Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Su Sangsang came out of the bathroom in a sexy nightgown.

Her eyes were sultry, her fingers brushing intimately over Shen Ci’s chest.

It was the kind of invitation every man understood.

But Shen Ci pushed her wrist away.

“I still have company matters to handle. I’ll sleep in the study.”

Su Sangsang stamped her feet in fury, but she could only watch helplessly as Shen Ci left.

The second day was the same. So was the third. Always the same excuse.

At last, Su Sangsang couldn’t take it anymore. She had the System drug Shen Ci.

But after she went to painstaking lengths to trick him into the bedroom…

Su Sangsang’s pure, youthful face was reflected in Shen Ci’s hazy eyes.

He lifted a hand and gently stroked her cheek.

Su Sangsang felt a shy thrill. She closed her eyes and was just about to kiss him when she heard Shen Ci slowly call out two words.

“Qingqing.”

Su Sangsang flew into a rage. After she came out, she smashed the living room to pieces.

She had a very beautiful face, fair skin, and curled lashes that made her look especially innocent.

It was also a face that resembled mine by about eighty percent.

Shen Ci was not an easy man to approach. A chance encounter alone would never have caught his attention.

It was because of that face that Shen Ci lost his composure the first time he saw Su Sangsang.

Su Sangsang had always been proud to the bone.

She had clearly taken a shortcut with that face and quickly obtained the title of Shen Ci’s girlfriend.

But in those ambiguous, intimate moments, being treated as someone else’s substitute still made her gnash her teeth in hatred.

She cursed me with countless sharp, vicious words.

She called my looks seductive and foxy. She called my figure cheap and vulgar.

The System comforted her.

“Host, don’t be angry. Right now, the male lead hasn’t completely fallen in love with you yet. Once you’re married, I’ll slowly change your face back.”

Su Sangsang calmed down a little. Then she suddenly gave a cold laugh.

“No need. I refuse to believe I can’t beat a dead woman.”

Shen Ci’s mind was muddled, but he was still very strong. Su Sangsang couldn’t get close to him at all.

In the end, the System injected Shen Ci with an anesthetic and knocked him out on the bed.

Su Sangsang mussed up the sheets, creating the illusion that something had happened between them.

Early the next morning, Su Sangsang sat there with red-rimmed eyes. She said nothing and only kept crying.

Shen Ci was silent for a long time before he spoke.

“I’ll take responsibility for you. Tomorrow, I’ll bring you back to the Shen family to discuss the wedding.”

Shen Ci was a man of his word. Once he promised something, he would never go back on it.

Su Sangsang brightened, smiling with her lips pressed together. “I’ll do whatever you say.”

“Also, Ah Ci, don’t call me Yinyin anymore. Actually, I have a childhood nickname. Only people close to me know it, and I want you to call me that too.”

Shen Ci asked, “What is it?”

Su Sangsang turned shy. “From the line, ‘Graceful Liu by the city wall, Qingqing mulberries along the road.'”

“Ah Ci, you can call me Qingqing.”

The bedroom fell silent.

I hid behind the curtains, quietly watching the intimate figures before me.

The moment I heard Shen Ci decide to marry her, my feet began to turn transparent.

Sister Meng Po told me that the reason I had been unable to reincarnate for three years was because I still had an unfulfilled wish.

I couldn’t let go of Shen Ci. I hoped he could begin a new relationship.

This time, she had sent me back because the thing I had been waiting for was finally about to happen.

Su Sangsang had killed me and taken my place.

And now, she was even going to steal my name.

After a long silence, Shen Ci’s voice pierced through the space, each word distinct, terrifyingly clear.

He said, “Qingqing, wait a little longer. Wait for me a little longer, all right?”

Was he asking Su Sangsang to wait for the wedding?

The day they got married would probably be the day I vanished completely.

I turned my head away and covered my ears, unwilling to listen any longer.