces rotten.”

Fu Ye glanced at Luo Xi and quietly withdrew his arm.

Luo Xi glared fiercely at Yan Qingqiu’s back.

·

After walking around a few times, the two of them agreed that the paintings were beautiful. Song Qingre was very talented. There was no doubt about that. It was just that Yan Qingqiu was short on money.

There were truly very few people nearby buying paintings. Because the Luo family had taken the lead, everyone only looked and did not buy.

Yan Qingqiu was full of worry. How could these people be so thick-skinned? Song Qingre and her staff had patiently explained things for so long. Song Qingre especially had already drunk several cups of water, yet these people could still simply smile and move on.

In the past, when she went to the supermarket, if a salesperson introduced something to her with a few extra sentences, she would feel embarrassed.

So infuriating.

Su Xingjie said, “Luo Xi is coming over.”

Yan Qingqiu pointed at the painting on the wall. Her voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for the people behind her to hear. “I dare bet that they came here today to cause trouble. This is all they’re capable of anyway. They don’t have money themselves, and they still tell others not to buy.”

Su Xingjie did not know what she was talking about, but she still cooperated with the act.

The vicious supporting female character Yan Qingqiu was a professional. “As long as she doesn’t let people buy, I’ll pick up the bargains. I plan to buy an entire wall.” Yan Qingqiu took a bank card out of her bag and pushed it with her thumb. “Now we’ll just wait for her to act arrogant and let her make trouble. Once the dust settles, I’ll max out this card.”

Yan Qingqiu lied without even blinking. Anyway, she knew how much money was on the bank card, but other people did not know that every single card she had was empty.

“When Fu Ye sees that I bought all of Song Qingre’s paintings, won’t he come looking for me every day? Only someone as stupid as her would think of telling people not to buy the paintings and create opportunities for Fu Ye and Song Qingre. We just need to sit back and watch things change.”

After speaking, she put an arm around Su Xingjie’s shoulder. “Later, you just buy one painting as a gesture. Remember to set me off well and absolutely don’t steal my spotlight. Since few paintings are selling today, Luo Xi will definitely say Song Qingre’s paintings have no standards and frantically belittle them. At that time, I’ll make my entrance and buy the paintings, frantically commenting on Song Qingre’s art. You just support me and say that I have good taste and artistic sense.”

Yan Qingqiu suddenly looked back. Luo Xi, who had just circled around, was so frightened that she stepped back, afraid of being discovered. Fortunately, Yan Qingqiu was “blind” and did not see her.

Su Xingjie said, “Keep going. What else?”

Yan Qingqiu lowered her voice and said, “Actually, the person who lent Song Qingre money for turnover this time was me. I lent her money and bought her paintings. How generous is that? If the paintings don’t sell, it must be Luo Xi causing trouble. Luo Xi will definitely be disliked by Fu Ye. And I’ll hold Song Qingre’s contract while also buying Song Qingre’s paintings at a low price. Won’t Song Qingre be easy for me to control by then? When the time comes…” Yan Qingqiu blinked and looked around. Deep inside, she was very afraid. What if Song Qingre heard this and forced her to consummate the contract?

Su Xingjie’s eyes widened as she listened. For a moment, she did not know whether Yan Qingqiu was deliberately saying this or had really spent one million on Song Qingre. She could not help adding, “No, you gave her one million? What are you after?”

“Because I want to kill two birds with one stone.” Yan Qingqiu bumped her shoulder against Su Xingjie, telling her to quickly smooth things over and not undermine her.

“Qiu-bao, how are you so amazing? I never realized before. Then later, I’ll search Baidu, and you can memorize a couple of poems to seem more cultured. No wonder Luo Xi and Fu Ye grew up together, but he chose to get engaged to you instead of her.”

Yan Qingqiu also sighed emotionally. Truly, with this level of intelligence, if she lived in this world, she would probably be the female lead—clear-headed and wise.

Luo Xi was furious listening to this and really wanted to rush out and fight Yan Qingqiu. The two friends beside her were quick-eyed and quick-handed, pulling her back and telling her not to be impulsive. Fu Ye was still watching nearby. If she went to hit Yan Qingqiu now, Yan Qingqiu would definitely use the opportunity to act pitiful.

