Chapter 35 Break up with me and elope with him? ...
"I trusted her so much, so much! How could she abandon her husband and daughter to come and drink with male escorts!"
"What do I lack compared to those men? Fatty has money, looks, and a great physique. What do I lack compared to those men who are just handsome, have good bodies, and are young?"
"Is it because I've been away from home a lot lately that she's trying to annoy me? But if she's trying to annoy me, she should at least let me know so I can feel it. What does it mean that she only said she wouldn't be home tonight? Yun Jin didn't even say she wouldn't be home!"
"Moo..."
Although he knew the private room was well soundproofed, Hua Cheng still covered Liu Zhuang's mouth as soon as he let out a howl that sounded like a cow mooing.
Although he was thin, he had a strong grip. Liu Zhuang was so gripped that he almost rolled his eyes back and quickly slapped the ground in surrender.
“I can let go, but you can’t scream,” Hua Cheng warned.
Liu Zhuang nodded quickly, and Hua Cheng then let go.
Fresh air rushed in, and Liu Zhuang, supporting himself on the ground, gasped for breath. After catching his breath, he glared at Hua Cheng and yelled, "It's all your fault! What a terrible idea! If your sister-in-law cheats on you today, I won't let you get away with it!"
"What does this have to do with me? I only asked Feng Wan to invite Yun Jin and Lan Li, I didn't ask her to invite my sister-in-law." Hua Cheng felt wronged.
Liu Zhuang sneered: "If you hadn't been dragging me out all day, would Yueqin be angry with me? If you hadn't asked Feng Wan to organize this gathering, why would she be here today!"
"Maybe my sister-in-law originally planned to come here, but we bumped into each other on the way," Hua Cheng continued to argue.
"Bullshit! Yueqin is so reserved and conservative, she doesn't even go to mixed-gender gyms, how could she possibly come to a place like this!" Liu Zhuang felt more and more upset. "She's never seen anything like this before, she must be terrified."
"Everyone, feel free to have fun today. I have a platinum card here, which gives me a 30% discount," Chen Yueqin said with a smile, raising her glass.
Feng Wan picked up a glass of orange juice: "Thank you, sister-in-law."
Lan Li also raised her glass.
The three glasses clinked together with a crisp sound. Chen Yueqin downed the red wine in her glass in one gulp and let out a pleasant breath.
"Sister-in-law, it seems like getting a platinum card here is really difficult. Not only do you have to spend a certain amount, but you also have to be a registered member of the store for more than five years," Lan Li leaned over. "How did you manage to get one?"
"Didn't you already state the requirements for getting the card?" Chen Yueqin handed her an empty glass to the side, and the handsome part-time male student immediately poured her a drink. "If you meet the requirements, you can get it."
Lan Li remained silent for a while, then silently gave a thumbs up: "I didn't realize, sister-in-law, you're still a regular customer."
"It's alright," Chen Yueqin said modestly. "Yun Jin has come here with me a few times. Even someone as picky as her thinks the environment here is quite nice."
Lan Li immediately looked towards the end of the sofa.
Yun Jin looked indifferent, constantly texting on her phone, clearly busy with work.
Noticing Lan Li's gaze, Yun Jin looked up: "What?"
Lan Li leaned closer, and the handsome young man who had been staring longingly at Yun Jin immediately backed away.
"Do you often come here with your sister-in-law?" Lan Li asked.
Yun Jin casually replied, "We used to, but it's been several years since we've been together."
That's why he specifically invited his sister-in-law after accepting Feng Wan's invitation.
Upon hearing her words, Chen Yueqin immediately corrected her: "It's not several years, it's only two years at most."
If we calculate the time, it was roughly after Huacheng fell ill.
Chen Yueqin felt a pang of sadness when she thought of Hua Cheng's illness.
Lan Li, unaware of Hua Cheng's illness, remarked, "I never expected that you married people would be more fun than us single people."
"Sister Lan, you're more adept at having fun than me," Feng Wan said tactfully.
Lan Li looked at her large belly and was speechless.
Chen Yueqin was amused by her expression and turned to clink glasses with Feng Wan.
Lan Li wiped her face, then turned her head and saw Yun Jin still replying to messages. She asked curiously, "What are you busy with?"
"Something came up," Yun Jin glanced at her, "I remember you have a few influential friends in Hui County?"
