After Breaking Up With the Scheming Bad Woman 87

Chapter 87: It Was a Water Photo with Some Little Touches.

Lu Xianyue was on the phone with Wen Shiwei in the living room. It was unclear what they were talking about, but from not too far away, Huai Xing and Lu Zhenyue could hear her loud laughter, but it had no effect on the atmosphere in the kitchen.

Silence enveloped the two people in the space.

The cut peach pieces showed a slight sign of oxidation, but Lu Zhenyue’s eyes did not show a trace of retreat.

Her appearance was charming, and her temperament was scholarly. These two were perfectly combined in her and did not make people feel out of place. At this moment, her gaze was tightly locked on Huai Xing, not wanting to miss any change in Huai Xing’s expression.

In fact, Huai Xing’s expression did not change much. Compared to the past, she was much calmer.

Or perhaps it was because Lu Zhenyue had revealed some information on the car back to the hotel on the night of the Lu family’s old matriarch’s birthday banquet, which had given her a buffer, so that she was not surprised now.

“I’m sorry, Sister Suisui,” Huai Xing said with a faint smile on her lips. “I don’t have any… plans to be in a relationship for the time being.”

Lu Zhenyue cut her off. “I’m not talking about now, but in the future.” As she spoke, she moved a little closer, shortening the distance between her and Huai Xing. “I just said that I don’t want to take it slow, and I also mean that I don’t want to tell you my feelings so slowly, and I don’t want you to misunderstand that I just see you as a little sister and a good friend. I want you to be clear that my feelings for you are the feelings of one woman for another.”

“I also don’t want to put pressure on you, so I think we can also let nature take its course in the future. But… maybe I’ll be a little different from before?”

She raised an eyebrow and said in a soft voice, “For example, the special gift I bought for you, I will tell you. I’m very happy to receive your message, and I will also tell you. If you still have no feelings for me, then I…”

At this point, a rare hint of helplessness appeared on Lu Zhenyue’s steady face. “Then I’ll think of another way.” She was the first to show a helpless expression. “I’ve never pursued anyone before, so I might be a little lacking in experience. Please bear with me. Now that we’ve said this much, we have no way to back down, Xiao Xing.”

“So, please consider me, give me a little chance, and also give yourself a chance, okay?”

Huai Xing stared at the person in front of her, listening to the perfect words that Lu Zhenyue had just said, and her answer did not come for a long time.

She recalled the scene in front of her mother’s grave on the Dragon Boat Festival. She and Chu Wantang had already settled the past. She had also forgiven Chu Wantang, and they were completely in the past.

It was time to look forward, right?

Even though her heart was not swaying for Lu Zhenyue at the moment, she did not have to be with Lu Zhenyue. But as Lu Zhenyue had said, this opportunity was for both of them.

At this moment, Lu Xianyue hung up the phone and came over. Before she entered the door, she shouted, “Peaches! You two!”

Lu Zhenyue took a step back at the right time. She looked at Huai Xing with a smile, picked up the fruit platter again, and walked past Huai Xing. “If you think we’re cutting too slowly, you can cut it next time.”

“That won’t do. These hands of mine have other wonderful uses. They can’t be injured,” Lu Xianyue said, clearing her throat, her ears a little red as she spoke.

Lu Zhenyue’s other hand gently pinched her little sister’s ear. “You’ve really grown up. You dare to say anything now.” She then greeted the back, looking as if nothing had happened. “Xiao Xing, come and eat some peaches.”

Huai Xing’s thoughts returned. She turned around and replied with a smile, “Coming.”

After eating the peaches and saying goodbye to Lu Xianyue, Lu Zhenyue at the side said, “I’ll take you back.”

Huai Xing looked at the distance between the two room doors at the entrance and couldn’t help but say, “No need, Sister Suisui. It’s just a few steps, a few seconds.”

“Even if it’s just one step, one second, I will cherish it.”

Huai Xing was silent and did not say any more.

In less than ten seconds, the two of them said “good night” and were separated by a door.

Taking a deep breath, Huai Xing changed her shoes and went upstairs to take a shower. In the middle of it, her phone screen lit up. She didn’t pay attention to it. It wasn’t until she had dried her hair and had a face mask on that she unlocked it.

Chu Wantang had sent her a message. It was a water photo with some little touches.

The background was not “Silk Season” company, but the barbecue restaurant where they had “taken a photo together” before. This person had gone to eat barbecue again. In the photo, Chu Wantang had aimed the camera at the second floor again, but the seat there was empty. It was probably that a new customer had just not taken a seat yet, so there was a gap for a photo.

And Chu Wantang’s hair was tied up again, revealing her beautiful neck. Because she was wearing an apron to prevent oil, the neck strap even made her look like she was wearing a high-end necklace.

She still had the same two words: [Delicious.]

Really like a robot.

