Chapter 46: Seeing Yang Xiaofu Again, A Similar Scene

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Seeing Yang Xiaofu Again, A Similar Scene

"You’re overthinking things!" Wang Chenning scoffed. "If I had any ideas like that, do you think you’d still be untouched?"

"Sorry, I was just kidding!" Zheng Qiuhang blushed, still in a state of shock. "Is this hall really yours?"

Li Garden Hall operated on a membership basis. Unless you were brought in by a member, non-members couldn’t even set foot inside.

Zhou Jieyang wasn’t a member, but Wang Jianyong was. Zhou Jieyang had bragged endlessly about it, saying that possessing a Li Garden Hall platinum membership card was a great honor and a symbol of status. To think that the young Wang Chenning was actually the owner!

Wang Chenning said with a grin, "Of course. Otherwise, why would no one have come to stop me when I was causing such a scene?"

Zheng Qiuhang pondered for a moment before whispering, "Let me think about it carefully. I’ll give you an answer as soon as possible, okay?"

Wang Chenning smiled but didn’t say a word.

"Why do you trust me so much?" Zheng Qiuhang felt a little uneasy.

Wang Chenning’s smile never left his face. "I just arrived in Yandu, and I don’t have many people I can trust. I saved you, so you must feel like you owe me a debt of gratitude. That means you won’t betray me, at least not for a while. You also seem like a sharp person who’s worth developing. Is that reason enough for you?"

Zheng Qiuhang smiled. "I’d rather hear you say you were taken by my beauty and that’s why you’re entrusting me with this responsibility!"

Wang Chenning laughed as well. "That’s certainly one reason. I’ve always been one to judge people on their appearance. If you were ugly, I probably wouldn’t have bothered with you!"

Zheng Qiuhang looked at Wang Chenning intently for a few moments, then nodded firmly. "Then I won’t hesitate any longer. I accept. And I promise I won’t let you down!"

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After handing over management of the hall, Li Mingchao no longer involved himself in its affairs.

Aside from his mistress, who had left, all the other staff members remained at their posts.

In other words, besides the person in charge changing to Wang Chenning and the addition of Zheng Qiuhang, nothing else had changed.

Li Mingchao had even specifically instructed the key personnel who stayed behind that they must work even more diligently and not give Wang Chenning any reason to find fault.

In truth, even without Li Mingchao’s instructions, the core staff wouldn’t have dared to be careless or harbor any funny ideas.

Wang Chenning’s performance on his first day had already left them with lingering fear.

Not to mention, how could someone treated with such respect by Li Mingchao be a simple man?

Since he was someone they couldn’t afford to offend, their only choice was to serve him carefully.

What’s more, Wang Chenning had given them a raise. With everyone’s monthly income increasing by twenty percent, they were naturally overjoyed.

However, no one expected that on the very next day, Wang Chenning would make the beautiful woman he had rescued the person in charge.

Consequently, many began to speculate that something must have happened between the two of them the previous night—something that couldn’t be spoken of.

Zheng Qiuhang had become Wang Chenning’s woman, which is why she was qualified to manage the place.

But this wasn’t something they could openly discuss. No one dared to talk about it in public, at most whispering about it in private.

However, a few of the more experienced women could still tell that Zheng Qiuhang was still a virgin.

’So how did this beautiful woman please Wang Chenning last night?’

’And she was drugged last night. It would have been a simple matter for Wang Chenning to take her. Why didn’t anything happen?’

Zheng Qiuhang found it strange, too. ’Last night I was completely at his mercy, and after taking that drug, I would have been very forward. Why didn’t Wang Chenning take me? Did he find me unattractive? Was my figure not good enough?’

Women are strange creatures sometimes. If you have improper thoughts about them, they call you a pervert. But if you show no interest, they can’t let it go.

Zheng Qiuhang felt that he probably didn’t think much of her. After all, even a woman like Zhao Xiao’an was interested in him.

Whether in terms of figure or looks, Zheng Qiuhang felt she couldn’t compare to Zhao Xiao’an, to say nothing of fame or family background.

She felt a little dejected at the thought.

Nevertheless, she deeply cherished this opportunity, which felt more like a trap that had fallen from the sky.

In order to gain Wang Chenning’s approval, Zheng Qiuhang set aside the less important things in her life and threw herself wholeheartedly into managing the affairs of Li Garden.

In just a few short days, she had established her authority, and the business of Li Garden Hall ran smoothly without any trouble.

Wang Chenning was quite confident in his ability to judge character, so he wasn’t surprised by Zheng Qiuhang’s outstanding performance.

On the morning of the third day after he took over Li Garden Hall, snow began to fall in Yandu.

Around noon, Wang Chenning received a message from Zhao Xiao’an: "The sky grows dark, it looks like snow; care to share a cup with me? It’s finally snowing! How about I treat you to a drink tonight to watch the snow?"

Wang Chenning readily agreed: "Of course, no problem!"

They hadn’t been in touch much over the past two days, as he had been busy and Zhao Xiao’an seemed to have many interviews to conduct.

"I can probably leave around four. I’ll come pick you up!" Zhao Xiao’an added two emojis of a face giggling behind a hand.

Wang Chenning replied: "That’s too much trouble. How about I treat you to drinks and snow-gazing tonight instead!"

"I was waiting for you to say that!" This time, Zhao Xiao’an added two smug-looking emojis.

The two arranged to meet around 4:30 PM at the north gate of the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Zhao Xiao’an said she would take Wang Chenning to a great place for drinks and snow-gazing.

Just after making plans with Zhao Xiao’an, Wang Chenning received a message from Yang Xiaofu.

"Brother-in-law, the road is slippery because of the snow today! I twisted my ankle and I can’t even walk! You have to come over and take a look, it hurts so much!"

"Alright!" Hearing how serious Yang Xiaofu made it sound, Wang Chenning had no choice but to agree.

He hailed a taxi and followed the address Yang Xiaofu had sent him.

On the way, Yang Xiaofu sent him the code to her door.

Wang Chenning used the code to unlock the door and entered the room, but he couldn’t see Yang Xiaofu anywhere.

However, steam was wafting from the direction of the bathroom. Yang Xiaofu was probably taking a shower.

Wang Chenning was reminded of the first time they met, and thought to himself, ’Surely she won’t come out wrapped in just a bath towel again today!’

The thought had barely crossed his mind when the bathroom door opened. Yang Xiaofu walked out with a towel wrapped around her head, wearing a bathrobe.

This made Wang Chenning breathe a sigh of relief. A bathrobe was much safer than a bath towel.

Unexpectedly, just as she reached the doorway, Yang Xiaofu’s body suddenly tilted. With a cry of "Aiyo!" she fell forward.

Wang Chenning’s eyes were sharp and his hands were quick. He leaped forward and just barely managed to grab her arm as she was about to hit the floor.

THUD!

They both fell to the ground.

Yang Xiaofu was sprawled completely on top of Wang Chenning...