Thirteenth Lady's Comback: Her Everyday Life as a Bystander-Chapter 251 - 3: Fearless with Backing

Speaking of Yue Baiyou, her situation is truly miserable. Two whole years of scheming were all for nothing, like casting pearls before swine.

Watching as each year passed, she’s almost eighteen now, and Hong Sheng’s official rank kept rising. Just when she was almost at the point of wishing she could just push him down, news came out that Hong Sheng got engaged.

Yue Baiyou was practically grinding her teeth in frustration, dammit, someone else picked the fruit she wanted.

In her heart, her brother handed her over to Hong Sheng, and that naturally included her lifelong affairs, to which Hong Sheng tacitly agreed.

Now, in Yue Baiyou’s mind, she’s like Wang Baochuan, who waited in vain for eighteen years, while Hong Sheng has become that heartless Xue Rengui, and Susu is the Princess who stole her place... Bah, just a maid by blood, not even seeing if she matches a Fourth Rank Madam’s status!

The Fourth Rank Madam, it was supposed to be hers, Yue Baiyou’s!

Let’s not talk about Yue Baiyou’s unwarranted self-confidence; right now, both Hong Sheng and Susu feel as if they’ve swallowed a fly.

Susu was actually fine with it; mainly, she didn’t see this "little girl" with a face full of ambition as a threat, plus she had her own thoughts.

Currently, she and Hong Sheng were sweet as honey, but to say how much she loved Hong Sheng was a bit of a stretch. Although she didn’t want to share her man with another woman, it mainly depended on what Hong Sheng wanted.

If he wanted to enjoy the blessings of having multiple partners, could she really refuse?

Susu understood clearly, if Hong Sheng "gives her a melon", she would "repay with a precious gift"; if Hong Sheng insisted on being troublesome, "divorce" might be difficult, so she’d just be a dignified lady, and they’d "respect each other as guests" as a couple.

No one can’t live without someone else!

So, although Susu felt a bit uncomfortable, she didn’t want to continue strolling. She said lightly, "I’ll go check on how the house is being set up first," then nodded at Hong Sheng and Yue Baiyou before leaving.

Hong Sheng was at a loss over the whole situation; what was happening? This situation made him feel quite guilty, but even he didn’t know why he felt so guilty!

Dear wife, he truly had no feelings for Miss Yue, come back, don’t give up on me your husband!

Internally, Hong Sheng was breaking down, frowning at Yue Baiyou, thinking this girl must have a screw loose, who the heck are you, acting so familiar!

He had already picked out the place long ago, intending to set it up as a study room for Susu to spend her days in, yet now it was occupied by this girl, Hong Sheng nearly wanted to tear the place down.

While Yue Baiyou was happy she finally managed to provoke Susu into leaving, she hadn’t noticed Hong Sheng’s face getting darker. Lowering her head, she put on an overly cautious demeanor and said, "Brother Hong, is my staying here making sister-in-law angry?"

"I just recalled, my brother always said he would earn money diligently to build a house and marry a wife, and also build a noblewoman’s pavilion for his sister."

As she spoke, tears began to fall from Yue Baiyou’s eyes.

"Now my brother is gone, and building a house or marrying off are all empty words. When I saw this pavilion, I couldn’t help moving in. I thought one day I’d tell brother that I moved into a pavilion, Brother Hong treated me well, so he could be at ease."

With that, tears flowed like rain.

However, doubt is a destructive force; once you start doubting, everywhere you look is filled with flaws.

If this were before, seeing her cry like this, Hong Sheng would feel guilty for not properly taking care of his comrade’s sister, lament how deep the sibling bond between Miss Yue and her brother was, and think she was a good girl.

But now, however Hong Sheng looked at it, he felt Miss Yue cried too exquisitely — yes, "exquisite" was the word.

He had seen people cry from sadness, having someone like Susu, with her captivating beauty, cry with genuine tears and snot running was something that he could find endearing despite the chaos. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Miss Yue’s appearance and Susu’s are worlds apart, yet when she cries sorrowfully, it looks as if flowers were drenched in rain, and her makeup remains unspoiled — that, too, is quite a skill.

At this moment, Hong Sheng’s thoughts and Susu’s from earlier were completely aligned.

Which makeup technique excels? In China, Xinjiang, find Lady Yue!

Hong Sheng didn’t reach this type of promotion by being a fool. He naturally saw Yue Baiyou as a sister initially and so didn’t think poorly of her.

But now, claiming she’s a good girl seemed a bit self-deceptive.

Given Yue Baiyou was still a girl, Hong Sheng felt awkward to argue with her. Hearing her bring up her departed brother again, Hong Sheng felt utterly exasperated.

He really didn’t feel any vanity from being admired, instead thinking this girl is being ungrateful, choosing to fancy who else but him, making his wife angry.

If Hong Sheng knew the saying "What on earth makes you like me, tell me, and I’ll change, okay?" from future generations, he would surely consider whoever said it a confidant.

Hong Sheng wasn’t in the mood to engage further with Yue Baiyou, casually said a few perfunctory words, and hurriedly chased after Susu who was almost out of sight. Wife, I’m truly innocent!

Oh dear, this situation is a mess, better hasten to marry off Miss Yue, and perhaps provide more dowry as compensation.

Moreover, find those comrades from back then who also promised to look after Yue’s sister, at least have them as witnesses, heavens know he didn’t agree to care for someone to the extent of sharing a bed.

Susu’s body and senses were enhanced; as Yue Baiyou didn’t lower her voice, it was obviously meant for her to hear, indeed, her background was much as Susu suspected.

Susu chuckled slightly, Hong Sheng was the typical ancient eligible bachelor, even if he had no other intentions, plenty of women would throw themselves at him. Susu had long prepared mentally for this.

But looking at it now, if future prospects are like Miss Yue, then she truly wouldn’t need to worry.

The Old Madam taught her that a person’s heart is the most susceptible to testing, wounding not only others but oneself too.

However, indulgence wasn’t an option either; sometimes, it’s about seizing the right moment based on the person.

In Susu’s mind, Old Madam Song was the wisest person by her side, and as the saying goes: not listening to the elder’s advice will lead to immediate regret. Susu certainly treated the Old Madam’s words as precious advice.

She never intended to test Hong Sheng’s sincerity, but now that opportunity was presented, not using it would be foolish.

Moreover, Miss Yue’s status was a double-edged sword; poorly handled, not only would Susu be labeled as jealous and fierce, but Hong Sheng could be accused of not honoring promises and being disloyal to his friends.

Presumably, that Miss Yue knew this too, hence her boldness to provoke in front of her.

This matter, she would need to discuss with Hong Sheng, not the best time to act; it needed gradual handling. Besides, Susu had more important tasks at hand than dealing with Miss Yue.

Ah, Hami, at long last, she had arrived!