The Strategy For The Yandere Movie Queen Failed And Was Marked. Chapter 11
byChapter 11 Pretending to be a Stand-in
Ye Qinglan walked back to the hospital room and found the door wasn’t closed.
Through the gap, she could see Su Jin lying on the hospital bed, her expression contorted as if she were arguing fiercely with someone, but upon closer inspection, her mouth wasn’t making any sound.
Ye Qinglan immediately guessed that the System must be coercing Su Jin into doing something she didn’t want to do. Her face instantly filled with distress and anger, but she couldn’t alert the enemy. She could only grit her teeth and remind herself to endure.
“System, Sister must be talking to the System controlling her right now. Can you detect what they are saying?” Ye Qinglan asked.
After a pause, the System replied, “I apologize, my energy is currently low and can only barely maintain your Rebirth. To eavesdrop on another System’s conversation, I must acquire sufficient energy.”
Hearing this, a murderous intent flashed in Ye Qinglan’s eyes. “I can’t watch Sister continue to be controlled by the System like this. Given her temper, she will probably fight the System to the death soon. It seems it’s time to deal with Fang Qi, that scourge, and let you gain enough energy as quickly as possible.”
“Soon. The plot will quickly progress to Fang Qi threatening Su Jin to drug you, take Explicit Photos to blackmail you, and finally, in a fit of rage, spread them online, ruining your career.”
“Given Sister’s character, she would rather die than agree,” Ye Qinglan said, her tone carrying a hint of regret.
The usually serious System couldn’t help but click its tongue. “Ye Qinglan, does your master know you have such a twisted hobby?”
Ye Qinglan smiled, said nothing, and lifted her leg to walk through the door.
Hearing the movement, Su Jin snapped her head back. Seeing Ye Qinglan enter, she quickly sat up, stammering, “Ye… Film Empress Ye, why are you back?”
Ye Qinglan didn’t speak. She walked straight toward Su Jin, stopping only when she was a fist’s distance away, then suddenly leaned in close.
“Was what you said earlier true?”
Su Jin was completely bewildered. To complete the mission, she couldn’t remember what she had said.
Had Ye Qinglan noticed something was wrong and come back to settle the score?
She instantly became tense, her back rigid, and she stammered, “Wh-what did I say?”
Ye Qinglan leaned closer and said slowly, “You said you’ve had a crush on me for a long time.”
Unexpectedly, she brought up that topic. Su Jin hastily said, “I… I’m sorry, I was just talking nonsense at the time. I’m truly sorry.”
Hearing this, Ye Qinglan’s voice dropped. “So, you don’t really like me?”
Su Jin was about to apologize when the System in her mind emitted a sharp burst of noise: “Warning! Warning! Host, you still have a mission to complete. Do not create intense conflict with the Strategist. Quickly tell her that you do like her, but you were too insecure to admit it. Otherwise, if you fail the mission, you will be thrown into the Void World.”
Hearing “Void World,” Su Jin instinctively trembled, her face turning pale.
Ye Qinglan was filled with reluctance. Before Su Jin could even speak, she said directly, “Su Jin, I can give you a chance. Let’s be together.”
Su Jin looked at her in disbelief. “You… what did you say?”
Ye Qinglan stared at her steadily and repeated her words. “I said, I can agree to be with you.”
“Wh-why?” Su Jin couldn’t understand. Hadn’t Ye Qinglan warned her not to cause trouble before? Why the sudden, uncharacteristic change of attitude?
The next moment, Ye Qinglan suddenly reached out, pinched Su Jin’s chin, and leaned close to her ear, whispering, “Because you look very much like an old acquaintance of mine. I can agree to be with you, and I don’t mind you using my popularity. I can also give you some resources later. As long as you do as I say and become more like her.”
Su Jin was completely stunned. This… this plot wasn’t following the script. Had it switched to the stand-in trope? She couldn’t help but frantically call out to the System in her mind: “System, System, what’s going on? Does she really want me to be a stand-in? Who do I look like?”
The System, which had been silent, paused for a moment, then slowly spat out, “Host, the way you refused to complete the mission earlier was exactly like that idiotic Strategist who died for her before. She must be the white moonlight in Ye Qinglan’s heart.”
Su Jin retorted, displeased, “What idiotic Strategist? Can you stop using such harsh language?”
The System said coldly, “Heh, how is your behavior any different from that idiotic Strategist?”
