After Breaking Up With the Scheming Bad Woman 37

Chapter 37: More Like a Little Pet, Comes When Called, Goes When Shooed.

Wan Yi’s flight was scheduled to land at Jingcheng Airport at seven in the evening. As a big star who was popular in both the modeling and entertainment circles, there were quite a few fans at the airport to pick her up.

They looked at the arrivals gate with anticipation, some fans holding light-up signs with words like “Yi in a Million.”

Chu Wantang and Su Cheng drove over after work. They didn’t mix in with the fan group, but went into a nearby dessert shop to wait.

But in fact, the only one waiting was Su Cheng. Chu Wantang was opposite her with a baseball cap covering her face, her arms crossed in front of her, catching up on sleep.

The dessert shop was warmly decorated, the warm-colored lights a bit bright.

It wasn’t until Su Cheng had eaten a piece of dessert that Chu Wantang lifted her baseball cap. She first adjusted to the light, then raised her wrist to look at her watch.

There were five minutes left until eight o’clock.

After replying to a work message, Su Cheng couldn’t help but ask, “Wantang, why are you so sleepy?”

“Not for children.”

“…” Su Cheng almost choked. She stared at the tired-looking woman. “What time did you go to bed this morning?”

“Three.”

Su Cheng gloated and hummed, “You’re also working overtime.”

Chu Wantang took off her hat, flicked her long curly hair, and the corners of her lips lifted. “But my overtime is very satisfying. Your overtime is very miserable.”

“Enough. If we keep talking, our friendship will collapse.”

Chu Wantang really did stop talking. She took a sip of her drink and then unlocked her phone.

Today was Zhuo Xin’s birthday. Huai Xing had rushed to the party venue after work and had sent her many messages in between.

Congested traffic, cute clouds, bizarre shop names…

Chu Wantang’s eyes were filled with a smile as she replied to them one by one.

She looked up and met Su Cheng’s scrutinizing gaze, raising an eyebrow. “What are you looking at?”

“Are you chatting with Xingxing?”

“Mm.”

“So sweet…”

Chu Wantang was slightly stunned and asked nonchalantly, “Does it look very sweet?”

“Yes.”

Chu Wantang lowered her eyes and looked at the latest message from Huai Xing: [They said they miss you very much.]

“They” referred to Tu Zhaoyu and the other friends.

[What about you?] Chu Wantang’s lips twitched as she typed her reply.

[Doesn’t Jiejie already know my answer?]

[I’m not very sure.]

[I’ll tell you tonight.]

[Okay.]

Just as she replied, Wan Yi appeared in the group chat: [Security! Security! Where are my two security guards!]

Chu Wantang and Su Cheng exchanged a look and both sighed.

They left the dessert shop.

Wan Yi knew that her fans had been waiting for a long time, so she didn’t deliberately take the VIP channel. Before long, she appeared at the arrivals gate with her suitcase.

The two “security guards” stood together, watching from a distance as she signed autographs and interacted with her fans.

A few unknown passersby walked by, their gazes lingering on Chu Wantang and Su Cheng for a moment, whispering about whether these two were also female celebrities, and finally disappearing into the crowd.

After a long delay, the three of them finally broke away from the fans and walked towards the parking lot.

Chu Wantang and Su Cheng each pushed a suitcase, with Wan Yi in the middle, still maintaining her fairy-like persona in the public eye.

This persona was maintained until she got in the car.

Wan Yi lay down leisurely in the back seat and said with great trouble, “My long legs have nowhere to go.”

“I curse you to be twenty centimeters shorter,” Su Cheng attacked magically from the driver’s seat.

Chu Wantang was rubbing her temples at the side. “Childish.”

“Hehe, you’re not childish? If you’re not childish, could you say something like ‘First, my name is not ‘hey.’ My name is Chu Wantang’?” Su Cheng retorted.

Wan Yi suddenly laughed and cleared her throat. “Chengcheng, let me tell you, Chu Wantang has a ‘Xing’ addiction.”

“I know she does. She didn’t go to bed until three last night. Now she doesn’t even dare to drive, for fear of falling asleep.”

Wan Yi was angry. “I’m suffering in a foreign country! And you, Chu Wantang, are eating so well in China!”

Chu Wantang’s brow twitched. “…”

Why had she agreed to pick her up? Wouldn’t it be better to just end this friendship?

Amidst the bickering, the car drove out of the underground parking lot.

At this hour, Jingcheng was not completely dark yet. The sun was setting in the west, and there was still a part of the sky that was orange.

But by the time they arrived at the restaurant they had booked, the last sliver of white in the sky had been swallowed by darkness. The night enveloped the entire city, and everyone was excited for the upcoming weekend on Friday night.

This meal was Chinese food. Although Wan Yi couldn’t eat much, she controlled her portions, so it was no problem to satisfy her cravings.

Being too famous, she was worried about not being able to eat in peace. The three of them were in a private room by the window, talking about work, food, clients, and future plans.

But halfway through the meal, just as a new cold dish was about to be served, the waitress, who was a fan of Wan Yi, was overjoyed to see her in person.

In a moment of carelessness, some of the oil from the plate spilled onto the shoulder of Chu Wantang, who was sitting nearby.

The red oil flowed down Chu Wantang’s shoulder, quickly staining her blouse. There were even a few scattered drops on her thigh, which was very unsightly.

The waitress immediately apologized, flustered. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’ll wipe it off for you.”

Su Cheng called the manager without a word.

Wan Yi, who was usually so composed in front of outsiders, couldn’t help but look cold at such a scene. She asked the manager directly, “Hello, how do you plan to handle this? You should be glad that this dish was a cold dish and not a hot one.”

The manager immediately offered to pay compensation, and the amount was not small. And all of this would be deducted from the waitress’s salary.

