She’s Obviously Just a Substitute (1)
An Yuting drove the car to Chen Company and parked. She attempted to call Chen Xiuqi but he didn’t answer, so she had to change her plans. She took out a mirror from her bag and checked her appearance to make sure that nothing was wrong with her makeup. Afterwards, she got out of the car.
An Yuting walked to the Chen Company with her purse and found Li Lan at the reception desk. She maintained the same arrogant tone as she ordered “I’m here to meet Brother Xiuqi. Call the President’s office.”
The commanding tone made Li Lan uncomfortable. This visitor had a bad attitude compared to Su Yaya’s friendly manner, which made a huge difference between the two. The receptionist suddenly thought that Su Yaya was ok, at least better than An Yuting.
Li Lan revealed a professional faint smile and said in a proper tone.
“Miss An, do you have an appointment?”
An Yuting’s face became gloomy upon hearing this. She was in a bad mood and had been holding in her anger. Now, she was angrier. She pointed at Li Lan and yelled, “I told you to call the President’s office. Are you deaf? Can’t you understand English?”
An Yuting wasn’t that much of a beauty and she also had poor manners.
She really thought of herself as a young miss!
Li Lan originally didn’t want to call but An Yuting had been constantly urging her. She glued her eyes to the President’s exclusive elevator, wishing for it to open up immediately.
What a coincidence that the elevator door opened right then. An Yuting was ecstatic and quickly walked over to see Assistant Chen coming out.
“Assistant Chen.” An Yuting smiled and called. Her attitude towards him, compared to Li Lan’s, was completely different. She changed her expression so quick as if she was acting.
“Miss An.” Assistant Chen stopped, surprised that she was here.
Right now, An Yuting couldn’t attend to much. She was anxious to see Chen Xiuqi so she hastily said, “Assistant Chen, I have an urgent matter to find Brother Xiuqi for. Can you let me up?”
Assistant Chen hesitated.
An Yuting quickly thought of something and whispered, “It’s about my sister. Brother Xiuqi must want to know.”
Assistant Chen had been Chen Xiuqi’s assistant for a few years. He personally witnessed Chen Xiuqi and An Yuting’s love and entanglement, so he knew how much Chen Xiuqi liked An Yutong. He paid attention to everything regarding her, and even feared if the task wasn’t done to its best.
Thinking of this, Assistant Chen made a decision without Chen Xiuqi’s permission. He led her to the elevator door, then took out his card and swiped it, opening the door for her. He allowed her go straight to the 26th floor.
When An Yuting arrived and walked out, she headed straight for Chen Xiuqi’s office. She didn’t even knock on the door, and instead, barged in directly.
“Brother Xiuqi, there’s an important matter.”
Right now, Chen Xiuqi was video conferencing with people abroad in subsidiary companies. Seeing that An Yuting barged in without notice, his handsome face became gloomy all of a sudden. He hastily said something to the staff on the other side and agreed to stop here and resume discussing about the other matters later on. He then hurriedly ended the conference.
Chen Xiuqi slapped the laptop shut and An Yuting’s heart thumped rapidly as she watched him.
“Who let you in?” His voice was icy cold, emitting cold aura. He looked sharply at An Yuting as though throwing darts at her.
This was the first time she had seen him that angry with her. His face was gloomy and there was a dispirited atmosphere. He was terrifying. She nervously gulped and said, “I, I came up by myself.”
Chen Xiuqi coldly humphed and his face became scarier. “You came up by yourself?”
“Y-yes. I met Assistant Chen downstairs and he let me up.” At this time, An Yuting didn’t dare to spit lies. She said the truth.
Chen Xiuqi humphed.
An Yuting carefully examined his expression. She revealed a miserable look and gently begged, “Brother Xiuqi, I really have an urgent matter. Don’t be angry at me.”
“What’s the matter? Spit it!” At this time, Chen Xiuqi just wanted to drive her away. The conference she interrupted was very important so he didn’t have that much time to talk with her.
Seeing that he calmed down a bit, An Yuting immediately stepped forward and asked, “Brother Xiuqi, why did you give the second female lead role to Su Yaya for 《Flourishing Palace》? I dislike her a lot and so does my sister!”
In the lounge, Su Yaya was sleeping soundly. She dreamed of numerous dollar bills falling down from the sky and piling up on her bed. She rolled around in bed due to happiness, turning from left to right, and then right to left. She was going crazy with ecstasy.
Suddenly, a sharp and piercing woman’s voice penetrated her ear drums, yelling loudly, “I hate Su Yaya!”
Su Yaya, who was in a dream, suddenly heard this voice filled with enmity and disgust. She immediately woke up.
