Chapter 22
“What happened? You didn’t look quite right when you left.”
Wang Ming recalled what had happened to Zhang Jian, his face filled with sorrow.
“My buddy died.”
“What?”
Zou Shuqing furrowed her delicate brows, placing her other hand on the back of his.
“I’m… sorry for your loss…”
She lowered her head, muttering in confusion, “Your buddy shouldn’t have been that old, how could he…”
Wang Ming sighed. “Sigh, he died under a woman’s skirt.”
“Under a woman’s skirt?”
“He died suddenly while… doing it.”
Zou Shuqing froze for a moment, looking puzzled. Wang Ming raised an eyebrow, and she instantly understood.
“Ah? Really… but how could someone so young…”
Wang Ming shook his head helplessly. “His kidneys weren’t good, but that was his only hobby.”
Zou Shuqing blushed a little. “Looks like you need to show some restraint. Let this be a warning to you-not to overdraw your body just because you’re young.”
Wang Ming leaned in closer, grinning mischievously: “Then you’ll be responsible for supervising me from now on. If I don’t show restraint, you have to punish me properly.”
Zou Shuqing’s cheeks turned even redder. She gently slapped Wang Ming’s hand, scolding, “Who wants to supervise you? Just take care of yourself.”
Wang Ming wouldn’t let it go, leaning in even closer. “I just want to listen to you. If you say once every few days, then once every few days-no, wait! I mean a few times a day.”
Zou Shuqing’s breathing quickened. “You… have no shame! I’m just genuinely worried about you. After all… you used to be a bit indulgent in this area.”
Wang Ming looked puzzled. “How do you know?”
Zou Shuqing didn’t dare lift her head, nor look into Wang Ming’s eyes. She mumbled softly:
“Mengmeng… every Sunday when she came back, she’d sleep for twelve hours straight, and the next day she’d look half dead.”
“Sunday?”
“Yeah. Didn’t you two used to go out on Fridays? She’d be gone for three days, only coming home Sunday night. I argued with her a lot about it.”
Wang Ming let go of Zou Shuqing’s hand, trying to process this information.
But he just couldn’t figure it out.
When he was dating Zou Mengmeng, they always met on Friday nights, and Zou Mengmeng would leave the next day, saying she had dance class on the weekend.
“Did she tell you she was meeting her boyfriend? Didn’t Zou Mengmeng have classes on weekends when she was in college? And after graduation, she kept taking dance classes.”
Zou Shuqing was just as confused. “No, she stopped taking dance classes in her sophomore year.”
Only now did Wang Ming realize he’d been played for a fool all along.
Every time they parted ways on Saturday, she never went home!
Where did she go those two days?
He didn’t dare think further. Any more and it would just be a field of green grass.
Seeing Wang Ming gritting his teeth, Zou Shuqing asked with concern, “What’s wrong?”
Wang Ming calmed down. Anyway, he and Zou Mengmeng were already over, and now he felt no guilt at all about dating Zou Shuqing.
He took a deep breath, trying to compose himself, and forced a natural smile at Zou Shuqing.
“So when are you going to supervise me? Maybe I’ll come over when Mengmeng isn’t home?”
Zou Shuqing immediately brushed Wang Ming’s hand off her shoulder. “Too much! No touching me before marriage!”
[Beep!]
[Task completed!]
[The reward has been automatically issued.]
[A new task has been triggered.]
Wang Ming heard the System notification and opened the System interface.
A glaringly bright yellow exclamation mark was displayed in the bottom right corner of his vision.
He clicked on it. It was the reward pack for completing a mission.
The avatar of the bound target, Zou Shuqing, was also flashing nonstop.
After clicking it, a new mission popped up.
[Stay up all night watching movies at Zou Shuqing’s house.]
[(22:00-06:00 the next day)]
A new mission?
All night? At her house?
Wang Ming stared at the mission panel. It looked simple, but was actually tough.
Zou Shuqing was so conservative-she would only let him hold hands for now, not even a hug was allowed.
Would she really allow him to stay at her house all night watching movies?
Besides, Zou Mengmeng was at home too. There was absolutely no way Zou Shuqing would agree to it.
Still, Zou Shuqing’s Infatuation Level was already at 92.
A little more persuasion might work. In any case, the current reward was already in hand.
He hurriedly clicked the gift pack to see what the System’s mission reward was…
Open!
[Congratulations, you have received one million Daxia Coin. Enter your card number and the money will be automatically transferred.]
[Received one Heart’s Flower Bouquet]
[Received the property rights to an office in Jingtian Tower, Baiyun District CBD.]
A million? That’s not even as much as what he’d already spent on Zou Shuqing.
But Jingtian Tower was the hottest CBD building in West Guan.
A 100-square-meter office could easily be worth ten or even eighteen million!
What a pity, the Heart’s Flower Bouquet couldn’t be given to targets with an Infatuation Level above 60.
Otherwise, he could immediately cash out System Coin.
Zou Shuqing saw Wang Ming spacing out and thought her words had hurt him.
She spoke gently and softly, “Dear, let’s take things slow. I’ll make sure your wishes come true in the future.”
As she spoke, she gently took Wang Ming’s hand again.
Wang Ming, now out of the System’s trance, quickly asked, “What did you just say?”
Zou Shuqing blushed shyly, looking down. “I said, in the future, I’ll let you touch me…”
She glanced to the side, and her body jolted-it was Zou Mengmeng entering the community.
She hurriedly pulled Wang Ming behind a row of bushes. “It’s Mengmeng!”
Wang Ming peeked out a little and saw her waving to a man outside the community, then heading deeper inside.
“You’d better head home, I’m going upstairs.”
“Give me a kiss before you go.”
“Kiss my hand!” Zou Shuqing stretched out her delicate, fair, wrinkle-free hand.
Wang Ming lifted her hand and gave it a loud smack.
“Bye, dear, don’t be too upset.” Zou Shuqing waved to Wang Ming, not forgetting to glance in Zou Mengmeng’s direction.
“I have work tomorrow, let’s find another time to meet.” Wang Ming said as he turned and left.
Zou Shuqing watched Wang Ming leave the community, then hurried toward home.
As soon as she got home and took off her high heels, Zou Mengmeng came out of the bedroom.
“Mom, where did you go?”
“Ah… I…”
“You went to see your boyfriend, right? Hehe… Mom, when are you going to invite him over so I can meet him? He helped us pay off the mortgage, and gave you a car and makeup-shouldn’t you at least invite him for a meal at home?”
Facing Zou Mengmeng, Zou Shuqing felt a pang of guilt and stammered, “Ah… I know… I’ll handle it.”
After leaving the community, Wang Ming hailed a cab. He really shouldn’t have asked Zou Shuqing to pick him up at noon.
It was always so hard to get a cab-during rush hour, it was almost impossible to get a ride.
He had just tapped the screen to add a 10 Daxia Coin tip when his phone rang.
The caller ID was an unfamiliar number.
“Hello? Who is this?”