Chapter 159: Chapter 159: Jealous Rivalry
Around 2:20 AM, Zhao Xiao’an, her assistant, and two other staff members emerged from the arrivals exit, pulling their luggage.
As soon as she saw Wang Chenning, Zhao Xiao’an immediately waved excitedly to greet him.
Luo Yuqing quickly waved back at her.
When she saw Luo Yuqing, the excited expression on Zhao Xiao’an’s face froze, and her steps faltered.
"By your mother’s imperial decree, I’m here with Wang Chenning to pick you up!" As Zhao Xiao’an approached with a resentful look, Luo Yuqing linked her arm and whispered, "Her Majesty, your mother, was afraid you two would be more passionate than newlyweds after this little separation. She worried you wouldn’t be able to control your impulses and would do something you can’t take back. I had to reluctantly accept the assignment, so if you want to blame someone, blame your mom!"
Hearing this, Zhao Xiao’an, who had been about to pull her arm away, relented and let Luo Yuqing keep it.
Wang Chenning politely greeted Zhao Xiao’an’s colleagues and thanked them for taking care of her during the trip.
Wang Chenning’s grace and thoughtfulness finally brought a smile to Zhao Xiao’an’s face. She shook off Luo Yuqing’s arm, proactively linked her own with Wang Chenning’s, and then waved a sweet goodbye to her colleagues.
Luo Yuqing was instantly furious, but there was nothing she could do.
When they reached the parking lot, Zhao Xiao’an quickly snagged the front passenger seat and fastened her seatbelt with incredible speed.
Luo Yuqing shot Zhao Xiao’an a glare before reluctantly settling into the back seat.
"You must be exhausted after being away for so many days," Wang Chenning said, not starting the car just yet. He looked Zhao Xiao’an up and down. "It looks like you’ve lost some weight. We’ll have to fatten you up at home!"
From the back seat, Luo Yuqing chimed in irritably, "I don’t know about anywhere else, but her chest sure got smaller. Went from a C-cup to an A. How tragic!"
"Luo Yuqing!" Zhao Xiao’an’s smile vanished, replaced by fury. She twisted in her seat to glare at Luo Yuqing. "As I recall, it wasn’t that long ago that a certain *cow* wanted to get work done to look just like me. What, have you already forgotten your own words after just a few days?"
Seeing that Luo Yuqing was about to fire back, Wang Chenning immediately stepped in to mediate. "Ladies, ladies, don’t start fighting the moment you see each other! You haven’t met in days; shouldn’t you at least pretend to care about one another?"
"I just hope a certain someone doesn’t come begging me for help in the future!" Luo Yuqing crossed her arms and gave Zhao Xiao’an a scornful look. "You really think you’re all that, huh? Hmph!"
Zhao Xiao’an ignored Luo Yuqing, turning instead to smile sweetly at Wang Chenning. "I bought you a present in Paris. I’ll give it to you later!"
"What about me? Where are the latest cosmetics you promised me?" Luo Yuqing’s eyes lit up as she held out her hand to Zhao Xiao’an. "I’ve taken care of you for so many years. You can’t be that heartless, can you?"
Zhao Xiao’an rolled her eyes. "Miss Luo is rich enough to buy a country. You can afford anything you want. I’m just a poor journalist; where would I get the money to buy you gifts?"
"You ungrateful brat!" Luo Yuqing smacked Zhao Xiao’an on the head, cursing through gritted teeth. "I’ve doted on you all these years for nothing!"
"Here!" Zhao Xiao’an pulled a box of cosmetics from her ridiculously large shoulder bag. "It cost me two months’ salary, but you don’t have to thank me. Just try not to do so many stupid things in the future!"
"Who’s to say who’s the one doing stupid things," Luo Yuqing said, gleefully accepting the expensive cosmetics set. Still, she couldn’t resist taking a couple of jabs at Zhao Xiao’an. "I come all the way out here to pick you up in the middle of the night, get zero gratitude, and even get chewed out. Some people will ditch their best friend for a handsome face!"
"I didn’t ask you to come, so why are you here?"
