Chapter 29 "Rogue, Bastard".
After Fang Qizhou agreed to return to the Fang family, he deliberately took Zhu Fan back to the bedroom in front of Fang Qibai and played a dress-up game for half an hour.
She wore all of the several white dresses Fang Qizhou bought.
Fang Qizhou would comment on each of Zhu Fan's new outfits.
"This makes my waist look even slimmer."
The man pinched her waist, making her stand on tiptoe to kiss him, but deliberately prevented her from actually kissing him. Finally, he leaned in and kissed her. After the kiss, he slowly and deliberately tied the bow around her waist.
The sounds from inside the room reached Fang Qibai's ears clearly as he stood outside the apartment door.
He started another game with a blank expression.
"This skirt is so short, but it makes my baby's legs look so beautiful."
Fang Qizhou's voice was casual and lazy, deliberate and intentional.
"This one—"
Zhu Fan turned her back and changed into a brand new white dress, then interrupted him through gritted teeth, "Fang Qizhou, have you had enough fun? If I don't go home soon, I'll be exposed."
The girl's voice was very low, tinged with embarrassment and annoyance.
The moment Zhu Fan turned to face Fang Qizhou, the man's dark eyes deepened.
The girl wore a pure white halter-neck dress, its style so simple yet perfectly accentuating her figure. Her collarbones, slender waist, and long legs were all beautifully outlined. Her long black hair flowed freely, giving her an air of both innocence and allure.
He lowered his head and tucked a strand of her hair into his hand, saying, "I can't get enough of playing with it."
Zhu Fan bit her lip. "This is the last one. You should go back now."
Following her call, Fang Qibai, who had been waiting impatiently, knocked on the door a few times.
Fang Qizhou's eyes showed his displeasure at being disturbed.
He seemed thoughtful. "Honey, you're dressed so beautifully, would you like my brother to see you?"
Fang Qibai paused in controlling the character.
The girl in the room felt increasingly familiar to him.
He looked up from his phone—
Zhu Fan smiled in the room, lifted her skirt, and was about to walk out.
The girl's skirt swayed gently and fell into Fang Qibai's line of sight, but apart from that corner of the skirt, he couldn't see anything else clearly.
The mobile game interface changed back to color, and he suppressed the strange feeling that had been lingering in his heart.
Zhu Fan didn't care at all what Fang Qibai would think if he saw her here.
Her intention to leave caused Fang Qizhou's expression to instantly turn cold.
Fang Qizhou grabbed her wrist.
The girl was angry and impatient, with a distinctly indifferent look in her eyes.
The two locked eyes.
Fang Qizhou lowered his eyes and told Zhu Fan a string of numbers, "If you find the password troublesome, you can register your fingerprint or use voice control."
Zhu Fan wrote down the password to Fang Qizhou's apartment door using her phone's memo app.
Fang Qizhou walked out of the room under the girl's urging gaze, but then suddenly turned back and took something from the bedside table on the left.
Zhu Fan sat on the bed with her back to him, looking at her phone.
She's now praying that the two brothers will go back soon so she can leave as soon as possible.
Zhu Wan sent her a new message on her phone: "Mom said we'll go to the hospital to see Zhu Ci together after you come back from your morning run."
Zhu Fan's hand, which was gripping the phone, was taken by Fang Qizhou—
A white mother-of-pearl four-leaf clover bracelet was fastened to her left wrist.
Zhu Fan felt that the bracelet looked very familiar.
"You fell onto the hotel bed that night."
The man's black hair fell over his forehead, and his dark eyes looked at him calmly, offering a kind reminder.
Reminded by Fang Qizhou, Zhu Fan couldn't help but recall the scene at the hotel that night.
Her lips moved slightly, "Last night..."
Fang Qizhou strode along lazily, tossing out a remark: "I can't stand the Drunken Stone."
Zhu Fan clenched his fists, his cheeks flushed red, and angrily pounded the bed, yelling, "You scoundrel, you bastard!"
The man's lips curled into a smile as he stepped out of the room.
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Zhu Family Parking Lot.
Zhu Fan carefully examined his face and neck in the car mirror, and seeing no signs of intimacy, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The teeth marks that were previously covered with a band-aid on my neck have completely disappeared.
In the car, she changed out of her dress into the black yoga pants and gray tank top she had worn for her night run the previous night.
Zhu Fan pretended to run a kilometer around the lake before returning.
Meng Yin, who had just cut the flower branches in the garden, straightened up and handed the bouquet of flowers she was holding to Zhu Fan.
Meng Yin: "The sun is so strong, and you've been jogging for so long. Aren't you afraid of getting sunburned? Why aren't you wearing a hat? Let Mom see if your face is sunburned."
Zhu Fan wanted to say that it was both sunny and hot.
It's already past nine o'clock, and the highest temperature in Beijing today is expected to reach 37℃.
She stood still, letting Meng Yin observe her face.
Meng Yin couldn't help but poke her daughter's soft and bouncy face.
Seeing that Zhu Fan didn't dodge, she couldn't help but gently pinch him again.
The eldest daughter didn't dodge or avoid being pinched on the cheek, which surprised and delighted Meng Yin.
