Chapter 97

"Hello, is this Xiao Ayue? I'm Ti Ling."

"Oh, Ti Ling! Hello, goodbye!"

Ti Ling looked at the beeping phone in disbelief after it was hung up, and dialed the number again with gritted teeth.

"If you dare to hang up on me again, do you believe I'll tell Yun Er that you touched that male dancer?"

Oh, his arrogance is even greater than that of her, the victim who suffered so much! Yueming said angrily, "You are spreading rumors, but you don't have to provide any facts or common sense! The stage is so far away from me, how can I touch him if I am a long-armed arhat or a thousand-armed avalokitesvara?" After scolding her, she continued dissatisfiedly, "You are also disloyal. You just called me today. Let me tell you, if I hadn't used all my life's knowledge to coax Ah Yun that night, you could just join me today for the first seven days of my death."

Ti Ling asked with concern, "Did Yun Er give you any trouble?"

Yueming said honestly, "He didn't do anything to me, but he looked unhappy for several days and solemnly declared that I was not allowed to play with you anymore! He said you were leading me astray."

"Bah!" Ti Ling said unconvincedly, "Those people he hangs out with are all bad guys. If they had gathered together that day and dropped a bomb, Bangkok would have been at peace. He has the nerve to accuse me of corrupting you."

Yueming felt that she should defend her fiancé and said quickly, "You are quite right in saying that Luo Er and Su Shiyue are not good people, but my Ayun is different from them."

Ti Ling scoffed, "What's the difference? You know Aria on Khaosan Road? They're all regulars there. They get itchy feet if they don't go there two or three times a week." Then she added sourly, "An Kejian loves to go there too."

Although Ti Ling didn't say it explicitly, Yue Ming guessed what Alia did for a living. After a moment of silence, she asked, "Ayun goes there often too? Are you sure?"

"Whenever your Yun Er comes to Bangkok, he always goes in and out with Su Shiyue and the others. How could they leave him alone when they go out to have fun?"

"Yueming, what are you doing downstairs?" Yunkai's voice came from the stairs, and it sounded like he was preparing to go downstairs to find her.

Yueming hurriedly said to Ti Ling on the other end of the phone: "Ti Ling, please keep an eye on it for me. If Ayun goes to Kaoshan Road with them again, please notify me. I will find a chance to invite Cousin An to have dinner with you." After that, he hung up the phone without waiting for Ti Ling's consent.

Yun Kai had just come downstairs when she hung up the phone. Seeing her standing in front of the phone, he asked curiously, "Who's calling?"

Yueming made up a lie without blinking, "It was my cousin An who called. He told me not to stay idle at home all day and to come to the company when I have time. I promised him I would go tomorrow." After that, he asked cautiously, "Can I go to the company? I've been staying at home well these past few days and not causing any trouble!"

Yun Kai reached out and hugged her tightly in his arms, rubbing her earlobe and said, "You've already told me where you're going and what you're going to do, so of course you can go out! I'm not deliberately trying to restrain you, I just don't like you running around without any explanation."

Yueming put her arm around his waist and tilted her head to look at him: "So is what happened last time over now? Will you bring it up and scold me for it every now and then?"

Yun Kai withdrew the fingers that were rubbing her earlobe, lifted her chin and said, "Didn't you say you didn't know where that place was? If you knew, you wouldn't go there. Since you didn't do it on purpose and you're so kind in admitting your mistake, I certainly won't bring up the past."

Yueming nodded repeatedly in agreement, "That's right, that's right. Ignorance is not a crime. Knowing and still going is the unforgivable crime, right?"

She emphasized the last part, intending to remind Yun Kai, but Yun Kai thought she was trying very hard to exonerate herself. He said with a mixture of anger and amusement, "Alright, alright. I know you're innocent. I won't mention it again, okay?"

Not wanting to discuss the matter of her looking at naked men anymore, I changed the subject and said, "Your birthday is coming up soon. Do you have any gifts you want?"

