The Villainess Awakens After Marrying the Male Lead’s Brother - Chapter 70

Chapter 70
Early morning. Wen Yu gradually woke up in a daze, instinctively wanting to turn over. As she moved slightly, the soreness in her leg muscles instantly woke her up. Blinking in confusion, she found herself lying in an unfamiliar space. Subconsciously sitting up, her waist felt sore, and she couldn’t sit up. She continued lying down, feeling the aftermath of excessive indulgence.

Surprisingly, her mature and stable elder brother had become like this! Wen Yu forced out a few drops of bitter tears, realizing it was Jiang Yunyan’s room. It was her first time truly entering this room, explaining the unfamiliarity. It was too organized and neat, with few belongings, making the room feel spacious, especially in the predominantly dark environment, quite different from Wen Yu’s side.

However, the bed from last night was no longer suitable. Unprepared, two inexperienced people struggled, forcing them to change beds in the middle of the night. Yet, Wen Yu was too tired to care at that moment and simply slept. Strangely, she slept well and felt refreshed.

As expected, Jiang Yunyan was probably at work. Wen Yu sighed with some dissatisfaction. What could she do with a workaholic husband?

“What’s wrong?” The man’s familiar deep voice suddenly echoed at the bedroom door. Wen Yu looked and saw Jiang Yunyan, casually dressed, entering.

She glanced at the window, realizing it was daytime. “Why are you still at home?” she asked.

Jiang Yunyan responded, “Why do you think?” He walked over, opened the curtains, and the bright light flooded the room.

“Ah!” Stimulated by the sudden brightness, Wen Yu quickly hid under the blanket. However, footsteps approached, her waist tightened, and she was lifted. Her sleepwear rolled up, exposing a glimpse of her fair belly, sending a rush of cool air.

The bedroom had air conditioning on. Weak and hanging on the man’s arm, Wen Yu was soon noticed. He adjusted her clothes with one hand, then carried her to the bathroom, saying, “It’s already noon; time to eat!”

Wen Yu lazily brushed her teeth and exclaimed, “Noon? So late?!”

Jiang Yunyan cleared his throat and said softly, “Yeah, it’s been a while…”

In the buzzing of the electric toothbrush, Wen Yu glanced at him with complaints. Last night, the first time was her enthusiasm, the second time was half-coerced, and the third time was due to exhaustion. After that, she refused to do anything.

Jiang Yunyan wasn’t unreasonable; he simply bathed her and went out. Although there was some playfulness midway, even if nothing happened, it left Wen Yu completely drained.

They slept relatively early last night, but it was already past 1 a.m. when they actually slept. Considering that, sleeping until noon wasn’t bad at all—just ten hours! So why did Jiang Yunyan last so long?!

Thinking about the events of last night, Wen Yu’s cheeks started to heat up. She quickly splashed cold water on her face, and Jiang Yunyan had already gone out, saying, “I’ll go get the food.”

“Okay.”

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By the time Wen Yu finished grooming and walked out, various dishes she liked were already on the dining table—not much of each, but a wide variety. Although initially not hungry, Wen Yu became somewhat interested and started eating with chopsticks.

While eating, she checked her phone. She hadn’t touched it since going to bed last night. Upon inspection, she discovered the phone was on silent, several missed calls, and a bunch of messages.

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“However, most of it is from last night. Wen Yu first looked at Sister Liu, and saw a screenshot she sent last night, proof of the police station incident: [That person isn’t a real illegitimate child, actually just your enthusiastic fan, incited by others, took some money, deliberately caused trouble. He has confessed on his side, and I will follow up later.] Wen Yu raised an eyebrow, someone was actually instructing?

Seeing this message, she subconsciously recalled several people she had offended: one Liu Yue, one during the entertainment with Tianyu, and could it be Zhao Qingyuan? Apart from that, Wen Yu doesn’t remember how many other enemies she has.

Regarding the entertainment with Tianyu, time should be too short. As for Liu Yue and Fu Chun, they shouldn’t dare to trouble her. Since the last time they finished filming, Liu Yue reportedly lost several card game endorsements, became unusually honest, and Fu Chun’s situation isn’t good either. Still, he manages to earn some money through commercial performances, so there shouldn’t be a reason to cause trouble again.

Could it be Zhao Qingyuan?

Before Wen Yu awakened, she and Zhao Qingyuan were just superficial sisters. Although their relationship seemed good, in reality, the other party never confided in her, treating her like a fool.