Lan Li nodded: "Yes."
Yun Jin put down her phone: "Help me look up someone."
"Who is it?" Lan Li asked casually.
Yun Jin: "Qiu Sheng, the owner of Dahe Asset Consulting Service Company, was arrested a few years ago for violent debt collection. Could you ask someone to help me find out what he did before September 2013? It would be best to give me the results within 24 hours. If the investigation is fast enough, also collect information about his relatives and their criminal acts, which should be from one or three years ago."
"Why are you looking into this?" Lan Li asked.
Yun Jin: "Something came up."
Lan Li paused for a moment, staring at her thoughtfully.
Yun Jin chuckled: "What are you looking at?"
"I have a feeling you're hiding something from me," Lan Li said, resting her chin on her hand. "Hua Cheng's hometown is Hui County, right? Are you investigating him because of him? You've been asking me to lie for you lately, what are you up to?"
"With so many questions from you, which one should I answer?" Yun Jin asked back.
Lan Li: "It depends on your sincerity."
Yun Jin thought for a moment, then beckoned to her, and Lan Li immediately came over.
Yun Jin whispered in her ear, "I'm not sincere."
Lan Li: "..."
You'll help me, right?
Under the flashing lights, Yun Jin smiled.
Lan Li looked at her with a complicated expression, and was about to speak when Feng Wan suddenly moved closer, her pregnant belly protruding, and casually interrupted, "Sister, Sister Lan, what are you whispering about?"
Lan Li reached out and touched Feng Wan's hair: "Jealous?"
“No…” Feng Wan blushed.
Lan Li stared at her for a few seconds, then turned to Yun Jin and said, "You've really caused a lot of trouble."
"Will you help me?" Yun Jin asked again.
"Help, help, help!" Lan Li waved her hand impatiently and went to drink with Chen Yueqin.
Feng Wan took her place and, blushing, poured Yun Jin a glass of champagne: "Sister, this wine is very delicious, you should try it."
Yun Jin took it, held it in her hand, and looked at her with a smile.
Feng Wan cleared her throat awkwardly and gently clinked glasses with her orange juice.
"You need to control your blood sugar in the late stages of pregnancy," Yun Jinyou reminded you.
Feng Wan: "This orange juice isn't sweet, it's sour."
"Then drink less."
"good."
The phone that had been lying on the sofa suddenly lit up. Yun Jin picked it up and glanced at it. It was a message from the person she had sent to Hui County to investigate.
Looking at her serious expression, Feng Wan couldn't help but ask, "Sister, is the company very busy lately?"
Yun Jin looked up after replying: "Not busy."
Feng Wan nodded, about to speak, when Lan Li, who was not far away, suddenly interrupted: "If you're not busy, put down that stupid phone of yours. What are you doing? You invited us out to play, and you're just banging on your phone? Trying to make it seem like you have a job, huh?"
After Lan Li finished speaking, she suddenly realized: "It's true, there are four women in the private room now, and you're the only one who has a job!"
Yun Jin raised an eyebrow: "Yeah, so what? Should I pay the bill?"
"I don't need you!" Lan Li put her arm around Chen Yueqin's shoulder, acting like a bully. "My sister-in-law is a platinum client!"
“Did you hear that? We don’t need you!” Chen Yueqin echoed with a smile.
Feng Wan also advised, "Sister, you've finally managed to get out and have some fun, so don't think about work anymore."
The three of them hadn't met often, but their teamwork was flawless. Yun Jin had no choice but to compromise and put her phone on airplane mode in front of them, which, as expected, elicited cheers.
Taking advantage of the moment, Feng Wan glanced at the handsome young man next to her. He immediately understood and brought over his glass, saying, "President Yun, I'd like to toast you."
Upon hearing this, Yun Jin noticed the child who had been sitting next to her for half a day for the first time.
He looked to be around twenty years old, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes that gave him a dashing appearance, but his smile revealed a gentle side to his eyes, somewhat resembling Hua Cheng.
It's too deliberate.
She twitched her eyelids and looked at Feng Wan with a half-smile.
Feng Wan coughed lightly and silently looked up at the ceiling.
Yun Jin didn't refuse the child's request. After having a drink with the man, she gestured for him to get her some food. The child left happily, but Feng Wan could tell that he wasn't interested.
