Chapter 47: Did I Just Mishear?

To be honest, Lin Xianxian was quite looking forward to the subsequent plot.

Aside from the fact that she loved the crazy scenes and desperately wanted to "act" them out...

Mostly because, after this, she would be Shang Yang's legal wife, hehe...

At this moment, Lin Xianxian looked pitiful and hesitant on the outside, but deep down, she was already fantasizing about her wedding night with Shang Yang!

Just as she expected, Shang Beiming flung her hand away with a look of utter disgust:

"In your dreams!"

"Lin Xianxian, at a time like this, you still expect me to take you away? How can you look my uncle in the eye after doing this? A woman like you—even if every other woman on earth were dead, I wouldn't give you a second glance!"

With that, Shang Beiming happened to catch sight of Qin Xinxia walking over, and he strode toward her without looking back.

Qin Xinxia gazed with a complex expression at Lin Xianxian, who was left standing there in her wedding dress, looking utterly heartbroken. For some reason, a faint sense of superiority welled up inside her.

Yet immediately, feeling this sliver of secret glee filled Qin Xinxia with a sense of shame.

Since when did she need to rely on a man to prove her own superiority?

Even in the past, when she knew her family background fell short of Lin Xianxian's, she had never felt that she was losing to Lin Xianxian.

That was because she believed in her own abilities, unlike now, when she was relying on a man—relying on Shang Beiming's attitude...

Qin Xinxia bit her lower lip, disgusted with herself in this moment.

Because she was painfully and clearly aware:

Right now, apart from Shang Beiming, she seemed to have nothing else that could surpass Lin Xianxian.

Lin Xianxian not only crushed her in design, but even in foreign languages and foreign trade capabilities, she didn't lose to her in the slightest.

Although her client had been snatched away by Lin Xianxian that day, it was a regular client of hers, and Qin Xinxia had added them on social media long ago.

Qin Xinxia had initially worried that Lin Xianxian had snatched the client purely to win against her and wouldn't treat them properly.

To her surprise, after inquiring around, she learned that after taking her client, Lin Xianxian had very earnestly helped them find a much more suitable manufacturer, one that offered better product quality, a shorter production period, and even more favorable prices...

After all, Lin Xianxian's connections were still more impressive than those of an ordinary person like her.

While this made Qin Xinxia heave a sigh of relief, it also dealt her a heavy blow.

It seemed only natural that Lin Xianxian would deliberately steal her client for the sake of romance and then do a shoddy job afterward.

Yet Lin Xianxian hadn't done that; instead, she had performed even better than she had...

This made Qin Xinxia feel all the more miserable.

Although she hated herself at this moment, Qin Xinxia still looped her arm through Shang Beiming's, and as she watched Lin Xianxian's heartbroken expression, a wave of uncontrollable glee washed over her heart.

The moment they left, the grief and indignation on Lin Xianxian's face vanished instantly.

[Ah, being an actress is truly exhausting!]

[Little System, how is it? I've finished walking through this plot beat, right? Next, can I happily run off to marry my dear Uncle Shang?! Hehe...]

As soon as Lin Xianxian walked away, a figure emerged from not far behind.

The person stared wide-eyed, looking at her retreating back in disbelief.

That person was none other than Li Tiantian.

Li Tiantian had come with her parents today to attend the wedding of Shang Yang and Lin Xianxian. Her family was also wealthy and had business partnerships with the Shang Corporation.

Right now, she was in a state of disbelief.

"Just now... did I hear wrong?"

Li Tiantian doubted her own sanity.

Just as she stepped out of the restroom, she happened to run into Lin Xianxian talking to Shang Beiming.

Moreover, Lin Xianxian was about to marry Shang Yang, yet she had actually run over to tell Shang Beiming that with just a single word from him, she would call off the wedding and refuse to marry Shang Yang??

This Lin Xianxian was simply too outrageous!

Besides, she was going too far. If she didn't want to marry Shang Yang, couldn't she have made things clear earlier?

If she just ran away like this, how much would Shang Yang lose face?

Li Tiantian grumbled inwardly, not daring to step out, and simply hid in the corner, waiting for them to finish talking before coming out.

To her surprise, she suddenly heard Lin Xianxian's voice.

At that time, while Lin Xianxian was saying speech-rendering words out loud, her inner voice was saying:

[Ugh... I am practically a scumbag woman! Sob, is my dear Uncle Shang hiding in some corner eavesdropping right now? Will he be very heartbroken? No, he doesn't even like me, so he won't be heartbroken. He'll only hate me!!]

[Ah ah ah, why am I a cannon-fodder female supporting character? Why do I have to act out such a brainless plot? I am hurting such a perfect and excellent man! A man who is completely tailored to my preferences! All for this blind idiot in front of me!!]

??

Li Tiantian was completely dumbfounded at the time.

She carefully poked her head out and looked at Lin Xianxian, feeling as though she were suffering from auditory hallucinations.

Clearly, Lin Xianxian's mouth was closed and she hadn't spoken a word, yet she had actually heard Lin Xianxian utter a bunch of bizarre thoughts??

Furthermore, while Lin Xianxian was saying things like "Just say the word and I'll leave with you"...

She simultaneously heard another voice:

[Heh, as if!]

[Leave with you? I'm not blind!]

[System, don't you think this is completely unscientific? How could an idiot like Shang Beiming possibly compare to his uncle?]

[In terms of looks, he's not as handsome as Shang Yang. In terms of physique, he doesn't have Shang Yang's solid muscles, eight-pack abs, mermaid lines, thigh muscles, biceps... ahem, and in terms of capability, he's no match for Shang Yang, who built a commercial empire from scratch...]

[What's more, this idiot Shang Beiming is also brainless in love, has a fiery temper, and whenever he goes crazy, I break out in a cold sweat for Qin Xinxia...]

[Wait, are overbearing CEO tropes still not outdated yet? If I were writing this, a mature, steady, gentle, and considerate man with an eight-pack abs like Shang Yang should be the male lead!!]

Then, Li Tiantian heard another childish electronic voice:

[Heh... Host, the eight-pack abs are the main point, right?]

[Of course... ahem, what are you talking about? Don't talk nonsense. Is Shang Yang's eight-pack abs the only thing I love? I love his face too! Wait, what am I supposed to say next?]

[Oh, next Shang Beiming will harshly mock and reject the host. The host only needs to look heartbroken while simultaneously showing grief and indignation.]

And then, Li Tiantian watched as Lin Xianxian put on an expression of utter heartbreak.

If not for what she had overheard, Li Tiantian would have genuinely believed that Lin Xianxian was deeply distressed after being spoken to that way by Shang Beiming...

However, she had heard it...

Although she still hadn't figured out what was going on, Li Tiantian could confirm that this was indeed Lin Xianxian's voice.

Yet, it was all too bizarre...

Oddly enough, however, Li Tiantian suddenly recalled what she had heard Lin Xianxian say earlier in the restroom.

At the time, she had felt as though Lin Xianxian held no affection for Shang Beiming whatsoever.

She even seemed to have referred to Shang Beiming as an "idiot" back then...

Yet what she saw afterward was Lin Xianxian continuing to pester Shang Beiming...

Coupled with Qin Xinxia's words, Li Tiantian had previously concluded that she must have misheard last time.