Chapter 7.1

Translator: Superbulat

My face darkened, and I was completely disgusted. “What did you say?”

He still had a cold expression on his face. “I know that you are sexually frigid, so I didn’t expose you when you lied to me about being on your period, but you didn’t want to have sex with me, and you never considered my feelings. You’re not even willing to give me a handjob. I’ve never seen a girlfriend like you before.”

I felt sad for myself. “I know I have a problem, but I have told you at the start that if you minded about this, you can break up with me.”

I almost blurted out ‘you don’t have to go through the trouble of stepping on two boats at the same time’ 1 , but I swallowed it back in time.

It would be going too easy on him if I confronted him now.

He didn’t say anything, and after a few seconds, he let go of me, appearing to have calmed down. “I’m sorry. I was wrong. I was just a little jealous because I cared about you a lot. It will never happen again. Don’t be mad at me, okay?”

Could I not be mad? I smiled at him. “Mhm, rest early.”

I only saw the message Rong Shi had sent last night when I got to work the next day: 【He didn’t give you a hard time, did he?】

I replied him: 【No.】

I didn’t want to blame him, nor did I want to question him about why he did it.

He quickly replied: 【I’m glad to hear that. I was worried all night.】

Then he apologized, saying: 【Sorry, I was still a little drunk yesterday morning. I was a little impulsive. I won’t do this next time.】

After a long pause, I replied: 【No more ‘next time’.】

I was about to type ‘let’s stop seeing each other’, but then I remembered that I was the one who took the initiative to look for him every time.

He obviously did not understand the meaning of my message and asked: 【Are you free tonight?】

I was taken aback and remarked jokingly: 【Master Rong is really amazing. After rolling around on the bed for so long yesterday, you’re still in the mood for it today.】

Rong Shi: 【😂Yes I’m amazing, but today I just want to treat you to a meal.】

Me: 【…awkward.】

He sent me a voice message: 【Although I do have that thought, I didn’t dare to show it. But I indeed wanted to invite you to dinner. My friend opened a new Italian restaurant on Hupan Road. The chef is hired from Italy on a high salary, and the ingredients are flown in on the same day. You should not pass it up.】

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It was very quiet at his end, which made his voice more mellow, like the river in autumn, clean without a trace of impurities. In the first half of the message, it sounded as if he was smiling, but he had a serious tone in the second half. I was reluctant to reject such an invitation.

I didn’t give an immediate response. He sent me another voice message: 【Little Beauty, would you please give me a chance to make amends?】

Just like a person quitting smoking would say ‘this is the last one’ to himself, I replied to him: 【OK.】

He immediately sent a smiley face over: 【What time do you get off work in the evening? I’ll pick you up.】

I sent him the time I get off work and my company’s address, and then informed Little Bastard that I have a company dinner tonight and would not be returning home for dinner.

Little Bastard only replied with a 【Mhm.】 at noon.

I didn’t have much work to do in the evening, so I left work ten minutes early. I casually scanned my surroundings while sending a WeChat message to Rong Shi, and then, like a cat whose tail was stepped on, I feel like the hair on my entire body became erect.

I saw an inconspicuous Volkswagen parked across the road. The man sitting in the driver’s seat was playing with his mobile phone. He probably didn’t expect me to leave work early, so he didn’t keep an eye on the entrance.

I couldn’t believe it. I had to squint for half a minute to recognize him. After confirming it was him, my heart was pounding like thunder. Before he looked up, I turned my head away, calmly stopped a taxi, and got into the car.

After giving a random address to the driver, I looked behind and saw that he was indeed following me.

The cheating scumbag suspected his girlfriend of cheating on him. This plot was both absurd and gratifying.

I dialed Rong Shi’s number, and he answered right away.

“I may not be able to eat with you today. He is tailing me,” I anxiously said.

When I said this, I noticed the taxi driver glanced at me through the rearview mirror, with a little disdain in his eyes.

“Mhm,” Rong Shi replied. “I know.”

I didn’t understand. “How did you know?”

“I saw him,” he said.

The feeling of having the hair on my entire body standing on end reappeared. “You saw him? Where did you see him? Did he see you?

“No, he didn’t see me,” he quickly answered. “I happened to notice him when he was looking for a place to park.”

“Wait, you were also at the entrance to my office just now?”

“Mhm.” His voice was gentle, and his unhurried demeanor instantly smoothed out my erected hair. “I arrived early, but my car was parked quite far away. You didn’t notice me.”

After I hung up the phone, I made a last-minute plan with a friend to have dinner at her house.

Little Bastard knew this friend as well, so he left after I went upstairs.

The location tracker on my phone showed that he went to Little Bitch’s house again.

Because I didn’t want to go home, I stayed at my friend’s house after dinner for a while longer.

Her child was two years old. He was so chubby and clingy to me. I couldn’t get enough of his adorableness.

When she was breastfeeding, I heard my phone ringing, so I picked it up and looked at it. It was a message from Rong Shi: 【Have you eaten?】

I replied to him: 【Yeah. How about you?】

He said: 【Can you come downstairs now? I’ve got something for you.】

I stared at my phone for several seconds before it registered in my brain: 【Where are you?】

He replied: 【I’m in the parking lot downstairs. Can you come down now? He has already left.】

Almost three hours had passed since I arrived at my friend’s house and finished eating dinner. Was he waiting for me downstairs the entire time?

After informing my friend, I hurriedly picked up my coat and went downstairs.

The parking lot was right in front of the entrance downstairs, so I saw the Range Rover as soon as I walked out.

Rong Shi was opening the car door and getting out. His long legs were more eye-catching than his cool car.

When he was passing through the passage, a car approached from a distance. As the headlights shed on him, his entire body was enveloped in a layer of light like a god.

He came to me with a warm smile, commented on how I had come down without properly wearing my coat, and even reached out to help me straighten my collar.

I stared at him, and it took me a long time to find my voice. “Have you been waiting here the entire time?”

“Mhm, I was afraid that you couldn’t get a car back later. It’s not easy to find a taxi here.”

“Didn’t I tell you not to meet today?” I asked.

He looked a little embarrassed. “But…I wanted to see you.”

Bullseye . It was as if my heart was hit at that precise moment. I couldn’t help but solemnly tell him, “Rongshi, don’t seduce me.”

He smiled and said, “Actually, there is something I wanted to give you.”

“What is it?” I asked.

“Your scarf.”

I hurriedly waved my hand. “You don’t have to return it to me.”

Seriously, if I bring that scarf back, Little Bastard would strangle me to death.

He was amused by my expression, but he still insisted on giving me the bag. “Open it and see.”

Only now did I notice that the bag in his hand didn’t appear to be a random bag lying around his house that he had used to store the scarf, but rather a brand new one, like it had just been purchased from a specialty store.

脚踏两条船 (lit. Step on two boats): Two-timing.