"Should we call a few more in?" she asked Yun Jin for her opinion.
Yun Jin leisurely swirled her champagne: "You really want me to make a mistake?"
“Whatever my sister does is right,” Feng Wan said sincerely.
Yun Jin smiled and asked, "Have you finalized the hospital and postpartum care center arrangements?"
Seeing that she changed the subject, Feng Wan knew that it meant she was refusing. Although she was disappointed, she did not try to persuade her anymore: "It's all arranged. It's abroad. I'll go there next week."
Yun Jin nodded: "Let me know when you are admitted to the hospital, and I will come to accompany you."
"Thank you, sister," Feng Wan smiled, her eyes crinkling, "but I still don't want to. The journey is too far, and I don't want you to suffer. I'll contact you as soon as I give birth."
Yun Jin knew that although Feng Wan was always timid in front of her, she was always very principled. If she said she didn't want her to go, she really meant it, so she didn't insist anymore.
"On the day of delivery, sign a remote authorization form for me. If anything happens, I can help make decisions," Yun Jin instructed.
A blush rose on Feng Wan's face, and she nodded happily.
The dimly lit corner of the private room was practically overflowing with pink bubbles. Lan Li couldn't bear to watch, so she simply dragged Chen Yueqin into a drinking contest.
Chen Yueqin was two years older than Liu Zhuang, and her alcohol tolerance couldn't compare to that of the younger women; she was quickly defeated.
"I can't... I really can't," she quickly begged for mercy. "Xiao Lan, do you want to see a boy band dance? Or a hand gesture dance? If not, a leg sweep dance, but I don't think that's anything worth watching."
Lan Li: "...Sister-in-law, isn't your internet speed a little too fast?"
They even know about the sweeping leg dance.
"Want to see?"
"look!"
Seeing that she was no longer pestering her to drink, Chen Yueqin immediately signaled the young man next to her to prepare.
The little boy immediately rushed out of the room, and as soon as he reached the corridor, he shouted at the bar at the end of the corridor: "Sister Qin wants to see dancing, so call a few more people to make it lively!"
The bar staff responded immediately.
Feng Wan was quite far along in her pregnancy and soon felt exhausted, so she had to leave first, regrettably missing the energetic singing and dancing performance.
The music was so intense that it brought everyone's emotions to a fever pitch. Lan Li pulled Chen Yueqin along as they hopped and skipped among a group of handsome men. By the end of the song, both of them were sweating and panting as they nestled into the sofa.
"Sister-in-law, this place is so much fun!" Lan Li shouted at the top of her lungs as the music was too loud.
Chen Yueqin: "You like it?"
Lan Li nodded vigorously.
"Then I'll call you again next time!" Chen Yueqin said with a smile.
Lan Li linked arms with her, the two like sisters: "When is the next time?"
"Anytime!" Chen Yueqin answered loudly.
Lan Li let out a sigh, then suddenly became rational: "Won't Fatty be angry if we go out like this?"
"It was just meeting up with people for drinks and a chat, nothing more, why is he so angry?" Chen Yueqin said calmly. "Besides, he's been messing around with other people lately, and I haven't said anything about it."
"What the hell?" Lan Li gasped, slamming her hand on the table. "With whom?!"
"Hua Cheng".
"Hua..." Lan Li's anger suddenly faltered, "Huh?"
Upon hearing someone's name, Yun Jin also glanced in this direction.
Chen Yueqin chuckled: "The two of them think they've kept it a secret. They're never home. They often go out and come back looking disheveled. I don't know what they've been up to. It makes me angry, but I'm too lazy to expose them."
“Hua Cheng didn’t tell me.” Yun Jin sat down.
Lan Li glanced at her sideways: "Not pretending to be dead anymore?"
"I wasn't pretending at all," Yun Jin replied calmly. She had been watching the waiter perform magic tricks while they were dancing.
Lan Li scoffed and urged Chen Yueqin to continue the previous topic.
Chen Yueqin satisfied her curiosity, but said it to Yun Jin: "The two of them always choose to go out when you're at work, so of course you don't know."
Yun Jin: "So what did they go about?"
“I don’t know. Liu Zhuang refuses to tell you no matter what. Why don’t you go back and ask Hua Cheng?” Chen Yueqin suggested.
