The Devil Doctor's Spicy Love
Chapter 286: Minor detail

Chapter 286: Minor detail

Jia alternated her gaze between Mingshen, Yang Cheng and Yang Bingqing as she had joined them in their luxurious car, much upon Yang Bingqing’s insistence to drop her home.

She cleared her throat. "Aunt, you didn’t have to take the trouble-"

"Preposterous! How could I have let the birthday girl go home all alone by herself?" She pouted.

I mean I am an adult and a cop at that so...

She glanced at Yang Cheng who didn’t show any particular expression while Mingshen was enjoying her company and awkwardness.

This evil doctor must have brainwashed her!

Yang Bingqing asked the driver, "Oh, oh, take that turn please. There is congestion on the road ahead. Plus, this is a shortcut~"

"Yes, Mam."

Is this really a shortcut? Jia wondered, who pretty much knew all about the shortcuts to her apartment.

This was a new one.

She glanced at Mingshen, who was simply smiling at her in silence, making her irk.

"Oh no, take that turn. The road here is very bumpy."

"Yes, yes, now take a right."

Aunt is very much invested in what way we are taking to my apartment, isn’t it? Jia wondered again.

After much time of Yang Bingqing’s navigation promptness, the car finally came to a stop.

Jia stared at the house in front of her, which definitely wasn’t her apartment complex.

"...Aunt."

"Yes, dear?"

"This is Yang mansion."

Once again, Yang Cheng didn’t reveal a single shred of an expression and Mingshen simply yawned.

"Oh my," Yang Bingqing made a small O with her lips, "T-This is my house indeed."

"...Yes, Aunt."

She sheepishly scratched her head. "Hehe...Hehehe...I think I gave the shortcuts to the Yang mansion out of habit. I didn’t realize it hehe..."

Jia pressed her lips. "The driver would have known them, right?"

The driver promptly looked away.

"Oh, he is new. He still hasn’t memorized it."

Mam, I have been an employee for five years...

But he didn’t dare say it out loud.

"...Isn’t he working for you for five years now?"

Jia was pretty much aware of the Yang and Zhao villa’s staff and how long they worked for.

Yang Bingqing patted her sweaty forehead.

Jia knows that?

She wanted to cry.

Jia will hate me now!

Suddenly Yang Cheng announced as if he just emerged from his cocoon. "Five years of service is considered rookie here."

Jia’s brow twitched hard. "...S-so what is your benchmark for considering somebody as experienced?"

"Twenty."

"..."

Yang Bingqing bobbed her head hard. "Yes, yes, Cheng is absolutely right! Anyway, we should forget about which house it is. It’s a minor detail. That’s not important. Since we are already here, why don’t you stay the night with us?"

Jia felt blinded by her golden brilliance.

And fooled by her trickery grin.

So this is what she wanted.

She threw a quiet but deadly glare at Mingshen again.

You knew...

Mingshen simply smirked at her.

Jia said, "I am sorry Aunt but I cannot-"

Yang Bingqing showed a puppy face.

"...cannot stay the night here-"

She increased the intensity of her watery eyes by a few notches.

"...I mean I will go back-"

She maxed out her puppy face.

"I guess it won’t hurt to stay one night..." Jia raised the white flag of defeat.

Yang Bingqing beamed and chirped. "I knew it that Jia wouldn’t deny her favorite Aunt~"

Mingshen sneered. "Don’t give too much credit to yourself, Mom. You hardly made me budge."

She glared. "Nothing can be expected out of your stone heart anyway!"

She ignored him and dragged Jia out of the car. "Yay, I am so happy you will be staying the night~ Let’s go. I will show you your room!"

—

Jia sat on the new bed with a solemn expression. A luxurious bed. A luxurious room. The bedroom was big enough to accommodate her flat times two of the area.

Why am I here? Jia meditated and questioned herself.

This wasn’t a scene Jia was used to seeing. Especially not today.

A small flutter of nervousness knocked on her heart and she clasped her hands together.

This feels weird...I am really not supposed to be here.

She got up and started pacing back and forth. She didn’t know why but the thought of staying here was stressing her out.

I don’t think it’s still late. I will tell Aunt that I really have to go back...

With that resolution, she stepped out of her room and walked along the corridor, heading towards Yang Bingqing’s room. But she walked slowly, wandering her gaze around the villa. She had hardly been to the Yang mansion so she wasn’t much aware of how it looked like from the inside.

Ah rich people’s world is so different...

She shook her head and released a small sigh.

Jia continued walking but then stopped abruptly. She looked back at a room she passed by that was locked from the outside. A heavy lock hung from the center of the door knob handles. She casually took her steps back and just glanced around.

Is this a storeroom? She blinked but then frowned at her own assumption.

Na, it cannot be. A storeroom won’t be at this location.

She held the lock in her hand and brushed her thumb across it. She stared at it uncomfortably, not knowing why she oddly felt sad and grim. It was unsettling.

Suddenly a voice whispered in her ear, "Peek-a-boo, who is the devil behind you~?"

"..."

Jia snapped out of her daze and turned back very slowly, narrowing her eyes at Mingshen, who now wore his comfortable pajamas.

"I wonder if it’s courage or shamelessness with which you approach me? Especially after how your mother fooled me into becoming a guest and you knowing it all along."

Mingshen raised her brow. "I am not a coward to need courage. But yes, I am shameless indeed. So the answer is the latter option~ But how can a pot call a kettle black?"

"Excuse me?"

"Aren’t you sneaking your way around the mansion to find my room? I wonder if that’s courage or shamelessness~"

"..."

Just how much delusion does he lives in?

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