Chapter 87

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"Hello, Aunt Wang, is there something wrong?"

On the other end of the phone, Aunt Wang seemed to have some difficulty speaking. After hesitating for a while, she said, "Son-in-law, I accidentally slipped while mopping the floor just now and sprained my ankle. I can't drive."

Although Aunt Wang was not yet fifty, time had not been kind to her. Yang Chen asked worriedly, "Is it serious? Why don't I go back and drive you to the hospital?"

"No, no, it's not necessary to go to the hospital for such a small matter. I'll be fine after resting for a day or two. It's just that I can't deliver the things I was planning to send to Miss just now, so..."

Yang Chen felt relieved, thinking it wasn't a big deal. "Then I'll go back now. This kind of small matter should be done by me anyway."

Aunt Wang hesitated and said, "Actually, this shouldn't really be something for you to do, Son-in-law. But Miss has few friends, and even fewer who can spare the time to do this. I don't want to trouble Miss Mo and Secretary Wu Yue anymore, as they are busy and work hard. So I had no choice but to ask you to do it."

"No problem, I'll go back right away."

Yang Chen hung up the phone and saw Rose looking at him with a deep expression, a bit like a pouting child.

"This... I have to go," Yang Chen said, touching his chin and avoiding her gaze.

"Sure enough, the mistress is more important than the mistress," Rose sighed sadly. "Go ahead, I won't be angry."

"Good girl, Rose," Yang Chen said with a grin, leaning in to kiss her on the cheek. "Do you want me to come back later tonight?"

Rose shook her head. "No need. I'll be very busy these days. I still need to learn a lot about the situation in Dongxing and make many preparations."

Yang Chen nodded in understanding and was about to leave when he heard Rose say, "Is your CEO really prettier than me?"

Yang Chen's legs went weak, almost causing him to stumble and hit the door. He turned back with a bitter smile, "You already know...?"

Leaving Rose with a heavy heart, Yang Chen worried about the possibility of a harem war in the future, just like in TV dramas where the women stab each other until the husband doesn't recognize them anymore...

Shaking his head to dispel these silly thoughts, he thought to himself, "That's impossible. Lin Ruoxi is so cold; she probably doesn't care about my relationships with other women."

Driving quickly back to the villa in Longjing Garden, he found Aunt Wang waiting at the door with a large Estée Lauder paper bag. The bag was sealed tightly to prevent the contents from being seen.

Yang Chen didn't pay much attention, but he took the bag and asked with concern, "Can you walk? Why does it look so light?"

Aunt Wang shook her head with relief. "Thank you for your concern, Son-in-law. It was just a slip, nothing serious. It has happened before. Please go and deliver the things to Miss quickly. I'm afraid she will be upset if it's late..."

"Upset?" Yang Chen was curious why Lin Ruoxi would be upset about receiving something a bit late, but he didn't ask more and left the villa.

After about twenty minutes, Yang Chen arrived at Lin Ruoxi's hospital room and confirmed that no one else was inside before entering.

Lin Ruoxi was lying on the bed, her black hair casually spread out. The light illuminated her slightly flushed cheeks, making her look very delicate and charming.

At that moment, she was reading a book carefully. When she saw Yang Chen enter, she unexpectedly nodded slightly.

Was this a greeting?

Yang Chen felt a bit strange because Lin Ruoxi had always been indifferent and cold towards him in the past. This was the first time she had greeted him in a private meeting.

"I've brought the things for you. Aunt Wang sprained her ankle and couldn't come," Yang Chen said, placing the paper bag on the cabinet and sitting on a stool beside it. "How is your recovery going? Is the Chinese medicine effective?"

Lin Ruoxi put down her book and pulled out a small, white hand from under the blanket to rub her eyes. "It's fine. Actually, it doesn't need to take this long. It's delaying my work."

"Working all year round, signing documents in the hospital, and reading finance books, don't you feel tired? Women shouldn't be so hard on themselves," Yang Chen thought she needed some education. "You're still young. Don't stay in the office and study room all the time. When you have free time, go for a facial, a spa, a hot spring, or a milk bath. On a sunny day, chat with your girlfriends and have an afternoon tea. When it's hot, go to an ice cream shop and have some strawberry cake ice cream. When it's cold, go to a tropical area for a vacation. On regular days, go shopping on the commercial street. Even if you don't buy anything, just looking and trying things is what women love to do, right? Oh, and the cars in your garage could be in a car show. Even if you just want to race, I can accompany you! But you have to reimburse me for the gas..."