Yun Jin nodded and fell into deep thought.
Sensing that the atmosphere had cooled down, Lan Li immediately protested, "Hey, we're all out having fun, can we stop talking about husbands?"
Chen Yueqin looked at her amusedly: "Didn't you bring up your fat brother first?"
"I only brought it up out of concern for you. What if bringing me out affects your relationship as a couple?" Lan Li argued vehemently.
Chen Yueqin patted her on the shoulder: "Don't worry, it won't have any impact."
"Really?" Lan Li thought of Liu Zhuang's stingy manner and expressed her doubt.
Chen Yueqin: "Really, because I don't care when he goes out to play, so he doesn't mind if I occasionally go out all night."
"So that's how it is," Lan Li said, suddenly realizing.
"Fake! It's all fake! Moo..."
Liu Zhuang bellowed again, like a bull.
Hua Cheng found it noisy, but remembering that he was the culprit, he could only silently endure his strange wailing.
“Whenever I go out for drinks, she scratches my face all over. If I come home a little late, I have to sleep on the sofa,” Liu Zhuang continued to complain. “Me! The head of the public relations department at Yuncheng Technology, I usually turn down even normal social engagements to maintain family harmony. But her! She says she loves me the most, but secretly she goes out drinking with male escorts! It’s all fake! Her love for me is all fake!”
Hua Cheng reassured her, "Maybe your sister-in-law didn't want to come either, but she's too shy to refuse."
"So shameless, yet you still want male escorts to dance?" Liu Zhuang sneered.
"...Maybe Yun Jin ordered it. Yun Jin likes to watch handsome men dance." For the sake of his brother and sister-in-law's marriage, Hua Cheng painfully framed his own wife.
Liu Zhuang's expression was somber: "Hua Cheng."
Hua Cheng: "What?"
Liu Zhuang: "I'm not deaf."
Hua Cheng: "..."
Okay, he's not deaf either.
That boy shouted so loudly that the whole world heard Sister Qin say she wanted to watch dancing.
Hua Cheng suddenly fell silent, and Liu Zhuang angrily asked, "Why aren't you saying anything?!"
Hua Cheng opened his mouth, then closed it again.
After a long pause, he feigned concern: "It's getting late, aren't you going back to be with Beibei?"
"What's the point of having a daughter if you've already lost your wife!" Liu Zhuang said coldly.
Hua Cheng knew he was just saying things out of anger. In fact, although his sister-in-law told him to go home early, she definitely wouldn't leave Bei Bei alone at home. They both knew this perfectly well.
"No way!" Liu Zhuang jumped to his feet. "I can't let her keep playing like this. I'm taking her home!"
Hua Cheng quickly advised, "Calm down. There are so many people inside. If you go and grab your sister-in-law, doesn't she have any dignity?"
"So I'm just going to let it go like this?!" Liu Zhuang said with a look of grief and indignation.
“…This is a proper place. They’re just drinking and dancing inside. You can leave them alone and nothing will happen,” Hua Cheng said earnestly.
Liu Zhuang, however, was unconvinced: "You make it sound so easy. The door to the private room was closed. Who knows what they were doing in there?"
"There are so many people, what can they possibly do!" Hua Cheng broke down.
At this moment, he no longer cared about being jealous of the people around Yun Jin; all he wanted to do was appease the fat man in front of him.
Liu Zhuang snorted coldly, determined to continue his unreasonable behavior: "I don't care, I'm just not at ease."
"Alright, alright, go ahead and pick up your sister-in-law." Hua Cheng didn't want to get involved anymore.
Liu Zhuang turned to leave, but stopped abruptly at the door, looking at Hua Cheng with a gloomy expression.
Hua Cheng knew he wouldn't dare, and with a light snort, he was about to offer him a way out when he saw Liu Zhuang open the door: "Go ahead."
Hua Cheng: "?"
Ten minutes later, he appeared before Liu Zhuang with a blank expression, wearing a silver wig that almost covered his eyes, a black mask, and a uniform of a male escort at a club, dressed in a shirt and vest.
"Congratulations, you've fulfilled your wish to return to your twenties," Liu Zhuang said, patting Hua Cheng's butt with considerable satisfaction as he looked at the man who had transformed from a business elite into a handsome anime boy. "Go on, check out the situation inside for your brother. If things aren't going too far, I won't go in."
