Beauty of Lies - Chapter 21

A living person like Tong Ling suddenly disappeared at the banquet, let alone Ye Huan and Ye Xu; even Jiang Chenrui and his group who were very interested in Tong Ling noticed something was wrong. Not to mention the owner of the banquet, the young master of the Song family, had also disappeared. Who knows if there was something tricky hidden in it?

After Ye Huan found out that Tong Ling was missing, he called Tong Ling several times, but no one answered the calls.

Although Advisor Gu hated Ye Huan very much, it was about Tong Ling’s safety. Advisor Gu did not hold back and quickly shared the information she had.

“The last person Lingling saw was me and Young Master Jiang. She said she will go to the bathroom, yet I haven’t seen her since then,” Advisor Gu frowned. “If Lingling appears, I would not fail to notice her. “

With Tong Ling’s sense of presence at the banquet, how could it be easily ignored by others? Ye Huan’s face became very ugly as she could not be found inside or outside the banquet hall.

Ye Xu and Lu Yue, who separated after talking and deciding to work together, reunited because of Tong Ling’s disappearance.

With so many people concerned about the development of the situation, the Song family who hosted the banquet, could not turn a blind eye to it. They had to give an explanation.

The Song family did not shirk their responsibility; they quickly called the waiters at the banquet and asked them one by one if they had seen Miss Yu.

Several waiters gave answers under the inquiry.

“Miss Yu? Miss Yu seems to have left alone through the back door of the banquet.”

“Yes, I saw it too. Maybe Miss Yu went out to get some air.”

Ye Huan couldn’t believe this kind of answer, “If she had left, it’s impossible for her not to tell me!”

Song’s mother looked suspicious: “Maybe Ms. Yu is tired of the atmosphere of the banquet, because I blamed Ms. Yu indiscriminately. She may have left after feeling that she was not welcome at the banquet.”

Mother Song’s speculation was reasonable, and no one can say that she was wrong.

Shen Man watched from the sidelines. She wanted to see if her son could solve this problem.

After all, it was inconvenient for her to do it. If Ye Huan can’t even find his woman, then it would be better not to delay Yu Ling.

“For such a big banquet in the Song family, there is no need to worry about security,” Ye Xu interjected. “The security monitoring and alarm equipment should also be readily available.”

Lu Yue agreed, “Since Yu Ling is at the banquet, you can check the surveillance to find out where she went.”

Ye Huan fixed his eyes on the members of the Song family. He will not hesitate to question Song’s mother, Song’s father, or Song Xingyi’s eldest brother if one of them exhibits signs of anomaly.

Father Song and Song Xingyi’s elder brother didn’t know anything about this matter, so of course they didn’t show any abnormality. Despite knowing the inside story, Madam Song was calm and relaxed. She even took the initiative to take a group of people to the monitoring room to check the surveillance cameras. In terms of etiquette, it was very comprehensive.

Looking at the performance of the members of the Song family, Ye Huan guessed that the camera could not find anything. As expected, the surveillance only showed Tong Ling going to the bathroom alone, and then there was no movement.

“In order to protect the privacy of the guests, there is no monitoring equipment in the bathroom and the corridor outside the bathroom. The back door of the banquet hall generally does not need to be monitored,” Song’s mother said with a look of regret. “We have provided all the clues that should be provided. If you are still not at ease, why don’t you go out and look for her?”

“Where did Song Xingyi and Young Master Song go?” Ye Huan asked persistently. “Madam Song, please tell me the exact location of Young Master Song.”

Madam Song immediately showed a helpless expression, “Our Xingyi likes to run around, and we don’t know where he goes.”

“You are looking for Ms. Yu, so why bring my Xingyi into this? I don’t want Miss Yu and Xingyi to have any problems.”

Song’s mother’s attitude was very clear. She had already helped them, and the follow-up had nothing to do with the Song family.

Shen Man was not surprised that Madam Song could handle things so cleanly. It was not an easy task for a wealthy lady like Madam Song to properly manage the family’s affairs. That’s why she was very picky about the candidate for Ye Huan’s wife. Either the other party could help Ye Huan in his career, or she could support the out of the scene, and had strong skills.

Yu Ling fit the latter very well.

The Song family didn’t seem to be able to dig out much information, so Ye Huan angrily called over the waiters who claimed to have seen Tong Ling leave. Even though he tried to tempt them with money, their tone remained the same.Ye Huan could only reluctantly abandon his search for information from within and decide to go out and find a way on his own.

The group of people who had gathered for Tong Ling dispersed one after another, and each used their own network to find her.

