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Chapter 236 - Chapter 236 Chapter 202 The Beautiful Stepmother Grows

Chapter 236: Chapter 202: The Beautiful Stepmother Grows Suspicious Chapter 236: Chapter 202: The Beautiful Stepmother Grows Suspicious (ps: The previous chapter was reviewed, don’t miss it.)

Under the street lights, Cheng Zhu stood with one hand in his jacket pocket and the other holding a cigarette.

From afar, he watched the security guard across the street at the residential complex, feeling that it was indeed one of Hang City’s most upscale villa districts; damn, even the security guards were over one meter eighty tall, good-looking, and standing straight as arrows.

He had seen a get-rich tip online before.

It said that if you’re confident enough about your looks and figure, go become a security guard in a high-end residential area.

You never know when a wealthy woman might take a fancy to you and then lead you to a life of living off a rich woman.

Cheng Zhu had no desire for that kind of life.

“Steel wool’s flower language signifies endurance and wealth,” he said with a laugh, taking a drag from his cigarette.

What he didn’t know was that the young security guard standing across the street was actually watching him from across the road.

He had been working in this district for a while and knew that the person driving that Land Rover was a super beautiful woman. She had a cold demeanor, strong presence, and a tall figure.

He also wondered why this guy came out of her car and then stood by the road hailing a cab.

After finishing his cigarette, Cheng Zhu got back into the car and headed home.

About five minutes later, he picked up his phone and sent Shen Qingning a WeChat message: “I’m on my way.”

He was telling the truth, he was indeed in a car.

But it felt to the other person as if he had been standing in the chilly autumn breeze for a long time before he had just got into a car.

At this moment, Shen Qingning had just finished washing her face in the bathroom.

Looking at her bare face in the mirror, her skin was actually in very good condition.

Coupled with the alcohol she had consumed, her fair skin flushed with a natural rosy color, as if she had applied a layer of natural blusher.

Of course, her gaze was mainly on her lips.

Staring at her lips in the mirror, Shen Qingning felt somewhat dazed.

Just recalling it made her heart race a bit.

Who could have imagined that her first kiss would be like this?

And after he kissed her, he just… he just…

Right then, she received a WeChat from Cheng Zhu.

Thinking it was so late, it must be him, she immediately picked up her phone to check.

“He just got a cab?” Shen Qingning thought to herself.

In her mind’s eye, the image of him standing under the street lamp, watching her car, emerged.

She felt a warmth in her heart, thinking she would probably remember this scene for a long time.

In Shen Qingning’s heart, Cheng Zhu was a bad, yet not bad man.

Bad in some ways, not bad in others.

“Okay,” Shen Qingning replied, “I’m going to take a shower first.”

“Sure.”

She took a deep breath, trying not to let her mind wander anymore.

After stripping off, she began to shower in hot water.

Despite the rushing hot water over her body, she found herself uncontrollably revisiting the scene in the car.

Physical contact can sometimes be deadly.

Especially for someone like her who was trying it for the first time.

She had read so many romance novels, yet at the moment she couldn’t describe the exact feeling.

Well, it can’t be helped when the kissing partners, on one hand, are completely unripe, and the other… well-experienced… and a good kisser!

After her shower, Shen Qingning put on her pajamas and applied some skincare products to her face.

After doing all this, she walked into her room, picked up her water bottle, and took two big gulps as if her mouth was very dry.

Then, she lay down on her bed, curling up with her long legs and holding her phone in her hands.

“Twenty minutes have passed, he should be home by now?” she thought.

She had been to Cheng Zhu’s Yunlai Restaurant once, and Cheng Zhu had mentioned that his home was just in the residential area next to the restaurant, so she had a rough idea about the distance.

But she had not received any more messages from Cheng Zhu, and he had not mentioned that he was home.

The lethargy from the alcohol was creeping up on her, and she lay there half eyes open, phone in hand, and waiting.

She didn’t know how much time had passed when sleepiness overtook her.

But she still wanted to say something.

In the end, it turned into a single “Good night.”

He replied almost instantly: “Good night.”

They hadn’t been chatting much before; suddenly sending a good night seemed unexpected.

Before sending those two words, she thought of the night’s various events.

She thought of him saying he would bribe her to take her to see Zhou Jielun’s concert, of him taking her to dance on the dance machine, and betting with her. She thought of him massaging her ankle in the car, and finally, those moments that were full of invasion.

Cheng Zhu was also quite aware that with her cold and arrogant temperament, she would probably have never sent a good night to someone under these circumstances.

The two hadn’t laid any groundwork for such conversation.

It was just that she couldn’t resist saying it before going to sleep.

So that “Good night” sounded a bit different to the recipient.

Of course, the night belongs to everyone, but for some girls, this greeting was not just a simple one.

The night is for the whole world, but the peace is just for you.