Completely caught off guard, Su Jin stared blankly at Ye Qinglan, unable to say anything for a moment.
Ye Qinglan leaned closer, pinching her chin. “How about it? Agree to me, and we both get what we want. As long as you play her role well, I can give you everything you desire.”
Su Jin was still hesitating when the System sharply urged her, “What are you hesitating for? Hurry up and agree to her! This will make it easier to follow the plot. Once the mission is complete, you can just tell her the agreement is over, and you can both go your separate ways. You won’t have to feel so guilty then. Do you want to be electrocuted again?”
Hearing “electrocuted,” Su Jin’s heart tightened. It seemed the System was right; she finally found a reason she could use to convince herself. But she still didn’t want to do this.
Seeing her silence, Ye Qinglan suddenly changed her tone and said gently, “Say yes to me, okay?”
That soft, simple sentence suddenly made Su Jin feel an inexplicable flutter in her heart. Meeting those eyes full of longing, she instinctively nodded. “Okay.”
After she spoke, her mind finally caught up: How did I agree so easily?
Ye Qinglan smiled and said, “Good. Then you should rest well first.”
Just then, they suddenly heard a clamor outside. It sounded like many reporters were gathering, likely having heard the news and coming for interviews.
Su Jin said anxiously, “You… you should leave quickly. Don’t let the reporters take pictures.”
Ye Qinglan simply laughed. “Why be afraid? Aren’t we a couple now?”
Before Su Jin could react, Ye Qinglan suddenly leaned in and kissed her.
Su Jin’s eyes widened abruptly. She stared at Ye Qinglan in disbelief until her face was cupped and she felt the warmth on her lips. Only then did she realize that Ye Qinglan had actually initiated the kiss.
“Wait, isn’t this a bit too fast?” Su Jin panicked internally.
But before she could push her away, Ye Qinglan whispered in her ear, “Didn’t we agree to hype up a couple pairing? Isn’t this a good opportunity?”
During their passionate kiss, the reporters outside captured the moment perfectly.
When Ye Qinglan finally released Su Jin, Su Jin was lying in her arms, breathing heavily.
Ye Qinglan left a single instruction—”You rest well first”—and then went out to deal with the paparazzi.
Su Jin hadn’t fully processed what had just happened.
Ye Qinglan came back, told her they were in an agreement relationship, asked her to play a stand-in, and then suddenly kissed her. Now, they had been caught red-handed by the paparazzi.
Even after Ye Qinglan left, Su Jin’s mind was still reeling.
The System said sourly, “Host, you’ve been incredibly lucky. Defying the System’s mission actually earned you Ye Qinglan’s favor. You must seize this opportunity! Now that Ye Qinglan is interested in you, hurry up and complete the mission.”
“Shut up! I don’t want to hear you talk right now.”
Su Jin abruptly covered her head with the blanket, her mind a mess.
Even if Ye Qinglan treated her as a stand-in, she didn’t want to do those immoral things, like drugging someone or taking nude photos. But at that moment, she didn’t know why, when she met Ye Qinglan’s eyes, she couldn’t help but soften and agree just like that.
Thinking about it now, she was too impulsive.
However, remembering the experience of the System forcibly detaching from her body and electrocuting her when she refused a mission, a chill ran through Su Jin’s heart.
She knew that resisting the System head-on was useless. Now that Ye Qinglan treated her as a stand-in, perhaps she could use this opportunity to find a suitable moment to try and get rid of the System and give Ye Qinglan some hints.
Maybe time would provide her with a solution that satisfied both sides.
After comforting herself internally, a wave of exhaustion washed over Su Jin, and she drifted off to sleep unconsciously.
She had a dream.
In the dream, someone kept calling her: “Sister~ Sister, you promised you would come back… Sister, I miss you so much.”
She could never clearly see the person’s face, only felt that the person suddenly embraced her. Warm fingers gently stroked her body, finally pulling her tightly into their arms. Passionate kisses fell on her face, deepening little by little until she could barely breathe, as if the person desperately wanted to merge with her.
The dream was too real. Su Jin couldn’t help but reach out and grip the waist of the person in her arms, her fingers tracing down their tailbone, finally stopping at their neck, gently caressing it.
Just then, the person suddenly flipped over, pinning her beneath them, and whispered, “Sister said you have to be on the bottom now.”
