Inferior A After Having a Baby with the Top Boss 69

Chapter 69: Zhu Yiqiao is Quite Drunk

The midday sun was blocked by the lush wisteria tree.

As a dappled shadow slanted across the path, Ming Fei froze at Xu Zhou’s words, then shook her head and softly explained,

“Jiejie, it’s not that there are no feelings between us, and many things are very complicated, it’s hard to explain in a short time.”

Xu Zhou keenly asked, “It’s not that there are no feelings?”

“Mm.” Ming Fei smiled. “We are partners, and also… good friends.”

Xu Zhou was silent for a moment: “Xiao Fei, I respect all your decisions. But as your older sister, I still want to ask again, are you sure you don’t want a divorce? Don’t worry about the contract penalties, I will take care of everything.”

The wind blew across the white paper, and Ming Fei said firmly, “Mm.”

At this point, Xu Zhou didn’t press the issue further.

She changed the subject and talked about other things, recounting the events of these past years, telling Ming Fei that she had come to this world eight years ago, that she had lost some of her memories, but also remembered things from her childhood, remembered that she had a younger sister. After adapting to the order of this world, she also discovered that this world wasn’t the same as her sister’s. She tried many methods, but couldn’t find any clues related to transmigration.

Later—

She founded the Luci Group, made a name for herself in the Xi He City business world, and this year, partnered with Q University’s lab, accidentally discovering that one of the researchers had the exact same birthmark behind her ear.

So, there were these three test reports, and today’s reunion.

After listening to Xu Zhou’s brief account, Ming Fei sighed with heartfelt emotion.

“Jiejie, both you and Xue Xun Jiejie are so amazing, being able to establish such large business groups in such a short time.”

A smile appeared in Xu Zhou’s eyes.

“Xue Xun told me a lot about the past, and I roughly know what happened between us. In the other world, she was the cherished daughter of her entire family, and I grew up by her side, learning mostly about how to maximize profits with minimal risks. We grew up in that environment, so achieving what we have now isn’t that big of a deal.”

Among the four known transmigrators, Xu Zhou knew that only Ming Fei had been at the bottom of society since childhood, exposed to the most decadent, impoverished, and broken side of the world. But she hadn’t developed any malice because of this, nor had she become jaded, self-loathing, or given up on herself. She had sprouted in the barren desert without a drop of rain, growing tenaciously, with a vibrant and towering tree in her heart.

No matter what criteria she used, Xu Zhou believed that her younger sister was incredibly outstanding.

Therefore, she looked at Ming Fei and said, “You are the one who has had the hardest journey. Xiao Fei, you’ve worked hard, you’re truly amazing.”

There was no wind in this area at the moment, but the flowers in the garden suddenly swayed and rustled, as if agreeing with Xu Zhou’s words. The Pula flowers by the white stone table quietly bloomed, their pink and white petals fragrant and alluring, floating from the green leaves and branches to Ming Fei, as if rewarding and appreciating her.

Ming Fei guessed it was Xue Xun’s ability.

Xu Zhou, sitting opposite her, said directly, “Is this how President Xun eavesdrops on her guests?”

The next moment, Xu Zhou’s smartwatch beeped, and Xue Xun’s lazy voice came from it.

“President Xu, I’m so sorry, you were chatting in the garden, and the flowers did tell me everything you talked about.” She chuckled. “Congratulations on your reunion today. As compensation, I’ll agree to anything President Xu says.”

This was her usual style.

She could have easily hidden everything, but she let the flowers reveal her actions, even giving a flamboyant and unapologetic apology.

But the former Xu Zhou had been completely captivated by this Xue Xun, and even now, with her lost memories, she was still touched.

Ming Fei minimized her presence, her fingertips tracing the soft petals of the Pula flower.

Just as Xu Zhou was about to speak, Xue Xun softly reminded her, “It’s been almost two hours, and Xiao Fei hasn’t had lunch yet.”

Only then did Xu Zhou glance at the time and, after muttering something, ended the call, going to the villa’s dining room with Ming Fei.

The lunch prepared in the dining room was very sumptuous, more than half of the dishes were Xu Zhou’s favorites.

However, Zhu Yiqiao didn’t appear at all. Only Xu Zhou, Xue Xun, and Ming Fei were present throughout the meal. Although the dishes on the table were all Xu Zhou’s favorites, Xue Xun kept picking up food for Ming Fei, not once using the serving chopsticks to give any to Xu Zhou.

