Chapter 22
At that moment, Chang Wenyan also rescued Hu Miaofu from the water. He brought her to the shore and let go, but Hu Miaofu clung to him like a giant octopus, refusing to let go.
How could Hu Miaofu let go of such a golden opportunity? Chang Wenyan was the current CEO of Chang Group, and his grandfather was a board member.
No matter how hard Chang Wenyan tried, Hu Miaofu stuck to him like glue.
“Qin Ai, are you alright? Our Chang family will definitely take responsibility for you falling into the water, don’t worry.” Qin Ai’s eyes were fixed on Zuo Bian, completely ignoring Chang Wenyan’s words.
Seeing that Hu Miaofu, who had fallen into the water with her, was safe, Zuo Bian focused her attention on Qin Ai.
“Qin Ai, you’ll catch a cold if you keep wearing wet clothes. You need to change. I’ll take you to change.” Zuo Bian took Qin Ai’s hand and led her away.
“Qin Ai!” Chang Wenyan was still ignored.
Hu Miaofu leaned weakly against Chang Wenyan’s chest like a delicate flower, sobbing about how scared she was.
Chang Wenyan, entangled by Hu Miaofu, could only watch helplessly as Qin Ai and Zuo Bian left.
Zuo Yuan crossed his arms and glanced at Chang Wenyan, then followed Zuo Bian and Qin Ai.
“Xiao Bian, have you forgotten your brother? I’ll come with you too.” Zuo Yuan, a grown man, put on a pitiful act.
Unfortunately, Zuo Bian always managed to surprise him. “But Brother, you’re a man. Qin Ai and I are both women, it wouldn’t be convenient for you to come with us while we change clothes.”
Zuo Yuan blinked pitifully, trying to make Zuo Bian soften. “Is Xiao Bian going to abandon her brother?”
Zuo Bian nodded seriously. “Mm, don’t follow us.”
【Host, you’re a natural. I haven’t even reminded you, and you’ve already gotten rid of Zuo Yuan, the third wheel. It seems I’m not needed anymore, I can retire peacefully.】Although it should be relieved, 555 felt a strange sadness in its nonexistent heart.
What to do when the host is too competent? Just be a salted fish and wait for the host to successfully conquer the female lead.
‘555, how can you be useless? You’re my important partner.’ 555 felt warmth in its nonexistent heart.
“Where are you taking me?”
Qin Ai’s voice interrupted Zuo Bian’s conversation with 555. She thought for a moment and said, “It’s too far from both your house and my house. Let’s go to a nearby hotel.”
“Hotel?” The word rolled off Qin Ai’s tongue, carrying a different kind of implication.
“Okay, let’s go to a hotel.” Qin Ai replied with a chuckle.
555 silently looked at the progress bar, which had reached 20.3%, and remained silent. It had initially thought that this mission with Zuo Bian would take a lot of time, but now it seemed that her straightforward and honest nature was the perfect key to unlock Qin Ai’s heart.
Qin Ai called her driver, who took them to the biggest hotel nearby.
A person of Qin Ai’s status naturally wouldn’t settle for anything less than the presidential suite on the top floor.
“I’ll take a shower first.” Qin Ai took off her jacket and entered the bathroom.
Late at night, in the presidential suite of a hotel, two women alone, one of them saying “I’ll take a shower first.”
These pieces of information together inevitably led to suggestive thoughts.
However, the person sitting on the bed, waiting for Qin Ai to finish her shower, had a look of pure innocence on her face.
‘555, I’m thinking about something.’
【I might not be able to answer you right now because I’m a little excited.】Although 555 knew it wouldn’t see anything it shouldn’t, the systems’ missions in various worlds were broadcast in real-time to a place called Jinjiang(jjwxc).
And Jinjiang had very strict censorship. For the sake of harmony, all key scenes would be censored.
But it didn’t matter, it could imagine. Just thinking about its OTP (One True Pairing) becoming real was enough to make it excited.
A domineering and beautiful older woman paired with a pure and straightforward younger woman, how exciting! One scheming and teasing, the other naively believing everything, hehehe.
