After Breaking Up With the Scheming Bad Woman 125

Chapter 125: You Are My First Choice.

Chu Wantang’s mouth was covered by her girlfriend’s hand.

She raised an eyebrow with great interest and then deliberately showed a puzzled expression, asking with her eyes: Why are you covering me?

The morning light shone on them. Huai Xing looked at her brown pupils and replied with a very calm expression, “Not yet.”

Huai Xing gave her own reason. “We just got together last night. This form of address can’t appear so quickly. If you agree, blink once.”

Chu Wantang looked at her ears, which were so red, and blinked with a smile.

Then, her lips pecked Huai Xing’s palm.

Huai Xing stared at her smile, knew that she had been seen through, and wanted to get off her with some embarrassment. “I’m going to eat breakfast!”

“Wait,” Chu Wantang said, sitting up straight and holding her waist tightly, her chin slightly lifted, her eyes half-lowered, her gaze only on her moist lips. “This is the first morning we’ve had since we got together. If there’s no good morning kiss, I won’t let you go.”

Huai Xing put her arms around her shoulders, lowered her eyes, and “mm”-ed in a low voice. “I know.”

After the meeting, and after they had decided to go to Yunqi Yuan to escape the heat next weekend, Huai Xing was not at all surprised by Lu Xianyue’s arrival.

During the meeting today, Lu Xianyue would occasionally look at her and then show a different kind of smile. Others didn’t know Lu Xianyue, but how could she not?

Lu Xianyue’s eyes clearly said, “You’re dating, right?”

At this moment, Huai Xing was watering the small succulent at the window.

The door opened, and Lu Xianyue sat down on the sofa with a loud thud. She looked at her back and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Why are you still laughing?” Huai Xing said, turning to look at her, with the blue sky and white clouds as a background, which complemented her complexion.

Lu Xianyue replied, “You were still in the ambiguous period a few days ago.”

She cleared her throat, her eyes filled with teasing. “Are you still a patient now, classmate Xiao Xing?”

Huai Xing walked closer and gently pinched her friend’s neck.

But in a few seconds, she also couldn’t help but reveal a brilliant smile. She sat down next to Lu Xianyue and looked at the sky outside the window. “Xianyue, thank you.”

“What are you thanking me for?”

“Thank you for helping her. I was very surprised.”

Lu Xianyue: “You’re welcome. Your girlfriend has already thanked me.”

“How did she thank you?”

“It was just a promise,” Lu Xianyue recalled. “She came to ask me to help her hide your gifts. I asked her if she really wouldn’t make you cry sad tears again. She promised me, and only then did I agree.”

Huai Xing smiled. “Mm, I won’t cry sad tears anymore.”

Lu Xianyue patted her on the shoulder. “We all have to live a happier and happier life.”

As she spoke, she sighed. “But what was the gift you were going to give?”

“A bouquet of porcelain-carved flowers,” Huai Xing said, taking out a photo she had taken. “It looks like this.”

Lu Xianyue commented, “Beautiful.”

She recalled, “It’s similar to President Chu’s previous profile picture. I knew that bouquet was from you. Later, it was changed to that wooden carved flower. I knew at a glance that it was also from you. And you gave us a few wooden carvings, and they were all very beautiful. How could there be such a… uh…” she found an adjective, “strange-looking one?”

Huai Xing: “…”

She stood up. “I’m not talking to you anymore.”

Lu Xianyue looked at her back and remembered to remind her, “Auntie Wen is coming to Haicheng this afternoon. Remember to have dinner with us.”

“I know.”

Thinking of Wen Ruyu, Huai Xing sat in her chair and rubbed her brow.

To be honest, she and Chu Wantang had already skipped the “meeting the parents” step, but Wen Ruyu was an elder she respected and had taken care of her for many years. She could not hide her relationship with Chu Wantang from Wen Ruyu, especially since Wen Ruyu had also been concerned about her emotional state before.

But Chu Wantang had had a direct interaction with Wen Ruyu before. It wasn’t a conflict, but she didn’t know what Wen Ruyu’s impression of Chu Wantang was now.

But even if Wen Ruyu had a dissenting vote, it would have no effect on her.

The relationship was hers, and she was the one to decide. No one could influence her decision.

When it was time to get off work, Huai Xing and Lu Xianyue got in a car.

She had asked Chu Wantang to go home in advance.

Lu Xianyue was driving. She looked at the stationary traffic in front of her and couldn’t help but say, “What to do? I’ve seen her mom so many times, but I’m still a little nervous now.”

“I’m also nervous.”

“What are you nervous about?”

Huai Xing was in the passenger seat, replying to Chu Wantang’s message, and she said, “I’m going to tell Auntie Wen that I’m dating Chu Wantang.”

