The Villainess Awakens After Marrying the Male Lead’s Brother - Chapter 57

Chapter 57

In the video, the man dressed in pajamas, with a slightly softened handsome face in the morning, now had a dark complexion and a cold voice: « Ajing, you bullied Xiao Yu again. »

Jiang Yunjin, whose body was still hot from acting just now, felt a shiver directly at being looked at like this, sensing the fear of being dominated by his big brother since childhood.

He quickly explained, « Brother, I was wrong, I was just afraid you’d misunderstand, but… » He misunderstood even more!

Tears welled up in his eyes. Why did he panic and cover his mouth without thinking?!

« Please spare me. » At this moment, Jiang Yunjin’s brain was working rapidly, comparable to taking the college entrance examination. « I just helped my sister-in-law get a day off. You know how hard it is to get a day off from Director Lu. I was scolded by him… »

Wen Yu pursed her lips, but seeing Jiang Yunjin so scared, she didn’t add more fuel to the fire. She took the wet tissue handed to her by Xiaoyu and wiped her mouth, admitting honestly, « That’s true, I have to thank him. » Wen Yu smiled and said, « Consider this account settled. »

In the lens, a hint of a smile flashed in the man’s eyes as he nodded in agreement: « Okay. »

Jiang Yunjin’s face collapsed. He had put in so much effort to help get the leave.

But seeing the person in the lens’s expression slightly improved, he quickly seized the opportunity and said, « Brother, you haven’t seen your sister-in-law for a long time, do you miss her? I won’t bother you guys. »

The man lightly responded with a ‘mm’, and then saw Jiang Yunjin leave. Wen Yu also turned the phone around and found that Jiang Yunyan was still wearing pajamas.

The background showed a balcony, revealing half of the outside scenery. It seemed like it was just dawn, and the orange sunlight fell on him, making him seem much warmer.

It had been more than half a month since they last saw each other, but they had been in sporadic contact during these days.

At first, Jiang Yunyan called, but Wen Yu deliberately didn’t answer, so he transferred money.

Wen Yu accepted it, and he immediately called.

With no other choice, Wen Yu could only answer briefly.

But Jiang Yunyan was currently abroad, with a seven-hour time difference. So their contact was not frequent. Basically, when Wen Yu woke up, it was still midnight there, and by the time he woke up, Wen Yu was already working.

Mostly, they exchanged a few words and then hung up.

After a few times, he might have accidentally clicked the wrong button and made a video call, and since then, they had been making video calls every time.

Now was the usual time for them to contact each other.

But it had been so long that she was no longer angry, especially when Jiang Yunyan had just cooperated with her to tease Jiang Yunjin, which made her feel proud for a while. During this time, Jiang Yunjin probably felt like he was facing a cat when he saw her.

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Feeling cheerful, Wen Yu felt that Jiang Yunyan looked pleasing to the eye. Today, one of the buttons on his pajamas seemed to be broken, causing his neckline to open wide. His fair collarbone was exposed, and a ray of sunlight happened to shine on it, making his skin slightly red.

Wen Yu glanced at him a few more times.

It wasn’t until Jiang Yunyan called her name on the phone, « Xiaoyu? »

Wen Yu came back to her senses, cleared her throat lightly, and looked at the man’s cheeks. Suddenly, she realized that perhaps due to the light, the man’s ears were somewhat transparent, and at first glance, they looked particularly red.

Everything about him was quite good-looking.

After thinking this, Wen Yu immediately reproached herself. Why was she ogling at his lips and collarbone again?!

Better not to continue this, Big Brother might not be able to resist.

She suppressed her messy thoughts and tried to say seriously, « What’s wrong? »

A hint of a dark light flashed in the man’s eyes, and he leaned slightly forward, as if leaning on the balcony, holding the phone casually.

In the next few days, because she needed to take leave, Wen Yu became more serious about her acting.

I have to say, this role that Director Lu chose her for, besides being recommended by Jiang Yunjin, also because she indeed has some sense of authenticity in her performance.

Because this character is also a drama queen.

She herself is a sister-con drama queen, showing her true colors to the male lead, hitting hard; when it comes to the female lead, it’s like: she’s so fragile, so helpless, this man is too bad, frightening! Sister, I’m scared.

She is a fox demon, but not the nine-tailed fox; the real nine-tailed fox is actually the female lead.

She just wants to separate the male and female leads, deliberately causing trouble for them. Of course, in the end of the story, she did many bad things, died for the female lead, and the female lead, in order to give her a chance of survival, chose to give up being with the male lead, staying here to protect the people and gain merits to nourish her sister’s soul.

