The creature woman can be surprisingly contradictory sometimes.
She doesn't fight, doesn't snatch, and is dismissive towards things she doesn't care about.
But for things she cares about, she can truly turn red-eyed and kill; when her temper flares, no one can stop her.
Cong Nini had long since caught a glimpse of Zhang Xinyue's reddened eyes from anger in her peripheral vision.
At that moment, she even proudly lifted her head and repeated what Zhang Xinyue had just said:
"Everything she can do, I can do, and I can do it better than her."
Chen Pingjiang frowned, thinking,
'Haven't you caused enough trouble for me? If you want to kiss, just kiss, stop with the pointless talk.'
As he thought, he pressed Cong Nini's head down.
Even after her head was pushed down, Cong Nini stubbornly cast a seductive glance at Chen Pingjiang, then kissed him like a chick pecking at rice.
Chen Pingjiang was undergoing a dual torment of body and mind.
Although his body felt good, his mind couldn't keep up.
Looking at Zhang Xinyue next to him, he neither dared to show his pleasure nor dared to fully commit.
The next second, Zhang Xinyue and Chen Pingjiang's eyes met.
It was this gaze that made Zhang Xinyue's anger completely irrepressible.
You two bastards are deliberately trying to anger me!
Cong Nini is like this, and so are you, Chen Pingjiang!
And you're even groaning in pleasure, yet looking at me with an apologetic gaze, making it seem like you're unwilling.
If you, a big man, were unwilling, you would have pushed her away long ago!
Her anger bar kept filling, quickly reaching MAX.
The next second, Zhang Xinyue got up, sat directly on the bed, shot a defiant look at Cong Nini, and then kissed Chen Pingjiang.
Chen Pingjiang's eyes widened instantly.
When Chen Pingjiang woke up, he checked the time, surprised to find it was already nine o'clock.
After slowly recalling his lost memories, he went from feeling absurd at first to grinning widely.
Cong Nini was curled up like a cat, while Zhang Xinyue, in Chen Pingjiang's arms, was quietly sobbing.
Chen Pingjiang noticed the movement and softly asked,
"Are you awake?"
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xinyue ignored him.
At this moment, Zhang Xinyue's emotions were too complex.
On one hand, she regretted her reckless impulsiveness today; on the other hand, she felt relieved for breaking the "window paper" with Chen Pingjiang.
At the same time, while disliking Cong Nini, she was also angry at Chen Pingjiang for not knowing how to control himself.
Finally, she felt ashamed of her own absurdity.
But she couldn't blame anyone else; she could only blame herself for being blinded by anger at the time, only feeling lost after calming down.
Slowly, Cong Nini also woke up, yawning tiredly.
She rolled over Chen Pingjiang, then her right hand stroked Zhang Xinyue, who was still quietly sobbing.
Like a triumphant general returning from victory, she chuckled contentedly:
"Now I'm not the only mistress anymore, someone can no longer stand on the moral high ground and point fingers at me, I'm happy. Hubby, come give me a kiss, MUA!~"
Zhang Xinyue, "stabbed" by Cong Nini again, angrily kicked the quilt, venting her dissatisfaction.
"Oh, are you a child? You were screaming like a pig being slaughtered just now, even louder than me."
"Alright, that's enough talk,"
Chen Pingjiang's voice was a little displeased.
Cong Nini's pretty eyes flickered:
"Alright then, as long as she doesn't provoke me in the future, I won't provoke her. But whether you accept it or not, from today onwards, we two are good sisters."
"Pah, who's good sisters with you?"
Zhang Xinyue spoke, her voice a little hoarse, perhaps from crying for half the day.
"Hehe, at this point, don't pretend to be strong and noble,"
Cong Nini smiled:
"I'd say this is good too. Zhang Xinyue, we used to be dorm sisters after all, and although we had some grievances before, they're all in the past. You have to face this situation now; either you can't accept it and leave my husband, or you can only unite with me."
"We two have no official status, we're the kind that can't see the light of day. To contend with other women, we must join hands."
Even in front of Chen Pingjiang, Cong Nini quite brazenly discussed related topics, leaving Chen Pingjiang speechless.
