Inside the house, Fu Yi carried Ye Xunshu through a corridor glowing with warm candlelight. There were no water mirrors here, and both of them breathed a quiet sigh of relief.
“Sister, put me down.”
Fu Yi asked, “Does your leg not hurt anymore?”
Ye Xunshu looked up, pursed her lips, and turned her head away. “If someone sees us later,”
Fu Yi curled her lips into a smile. Instead of putting her down, she held her even tighter. “Didn’t you come to this show because you were afraid I would get involved with others? We will go in just like this so they can all see. It will save others the trouble of trying to provoke me.”
“…” Ye Xunshu stammered, “Xunshu was not thinking like that.”
“Weren’t you?” Fu Yi chuckled as she scrutinized Ye Xunshu. The girl had buried her entire face in Fu Yi’s embrace, looking like she refused to show herself to anyone.
“Then I guess you weren’t,” Fu Yi said lightheartedly.
The little rabbit was saying one thing but meaning another, and she was so concerned about her pride. Fu Yi saw right through it.
As they walked further, the number of water mirrors on both sides gradually increased. Fu Yi grumbled to herself as she walked. The Fu family was truly the wealthiest in Yangzhou; even a vacant house was so large that it took half the day just to reach the guest room door.
Fu Yi stopped at the guest room entrance. Since she was carrying a whole person, she realized she didn’t have a free hand to open the door. There were no staff members nearby, so she had to rely on herself.
Inside the guest room, a girl sat on the center chair. She was the only one who had arrived at the scene. With no one to chat with, she started talking to the nearby staff.
The staff members had been trained to avoid interacting with guests during filming. However, the girl didn’t seem shy at all. She went right up, patted someone on the shoulder, and started chatting.
The room was filled with the girl’s loud laughter.
Thud! Fu Yi kicked the door open.
As if a switch had been flipped, the room instantly fell silent. Everyone was stunned to see Fu Yi make her entrance while carrying someone.
[Fu Yi would rather kick a door than put Ye Xunshu down. What is the meaning of this?] [She just can’t bear to let go of her Omega.] [Even for an Alpha, opening a door like that is so uncultured, isn’t it?] [I was wondering why Boss Yun hadn’t opened her meat shop lately. It turns out she came here.] [Yun Manman really is overbearingly bossy, hahaha. I can already imagine her holding a cleaver while the little Omegas tremble in front of her.] [Too much murderous intent; no Omega will like that.]
A stream of comments drifted across the water mirrors outside, but the guests themselves were unaware of the live stream status.
As soon as Fu Yi entered, she saw Yun Manman. The girl’s skin was slightly dark, as if she spent a lot of time in the sun. She was tall, about the same height as Fu Yi. She wasn’t wearing silks or satins, but the most ordinary fabric found in the city streets. Even in such loose clothing, Fu Yi could sense that she looked very sturdy.
Fu Yi reached an initial conclusion: she was a female Alpha.
Seeing Fu Yi arrive, Yun Manman immediately took her hand off the cameraman’s shoulder and greeted her with a smile. “Miss Fu! My name is Yun Manman. I have heard much about you.”
Yun Manman only knew Fu Yi and had never met Ye Xunshu, but she had heard that Fu Yi recently married the daughter of the Ye family. She respectfully greeted her as well. “Miss Ye.”
“Uh, you two are?” Yun Manman looked at them suggestively.
“Hello there.” Fu Yi quickly put Ye Xunshu down. She hadn’t felt it while carrying her, but now that the weight was gone, even an Alpha with great strength couldn’t say her arms weren’t sore.
“Xunshu accidentally fell on the way and scraped her knee. She doesn’t seem to be able to walk well,” Fu Yi explained while asking the staff for wound medicine.
Seeing how attentive she was to Ye Xunshu, Yun Manman couldn’t help but think of the rumors she had heard about Fu Yi before.
On the other side, after greeting Yun Manman, Fu Yi went to check on Ye Xunshu’s wound, completely ignoring Yun Manman as if she weren’t even in the room.
The comments flooded in:
[Didn’t they say Fu Yi doesn’t care about A, B, or O? It seems she can’t overcome the mutual repulsion between Alphas.] [Alpha repulsion.] [Alpha repulsion is instinctual!]
Fortunately, Yun Manman didn’t care. Knowing Ye Xunshu was injured, she warmheartedly joined in to help.
Ye Xunshu looked at the approaching Yun Manman. “…” She fidgeted with her fingers. “Sister Fu Yi, it isn’t actually that serious. We are still recording the program.”
Fu Yi: “Then,”
“So what?” Yun Manman knelt down in front of Ye Xunshu before she could finish. “Can I take a look?”
Everyone was shocked by Yun Manman’s move. Any normal person could see that it would be better for Fu Yi to apply the medicine. After all, Yun Manman was an Alpha, and Ye Xunshu was a married Omega. Yet Yun Manman herself seemed completely oblivious to the inappropriateness of her actions.
Fu Yi was stunned by Yun Manman’s behavior. She met the pitiful gaze Ye Xunshu threw her way and felt a bit at a loss.
“Why do you keep looking at Fu Yi? Miss Ye, let me tell you, even though I’m a butcher, I have great control over my strength. My father used to accidentally hurt himself while slaughtering pigs, and I got used to bandaging his wounds. In this matter, I am definitely more experienced than Miss Fu.” The proud tone in Yun Manman’s voice was just a step away from chest-thumping and saying “I am great, Fu Yi is not.”