Hua Cheng: "I think..."
"What do you think? Hurry up and go." Liu Zhuang pushed him to the door of the next room, then quickly ran back into the room, only his head showing.
Hua Cheng looked helpless, not understanding why he had come up with such a move.
"Go!" Liu Zhuang urged in a low voice.
Hua Cheng looked down at his clothes, then touched his mask with concern: "Really can't tell?"
"I guarantee you won't be able to tell," Liu Zhuang emphasized.
Hua Cheng took a deep breath, picked up a bottle of wine, and pushed open the door to go inside.
The moment the door opened, a deafening sound wave rushed into the corridor, but before it could fully develop, it was blocked by the door closing again.
As soon as Hua Cheng entered the room, he saw Yun Jin sitting in the corner, watching the male escort perform magic tricks.
It's the simplest card trick, old-fashioned and boring. I don't know what's so interesting about it, yet she's watching it so intently. Is she watching the trick or the person performing it...?
Although Hua Cheng had anticipated that a bottle of aged vinegar was waiting for him before he entered the room, he did not expect that the vinegar contained sulfuric acid, which bubbled and burned a hole in his heart.
Now it's not just Fatty who wants to mess with them; he wants to too.
Hua Cheng forcibly suppressed his emotions and was about to walk inside when Chen Yueqin, who was dancing passionately in the corner, suddenly fell towards him.
He was startled and quickly reached out to steady her.
"Thanks……"
Chen Yueqin mumbled a thank you, then looked up and suddenly met his gaze.
Chen Yueqin: "?"
Hua Cheng: "..."
During the three seconds of eye contact, Hua Cheng felt like he had experienced social death at least eight hundred times.
But three seconds later, Chen Yueqin suddenly laughed and patted his butt: "Another handsome guy has arrived!"
Hua Cheng, who was being harassed by his sister-in-law: "..."
Lan Li, who was playing cards with some handsome guys, looked up when she heard the noise, blinked when she saw Hua Cheng, and suddenly whistled: "You're doing well, come over for a drink!"
Hua Cheng's lips were stiff as he bent down and placed the wine on the table.
Just as a song ended, Lan Li's lingering notes echoed in the suddenly quiet room before dissipating into the air.
Before the next song started, Yun Jin's gaze fell on someone, and after a few seconds of silence, she patted the spot next to her.
Hua Cheng: "?"
"Here's a seat for you." The handsome young man who had been performing magic tricks pulled him along, and Hua Cheng, caught off guard, sat down on the other side of Yun Jin.
Hua Cheng: "..."
The thumping sound started again, and the noisy music reminded him of his time working in a bar. He turned to look at Yun Jin's profile and a thought suddenly popped into his head.
...If he had encountered a customer like her back then, he probably would have cried and begged to be taken care of.
Hua Cheng thought of this possibility and was about to smile when Yun Jin glanced at him again.
His expression froze, and he quickly lowered his head, racking his brains to figure out how to explain to Yun Jin that he was actually mute after she spoke to him.
However, Yun Jin didn't seem inclined to talk to him. After glancing at him, she continued chatting with the other boy about magic.
With the crisis suddenly resolved, Hua Cheng felt a little lost and sat up a little straighter, somewhat unnaturally.
Chen Yueqin was still dancing energetically, her beauty in the crowd like a peacock. Lan Li laughed loudly, threw out a card, and tore off a sticky note, slapping it onto the face of the boy next to her. They both displayed personalities quite different from usual, while Yun Jin…
Yun Jin remained calm as always, but a smile appeared on her face when she received the roses the boy conjured up.
She hadn't smiled at him like that in a long time.
When she accepted the roses, her fingers touched the man's.
She didn't even touch his fingers.
Hua Cheng sat silently, the sulfuric acid in the vinegar bottle bubbling away, reaching its peak just as Yun Jin agreed to add him as a friend.
He lowered his eyes and was about to get up and leave, but before he could move, Yun Jin's shoe tip suddenly pressed against his calf.
He bought these shoes; they have a seven-centimeter stiletto heel and a metallic pointed toe. When they're on the office carpet, they make you look like a professional elite; when they're on him, they make you look like a strict master.
And now, the tip of the shoe occasionally brushes against his calf.