“Just compensate me according to the market price for dry cleaning. No more is needed,” Chu Wantang said, waving her hand, not pursuing the matter too much.

But this way, she was in no mood to continue the meal. She was a bit of a clean freak and had OCD. It would be very uncomfortable to continue eating in these clothes.

Su Cheng and Wan Yi also understood this. After Chu Wantang had simply dealt with the oil on her body so that it wouldn’t drip down, the three of them returned to the car.

Even though their friendship was always on the verge of “collapse,” when faced with such a situation, their lineup was always consistent.

“So is this how tonight ends?” Su Cheng asked, driving, unwilling to accept it. “I was thinking of going for a drink.”

Chu Wantang didn’t want to spoil her friends’ fun either. “I’ll go back and take a shower and change my clothes, then we can go out again.”

Wan Yi smelled the red oil in the car and smacked her lips. “…Actually, this red oil smells really good. Is it from Sichuan?”

Su Cheng: “…”

Chu Wantang: “…”

Half an hour later, they returned to the Chu residence. It was just past nine, still early.

After changing her shoes, Wan Yi asked, “Where’s little sister Xingxing?”

Chu Wantang walked inside. “She went to her friend’s birthday party. She’ll be back later.” She said, “Around ten, I think. She never stays out late.”

“I still haven’t officially met her yet,” Wan Yi said. She had flown abroad two days after the “Lan Ling” Women’s Day show and had just returned.

Su Cheng sat down on the sofa and remembered something. “By the way, Wantang, have you finished the sketch you were working on at my studio every day?”

She hadn’t been staying late at her studio recently.

“I’ve finished it.” Chu Wantang hadn’t brought her bag back. She took out the photo she had taken at the hotel at noon and handed it over.

Wan Yi leaned over. “What sketch?”

“A birthday gift for Xingxing,” Su Cheng said, looking at the drawing. As an expert, she could naturally see how much care had been put into the design of this dress.

Wan Yi had also learned a lot in this area over the years as a model. She looked at the drawing and clicked her tongue in amazement. “It’s really surprising that our Director Chu’s design would one day be used for love…”

Before she could finish the word “ah,” she was cut off by Chu Wantang.

She took back her phone and said lightly, “It’s not love.”

“Hmm?” Wan Yi crossed her long legs on the sofa. “It’s not love with little sister Xingxing? Then you?” Why are you sleeping with her?

Su Cheng had asked a similar question before and was not surprised by this answer.

“Who said you have to be in love to sleep with someone?” Chu Wantang said, taking off her watch and slowly replying to Wan Yi’s thoughts. “When you slept with those pretty little sisters of yours, it wasn’t always because of love.”

Wan Yi: “…”

She rubbed her nose. She really couldn’t refute that.

At this point, Chu Wantang thought of the word “sweet,” which shouldn’t have appeared between her and Huai Xing, and her eyelashes fluttered.

After hesitating for two seconds, she parted her lips again. “There’s something else you’ve always been curious about.”

“What?”

“Why I took the initiative to become her family.”

Su Cheng propped her chin on her hand. “I am very curious. Mainly because you hadn’t even met Xingxing a few times. We’ve asked before, but you’ve never answered.” She asked, “So why? Because you felt sorry for her?”

“No.”

Chu Wantang looked at her own blurry reflection on the floor-to-ceiling window and said lightly, “I wanted to raise her by my side, to make her rely on me and trust me.” She paused, her tone devoid of warmth. “And then, when I’m the most important person in her world, I’ll abandon her.”

As soon as she said this, both Su Cheng and Wan Yi were stunned.

It was Wan Yi who reacted first. “I don’t understand. Or did little sister Xingxing do something for you to treat her like this?”

“You don’t need to know what happened. As for… little sister?” Chu Wantang caught the form of address and twitched her lips. “More like a little pet, comes when called, goes when shooed.”

“The only accident in this matter is that she developed feelings for me beyond that of family. But we’re all adults. She likes me, and I can also give her physical feedback. I’ve also spent hundreds of thousands on her these past few years and provided so much emotional value. All in all, I’m very kind, and she’s not losing out.”

Su Cheng opened her mouth, but before she could say a word.

Chu Wantang beat her to it. “You don’t have to be angry, because my thoughts have already changed.”

She pointed to the spot where Su Cheng was sitting. “A few days ago, my aunt came to visit, and she even protected me. At that moment, I felt that it would be nice to keep raising her like this, and that I didn’t have to proceed with the original plan on her birthday.” She looked at the drawing in her phone. “I didn’t want to design this dress at first, but I still softened.”

“I’m telling you this so that you don’t have to say that I’m dating her in front of me in the future. I don’t have a so-called ‘Xing’ addiction, and we’re not sweet. It’s jarring to my ears. Don’t misunderstand anymore…” At this point, Chu Wantang’s brows furrowed. She didn’t understand why she felt a little tightness in her chest, but she still insisted on saying the rest. “We’re just bed partners with mutual consent.”

“Wantang, Xingxing will find out sooner or later,” Su Cheng reminded her with a frown. “This idea of yours is very hurtful.”

“I won’t let her find out. If you keep your mouths shut, and I continue to be as good to her as before, she won’t know.”

“Then what does she think? Have you asked her?” Wan Yi pressed.

Chu Wantang chuckled lightly. “I’ve already said, she likes me, and I can also give her physical feedback. Isn’t that enough? Under my intentional guidance these past few years, she has long been unable to leave me.” She didn’t want to continue this topic. “I’m not talking to you anymore. I’m going to go change and take a shower. Are we still drinking tonight?”

With that, she stood up and walked gracefully towards the bedroom, leaving behind two friends who were trying to digest the information—

And the little pet herself, who was freezing in the guest room, separated by a door.