In the past, Zhu Fan was well-behaved and never caused them any trouble. Whatever she did, she always did her best. The old lady's strictness made her understand her eldest daughter's increasingly aloof nature. She saw it all and felt sorry for her.
"Mom, have you finished kneading?"
Meng Yin grinned, "I can't pinch it enough."
Despite saying that, she still let go of her daughter and instead took Zhu Fan's arm as they went inside.
Zhu Fan looked around but didn't see Zhu Wan. He asked, "Where's A-Wan?"
Meng Yin: "After you finish breakfast, go upstairs. When you're done tidying up, come downstairs and call your mother to come down with you."
Zhu Fan placed the flowers in her hand on the table and went upstairs.
Meng Yin slapped her forehead, came out of the kitchen, and said to Zhu Fan who was coming upstairs, "My sister said she doesn't want to wear the hospital gown. Can you help Mom pack some pretty dresses for her to bring down?"
Zhu Fan agreed, and as she passed Zhu Wan's room, she saw the door was half-open and knocked on it.
Two still-warm eggs were placed in Zhu Fan's hands.
The way Zhu Wan stuffed the egg into her hand and the way she breathed a sigh of relief for her softened Zhu Fan's heart.
"Did they save this especially for me because they were worried I hadn't eaten breakfast?"
Zhu Wan nodded.
Zhu Fan: "Aren't you curious about what mischief I got up to last night?"
Zhu Wan shook her head, "I will keep your secret."
Zhu Fanchao made a heart shape with her hands.
Upon seeing Zhu Wan's pink dress and black sneakers, she asked, "Who put this together for you?"
Zhu Wan's languid French-style puff-sleeved floral maxi dress makes her look too thin and somewhat slender, yet it doesn't clash or look bad with her overall气质 (qi zhi - a combination of temperament, bearing, and style). It's just that her mismatched sneakers make the whole outfit look tacky and sophisticated.
Zhu Wan looked down at her dress. "My mom chose this dress. She said that pink is Zhu Ci's lucky color today. Many classmates are going to visit her in the hospital, so she told me to dress up nicely and make some new friends."
The friends and classmates who came to see Zhu Ci were all from Gefei High School.
The cool air from the air conditioner made Zhu Fan sigh comfortably. "Wear whatever you want to wear."
Zhu Wan changed out of her dress with a sigh of relief.
She's not used to wearing skirts.
When Meng Yin brought Zhu Fan and Zhu Wan to the hospital ward, many of Zhu Ci's classmates and girlfriends had gathered in the room.
The VIP ward was filled with the aroma of freshly ground coffee.
Zhu Ci sat cross-legged on the bed with her elegantly dressed girlfriends, looking down at their phones. Every now and then, someone would come over to check on her.
The little princess, who was the center of attention, pouted haughtily, "Who wants to eat the apple you peeled? You peel a mandarin orange for me instead."
The boy pointed to by Zhu Ci obeyed without question, getting up from the sofa to peel a mandarin orange.
Seeing Meng Yin enter, Zhu Ci's eyes lit up, and she pouted and said coquettishly, "Mom, why did you take so long to come..."
Meng Yin placed the flowers on the balcony of the ward, saying, "I cut a lot of your favorite flowers from the garden to add some life and color to this ward."
He then laughed and said, "You can chat freely with your classmates when I'm not around."
After being politely addressed as "Auntie," Meng Yin smiled and turned around to introduce Zhu Wan.
Upon closer inspection, it became clear that neither Zhu Fan nor Zhu Wan had entered the ward.
Zhu Fan tied her untied shoelaces and gestured for Zhu Wan, who was waiting for her, to go inside first.
When Zhu Ci saw Zhu Wan enter the ward, the smile on her lips froze.
She had already told her mother not to invite Zhu Wan to visit her today.
The ward quieted down as Meng Yin began her introduction.
The boys and girls looked at Zhu Wan with curiosity.
The rumor that Zhu Ci was the fake heiress of the Zhu family had already spread among Ge Fei and the ladies of high society.
Even so, Zhu Ci was not sent away and remained the favored daughter of the Zhu family.
Zhu Wan's gaze was drawn to a girl wearing the Gefei school uniform.
Next week, she will also wear this beautiful school uniform to attend her senior year at Gefei High School.
On the way there, Meng Yin asked Zhu Wan if she had decided which high school she wanted to attend.
Last night, while chatting with her grandmother, Zhu Wan made up her mind to go to Gefei.
She visited both schools in person and found that the interview and written test questions at Gefei were more difficult and challenging. The fact that she could get a tuition reduction based on her grades was a form of recognition and encouragement for her.
The interview and written test at No. 2 Middle School felt like they were going easy on her.
Meng Yin gently put her arm around Zhu Wan: "Let me introduce you all. This is Zhu Wan, Aunt Meng's daughter. She passed Ge Fei's rigorous interview and written test on Friday. She will be your classmate next Monday."
“Ah Yuan has just returned to Beijing. Auntie hopes you can become good friends and help each other at school.”
Zhu Wan was the center, surrounded by boys and girls.
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