Seeing that Yu Wangge had no intention of paying her any attention, Su Baizhi’s eyes immediately reddened, and she looked at the other four with a wronged, pitiful expression.
“I’m sorry, I just wanted to come say hello. I didn’t realize I was so unwelcome.”
With that, a few heartbreaking tears hung on her fair, rosy face.
Jiang Xuanyu twitched the corner of his mouth and jogged to catch up with Yu Wangge.
Yu Wangge hadn’t even said anything or done anything—why was this woman crying?
She wasn’t going to try to pin something on him later too, was she?
Chu Yanyi and Huo Chiye stared at Su Baizhi, sizing her up.
There was a fluctuation of Mental Power, though they couldn’t tell what her ability was. But this woman had come for them.
The two of them felt a mutual sense of disgust. The feeling reminded them of Yu Wangge back then—hadn’t she also come straight for them?
And in the end she’d become a barnacle they couldn’t shake off, and had even gotten the group into that mess.
Watching Su Baizhi’s display, the group walked away one after another.
“Huh?”
Jiang Xuanyu stared at the hand Yu Wangge was using to hold Bai Yuchuan’s. Why were these two so clingy? It was kind of an eyesore.
Yu Wangge noticed Jiang Xuanyu’s gaze, paused for a moment, then reached out her other hand and grabbed him too. “Alright, stop staring. You get one too.”
No way!
When had he ever said he wanted her to hold his hand?!
Jiang Xuanyu stared in shock at the hand the woman had wrapped around his.
A few seconds later, Jiang Xuanyu felt it was a bit beneath his dignity, and struggled a couple of times.
Yu Wangge frowned at him in confusion, raised her hand, and smacked the back of his head.
“What are you spazzing out about? Can we walk or not?”
“Ow!” Jiang Xuanyu clutched his head in pain. When had this woman gotten so strong!
Shi Baiheng stepped forward and took Yu Wangge’s hand himself. “If he doesn’t want to hold big sister’s hand, I do.”
Yu Wangge looked down at the cunning little yellow-haired boy, but in the end said nothing, walking along with one in each hand.
Behind them, Su Baizhi followed at the group’s heels. After observing for a stretch of the road, she realized that Yu Wangge apparently had no idea who these five people were.
“You, massage my shoulders. You, press my feet. Xiao Bai… Xiao Bai, you can just fan me.”
The moment they reached a resting spot, Yu Wangge ordered the five to wait on her. Huo Chiye and Chu Yanyi kneaded her shoulders, while Shi Baiheng and Jiang Xuanyu pressed her legs.
“Mm, a little harder. Good, good.”
Yu Wangge stretched out comfortably. Apparently, carrying five little burdens wasn’t so bad after all.
Bai Yuchuan held the fan, fanning while listening to the sounds around them.
Then a hand grabbed his hand.
“You’re off target!”
Yu Wangge aimed the fan at herself and narrowed her eyes in comfort.
The four exchanged glances.
Huo Chiye: [Damn it, Yu Wangge dares to make me massage her shoulders? One day I’ll rip her shoulders off!]
Jiang Xuanyu: [Why does that pretty-boy Bai Yuchuan only have to fan her?! I’ll squeeze you to death!]
Yu Wangge’s brow furrowed, and she looked up at Jiang Xuanyu. “Little Red, are you asking for a beating again? Hmm?”
“Heh heh heh, sorry, big sister. I’ll be gentler.”
Jiang Xuanyu squeezed out a smile through gritted teeth.
Only then did Yu Wangge let it go.
Watching this scene, Su Baizhi stood up in shock.
[This Yu Wangge is inhuman! How can she make the five male leads wait on her like this!]
Su Baizhi immediately marched over to stand up for them.
“This is going too far! Aren’t you basically abusing children?”
“How can you live with yourself, having such a young child massage your shoulders and legs?”
Su Baizhi felt deeply uncomfortable whenever she thought of her man massaging another woman’s shoulders and legs.