After she logged off, she went to support another supporting actress who liked Jiang Yunjin, competing with Su Lengyue. She hid in the background to make her presence felt until she found out these two might really be inseparable. That’s when she ruthlessly drugged them.

Afterward, she was reported by Jiang Yunjin for drugging, and Zhao’s parents hated her for offending the Jiang family, severing ties, but it was already too late. Before, when Zhao Qingyuan approached Jiang Yunjin, Zhao’s family fully supported it, even creating opportunities, hoping she could succeed.

So after this incident, Jiang Yunjin didn’t spare Zhao’s family. Just when Jiang Yunyan died and the Jiang family was in turmoil, to make a scene, he targeted the Zhao family first.

And now, because of Wen Yu’s butterfly effect, the plot has completely changed. Zhao Qingyuan just made a move, and Wen Yu, relying on her foreknowledge of the plot, reported to Jiang Yunyan, causing her to not have a chance to come forward until now, and she’s about to be married to a man in his forties.

Wen Yu always feels that this matter may be related to Zhao Qingyuan. However, it cannot be confirmed. Let’s wait for the police investigation results.

After about half an hour, Sister Liu mentioned another thing. Someone exposed that she is a drama tyrant, and it’s already trending. However, the other party didn’t mention names. Netizens quickly figured it out, matching the description. The public relations side is handling it, and Tianyu Entertainment is cooperating well. No need to worry.

Wen Yu seems to have heard Jiang Yunyan mention this last night? She suddenly looked up. Jiang Yunyan immediately caught her gaze: “What’s wrong?” Wen Yu’s bright eyes looked at him, and she asked sweetly, “Big brother, did you handle the trending topic thing you mentioned last night?””

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Jiang Yunyan immediately caught her gaze: “What’s wrong?”

Wen Yu’s sparkling eyes looked at him and said tenderly, “Brother, did you handle the hot search incident you mentioned last night?”

Jiang Yunyan nodded, “Yes, don’t worry. I visited the scriptwriter of Yuzong this morning, and he has agreed to help with the adaptation. Ye Xiangtian has also invited the original author to come over. Probably this afternoon, once the contract is signed, we can make it official.”

This combination of the original work and a top scriptwriter is a trump card.

Jiang Yunyan didn’t let anyone intervene in that hot search.

The other party used an anonymous account to leak the information. It gained traction because these days Wen Yu’s fan meeting has been quite popular, and it’s about the ‘capital’s evil deeds,’ which many gossip-loving masses are interested in.

Simply suppressing the hot search would only fuel more opposition.

So he chose to let it be, letting Jiangshang’s PR department guide public opinion a bit, just enough to avoid too much entanglement.

After the official announcement, everything will turn around.

Then it’s time to deal with the people behind the scenes.

But he doesn’t need to tell Wen Yu about the rest; she wouldn’t want to know about these things.

Sure enough, after Jiang Yunyan finished speaking, Wen Yu only focused on the main point: “Yuzong?! You’ve invited them too?! With the original author, wow, I suddenly have a lot of confidence in this drama!”

Mommy plus a top-tier scriptwriter, who wouldn’t be excited?!

Jiang Yunyan’s eyes softened as he rubbed her head, “Let’s eat first!”

Wen Yu snapped out of it, quickly took a bite of rice, and then ate a piece of fish-flavored eggplant, looking very satisfied, with her cheeks bulging.

But her eyes kept stealing glances at the man in front of her.

Until she saw that Jiang Yunyan wasn’t looking at her, she quickly grabbed her phone again and continued scrolling.

Suddenly, her phone vibrated.

A new message came from Wei Ningning: [Xiaoyu, Zhao Qingyuan said she wants to invite you to her birthday party, are you coming?]

Without hesitation, Wen Yu refused: [Thanks, but I’m not going. Too busy.]

Wei Ningning: [Okay, I also thought you wouldn’t come, but she kept asking me to invite you, she seems really eager for you to come, so I just mentioned it.]

Wen Yu was somewhat puzzled. It’s been almost a year, and Zhao Qingyuan hasn’t contacted her actively again, so why now?

But she still declined.

Although she’s curious by nature, she remains cautious towards these antagonistic supporting characters in the novel.

Stay away firmly!

Wei Ningning didn’t say anything else.

Wen Yu also put down her phone and finished her meal.

Having expended too much energy, after eating, Wen Yu felt sleepy again.

Jiang Yunyan asked, “Want to take another nap?”

“Yeah,” Wen Yu replied, but didn’t want to move, immediately smiling at the person in front of her and reaching out her hand, “Brother, hug?”