Lin Ruoxi remained unmoved and pointed to the bag beside her. "What did you bring?"

"Can't we talk about this? I gave you so many good suggestions, did you even listen?" Yang Chen felt that Lin Ruoxi's attitude was not right.

Lin Ruoxi sighed softly and asked, "If I don't work hard, what will happen to the thousands of employees in the company, both domestically and internationally? What about the thousands of families of those employees? What about the Lin family business left by my grandmother and mother? What about me? Are you going to support me?"

"Uh..."

The sudden series of questions made Yang Chen feel uneasy. "Are you asking a question or making a statement?" he asked, trying to sound casual.

Lin Ruoxi looked at the man in front of her with a disappointed expression, feeling that her words sounded ridiculous. How could he take her place? How could a man who used to sell lamb skewers and now spends his days playing games and hanging out help her? Lin Ruoxi felt she had been thinking irrationally.

Could it be that just because he had brought her a box of glutinous rice balls, she had started to hope for something?

False hopes are just false, and they might never become real.

Lin Ruoxi didn't want to continue this conversation and didn't answer Yang Chen. She took the paper bag from the cabinet. Since the bag was large, it was difficult for her to take things out while sitting on the bed, so she simply turned the bag upside down and dumped everything onto the bed...

A large pile of colorful items rolled out, and the temperature in the room seemed to rise several degrees instantly...

No wonder Aunt Wang had hesitated about letting Yang Chen deliver the items. The bag contained various intimate garments, such as panties, bras, and stockings, with intricate lace patterns and daring cut-out designs.

If these sexy undergarments made Yang Chen's nose feel hot, then the other items in the bag were even more "terrifying."

Hello Kitty, Snoopy, Winnie the Pooh, and other cartoon characters adorned the white and pink panties, which left Yang Chen speechless!

Worse still, among the undergarments were three or four packages of imported sanitary pads, which were obviously high-end products that Lin Ruoxi was used to, so they had to be brought from home.

Yang Chen finally understood what Aunt Wang meant by "upset." It turned out that his wife was having her period.

The images of their encounter in the nightclub and the subsequent passionate moments flashed through his mind. Just thinking about Lin Ruoxi wearing these items made Yang Chen's thoughts turn naughty. He looked at the flustered Lin Ruoxi with a burning gaze.

"Don't look!" Lin Ruoxi finally lost her composure, pulling the blanket over the private items. Her fair face, which was usually cold and beautiful like a goddess, turned bright red.

She had been careless! The thought of her secretly bought and collected erotic undergarments and favorite cartoon items being seen by Yang Chen made her want to die!

Aunt Wang should have at least given her a heads-up before bringing these things. And why didn't she bring some normal clothes? Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so embarrassed!

If Aunt Wang knew what Lin Ruoxi was thinking, she would have been both amused and exasperated. It wasn't that she didn't want to bring normal clothes; there simply weren't any in Lin Ruoxi's room!

"Cough, cough..." Yang Chen pretended to be calm. "Well, I've delivered the items. I should go now. Get some rest."

"Um..." Lin Ruoxi responded in a barely audible voice, wishing she could throw Yang Chen out the window.

Yang Chen struggled to walk to the door and couldn't help but turn back and say, "Your pink panties with the Mickey Mouse head are nice. I like them."

"..."

Walking out of the hospital and back to his car, Yang Chen couldn't forget Lin Ruoxi's last expression. Her puffed-up, wide, watery eyes and flushed cheeks, ready to fight, were much prettier than her usual cold demeanor.

The more time he spent with her, the more he found her to be quite adorable. In public, she was cold and noble like a queen, but gradually, he discovered that she liked to watch romantic Korean and Japanese dramas, enjoyed eating glutinous rice balls (which she ate by pinching small pieces with her fingers), and today he found out that her intimate clothing was not only sexy and provocative, but also had a girlish cartoon theme...

Yang Chen recalled these little moments as he drove, and before he realized it, he had subconsciously driven to a place worth remembering—the small bar where he first met Lin Ruoxi.

Thinking about the night he carried Lin Ruoxi back to his small house after drinking and the wild night they had, the flames of desire that had been ignited by the undergarments flared up again.

In a short time, he had been aroused by two women, but the fire hadn't been extinguished, making Yang Chen very uncomfortable.

Men are often driven by their lower halves, so even though he knew it was unlikely to find another top-tier beauty after the one he had already hunted, he still stopped the car and decided to go inside.

Not for any other reason, but to find someone to help him extinguish the fire.

[End of Chapter 087]