Ye Huan didn’t forget about the surveillance. The surveillance at the Song family’s banquet may have been tampered with, but they may not have time to do it at the intersection outside the banquet hall…

If he wanted to check, he should check everything. He didn’t believe that there would be no clue at all!

Unsure of whether it’s the inertia of the plot or Ye Huan’s thorough investigation, he actually found a suspicious vehicle in the surveillance at the intersection, tracked the vehicle’s trajectory, and finally found the destination of the vehicle—— a mansion in a remote suburb.The owner of the mansion was none other than Song Xingyi!

Ye Huan’s heart was cold for a while. Song Xingyi was publicly rejected and humiliated at his banquet because of his feelings for Yu Ling.. What would Song Xingyi do in a fit of anger? What’s more, now that the whole night has passed, what would Song Xingyi have done with the woman he liked into his house? Just thinking about it, anyone would know it  is not a good thing!

Ye Huan rushed over and forcibly broke into the mansion, searching the rooms one after another. His mood gradually became unstable.

“Where? Where exactly?” Ye Huan was anxious and tormented until he came to a door that couldn’t be opened, and a strong uneasiness hit his heart. He made enough mental preparations and knocked on the door vigorously.

“Song Xingyi, open the door!” With the knock on the door, Ye Huan’s deep voice was chilling, “I know you are inside, don’t force me to do it!”

As soon as Ye Huan appeared, Tong Ling received a prompt from the system .

She had just let Song Xingyi finish blowing her hair and was lying in Song Xingyi’s arms, letting the little milk dog pinch her somewhat sore waist, and she was not in a hurry when she heard the system’s urging. She just tied her shirt loosely, sat on the bed under the quilt, she didn’t even move from her position.

Song Xingyi was still trapped in a huge sense of unreal happiness, not to mention helping his sister blow her hair and rub her waist. He was happy to do whatever his sister asked him to do.

It’s just that he didn’t expect Ye Huan to find him so quickly after such a short time. He looked at Tong Ling quite nervously, but Tong Ling glanced at him lightly and motioned him to open the door.

Open the door? Can they open the door like this? His sister wasn’t afraid that Ye Huan will know about their relationship? Song Xingyi couldn’t help but fantasize about whether his sister was going to publicly admit his identity…

“Song Xingyi!” Ye Huan outside the door lost control of his emotions. Just as he was about to smash the door open, the door was suddenly opened from inside.

The young master of the Song family who opened the door was half naked, wearing only a pair of casual suit trousers , flaunting his body. Ye Huan clearly saw the marks on Song Xingyi’s body, those red marks looked like they were scratched by a woman’s fingernails. Anyone could guess what he did before.

Ye Huan knocked Song Xingyi away with his eyes wide open and walked straight into the room. Song Xingyi followed behind Ye Huan, and the smug expression on his face couldn’t be concealed, “How did Young Master Ye find me here?”

Ye Huan took a few steps to the side of the bed, and saw the messy dress that had been taken off by the side of the bed. It was the dress he personally ordered for his girlfriend, and it was crumpled on the ground at the time, while the quilt on the bed was tightly wrapped. Looking at a woman’s body, Ye Huan couldn’t see the woman’s expression clearly, but he could clearly hear the small sobs.

“Yurou?” Ye Huan said dryly, and just as his hand was about to touch her, the woman on the bed let out a shrill scream.

“Don’t touch me!”

Tong Ling hugged the quilt tightly, tears streaming down her cheeks, and she turned her head, pale and trembling, saying, “Go! Don’t look at me!”

Things were far worse than imagined, that Ye Huan’s heart skipped a beat. It would be a lie to say that he doesn’t care about his girlfriend being insulted, but compared to the discomfort, he was more afraid that his girlfriend will do stupid things because of the pain!

Ye Huan didn’t dare to show the slightest dislike; otherwise, not only would their relationship be over, but he would also kill his favorite woman!

Ye Huan ignored Tong Ling’s struggle and exhausted all his strength to hug her. He had never experienced such heart-piercing pain, and he only opened his mouth  after a long time.

“Don’t be afraid, it’s me.” Ye Huan said in the softest tone, he tried his best to smile and comfort his hurt girlfriend, “I’m sorry, I’m late.”

He shouldn’t have left his girlfriend alone at the banquet. He should hold people firmly by his side. How could he feel assured that no one could hurt her?

Tong Ling’s state at this time is almost the opposite of the previous state.

She crazily rejected Ye Huan’s touch and murmured nervously and frightenedly: “Don’t touch me! I’m filthy, I’m filthy…”

M577 retched: [You actually used my lines!]

