Li Linlin had known that today was a special day, but this direction was somewhat unexpected.

“Auntie, I’m really not the mistress you’re looking for!” Li Linlin was wearing the princess dress for the play’s rehearsal and was trying her best to hide behind the actor playing the prince.

The people on stage appeared to be performing an eagle catching a chick scene. The mother hen prince was protecting Snow White behind him while the rich lady was the ‘eagle’ who kept trying to catch Li Linlin, the chick. “Still saying it isn’t you! I already inquired clearly before coming here. The other party is the most beautiful actress in the Imperial University’s drama club. Who is it if not you?!”

Li Linlin: “……”

Putting it that way, she couldn’t refute it at all.

It can only be said that although this auntie wasn’t really bright, her aesthetics were still correct.

“No, Auntie, you’ve been making trouble for so long, why don’t you tell me who your boyfriend is?!” Li Linlin poked her head out from behind the prince and shouted to the opposite lady.

When this auntie first came in, she thought the other person was there to perform the ‘I’ll give you 100 million and leave my son’ script. Who would have thought that she was there to catch the other woman instead?

And that it was even her, Li Linlin!

Where does she look like one?!

“You still want to pretend with me?” The auntie tried but didn’t manage to catch her after a long time and she was a little tired. She held on to her beret hat that was about to fall off, straightened her white lace gloves, and sneered coldly. “My boyfriend is your school’s computer science department’s grass^[1]school hunk, Ji Zifeng. Sounds familiar? Are you going to continue acting? Heh, you rely on your youth and beauty to be the other woman. Is this what your professors are teaching you? Also, stop calling me auntie. Who’s your auntie? We’re not relatives.”

After the auntie’s fierce tirade, the students in the hall were all perplexed. Li Linlin was stuck for a moment before grasping the key point and counterattacked, “Ji Zifeng? Who told you that Ji Zifeng is my boyfriend?! It’s untrue, a smear! I want to reserve the right to pursue legal responsibility!”

She spoke with too much sincerity that the rich lady opposite was stunned for a moment. “As expected of a lead actress, your acting is really good. Do you also think that way when you’re fooling around with Ji Zifeng?”

“Who’s fooling around with him? Can I even take a liking to him?” Li Linlin was extremely angry. She felt insulted that the rich lady was pairing her up with Ji Zifeng. “You wait.”

“All right, I’m waiting.” The rich lady scoffed, unafraid. She waited to see what Li Linlin wanted to do. She thought the other party was going to call someone, but she saw her grabbing a schoolbag on the side of the stage and pulling out a magazine.

“Do you see this? This is my future boyfriend!” She held the magazine up with her chin tilted high.

The rich lady was fanning herself with one hand and glanced at the financial magazine casually. On the cover was a young man dressed in a standard black suit, with a superior figure and an imposing presence. His face was turned slightly sideways to the camera, and his chiselled outlines were magnified under the lens. His pair of cold beautiful eyes was without any trace of emotion.

The rich lady was attracted by the man’s good looks for a moment, followed by an exaggerated sneer. “You crack me up. Do you know who that is?”

She looked at Li Linlin across from her, as if looking at a whimsical child.

Li Linlin straightened her back even more. “Of course I know, he’s Chen Yiran of Huachuang Group!”

The rich lady gave her a somewhat unexpected look and raised the corners of her delicately painted lips. “Kid, you’re quite knowledgeable. You said he’s your future boyfriend?”

When the rich lady said this, it made her laugh again. “I can’t. It really makes me laugh whenever I hear it. What kind of person is President Chen? Even my husband can’t see him if he wants to. Yet you’re saying he’ll be your boyfriend? Hahahaha, you’re killing me.”

“……” Li Linlin, who was holding the magazine in her hand, quickly returned, “That’s not right. Auntie, it turns out that you already have a husband? Then how come you still have a boyfriend? Aren’t you cheating on your husband?”

“……” The smile on the rich lady’s face froze for a moment, and then she pretended to be relaxed in response to Li Linlin’s question, “Can you call what we rich people do cheating? We’re just playing.”

Li Linlin: “……”

Oh. 🙂

“Do you also think that way when you’re fooling around with Ji Zifeng?” She returned the sentence to the other party intact.

The corners of the rich lady’s mouth twitched. She looked at Li Linlin and said, “Heh, little girl, you have a pretty good mouth. You’re so confident when you’re the other woman. Let me tell you, all the money you and Ji Zifeng spend on eating, drinking and having fun are all mine. Using my money to date, see if I don’t skin you!”

After a short break, the scene of the eagle trying to catch the chick resumed on stage. While hiding, Li Linlin shouted towards the rich lady, “I say, Auntie, why can’t you understand human language? I’m not Ji Zifeng’s girlfriend. His girlfriend’s name is Shen Jie. Our entire drama club knows!”

The rich lady seemed to finally get it and stopped her movements. “Shen Jie? What, the most beautiful person in the drama club isn’t you?”

She scrutinized Li Linlin, as if trying to see if she’s lying.

She noticed this little girl as soon as she came in. She was pretty, with red lips and white teeth. And with her Snow White costume, she really looked like a princess from a fairy tale.

Li Linlin brushed her beautiful black curly hair and coughed artificially. “I don’t object to that, but apparently the person you’ve talked to isn’t in line with your aesthetic taste.”

“……” The rich lady narrowed her eyes. She took out her phone from her clutch bag. She had a photo but it’s a little blurry. The drama club was rehearsing with makeup today, so it’s hard to recognize who the other person was.

Just as she enlarged the picture and was about to take a closer look, Shen Jie and Ji Zifeng walked in from outside hand in hand.

