Trapped in the Same Day for a Thousand Years: What's Wrong?

Welcome to Trapped in the Same Day for a Thousand Years, produced exclusively by Feilu Novel Network, written by Sang Ze and performed by Wang Xiaomo and Lao He.

Su Qingying stood in the kitchen doorway and glanced around the living room. No one was there.

"Honey?" Su Qingying called again. She walked into the living room and looked around. Every other door was open, but the master bedroom door was shut, and she could hear sounds inside.

Su Qingying frowned in confusion, walked over, and opened the door. Then she froze in the doorway.

Inside, Wu Chen lay facedown on the mattress wearing only boxer briefs. Li Ruobing was fully dressed, though she had taken off her jacket, tied up her long, straight black hair, and rolled up the sleeves of her white shirt.

None of that was the problem. The problem was that Li Ruobing was sitting on Wu Chen's lower back, pressing his shoulders again and again. She was giving him a massage. Su Qingying was stunned.

Su Qingying had heard what kind of woman Li Ruobing was: forceful, domineering, bold, and unwilling to yield to anyone.

She had even heard her father say that when Li Ruobing's grandfather tried to force her into marriage, she cursed him in front of the entire family. When her uncle came over to slap her, she slapped him right back. Li Ruobing's toughness was real, not an act.

She was just as tough at home as she was in public.

Yet a woman like that was giving someone a massage, tending to a man this way. Su Qingying could hardly believe it. If word got out that she herself served her husband at home and gave him massages after getting married, it would not ruin her reputation. It might even earn her a reputation as a good wife and make her seem closer to perfect.

A wife massaging her husband, or a girlfriend massaging her boyfriend, was perfectly normal. Su Qingying's reputation was excellent, but there was nothing unusual about it. She simply excelled at everything.

Li Ruobing's reputation was different. Even if she married, no one would expect her to serve a man. They would expect her husband to wait on her and treat her like a queen. She would be the queen of the household.

So the sight of Li Ruobing massaging Wu Chen shook Su Qingying.

Then she saw something even more shocking.

Li Ruobing looked up, gave Su Qingying a brief glance, and lowered her head again. She kept massaging Wu Chen.

She had seen someone come in and still kept going, utterly focused on massaging Wu Chen.

Just as Li Ruobing's had earlier, Su Qingying's composure shattered. The image she had held of Li Ruobing was ruined!

In her mind, Li Ruobing's image collapsed in an instant.

For a moment, she even thought she must be hallucinating. This can't be real!

"Done washing up? You must be tired. Take a break. We'll be done in a minute."

Wu Chen lifted his head and smiled at Su Qingying as he spoke.

Su Qingying stared at him blankly. Then a thought struck her.

Could it be?

Suddenly, Su Qingying thought she understood. She had come up with a possibility—the most extreme one, but also, she believed, the closest to the truth. Li Ruobing was the same kind of person she was.

It was an outlandish possibility, but something just as outlandish had already happened to Su Qingying herself.

If Li Ruobing had the same nature as her, everything made sense.

Li Ruobing was powerful, forceful, and domineering. But like Su Qingying, she was different beneath the surface.

She lived behind a false front, never truly being herself.

Pressure from her family had forced her to make herself look strong enough.

And because of that same family pressure, the stronger she appeared on the outside, the more desperately she wanted a man stronger than herself to conquer her in private.

Wu Chen had said that he and Li Ruobing were not really a couple, that they were only pretending. But he had never said there was nothing else between them.

If Li Ruobing was like Su Qingying, it all made sense.

Li Ruobing had clearly seen Wu Chen's girlfriend arrive, yet she ignored her.

She kept massaging Wu Chen with complete focus because, like Su Qingying, she no longer cared what anyone else thought.

Su Qingying felt she had figured it out. She was sure she was right, and her gaze toward Li Ruobing even softened.

Li Ruobing was not a rival at all. She was someone like her, someone who truly understood.

Su Qingying looked at Wu Chen with even more love in her eyes.

Wu Chen could conquer even Li Ruobing. He was stronger than Su Qingying had imagined.

And Su Qingying wanted the man who could whip her to be strong.

She did not want an ordinary woman stealing her man, because an ordinary woman really might take him away. But if that woman was like her, it was another matter entirely.

Li Ruobing truly was concentrating on massaging Wu Chen. It was her counterattack against Su Qingying.

She was rather pleased. Wu Chen had not tried to explain anything when Su Qingying suddenly appeared. Instead, he had gone along with her, treating the whole thing as perfectly natural.