[And the host, is it necessary for you to act like this? Look at how scared Song Xingyi next to him is!】

Tong Ling, who was busy performing, took the time to reply to the system in her head: “Isn’t this to show the instability of the female supporting role’s mental state? After being confined in a dark room all night, this kind of behavior is really reasonable!”

M577 knew that Tong Ling was not a person with a bottom line, but he was still deeply shocked when he heard that the other party pretended to be a victim outrightly: [I thought you would find a way to make the male lead accept the reality of your cheating. Who would have thought that you would let him comfort you instead for fear that he would stimulate you and cause you to have thoughts of suicide… Absolutely, it’s absolutely…]

“Whether its cheating or not, I’m not his real girlfriend so don’t slander my reputation!” Tong Ling became enranged.

M577: […..]

What can he do? To deal with such a shameless person, M577 can only kneel down and beg for mercy: [Please do me a favor, take a look at what the two men in the room have become, and leave some room for them to survive, okay?】

Song Xingyi opened his eyes wide in disbelief when Tong Ling retreated in horror with the quilt in her arms. He thought that his sister had asked him to open the door to tell Ye Huan about the relationship between the two of them. She showed  little affection for him, and it turned out that he thought too much about everything…

His sister would not admit him in front of Ye Huan; his role could only be that of the perpetrator, the sinner who forced his sister!

As he thought of this, Song Xingyi seemed to have been hit on the head by a heavy hammer, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably. He looked at the pair of embracing lovers; a self-deprecating smile appeared on his pale face, and his bloodshot eyes were full of jealousy towards Ye Huan.

Was he going to expose his sister’s lies? No, if he did that, his sister will definitely abandon him!

Besides, even if he said that his sister was voluntary, who would believe him?

His sister rejected him at the banquet. He was the one who tied her up and locked her in this room. After all, it was all his fault!

“Hahaha Ye Huan, did you see that my sister is mine!” Since his sister wanted him to be the bad guy, Song Xingyi would not go against her wishes.

There were bloodstains on his tightly clenched palms, and he said, in line with his sister’s thoughts: “If she hadn’t rejected me, I wouldn’t have resorted to such coercive methods. It’s only because you didn’t like her enough that she fell into my hands!”

“My sister smells so sweet, I really like her~”

“Ye Huan, do you want to know what my sister said to me on the bed, and whose name is she calling?”

Song Xingyi restrained his trembling body, forced himself to straighten his back, and his words were full of provocation: “You can’t even protect her. Why don’t you just let me have my sister? I love her more than you!”

“Shut up!!” Every man couldn’t stand being provoked like this and seeing his woman hurt.

Ye Huan rushed in front of Song Xingyi angrily, raised his fist and slammed it heavily on that face, “Bastard, bastard! How could you do that to Yurou! You should die!”

Ye Huan punched heavily in anger. Song Xingyi who was hit, took two steps back.

Song Xingyi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his hands, and his hatred for Ye Huan made him no longer bear it. At this moment, his young and well-proportioned body erupted the most powerful counterattack.

Tear off the label of the rich and noble son, these two people are like ordinary men who have been dazzled by anger, vented their anger in the most primitive way.

With fists and kicks, the two men didn’t hold back. After a while, they were both injured. Song Xingyi was the first to be unable to hold on. He spent the whole night energy, and his body was not as tall as Ye Huan.

M577 quickly sounded the alarm, and said in a panic:【Tell them not to fight, if they continue to fight, they will die! ]

“It’s boring.” Tong Ling was a little disappointed in the fight between the two. “The people in the small world are so weak in combat?”

M577: [???]

M577 was about to crack: [Where is your focus, host! Don’t watch the excitement, if the hero and supporting male character

are killed, our mission is over!】

After being reminded by the system, Tong Ling slowly lifted the quilt, and when she got out of bed, she deliberately staggered and fell to the floor, then said: “Stop! Ye Huan, don’t fight  anymore!”

When Ye Huan heard his girlfriend’s voice, he immediately released Song Xingyi from  his hand. He knew that the most important thing now was to ensure that Yu Yurou could get out of this nightmare rather than take revenge on Song Xingyi.

But when Ye Huan saw his girlfriend wearing other men’s shirt and lying on the ground with naked legs, his heart throbbed involuntarily from the piercing scene.

“Yurou, don’t worry, you’re not dirty, I don’t care about anything, as long as you’re safe,” Ye Huan stepped forward to comfort her softly.

