The White Lotus Villainess Is Obsessed With Me - Chapter 59

Wait… Is there something wrong with the boss’s health?

Hearing this, Zhou Yunlu turned her head and carefully observed. But no matter how hard she looked, all she could see was her boss with rosy cheeks and a radiant appearance—not at all like someone who was sick.

Is this girl named Wang Sasa stupid? Was she playing them for fools? Anger flared in Zhou Yunlu’s heart, and rage bubbled up in her gut as she glared at Wang Sasa with round, furious eyes. “What nonsense are you spouting? Our boss is perfectly healthy!”

Wang Sasa cast a sidelong glance at her but didn’t respond. Instead, she looked directly at Tan Yixuan with a smile and asked, “What do you think, Miss Tan?”

Tan Yixuan’s long eyelashes fluttered, like a butterfly about to take flight. Her gaze flickered towards Wang Sasa as she focused intently on her before speaking softly, “Lately, I’ve had some insomnia.” Her long lashes lowered, covering the faint light in her eyes.

Upon hearing this, Wang Sasa crossed her arms and gave Zhou Yunlu a smug smile, boasting, “And you still call yourselves her little sister? You don’t even care about your boss’s health!”

Zhou Yunlu, who prided herself on being the boss’s right-hand woman, was deeply stung by this outsider’s accusation—it felt like a slap in the face. Her face flushed with embarrassment almost instantly. She glared hatefully at Wang Sasa before cautiously turning to look at Tan Yixuan’s expression. “I’m sorry… I didn’t know.”

Watching their interaction as if no one else was there, the corner of Tan Yixuan’s mouth twitched slightly. She let out a barely audible click of her tongue, and her face gradually darkened.

Wang Sasa glanced her way, and Tan Yixuan’s expression suddenly shifted. She looked as delicate as a willow swaying in the wind as she held her forehead and leaned back against the sofa. Her complexion quickly worsened, becoming visibly pale. She said softly, “I’m feeling a bit tired. I’d like to rest for a while.”

The three lackeys exchanged glances, then Zhou Yunlu took the lead and said to Tan Yixuan, “Alright, we won’t bother you then.” As she turned to leave, her gaze caught on a slender figure—it was that annoying fool.

With an irritated tone, Zhou Yunlu shoved her and said, “Hey! What are you still doing here? Didn’t you hear that our boss wants to rest?!”

Wang Sasa had always been self-centered, and no one had ever treated her with such disdain. From the moment she was born until now, she had never been on the receiving end of someone’s bad attitude. After this recent time-travel experience, where she had been yelled at and pushed around, she had long been suppressing a simmering anger in her chest. She let out a light scoff, deciding to teach Zhou Yunlu a lesson.

After thinking for three seconds, Wang Sasa pretended to stumble dramatically from the push, falling straight towards Tan Yixuan in an exaggerated dive.

She landed at Tan Yixuan’s feet, wrapped her arms around Tan Yixuan’s slender waist, and cried out melodramatically, “Ah! Why did you push me!” While speaking, she clung tightly to Tan Yixuan, breathing in the pleasant fragrance of her body. Looking up at her, she said, “I didn’t mean to.” But that was a lie—she did it on purpose.

Tan Yixuan lowered her head and looked down at her from above. From this angle, she could see her beloved person’s small, delicate face. Below her perfectly shaped nose were soft, light pink lips, parted slightly as if waiting to be kissed.

It gave her a strong impulse to throw herself at her without hesitation.

But not yet. The game had just begun.

A skilled hunter knows how to wait. The prey was already in the net. Soon…

The fingers resting on her knee twitched slightly, and after a long silence, she suppressed that impulse, speaking in a calm and detached manner, “Have you hugged me enough?”

Wang Sasa still clung to her, refusing to let go. She had intended to ask if Tan Yixuan could feel anything different now. But before she could, Zhou Yunlu—more anxious than the emperor’s eunuchs—exploded, “Let go of her this instant!”