Outside the lounge, An Yuting cried and caused a racket, causing Su Yaya, who was in the lounge, to hear it from her end.
“Brother Xiuqi, what’s good about Su Yaya? Is her acting better mine? Is she more famous than me? She’s just an online celebrity who can’t do anything right! How come she could have the second female lead role but not me? You knew how much I liked that role. Why did you have to do this to me?”
She’s Obviously Just a Substitute (2)
When Su Yaya heard An Yuting crying and complaining, she had an idea of what had happened. An Yuting was displeased that she got the second female lead role in 《Flourishing Palace》 so she came to cause a disturbance.
Thinking that a tragedy was about to happen, Su Yaya thought that she may not be able to keep her second female lead role.
According to the original book’s plot, Chen Xiuqi took extra care of An Yuting because of her family ties to An Yutong, at least before An Yuting began to seduce him later in the story. But before then, he tried his best to give her the roles she wanted. Therefore, she calmly and peacefully made her way up in the entertainment circle and had acted in a number of big and small projects.
However, because of her attitude, arrogance, and tendency to look down on others after she had received Chen Xiuqi’s support, she had yet to become someone famous. An Yuting simply remained an ordinary celebrity.
An Yuting was unhappy that Su Yaya obtained the second female lead role in the TV Show, so now, she came requesting Chen Xiuqi to give her the role instead.
According to the plot, there was a chance that Chen Xiuqi might really do so, and then give Su Yaya a different role instead as a compensation and comfort.
After all, the truth was laid bare; Su Yaya wasn’t as famous as An Yuting. She was just an ordinary online celebrity while An Yuting was an actual celebrity. If An Yuting was to have the second female lead role, there would definitely be more people watching than if it was her, an online celebrity acting this role.
Chen Xiuqi was an authentic businessman. He invested in movies to earn money, not for charity. He would use whoever was more beneficial to helping him earn money. This was something so simple that anyone could think of.
There was another point–it had to do with their relationships. According to the original book, Chen Xiuqi deeply loved An Yutong and An Yuting was her biological sister. He would help his beloved’s sister in order to obtain a favorable impression of himself to her. This was the usual methods for many love stories. Even dominant CEO, Chen Xiuqi, couldn’t escape this.
Sigh. She was just a cannon fodder side female lead. How did she have the abilities to fight against An Yuting? If she really wanted the second female lead, she might as well give it to her.
It was so difficult to be a nice person. It was so difficult to live peacefully, especially a cannon fodder like her. If she wanted to have a peaceful future and live, she needed to remember to please the male and female lead always. She needed to make sure she didn’t offend anyone from the male or female lead’s side.
Whenever she could let them do as they wish, she would do so. There were boundless open opportunities from moving a step back. After she divorces Chen Xiuqi, everything would be fine.
While Su Yaya was thinking about this, she immersed herself in the character of a miserable side lead. She didn’t bother paying attention to what Chen Xiuqi and An Yuting were saying outside, but then, she suddenly heard Au Yuting shrieking.
“Brother Xiuqi, how could you do this to my sister? You told me you would treat me like your actual sister in the past. That’s how you treat me? Who is this Su Yaya? Why are you comparing her to me? She just looks similar to my sister. Who doesn’t know that she’s actually my sister’s substitute!?”
Su Yaya nodded, agreeing with the words. She admits that she was indeed An Yutong’s substitute. She knew her place.
The only reason Chen Xiuqi had pursued her was because she was similar to An Yutong. He wanted to place hope on someone else so he decided to be with her.
Chen Xiuqi had married her under a contract so that he could inherit his grandfather’s billion inheritance. He had no choice but to marry someone and he didn’t want to put in so much effort, so he found her.
Plus, the two had only completed their marriage procedures and signed the contract before marriage. It was a secret agreement. Besides a few essential figures who knew, no one else knew, and when the time comes, they will divorce!
Right now, they were in a tangled situation all because Chen Xiuqi wanted to satisfy his greediness. When the real original host returns, everything would end.
Su Yanyi understood this. Of course, she didn’t care that much since she was just a cannon fodder side lead. She simply needed to live each day happily.
However, the plot didn’t develop as she expected.
Chen Xiuqi suddenly hollered, “Scram. Don’t let me see you again.”
Su Yaya hid in the lounge and jumped at this bellow, not to mention An Yuting who was the target of his anger.
“Brother Xiuqi…” An Yuting was really frightened by the angry Chen Xiuqi. She had never seen this side of him. Compared to when she disturbed his conference, he was much frightening right now, so she timidly called him.
“Scram!” Chen Xiuqi angrily shouted again. Even Su Yaya who was hiding in the lounge felt the room shaking. Her heart was in her mouth.