She had no idea what Su Qingying was thinking, much less how terrifying a scheme Wu Chen had laid.

Su Qingying watched from the doorway for quite a while. Li Ruobing wondered whether she would suddenly break down and run away crying.

Then Su Qingying moved. She entered the bedroom and closed the door.

Li Ruobing caught the movement out of the corner of her eye and froze. What is she doing?

Then she saw Su Qingying step closer, kick off her slippers, and hop onto the bed. Su Qingying knelt beside Wu Chen, smiled at Li Ruobing, and said, "Let's massage him together, sis."

With that, Su Qingying began massaging Wu Chen's arm.

Li Ruobing looked as though she had seen a ghost. Her mind went completely blank.

Su Qingying had seen another woman massaging her boyfriend. Not only was she not angry, she had joined in. Together? And why had she called Li Ruobing "sis"?

Su Qingying was actually a few months older than Li Ruobing. Why would she call her that?

"Sis, what's wrong?"

Su Qingying noticed Li Ruobing's expression and gave her a sweet smile. That smile made every hair on Li Ruobing's body stand on end.

Li Ruobing stared at Su Qingying as if she were a ghost, unable to say a word.

A trace of fear had crept into her heart. It felt as though she were in a horror movie, facing something supernatural.

What on earth is wrong with Su Qingying?

Is she mentally ill?

Impossible!

If Su Qingying had a mental illness, she could not have been as perfect as the rumors said, nor could she have become the successor to Jinfu Group.

The more outstanding someone appeared in public, the less likely they were to have a mental illness. Only someone with enough self-control could perform so brilliantly, to the point of excellence without mistakes.

As Li Ruobing thought about it, she slowly turned to look at Wu Chen's back. She understood now. The problem was not Su Qingying. It was Wu Chen.

She could not imagine how Wu Chen had won Su Qingying over so quickly—or made her love him enough to accept that he had another woman and even share him with her.

She did not know how he had done it, but Wu Chen had to be the key.

"Sis, what are you thinking about?"

Su Qingying spoke again and waved a hand before Li Ruobing's eyes. She called Li Ruobing "sis" because she had only gotten together with Wu Chen today, while Li Ruobing had clearly been with him for some time.

In Su Qingying's mind, Li Ruobing had come first, so she was the older sister. "Could you stop calling me sis?"

Li Ruobing finally answered, giving Su Qingying a sidelong look. She did not want to hear that word again. It made her skin crawl.

"All right, Miss Li."

Su Qingying changed how she addressed her at once. She had not been particularly keen on calling her "sis" anyway. She had only thought that, since Li Ruobing had come first, she should show some respect. If Li Ruobing did not want it, so much the better.

"Qingying, don't forget your medicine," Wu Chen suddenly reminded her. He had almost forgotten.

"Honey, do you have any here?"

"No. I'll go downstairs and buy some."

As Su Qingying spoke, she got up and pulled off her clothes.

Li Ruobing's eyes widened again as if she had seen a ghost.

She was a woman too, but was Su Qingying really going to change right in front of her? Did she have no problem with that?

Li Ruobing watched as Su Qingying tossed Wu Chen's pajamas aside. She really had not been wearing anything underneath.

Li Ruobing spotted a few marks on Su Qingying's body. Wu Chen had not been too rough, so most of them had nearly faded.

It was hard for Li Ruobing to tell exactly what Wu Chen had done to Su Qingying. She could only see that the two of them had gotten carried away.

Su Qingying dressed quickly, putting on athletic clothes, a sun hat, and a mask.

"Carry on. I'll be back soon."

With that, Su Qingying hurried out. She knew where to find a pharmacy. Pharmacies were everywhere these days.

When she and Wu Chen had gotten out of the car earlier, she had noticed one just outside the alley, around the corner to the right.

Su Qingying left the bedroom. Soon, they heard the front door open and close.

The moment Li Ruobing heard the door shut, she rose from Wu Chen's lower back. She jumped off the bed and walked a few steps away, lowering her rolled-up sleeves as she stared straight at him.

Wu Chen sat up and began getting dressed. He knew Li Ruobing was in no mood to keep massaging him.

"Are you going to explain?"

"Wu Chen?"

Li Ruobing let down her hair, shook it loose, then folded her arms and stared at him.

"How about you give me a hundred million, and I'll tell you the truth?"

Wu Chen looked up with a smile. "Is this funny to you?"

Li Ruobing narrowed her eyes. Of course she was not going to pay him a hundred million for that information. It had nothing to do with the bet; she had already lost.

Whether she knew how Wu Chen had done it or not—

it would not change the outcome of their wager.

