Chapter 62: She Would Officially Enjoy Tonight’s “Dinner.”
In the past few days, Chu Wantang would repeatedly think of what Huai Xing had said that night.
Huai Xing had denied ever liking her. She would not press the matter, but she also could not just let it go. She had to find a way to have more contact and interaction with Huai Xing, so that she would have more opportunities.
After much thought, she felt that at this stage, not talking about feelings and returning to their previous relationship was an effective method.
The only variable was that she was not sure if Huai Xing would agree. But regardless of whether Huai Xing agreed or not, she would propose it. What if? What if… Huai Xing really did agree?
At this moment, after she had said this, she was waiting for Huai Xing’s result.
The evening breeze quietly slipped in through the open car door in the back seat, rolling the woody scent on Chu Wantang’s body in and delivering it to Huai Xing’s nose.
Huai Xing’s slender fingertips tapped lightly on the center console. She didn’t turn her head, but looked at the woman standing by the back seat car door through the rearview mirror in the dim light.
For a moment, she even suspected that she had misheard. But on second thought, this was also in line with her understanding of Chu Wantang. This person was still as self-righteous and unscrupulous as ever, and would not have changed much in the past five years.
Thinking of this, Huai Xing just felt that at this moment, whether she refused or not, it would be a kind of… relief for Chu Wantang? Because there would be an immediate answer after asking.
The night in Haicheng was cool, and time was slowly hidden in the laughter of the pedestrians, flowing and rolling away with the words they spoke.
In this business car that no one cared about, the atmosphere was at a stalemate.
Su Cheng did not wait in place and had already entered the hotel with her daughter, leaving the two of them still pulling at each other here.
After a long while, Chu Wantang held onto the car door and parted her lips again. “I know you understand what I mean.”
The implication was: don’t pretend you don’t understand.
Huai Xing rolled down the car window. She flicked her hair with one hand, was silent for a few seconds, and then said, “I can’t answer you right now.”
“Why?”
Huai Xing turned her head slightly, her gaze sweeping over Chu Wantang’s face. Then her lips curled up, and her voice sounded very pleasant as she said, “Because my period is coming soon. All this will have to wait until my period is over to be discussed.”
Hearing this, Chu Wantang’s furrowed brows, which had been furrowed because she had not received an answer for a long time, relaxed, and the tense string in her heart immediately loosened.
She had been worried that Huai Xing would refuse, but now it seemed that her worry was a bit unnecessary.
Thinking about it, it made sense. Huai Xing could deny her feelings for her, but she could not deny that they had a very pleasant and harmonious time in bed.
“The evaluation result from the company has also come out,” Chu Wantang said, a faint smile hidden in her voice. “I’ll probably be coming to Haicheng again next Monday to discuss the details of the cooperation with your company. Can you give me an answer then?”
Then there were still eight days.
Huai Xing thought of this number and nodded. “I can.”
“Good night,” Chu Wantang said, not saying any more, suppressing the fluctuations in her heart and forcefully ending the meeting for the night.
Huai Xing did not return her same words. “Please close the car door.”
Chu Wantang smiled and closed the car door.
A few seconds later, the white car drove away.
Chu Wantang watched the car’s shadow until it disappeared, then slowly retracted her gaze. She reached out to touch the evening breeze, only feeling that the evening breeze was very gentle.
She curled her lips, her mind couldn’t help but review her own performance in bed before. Mm, she could understand why Huai Xing wouldn’t refuse. As a friend with benefits, she was very outstanding in all aspects.
And in the white car, Huai Xing was driving towards the apartment according to the navigation.
According to her understanding of Chu Wantang, Chu Wantang was probably thinking that it was reasonable for her not to refuse tonight’s invitation.
“Heh.”
Huai Xing couldn’t help but sneer.
Eight days was enough for Chu Wantang to raise her expectations even higher.
At nearly nine o’clock, Huai Xing returned to the apartment.
According to Lu Xianyue’s words, they were comrades-in-arms, so they had to share their door passwords. Although Huai Xing didn’t quite understand the connection between the two, she didn’t refuse.
So it was not at all strange to find a person on the sofa after the door opened.
Lu Xianyue was holding an empty wine bottle, her whole person dizzy.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, she barely opened her eyes and shouted, “Who? Xiao Xing? Is that you, Xiao Xing?”
Huai Xing had just washed her hands and hadn’t wiped them yet. There was still a cool water on them. She went to touch Lu Xianyue’s face and said with a smile, “I’m not. I’m Wen Shiwei.”
Lu Xianyue was startled by the cold. Hearing Huai Xing say this, she immediately widened her eyes. “You’re not Wen Shiwei.”
“How am I not?” Huai Xing took her empty wine bottle and placed it on the coffee table, sat down at the side, her brows slightly raised.
Lu Xianyue’s alcohol tolerance was very average, and she had actually finished this bottle of red wine.