Perhaps because of her new identity as an older sister, Ming Fei could feel a softness in Xue Xun’s gaze.

Like looking at a small animal huddled in a corner, both incredibly cute and pitiful.

She didn’t say anything, nor did she join in their conversation. After finishing lunch and saying “good afternoon” to each of them, she turned and walked towards the guest room on the second floor. As she left the dining room, she could still hear their conversation, the atmosphere more relaxed and pleasant than she had imagined.

“Xiao Fei is so well-behaved. I also had a younger sister, but she never said good afternoon to me like Xiao Fei.”

Xu Zhou’s voice followed: “Is that so?”

“Yes. But although she acted like a little hedgehog on the surface, she was actually a clingy little thing in private, and I…”

As Ming Fei walked further away, their voices gradually faded. When she reached the guest room with Yun Yun, the robot butler, the door was closed, and she guessed that Zhu Yiqiao was also resting.

After thanking Yun Yun and entering the room, Ming Fei saw Ming Zaozao sleeping soundly on the spacious bed. She smiled, and after a quick wash-up, got into bed and hugged Ming Zaozao.

Then—

She kissed her chubby cheek.

Her voice, as she spoke, was as soft as her smile.

“I’m very happy today.”

“Good afternoon.”

But there was no warmth in the study at the end of the corridor on the second floor. The atmosphere was tense, a silent confrontation.

In the flower-decorated sofa area, both of them were wearing black coats, their auras sharp, like cold blades meeting on a narrow road, the air seemingly chilled by the frost on the blades.

Xu Zhou got straight to the point: “Chief Judge Zhu, I think you heard everything, right?”

Zhu Yiqiao’s voice was flat: “President Xu’s perceptiveness is indeed sharp.”

Xu Zhou, having survived the apocalypse, was the first person without abilities to hold the position of Alliance Leader. Her perceptiveness was naturally beyond compare.

She looked at Zhu Yiqiao beside her. To be fair, whether as the Chief Judge of the Trial Court or the youngest colonel and commander in the military, Zhu Yiqiao’s resume was impeccable. In the Independent State of Yi Meng, and even in the entire international community, any evaluation of Zhu Yiqiao would only be associated with excellence.

She certainly wasn’t pessimistic or opposed to their marriage.

She just wanted her younger sister, who had suffered so much, to be happy, and how could there be happiness in a marriage without a foundation of love?

“Chief Judge Zhu, what do you want from Xiao Fei?”

Zhu Yiqiao didn’t say a word, as still as the snow crane in the center of the lake, undisturbed by the surrounding noise.

Xu Zhou’s lips twitched, but there was no smile in her eyes: “Did you know that someone threw something at Xiao Fei?”

Instantly, the air in the study froze into frost, the entire room covered in a layer of white. Zhu Yiqiao looked sideways at Xu Zhou and asked, word by word,

“When?”

“Three days ago.” Xu Zhou played a video. “She was working overtime at the lab all last week and it was very late when she returned home. Perhaps she wanted dessert, so her self-driving car stopped at a dessert shop on the corner. My car happened to have a problem and was parked there, and the terminal’s surveillance automatically recorded this.”

Zhu Yiqiao immediately looked up.

Ming Fei in the video was bundled up warmly, half her face buried in a cashmere scarf, black-framed glasses on her nose, and two delicately packaged small cakes in her right hand. Just as she reached the bright streetlight, a passerby on the left suddenly threw something blurry at her, directly hitting Ming Fei’s shoulder.

After zooming in, Zhu Yiqiao saw that it was a rotten egg.

After throwing it, the person shouted, “Bah, you’re not worthy of Chief Judge Zhu.”

Before the patrolling robot could approach, the person ran away without a trace, bundled up tightly from head to toe, only their voice, which sounded like a young person around twenty years old, giving a clue to their identity.

And Ming Fei stood in the snow, her expression obscured by the darkness. She took out a clean tissue from her pocket, wiped her shoulder, picked up the rotten egg with the tissue before the smell could spread, walked two or three meters, threw it into a special trash can for foul-smelling garbage, got in her car, and left.

The video ended there, but the coldness in Zhu Yiqiao’s eyes intensified.

Xu Zhou’s voice rang out at the right time, and she repeated her question: “What do you want?”

This time, Zhu Yiqiao finally gave her answer, straightforward and without concealment.

“Her heart.”

Ming Fei didn’t sleep for long, waking up after half an hour.

