I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 97
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Edited by Azure
Chapter 97: You Are A Playgirl
She dragged Chu Yuan out for a drink yesterday and got drunk?
Qi Yao stared blankly at her excited sister and replied dazedly, "Me and Chu Yuan? Drinking?"
"Yes." Qi Yuan nodded her head like a chick pecking at rice and patted her chest with relief, whispering, "Fortunately, that person was Chu Yuan, otherwise, Dad would definitely be furious."
Looking back to make sure no one was outside the room, Qi Yuan lowered her voice and explained what happened last night to Qi Yao: "Dad looked angry when he came back last night. Mom asked and found out that you were missing. Later, Dad got angry in the study and smashed things. Then, after Chu Yuan sent you back, his expression improved a lot."
"..." Qi Yao remembered that she went to the bar with Chu Yuan last night. And then what happened? She got drunk?
"Sister, yesterday, you and Chu Yuan..."
"Nothing happened," Qi Yao said coldly. "I was just in a bad mood. He happened to mention that his friend opened a bar, so we went together."
"Is that so?" Qi Yuan sat on the bed, twirling her hair with her fingers, thinking. "I saw him send you back yesterday and even convinced Dad. I think he's a really nice person –– Sister, why don’t you try dating him?"
"No," Qi Yao refused again without hesitation.
"Why?"
"..." Facing her sister's confused gaze, Qi Yao was silent momentarily, then smiled bitterly. "No matter how nice he is, Qi Yuan, as long as it's an arranged marriage, I feel uncomfortable about it... I don't want to accept such a marriage, nor do I want to get him involved. Besides, you said he's a nice person."
"Oh." Knowing her sister's persistence, Qi Yuan made an okay gesture. "Sister, if you’re sure you don't want him, let's just proceed as planned. Actually, I quite like that guy. He’s gentlemanly and quite good-looking. I think after some training, he will definitely become husband material."
Qi Yao was amused by her sister's choice of words and looked at her with helplessness.
After laughing, the girl said seriously, "Qi Yuan, that plan is ridiculous. I’ve thought about it for a long time and feel that I should confess the truth to Dad."
"Please don't, my dear sister!" Qi Yuan climbed onto the bed and lay on her legs. She looked up at Qi Yao and whined, "Do you think Dad will agree to cancel the engagement if you tell the truth? Why are you so naïve?"
Qi Yao said, "I’ll have a clear conscience if I tell the truth."
"You don't have to feel guilty if you don't tell the truth!" Qi Yuan said, "Believe me, if you tell the truth, Dad will definitely beat you up, make you kneel in the study for a day, and then throw you to the Chu family and make the matter a done deal..."
"..."
"Besides, even if Dad agrees to cancel the engagement, what happens in the future? Won't you still have to marry someone else?"
"So what if you took my place this time? You can't always take my place..."
"That's different." Qi Yuan said, "After this experience, Dad will learn his lesson. Next time when he makes the same decision, he’ll think twice."
"Qi Yuan..." Qi Yao felt that her sister's behavior was indescribably strange, so she asked in a deep voice, "Are you really interested in the guy from the Chu family?"
Qi Yuan was helpless. "Sister, do you think I'm joking with you? Sister, if you cancel the engagement, the marriage between the Chu family and the Qi family will definitely be over. Then I’ll have no chance at all, right?"
"..."
After lying on Qi Yao's bed and stating a lot of reasons, Qi Yuan finally got what she wanted and dispelled Qi Yao's idea of canceling the engagement.
She was humming a little tune as she walked through the corridor towards the study, holding a book. When she heard familiar voices coming from downstairs, she looked down, stopped abruptly, and quickly returned to Qi Yao's room.
"Sister, Sister, Chu Yuan is here!" She locked the door and stamped her feet. "Are you feeling better?"
Qi Yao leaned on the bed and heard her sister yelling. She put down the book and said, "Good timing. You’ll go."
"Eh?" Qi Yuan snapped out of her daze and slapped her forehead, "Why didn't I think of that?"
Qi Yao said, "Please close the door for me when you go out, thank you."
"Got it!" She wanted to leave, but stopped and walked a few steps to the mirror. "Do I look too well? No, I have to put on some makeup, otherwise I'll be exposed..."
"..." Qi Yao muttered, "You just want to have some fun, right?"
……
The night wind was howling. The girl opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling in a daze.
She had another dream.
It was still a dream that she didn’t remember after waking up.
She sighed softly and turned over to continue sleeping.
When she moved, she realized that the person lying next to her had left at some point.
Qi Yuan suddenly sat up and looked around, but there was no one.
Where did Chu Yuan go in the middle of the night?
……
Adjacent to Qi Yuan's room was the room of the deceased Qi Yao.
Because they were close twins, there wasn’t much difference in the furnishings of the two sisters' rooms. At first glance, one might think they were just projections reflected by a mirror.
Qi Yuan stood at the door and saw the young man standing by the window in the dim light.
"Chu Yuan?"
She took two steps closer and looked at him in puzzlement. "What are you doing here?"
When the man heard her voice, his gaze averted from the diary in his hand. He pursed his lips and handed the diary to her. "It’s your diary –– I found it in your sister's room."
"My diary?" Qi Yuan took it subconsciously. Looking at the completely unfamiliar diary, she hesitated. "Why don’t I remember I having the habit of writing a diary..."
"It must be your habit before the car accident." Chu Yuan said, "I wanted to search every room to see if I could find anything useful for your illness."
He didn't expect to find something indeed.
"How do you know for sure that this diary is mine?" Shouldn't something found in Qi Yao's room belong to Qi Yao?
"In the diary, you called Qi Yao Sister."
"Oh."
Qi Yuan opened the diary and was suddenly stunned.
Her eyes were fixed on the words on the first page of the diary for a long time.
Noticing the girl's suddenly pale face, Chu Yuan placed his hand on her head and asked gently, "What's wrong?"
Qi Yuan moved her lips when she heard his words. She wanted to answer his question, but didn't know what to say.
How could this be?
This was her notebook, and everything in it was written by her stroke by stroke.
But how could this be?
"Chu Yuan..." After an unknown amount of time, she finally found her voice again, her voice dry and hoarse. "Have you read all the content?"
Knowing what she was worried about, Chu Yuan responded, "Yeah, I have."
"Did you..." Did you notice something amiss?
"Qi Yuan, I didn't know." Before she could ask, the man retracted his hand, put it in his pocket, and said with a click of the tongue. "It turned out that you didn't take over your sister’s place because you liked me. After reading this diary, I realized that it was my wishful thinking all along, tsk."
"Huh?" Qi Yuan blurted out when the topic suddenly changed. "Didn't you say that I got engaged to you on behalf of Qi Yao because I liked you?!"
"That was what I thought before I saw this diary." Chu Yuan raised his chin in frustration. "Read it for yourself. See what a playgirl you were back then, toying with the innocent me –– just thinking about it makes me feel like crying."
A playgirl? Toying with him?
What kind of descriptions were those!
The girl puffed out her cheeks and continued to flip through the diary swiftly.