“…Then you should be nervous,” Lu Xianyue said. She had learned some related information from Wen Shiwei. Thinking of this, she laughed. “It’s over, Xiao Xing. I’m so bad. I think you’re much more nervous than me. I’m suddenly very relaxed now.”

Huai Xing: “…”

In her phone, she opened Chu Wantang’s WeChat profile and stared at the note column.

Her fingertips hesitated for a moment, and she typed the two words “wife,” but she immediately deleted them with great embarrassment. No, they weren’t married yet. She couldn’t call her that yet.

After much thought, she changed it to: [Little Chu Baby]

Mm, it looked very playful.

She curled her lips in satisfaction, returned to her chat with Chu Wantang, and couldn’t help but send a very sweet message: [Chu Wantang, I miss you so much.]

Little Chu Baby: [I miss you very much too.]

[I’m waiting for you at home.]

Just looking at the two words “home” and “wait,” a warmth like the morning sun rose in Huai Xing’s heart.

She replied: [Okay!]

The evening rush hour on a weekend was always more congested than usual. An hour later, Huai Xing and Lu Xianyue finally arrived at Wen Shiwei’s residence.

The new house that the Wen family had bought was under renovation, and it was estimated that they could move in at the beginning of next year. For now, Wen Shiwei was still occasionally living in the rented apartment, and most of the time she was with Lu Xianyue.

And now, Wen Ruyu had come.

Wen Shiwei naturally had to move back to her own apartment.

The last time Huai Xing had seen Wen Ruyu was on the Qingming Festival. Now, seeing her again after a few months, she called out as usual, “Auntie Wen.”

Wen Ruyu replied with a smile, “Xiao Huai.”

She looked at Huai Xing carefully and said, “You’re still so thin. You have to eat more tonight and try Auntie’s cooking.”

“Auntie Wen, I’ve been tasting your cooking for many years.”

“I’ve learned a new dish this time,” Wen Ruyu said, greeting the three juniors. “Wash your hands and go to the kitchen to get the dishes.”

She had come in the afternoon. This time, she had not eaten out. She had personally cooked a table of dishes, adding a sense of life to the apartment.

Huai Xing sat in a row with Wen Ruyu, and opposite them were Wen Shiwei and Lu Xianyue.

In the past, it had always been this seating arrangement.

Wen Ruyu talked about her trip with her friends last month, and then she talked about some neighborhood gossip, and she also cared about their work situations.

Wen Shiwei: “I got a promotion, so I’ve been a little busy recently.”

Lu Xianyue: “Auntie, don’t worry. I’ve been seriously monitoring her schedule. I’ll also pick her up when she gets off work late.”

Huai Xing: “Don’t worry about me either, Auntie Wen. I’m eating well and sleeping well.”

Wen Ruyu looked at them like this, and the wrinkles on her face were also smiling. “That’s good.”

After the meal, everyone sat on the sofa and chatted with Wen Ruyu.

But before long, after Huai Xing had made a gesture, Lu Xianyue pushed Wen Shiwei and said, “Shiwei and I still have something to discuss in the study. Auntie, Xiao Xing, you can chat first.”

After entering the study, Wen Shiwei sat down in a chair.

She looked at the pacing Lu Xianyue and couldn’t help but laugh. “You’re like a little ant now, Xiao Xian,” she said. “What are you thinking about?”

Lu Xianyue sat on her lap sideways, hooked her arms around her neck, and said very seriously, “Didn’t Xiao Xing start dating Chu Wantang? She’s going to tell Auntie.”

Wen Shiwei rubbed her cheek with the tip of her nose, closed her eyes, and spat out four words, “Don’t worry.”

“Hmm?”

Wen Shiwei: “I’ve already told my mom.”

Her hand went under her girlfriend’s clothes, and her aggressive eyes were now full of gentleness. “Don’t think about them. Lower your head.”

In the living room, Huai Xing was confessing to Wen Ruyu. “Auntie Wen, there’s something I want to tell you.”

“What is it?”

“I’m in a relationship.”

“With whom?”

“Chu Wantang.”

Wen Ruyu did not show a surprised look. She took Huai Xing’s hand and patted the back of it.

The atmosphere was not tense, but for a moment, she didn’t know what to say. A dozen or so seconds later, she looked at Huai Xing’s eyes and said, “Your mother told me before she left that she would respect all your choices. You didn’t choose to become a family with our Wen family, and I respect that. Now I will also carry out this promise to the end, Xiao Huai. Your mother and Miss Chu’s love was not blessed by the world and their families, but since you’re telling me this, it proves that you see me as a family member, right?”

“Yes…” The stone in Huai Xing’s heart fell, and her eyes were a little teary.