And the male lead also stayed here with her until the end of their lives.

This character is one that looks innocent but is actually very mischievous, for the sake of letting her sister leave mortal men, she kills without hesitation, creates public opinion, exposes her sister’s identity, and forces her sister.

But for her sister, she can also fight desperately, belonging to a somewhat crazy character.

It’s actually very satisfying to play.

Wen Yu immersed herself in it, lively and cute on one side, and ruthless in killing on the other, tearing apart yet stimulating. Her performance was very good, she could quickly get into character every time. Director Lu was satisfied with her performance. On the day before her leave, Wen Yu looked like she was meeting her high school head teacher, hesitantly saying, « Director Lu, I will take leave the day after tomorrow. »

« Go ahead. » Lu Wen waved his hand, glanced at her, then turned back to stare at the monitor, saying, « Give my regards to Mr. Jiang. »

Wen Yu pouted, « He’s busy with work, he won’t be back. »

Lu Wen finally looked at her seriously, « He’s still not coming back for this? »

After all, he was filming a commercial movie, always involving emotions and love affairs. He could understand a lot. The old man wrinkled his brow in confusion, « You didn’t quarrel with him? »

Wen Yu was very embarrassed, « I did want to, but he earns money and I spend money, how can I do that? »

She couldn’t quarrel with him while he was working.

Wen Yu did what she had to do, but she knew what was more important.

After listening, Lu Wen’s expression twisted for a moment. He looked at her with a gaze that seemed speechless or envious, and quickly said, « Go, go, go quickly. Two out of three main actors have left, what kind of situation is this… »

Wen Yu felt extremely guilty and hurried away.

Jiang Yunjin followed her slowly. After all, he was the male lead, so he had more scenes. Therefore, they didn’t finish work until late at night, and the two of them landed one after the other.

When Wen Yu returned home, Jiang’s mother was still in the living room watching TV and welcomed her.

By the time Jiang Yunjin arrived home, it was already early morning, and the house was quiet.

He glanced at the entrance hall. Everyone in their family would leave their slippers here and change into them when entering the house. At this moment, only Su Lengyue’s and Jiang Yunyan’s slippers were left.

Their slippers were placed in different positions, looking lonely.

Jiang Yunjin clicked his tongue. Big brother really didn’t come back.

Is Wen Yu causing a ruckus to death?

Jiang Yunjin sighed, feeling that he was so worried, but there was nothing he could do. Who let himself have such a big brother? He returned to his room, quickly dialed his big brother’s phone, if he couldn’t come back, at least he should prepare a special surprise!

He was afraid that his big brother, who was obsessed with work, wouldn’t think of this. But when he dialed the phone, the other end immediately said, « Sorry, the number you dialed… »

Jiang Yunjin: ?

He didn’t believe it, so he tried several times, but each time it was the same prompt tone, no one answered.

Forget it, his big brother was destined to go through this, and he no longer tried to stop him.

Wen Yu woke up from her sleep, and it was still early.

A little past eight.

But today is her birthday.

Wen Yu was a bit excited. Once she woke up, she couldn’t fall asleep again, so she simply got up.

Just as she sat up, she noticed a set of clothes on the bedside table. Without surprise, it should be one of the birthday gifts from Aunt Jiang.

Wen Yu briskly went to wash up. After drying her hair, she carefully put on the clothes. The weather was nice these days, around twenty degrees Celsius, warm and pleasant. The clothes Aunt Jiang gave her were just right for this weather. The top was a creamy white V-neck embroidered shirt, made of soft material, very comfortable to touch. A red flower embroidery adorned the right side of the chest, adding a touch of color without being monotonous.

The bottom was a long modified horse-face skirt, predominantly red in color. Tucking the shirt into it highlighted her slim waist. The skirt hem also had some beautiful golden embroidery, echoing the red embroidery on the shirt.

Wen Yu dressed and ran downstairs directly, shouting crisply, « Aunt Jiang! I’m up! »

Aunt Jiang, who was already waiting in the living room, immediately responded, « Ah, Xiaoyu is up. Let me see how this outfit looks on you. »

Upon hearing this, Wen Yu slowed down and walked towards Aunt Jiang.

Nowadays, she was also considered to have some acting skills. Her steps immediately became dignified. With this outfit, Aunt Jiang was amazed, taking endless photos with her phone and whispering, « I’ll show it to your parents later. They will be very happy. »

Such a beautiful girl, raised by her!

Such a beautiful girl, born of her good friend!

