Mute Beauty

Chapter 81: But

"What?"

Pei Ya curved her lips, leisurely walking to the nearby parlor to pour a cup of tea for her. The tea had gone cold, but Pei Ya still insisted she take a sip to calm down.

Yu Ting hated how Pei Ya seemed to enjoy teasing her while remaining so self-satisfied.

She walked over and pressed, "What do you mean by that?"

Pei Ya sat casually on the sofa. "Hmm... the woman who left with Xiao Ling is named Fang Chi. Don't you think she looks a bit like you?"

Yu Ting didn't have the mood to closely examine her face; at first glance, she didn't see any resemblance.

Pei Ya asked again, "Don't you remember much about your childhood with Xiao Ling?"

Yu Ting frowned.

She knew that Ranling had been unable to forget her due to their childhood bond, and she soon found herself lost in memories. Unfortunately, since she was so young and it had been so long, she could only recall scattered bits. She knew she and Ranling had attended the same elementary school and that Ranling had been frail, unable to eat ice cream; beyond that, everything else was vague and shapeless.

But what did that have to do with whether she looked like someone else?

Pei Ya chuckled lightly, noticing Yu Ting's increasingly trembling gaze, as if she could guess what she was trying to say.

"President Yu, have you really forgotten? It's not unusual if you don't remember..." She savored her tea before continuing, "After all... there was never anything between you two."

Yu Ting's eyes widened.

"The one who had a childhood romance with her was not you. How pitiful to be kept in the dark and deceived."

After saying this, Pei Ya lifted her gaze, seeing Yu Ting's expression change completely. She smiled, setting down her teacup to continue, "You really do look like her—your brows, your eyes, your nose, and especially your lips. No wonder Xiao Ling loves kissing you. But your personalities are completely different. She's much gentler than you. Just from what happened a moment ago, you can tell she would be an emotionally stable lover, while you—though your craziness is cute—aren't what Xiao Ling wants." Pei Ya shook her head and sighed.

Yu Ting moved in front of her, burning with anger, and questioned her from a high vantage point, "Are you joking with me?"

"I'm not joking with you... Didn't you see? Xiao Ling didn't even want to acknowledge you. She turned cold and walked away with her, didn't she?"

"She came back; Xiao Ling really has no reason to continue being entangled with you." Pei Ya referred to the moment when Ranling had walked away with Fang Chi, hitting Yu Ting where it hurt.

She was like a fox skilled in reading people's hearts, exposing Yu Ting's fear and panic completely.

"President Yu, you're just a substitute who looks like her. The one Ranling has always loved was never you. Now that she's back, in Ranling's eyes, you don't even compare to a single strand of her hair..."

"Do you understand?"

"You..."

Yu Ting was utterly stunned, frozen in place. Her breath came in short gasps as she struggled to remember something to rebut Pei Ya, but her mind had become a tangled mess, unable to recall anything. In an instant, she felt helpless and panicked.

Her face turned pale, and her pupils trembled—she was reaching her limit.

"I'm just kidding."

Pei Ya suddenly burst into laughter, unable to stop, her eyes crinkling with mirth like a mischievous child who had just pulled off a prank.