After winning that round, Xu Xiuwen felt quite pleased.
He gave a faint smile, then suddenly took a step back and turned to walk out of the room.
He certainly didn’t intend to sleep with Li Haii, despite her considerable female allure.
He wasn’t driven by lust.
In his view, Li Haii wouldn’t agree to his terms.
She wasn’t an ordinary housewife.
“Stop!”
Just as Xu Xiuwen reached the door, Li Haii’s cold voice ca from behind.
He paused and turned to look at her.
Li Haii’s face was like ice, her gaze frigid as she looked at him.
“Forget it, just go.”
In the end, she seed to give up, sighing deeply.
Xu Xiuwen, hearing this, gave a faint smile.
He opened the office door and was halfway out when he suddenly stopped, turned around, and said to the woman, “If you change your mind, you can contact anyti.”
“Get lost!”
In the next mont, the woman picked up a pen from the desk and threw it at him.
Xu Xiuwen reacted quickly, skillfully dodging the pen, and then laughed heartily as he closed the door and left.
After leaving Li Haii’s company, Xu Xiuwen drove to his own company.
After a quick tour of the company, he went to the supermarket for a bit of extensive shopping, then drove back to Jiangning Garden.
Upon arriving ho, Xu Xiuwen received a text ssage from Xiao Youran.
She asked if the issue was resolved and when he would be ho.
Xu Xiuwen replied, “I won’t be going back to Langya tonight.”
As soon as the ssage was sent, a call ca in imdiately.
It was Xiao Youran.
When the call connected, her anxious voice ca through the receiver.
“Xiao Xu, why aren’t you coming back?”
Xu Xiuwen gave the pre-prepared excuse, “There’s quite a lot of work at the company, and I can’t finish it all quickly, so I’ll stay here for now.”
“Then I’m going back to Jinling.”
The girl’s voice carried a hint of grievance.
Xu Xiuwen gave a faint smile, “It’s the Dragon Boat Festival tonight, and Uncle will be back, so you should stay ho and celebrate the festival with Uncle and Aunt. There’s no need to run around like .”
“But I don’t want to be apart from you.”
The girl’s voice now had a trace of crying.
“Since when did our Youran beco so clingy and tearful? You’re crying over a short separation?” Xu Xiuwen teased with a smile.
Xiao Youran didn’t know why she was on the verge of tears.
She didn’t want to admit she was a crybaby or be seen as weak, so she quickly denied, “I’m not crying, stop saying that.”
“Alright, if you’re not crying, that’s good. Don’t worry, you can rest at ho for a few days. We have plenty of ti in the future, so a few days don’t matter.”
“No, I’ll co back to Jinling tomorrow.”
“You’ve already taken leave, so why not spend so ti with your parents? I have things to do these days, so even if you co to Jinling, I won’t have ti to accompany you.”
Xiao Youran fell silent.
“Be good, listen to . Wait until I’m done with these days and I’ll spend ti with you, okay?”
“Alright, I’ll listen to you.”
Although Xiao Youran hated the thought of being apart from Xu Xiuwen, she didn’t want to make things difficult for him.
“Have you had dinner yet?”
“Not yet.”
“Neither have I. After working all afternoon, I’m starving.”
“Then you should go eat sothing.”
“But I don’t want to hang up. I want to hear your voice a little longer.”
This ti, Xiao Youran was the one persuading Xu Xiuwen.
The girl, who had been feeling disappointed, felt much better after hearing Xu Xiuwen’s words.
She proactively advised, “It’s not good for your health to be hungry for too long. You should go eat. You can hear my voice anyti you want.”
“Alright, I’ll do as you say,” Xu Xiuwen replied.
Xiao Youran thought Xu Xiuwen was heeding her advice, and her previous disappointnt and sadness disappeared.
She had a fleeting illusion that the Xu Xiuwen who used to listen to her every word in high school had returned.
Even though she knew it wasn’t possible—after all, Xiao Xu was not the sa as before—they had both grown up.
Yet, this illusion made her feel nostalgic.
After ending the call with Xiao Youran, Xu Xiuwen sent a text ssage to Cheng Lu.
“What are you doing?”
Soon, Cheng Lu’s reply ca back.
“Just finished class, and I’m about to go to the cafeteria with Shishi.”
“I see. Guess where I am?”
“What are you doing? At ho, I guess.”
“Nope, guess again.”
Cheng Lu initially thought Xu Xiuwen was just chatting because he had nothing to do at ho.
But upon seeing this text, she vaguely guessed sothing.
Cheng Lu’s calm expression suddenly turned to excitent.
“Dummy, where are you?”
“Hehe, far away…” Xu Xiuwen didn’t finish his sentence, leaving a cliffhanger.
Given Cheng Lu’s intelligence, she imdiately guessed the answer.
“You’re back?”
“Yep.”
“Weren’t you going ho?”
“Yeah, but I ca back.”
“Why?”
“Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and I couldn’t bear to have my treasure spend the festival alone, so I ca back.”
Seeing the text, Cheng Lu chuckled.
Her montary smile was like a fairy descending, unforgettable.
The male classmates passing by were all captivated, with a few even bumping into others before snapping back to reality.
An Shishi saw Cheng Lu standing still and then smiling, and felt puzzled.
“Lu Lu, what’s wrong?”
Cheng Lu smiled and said, “He’s back.”
“Xu Xiuwen is back?” An Shishi was also surprised. “Wasn’t he going ho with Youran for the festival?”
“Yes.”
