The Side Character Wants to Lie Flat-Chapter 33: She Wants to Live

The reason Song Ding and Hua Qingqing’s marriage was ultimately called off was mainly thanks to Hua Manman, that vicious, brain-dead supporting female character.

Since she was young, Hua Manman had always loved to fight with her older sister for things. Naturally, she wouldn’t let her sister’s man go either.

That’s right, the plot was just that melodramatic!

In the novel, to steal her sister’s fiancé, Hua Manman deliberately sought opportunities to get close to Song Ding. As it turned out, she was exactly his type. After some back and forth, they developed an ambiguous, unspoken affection for one another.

Yet, Hua Manman refused to make things clear, deliberately stringing Song Ding along.

It wasn’t until two days before the wedding that Song Ding, provoked by Hua Manman, suddenly proposed to break off the engagement.

He publicly declared that he didn’t like Hua Qingqing, and that the one he truly liked was Hua Manman!

This was undoubtedly a vicious slap in the face to Hua Qingqing, causing her to be utterly humiliated in Shangjing City.

Infuriated, Hua Qingqing went to confront Hua Manman, only to be viciously slapped by her in return.

And that was the origin of the scene where Hua Manman slaps Hua Qingqing.

Since Hua Manman transmigrated, she hadn’t seen Song Ding once. If the He Family hadn’t mentioned him, she would have completely forgotten such a person even existed.

The He Family still had much more she wanted to say to her daughter.

But Hua Manman couldn’t delay any longer. The system reminded her that only twenty minutes remained before the mission deadline.

"Mother, it’s rare for me to come back, and I haven’t seen Grandmother yet. I should go and pay my respects to her." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

The He Family agreed. "Right, right, you should go pay your respects. Come, I’ll go with you."

She knew that neither she nor her daughter were favored by the Old Madam. Her offer to accompany her daughter was to bolster her courage, lest she feel completely ill at ease upon seeing the Old Madam again.

The mother and daughter arrived at Changsheng Courtyard.

At that moment, Hua Qingqing was sipping tea and chatting leisurely with the Old Madam. Seeing the He Family and Hua Manman arrive, Hua Qingqing immediately set down her teacup, rose, and curtsied gracefully.

"Greetings, Mother."

The He Family led Hua Manman in greeting the Old Madam.

The Old Madam said with a smile, "We’re all family here, no need for such formalities. Please, sit."

Hua Manman took a seat next to the He Family.

She looked at Hua Qingqing, who was sitting beside the Old Madam, her heart in turmoil.

’If I had a choice, the last thing I would ever want is to be enemies with the female lead.’

’But right now, I have no choice.’

’If I don’t complete the mission, I’ll have to accept the system’s punishment.’

The mere thought of that heart-wrenching pain, a feeling worse than death, made her decide she had to bite the bullet and complete the mission.

’If I cross the female lead, I might die in the future.’

’But if I cross the system, I’ll die right now!’

’I want to live.’

’Even if it means living a miserable life, I want to keep living it.’

Hua Manman said silently to herself—

’I can only say I’m sorry, Hua Qingqing.’

The Old Madam asked Hua Manman a few customary questions about her well-being.

Although she tried her best to appear obedient and at ease, the Old Madam still noticed her nervousness.

The Old Madam assumed she was just unsure how to act around her, so she didn’t press the matter and sent her and Hua Qingqing out to amuse themselves.

This was exactly what Hua Manman wanted.

She immediately stood up and followed Hua Qingqing out.

Today, Hua Qingqing was dressed in an apricot-yellow, high-waisted ruqun, her hair styled in a tumbling chignon. Her features were delicate, her temperament elegant and serene, every bit the picture of a well-bred lady.

She smiled and said, "Second Sister, why don’t you come sit in my room for a while? It’s a good chance to show you Little White."

Hua Manman nodded and agreed.

Hua Qingqing noticed that something was off about her and couldn’t help but glance at her a couple more times.

"Sister, why are you so unusually obedient today? Are you in some kind of trouble?"

Just then, Hua Manman heard the system’s reminder again.

"Ten minutes remaining until the mission deadline. Host, please complete the mission as soon as possible!"