After Breaking Up With the Scheming Bad Woman 27p1

Chapter 27: Hmm… Three and a Half Hours? p1

The spring scenery was infinitely beautiful, and there were many tourists at Yuelan Wu.

Fortunately, it was Thursday, so the crowd wasn’t as overwhelming as on the weekend. The popular barbecue restaurant where Huai Xing and Wen Shiwei were eating didn’t require a queue.

However, in the time Huai Xing was on the phone, two more tables of customers had arrived.

The aroma of barbecue wafted everywhere, and the clinking of beer glasses was crisp and loud.

“Once this month is over, summer will be here soon,” Wen Shiwei said, drinking her beverage with a smile in her eyes. “Any thoughts for your birthday this year?”

Huai Xing shook her head and smiled along. “There are still more than three months to go, Sister Shiwei. Isn’t it a bit too early to ask?”

“Not at all,” Wen Shiwei sighed leisurely. “According to my mom, you’re already twenty-five by the lunar calendar. And me, in her eyes, I’m probably almost thirty.”

“Auntie Wen is sneezing in Yuncheng right now.”

“She won’t suspect me. She’ll just scold Ah Yi.”

Having known each other for many years, the atmosphere when they chatted was always lively.

After chatting about other things for a while, Wen Shiwei swallowed a slice of lotus root and, as if she had just remembered, asked, “By the way, why did Sister Wantang call you?”

“She was just asking where I was.”

“Did you tell her the name of the restaurant? Did you invite her to join? Oh… I remember, she’s busy and can’t come.”

Wen Shiwei took another sip of her drink and asked nonchalantly, “She’s so busy. Does dating her mean you have to accommodate her?”

Huai Xing replied, “I don’t know.”

“How could you not know?” Aren’t you two dating? Wen Shiwei really wanted to ask, but then she felt that her question was superfluous.

The hickey on Huai Xing’s neck last time was enough to prove everything. What was she still struggling with?

Huai Xing didn’t want to continue this topic. She couldn’t bear to hear the words “Chu Wantang is dating.”

So she directly changed the subject. “Then did you meet anyone you liked while studying in Germany, Sister Shiwei?”

“No.” The drink in her mouth seemed to have turned from orange juice to an Americano. Wen Shiwei lowered her eyes dejectedly. “But the person I like already has someone in their heart.”

This was the first time Huai Xing had heard her mention it, and she was surprised for a few seconds.

Wen Shiwei didn’t plan to say more, lest Huai Xing see through her. She didn’t want her relationship with Huai Xing to become awkward.

This secret was enough for her to know herself.

So, without waiting for Huai Xing to ask again, she said, “Alright, in such a good atmosphere, let’s not talk about these things that ruin the mood.”

“Cheers!”

It wasn’t until nine-thirty at night that Huai Xing got out of the car.

After saying goodbye to Wen Shiwei, she walked towards the hotel. The night was a bit thick, and she didn’t notice the silver car in the parking lot.

The light shone through the car window onto Chu Wantang’s obscured face.

She pressed her brows, glanced at the time, and then looked at the retreating figure in the distance, the corners of her lips twitching up slightly.

…

The employees were all staying in standard rooms. Huai Xing and Ren Jiao were staying together.

Ren Jiao had walked five kilometers in the morning and had been sleeping soundly in the hotel in the afternoon. It wasn’t even ten o’clock yet, so she naturally wasn’t sleepy at all.

Seeing Huai Xing return, she, who was playing a game, looked up. “You’re back.”

“Mm.” Huai Xing didn’t usually eat barbecue, so she would smell of it. “I’m going to take a shower first.”

Ren Jiao waved her hand. “Go ahead, go ahead. Hot water is on the left.”

After entering the bathroom, Huai Xing remembered that she hadn’t reported her safety to Chu Wantang.

She quickly took out her phone from her bag and sent a message to Chu Wantang: [Jiejie, I’m back at the hotel.]

The person on the other end didn’t reply immediately, which was within Huai Xing’s expectations.