The familiar feeling instantly pulled him back to a certain night, but the current environment was clearly not suitable for recalling that night. His throat tightened, and he subconsciously straightened his back.
He glanced at Yun Jin silently, wondering if she was doing it on purpose, but Yun Jin didn't turn around to look at him. She was still discussing magic tricks with the little boy over there.
...What's so fun about this damn magic trick? Look at me! Play me!
Unfortunately, Hua Cheng only dared to say these words in his heart; in reality, he didn't even dare to move an inch.
The music was intoxicating, the lights were dreamlike, and the smell of alcohol in the air numbed the senses.
There were many things that could distract Hua Cheng, but his attention remained entirely on his calves.
Yun Jin still had her legs crossed, and as she talked to the young boy, she casually swung the ankle of the leg that was crossed, the toe of her shoe swaying gently with the movement, tapping at Hua Cheng's heart intermittently through the thin trousers.
But Hua Cheng clearly remembered that his heart wasn't located on his calf.
So he fled in panic.
Liu Zhuang had been peeking through the crack in the door, and when he saw him run out, he quickly pulled the man back inside.
"How was it? How was it?"
Hua Cheng pulled off his mask: "It's okay, I had a very healthy time."
My sister-in-law's activity level is about the same as running a half marathon.
Liu Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately questioned, "Why are you blushing if you're playing healthy games?"
Hua Cheng glanced at him, his feelings complicated: "Fatty."
Liu Zhuang: "Huh?"
Hua Cheng: "I think I've been played by Yun Jin."
Liu Zhuang: "?"
In the room just a wall away, the dancers stopped dancing, the card players stopped playing, and the magicians stopped watching. The three women gathered together, each with a glass of champagne.
"What do you think he was thinking?" Chen Yueqin asked slowly. "He didn't think that just because he's wearing a wig, we wouldn't recognize him, did he?"
Lan Li: "Sometimes I even doubt how he, with his IQ, managed to make Yuncheng Technology so big and strong."
Yun Jin raised her glass: "My wife is mentally ill; please excuse her."
Lan Li expressed her understanding, but Chen Yueqin felt that her words were a bit morbid.
They had originally planned to play all night, but after Miracle Chengcheng disrupted things, they suddenly felt a bit bored. The three of them discussed it and decided to just break up.
Lan Li lived far away, so she called a designated driver to go home. Chen Yueqin asked Yun Jin if she wanted to go back together.
"No need," Yun Jin glanced at two furtive figures out of the corner of her eye, calmly tidied her hair, "I'll wait for someone to pick me up. Sister-in-law, do you want to call a designated driver?"
"I don't think I'll need it either," Chen Yueqin said with a smile, clearly having seen it as well.
The two parted ways at the front desk. Chen Yueqin took the elevator directly to the underground parking garage. Just as she reached her car, Liu Zhuang rushed out.
"Wife?" His eyes widened. "What a coincidence! What are you doing here?"
Chen Yueqin sneered and pulled him into the car by the ear.
Yun Jin walked alone to the entrance of the club, expecting to see some poorly acting person pretending to bump into her, but as soon as she stepped down the steps, she heard the roar of a motorcycle.
She looked in the direction of the voice and saw someone take off their helmet, smile, and wave at her: "Sister!"
Yun Jin slowly narrowed her eyes and smiled.
I initially thought our meeting tonight was a coincidence, but now that I see Feng Che, I realize it's not.
Hua Cheng, who was hiding in the shadows, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
Calling Feng Che over was his plan B for tonight.
If Yun Jin doesn't think much of the people in the club, then perhaps her little brother, whom she's watched grow up, has the ability to rival that trash.
Hua Cheng watched Feng Che run towards Yun Jin, and felt so heartbroken he almost fainted.
Suddenly, Yun Jin glanced in his direction.
He quickly hid, and when he peeked out again, Yun Jin had already gotten on Feng Che's motorcycle and left.
"That bastard, why is he riding a motorcycle in this cold weather!" Hua Cheng, ignoring his sadness, cursed and drove after him.
It was very cold. Motorcycles roared along the road. Yun Jin sat behind Feng Che, her beautiful dress fluttering wildly in the wind.
Before Yun Jin got into the car, Feng Che had already obtained her consent and drove her to the nearby Yangshan Park.
