Chapter 89
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Chapter 89: They Are All My Wings!
In the end, Ye Xiao and Li Mengyue successfully reached a cooperative agreement.
As for the more detailed cooperation methods, those would need to be discussed further later on.
Finally, dinner was over. As they exited the elevator of the private club, Ye Youran grabbed Ye Xiao’s ear immediately.
“Wow, you! Three years without seeing you, and now you’re out here picking up girls?”
“Ouch, ouch, ouch… Sister… let go! Let go!”
Ye Xiao’s ears were sensitive, and being grabbed by Ye Youran like this, she couldn’t take it at all. Tears were already welling up in her eyes—it hurt so much!
She was absolutely terrified of pain!
“Sister Youran, maybe you should let Xiao Xiao go first,” Shen Yunchu said, feeling distressed as she watched Ye Xiao’s ear being twisted. “If there’s something to say, let’s talk calmly. You don’t really want to break Xiao Xiao’s ear, do you?”
Ye Youran glanced at Shen Yunchu and then at Ye Xiao in front of her. Her expression suddenly became a bit more complicated.
Over the past few days of staying at Ye Xiao’s rental apartment, she’d been getting along well with Shen Yunchu and quite liked the girl.
But the thought of this little brat, Ye Xiao, who she hadn’t seen in three years, now evolving from an ordinary mesugaki into a mesugaki who made moves on girls, filled Ye Youran with anger.
Shen Yunchu was such a sweet girl, hanging around Ye Xiao every day. Who knew when Ye Xiao might have already corrupted her?
Ye Youran didn’t say anything further. For Shen Yunchu’s sake, she let go of Ye Xiao’s ear.
She opened the car door and sat in the back seat, instantly plunging the atmosphere into an icy silence.
Shen Yunchu didn’t dare to say anything further on Ye Xiao’s behalf and quickly slid into the driver’s seat.
Ye Xiao glanced at the empty front passenger seat and immediately wanted to sit there, but there was no way Ye Youran was going to indulge her.
“Ye Xiao, sit in the back!”
Ye Xiao’s body instinctively stiffened. Obediently, she walked around to the other side, opened the rear car door, and sat down.
The car started and slowly drove out of the garage.
Ye Youran remained silent, and Ye Xiao didn’t dare to provoke her temperamental older sister by speaking first.
It wasn’t until the car exited the garage that Ye Youran finally broke the silence. “Ye Xiao, when did this start?”
“…”
This question was hard to answer. To be fair, based on the original host’s memories, the original Ye Xiao had been as straight as an arrow.
However, her personality was overly arrogant and domineering, making her a typical mesugaki. Most people avoided her rather than approaching her.
Even those who liked petite girls were deterred by her overbearing nature.
Because of this, her relationships with boys her age weren’t great either.
The original Ye Xiao had yearned for a sweet romance, though. After all, in this world filled with the “rotten stench of romance,” love-struck individuals were everywhere.
When Ye Xiao transmigrated into this body, she was quite pleased that the original host had never dated anyone before.
“The turning point was one afternoon during my sophomore year! After a school basketball game, I confessed to someone and got rejected. Then, an upperclasswoman showed up, comforted me so warmly, and told me that the guy I confessed to didn’t dislike me—he just already had a boyfriend. Back then, I was completely healed by her gentleness!” Ye Xiao started spinning a tale.
Shen Yunchu’s eyes widened as she stared at Ye Xiao. She had no idea that Ye Xiao had once liked the captain of the school’s basketball team and that the tall, handsome captain had apparently already come out as gay.
Back then, many girls in their class were infatuated with that tall, dashing basketball captain. Everyone was puzzled that he never seemed to have a girlfriend, and no rumors about his romantic life ever surfaced. Turns out, he had a boyfriend!
Shen Yunchu was utterly absorbed in the story. She even glanced at Ye Xiao a few times through the rearview mirror, her gossip-loving heart ignited. She wanted to hear more.
“Yunchu, is that true?” Ye Youran asked.
“Ah?” Shen Yunchu was caught off guard.
Shen Yunchu hadn’t expected Ye Youran to ask her directly and froze for a moment.
“Probably… That senior was really handsome, good at sports, and excellent academically. A lot of people liked him,” she quickly explained once she processed the question.
“At the time, Xiao Xiao wasn’t very well-liked at school, but that senior was an exception. He was gentle with everyone, so I think this might be true,” Shen Yunchu added, seeing Ye Youran’s skeptical expression.
Ye Youran finally nodded. Her gaze settled on Ye Xiao as she let out a long, helpless sigh.
What could she do now? Tell their parents that Ye Xiao didn’t like men but preferred women?
“Honestly, I think whether you like boys or girls doesn’t really matter. As long as you deeply love someone, aren’t overly obsessed with romance, and can find happiness, what’s the big deal? Liking girls—it’s not like it’s some shocking thing in this day and age,” Shen Yunchu said, trying to defend Ye Xiao. At the same time, she was also subtly justifying her own feelings for Ye Xiao that had developed without her realizing it.
“And what about you, Yunchu? Do you also like girls?” Ye Youran asked nonchalantly, as if the question were of no consequence.
“Me?”
Shen Yunchu’s heart skipped a beat, and she panicked. Could it be that Sister Youran had noticed something?
Ye Youran immediately wore a knowing expression, as if her suspicions had been confirmed.
If Shen Yunchu didn’t have feelings for Ye Xiao, how could she remain so close to her after finding out that Ye Xiao liked women?
For most straight women, wouldn’t knowing that a girl might have romantic feelings for them create some level of discomfort, if not outright avoidance?
Yet, Shen Yunchu and Ye Xiao were unusually close—almost too close.
Previously, Ye Youran had seen Shen Yunchu as just Ye Xiao’s close friend.
When she noticed Shen Yunchu’s constant care for Ye Xiao and the way she looked at her, almost as if there were an unspoken connection, she hadn’t thought much of it. After all, a little extra intimacy between best friends wasn’t unusual.
But now that she knew her younger sister was into girls, all those close gestures suddenly seemed to make sense.
Shen Yunchu and her sister must have an inappropriate relationship. Even what she’d dismissed as casual eye contact between them now replayed in her mind as furtive, affectionate glances.
“So, in the end, I’m the only one who’s been kept in the dark?”
Ye Youran felt like she’d become the proverbial fool, completely out of the loop. Her mood took a nosedive.
“Big sister, let me just lay it all out for you. Actually, Yunchu is my girlfriend. And that Sister Mengyue from earlier? She’s also one of mine. They’re all my wings! I didn’t come home last night because I was at her place.”
Since it was impossible to hide things any longer, Ye Xiao decided to speak plainly and clear the air.
Even though Ye Youran had mentally prepared herself, hearing those words come straight from her sister’s mouth still left her utterly stunned.
Shen Yunchu, on the other hand, was so shocked that she slammed on the brakes. Had it not been for their seatbelts, the two people in the backseat would’ve been sent flying.