The “Eldest Miss” Fu felt a sting in her heart. “…”
Since things had reached this point, Ye Xunshu couldn’t find an opening to refuse. She could only force a smile. “Then, thank you, Sister Yun.”
Yun Manman laughed twice. “No thanks needed, no thanks needed!”
[What breed of Siberian Husky is Yun Manman?]
[Hahaha, this must be on purpose. Is it this exciting on the first day? Miss Fu will definitely not let this go. She’s finished, she’s finished, she’s finished.]
[Alpha repulsion, Alpha repulsion!]
[Why hasn’t the Zhou duo arrived? I saw them enter in the other stream.]
[Don’t you know how big the Fu estate is? If the Zhou duo is being all delicate and slow, it’s bound to take time.]
[They should be here soon.]
[Ah, the door is opening!] [Is no one curious about who the last guest is?]
Fu Yi was successfully pushed out of her “world for two” and became the third wheel. While she dodged Ye Xunshu’s resentful eyes and tried to find a place to rest her gaze, the door to the guest room opened once again.
Zhou Ying spotted Fu Yi immediately. her eyes lit up as she ran straight for her. “Good afternoon, Sister Fu Yi!”
Fu Yi screamed a “holy crap” in her mind and nearly fell backward. “Ah, good, good.”
Good my foot! What kind of monsters were participating in this romance show? If she had known Zhou Ying was coming, she would have died before agreeing to bring Ye Xunshu.
Hearing Zhou Ying’s voice, Ye Xunshu suddenly looked up and cast a gloomy gaze toward her.
Zhou Ying kept approaching Fu Yi, and Fu Yi kept retreating. When she could retreat no further, she finally couldn’t help but say, “Miss Zhou, this is a live broadcast.”
Zhou Ying finally showed some restraint, giving her a slightly resentful look.
Fu Yi: “…”
She really hasn’t given up! Does that mean everything she said on the street last time was nonsense?
Yun Manman loved excitement. Seeing so many people in the room, she speeded up her work on Ye Xunshu’s knee. After finishing the bandage quickly, she instructed, “It’s just a simple scrape. Rest more, and there won’t be any major problems.”
“Thank you, Sister Yun.” Ye Xunshu gave a faint smile, but her gaze was fixed on Zhou Ying behind Yun Manman.
Zhou Zhou scrutinized the people in the room for a long time and realized he didn’t recognize this simply dressed woman at all. She looked quite silly.
Yun Manman greeted everyone one by one and even added, “It seems everyone knows each other, haha.”
After making her presence known to Fu Yi, Zhou Ying suddenly walked over to Ye Xunshu and said with concern, “Is Miss Ye injured? I brought medicine from home. Should I,”
“No need.” Ye Xunshu covered her mouth and gave a small, mocking laugh. “Sister Yun just finished bandaging me, and now Sister Zhou is coming to offer medicine. Are you asking Xunshu to destroy Sister Yun’s handiwork right now just to replace it with yours?”
Zhou Ying was stunned, not reacting for a moment. “I didn’t say that. I meant that using this medicine would make it heal faster.”
“Is that so? So that is what Sister meant.” Ye Xunshu’s eyes were clear, and her eyelashes trembled slightly as she looked at her and said softly, “But the medicine on Xunshu’s leg is not Sister Yun’s.”
“Sister Zhou’s medicine must be excellent, but this medicine belongs to the production team—which is provided by the Fu family.”
It’s probably much better than whatever your family has.
Zhou Ying’s body stiffened as she caught the underlying meaning. “You!”
Both of Ye Xunshu’s sentences were designed to draw Yun Manman’s hostility toward Zhou Ying.
Fu Yi couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Yun Manman scratched her head, completely missing Ye Xunshu’s hidden meaning and not understanding why Fu Yi was laughing. Seeing Zhou Ying’s behavior, she stepped in to stop her without a second thought. “Second Miss Zhou, pointing your finger at Miss Ye like that,”
Before she could finish, Zhou Zhou had already stepped forward and pressed Zhou Ying’s hand down, reprimanding her lightly, “Rude.”
Zhou Ying looked at him aggrievedly. “But Brother,”
“Shut up,” Zhou Zhou’s tone was slightly sharp. “Father and Mother were afraid you would cause trouble on the program, which is why they sent me to watch over you. Do you want to embarrass the Zhou family outside again?”
Zhou Ying: “No.”
Seeing it turn into a Zhou family matter, Fu Yi didn’t feel it was right to say anything. She just stood by Ye Xunshu with her arms crossed, leaned down, and whispered in her ear, “Does it still hurt?”
Ye Xunshu shook her head, turned her head slightly to look at her, and whispered, “Sister, what should we do now?” She lowered her eyes, looking self-reproachful and at a loss. “Did Xunshu say something wrong?”
Fu Yi stood behind Ye Xunshu, watching Zhou Ying’s huffy but helpless expression, and smiled. “Xunshu didn’t say anything wrong at all.”
The little rabbit had merely spoken a few truths that happened to hit a certain person’s sore spot.
Ye Xunshu turned back and saw Yun Manman looking at her, so she returned a polite smile. Her voice was very light, as if she were talking to herself while answering Fu Yi, “That’s good.”