How could Jiang Yunyan refuse? He immediately bent down and lifted her up, his strong arms making her feel like she was sitting on his arm, and Wen Yu even shook her legs.

So stable.

Wen Yu sighed, but she was put down soon.

Jiang Yunyan went to wash the dishes, and Wen Yu, with nothing to do, tried to nap again but couldn’t fall asleep. She picked up her phone and went on Weibo. As soon as she opened it, she saw the hot search: [Yuzong Appears]

Wen Yu’s spirits lifted, and she quickly clicked on it.

She saw that the official Weibo of “Phoenix Rising” had just announced that Yuzong’s scriptwriter and the original author would be replacing the previous scriptwriter.

The Weibo post was just posted.

But there were already over ten thousand comments.

She clicked on it and saw excited comments from fans of the show: [Ah, it’s actually Yuzong! They truly are arch rivals cooperating, and they’ve brought out the trump card!]

[Is Jiangshang doing this for Wen Yu? Even the arch rival is willing to help? Haha, Yuzong has joined!]

[I’m increasingly curious about the relationship between Wen Yu and Jiangshang. I haven’t seen anyone with the surname Wen in the management? But her status in Jiangshang is really godly.]

[So, Wen Yu’s resignation to the scriptwriter was for this reason? Impressive. If that’s the case, please let Wen Yu continue to dominate the stage. Sob sob sob, Yuzong is here, which actor dares to steal the limelight?! The glory of the scriptwriter isn’t just empty talk!]

[First, my heart aches for Hu Yucheng, and second, I love Yuzong!!!]

[The original author is also invited, “Phoenix Rising” has a promising future!!!]

[Ah, my Yanhe is going to rise! He’s the second male lead]

However, there were unusually many replies under this comment. Wen Yu originally scrolled past them but decided to check them out when she saw them. What she saw was a group of netizens commenting: [Friend, your Yanhe just announced his withdrawal from “Phoenix Rising” ten minutes ago]

[Sorry, I don’t usually laugh, but Yanhe announced the termination of the contract ten minutes before the official announcement of Yuzong]

[Yanhe: This unattainable wealth, I don’t want it anymore!]

The fans who originally posted this comment were dumbfounded, leaving behind a bewildered expression and disappearing. What was left was a group of gleeful bystanders laughing.

Wen Yu: …

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Chapter 71

Even though the first meeting between the two sides wasn’t considered friendly, and there were even some grievances, at this moment, Wen Yu felt some sympathy for this poor guy.

It’s hard not to suspect that Ye Xiangtian did it on purpose.

Intentionally waiting until after the contract was terminated before officially announcing such a big killer!

Wen Yu sighed and also ran over to watch.

The online atmosphere was quite lively, with all sorts of messy things happening, and netizens making various funny comments, watching as they went.

As she watched, Wen Yu fell asleep.

When she woke up, it was dark again.

The faint smell of food drifted over.

Wen Yu felt content, these days were really good.

It’s a pity Jiang Yunyan doesn’t rest every day.

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On rest days, Wen Yu was like a salted fish.

However, this time, she was forced to be a salted fish.

Men who abstain from indulgence, once they indulge, seem to become different people on a whim. At first, Wen Yu thought, it would be okay in a couple of days. Who knew, two days later, Wen Yu began to urge Ye Xiangtian, “Are you not ready yet? Can we start filming? Haven’t set a time yet?”

Ye Xiangtian: “…”

Wen Yu really felt more tired on her days off than when she was working.

Clearly, she lay down all day, barely recharging, and after a restless night, she felt almost exhausted.

However, Jiang Yunyan could still wake up around six every morning for morning exercises, occasionally go out to buy breakfast, occasionally cook for himself, come home promptly at six in the evening, cook dinner for her, then wait for her to finish eating, urge her to take a shower, and then it’s the sound of drawers opening and closing.

Isn’t he tired?!

Isn’t he sleepy?!

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With such a soul questioning, Wen Yu finally received notification – the script was roughly finalized, and the shooting was scheduled to start in a week. It was delayed by two weeks from the original shooting schedule. If it weren’t for Tian Entertainment’s deep pockets, or for Yu Zong’s reputation, those actors would rather cancel other appointments than lose out on this one. Otherwise, before this drama even started shooting, they would have lost a large sum of money. Wen Yu also had to tidy up and join the crew ahead of time. Mainly for script readings and to go through everything again with the new team, this time Wen Yu had time, so naturally, she had to participate.