“So, as a family member, Auntie wishes you, and wishes that in this long-standing relationship, you will reap your own fruit of happiness,” Wen Ruyu said, unable to help but smile. “Even if you and your mother are not biological, you are exactly the same in terms of stubbornness. Once you’ve decided on a person, you won’t change.”

Huai Xing also laughed. “That’s true.”

“Were you very nervous just now?”

“A little…”

Wen Ruyu said kindly, “Shiwei gave me a heads-up. She said that Chu Wantang is very important to you and is the only key to bringing you back to your former state. She told me not to have any objections to Chu Wantang. I said, ‘You’re really underestimating your mom,’ haha.”

Huai Xing asked, “Auntie Wen, do you want to see the letter my mother left me? You also miss her very much.”

Wen Ruyu was stunned for a moment and nodded. “Okay.”

When Wen Shiwei came out of the study, she saw her own mother holding Huai Xing and crying her eyes out. “So that’s how it is… so that’s how it is…”

Lu Xianyue came out a step later. Seeing this scene, she was also a little dazed.

She exchanged a look with Wen Shiwei, both of them a little puzzled.

Huai Xing looked up, smiled at them, and couldn’t help but sigh in her heart that she was very happy now.

She had friends and family.

And Chu Wantang.

At nearly nine o’clock, Huai Xing asked Wen Shiwei to take her back to Chengshan Mansion.

The street view was retreating. After a brief chat at the beginning, she said to Wen Shiwei very seriously, “Sister Shiwei, thank you.”

This was also the reason she had asked Wen Shiwei to take her.

Wen Shiwei: “What are you thanking me for?” She glanced at Huai Xing and chuckled lightly. “I’m your real sister.”

Hearing this, Huai Xing was stunned for two seconds, and then she grinned. “Mm! Yes!”

The light and cheerful atmosphere in the car continued until the car stopped on the side of the road outside Chengshan Mansion. Huai Xing turned her head and saw Chu Wantang on the side of the road.

She said “goodbye” to Wen Shiwei and then got out of the car and ran towards Chu Wantang.

Wen Shiwei watched as Chu Wantang did not wait in place, but also walked quickly towards Huai Xing.

She smiled, drove away, and left.

Chu Wantang steadily caught Huai Xing. She looked at the receding car’s shadow, and then at the face she had been missing, and asked, “Why didn’t you let me pick you up?”

“I had something to say to Sister Shiwei,” Huai Xing hummed. “What? Is that not okay?”

Chu Wantang quickly said, “Of course it’s okay.”

She took Huai Xing’s hand and walked in. Their shadows were stretched by the streetlights, and she said again, “She has Lu Xianyue. What’s not okay?”

“It would have to be okay even if she didn’t have Lu Xianyue.”

“I understand,” Chu Wantang said, knowing what her girlfriend meant. She had indeed gone too far in this aspect in the past, almost not leaving Huai Xing any private space, and forcefully making Huai Xing keep a distant relationship with others. It was true that she was satisfying her own selfish desires, and it was also true that she had made Huai Xing not even have a confidant to talk to in the end.

Now, she allowed the people on the “Silk Season” brand forum to say that Huai Xing and Lu Xianyue were twin trees.

If it weren’t for Lu Xianyue, she believed that Huai Xing would have had an even harder time in these years.

The two of them slowly swung back to their room. On the way, Huai Xing also told Chu Wantang about what had happened tonight. Before she had left, Wen Ruyu had told her to find some time to have a meal with Chu Wantang.

Hearing this, Chu Wantang’s long lashes didn’t even tremble.

Huai Xing looked at her like this and found it funny. “Why are you in a daze?”

“I didn’t expect Auntie Wen to accept me approaching you again.”

Huai Xing entered the room password. “I didn’t expect it either.” She pushed open the door, turned on the lights, and wrapped her arms around Chu Wantang’s waist. “But it doesn’t matter if she doesn’t accept it.”

“Hmm?”

“I’m the one who’s dating you. I’m the one who’s spending the rest of my life with you,” Huai Xing’s words were exceptionally firm. “You are my first choice, and I will persevere to the end.”

The four words “first choice” made Chu Wantang stunned again.

She held Huai Xing, her chin on Huai Xing’s shoulder, and said in a muffled voice, “I even asked you to be my backup choice before, but you didn’t agree…”

“You’re either chosen by me, or you’re abandoned by me… but you can’t be my backup choice.”

Huai Xing smelled the fragrance on her, and the longing in her heart was released a little. “But I won’t give up on our relationship again, Chu Wantang. You’re not allowed to give up either.”

Hearing the ideal answer, a dimple appeared on Chu Wantang’s lips. “I’ve never been willing to.”

She turned her head to the side and kissed her ear. “Are you tired? Do you want me to give you a bath?”

“…I’m not tired, but I do.”