The park is open 24 hours a day, but there was no one there at the moment, and the streetlights were off. After parking his car, Feng Che obediently used his phone to illuminate Yun Jin.
Meeting Yun Jin in the middle of the night, Feng Che was very excited and even talked more than usual: "Sister, you haven't been to this park in a long time, have you? I remember when Yuncheng Technology was first established, you often came here to do on-the-ground promotion. I liked following you the most back then because every time I helped you meet your targets, you would treat me to ice cream."
"Do you remember that artificial hill over there? You said everything here was great except for the artificial hill, which was too fake. I even laughed at you then, saying that if an artificial hill isn't fake, it shouldn't be called an artificial hill. You didn't argue with me, but as a result, you didn't buy me ice cream for three days in a row."
"That cobblestone path is the same as always. Every morning at six o'clock, many old men and women walk around on it. I tried to imitate them, but I hurt myself so much that I cried. You bought me two ice creams that day."
He kept talking, from the beginning to the end, about ice cream. Yun Jin had just drunk some alcohol and been exposed to the wind, and now her head was a little sore. She really wanted to buy another ice cream to shut him up.
Feng Che noticed her expression and smiled: "What a pity, there's no ice cream for sale right now, so I can't have some peace and quiet."
Yun Jin's eyes flickered slightly as she looked at him.
Feng Che said smugly, "You think I don't know? You bought me ice cream not because you like me, but because you think I'm too annoying and want me to shut up."
Yun Jin stared at him for a few seconds, then smiled: "Where exactly are you taking me?"
“We’ve arrived,” Feng Che said.
Yun Jin looked up and saw a large artificial lake.
To be precise, it's already a wild lake.
The city has developed too fast. The once bustling park is now deserted, and the lake is no longer maintained by any professional staff. Wild grass grows rampant on the lakeside beach.
“When my parents first got married, my status as an illegitimate child was made public. Everyone looked down on me, yet everyone wanted to curry favor with me. Only my sister,” Feng Che smiled, her eyes crinkling, the shimmering lake reflected in her pupils, “neither liked me nor hated me. But when someone bullied me, she would speak up for me, cover me with a blanket when I was asleep, and remember my birthday and buy me gifts.”
Yun Jin met his gaze for a moment, then said truthfully, "I did that back then because your father had just invested a large sum of money in Yuncheng Technology. I was no different from those who fawned over you."
“It’s different, it’s different,” Feng Che smiled even more happily, “I know my sister is good to me.”
Yun Jin raised her eyebrows and looked up at the calm lake surface.
“Sister, you told me that the stones by the lake have spirits,” Feng Che suddenly spoke up in the silence, “If I can stack three stones together, the gods can grant me a wish.”
Yun Jin glanced at him sideways.
Feng Che slowly exhaled a breath of hot air, his whole being filled with a kind of youthful nervousness.
Yun Jin seemed to sense something: "Xiao Che..."
Just as I called out his name, the streetlights that had been off suddenly turned on, illuminating the small stones on the riverbank.
Three after three, countless threes lined up in formation, once hidden in a person's turbulent years, now all descended into Yun Jin's eyes.
“…No one has come here for a very long time. I’ve been stacking these stones since I was fourteen, and they haven’t been damaged much,” Feng Che unconsciously clenched the hem of his clothes, his voice trembling slightly. “Sister, do you think even God is helping me?”
Yun Jin looked at the little stones and remained silent for a long time before speaking: "I was lying to you."
Feng Che's eyes gradually reddened.
Yun Jin calmly met his gaze: "Back then, I just didn't want you to stick to me, so I made up a lie to have you pile stones here. Later, I felt it was too dangerous to leave you alone by the lake, so I forbade you to come here again."
But he clearly didn't listen.
Yun Jin smiled faintly: "Xiao Che, there are no gods in this world."
“…It’s not a god who can grant my wish,” Feng Che said, while observing her expression.
Unfortunately, Yun Jin just smiled again, without showing any emotion.
Feng Che tried to act nonchalant, but his eyes became even redder.
Yun Jin patted his arm: "Let's go, take me home."
"I won't see you out!" Feng Che suddenly said in a huff.
Yun Jin didn't care and turned to walk towards the park entrance. Feng Che hesitated for three seconds, then followed dejectedly.