However, before this, an even more surprising piece of news emerged – Zhao Qingyuan was arrested for instigating assault. It happened on her birthday party. And the next morning, Wen Yu received a message because Zhao Qingyuan wanted to see her. This matter was handled by Sister Liu, and Wen Yu seemed very indifferent about it. She thought handing it over to the police would settle it, after all, she wouldn’t catch criminals herself. So she didn’t bother. Especially these two days, immersed in the enticing male charm, she completely ignored these things.

After the police contacted Sister Liu’s side and expressed Zhao Qingyuan’s request, Sister Liu first explained to Jiang Yunyan’s side, not because Jiang Yunyan deliberately requested it, but because a certain little ancestor didn’t take responsibility and liked to pass the buck. After getting Jiang Yunyan’s opinion and confirming his agreement, Sister Liu told Wen Yu. When she heard this news, Wen Yu thought to herself at that time: It’s really her. Not much surprise.

In the original book, Zhao Qingyuan was gentle and harmless, always having someone else taking the lead for her, so no one ever guessed it was her, letting her cause a lot of trouble behind the scenes under various pretenses. Until she poisoned someone and exposed herself. It was also because of this incident that she and the Zhao family lost everything. But now, from the beginning, Wen Yu dragged her out from behind, and when Jiang Yunyan took action, Zhao Qingyuan’s parents didn’t dare let their daughter offend anyone again, so she never had the chance to cause trouble. A strong force can be very useful sometimes.

After all, Zhao Qingyuan wasn’t a real behind-the-scenes villain; she was just a supporting character with a less favorable background in romance novels. Once someone tied her hands and feet, no matter how cunning she was, she couldn’t do anything. She couldn’t even go out, so who else could she cause trouble for? Not to mention that Jiang Yunjin, because of the scandal back then, was now afraid. If it wasn’t for his family’s support and Su Lengyue’s attitude back then, he would be afraid of being dumped. With Wen Yu, his sister-in-law, instigating things on the side, he really dared not be negligent.

So, was this retaliation from Zhao Qingyuan this time? Since everyone was under control, this time Wen Yu didn’t suppress her curiosity and agreed to meet. So that morning, she went to see Zhao Qingyuan. Due to the overwhelming evidence, although Zhao Qingyuan had not admitted guilt yet, she was still detained, awaiting court judgment. Therefore, when they met, they were under police supervision.

赵清媛 still is like in memory, perhaps because she was caught at the birthday party, she is still wearing a white long dress, her black straight hair is loose.

Just her appearance is a bit haggard, her makeup is a bit messy, and there is a slap mark on her cheek.

Seeing Wen Yu, Zhao Qingyuan’s eyes brightened.

Just noticing her current appearance, a hint of envy and faint jealousy flashed in her eyes.

She sat down slowly, her shoulders slightly shrugging, her slender neck showing clear lines, and whispered, “I envy you so much.”

Wen Yu pursed her lips and didn’t say anything.

Zhao Qingyuan seemed not to care either, her emotions were not excited, her hands clasped together, her eyes calm: “Do you want to know if I incited someone to hurt you?”

“Surely it’s you,” Wen Yu said.

The meeting place was an empty small house, looking chilly, her voice was clear, each word even carried some echo, but every word, even the echo, revealed a kind of firm certainty.

Zhao Qingyuan’s expression changed slightly, staring at her tightly: “You’ve changed.”

There was a bit more anger in her eyes: “You shouldn’t have known it was me!”

Wen Yu remained silent, indeed, but she awakened and had some foresight based on the content of the book.

Zhao Qingyuan hated, “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be under my parents’ control, if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have no way out, if it weren’t for you, they wouldn’t think I’m useless, wanting to marry me to an old man, talking about alliance, for the good of the company, I spit!”

After speaking, she smiled, her smile was a bit crazy, a bit of triumphant revenge, which was very inconsistent with her usual gentle image, but… unexpectedly had a kind of beauty.

“In fact, I didn’t intend to harm you.” Zhao Qingyuan lowered her eyes: “Although you were very stupid and foolish before, manipulated by me, but you never hurt me. During the time I was friends with you, I lived the most relaxed, they all hoped I could please you, and marry into the Jiang family opportunistically, they were so good to me…”

“I thought they really loved me.” Zhao Qingyuan’s voice lowered, a hint of tears in her eyes: “Until you changed, and they changed too.”

Zhao Qingyuan’s character originated from her emotionally cold original family, but Wen Yu wasn’t a saint, she had just awakened at the time, her first reaction was to stay away from her.