Well, he wasn’t hers yet—but once she healed them, they would all be her people sooner or later.
Yu Wangge lazily lifted her eyelids and looked at the furious, embarrassed Su Baizhi standing before her.
Had this woman gone mad playing the savior?
“Then you come massage me.”
“You—!”
The moment Huo Chiye and Chu Yanyi heard someone was taking over, they swiftly rose and gave up their spots.
Seeing this scene, Su Baizhi’s words of refusal stuck in her throat, unable to go up or come down.
“If you’ll spare them, I’ll massage you myself. I just beg you to stop abusing the children.” Su Baizhi squeezed out her voice, her eyes perpetually brimming with tears.
Watching her, Yu Wangge’s mouth twitched a couple of times.
“You’re seriously sick. Get lost!”
Yu Wangge yelled, her temper flaring.
“I—I’m sorry, I just feel sorry for the children. I’m sorry.” Su Baizhi retreated a step in fright, and the tears in her eyes spilled over at once.
Yu Wangge’s brow furrowed even deeper. She hadn’t thought the female lead was that unwell before, but now it seemed she really was seriously ill.
“How can you be like this? You really don’t know a good heart when you see one.
Miss Su, don’t mind her. This woman is strange.”
“That’s right. Treating kindness as ill intent. Don’t bother with someone like her.”
The people who had benefited from Su Baizhi all stepped forward to speak on her behalf, immediately turning on Yu Wangge without a second thought.
“What did I do? I told her to stay away from me—was that wrong?
Cursing me? Come on then, let’s fight!”
As she spoke, Yu Wangge pulled out her broadsword, its blade flashing in the moonlight, dazzling everyone’s eyes.
Yu Wangge glared darkly at the people in front of her. They sure could run their mouths.
The group hadn’t expected Yu Wangge to pull out a broadsword without a word, and they all fell silent at once.
Their Mental Power was all sealed away, and this woman seemed to have no Mental Power either, so even the escort officers could do nothing about her.
“Everyone, please don’t fight over me. This was my fault. I apologize. I’m sorry.” Su Baizhi quit while she was ahead.
Seeing this, the group took the out they were given and backed down.
“What, you’re the ones who picked the fight, and you’re the ones who chicken out? Do you really think I’m some pushover?” Yu Wangge sneered at the people preparing to leave.
She’d already drawn her blade, and now they were telling her they didn’t want to fight?
Then what was all that just now?
Her bad luck? She deserved to be cursed at?
The group stopped in their tracks, looking stiffly at Yu Wangge.
Most people would have let it go by now. What was with this woman, actually pressing the issue?
“Come on, it’s such a small thing. Is this really necessary?”
Yu Wangge’s face darkened at the man who spoke, and she strode over and kicked him. “Is this necessary?”
Pressing down hard with her foot, she stomped the man, who had tried to get up, right back down. “What are you rushing for now?
I only kicked you once. You’re a grown man—is this necessary?”
Yu Wangge’s cold, sharp eyes swept over the others, and she said with disdain, “Anyone who wants to be the first to stick their neck out, come try.”
The group exchanged glances and finally slunk quietly back to their own spots, leaving Su Baizhi standing there in awkward embarrassment.
The color drained completely from Su Baizhi’s face, her lips white as she stared at Yu Wangge. This woman really was as hateful as in the original story.
Yu Wangge looked down at the man struggling at her feet and kicked him away with one foot. “Get lost, trash.”
Seeing Su Baizhi still standing nearby, Yu Wangge gave a contemptuous smile. “Would Miss Su like a taste too?”
Su Baizhi caught sight of the five men behind Yu Wangge and struggled to maintain her composure.
“I’m sorry. Everyone means well for me. If there’s a problem, just take it out on me.”
Yu Wangge’s eyes darkened.
Was she incapable of understanding human speech?
She raised her hand toward Su Baizhi’s face.