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Lin Meng's head felt heavy and painful. Before she completely lost the ability to hear the outside world, she still heard someone shouting desperately: “You... what are you doing? I didn't do anything, don't try to scam me!”

...

She had no idea how much time had passed. Warmth gradually returned to her body, and those unbearable sensations suddenly disappeared.

The first thing Lin Meng smelled was the distinctive antiseptic scent of a hospital. Then she slowly opened her eyes. Her arm had gone numb; when she lifted it slightly, she saw an IV needle stuck in her hand.

So she had been sick?

Lin Meng struggled to sit up, but having just recovered from a forty-degree fever, she couldn't muster any strength at all. She wanted to look around for a nurse, but just as her gaze shifted to the other side of the bed, she suddenly saw an extremely beautiful woman staring straight at her with a smile on her face.

Lin Meng thought she must be hallucinating from sleeping too long, so with a thud she lay back down and closed her eyes, deciding to try sleeping again.

But three seconds later, when she opened her eyes again and looked toward that side of the bed, she still saw that same beautiful woman sitting by her bedside.

And now, to let her see more clearly, the beauty had even leaned in close and extended a hand toward her in greeting: “You're awake.”

At the sight, Lin Meng instantly felt the urge to escape reality. She really wished she hadn't woken up.

Lin Meng desperately wanted to pull her head under the covers and pretend that person didn't exist, but the next moment the woman's face was right up against hers.

Lin Meng's breath caught in an instant; it was like a beautiful woman who only ever appeared on television had suddenly barged into reality, presenting her 4K high-definition beauty right before her eyes.

Except when the beauty smiled, there was something eerie about it. Lin Meng did love looking at beautiful people, but one who could scare her into a heart attack was another matter entirely.

Lin Meng quickly lowered her head, but the woman was too close; the instant she ducked, her forehead somehow bumped into some part of the woman.

She recoiled as if startled, and Su Yutang pressed her advantage relentlessly, bracing her arms on either side of Lin Meng so there was no escape: “Back at the hotel you were so sharp-tongued. How come now that you've seen me, you won't say a word?”

Lin Meng remembered who this beauty was, the one who could stand alongside Yun Huaizhu, the two of them like a red rose and a white rose, and it was precisely because she knew who she was that she didn't dare say a single word.

She remembered that before she passed out, Yun Huaizhu had found her and told her about the listening device in the earring, and Yun Huaizhu, beautiful and kind-hearted, had forgiven her.

That matter should have ended there, but who knew when the gong protagonist Su Yutang had appeared before her and Yun Huaizhu.

Su Yutang seemed to have misunderstood her relationship with Yun Huaizhu, and she would do terrible things to Yun Huaizhu just like in the novel. Lin Meng, protective of the shou, had hurriedly shielded Yun Huaizhu behind her...

As for what happened after that, she didn't remember clearly, but she felt she must have said a lot of things, like the scathing commentary she'd directed at the gong protagonist after reading those misunderstanding-filled, heart-wrenching, abusive early chapters of the novel.

Lin Meng didn't remember, but she knew very well that whatever she'd said was probably nothing good. That was why she now felt so guilty and didn't dare look at Su Yutang.

After all, when Su Yutang was just a character in a novel, she could criticize her all she wanted as a reader, but now she was in the same dimension as Su Yutang!

With Su Yutang's scheming and methods, squashing an ordinary person like her, an ant, would be effortless.

What was worse, Su Yutang seemed to have misunderstood that she had an improper relationship with Yun Huaizhu... Great, she was really going to be sliced into pieces by Su Yutang.

As a beta, Lin Meng couldn't detect what Su Yutang's pheromones smelled like, but she could smell the rose fragrance on Su Yutang, who was nearly pressed against her; it was very faint yet lingered with a long, lingering elegance.

Sweet and pleasant, just like the scent of rose cakes.

Lin Meng had tried her best to avoid Su Yutang's gaze, but she still couldn't stop her heart from racing. Her nimble, fawn-like eyes darted once, then met Su Yutang's with utter sincerity: “Um... Miss Su, listen to me. I'm just the most ordinary fan of Miss Yun. That day at the restaurant I ran into some trouble, and she helped me. Other than that, we have no relationship at all. You have to believe me!”

When Su Yutang heard Lin Meng mention Yun Huaizhu, a flicker of displeasure crossed her eyes. Her gaze burned with an intensity that could pierce right through Lin Meng: “Why are you bringing her up? I'm asking you, do you remember what you said to me at the hotel that day?”

Lin Meng looked into those eyes so utterly different in character from Yun Huaizhu's. Su Yutang's eyes were the standard, beautiful phoenix eyes; when her face was expressionless, she commanded awe without anger, but once she smiled, it was as if a thousand tender feelings were blended within.

It felt like a fish about to be dried out by the sun, knowing full well that what lies ahead is a swamp, yet for the sake of that tiny bit of tenderness that could moisten its body, it would still plunge in without hesitation.

When Lin Meng came to her senses, she hurriedly withdrew her gaze, and spoke with some timidity: “I...”

She was about to say she didn't remember, but after seeing that look in Su Yutang's eyes, like she wanted to devour her alive, she hastily swallowed the words back down.

If she dared say she didn't remember, Su Yutang would surely take vicious revenge on her.

This Su Yutang was someone who would even lay heavy hands on her own wife; wouldn't she torment Lin Meng to death?

This was a fictional world, after all. Even if there were police here, it was hard to say they'd do anything to the protagonist, and with Su Yutang's current power and position, killing her would truly be a breeze.

Lin Meng's eyes grew wet without her realizing it: My life is over.

When Su Yutang saw her eyes gradually moistening with tears, her brows drew tight. After a moment, she withdrew her hands and returned to her original seat: “You've got some nerve, knowing who I am and still daring to say those things to me.”

Lin Meng had just breathed a sigh of relief when Su Yutang moved away, but hearing those words, she couldn't help tensing up again: “Um... actually, I don't know who you are.”

Su Yutang raised an eyebrow slightly at that, and like someone who'd discovered an interesting new toy, she wore a playful smile: “Is that so? But that day at the hotel, the moment you saw me you blurted out 'Miss Su.' If you didn't know me, how did you know my surname is Su?”

Lin Meng froze. Her mind raced frantically: Come on, brain, think! Think of an excuse!

Seeing that she couldn't answer for a moment, Su Yutang continued: “After I turned ten, no photos of me circulated online. I can say with certainty that I have never met you before, yet the moment you saw me you identified me as Miss Su. It's hard for me not to suspect you approached me with some purpose in mind.”

When Lin Meng heard this, her first thought was: Yun Huaizhu and Su Yutang really are a couple. Even the questions they ask when they sit you down for a talk are the same; both assume she has some ulterior motive.