Of course, Wen Yu didn’t think she had done anything wrong.

After all, it was Zhao Qingyuan who really did wrong, her parents made her like this, Wen Yu just wanted to protect herself, so she withdrew in time and stayed away from her.

Zhao Qingyuan raised her eyebrows and smiled, a few more traces of pride on her charming face: “I deliberately hurt you, others I can’t reach, nor qualify, but you, just right, when something happens to you, the Jiang family will definitely be nervous, and at this time, holding a fan meeting, your agent has told me, everything I did, they will let the law decide, you haven’t really been hurt, so I might sit in jail for a few months?”

With a turn of the conversation, she said meaningfully: “But my parents, it’s not that simple.”

“Your husband, should already be preparing to deal with them now, right.”

Wen Yu: “…!”

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She took a deep breath, feeling both unexpectedly shocked and logically insane. Suddenly realizing that in the book, Jiang Yunjin was already deeply in love with Su Lengyue at that time, and it wasn’t ancient times where one had to marry a girl they touched. Why did Zhao Qingyuan still want to drug her? Surely it wasn’t just to endure imprisonment for a moment of pleasure? Maybe part of it was to spite her parents. After all, seeking revenge from her parents wouldn’t be satisfying, but offending the Jiang family would be risky. The Jiang family wouldn’t bother with a girl without property, so the Zhao family was the most suitable target for revenge. If it weren’t for her bad luck, Wen Yu really wanted to give Zhao Qingyuan a thumbs up: Impressive! She truly lived up to the role of the deeply hidden paranoid supporting female character in the book. Although she didn’t actually say it, her expression couldn’t hide her thoughts. Zhao Qingyuan smiled contentedly. She had no friends, the only one she could call a friend was Wen Yu, although she didn’t regard Wen Yu as a friend. Previously, Wen Yu had been naive, always thinking that they were the best of sisters. So when she was caught and searched for people she wanted to see, she suddenly realized there was only Wen Yu. Everything was settled. Zhao Qingyuan said what she wanted to say and got the last surprised expression from Wen Yu. She looked at the police and said, “I plead guilty.”

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Leaving the police station, Wen Yu was in a good mood. Zhao Qingyuan pleaded guilty, which meant her storyline was completely resolved. Wen Yu felt completely relieved. Only one major plot point remained – Jiang Yunyan’s car accident. But the time hadn’t come yet, and there was nothing Wen Yu could do. The priority was the current matter – joining the script reading group early. This time, due to the need to coordinate various locations and makeup, the script reading was held at the film and television city. Wen Yu had already booked her ticket and was about to set off. On the night before leaving, Wen Yu told Jiang Yunyan about her travel plans, trying to conceal her joy but failing. No matter what, too much is as bad as too little.

Initially, Wen Yu was still admiring Jiang Yunyan’s body, after all, who wouldn’t like his sturdy waist and abdomen, the eight-pack abs, the beautiful muscle lines, and that handsome face? But now, she was temporarily satisfied. However, her happiness might have been too obvious. Jiang Yunyan, who was replying to an email from abroad while sitting in front of the computer, showed no change in expression upon hearing her words. He just reached out and embraced her waist, exerting a little force. Wen Yu was already used to sitting on his lap. She blinked, “Brother? Aren’t you still working?” Behind her, the man clicked the mouse twice, closed the email page, shut down the computer, and stared at the girl in front of him with a deep gaze, pecking her cheek lightly, “Finished.” Wen Yu: “…” This is not right! It’s only been ten minutes? Wen Yu immediately realized something was wrong and tried to run, but before she could stand up, she was pulled back. The man effortlessly lifted her up and returned to her side of the room.

That night, Wen Yu’s waist was almost broken, and in the end, she cried and begged, “Brother, I was wrong!” The man, grinding his teeth lightly against her neck, exerted force on her waist and abdomen, murmuring softly, “How could Little Fish be wrong?” Wen Yu clung tightly to the man’s shoulders, her face flushed, breathing heavily, wishing she could pass out, but perhaps she had been exercising for the past few days, she didn’t faint. She was… quite spirited. There was no choice but to act coquettishly. She tried to rub her cheek against the man’s face, whimpering, “Wuwuwu, brother, I shouldn’t be so happy… ah!” She exclaimed, suddenly losing strength and falling softly onto the pillow. The man arched his body, a drop of sweat fell “plop” onto her chest, and he licked it, his hoarse voice becoming even deeper, “It’s okay, I’m not angry.” Wen Yu: “…” Look at yourself, do you look like you’re not angry?!!