Of course she had, she had been thinking about this for a long time. Yueming rolled her eyes and said bluntly, "Aren't you going to change your car? Just give me the old one as a birthday present."

Want to drive?! That's impossible: "It's not that I'm so stingy that I can't bear to give my wife an old car, it's that your impulsive personality is not suitable for driving. My heart can't bear it as long as I think of you driving around the streets. Be good, let me live a few more years! I'll hire a driver for you, and you can still ask the driver to take you wherever you want to go!" After saying this, she remembered her quarrel with Su Shiyue that day and smiled: "How about I buy you the Tian Hua Ji, don't you want it?"

That day, he looked very worried, and it was obvious that he was still angry. Su Shiyue was also adding fuel to the fire, so he was half angry and half trying to make a fuss to get over it, but he didn't really want to!

She sneered, "We have plenty of tools at home to beat up Su. The kitchen rolling pin and the garden broom are also very handy. Why bother buying a special weapon to beat him? It's embarrassing!"

Yun Kai sighed and tapped her forehead. "You! You feel itchy when I don't get into trouble for a few days, don't you? Putting aside the fact that he's my brother, your family's boat license was obtained thanks to his connections. You should be a little polite to him."

Yueming said innocently, "If he doesn't provoke me, I will definitely be polite to him. If he provokes me, of course I will kick him down the stairs. Luo Erduo is sensible and never says those bullshit in front of me." Thinking of Su Shiyue's words that day, she said angrily, "He is so much older than me, but he is not sensible at all. He is not a man to compete with a little girl like me. What does his business have to do with our quarrel? Why does he have to meddle in other people's business?"

He could only dream of having his brother and his wife live in peace. Thinking of the two of them fighting like cockfighting cocks, with feathers flying everywhere, his head ached like it was splitting.

Yun Kai thought helplessly that he could only let Su Shiyue's fiancée socialize with Yueming. She could get along with Ti Ling, and Song Wanzhi was a real lady from a noble family. Her knowledge and cultivation were much better than Ti Ling's. Yueming should like her.

When Ti Ling picked up her powder compact for the fifth time, Yue Ming couldn't bear it any longer. She put down her coffee tube, rolled her eyes, and said with an indignant look, "No need to apply more. You're already beautiful enough. You look just like the name of that powder compact in your hand today. You're so charming that it's enough to make you fall head over heels."

Ti Ling ignored her sarcasm and took out her lipstick to reapply it. While pursing her lips, she asked suspiciously, "Did you tell him to the wrong place? Why hasn't he come yet?"

Yueming leaned back in his chair and said lazily, "Don't doubt my intelligence and credibility. Our family is very particular about doing business. If you give me what I want, I will give you what you want. And I will be sincere and satisfy your requirements first."

Ti Ling lit a cigarette and handed the cigarette case and lighter to Yue Ming. Yue Ming took it and lit up. The two beautiful girls, each with their own unique beauty, puffed away leisurely, attracting the attention of many men in the restaurant.

"Don't worry, as long as you provide An Kejian and I with opportunities to spend time together, I'll help you keep an eye on Yun Er." She didn't mind being Yueming's informant. Women can be so good together one day that they'd like to wear a different lipstick, but tomorrow they can turn on each other over a man, a game of mahjong, or even a joke. The strongest friendship between women is when they've caught each other cheating, know each other's secrets, and gain each other's trust. Only such a friendship can last.

Xiao Ayue didn't know many people in Bangkok, and she didn't want to use her family's connections for something like this. Aren't the only people she could rely on her friends? Of course, she had to help her get things done!

Yueming felt the admiring gazes from the crowd and glanced across at Ti Ling. While her skin wasn't the fair complexion favored by Chinese people, her features were three-dimensional, and her curly hair gave her a distinctly tropical feel.

She asked Ti Ling curiously, "With your looks and family background, there's no need for you to chase after men. What is it about my cousin An that attracts you?"

Ti Ling tilted her head to glance at her, exhaled a long puff of smoke and said, "I don't know either. If you like it, you'll chase it! I haven't tried your cousin's style yet. I'm itching to try it."

