When She Stops Being Dramatic

Chapter 342: Chapter 1129: The Green Tea Female Supporting Character in an Era Novel (16)

Zheng was furious. ”That’s nonsense! The truth is, you were just standing outside the kitchen. You were discovered before you even made it through the door.”

”Huang, how can you be so vile? Just because you failed, you turn around and start dragging Chi’s name through the mud!”

Huang’s lips curled into a smirk. ”Zheng, there’s more to this than meets the eye.”

”I did, in fact, see everything. It was Chi who, scared and trembling, scrambled to get her clothes on before furiously throwing water on me. That’s the scene you witnessed.”

”Isn’t that right, Chi? You wouldn’t want me to tell everyone where you have a birthmark, would you?”

Jiang Zishi grabbed Chi Yun’er’s arm.

He himself wasn’t sure what he truly felt for her.

On one hand, he told himself that she was a brainless beauty, spoiled by her parents. She lacked spirit and was nothing more than his moneybag, unworthy of being his companion for life.

On the other hand, as he plotted out his future, he found he couldn’t bear to let her go. He had to face the fatal attraction her body held for him, and he bitterly regretted that he had managed to restrain himself from making a move on her sooner.

Jiang Zishi was rational most of the time. To force himself to march unswervingly toward his future, he could only burn his bridges.

’If I can’t have someone, I’ll destroy them to make sure no one else can either.’

But he couldn’t stand the thought of another man in Chi Yun’er’s heart, and he certainly couldn’t stand another man actually taking advantage of her!

”Chi Yun’er, tell me what he said isn’t true.” Jiang Zishi’s eyes were bloodshot, the flames of jealous rage having burned his sanity to cinders. He didn’t even have to act; the crowd could sense his deep and unwavering love for her, which seemed to persist even now.

Unable to break free, Chi Yun’er didn’t hesitate—she leaned in and bit him, her beautiful eyes glaring with fury.

In that moment, she was like a phoenix reborn from flames—dazzling, searing, so beautiful it made one forget all pain. It was as if an exquisite painted scroll had suddenly come to life, transforming into a real, breathing scene...

Jiang Zishi stood frozen in place. It wasn’t until wave after wave of sharp, tearing pain washed over him that he subconsciously released his grip.

The flesh on his hand was torn open, blood gushing down. What kind of hatred could drive someone to bite with the vicious intent of tearing away a chunk of flesh?

Wiping the trace of blood from the corner of her mouth, Chi Yun’er ignored Jiang Zishi. She walked up to Huang Yingwei, stopping an arm’s length away, and said coolly, ”Huang Yingwei, you covet my looks and my family’s status. Are you trying to copy Jiang Zishi, using these despicable methods to get what you want?”

”Unfortunately for you, the situation with Jiang Zishi and Bian Yumin was a case of one being willing to strike and the other willing to be struck, which is why it came to fruition. As for us, it’s nothing but your own wishful thinking. Besides, who doesn’t have a birthmark?”

”Before we were all sent down to the countryside, we all used the public bathhouses. If you pulled a few strings, you could easily find out not just where I have a birthmark, but describe its size and shape with perfect clarity.”

”Something that never happened can never become the truth. Stop daydreaming about marrying into my family. A young man like you should have his feet on the ground!”

Huang stared at her in disbelief. ’The one piece of leverage I had on her... she just brushed it aside so effortlessly?’

He gave a bitter smile and glanced discreetly at a certain spot on Chi Yun’er’s body. ”I know I’m not worthy of you, but the location of that birthmark is just so... I really did see it. I can’t go against my conscience and cooperate with your lie.”

”I think you need to face reality, not deny my offense against you.”

He knew all too well how destructive rumors could be to a woman’s reputation.

Chi Yun’er’s heart sank.

The Chi Family was well-off and even had a shower in their bathroom. Being rather delicate, she couldn’t stand the sweltering, stuffy air of the bathhouses. She hadn’t set foot in a public bathhouse since her family had been allocated a bigger house.

She had been young back then, and the bathhouses were always wreathed in steam. Forget other people—even her own mother probably couldn’t remember the precise size, shape, and location of her birthmark anymore.

And yet, Huang had just accurately directed his gaze to her left breast!

There was, in fact, a dark red, heart-shaped birthmark right there.

’So how did Huang Yingwei know?’

Suddenly, Chi Yun’er’s downcast eyes trembled slightly as a possibility occurred to her.

’He’s been reborn, too. Huang Yingwei has memories from our past life.’

In her past life, she had been defiled by a scoundrel. He was a man rotten to the absolute core, utterly without morals. Even after he married her, he still treated what happened in that cornfield as something to brag about.

Thanks to him, her birthmark was no secret in the village, or even the nearby town!

Outside of that scenario, she couldn’t imagine any other way he could possibly have found out.