It would be strange if she wasn’t dazed now.
Lu Xianyue closed her eyes drowsily and then struggled to count on her fingers. “First, the fragrance on Wen Shiwei is… fruity? You’re not.”
“Second, Wen Shiwei doesn’t know your room password. She wouldn’t just come in.”
“Third, Wen Shiwei is busy having dinner with a client right now…”
“…” Huai Xing was speechless.
After she had sent a message to Wen Shiwei, she leaned over, knelt down by the sofa, and smoothed Lu Xianyue’s somewhat messy hair, asking, “Xianyue, do you remember who you are now?”
“I remember…”
“Then do you still remember that you’re a straight woman?”
“I remember…”
“Then what was with the dream you had?”
“Wuwuwu…” The young lady Lu’s brain couldn’t turn at all. She had had many, many dreams in these years, but now she could know which dream Huai Xing was talking about, because she had been thinking about it for two days.
She said with a tearful voice, “I don’t know either. How could I dream of Wen Shiwei? But I really want to kiss her…”
Huai Xing rubbed her temples, feeling that she couldn’t ask anymore, lest she could get out some explicit words.
“Have you ever kissed someone?” At this moment, Lu Xianyue looked up with teary eyes and asked.
“…Mm.”
Lu Xianyue digested this answer for a moment, then immediately sat up and fiercely beat the cushion beside her. “Damn it, I haven’t.”
“I lost.”
“Is anyone competing with you?” Huai Xing pressed her forehead, at a loss for words for a moment.
Lu Xianyue seemed not to hear and asked again, “Then have you had sex?”
…How did the explicit questions become Lu Xianyue’s to ask her?
This question popped into Huai Xing’s mind. She didn’t want to answer either. Just as she was about to find a way to fool her, Lu Xianyue came over and held her arm, saying with a strong smell of alcohol, “We’re comrades-in-arms! Comrades-in-arms! You have to tell me.”
“You still lost.”
Lu Xianyue: “So you have.” She wiped her face. “How come I haven’t done anything, wuwuwu…”
“I’ll go make you some honey water.”
By the time she had made a glass of honey water to sober up, Lu Xianyue was still on the sofa, holding a cushion and muttering about this matter.
But before the honey water could go down, the doorbell rang.
Huai Xing went to open the door and saw Wen Shiwei, who had just rushed over from a social engagement, panting slightly, with some of the night’s coolness on her.
“Sister Shiwei, what are you doing here?” Huai Xing asked, knowing the answer. The message she had sent to Wen Shiwei had only said that Lu Xianyue was drunk, and nothing else.
Wen Shiwei’s aggressive features held a hint of helplessness. She looked inside and replied, “Don’t you know, Xingxing?”
Huai Xing’s lips curved. “I’m afraid you don’t know.”
I’m afraid you think the person you like is still me.
Hearing the person in front of her say this, Wen Shiwei said seriously, “I know very well.”
On the day she had sent Huai Xing off from Jingcheng five years ago, she had realized how deep Huai Xing’s feelings for Chu Wantang were. At that time, she had thought that Huai Xing would probably never have this level of love for another person in this lifetime, because even though Huai Xing had been hurt like that, she was reluctant to say a single bad word about Chu Wantang in front of her.
So, Wen Shiwei had intentionally let go of her feelings for Huai Xing.
In the following three years, they were in different places, and they could basically only see each other two or three times a year. They could also only chat on WeChat. It was unclear when, but the three words “Lu Xianyue” would occasionally appear in their chat history.
Two years ago, she had been transferred to Haicheng for work and had officially met Lu Xianyue.
In these two years, Lu Xianyue had angered her every few days. She didn’t know why, but she would also pretend to be angry every time and would not be serious.
Unconsciously, her attention had also shifted to Lu Xianyue. To Huai Xing, she was now just a friend.
To Lu Xianyue, it was not as simple as a friend.
But she had only had the experience of a secret crush. She had no other experience.
She couldn’t understand Lu Xianyue, who always said she was a “straight woman.” She didn’t know why Lu Xianyue always had to throw a tantrum in front of her. She also didn’t understand how she could get closer to Lu Xianyue now…
But no matter what, Lu Xianyue was already the most special existence to her.
Hearing Wen Shiwei’s words, Huai Xing’s features became even softer.
She was sincerely happy for Wen Shiwei, because if she had put her heart on her, she would not have seen any hope. She no longer liked Chu Wantang, and she seemed to have lost the ability to like anyone else.
“Take her back to her room,” Huai Xing said. “I’m going to take a shower and go to sleep. She’s bothering me here.”
Wen Shiwei stared at Huai Xing’s face and said again, “Xingxing.”
“Hmm?”