Half an hour later, she came out of the bathroom with her hair dried. Chu Wantang still hadn’t replied.

She sat in a chair, pondered for a while, and then sent another message to Chu Wantang: [I’ve finished my shower and I’m getting ready to sleep.]

This time, Chu Wantang’s reply was very quick. In less than five minutes, a new message was lying in Huai Xing’s chat box.

It was a picture of a drink, with Chu Wantang’s left hand holding a wine glass in the shot.

Huai Xing’s brows furrowed. Without thinking, she called Chu Wantang. Then she felt that the standard room was a bit small and she had a roommate, so it wasn’t very convenient to make a call. She specially went back to the bathroom.

She looked at her worried face in the mirror and waited anxiously for Chu Wantang to answer the phone.

After an unknown number of rings, just as Huai Xing was about to dial a second time, the call went through.

Chu Wantang’s voice sounded very clear. “What’s wrong?”

“Why are you drinking, Jiejie?” Huai Xing lowered her eyes and said with concern, “Your cold just got better.”

Chu Wantang imitated her tone. “It’s precisely because it’s better that I can drink.”

“Then is something on your mind?”

“No.”

“Then why did you think of drinking?”

After this question, there was a silence of half a minute.

Huai Xing thought of Chu Wantang’s whispers when she had a fever, and that teardrop. Her heart was uncontrollably clenched again.

Was she thinking of those bad past events? So she had to rely on alcohol to distract herself.

Just as that thought appeared in her mind, she heard the woman’s sigh in the receiver. “It’s related to you, Xingxing.”

She coaxed, “Are you coming to find me?”

Whether it was her tone, her form of address, or the sentence that it was related to her.

All of it made Huai Xing pause.

She pressed her lips together, unable to resist the temptation at all, and asked softly, “Which room are you in?”

“I’m at the ‘Mountain Rain’ Hotel.” It was the resort hotel they had stayed at the past few times.

“There’s a roll call tonight…” Huai Xing had just started to speak when she convinced herself. “It’s okay. I’ll just have my colleague say I’m still out eating barbecue.”

Chu Wantang chuckled. “Then I’ll wait for you.”

Just as Huai Xing was about to hang up, Chu Wantang spoke first. “Don’t hang up, Xingxing.”

“I want to hear your voice, want to hear the sound of you rushing over, want to hear the proof that you care about me.”

“Then I’ll put on my headphones.”

After coming out of the bathroom, Huai Xing packed her bag again.

Ren Jiao looked at her actions, a little puzzled. “You’re going out again? There’s a roll call later.”

“Something’s up with my sister. I’m worried about her.”

“Huh? Your sister is here too?”

Huai Xing didn’t explain, just said, “If the team lead comes for roll call later, just say I’m out eating barbecue, or I’ll tell her myself.”

“Then are you coming back tonight?”

In her headphones, Chu Wantang’s lazy reply came through. “No.”

Huai Xing tightened her grip on her bag, her heart inexplicably speeding up at this moment. But on the surface, she looked very calm, just fluttering her eyelashes and following up, “No.”

…

It was less than a ten-minute drive from the ordinary hotel the company had booked to the Mountain Rain Hotel.

Huai Xing really wanted to hide her breathing, but when she thought of Chu Wantang saying she wanted to hear the proof that she cared about her, she didn’t care anymore. From the moment she left, she had been jogging. It was a bit cool here at night, so she wouldn’t sweat from jogging a short distance.

After giving the driver the last four digits of her number, her chest was heaving.

“Very sensual,” Chu Wantang commented on her panting, her voice holding an undeniable smile.

Huai Xing immediately closed her lips, then slowly relaxed them and changed the subject. “I’ll be there soon.”

Chu Wantang: “Mm.”

Before long, the sound of a faucet turning on came from her end. She asked seriously, “The hotel’s toothpaste is lemon-flavored. I brought my own mint-flavored one. Which one do you want to try?”

“…” Huai Xing was so enticed that she didn’t know how to answer. Her fingertips were tapping on the back of her phone, betraying her nervousness.