She’s Obviously Just a Substitute (3)
An Yuting started to sob. With such a tear-stained face, anyone would pity her had they seen her. “Brother Xiuqi, you weren’t like this before. You were really nice to me but you changed after you met Su Yaya…”
“Are you leaving or not? If not, I’ll call security to throw you out!” Chen Xiuqi icily showed her to the door. He was truly annoyed with An Yuting.
Now that Chen Xiuqi had ran out of patience, she would lose face even more if she was escorted out by security. Although An Yuting was impulsive, she wasn’t completely stupid. She quickly weighed the pros and cons in her heart; if she was escorted out by security, it would be even more difficult to see Chen Xiuqi in the Chen Company in the future.
She bit her lips and her eyes were red. She held in her tears and stopped it from falling down her face, acting stubborn yet miserable. “I’ll go.”
She looked at Chen Xiuqi with her teary eyes again before walking to the door, hoping he would stop her. When she walked to the door, she couldn’t help but look back again.
Dark clouds hovered over Chen Xiuqi’s head, as though the calm before the storm. It seems like he would explode anytime soon.
An Yuting looked down and tears fell down her eyes. She left.
Su Yaya, who hid in the lounge, heard the door opening and closing, signaling that An Yuting had gone.
When she confirmed the door had closed, Su Yaya, who had been eavesdropping deeply, sighed. She had been holding in her breath while listening to their conversation, and only dared to slightly pant now.
She heard a bang then something smashed on the ground.
Su Yaya’s heart violently thumped. Her heart was in her throat and she didn’t dare to breathe heavily.
So intimidating. She was a bit scared!
She patted her chest. Chen Xiuqi was infuriated because of An Yuting’s words, saying said that Chen Xiuqi had found a substitute for her sister.
Although this was the truth, she should never say that out loud in front of him. It would be absurd if Chen Xiuqi was happy that she exposed his secret. Chen Xiuqi clearly became angry, and thus, started to smash things!
Although he became quiet after smashing things, Su Yaya thought that it would be best if she pretended she knew nothing. She knew better than to anger him even more at this time.
She looked around in the lounge and decided to continue to sleep in the end, pretending nothing happened. If Chen Xiuqi didn’t wake her up, she would keep sleeping. That was how she would try to get away with it.
Hm. She would happily decide this.
Su Yaya felt like her idea was excellent!
She gave herself a thumbs up for her intelligence!
Once she made this decision, Su Yaya decisively laid back in bed. She covered the blankets over her, up to her chin, then closed her eyes and tried to sleep.
Outside, Chen Xiuqi smashed a document on the ground due to anger, but thankfully, he calmed down after doing so. He sat back on his seat with a cold face. An Yuting was too impolite and impudent. She didn’t know what she should say and what not to say.
Who knows how many people she had offended with such an attitude? Sooner or later, she would be taught a lesson, so he didn’t need to be angry at her words. This was unlike him!
Then what caused him to be furious?
He couldn’t understand his emotions. He just felt infuriated when he heard An Yuting say that Su Yaya was her sister’s substitute in a disdainful tone.
Su Yaya indeed looked similar to her sister but they had completely different personalities. He knew this since he had been with Su Yaya for a long time.
Plus, Su Yaya was his wife right now; despite her being his wife by contract, she was still his woman. She helped him gain the right to an inheritance worth billions, so with the contract in effect, it was his job to protect her as her husband. No matter what, it wasn’t An Yuting’s right to scold her, or even insult her!
Right. That’s what he meant. This is why he was so angry!
She was his woman. Whether he wanted to pamper or praise her wasn’t anyone’s right to criticize her, no matter who they were!
Chen Xiuqi turned around and looked at the lounge. The door was tightly shut. He didn’t know whether Su Yaya had woke up due to An Yuting’s crying or not.
He stood up and walked to the lounge in a few steps. He held the doorknob and softly opened the door to see Su Yaya buried in the thin blankets. Her jet-black hair scattered on the white pillow; this contrast between black and white made her appear even more beautiful and lovable.
His heart was touched right then and Chen Xiuqi walked over, digging her out of bed. He held her in his arms and said in her ears. “Yaya, time to wake up. It’s too late. If you continue to sleep, you won’t be able to tonight.”
Su Yaya who pretended to sleep gradually woke up. She fisted her hands and rubbed her eyes. She softly murmured, “I will be able to fall asleep.”
“Is that so?” Chen Xiuqi softly laughed in her ears.
Su Yaya immediately understood him. She almost fell out of his arms.
Ahhh. He’s so bad!
He had his mind set on keeping her up all night!
She didn’t want to become a flatbread. Cries.