On the drive, watching the two beautiful women bicker and pout, Wang Chenning found himself in an increasingly good mood.
’It would be pretty fun to see them going at it like this in... certain other situations,’ he thought.
Wang Chenning suddenly found himself looking forward to the possibility.
Zhao Xiao’an had originally wanted Wang Chenning to take her for a late-night snack, but with Luo Yuqing around, she lost her appetite for it.
"Just stay at my place tonight. There’s something I need to talk to you about in the morning," Luo Yuqing said thoughtfully during the drive. "And later, you can have Wang Chenning help you readjust and get over the jet lag faster. You look exhausted; you need to get some good sleep."
Zhao Xiao’an was about to refuse, but then something seemed to occur to her, and she agreed.
In the end, the three of them went to Luo Yuqing’s apartment together.
While Zhao Xiao’an was in the shower, Luo Yuqing cozied up to Wang Chenning with a sly smile.
"Hey, handsome, feel like having a little fun?" She dropped all pretense with him. "She’ll be in the shower for at least twenty minutes!"
"Pervert!" Wang Chenning slapped her hand away. "You really have a dirty mind!"
"Hmph, you shouldn’t provoke a woman’s jealousy!" Luo Yuqing brushed it off with a giggle. "And I refuse to believe you aren’t thinking about it too!"
Wang Chenning immediately took action to teach her a lesson. He only let her go after she repeatedly begged for mercy.
From the bathroom, Zhao Xiao’an sent Wang Chenning a text, telling him to find a way to get Luo Yuqing to go to sleep.
Wang Chenning wanted to do just that, but after a few failed attempts, he saw that Luo Yuqing wasn’t falling for any of it and had to give up.
Zhao Xiao’an knew Luo Yuqing was just trying to keep the two of them from getting intimate. After her shower, she flopped onto the bed in a huff. Still, right in front of Luo Yuqing, she had Wang Chenning give her a massage.
After finishing Zhao Xiao’an’s massage, Wang Chenning didn’t leave, staying the night at Luo Yuqing’s place.
To the surprise of both Wang Chenning and Zhao Xiao’an, Luo Yuqing cleared her schedule the next day to go clothes shopping with Zhao Xiao’an.
Zhao Xiao’an was seething internally but didn’t protest.
"I’ll come find you tonight!" she texted Wang Chenning, before heading out to shop with Luo Yuqing.
Wang Chenning, in turn, went back to the university to teach a class.
In the afternoon, Wang Chenning had to attend the annual meeting again.
The conference was only two days long and would conclude that evening.
Around noon, Wu Ziyue came back.
Wang Chenning had told her to go check on things back home, and she had taken his car. She originally intended to make a quick trip, but something came up, and she only returned the next day.
When she got back, she was worried Wang Chenning would be angry, so she proactively admitted her mistake and explained why she was late.
"It’s fine, it’s fine. It won’t delay your treatment." Wang Chenning had a lot on his plate as well. ’I didn’t even come home last night,’ he thought. ’It’s a good thing Wu Ziyue wasn’t here, or that would have been a whole other problem.’
"Go take a shower first. Afterward, I’ll give you a treatment. I have to go to my meeting in a little while. When the treatment is done, you can take a nap. I’ll give you one more treatment before you go to sleep tonight. In the meantime, you’re free to do as you please."
Wu Ziyue immediately went to take a shower.
What Wang Chenning didn’t expect was that just as Wu Ziyue stepped into the bathroom, Yang Xiaofei came knocking at his door.
When he opened the door and saw the beautifully elegant Yang Xiaofei standing there, Wang Chenning froze for a long moment.
"Well? Aren’t you going to invite me in?" Yang Xiaofei asked, tilting her head at him.
"Please, come in!" Wang Chenning quickly stepped aside to let Yang Xiaofei enter.
As luck would have it, just as Yang Xiaofei stepped through the door, Wu Ziyue emerged from the bathroom after her shower.
Yang Xiaofei’s eyes immediately fell upon Wu Ziyue, who was dressed only in her pajamas.
Wu Ziyue saw Yang Xiaofei as well.
In that instant, it was as if the very air had frozen solid...
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