Transmigrated as the Villainess, Troubled by the Cuteness!-Chapter 69 - 65: I Don’t Like What You Said, Take It Back Now
Silence, silence is the Imperial College by day.
The woman in red was named Zhao Ying’er, her father Zhao Aotian was a newly promoted first-rank official in the court, deeply favored by the Emperor, and was at the height of his glory.
Even Pan Jiaojiao, the only daughter of Prince Jing, who always held her head high, accepted her into her small circle for her father’s sake.
Whenever she saw something she wanted, or found something displeasing, all it took was one sentence: My father is Zhao Aotian, and that would solve the problem.
There had never been an exception.
Until just now.
Zhao Ying’er encountered for the first time someone daring to compete with her father’s influence, and was momentarily nervous. She pondered carefully about which high-ranking official Shen Yuanxing might be. The name was so familiar, yet she couldn’t recall it.
She had clearly memorized the names of officials of Third Rank and above and those princes, it was impossible to forget, unless... he was a country bumpkin.
The more Zhao Ying’er thought about it, the more she felt it was true. Just as she was about to mock him, she heard Pan Jiaojiao’s trembling voice say, "Princess?"
Zhao Ying’er, full of determination, ready to teach the country bumpkin a lesson, heard the words.
Prin? Princess?
Ah, she remembered now, Shen Yuanxing wasn’t the name of any official, it was the name of the King of Yunyi Country!!!!
She’s done for, she’s done for!!!
Fortunately, Zhao Ying’er was quick of tongue, and quickly switched, "Where is this coun... fragrant Princess from~"
Hearing this, the gorgeous young girl looked over and smiled, her bright green eyes glittering like stars. Her voice was sweet as honey, seemingly unaware of the earlier hostility, merely saying, "You know me?"
Pan Jiaojiao met those doe-like, clear eyes and her heart filled with mixed emotions.
For six years she had harbored a question, but looking at this Princess, she suddenly couldn’t speak it.
"Your Highness, I am Pan Jiaojiao."
The very nervous Zhao Ying’er, at this moment, couldn’t even be bothered to be afraid of Song Yan anymore. She slapped away Song Yan’s hand, choking her destiny, and smiled obsequiously at the Little Princess, "Your Highness! I am Zhao Ying’er, Zhao Aotian is my father, hehe..."
Zhao Ying’er still hadn’t abandoned her habit of dropping her father’s name.
Shen Jingxian: This antagonist is probably a clown.
The other ladies also introduced themselves to Shen Jingxian, though she had no impression of them. They seemed to be just ordinary official’s daughters, whose ambiguous status in the noble woman circle was awkward, following Pan Jiaojiao and Zhao Ying’er as a result.
Commonly referred to as cannon fodder.
Thinking about it, Shen Jingxian suddenly empathized, she herself understood the feeling of helplessness, sometimes when the main antagonist caused trouble, it was instead these little cannon fodders who suffered first.
Sigh.
Fellow sufferers empathize with each other, if she can help one, she should.
So she greeted each little cannon fodder kindly, offering familiar praise, "You all have a scent I like. If anything happens in the future, you can come find me, I will protect you once!"
Yes, only once, no more. Cannon fodder must be self-reliant, she must be self-reliant too.
The little cannon fodders were very grateful to the Princess, their eyes twinkling with stars, "Thank you, Your Highness!"
Shen Jingxian looked at Pan Jiaojiao, her pretty eyes turned, smiling, "Jiaojiao, I remember you, you have become as beautiful as Sister Song Yan, I barely recognized you."
The young girl spoke innocently, seemingly unaware of what had happened to her.
But unexpectedly, the seemingly naive girl turned the conversation to a deadly question, "Just now, what’s this about the man who snatched the sister’s intended, it sounds quite interesting."
Pan Jiaojiao and Song Yan were stunned, this kind of topic used to harm each other had now been calmly spoken by someone else.
Song Yan glanced coolly at Pan Jiaojiao, her eyes filled with unreadable emotions, giving Pan Jiaojiao a chill, freezing her on the spot.
Only when Song Yan returned to the Little Princess did Pan Jiaojiao recover, realizing she had been cowed by this wicked woman again, got mad on the spot, and said to Shen Jingxian, "Your Highness, you should stay away from this woman, she knew her sister had someone she liked and insisted on getting engaged to that person, don’t you think she’s lacking in virtue!"
As the words fell, Pan Jiaojiao noticed Song Yan was nervous, though her face showed no change, her gaze towards the Little Princess was cautious.
Pan Jiaojiao hated this version of Song Yan, she only found this woman more disgusting than before.
Yet her heart inexplicably felt joyful, though she didn’t know why Song Yan cared so much about the Princess, as long as she could hurt Song Yan, she was happy.
As for the question left unasked, after so many years, it was no longer important.
Pan Jiaojiao smiled more malevolently, acting like a brothel madam trying to lure the young girl, "Your Highness, do you still want to be with such a disgusting vile woman, or come with me instead."
Song Yan didn’t argue, she just looked at Shen Jingxian, stubbornly waiting for an answer.
She was caught by the abyss, yet she didn’t wish to struggle, nor resist, simply wanting to see if there would be someone who could save her, even if it meant getting hurt all over.
This was the heroine’s old problem, testing, suspicious, distrustful. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
Yearning for love, yet avoiding love.
Shen Jingxian didn’t know why, though she hadn’t looked at Song Yan, she already guessed what the silent heroine was thinking.
Actually, regardless of reason or emotion, she would help Song Yan.
Reason being, she needed to change the plot, though initially she didn’t plan to follow the mutual love route with the heroine, just wanted to quietly stay away from the strife, it now seemed the original plan failed.
Not only had she not stayed away from the strife, she had become entangled with Song Yan.
Yet Song Yan seemed not to harbor malice towards her.
If that’s the case, could she avoid a beheading outcome simply by getting closer with Song Yan?
Emotionally, as a reader who delved into Song Yan’s life, she couldn’t truly dislike Song Yan,
Seeing the heroine misunderstood and bullied, despite wanting to see Song Yan fight back, she knew Song Yan was pretending to be strong, bearing everything alone due to lack of support.
No matter how strong a woman is, she hopes someone will unwaveringly stand by her.
Song Yan, who trusted no one, was no exception.
"Jiaojiao, your meaning is that Sister Song Yan is already engaged to that man?"
Pan Jiaojiao, hearing Shen Jingxian’s question, assumed her words had worked, promptly answered, "Yes."
"If that’s so, the sister being involved with her sister’s fiancé is likely inappropriate. In the books I read, such sisters are called seductresses."
Song Yan, focused on Shen Jingxian’s reaction, saw that Shen Jingxian not only didn’t show disgust but thoughtfully contemplated, her body relaxed involuntarily, even naturally adding, "Your Highness, better read less of those books, ’seductress’ isn’t a nice term."
Shen Jingxian smiled, "But what Jiaojiao mentioned wasn’t nice either."
Then looked at Pan Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, I don’t like the you who said those things."