Yueming was speechless. "So you weren't just saying it when you said you'd sleep with Cousin An before you'd be satisfied. Are you really going to do something inhumane?"

Seeing Yueming glaring at her with dead fish eyes, Ti Ling sneered, "Why, do you also think I'm a playboy and unruly person?"

Yueming was embarrassed. How dare you ask? Aren't you?

Because their relationship was mutually beneficial, Yueming tried to be more tactful. "Not really. If you're happy this way, then go ahead and do it. As a friend, of course I support you. But it's usually women who suffer in these kinds of situations. If a man is dissolute, people might at most call him a playboy, and if he changes, he might even earn a reputation as a prodigal. But once a woman crosses the line in this kind of thing, she'll never be able to recover."

Ti Ling held her forehead with her cigarette in her hand and chuckled softly, "As expected, being related to the royal family means having rules. I used to follow the rules, but one day I suddenly realized that in this life, if you make others happy, you will be unhappy. Since I'm not happy, why should I make others happy? I'll just do whatever makes me happy."

Did she suddenly figure it out one day? Did the Buddha open up your Ren and Du meridians? It seems like the hurt from her first love must have caused her to become perverted!

Yueming asked curiously, "Then would you mind telling me how many men you have slept with?"

Ti Ling frowned, thinking hard, and it seemed she was having trouble counting. To save time, Yue Ming changed her question: "Forget it, just tell me, how many times have you failed? Have you ever succeeded with Ayun's friends?"

"There aren't many people who haven't succeeded in getting what they like. Among your man's group of friends, I haven't succeeded in getting Su Shiyue. I have no interest in that loser Lin Jiahao. Even looking at him makes my eyes hurt."

Hearing Su Shao's full name, Yueming curled her lips in disdain: "What kind of vision do you have? You actually liked Su Shiyue? That guy must have dug coal in a mine or dug graves in a cemetery. He's evil and unlucky. He has such a hateful personality that he can marry a wife. It's a miracle that you're so stupid as to want to like him. I don't understand."

Ti Ling defended herself, "Su Shiyue's mouth is indeed quite annoying, but he's handsome! He's the dream lover of so many famous ladies in Bangkok. Song Wanzhi would be so lucky to marry him!"

Yueming, with an expression that would drive even the most distinguished ladies in Bangkok crazy, said to Ti Ling, "Anyone who marries Su Shiyue is doomed to fail. Don't just be fooled by his looks. He's always goading Ayun into hitting me, so he'll definitely hit women himself. As long as he hits women, he's no good..." As she spoke, she suddenly understood the implication of Ti Ling's previous words. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she asked, "You mean, Luo Er, you slept with him?"

When she asked so bluntly, Ti Ling felt awkward. She touched her nose sheepishly and said "Hmm!"

Yueming was about to continue asking questions when suddenly a big hand reached out from behind and took away the cigarette between her fingers, and then she received a slap on the back of her head, neither light nor heavy.

She was startled and thought that Yunkai had caught her. When she turned around, she immediately felt relieved.

An Kejian looked at her with disapproval, holding the cigarette that was still smoking.

Yueming complained in a delicate voice, "Brother An, you scared me. I thought Ayun had caught me."

An Kejian sat down in the chair next to her and put out his cigarette in the ashtray: "If you are so scared, why do you still smoke?"

Was she afraid of being caught smoking? She was afraid of being caught by Yun Kai with Ti Ling.

There was no way to explain it, so I could only chuckle, "Then could you please not tell my dad about it?"

An Kejian said with a straight face, "Don't worry, I won't tell my uncle. If I have to tell anyone, I'll tell Changsheng."

What’s the difference between that and complaining directly to Lan Yingde?

Yueming pouted in frustration, "I invited you to dinner out of kindness, but you want me to go back and get punished. Forget it, I'd better leave!"

Ti Ling was eagerly waiting for Yue Ming to pave the way for her, but when she heard that she was about to leave, she suddenly became anxious and secretly kicked her legs under the table.