“Xiao Xian came to ask me a few days ago if you had had a conflict with Chu Wantang at ‘Lan Ling’ before. Did you… see her?” Her form of address for Lu Xianyue was “Xiao Xian.”
“I did,” Huai Xing said with a faint smile. “Don’t worry about me, Sister Shiwei. I can handle everything.”
Wen Shiwei also smiled. “I believe you.” She then paused. “I didn’t say anything to her.”
This past was already buried deep in the earth.
Before long, Wen Shiwei warned Lu Xianyue not to move around and carried her away from Huai Xing’s place. Huai Xing felt that it was inconvenient for them to enter the password, so she followed them like a wooden person and then entered Lu Xianyue’s room password.
The door closed. She passed through the elevator entrance and went back.
She put off her shower and sleep for a while, took out a few lychees from the refrigerator, peeled them, and ate them.
The thought of Chu Wantang thinking that she had already agreed to this relationship made her feel that the lychees were even sweeter.
The next day was the last day of the holiday. Chu Wantang’s flight back to Jingcheng was at night, and Su Cheng had to stay in Haicheng with her daughter for two more days.
Perhaps because of Huai Xing’s “answer” before, when they met again today, Chu Wantang did not play any more tricks. She only spoke a few words to Huai Xing through Su Qiao and had some contact.
Huai Xing, as the host, was very attentive and took them to carefully selected good places.
In the past few years, she had gotten to know some bosses and managers. On a holiday like this, she only needed to send a message to these friends in advance, and she wouldn’t have to queue.
At dusk, the colorful clouds were burning in the sky.
It was a bit far from the airport, and with the holiday ending, there would only be more people going to the airport now. Huai Xing would not be taking them. She was only going to take them back to the hotel.
On the way, Chu Wantang was sitting in the passenger seat. She held up her phone to take a picture of the sunset outside the front window, recording this moment. Then she put away her phone and turned to look at Huai Xing, as if she wanted to fix the person in her mind.
She had also imagined this scene many times in the past few years. Now that it had come true, she felt a sense of unreality.
But when her gaze moved down and landed on Huai Xing’s rolled-up cuffs, she saw the expensive watch on Huai Xing’s slender white wrist, and she suddenly knew that the relationship between them was no longer the same as before.
The Huai Xing in front of her was no longer the canary that could only survive by depending on her.
Or rather, Huai Xing had never been. It was she who had been deceiving herself all along.
Huai Xing seemed not to notice and just drove seriously.
When the sun had set a little more, the car also arrived at its destination.
Su Cheng was drowsy in the back seat, and her daughter had long since fallen asleep on her lap.
Now, on the side of the road in front of the hotel, she was a little more awake. She said to Chu Wantang, “Wantang, let us know when you get to Jingcheng.”
“Okay,” Chu Wantang replied with a smile.
She unbuckled her seatbelt and opened the car door.
She then turned her head and said to Huai Xing, “Thank you for your thoughtfulness today, President Huai.” Her eyes curved slightly. “We’ll see each other next time.”
Only then did Huai Xing deign to give her a glance and nodded coldly.
The car door closed, and Huai Xing drove away with the mother and daughter in the back seat, without a trace of hesitation.
Chu Wantang watched the car’s shadow recede and turned around in a good mood.
It didn’t matter that this meeting was short, because when she came to Haicheng again in a week, she would have progress with Huai Xing physically.
After the May Day holiday, Huai Xing was busy. But she had let Lu Xianyue go to the silk factory to shoot with the blogger, because as she had said herself, her period had arrived on time on the last night of the holiday. Perhaps because the lychees she had eaten were a bit cold, she had some cramps this time and could only sit in the office to handle some things.
“Lan Ling’s” cooperation proposal also arrived on time. As a raw material supplier, “Silk Season” had to be inspected by “Lan Ling” first. They also had to go to the factory in the suburbs to see the production process, and also to “Silk Season’s” offline store in Haicheng to see the finished products, and so on, before finally discussing the details of the cooperation.
After flipping through the document, Huai Xing looked at the name of the “Lan Ling” representative at the end and raised an eyebrow slightly.
Time flew by. On May 12th, Chu Wantang and her team of three came to Haicheng on a business trip. CEO Mei also attached great importance to this cooperation with “Silk Season,” and the task of this business trip was also heavy.
“Silk Season” sent someone to pick up the group of four and take them to the hotel.
On the way, Chu Wantang sat in the back seat, her eyelids lowered, looking at the chat box with lucky on her phone, a little dazed.
A week had passed, but there had been no new messages between them.
She had also opened Huai Xing’s Moments several times, and the result was exactly the same as what Su Cheng had seen. Huai Xing had also set permissions for her, and she couldn’t see anything.
But she was not in a hurry. Tonight, she would have dinner with Huai Xing and Lu Xianyue and the others.
When she returned to the hotel with Huai Xing at night—
She would officially enjoy tonight’s “dinner.”
