Chapter 20: “I’m a Married Person.”

Haili looked at Mu Ruo cautiously: “Ruo Ruo, what’s wrong? Are you scared of being bullied by them?”

Mu Ruo lightly closed her eyes.

She wasn’t afraid of being bullied by Lu Beichen and Xia Wanwan.

She just didn’t want herself and her friends to end up with the predetermined fate outlined in the book.

Mu Ruo, Haili, and Zhou Jian were all in their twenties when things went wrong.

They should have been enjoying their prime years and everything that came with it, but instead, they were forced to put an end to their lives.

Mu Ruo said: “Haili, is there anything else you want to do?”

Haili was taken aback: “Something I want to do?”

She thought for a long time but remained confused.

Haili never knew what she should do. After Mu Ruo saved her, she became Mu Ruo’s follower. Whatever Mu Ruo asked her to do, she did.

Seeing her expression, Mu Ruo came to a realization.

In the book, the existence of malicious side characters like herself and Haili was probably just to make things difficult for the heroine and compete for the hero.

Apart from that, they had no personal goals in life.

After all, they were just paper-thin characters, mere obstacles in the protagonist’s path, waiting to be slapped in the face by the hero.

Haili thought for a long time: “I don’t know. What I want most is to bully Xia Wanwan and let you and Lu Beichen be together.”

“Starting today,” Mu Ruo said, “we’ll set a new goal, not revolving around them.”

Haili: “Like what?”

Mu Ruo frantically sent messages to Fu Jianzhi: “Like me, the current goal is to get my husband to let me into the house.”

She no longer wanted to live below the male and female leads.

Buying a new house was not impossible.

However, Mu Ruo and Fu Jianzhi had been married for a short time.

The original owner either spent money recklessly or had it taken away by Mu’s family members.

In Rongcheng, decent houses were like gold, and Mu Ruo couldn’t find a good place to live right away.

Just right, Fu Jianzhi’s place was quite large.

He was alone and surely couldn’t use up a several thousand square meter villa.

Moreover, Fu Jianzhi was someone who could support the hero.

His own aura was definitely greater than the hero’s.

By sticking with a big shot, she might avoid the fate of being disfigured and jumping off a building in the end.

In the morning, Fu Jianzhi had just finished dealing with his work and was sipping coffee on his office sofa when his phone began to ring incessantly.

Normally, very few people dared to bombard him with text messages.

He frowned slightly and looked at the phone screen.

Messages from Mu Ruo were coming in one after another.

“Boss, I need to discuss something with you.”

“That is, I want to move to where you live. Could you give me an empty room?”

“Or just a spare room to sleep in.”

“I promise not to disturb you, and you won’t even notice my presence every day.”

“…”

Fu Jianzhi: “Reason.”

“Lu Beichen and his girlfriend moved upstairs from me,” Mu Ruo quickly replied. “Seeing him every day, I’m heartbroken and restless, unable to sleep at night. If I have to live in the same building with him again, I’m afraid you’ll become a widower.”

Fu Jianzhi was a few years older than Mu Ruo.

He always regarded the dramatic stories of young love and intense emotions as mere jokes.

So, to him, Mu Ruo was also a joke.

Fu Jianzhi only knew that the pretentious Mu Ruo liked Lu Beichen.

He hadn’t expected that this naive Mu Ruo would still like Lu Beichen so much.

Fortunately, Fu Jianzhi didn’t dislike this current version of Mu Ruo.

“Three rules,” Fu Jianzhi replied casually. “Mu Ruo, if I see you having other intentions or doing anything strange—”

It wasn’t that Fu Jianzhi didn’t trust Mu Ruo.

Because of Zhou Niannian, Fu Jianzhi was wary of many young women.

A couple of years ago, Zhou Niannian had tried to drug him and had deliberately placed her lingerie on his pillow.

Fu Jianzhi was particularly disgusted by such scheming actions.

Mu Ruo: “Don’t worry, Mr. Fu! My heart is with Lu Beichen, and I won’t disturb you. If I do bother you, it will only be to ask how to pursue Lu Beichen, and I won’t try to get involved with a big shot like you.”

Seeing her obedient and understanding tone, Fu Jianzhi couldn’t help but think of Mu Ruo’s deliberately pitiful face.

“Alright.”

Mu Ruo sighed in relief.

Good.

Tonight, she wouldn’t have to listen to the earth-shattering noises of Lu Beichen and Xia Wanwan anymore.

In the evening, Mu Ruo and Haili returned.

Mu Ruo needed to pack her things, and Haili came to help.

As fate would have it, when Mu Ruo was carrying her suitcase downstairs, she ran into Xia Wanwan and Lu Beichen again.

Lu Beichen’s gaze fell on Mu Ruo’s suitcase: “Mu Ruo, where are you going?”

Mu Ruo replied indifferently: “I’m a married person, of course, I’m going to my husband’s place.”

Lu Beichen’s expression stiffened, and his gaze swept over Mu Ruo again.

Mu Ruo wasn’t wearing makeup today. Her small face looked somewhat fragile, with dark circles under her eyes, clearly indicating she hadn’t slept well last night.

Despite this, she was still very pretty, with a delicate jawline, snow-white skin, and lightly pursed lips, exuding a blend of elegance and composure despite her apparent weakness.

Lu Beichen’s lips twitched: “We’ll be quieter tonight; you don’t need to—”

He stopped himself, feeling a bit annoyed.

Why should he explain himself to Mu Ruo?

This woman had first given him up to go abroad, and then married a wealthy older man for money.

Why should he still care about her?

Xia Wanwan noticed Lu Beichen’s expression and bit her lip: “Ruo Ruo, I wish you and Mr. Fu happiness. Men like Mr. Fu are hard to come by, and there must be many women chasing him. Make sure to hold onto him well.”

Mu Ruo replied sarcastically: “Don’t worry, I love my husband very much and will definitely cherish him.”

Pretending to love Lu Beichen in front of Fu Jianzhi.

Pretending to love Fu Jianzhi in front of Lu Beichen.

In reality, Mu Ruo loved no one and was unfamiliar with either.

She took a deep breath, truly worried that one day the big shot and the male lead would get together and cause her trouble.

Xia Wanwan turned back to look at Mu Ruo’s figure.

Before this, Xia Wanwan had always thought Lu Beichen was the best man she could pursue.

But after meeting Fu Jianzhi, she suddenly realized that there were indeed greater things beyond.

She had already defeated Mu Ruo once.

Could she defeat her a second time?