“That bitch. She’s too vicious.”

“That blond bitch. The moment she changed her hair color, she looks like some damn lunatic!”

“You should first check whether the person who lent Song Qingre money was really Yan Qingqiu. What if she’s doing this on purpose and we fall for it?”

Luo Xi was not stupid either. She steadied herself. “Her dad only gives her one million every month. Buying two bags would empty it. From time to time, she even clings to Brother Fu to transfer money to her. How could she possibly have money to buy paintings? She’s just pretending!”

·

A while later, someone hurriedly ran over to notify Song Qingre.

“Miss Song, hurry and go take a look. Miss Luo and Miss Yan are about to fight because of your painting.”

“What?”

A group of people hurried over.

Luo Xi kept pointing at the wall. “This one, that one, I’ll take them all.”

Su Xingjie pushed Yan Qingqiu’s arm. “Qiu-bao, wasn’t this the one you liked? She’s picking a fight, right?”

Yan Qingqiu put down her orange juice and did not back down at all. “Sorry, I saw this painting first. I’m buying it.”

The nearby guide hurriedly tried to smooth things over, saying, “This painting is priced at three hundred thousand. It is indeed Miss Yan who saw it first, and she had already said she wanted to pay.”

Luo Xi folded her arms. “So what if she saw it first? Three hundred thousand? She’s deliberately insulting Miss Song. I think this painting is worth at least five hundred thousand.”

“Five hundred thousand?” Yan Qingqiu said seriously. “What do you understand? Do you understand art? You’re only doing this for Fu Ye to see. Do you appreciate this painting? This is called clouds and water playing with the stream, green grass teasing the flower fragrance. Do you understand?”

Luo Xi said, “Sorry, I really do understand. This painting’s stream water—”

The commotion here was not small. If it were not because Yan Qingqiu and Luo Xi were known to be at odds, people who did not know better would think the two of them had specially come to support Song Qingre’s exhibition.

Right now, Yan Qingqiu had clearly lost momentum. After all, Luo Xi’s name contained the character “Xi,” meaning stream.

“I understand.” Yan Qingqiu jabbed Su Xingjie with her arm.

“Stars entering the river, stream water…” Su Xingjie tried to make something up while reaching for her phone. She was not very good at arguing, let alone now that the argument had heated up. She simply said, “I’ll pay three hundred thousand. Qiu-bao, bid!”

Yan Qingqiu said, “Eight hundred thousand!”

“Nine hundred thousand. Let me put it this way. I didn’t come today to fight you over paintings. I simply admire Song Qingre as a person and value the artistry in this painting’s mood.” Luo Xi kept talking about art, sounding more refined than Yan Qingqiu.

As soon as she said this, she watched Yan Qingqiu’s eyes slowly widen, and her heart felt a burst of delight.

The others were confused. Had she not said before that she would not buy?

Even Luo Xi actually understood art now?

Song Qingre’s paintings were indeed good. Setting aside how they looked when displayed, just their artistic quality alone made them worth buying. Originally, everyone had wanted to buy, but because of their concern over the Luo family, they had held back. Could it be that Luo Xi had deliberately done that because she was afraid others would snatch them? That was not very proper.

Anyway, no matter how one looked at it, there was no reason for two famous love rivals to come help another mortal enemy sell paintings.

Eight hundred thousand was about to be raised to one million.

Yan Qingqiu smiled. “I don’t believe you have that much money! Xingxing, go ask how to buy it. I’m taking this painting today. Stop going against me… You clearly said at the beauty salon before that you wanted everyone not to buy Song Qingre’s paintings. You just want to buy them back and let them increase in value. You don’t understand art at all.”

Luo Xi snorted coldly, refusing to back down, slapping her own face wildly. “Sorry, but I do have money and I understand art. One million one hundred thousand. Go on, bid again. Let me put it this way: if I don’t buy it at this price today, then my surname isn’t Luo!”

The moment this price came out, Yan Qingqiu’s momentum was clearly lacking. Everyone knew she only had one million in allowance every month. Yan Qingqiu pinched her fingers, and her aura sharply dropped. She stomped her foot hard in anger, her eyes turning red. “Fine, bitch. You’re ruthless!”

Author’s Note:

No objections to Qiuqiu being a fierce Alpha, right?