Next, Su Jin felt a light bite on the back of her neck. A tingling sensation spread from her scent gland. The person’s breath fanned her ear as they softly murmured, “I really want to tie Sister up and keep you by my side forever.”
The intense sensation made her cry out, “Qinglan…”
Opening her eyes, she suddenly saw a familiar face.
It was an exquisite and bright face, with features like a painting, red lips, and white teeth. Su Jin was stunned until the owner of the face softly asked, “Su Jin, did you just dream about me?”
Hot breath fanned her face. Su Jin finally reacted and quickly shook her head. “No, I didn’t dream about you.”
“Didn’t dream about me? Then why did you call my name?” Ye Qinglan’s voice carried a hint of teasing.
Su Jin felt even more guilty. Thinking of the sensual scenes from the dream, her entire face instantly flushed crimson. Seeing her reaction, Ye Qinglan found it even more amusing. She leaned closer and whispered, “Your reaction seems a bit guilty. Tell me, what exactly did you dream about just now? Was it kissing me, or…”
“No way! I just… just touched something.” As soon as Su Jin spoke, she realized she had been tricked and quickly corrected herself, “No! I didn’t do anything!”
Ye Qinglan smiled, not pressing further, but looked at her with a knowing, half-smile.
In an instant, Su Jin suddenly realized what had felt wrong before and blurted out, “You… you knew all along that I was deliberately doing those things while filming…”
Ye Qinglan nodded. “Of course. How could I not see that you were deliberately trying to get close to me, taking advantage of me, all to use my popularity and hype up a couple pairing with me? It’s just that you… you look so much like her, so I kept hesitating whether or not to expose you.”
This was Ye Qinglan’s deliberate attempt to confuse the System. She had long sensed that Su Jin’s intentions were impure, but she pretended to mistake her for a gold-digging starlet trying to climb the ladder using her. She tolerated all of Su Jin’s provocations only because she saw her as the white moonlight in her heart.
This made everything seem logical and reasonable.
Hearing her say this, Su Jin felt a surge of unhappiness, as if all her painful internal struggles had been Ye Qinglan’s private joke. She felt inexplicably annoyed.
Ye Qinglan saw the uncontrolled indignation on Su Jin’s face and felt relieved.
She was afraid Su Jin was too soft-hearted and would be tormented too severely by the System. So, she deliberately stoked the fire, raising her hand to pinch Su Jin’s face, and whispered, “I hope you can be more like her. She never gave me attitude; instead, she was always especially gentle and considerate. Also, don’t call me ‘Film Empress Ye’ anymore. Call me ‘Qinglan.’ You can be more intimate with me. I like the way she smiles.”
Su Jin was practically fuming after hearing this.
She hadn’t expected Ye Qinglan to so openly demand that she impersonate someone else and even require her to smile gently and considerately. She couldn’t help but let out a cold snort. “Hmph, I understand.”
“Good. Now call me ‘Qinglan,'” Ye Qinglan insisted.
Su Jin called out impatiently, “Qinglan.”
Ye Qinglan was still unsatisfied. “Be more intimate. Make your voice softer.”
She forced out a gentle voice. “Qinglan.”
“Don’t be so affected. Be natural.”
They went back and forth like this until Ye Qinglan was finally satisfied. She gently lowered her hand and said, “Good. Now you rest well. I’ll pick you up for filming tomorrow.” With that, she turned and left the room.
Su Jin collapsed onto the bed, speechless.
Just then, Su Jin received a call from her manager, Sister Li.
As soon as she answered, Sister Li’s roar came through the phone: “Su Jin, tell me what you did? Why did I just get a call from Ye Qinglan’s company telling us to immediately issue a statement clarifying your relationship, saying you are NOT a couple!”
I only told you to use her popularity a little, I didn’t want you to make it real! I’m telling you, if you keep stirring up trouble like this, watch out for being blacklisted!”
Su Jin couldn’t help but cry out in injustice. “Sister Li, I didn’t! Ye Qinglan was the one who initiated it!”
Sister Li already knew what kind of person Su Jin was. Seeing her still twisting the facts, she couldn’t help but warn her, “Enough, Su Jin, stop playing smart with me. I order you to start a live stream right now and clarify your relationship with Ye Qinglan! I will be watching you in the stream!”
With that, Sister Li slammed the phone down.
Su Jin was instantly on the verge of tears. Heavens, she was more wronged than Dou E!