Upon hearing that, Wang Sasa’s fingers, which had been about to release their grip, clenched even tighter. She lowered her head, rolling her eyes, and then looked up at Tan Yixuan with a bright smile, “Miss Tan, do you feel any different now than before?” As she spoke, she boldly took Tan Yixuan’s hand in hers, holding it firmly in her palm while Zhou Yunlu and the others looked on in stunned disbelief.

After doing this, as if the provocation wasn’t enough, Wang Sasa lightly tugged on Tan Yixuan’s hand, pulling herself up to sit beside her. She leaned in closer, pressing against her. Tilting her head, she smiled again, “How about now? How does this feel?”

Zhou Yunlu and the others stared in shock at Wang Sasa’s brazen actions, but Tan Yixuan still didn’t seem to get angry.

Tan Yixuan glanced down at the hand being held and felt the warmth of the other’s body as she clung to her. Her lips almost curled up uncontrollably into a smile. Just as the smile started to form, she reined it in, pressing her lips into a straight line. She frowned, her eyes shimmering with a hint of moisture, her tone calm but ambiguous, “What kind of feeling are you looking for?”

Tan Yixuan’s hand remained still, letting Wang Sasa hold it without pulling away. Even her posture remained unchanged. Thus, Wang Sasa leaned on her effortlessly and absentmindedly asked, “Now that I’m leaning on you, don’t you feel a bit more comfortable?”

Tan Yixuan’s lips moved slightly. She cast a faint glance at her but didn’t respond.

Zhou Yunlu knew that her boss disliked physical contact with others. In the past, even an accidental touch to her fingertips would make her fly into a rage. Now, being touched like this, she was surely on the verge of exploding.

In a hurry, she anxiously tried to urge Wang Sasa to stand up, “Hey! What exactly are you trying to do?!”

Wang Sasa deliberately ignored her, acting as if she didn’t hear anything. Zhou Yunlu, frustrated and anxious, stomped her foot and rushed forward, trying to grab Wang Sasa’s shoulder and pull her away.

However, just as she was about to make a move, she was stopped dead in her tracks by the cold, piercing gaze from Tan Yixuan.

Zhou Yunlu looked at her boss and instantly fell silent.

Tan Yixuan retracted her gaze and turned her attention to Wang Sasa’s face, muttering as if explaining to herself, “She stays. With her here, I feel a bit more comfortable.”

With that, Wang Sasa grew bolder, linking arms with Tan Yixuan and smugly declaring, “Exactly! I’m your boss’s personal human sedative! What are you still doing here? Hurry up and leave! Don’t interrupt us!”

Zhou Yunlu glanced at the two, seeing Wang Sasa’s arrogant, self-satisfied demeanor, and felt so furious her teeth ached. But with Tan Yixuan lowering her eyes and not objecting, she had no choice but to reluctantly leave the room.

Even though the situation was utterly absurd, her boss’s words were not to be questioned. They only needed to follow orders. Stepping out of the threshold, Zhou Yunlu belatedly thought, What exactly did the boss call Wang Sasa here for again?

The three of them walked out one after another, leaving the empty room with only Wang Sasa and Tan Yixuan. Wang Sasa glanced upward at the ceiling, realizing that even though only a short time had passed, it had somehow already been half an hour.

Initially, Wang Sasa just planned to test things out. After all, they only had an hour, and forcing things wouldn’t work. She had to use her wits.

She had already made up her mind: if her guess didn’t work out, she’d play drinking games with Tan Yixuan and get her drunk. But now, things had taken an unexpected turn, with Tan Yixuan asking her to stay willingly. Naturally, this saved her the trouble of expending any more effort.

Wang Sasa sighed with emotion, “Web novels never lie!”

After a moment of contemplation, she suddenly recalled the system’s earlier reminder. Tan Yixuan’s current favorability towards her was still in the negatives. Raising it to full would be a long and challenging journey.