Huai Xing stared at the eyes in the photo that were looking at the camera and still only gave the reply: [1]

This time, the message did not stop there. Chu Wantang replied instantly: [2]

Huai Xing’s face mask inexplicably cracked. She quickly reacted and quickly stuck it back on, and then composed herself. The next second, Chu Wantang sent a voice message. “See you tomorrow, Xingxing.”

The simple two-second voice message could also tell that her mood was good, and her tone was melodious. Even though she was in a noisy barbecue restaurant, it was very clear.

But where was the see you tomorrow? Huai Xing was going to a neighboring city for an industry conference tomorrow. The only one at the company tomorrow was Lu Xianyue.

But she didn’t say it, nor was she going to reveal it. Mainly because there was no need. Next Monday, Chu Wantang would become her external subordinate. There would be plenty of opportunities to meet at the company then. They would also have to discuss and communicate about the big show together.

Just as she was about to exit the current interface, a new notification appeared in the message notification bar at the top.

Lu Zhenyue had sent her a message: [Are you wearing a face mask?]

Huai Xing opened it and switched the chat interface.

She replied: [Yes.]

Lu Zhenyue: [Guess how I guessed?]

[How did you know?]

Lu Zhenyue: [The answer is that I didn’t know. I just wanted to talk to you.]

Lu Zhenyue: [Good night again, Huai Xing.]

Huai Xing: [Good night.]

After replying to the message, Huai Xing let out a deep breath.

She turned her head slightly and looked at the jade comb on the side table. She took it, felt its cool touch, and slowly closed her eyes. Her mind suddenly thought of what Chu Wantang had said on the phone before, that she had also bought a jade comb and had asked her for advice on how to sleep well with it.

After a long while, she took off the face mask and threw it into the trash can, and went into the bathroom to wash her face.

…

The weather in the neighboring city was not much better than the drizzling Haicheng. This area was in the plum rain season at this time.

After attending the industry conference, Huai Xing also went to the company’s silkworm farming base here. She stayed here for the whole weekend. After checking the process, she wore a specific uniform and fed the silkworms with the employees. She couldn’t play on her phone here, which allowed her to be very focused.

When she was a child, she was very afraid of insects, and she was also afraid of silkworms. The school had insisted on letting them participate in this kind of activity, taking them to a silkworm farm to watch, and also asking them to write a diary. So she had observed while silently crying, and had written a diary after she got home, which had been praised by Huai Zhao, who had praised her as a brave little girl.

Now, apart from the first time she had had to deal with these silkworms again five years ago, which had made her a little flustered, the current her seemed to be even braver. She could squat down and observe them lazily stretching their soft bodies, watching them gnaw on mulberry leaves.

On a whim, on the way back, she wrote another diary and posted it on her Moments. Afraid that someone would be scared, she did not include a photo of the silkworms, but only took a picture of the scenery flashing by on the highway outside the car window.

It was dusk at this moment, and the sky was dark.

Before long, just as she was about to reach the Haicheng highway toll station, she received a similar diary from Chu Wantang. It was also a reflection on the time the “Lan Ling” team had come to the silkworm farming base on a business trip.

It was easy to catch some keywords. For example, Chu Wantang had said that she was startled when she saw so many silkworms in the warehouse, but the scene was also shocking and unforgettable.

Huai Xing’s long lashes drooped as she looked at this diary, and an indescribable feeling arose. It was as if… the two of them as children were having a conversation?

When the car passed the toll station and entered the wide road of Haicheng, she thought for a moment and replied: [See you tomorrow.]

The next day, it was time to announce the answer to all the designers who had submitted their emails.

But Chu Wantang had not submitted an email. She came to this two-story small building and waited quietly in the reception room for Huai Xing and the others to finish their morning meeting.

An hour later, Ding Rong came over. “President Chu, please follow me.”

“Okay.”

Some of the employees in the public area were quietly sizing her up when they heard that she was interviewing for the position of temporary design department director. She always looked straight ahead, her back straight.

Before long, she was once again sitting opposite Huai Xing and Lu Xianyue, and she smiled faintly. “May I ask what President Huai and President Lu have considered?”

“This is the contract. Could I trouble Miss Chu to see if there’s anything that needs to be revised?” Huai Xing pushed the contract forward until it was steadily in front of Chu Wantang.

On it were some precautions during the cooperation period, as well as the salary and benefits. For someone of Chu Wantang’s level, the budget also had to be raised a little.

After Chu Wantang had looked at it carefully, she took off the cap of her pen and neatly signed her name on it.

After signing, the three of them stood up.

Chu Wantang shook hands with the two of them one by one, and the dimples on her lips could not be hidden. At the end, she said, “I have one more question.”

“What is it?” Lu Xianyue said.

Chu Wantang said with some helplessness, “I don’t want to stay in a hotel for these two months. It’s not free enough, and there are people coming and going in the hotel, so I don’t have much of a sense of security. And it’s common to work overtime at home when you’re in fashion design, so it’s not very suitable in a hotel. If we’re in the same complex, I think it will be more convenient for the big show, because sometimes we need to communicate in person.”

“So, I’d like to ask which complex President Huai and President Lu live in.”