Tong Ling looked at Song Xingyi who was beaten with a miserable state, and closed her eyes as if she couldn’t bear it, “Forget it, take me away, I don’t want to…”

Tong Ling choked up a few times, “I don’t want to stay here.”

Ye Huan wrapped Tong Ling’s body with his suit jacket, he hugged her horizontally, and walked straight to the door.

Before leaving, Ye Huan coldly warned Song Xingyi, who was lying on the ground: “Nothing happened this night, you should know what to do!”

He had to swallow this resentment temporarily. This didn’t mean that he would let Song Xingyi and the Song family go. Today’s account will be settled in the future!

Of course, Song Xingyi would not reveal his secret relationship with his sister before he got his sister’s consent. He just stared at Tong Ling’s figure, hoping to get a concerned look from her. One look was enough to let him know that she cared about him, and to let him know that it was worthwhile for him to let go of his dignity, abandon his morality and be willing to stay by her side as a lover…

Tong Ling just happened to step out when she looked back at Song Xingyi, as if she could see through Song Xingyi’s heart.

Song Xingyi grinned, lying on the ground and laughing loudly. Ye Huan and Tong Ling had already disappeared yet his laughter could not be stopped.

“Why can’t I just give up!” Song Xingyi looked up at the ceiling, thinking about that woman, “I’m so fucking cheap!”

Tong Ling was carefully placed into the car by Ye Huan. After the incident, Ye Huan has grown a lot and learned to take other people’s feelings into account without someone to teach him, which made M577 feel that the male lead was a good person.

“A good person?” Tong Ling sneered at the system’s evaluation. “Do you believe that I can make him reveal his true nature with just one word?”

M577 was really afraid of Tong Ling: [Don’t. Stop talking, I’m afraid! 】

Tong Ling ignored the system’s plea, and said to Ye Huan: “I want to call the police.”

Ye Huan was startled, “Call the police?”

“Should I call the police?” She pretended not to have a mobile phone, and asked Ye Huan: “Lend me your mobile phone, I want to call the police.”

Ye Huan had no idea that his girlfriend would call the police, but he subconsciously stopped: “No, you can’t call the police!”

“Why?” Tong Ling’s tears came as soon as he said it. “Song Xingyi committed a crime, why can’t I call the police?”

Ye Huan persuaded: “The power of the Song family is beyond your imagination, and calling the police wouldn’t work at all. Yurou, don’t worry, I won’t let them go!”

Ye Huan spoke earnestly, as if he was thinking about his girlfriend, “Believe me, I will let them pay the price!”

Tong Ling lowered her head silently.

Ye Huan was very afraid that his girlfriend would act impulsively, so he persuaded her with a few more words, and he was relieved until his girlfriend gave up this idea.

M577 wondered:【Why is he so afraid of you calling the police? Even if the Song family is powerful and has the Ye family’s support, will calling the cops be ineffective?]

After all, a system is a system, and even if it is intelligent, its understanding of human emotions is still too limited.

“Because he was afraid that the exposure of this matter would affect his face, I put a cuckold on him, and it was fine if he knew, but he couldn’t accept this matter being known by the public.” Tong Ling explained to the system. “Why did Mrs. Song help him? Their son kidnapped me because they knew it was not a big deal, and they are used to settling these things in private, which can be regarded as the arrogance of the high class.”

“What’s more, once the matter is put on the table and the fig leaf is pulled away, their superficial harmony will not be maintained. Ye Huan wants to deal with the Song family and will not choose this time to act. He always has to accumulate capital and strike at the right time. How can my ‘pain’ and ‘injury’ compare to the interests of their family?”

M577 was chilled when he heard that: [But he obviously loves you so much…]

“So he will take revenge for me, but didn’t he just said to let me wait.” Tong Ling sneered: “He coaxed and comforted me, how good this treatment is. In the original plot, he didn’t even say a word to Yu Ling. When he found out Yu Ling had mental issues, he locked her up in the villa; he didn’t care what happened to her; he only saw Song Xingyi’s actions as a prank, and he didn’t care how much psychological damage this prank caused on people.!”

M577 said angrily: [Ye Huan and Song Xingyi both went too far up! 】

Tong Ling giggled and said: “Now you can’t blame me for not being good at supporting the male characters. Don’t think that I didn’t know that you were sympathising with them before!”

Right…

With the program running, M577 finally gave up, thinking: 【… Forget it, as long as you can complete the plot. ]

Ye Huan prepared a single-family villa for Tong Ling to live in according to the original plot. The difference was that the villa was not a few hundred square meters as Tong Ling thought, but a large villa of thousands of square meters. There were servants and housekeepers waiting on her at any time. Whether it was the accommodation environment or the quality of life, it had given her the top notch enjoyment.