On the way back, Feng Che remained silent until he dropped Yun Jin off at her doorstep, at which point he suddenly grabbed her wrist.
"Is there anything else?" Yun Jin asked.
Feng Che remained silent for a long time before suddenly asking, "Aren't you curious why I happened to be outside the club? Aren't you curious why the lights in the park happened to be on at that exact moment? Aren't you curious..."
“I know the answer,” Yun Jin interrupted him gently.
Feng Che was almost in tears: "He said he would give me a chance to confess, and if I could move even one percent of you, he would help me pursue you... Now that I think about it, was he doing this on purpose, making empty promises so I could confess, and then you could openly reject me?"
Yun Jin felt sympathy for him.
But from Hua Cheng's perspective, there seems to be no reason to sympathize with a little bastard who has been coveting his wife since he was a teenager.
After seeing Feng Che off, Yun Jin turned and went home.
The lights were off, but you could vaguely see someone sitting on the sofa.
Yun Jin didn't tolerate him and turned on the light directly.
A bright light suddenly appeared, and Hua Cheng subconsciously squinted. Seeing her, he quickly stood up: "Wife, what's wrong...?"
He stopped talking abruptly halfway through his sentence.
"How did I get back?" Yun Jin finished speaking for him.
Sensing her displeasure, Hua Cheng threw a cushion from the sofa onto the floor and knelt down skillfully.
Yun Jin scoffed lightly, then sat down on the sofa with a cold face: "I'll give you one minute to explain."
Hua Cheng's eyes were unfocused, as if he was trying to figure out how to smooth things over.
Yun Jin smiled: "Hua Cheng."
Hua Cheng immediately looked up.
“You know,” Yun Jin’s eyes dimmed, “I don’t have much patience.”
Hua Cheng: "..."
Yun Jin is not a loud and boisterous person, but such people are often the most terrifying when they lose their temper.
Hua Cheng was always afraid of her getting angry, and seeing her expression, he knew that he couldn't smooth things over tonight.
To be honest.
Hua Cheng pursed his lips, his expression slightly bitter: "I don't know where to begin."
Yun Jin slowly prompted, "Let's start by talking about what you and Fatty have been up to lately."
Hua Cheng's lips moved, and he whispered two words.
Yun Jin didn't hear clearly: "What?"
Hua Cheng: "...Catching someone in the act."
Yun Jin: "..."
When they don't speak, they can't utter a single word, but once they do, the rest of their thoughts pour out like a cascading waterfall.
He started by talking about the broken watch on Yun Jin's wrist, then about rotten fruit, five yuan worth of hot pot ingredients, Indian savages, male escorts, and Feng Che.
Speak freely and without reservation.
Finally, with tears in his eyes, he concluded, "I don't blame you for finding someone else, but I can't accept you finding such trash!"
Yun Jin remained silent for a long time before saying, "I understand."
"...What do you mean by 'I understand'?" Hua Cheng asked weakly.
Yun Jin glanced at him: "I will break up with him within three days."
Hua Cheng: "Ah..."
"Huh what?" Yun Jin asked back.
Hua Cheng was startled and shocked: "Are you serious?"
“Yeah, really,” Yun Jin looked into his eyes and smiled, “I also think he’s pretty trash.”
Hua Cheng's lips parted slightly, and he seemed lost in a daze.
He went to great lengths to break up Yun Jin and that little trash, but all it took was a little persuasion... and they broke up?
This feeling is so strange, it's like playing cards. He thought his opponent had two Kings and four 2s, so he racked his brains to steal and switch cards, only to find out that the opponent only had one 3.
Hua Cheng looked at Yun Jin, still feeling that it was not quite real.
"Is it really over?" he asked again.
This time, Yun Jin didn't give a definite answer, but instead asked, "What do you think?"
"I don't know..." Hua Cheng's eyes were confused, and he rarely spoke honestly about his feelings. "I want to believe you, but I always feel that you want to break up with me and elope with him."
Yun Jin smiled again.
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Author's Note: Feng Che: Tonight, I'm the only one who got hurt.
Although Xiaohua hasn't appeared yet, the strategy is 99% complete, and it should be 100% tomorrow! I'm really trying my best to catch up so they can meet soon.
Draw 50 red envelopes~
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