Li Linlin saw them with her sharp eyes and immediately pointed at them while shouting, “Sister, Ji Zifeng and Shen Jie are here!”

The rich lady turned around abruptly and sure enough, she saw her young boyfriend, Ji Zifeng. Ji Zifeng never imagined that she would appear in the drama club and his whole face turned pale with fright. The rich lady glanced at his hands holding Shen Jie’s, and raised her delicate eyebrows slightly. “Great, Ji Zifeng. You have a lot of courage.”

Ji Zifeng broke into cold sweat. He shook off Shen Jie’s hand and ran away.

The rich lady sneered and dialed a number on her phone. “Catch him for me.”

After that, she hung up neatly and headed for the entrance.

Shen Jie still didn’t know what happened. She was completely out of sorts. The rich lady walked up to her, looked her up and down, and gave her a ladylike smile. “Hello, Miss Shen. I am Ji Zifeng’s girlfriend. To be more precise, Ji Zifeng is the boy toy I’m keeping.”

Shen Jie’s whole body felt like it was struck by lightning.

The members of the drama club collectively forgot about the rehearsal and ate melon with relish. Li Linlin also sat on the side with a magazine in her arms while watching the show. Shen Jie showed off to them every day that her boyfriend was handsome, rich and good to her. Unexpectedly, Ji Zifeng turned out to be a pretty boy being kept by a rich wife!

The rich lady looked at Shen Jie in front of her and chuckled lightly. She asked, “Did Ji Zifeng serve you comfortably in bed? I taught him all those techniques.”

There was silence in the hall and the melon eating crowd could barely hold the melon in their mouths.

So exciting? Was this the life of wealthy and powerful women?

Shen Jie’s face was paler than before and her legs seemed to be unsteady and trembling. Li Linlin had been completely distracted by this exciting plot, so when the mobile phone in her schoolbag rang, she didn’t want to move her eyes away. She felt around while following the sound and took it out. “Hello?”

“Linlin, why aren’t you here yet? My brother’s^[2]older brother plane is about to land!”

Chen Xi’s anxious voice brought Li Linlin back to reality in an instant and her heart sank.

It’s over, it’s over! Today was the day Chen Yiran returns to the country. She was going to pick him up at the airport!

“There’s a bit of a delay on my side. I’ll rush over right now. Wait for me!” Li Linlin hung up the phone and rushed out without even having time to change out of her princess dress.

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This translation is by Pocketrobbin. Please read this at S h a n g h a i f a n t a s y . c o m so the translator can continue translating novels.

A City International Airport.

Chen Xi stood alone at the arrival gate, constantly looking towards the entrance. Chen Yiran’s plane had already landed and he was about to come out soon but Li Linlin hadn’t arrived yet.

Chen Yiran had been on a business trip abroad for the past two months. Li Linlin had been looking forward to Chen Yiran’s return every day. How come at this moment, she was nowhere to be found?!

【Linlin, where are you?】 As soon as Chen Xi sent this message, she heard a pleasant voice calling her.

“Xixi.” Chen Yiran, dressed in a suit, walked out of the gate with his long legs. He was followed by several young people in the same formal attire. The group had a strong aura and the passengers around them automatically gave way to them.

Because the weather was already cold, Chen Yiran had a long black coat over his suit, and the open hem swayed gently as he walked.

Many passengers stopped to look at him, and Chen Xi even heard the scream of a little girl in the crowd.

She came to her senses and ran up happily. “Brother Yiran, you’re back!”

“En.” Chen Yiran’s usually cold face showed a rare tenderness. He raised his hand and touched Chen Xi’s head, then looked around. “Where’s Linlin? Didn’t you say she’ll come with you to pick me up?”

Chen Xi urged Li Linlin in her heart again. “Linlin had a temporary matter at school so she’s delayed for a bit. She’ll be here soon so let’s wait for her!”

The special assistant who was following Chen Yiran took a step forward and whispered at his side, “Boss, the board of directors is still waiting.”

Chen Yiran raised his hand and glanced at the watch on his wrist. After pondering for a moment, he said to Chen Xi across from him, “The company have an important meeting and the directors are all waiting for me.”

“Ah…… is that so?” Chen Xi wilted, looking somewhat sad.

Chen Yiran rubbed her head and spoke, “Wait here for Linlin. I’m going back to the company for a meeting first and treat you two to dinner when I’m free.”

“Okay……”

Chen Xi watched Chen Yiran leave the airport with a large group of people. She then took out her phone and sent a message to Li Linlin, 【No need to come over, my brother has left. [Smile]】

Li Linlin called directly, “Xixi, help me stop your brother. I’ll be there soon!”

Chen Xi smiled. “How can I stop him? When he wanted to study abroad, aren’t I also unable to stop him?”

Li Linlin: “……”

Not long after Li Linlin hung up the call, the taxi stopped at the airport’s drop off area. She ran out of the car with her exaggeratedly large skirt and was stopped by the security guard at the entrance.

People passing by looked at her curiously and some even took pictures of her with their mobile phones. Chen Xi noticed the commotion and the people gathering around. “Linlin? Why did you come here dressed like that?”

When the onlookers heard her calling “Linlin”, they immediately became noisier, “It’s really Li Linlin?”

“Little Sister Linlin, I really like you. Can I take a photo with you?”

“Little Sister, are you here for an event? You look so cute in that princess outfit!”

Li Linlin shielded her face with her hands and moved towards Chen Xi while hunching. More people came over and the scene fell into chaos almost instantly.

Chen Xi hurriedly protected Li Linlin behind her, blocking the crowd with her flesh and blood. “Excuse me, coming through. Don’t push, don’t push!”