Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 351 - 325: Six Degrees of Separation

The most painful thing in the world isn’t more than what Qu Xue is feeling now.

A person who knows her secrets stands right in front of her, doesn’t expose her, yet makes her feel like she’s about to be found out at any moment.

When a knife pierces the body, it might not be the scariest; holding it over the neck without telling someone when it’ll fall—such fear and trepidation are definitely the scariest.

"Sis, when are you coming to my place to hang out? This is my girlfriend, Xue. Xue, say hello to Sis!"

In the rules of society, regardless of age, the more prestigious ones are called Sis and Bro.

"Sis..." Qu Xue gritted her teeth and called.

Qian glanced at Qu Xue with a contemptuous look.

"People change; thirty years east of the river, thirty years west. Yesterday, almost a stepmother; today, who knows, maybe just a junior."

"Isn’t that right," Yu Minglang chimed in cooperatively.

Qu Xue’s face went paler.

She barely managed to hook up with this small-time boss, thought his conditions were decent, and who would’ve thought she’d meet Chen Xiaoqian!

"Sis, what are you talking about?" Mr Li asked with a forced smile.

"Nothing, just thinking about the Six Degrees of Separation theory."

What is that... Mr Li clearly couldn’t understand.

"She means that on this planet, it takes an average of 6.6 people as bridges to connect any two individuals. In other words, through six people, you can know anyone in the world. If someone knows more than 25 or more people, after seven introductions, a person is close to being introduced to the seventh power of 25, which means six billion."

Yu explained Qian’s idea; Qian nodded with satisfaction. Wow, not bad, young man, this is the newly emerged Six Degrees of Separation theory of this era. Finding someone with a similar IQ to be around has the greatest benefit: they always understand what you say.

Looking at Qu Xue and Mr Li, one with a pale face, the other utterly confused, Yu Minglang straightforwardly explained, "So what she’s trying to say is, the world isn’t as big as you think; don’t assume you can hide and change your identity so no one will recognize you, right, this familiar-looking girl?"

Qu Xue, teased by Yu Minglang and Qian together, simply rolled her eyes upwards and pretended to be fragile, "Li, I’m dizzy, maybe my cold hasn’t recovered."

"Ah, Xue, be careful." Mr Li went to support her.

"Uh, treated your cold at the third hospital? Xue, might I have seen you in the hospital? Were you hospitalized?" Qian added mischievously.

This time, Qu Xue really wanted to faint.

However, Qian didn’t expose her, teased her for a while, then left arm in arm with Yu Minglang.

"Why didn’t you expose her?" Yu Minglang asked Qian.

"Exposing her wouldn’t be as fun; she used to treat me with that cat-and-mouse superior attitude. I’ve changed; I don’t like straightforward revenge anymore. Bombing right away in a card game isn’t fun; I want to play a few rounds first, wait until the opponent thinks they can win, then strike and break their psychological defense."

"You’re mischievous!" Yu petted her head indulgently, full of pamper.

Qu Xue is really interesting; of all the people she could choose, she chose Mr Li.

Qu Xue really has a knack for it; she wants to cozy up to any boss she sees, regardless of how big they are. First, her dad, now this Mr Li. But this time, Qu Xue’s luck was bad; she encountered a man she shouldn’t have provoked.

"Xiaoqiang, do you know why she wants to repair that membrane?"

"Uh, to snag a rich guy, but that man isn’t that wealthy. I checked his income status; it’s not even as good as mine." Yu Minglang’s words proved one thing indirectly.

He deliberately investigated Qu Xue.

The reason is simple: this woman once bullied his Mei.

Today was also about scaring Qu Xue for fun.

"If she wants to catch a man like you, she’d better have the intelligence to do so. She can only snag these bosses with not-so-high IQs. This Mr Li actually fits her quite well."

Mr Li was also one of Qian’s patients in a previous life; what disease?

Violent tendencies.

It’s precisely because of this that Qian didn’t expose it; the consequences of the person Qu Xue chose should be borne by herself.

"Xiaoqiang, I’m starting to believe there might indeed be cause and effect in this world."

Qian could almost foresee Qu Xue’s future, yet she didn’t want to give even a hint. Was Qu Xue originally like Qian’s current demeanor, high and mighty, watching Qian unluckily?

From a god-like perspective, watching others’ bad fortune is indeed delightful.

"Yu Minglang, don’t you find I’m a particularly bad woman?"

"Hmm, I found it." He held her small hand tighter, tucking it into his pocket, and they walked slowly along the road.

"Found out and still stay so close to me?"

"Because you also made me bad." Yu Minglang unabashedly said; Qian looked down on him.

"Without me, you weren’t much better."

To come up with ways to find Qu Xue’s current situation and then deliberately take her along for a presence, Yu Minglang was also quite the schemer.

"I’m a perfectly upright pillar of the nation — don’t talk about unnecessary things, Mei, how about we go to a bridal shop tomorrow to try on dresses?"

Qian was puzzled.

"Weren’t the dresses custom-made by Aunt? Even though it’s just an engagement, we’re not planning to make a big deal out of it, but Mrs. Yu is still very careful about the details and takes full charge."

"We’re not buying; we’re just trying them on. I heard Qu Xue plans to go there to shoot wedding photos with Mr Li tomorrow, how about another coincidence?"

"..."

What an upright pillar of the nation with a dark heart!

But Qian loved it.

For the next few days, every time Qian dated Yu Minglang, they managed to "coincidentally" bump into Qu Xue, saying some ambiguous words, and got Qu Xue into a state of constant fear, eventually getting sick from the stress and high fever, landing in the hospital.

Qian found it uninteresting and stopped, letting her entangle with that domestic violence-prone Mr Li; she had enough fun.

Life was well-arranged, treating patients, scaring Qu Xue, and finding time to mess with the behind-the-scenes hand spreading rumors about her; life was lively and flavorful.

As long as you don’t pretend to be a good person, life is super carefree, mess with whoever you want, so easy!

Just those who are messed with, who knows what they’re feeling; it’s probably tough to endure.

Days before the engagement, Qian and Yu Minglang went to Lishi; Qian was to give Jingjing her second treatment, Jingjing’s temporary residence is not far from Qian’s school.

Jingjing’s condition had slightly stabilized; she no longer cried about being chased by snakes, but she seemed to have a premonition that the phoenix man was in trouble, asking where the man in her family had gone, she was always gloomy.

This time when Qian mended Jingjing’s subconscious, the rabbit had grown somewhat but was not big enough; without a big rabbit, the river water couldn’t be purified. Jingjing couldn’t cross that river, hence she wouldn’t recover. Qian knew the root problem was still with that phoenix man.

After the treatment, Jingjing’s mother asked Qian. Qian hesitated for a moment and temporarily avoided revealing the scum’s imprisonment news while Jingjing’s emotions were unstable.

But this approach would slow the treatment progress considerably, causing Qian a headache.