Tong Ling wished for more “compensation” like this!

In order to appease her emotions, Ye Huan stayed by her side for several days and protected her from the outside world, not letting other people come to the villa to harass her.

Because Tong Ling cast a shadow on the “intimate relationship”, Ye Huan didn’t dare to touch her casually and treated her like a crystal glass person the whole time, holding her in the palm of his hand for fear that she would break.

The outsiders didn’t know what happened, they only knew that Ye Huan found his “stand-in girlfriend” in his house, and even Song Xingyi publicly stated that he went to the bar alone to get drunk that night and he didn’t know Yu Ling was missing.

Ye Huan and Song Xingyi have such a unified calibre, and the others have given up on pursuing it. Maybe it was just like what the Song family said, Yu Ling left secretly through the back door that night…

Both Ye Xu and Lu Yue had contacted Tong Ling on the phone in private. The two tactfully did not ask her what happened, but said that if she needed, they could come to accompany her at any time.

Ye Huan has been with Tong Ling for so many days, and has left behind a lot of work. Originally, he wanted to spend more time with Tong Ling, but a bid project at hand was intercepted by someone, which made him rush back to the company. He was so busy that he couldn’t take care of Tong Ling for a while.

Tong Ling was happy to see the results. Ye Huan was not around, so she can let herself go. When she was bored, she gave the servants and housekeepers in the villa a holiday, and then called Song Xingyi to play games with her. Occasionally, Ye Xu and Lu Yue would come over. If it wasn’t for the bad relationship between the men, she would have wanted to recruit them together. The four of them could just make a table of mahjong. She found a lot of entertainment in the small world, but she was still very interested in “Fighting the Landlord”.

Looking at Tong Ling’s chic performance, M577 felt extremely skeptical about the miserable life of the cannon fodder female supporting character in the villa. If she acted like this… can the plot survive?

“Didn’t you see that I am waiting sadly for Ye Huan’s arrival every day?” Tong Ling’s eyes were full of melancholy. “Every day, I am enduring the pain of living alone in a big villa!”

M577: [……]

Tong Ling’s lavish lifestyle lasted for a long time.

One morning whileTong Ling was having fun, M577 suddenly sent her a message.

M577: [The heroine Yu Yurou is coming back. ]

Tong Ling asked in surprise: “So fast? It’s only been half a year since she went abroad? Didn’t she come back after two years in the original plot?”

M577 said sadly: 【Who is to blame for her coming back so early? She couldn’t get in touch with the male lead and supporting characters, and the money Shen Man gave her was getting less and less every day. How could she have the heart to stay abroad to further her studies? This time, she took advantage of the Christmas holiday to secretly buy a plane ticket back home. Fortunately, I detected this information on the Internet, otherwise, you wouldn’t even have the time to prepare! ]

“Prepare?” Tong Ling sat dangling from the rocking chair in the garden of the villa, “What do I need to prepare?”

Why does M577 felt like it was the only one who feel the need to hurry: [The original female lead is back, are you not afraid of being exposed? ]

[When your lies are exposed, take a look at your big villa, your monthly fixed income, and ask yourself: Are your little milk dog, brother, and lover still there?】

Tong Ling picked up the cup of black tea that the housekeeper made for her, took a sip comfortably, and said slowly: “You haven’t noticed my recent changes?”

M577 doesn’t know what changes Tong Ling can make.

“I don’t have any makeup on.” Tong Ling stroked her smooth and tender cheeks, “I’ve been using my own face to face the male lead and supporting

male characters, do you think they think it’s wrong?”

M577 ignored Tong Ling’s changes, let alone other people!

Since when did Tong Ling stop wearing makeup? Why did no one notice this? No matter how similar she is to Yu Yurou, there is still a difference in that face!

“Usually, getting along for six months will make people form a relatively stable impression. Subconsciously, they have replaced the face of Yu Yurou in their minds with mine.”

Tong Ling picked up a small mirror on the coffee table in the garden and took a look at her own face in the mirror: “After such a long time of maintenance, Yu Ling’s face is not inferior to Yu Yurou’s at all.”

“Look, my face is real, the name I used “Yu Ling” is real. If Yu Yurou has to find someone to blame, then Ye Huan is the one that would be blamed. What’s wrong with me?”

The corners of Tong Ling’s mouth curled up, and she smiled heartlessly, “It just so happens that I’m a little tired of staying in the villa. I hope that she will bring me something fresh when she comes back.”