Wen Yu smiled faintly, but there was also a hint of melancholy on her face. Jiang Dad immediately came over to coax her and gave her a set of jewelry to match with the outfit.

Around nine o’clock, Jiang Yunjin came downstairs and was also brightened up at the sight of her. He praised her seriously for a while and presented his gift, a bank card.

Wen Yu was quite happy, but Jiang Yunjin almost got scolded by Jiang’s parents, thinking his gift was not thoughtful enough.

But it angered him. Clearly, Wen Yu liked it!

Back then, he gave expensive things for the New Year, but Wen Yu didn’t give him a good face. Now, he gave her a bank card, and Wen Yu’s eyes squinted with joy.

A greedy appearance!

It’s just a pity that Big Brother can’t see it.

Jiang Yunjin thought of secretly taking a photo and sending it to Big Brother. As he expected, at this moment, his parents probably wouldn’t remember Big Brother.

He just didn’t know if Big Brother had time to check.

Anyway, he didn’t reply in the end.

——

Birthday banquet not necessary, but Jiang’s parents didn’t plan to just perfunctory.

After eating in the morning, they took the children to see her parents, and in the afternoon, they called a photographer to come home and take a family portrait. Su Lengyue also rushed over to give Wen Yu a gift and took photos together.

After taking the photos, Jiang’s mother specially sent them to her eldest son abroad without saying a word, but the family portrait without his presence was still filled with silent ridicule.

In the evening, it was dinner time.

They didn’t let the aunt cook, instead, Jiang’s mother cooked, Jiang Yunjin and Su Lengyue helped out, as the little birthday star, Wen Yu didn’t have to do anything, while Jiang’s father accompanied them in conversation.

Without saying anything else, apart from missing one person, Wen Yu had a pretty enjoyable day.

Jiang’s father even contributed his favorite red wine, saying that the most expensive bottle cost a million, and even the cheaper ones were in the tens of thousands. This time he took out the two most expensive bottles specifically for Wen Yu, mainly saying to her, « Come, try them. Xiao Yu is filming now and has a lot of socializing to do, so she needs to learn to drink a little. »

Jiang’s mother subconsciously frowned; she didn’t like children drinking. Drinking can lead to trouble and harm the body.

Just as she was about to speak, Jiang’s father leaned over and whispered, « Eldest son hasn’t come back yet. Xiao Yu will definitely be angry. Have some wine to forget about these things and have a happy birthday after all. »

Jiang’s mother hesitated for a moment but didn’t object anymore: « Alright then, I’ll have some too. »

Jiang’s father smiled gently: « Good. »

He poured her a glass, and Jiang Yunjin also shared with Su Lengyue. Wen Yu looked around; on her left were the young couple who hadn’t gotten married yet, and on her right were the old couple who had been married for over thirty years. She was the only one who was alone!

Originally not feeling anything, she was now really a bit angry.

Wen Yu’s pretty face unconsciously tensed up, she took a sip of wine, feeling the alcohol slightly intoxicating her, making her head less clear, which made her feel a bit more relaxed.

Jiang’s mother was afraid she would drink too much, so she kept serving her dishes.

Wen Yu accepted everything, eating and drinking. Jiang’s father felt guilty and poured her more wine, causing her glass to always be full.

Jiang’s mother’s eyelids twitched as she was about to stop him.

Suddenly, there was a sound at the door.

« So late, who is it? » Jiang’s mother murmured as she was about to get up. Then she saw her eldest son, covered in dust, appearing in the room under the bright light. She was stunned, quickly stopped, took away the wine glass held tightly by the little girl, and smiled with a maternal look on her face, « Xiao Yu, look who’s back? »

Wen Yu, in a daze, followed the direction indicated.

She happened to see the man who had just taken off his coat walking towards them. There was still a hint of fatigue between his stern brows, but his eyes were gentle. He seemed to be holding a cake box in his hand, striding towards them with long legs.

Wen Yu felt a bit dizzy, tilting her head, but still staring at him without blinking, her mind filled with… was she dreaming again?

Seeing this, the man seemed to show a helpless smile, « Drinking again? Didn’t you say you wanted to eat the cake I made—— »

Before he could finish, the blushing little girl pouted and suddenly got up and ran towards him. When she was about to approach, she jumped up with force.

Uh!

She didn’t manage to jump up as she felt dizzy, instead, she just hung on his leg.

But fortunately, the man reacted quickly. His free hand quickly hooked her waist, and with a little force, he lifted her up.

Wen Yu immediately reached out her hands and feet, wrapping them around him.

Hugged him!

The uncomfortable feeling that had been pent up all day was finally relieved.