Chu Wantang chuckled softly and sought her opinion. “Lemon-flavored, okay?”

“Okay.”

The night scenery was quiet, and the flashing streetlights cast a shadow under Huai Xing’s long lashes.

She wasn’t running now, but listening to the sound of Chu Wantang washing up, her heartbeat had not calmed down.

She knew what was going to happen tonight without having to guess.

By the time Chu Wantang had carefully washed up and dried her face, Huai Xing had also gotten out of the car.

In less than three minutes, Huai Xing was stepping on the thick, soft carpet and ringing the doorbell.

The corridor was quiet, but the sound of the doorbell was not abrupt.

Coincidentally, a guest came out of the elevator. With a casual glance, they saw a girl not far away being pulled by the waist by a slender, fair arm.

With a “thud,” the door closed, and the figures disappeared.

The lights in the room were not on. Huai Xing was pressed against the door, Chu Wantang’s palm cushioning the back of her head.

A strange lemon scent mixed with the smell of alcohol enveloped her. The bag she was carrying fell to the side, and she had no mind to care.

She wrapped her arms around Chu Wantang’s waist, passively enduring the fierce kiss.

She hadn’t had time to take off her headphones, and their call hadn’t ended.

The high-quality headphones accurately recorded the sound of their kissing, which exploded in her eardrums, stimulating her brain. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, like the stamens of a flower blown by a gentle breeze that she had seen on her hike today.

They didn’t stay at the door for long. Chu Wantang still reached out and turned on the soft reading light, then held the person’s waist and led her inside.

The night they had first had sex, she had also led the person from the bathroom to the master bedroom like this.

They were pressed together tightly. Huai Xing’s legs were a little weak, and she followed her rhythm.

Before long, Chu Wantang pressed the person down on the sofa and casually grabbed a cushion to put under her head.

The kiss deepened. Huai Xing tilted her chin back, her breathing technique much more skilled than last time.

But it wasn’t just a kiss.

Chu Wantang freed a hand, pushed up her hoodie, and then reached around her back to unhook her bra with one hand.

Her palm easily came to the front.

And covered it.

Her five fingers tightened, then relaxed.

Her palm rubbed slowly.

Her fingertips pressed on it, feeling the rebound.

A strange yet familiar feeling came over her. Huai Xing hummed twice through her nose.

The last time they had done this was on the night of March 8th. Today was already March 26th.

Not only had they not done it for half a month, but her period had also just ended.

It was a sensitive time.

Chu Wantang released her lips, playing with her on one hand, and slightly lifted her head to look at her eyes on the other.

Then she leaned over and kissed her thin eyelids, her breath falling on them.

Huai Xing let out a soft call from her throat. “Chu Chu…”

Chu Wantang’s head moved back slightly. She stopped her actions and stared at Huai Xing, her beautiful brows furrowed.

Huai Xing raised her hand to push aside Chu Wantang’s scattered hair, then wrapped her arms around her neck.

To the side, she could see the wine on the coffee table.

Before she could ask Chu Wantang for the answer about the wine, Chu Wantang’s face was cold, her rosy lips parting slightly. “Why did you only tell me it was ‘a friend’ at first? Only when I asked if it was Wen Shiwei did you admit it.”

“…I thought you would be angry if you knew.”

“Why would I be angry because you were alone with Wen Shiwei?” Chu Wantang emphasized the word “alone,” her hand resuming its actions, deliberately rubbing with her fingertips.

Huai Xing’s eyes flickered. She shrank back from the rubbing and asked in a low voice, “Aren’t you angry now?”

“If you hadn’t hidden it, how could I be angry?”

“…” Huai Xing fell silent.

In fact, the purpose of her saying that was to see Chu Wantang get angry.

She liked it when Chu Wantang had such emotions towards her. It would make her feel for a moment that Chu Wantang’s possessiveness towards her was not just from “physical needs.” Otherwise, she really couldn’t breathe in this relationship.