“Then why is he back?”
“Hehe, that dummy said he didn’t want to spend the festival alone, so he ca back to celebrate with .”
Cheng Lu smiled like a spring breeze, her eyes filled with happiness.
An Shishi felt a pang of envy.
She thought to herself: The treatnt of a legitimate girlfriend versus a mistress is indeed different.
But with nowhere to vent her feelings, she forced herself to remain calm and said, “He really is good to you.”
At this point, Cheng Lu received another text ssage.
“He asked us to hurry over and not eat at the cafeteria.”
“Oh, then you should go ahead. I’ll have dinner by myself.” An Shishi said, then suddenly hesitated.
“We?” An Shishi hesitated.
Cheng Lu said, “Xu Xiuwen asked to invite you too. He said he made too much food, and we won’t be able to finish it.”
An Shishi, being a smart girl, imdiately understood this was Xu Xiuwen’s excuse.
Her previously sour feelings were now eased by a gentle rain.
Her heart felt warm, as if held in a pair of warm hands.
An Shishi pretended, “It’s not good. I wouldn’t want to disturb your little world.”
It’s said that girls in love have their IQs halved, and Cheng Lu was no exception.
She didn’t notice anything unusual.
She graciously said, “It’s alright, I don’t mind. Xu Xiuwen asked to invite you too.”
“Well... okay then,” An Shishi hesitated for a mont before agreeing.
After Xu Xiuwen sent the final text ssage to Cheng Lu, he began cooking.
By the ti the two won arrived, he had already prepared two ho-cooked dishes.
After changing into slippers, the two won headed straight to the living room.
Xu Xiuwen was busy cooking and glanced at the two won outside the kitchen.
He smiled and said, “You’re here. Just sit for a bit; the dishes will be ready soon.”
An Shishi, being perceptive, imdiately said, “I’m going to use the restroom.”
She gave the two a chance to be alone.
After An Shishi left, Cheng Lu stepped forward and asked with a light laugh, “Didn’t you say the dishes were ready?”
Xu Xiuwen chuckled, “Don’t you know how people in our country talk? It’s always ‘soon’ when it’s not actually ready yet. Saying it will be ready soon ans it’s not done yet.”
Cheng Lu rolled her eyes, “You’re so glib.”
“If you say I’m smooth-talking, I’ll admit it, but if you say I’m glib, I won’t accept that.”
Cheng Lu paused, then quickly understood and gave another teasing roll of her eyes.
Xu Xiuwen worked quickly, stirring the dishes and then covering the pot to let the food simr.
When he finished, he turned to face Cheng Lu and opened his arms.
Cheng Lu’s heart raced for a mont. Knowing what was coming, she asked, “What do you want to do?”
“Just want a hug,” Xu Xiuwen said, his intention clear.
“Shishi is here.”
“She’s not here now. Even if she were, it wouldn’t matter. We’re a couple.”
Seeing Cheng Lu still hesitating, Xu Xiuwen added, “I missed you.”
Those words completely broke down Cheng Lu’s defenses.
She stopped hesitating and stepped into Xu Xiuwen’s embrace.
The couple held each other tightly in the kitchen.
They only let go when they heard footsteps approaching.
Xu Xiuwen turned around to plate the food.
Cheng Lu turned just in ti to see An Shishi coming around the corner.
She wasn’t sure if An Shishi had seen her hugging Xu Xiuwen earlier. She didn’t ask, and An Shishi didn’t ntion it.
Xu Xiuwen brought the dishes to the table and said to the girls, “Wait a mont. I’ll make a soup.”
Looking at the three steaming dishes on the table, An Shishi smiled and said, “Chef, with your cooking skills, anyone who marries you would be incredibly lucky.”
Xu Xiuwen laughed heartily.
Cheng Lu also chuckled, “Shishi, don’t flatter him too much, or his ego will be through the roof.”
An Shishi smiled, but only she knew what she was truly thinking.
With Cheng Lu and An Shishi’s company, the three of them spent the Dragon Boat Festival together.
Two days later, on the afternoon of June 2nd, Xu Xiuwen received a puzzling text ssage.
The puzzling part wasn’t who sent the ssage, but its content.
“Co to my place tonight from 6 to 9 to collect your clothes.”
The sender was Li Haii.
Xu Xiuwen had thought that after rejecting Li Haii last ti, he wouldn’t have much contact with her.
Yet, just two days later, Li Haii sent him this strange ssage.
There were two oddities.
First, Li Haii could have had her secretary or soone else deliver his clothes, but she didn’t. Instead, she asked him to co and pick them up.
Second, she set a specific ti fra for him to co, from 6 to 9 PM.
Xu Xiuwen initially didn’t understand Li Haii’s intentions.
It wasn’t until a sudden flash of insight struck him that he started to consider a possibility.
Though he thought he might be overthinking, the more he thought about it, the more plausible it seed.
To get to the point, he wondered if Li Haii’s text ssage ant that she was agreeing to the conditions he proposed that day in her office.
At the ti, he had made those conditions casually and hadn’t really expected her to agree.
He also believed that Li Haii would never agree to such conditions.
But now, it seed that sothing had changed in a way he didn’t know about.
If Li Haii really did agree to his conditions, the thought of that night’s potential wild scenario made Xu Xiuwen swallow hard.
Although Li Haii was already older and had a daughter, she lived a life of luxury and took good care of herself.
Her skin was smooth and delicate, and her figure was well-maintained, rivaling that of younger won.
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