So, good night.

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That night, Cheng Zhu had several reckless dreams.

Obviously, this guy really wasn’t anything good; even in his dreams, he was not faithful.

On Shen Qingning’s side, she also had a very long dream.

In the dream, she was with Cheng Zhu, living like a couple.

Hmm, a cohabiting dream.

Cheng Zhu didn’t sleep in either, getting up from bed at ten o’clock.

Because a little girl was knocking on the door punctually at ten.

Cheng Zhu had promised Little Youzi that he would take her to Youu Come to Play today.

Then, he was going to take her to Star City and tell her he was going to open a milk tea shop for her!

After a simple morning wash, Cheng Zhu changed into autumn clothes, ate half a box of cookies for breakfast at home, and planned to take Little Youzi out.

“Oops, the bread is left in her car, she originally said to bring the bread back for Little Youzi to eat,” Cheng Zhu suddenly remembered.

Don’t say, the bread tasted quite good.

Of course, he tasted something even more delicious and precious in the car.

After Little Youzi got into the taxi with him, Cheng Zhu checked his phone, and looked into the game studio’s WeChat group.

There were no new messages.

That meant all those sons of turtles were still sleeping.

Otherwise, once someone woke up, they would definitely be gossiping about last night’s embarrassing moments, some gossip between men and women, and the men would be raring to challenge each other again in chatter.

After arriving at Youu Come to Play, Little Youzi once again exclaimed, “Brother, there are so many people here!”

Because it was the weekend, even though it was just eleven o’clock in the morning, the store was already quite busy.

The manager, Wang Wei, saw Little Youzi and immediately greeted her cheerfully: “Look, the boss brought the little princess to the shop, huh?”

Little Youzi would stand on tiptoes at the checkout counter demanding Cheng Zhu’s BOSS card: “Sister, my card, my card.”

Wang Wei smiled as she took the card out from the drawer and handed it over, and she would say, “Thank you, sister.”

Cheng Zhu spent his time with his sister in the store capturing dolls, thinking to himself, “Stubborn pride is stubborn pride; she’s probably not sleeping right now, but after sobering up, she won’t initiate a chat with someone.”

Shen Qingning hadn’t messaged him all morning.

Of course, the dog of a man hadn’t sent any either.

Like he thought, Shen Qingning was already awake.

She was now discussing with her stepmother, Wang Yushan, about putting in an extra door for the milk tea shop.

“Another door?” Wang Yushan was slightly startled.

She hadn’t expected this guy named Cheng Zhu to, having obtained the shop lease through connections, actually… want to have special privileges!

“Our family just invested in it, and the mall isn’t entirely ours,” Wang Yuwei lamented with a wry smile.

At this moment, the young mother and daughter were sitting together on the couch, looking at each other.

“Is it difficult to manage?” Shen Qingning asked.

“If it’s absolutely necessary, I’ll have to ask,” Wang Yuwei replied: “Normally, construction wouldn’t be allowed; it would also damage the facade of the mall, right?”

Once the door is opened, it would essentially mean that extra door would always be a feature of that shop.

And it would make a minor alteration to the facade of the mall.

Most importantly, once this door is opened, it sets a precedent.

In the future, if other similar shops want to do the same, then what?

Yes, Starbucks does have such a small door.

But that’s Starbucks!

It’s a globally recognized brand!

Moreover, they negotiated a deal to enter the mall before it was fully constructed.

So, during the construction, they opened a small door according to the agreed conditions.

You now want to create a new door after the mall has been established for many years, and the nature of it changes entirely.

This Cheng Zhu, he truly gives people difficult challenges.

Apart from that, Wang Yushan felt something strange.

“Shouldn’t Ningning have thought of these?” she pondered.

In her mind, Shen Qingning and Shen Minglang were different.

Ahem, no disrespect intended to Shen Minglang, but he’s a bit crude, a bit… careless.

“Ningning always thinks things through quite comprehensively.”

“She must also be aware of the obstacles involved, and the unreasonable aspects.”

“Even I believe she might be more thorough than me.”

Wang Yushan had a clear self-awareness, I’m just responsible for managing family affairs and being the beautiful stepmother.

In many aspects, vision, and maybe scope, she might not be as good as Ningning.

Shen himself had said that the family properties would likely not depend much on Shen Minglang, possibly needing to rely on the daughter instead.

Therefore, Wang Yushan concluded: “If it was a normal situation, Ningning would have probably directly refused and wouldn’t have come to me with this.”

Thinking it over, she made a decision.

The young stepmother turned slightly, her eyes on Shen Qingning.

“Ningning, I… have always treated you like a friend, so now, I’d like to ask you a question as a friend, and you shouldn’t feel pressured.”

“Um, you… you haven’t fallen for that Cheng Zhu, have you?”

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