Thinking this, she leaned in closer to Tan Yixuan, her eyes sincere as she said, “Miss Tan, regardless of what I did before to make you misunderstand, I must clarify that I really don’t covet your childhood sweetheart…”

She rambled on, about to say that she didn’t even know the name or appearance of Tan Yixuan’s childhood sweetheart, when suddenly, Tan Yixuan stood up, causing Wang Sasa to lose her support and fall to the other side of the sofa.

Propping herself up on the sofa with both hands, Wang Sasa looked at her in confusion when the system notification suddenly sounded in her ears.

[Tan Yixuan’s favorability -5, current favorability -15.]

“…”

Wang Sasa hesitated, opened her mouth, and awkwardly said, “Your childhood sweetheart…”

The system notification alarm sounded again.

[Tan Yixuan’s favorability -5, current favorability -20.]

Damn! Is “childhood sweetheart” a forbidden term? What’s Tan Yixuan’s problem? Wang Sasa felt her head spin, almost cursing out loud. She paused for a moment, suddenly recalling the system reminder.

[Tan Yixuan: Top student and school bully at Second High School, deeply infatuated with her childhood friend, but her love is unrequited.]

Deeply infatuated?

Wang Sasa mused. The system also said Tan Yixuan was a school bully. Looking at her innocent and well-behaved appearance, you’d never guess. Seems like that person must be off-limits.

Once Wang Sasa figured out the key point, she glanced over at Tan Yixuan, who was now leaning down toward her. Her delicate features were flawless, even from this upward angle, not diminishing her beauty at all.

Dressed in that white dress, she looked as pure and beautiful as a white lotus. The delicate “white lotus” stretched out her hand, gently pinching Wang Sasa’s chin and lifting it. Her voice was sweet and crisp, extremely pleasant to the ear. She asked, “Even so, do you still think about him?”

Wang Sasa froze, unsure of how to respond.

Tan Yixuan’s dark eyes shimmered, and she applied more force with her fingers, leaning in closer, “Don’t even think about it. He’s already gone abroad.” As she spoke, her lips moved closer, her breath brushing against Wang Sasa’s sensitive ear.

Wang Sasa couldn’t help but reach up and touch her ear, feeling utterly wronged. What was she thinking? What did it have to do with her? Tan Yixuan misunderstood her because of her childhood sweetheart, but in order to complete the strategy, she had to remove that thorn in her heart!

Weighing her options, Wang Sasa cautiously said, “I really don’t like him…” She thought, since “childhood sweetheart” was a forbidden term, if she didn’t mention it, it should be fine, right? But just as she finished speaking, the favorability dropped by another five points.

[Tan Yixuan’s favorability -5, current favorability -25.]

Wang Sasa: “…”

Wang Sasa was about to lose her mind. What exactly did Tan Yixuan want from her?! Frustrated, she rubbed her head, when she suddenly noticed that the time-limited task only had ten minutes left, and she was shocked.

At this point, she couldn’t care less about favorability anymore. The bright red countdown seemed like a death sentence. She knew there would definitely be a punishment if she didn’t complete the task, and she was so anxious she was practically spinning in circles like an ant on a hot pan.

In the end, she gritted her teeth, not caring if it would cause her to lose favorability, grabbed Tan Yixuan’s hand, and pulled her straight onto the sofa. Tan Yixuan, seemingly caught off guard, lost her balance and fell onto the sofa.

Her fall was rather convenient, as her head landed right on Wang Sasa’s lap. Her face was flushed, her eyes brimming with watery light, and there was a trace of panic in her gaze. This contrast made Wang Sasa look like a villain robbing a helpless maiden.

Wang Sasa looked down, avoiding Tan Yixuan’s eyes, and stiffly said, “Go to sleep!”

Great. Now she looked even more like a villain.

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Author’s Note:

Tan Yixuan: Sitting tight, waiting to be won over.

Wang Sasa: “…”

Tan Yixuan: Forget it, I’ll take care of it myself.