He was still there, and the harem infighting had already begun.
"Thwack!"
Accompanied by a crisp sound, Chen Pingjiang grumbled,
"What nonsense are you talking?"
Cong Nini let out a coquettish cry, then playfully smiled:
"I wasn't wrong."
Zhang Xinyue, who had calmed down, no longer wanted to stay.
Faced with Cong Nini's continuous provocations and some explicit words, she ultimately chose to leave.
Chen Pingjiang didn't stop her.
At this moment, it was better for her to think things through on her own.
Pushing her too hard, he was genuinely afraid that with Zhang Xinyue's tsundere personality, she might do something crazy.
After hearing the door click shut, Cong Nini, like a nimble little snake, wrapped herself around Chen Pingjiang's waist and climbed back up:
"Hubby, I wasn't full just now."
...
After leaving, Zhang Xinyue could no longer hold back.
Tears streamed down her face like broken pearls.
She walked and cried.
She hated herself for so foolishly giving herself away just to win an argument.
She also regretted why she had been so proud a few years ago.
If she had been more proactive earlier, perhaps Chen Pingjiang would still be hers alone.
She hated her current situation even more, having foolishly gotten entangled in this complex confrontation and becoming the person she despised.
Perhaps without everything today, without Cong Nini's provocation, she and Chen Pingjiang would have also broken their abnormal relationship at some time, in some place, due to a misunderstanding.
But... definitely not like this today!
Between nine and ten in the evening, it was the peak hour for bar patrons.
The raging, thumping rhythm of the music beat like drumrolls on people's hearts.
When Zhou Guanghan was politely smiling and receiving a client, he saw a disheartened and distracted Zhang Xinyue slowly descend from the elevator, her head constantly down, as if everything around her had nothing to do with him.
"Zhang... Jiulaolao?"
Zhou Guanghan called out.
This cry seemed to unlock dusty memories, making Zhang Xinyue lift her head somewhat blankly, imprinting Zhou Guanghan into her pupils.
A familiar person, a familiar address, just like returning to the autumn of 2005.
At that time, Chen Pingjiang had just begun pursuing her, and Zhou Guanghan called her this for the first time.
Zhang Xinyue nodded, bypassed Zhou Guanghan, and continued walking slowly out of the bar.
Dai Sheng also saw her, walked over and asked Zhou Guanghan,
"What's wrong with Zhang Xinyue?"
"I don't know, she's crying, and she didn't answer when I called."
They were all high school classmates; Dai Sheng, of course, also knew about the complicated relationship between Chen Pingjiang and Zhang Xinyue.
"You go with her first. Drive my sister-in-law back. I'll watch the bar."
The emotional entanglements of Boss Chen were not something a junior like him could presume to comment on; Dai Sheng understood this very well.
On the other end, Zhou Guanghan, prompted by Dai Sheng, caught up with Zhang Xinyue, telling her to wait at the entrance while he went to get the car.
However, after starting the car and driving out, Zhang Xinyue had already vanished from the entrance, scaring Zhou Guanghan into rushing out to look for her.
He seemed to have turned left after leaving, drove for a kilometer without seeing Zhang Xinyue, then hurriedly turned back, and only found her after chasing for a long time.
At this moment, Zhang Xinyue walked along the side of the noisy road, feeling somewhat lonely...
After much persuasion, Zhang Xinyue got into the car, and then Zhou Guanghan received a call from Chen Pingjiang.
Sitting in the back seat, Zhang Xinyue heard Zhou Guanghan on the phone.
After realizing who was on the other end, her expression brightened a tiny bit.
Now her mind was truly in a tangled mess.
She didn't know how to face it, didn't dare to, and didn't want to.
Should she pretend that nothing had happened just now, and frankly accept her new relationship with Chen Pingjiang?
Sorry, she still couldn't quite do it; she couldn't get past that mental hurdle.
But should she just leave now, and hide far away?
She wasn't resigned either.
Then what had she been waiting for all these years, painstakingly working on Renren.com?
And everything that just happened couldn't be treated as if it hadn't occurred.
(End of Chapter)