She glanced at the time on the display screen, then looked down at Ming Zaozao, who was still sleeping in her arms.

As the alarm rang, Ming Fei quickly turned it off before it could wake Ming Zaozao. She carefully extracted her arm from under Ming Zaozao, got out of bed, went to the bathroom, and when she came back, Ming Zaozao was still sound asleep.

Ming Fei smiled, guessing that Ming Zaozao must have been too tired from playing with the lamb, calf, and kittens to sleep so soundly for so long.

Just then, the academy sent out a group learning task.

Ming Fei didn’t wake Ming Zaozao, putting on her headphones and studying in the room while accompanying her. Another half an hour passed, and after Ming Fei finished watching all the learning videos, Ming Zaozao finally opened her round eyes.

She rolled into Ming Fei’s arms, acting coquettishly.

“Mommy~”

Ming Fei hugged her: “Mm?”

“Baby had a dream.”

Ming Zaozao chattered, using actions to help express herself, recounting the entire dream. She picked up the milk bottle on the bedside table, took a big gulp, then put on her shoes and left the room with Ming Fei.

They encountered Xu Zhou at the top of the stairs. Before Ming Fei could greet her, Ming Zaozao called out,

“Auntie!”

She made a questioning sound: “Auntie, are you leaving?”

Xu Zhou patted her head: “Mm, I have something to do. Zaozao, do you want to go to the zoo?”

Ming Zaozao’s eyes lit up: “Mommy, can Baby go?”

Ming Fei smiled and replied, “Of course.”

Just as she finished speaking, Ming Zaozao threw herself into Ming Fei’s arms, kissed her on the cheek, then got down and took Xu Zhou’s hand. Before leaving, Xu Zhou explained to Ming Fei that because the matter was urgent, she would bring Ming Zaozao back tomorrow, and they would reveal their identities to Ming Zaozao then.

Ming Fei nodded, noticing that Xu Zhou’s lips seemed a little red and swollen, as if she had been bitten.

She pretended not to see, waved goodbye to Ming Zaozao, and watched them leave.

Five minutes later, another hovercar left the villa, carrying Ming Fei and Zhu Yiqiao, who had just said goodbye to Xue Xun. As the hovercar crossed the Lingang Bridge, Ming Fei happily told Zhu Yiqiao everything that had happened today.

Zhu Yiqiao listened calmly to everything she already knew.

“Congratulations.”

Ming Fei’s eyes sparkled with a smile: “…Actually, I didn’t expect it either, but I’m really happy.”

“As long as you’re happy.”

Zhu Yiqiao picked up the pendant Ming Fei had dropped on the car mat. As her fingertips brushed against Ming Fei’s palm, she suddenly recalled the scene in the garden where Ming Fei said they were good friends and wouldn’t divorce.

The hovercar entered the villa garage. 008, which happened to be patrolling the villa, saw them returning together and immediately started playing the cheerful song “Long Live Friendship.”

Ming Fei’s lips curved upwards, like a cat raising its tail.

And Zhu Yiqiao listened quietly, not giving any commands to pause or change the song. But during dinner, she unexpectedly opened a bottle of red wine. Ming Fei didn’t touch a drop, but she drank two full glasses.

Ming Fei softly reminded her, “Jiejie, you’ll get drunk if you drink too much.”

0619 next to them said, “The Chief Judge has a high tolerance for alcohol~ This was a gift from Executive Lan. Teacher Xiao Fei, really not going to try some?”

Remembering her last drunken experience, Ming Fei declined 0619’s invitation, just occasionally glancing at Zhu Yiqiao with her peripheral vision, making sure she was alright. After dinner, she went to the garden to pick some of the withering Blue Fia lilies.

But when she returned to the living room and approached the sofa with the flower basket, Zhu Yiqiao suddenly took her hand.

Ming Fei looked down and found that Zhu Yiqiao’s cheeks were still pale, without any blush or signs of drunkenness, still like an untouchable flower blooming on a snowy mountain peak. But everything that followed made Ming Fei think that she must be drunk, and quite drunk at that.

Otherwise—

Why would she sit on Ming Fei’s lap?

The flower basket fell onto the carpet. Ming Fei felt Zhu Yiqiao’s warm breath on her neck. As soft lips brushed against her skin, a look of bewilderment appeared in her clear almond eyes.

…Wasn’t her… alcohol tolerance supposed to be high?

In this situation, what should she do as a friend?