How had Wu Chen won Su Qingying over?

What exactly had happened between them?

Li Ruobing was burning with curiosity, but she certainly would not let Wu Chen take a hundred million from her just to satisfy it.

"It is. It's especially funny. Really."

Wu Chen smiled again as he spoke. "I'll find out even if you don't tell me." Li Ruobing made it clear that she would investigate. "Go ahead." Wu Chen did not mind. She would never find out.

Li Ruobing took another deep breath. After a moment of silence, she looked at the now-dressed Wu Chen. "Fine. I won't ask what happened between you and Su Qingying. But the Su Family is investigating you because of your relationship with her, right?" "I helped her run away from home."

Wu Chen got to his feet as he answered.

"What are you planning to do?"

"Get married?"

"Marry into her family?"

"Do I look like the kind of man who would marry into someone else's family?"

"Then what will you do?"

"Break up?"

"Never see her again?"

"Break up?"

"The Su Family still won't let you off. Is there no other choice?"

"What else do you want to do?"

"Win over Su Jiabei?"

"What else?"

"You make it sound so easy."

Li Ruobing touched her forehead and paced over to the window.

She looked outside, feeling increasingly agitated. It was not just that Su Qingying was now by Wu Chen's side. Li Ruobing herself had been dragged into this.

The Su Family had already found out about Wu Chen, and everyone in the East Sea business community knew Li Ruobing was his girlfriend. From the Su Family's perspective, Li Ruobing's boyfriend had lured Su Qingying away. It was an awful position to be in. What could she do?

She could deny the relationship and say she and Wu Chen had only been pretending. But she knew she could not expose the lie now. She had faked a relationship three times before. If the fourth, most convincing performance was revealed to be fake too, she would never have another chance. No matter how convincingly she acted with another man, no one would believe her.

But if she did not deny it, was Li Ruobing supposed to act as though she knew nothing—or as though she had known all along?

She ought to be furious with Wu Chen for cheating on her.

But their relationship was fake. How could she truly be furious with him?

She could put on a show of anger, but she could not really lash out at Wu Chen. If Li Ruobing genuinely lost her temper, someone might die.

So what could she do?

Break up?

Would Li Ruobing really be the sort of woman to quietly swallow being cheated on?

If she truly were Wu Chen's girlfriend, she should join the Su Family against him. That would not work either. Or she could publicly accept that Wu Chen had other women, then face the Su Family's anger alongside him and go to war with them.

That was absurd. What would it make Li Ruobing?

A dead end. No matter how she thought about it, Li Ruobing saw no way out.

From her perspective, every possible response seemed wrong. Wu Chen had drawn her into this predicament, but she could not blame him—not even a little.

She had known in advance that Wu Chen intended to win over Su Qingying. More than that, she had wagered with him over it. If Wu Chen lost, he would have to kneel and apologize to her. She had practically pushed him to win Su Qingying over so he could beat her. Who could she blame?

Li Ruobing stared out the window and paced for a long time. Then she stopped short and looked straight at Wu Chen. She had overlooked something. How could a man like Wu Chen leave her with no way out? How could someone whose schemes seemed almost supernatural trap himself like that?

Li Ruobing had been thinking about how she should escape the dead end, but perhaps it was not a dead end for Wu Chen. And she knew Wu Chen would not harm her, drag her into this, and leave her to clean up the mess. There had to be a way out.

What am I missing?

There had to be a way through. "If you have something to say, say it."

Wu Chen saw her staring at him and smiled. "You said just now..." Li Ruobing seemed to have caught on. "You said you helped Su Qingying run away from home, didn't you?"

"That's right."

Wu Chen smiled and nodded. "Which means the Su Family still doesn't know about your relationship with Su Qingying."

Li Ruobing's eyes widened. "You're clever. You finally figured it out." Wu Chen laughed. Li Ruobing could not tell whether that was praise or a jab, but she understood now. She understood everything.

At the same time, a chill ran through her. Once again, she felt just how terrifying Wu Chen was.

She knew she had become one of Wu Chen's pawns, and now she had to cooperate with him of her own free will.

If this man were her enemy, if he were her rival, he would have destroyed her a hundred times over by now.

Wu Chen's phone rang. He picked it up and saw an unfamiliar number, though he recognized it as the number of the pharmacy owner downstairs.

"Hello!"

Wu Chen answered. It was Su Qingying. Her voice was urgent, and she instinctively lowered it. "Honey, I saw my family. They've found us. They're outside the alley, right beside your car."

That concludes this episode. Thank you for listening!