‘Qin Ai didn’t take any clothes with her, how is she going to come out?’
【Ahem, ahem, it’s better to understand tacitly than to explain explicitly.】
Buzz, buzz, buzz—
A white phone rang beside Zuo Bian. It was Qin Ai’s phone.
Zuo Bian hesitated, unsure if she should answer without Qin Ai’s permission.
The phone rang for a minute or two before disconnecting. However, not long after, it started ringing persistently again.
It seemed the caller wouldn’t give up until they got through. Zuo Bian flipped the phone over to see the caller ID.
Two periods were displayed on the screen. Zuo Bian muttered to herself, “Could it be Xiao Tian?” She swiped the screen and answered the call.
“Hello, Sister, why aren’t you answering the phone? Mom asked me to ask when you’re coming home.”
【Host, although your guess seems illogical at first glance, after the last taste-guessing incident, I think your intuition is terrifyingly accurate. I’m curious how you guessed it right.】
‘Because Xiao Tian’s name has two characters, someone who has a special remark must be very familiar with him. The rest is just intuition.’
【Impressive, impressive!】
“Xiao Tian, it’s Zuo Bian, your sister isn’t here right now.”
Qin Tian asked, “Then where is my sister? Are you guys playing together without me? Take me with you!” Zuo Bian glanced at the frosted glass door of the bathroom. Qin Ai was almost done showering.
“Qin Ai is taking a shower right now.”
“Ehhh?” Qin Tian giggled, then asked, “Where are you now?”
Zuo Bian answered truthfully, “I’m sitting on the bed. The bed here is so soft, it’s perfect for rolling around.”
Qin Tian’s big, round eyes blinked. “Then you two have fun today. It seems like someone finally wants my grumpy sister. Mom doesn’t have to worry about her lifelong happiness anymore!”
“Grumpy? I think Qin Ai has a good personality. She’s beautiful, attentive, and she even said she would play the piano for me. Xiao Tian, have you ever heard your sister play the piano?”
Qin Tian shook his head and sighed with the wisdom of an old man. “See, this is what happens when someone is in love, it’s completely different treatment! Mom told me that Sister can play the piano and I wanted to hear her play, but she told me to get lost! So mean! My young heart is broken, wuwuwu…”
Hearing Qin Tian cry, Zuo Bian panicked and comforted him, “Don’t be sad, I’ll listen with you when Qin Ai plays the piano.”
“Okay, okay!” Qin Tian instantly regained his energy.
“Sister is so special to you, it seems like you’re going to be my future sister-in-law. Then I’ll secretly tell you a little secret about my sister. Actually, she used to be the boss of our school, a super cool leader. Although she smokes, drinks, perms her hair, and has tattoos, you should know that she’s a good girl.”
“Oh? I didn’t know I had so much dark history.” Qin Ai took her phone from Zuo Bian’s hand, a smile on her face as she spoke to Qin Tian on the other end.
Although Qin Ai was smiling, it was clearly a cold smile.
“S-Sister… Waaaaah! I was wrong! I really know I was wrong! No one who smokes, drinks, perms their hair, and has tattoos could possibly be my sister! That person is obviously me!”
Qin Ai’s lips curled up. “Okay, I understand. Since you’ve made such a big mistake, your allowance for next month is confiscated.”
“Wuwuwu…” This time, Qin Tian was truly crying. “You’re forcing a confession! You’re making an honest person into a prostitute!”
“It seems your Chinese isn’t very good. Your allowance for the month after next is also gone. I have things to do, goodbye.” Qin Ai hung up the phone decisively.
Zuo Bian felt a little sorry for Qin Tian, but this tiny bit of sympathy was quickly overwhelmed by curiosity.
Qin Ai’s white bathrobe hung loosely on her body, the slightly open collar revealing a rose tattoo on her snow-white skin, its color as vibrant as fire.
Zuo Bian subconsciously reached out, her slender, white finger touching the rose tattoo on Qin Ai’s chest. “Is this a tattoo?”
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T/N:
逼良为娼: Making an honest person into a prostitute!(idiom)”(used to describe forcing someone into doing something against their will, especially something immoral or degrading)
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