Returning - Chapter 124
Chapter 124: A Game of Cat and Mouse
Every time Xu Chengyan brought Zhao Yu over, it was always to his villa in Qinghe Bay, a famous wealthy district where French-style architecture dominated the view. The buildings were like castles embedded in the forest, blending harmoniously with nature yet so magnificent that ordinary people dared not approach.
Once inside the villa, Zhao Yu headed to the bathroom to shower on her own. By the time she came out, Xu Chengyan, who had finished washing up long ago, was drinking coffee.
Zhao Yu couldn't help teasing him. "They say coffee kills sperm. Shouldn't President Xu be a bit more careful? At your age, you wouldn't want it affecting your sexual function."
Xu Chengyan snorted coldly. "Even at my worst, I'm still better than an old man like Xue Zhan."
She was wrapped only in a bath towel, the top half of her breasts exposed, the bottom barely covering her thighs. Even without makeup, her skin was still fair and tender, her features delicate. Her half-wet hair was casually draped over her shoulders, carrying an indescribable allure.
Xu Chengyan's gaze darkened. He pulled her onto the sofa in one swift motion but suddenly remembered something. "Since that day, how many times has Xue Zhan fucked you?"
Zhao Yu smiled. "What, if Xue Zhan has fucked me, you won't? Think I'm dirty?"
As she spoke, she had already unfastened the bath towel, letting it fall onto the sofa.
Facing the completely naked body before him, Xu Chengyan chuckled and unceremoniously reached out to cup a breast and knead it. "That desperate to be fucked? Xue Zhan can't satisfy you?"
Zhao Yu wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled. "He's busy with next quarter's new product launch. No time."
She was indeed telling the truth. The third quarter new product release was imminent. After the previous quality issues found in spot checks, Xue Zhan had already tightened up management and was paying extra close attention to the new products, personally handling many matters that normally wouldn't require his involvement.
These days, Zhao Yu had very few opportunities to be alone with him, let alone resolve the private matters between them.
But she thought, perhaps Xue Zhan was also using this opportunity to temporarily avoid her. After all, she had teased him into such a flustered state that day, hadn't she? The fact that he hadn't directly fired her proved even more that he did care about her, though his heart was probably still very much conflicted.
"So you came looking for me?" Xu Chengyan pinched her nipple and tugged at it harshly. "What do you take me for?"
"A sugar daddy." Zhao Yu looked at him with a beaming smile. "Or perhaps, a human dildo that can give me money?"
"You really think you carry that much weight with me?" With one hand continuing to roam her chest, his other hand slid down to pinch the soft flesh at her waist. "You're not the only woman I have."
"That might not be certain." Zhao Yu let out two soft pants, the smile still brimming on her face. "Who knows, one day you might not be able to live without me."
"Heh." Xu Chengyan released his hand, then pulled her hand over to his crotch. "Unfasten it."
Even through his pants, the bulging mass was visible. As soon as Zhao Yu placed her hand there, she knew he was already starting to get aroused.
No matter how tough his mouth was, it wasn't as hard as this thing between his legs. At the very least, this man liked her body.
Because they hadn't eaten yet, they only did it once. Dinner was ordered in by Xu Chengyan, and it was extremely lavish.
"Being with President Xu sure is different, huh. Getting to eat delicacies from land and sea, and staying in luxury mansions." Looking at the opulently decorated living room beside the dining table, Zhao Yu suddenly turned to Xu Chengyan and smiled. "Is the credit limit on that card from President Xu enough for me to swipe a house like this?"
Xu Chengyan let out a light scoff. "Don't get ahead of yourself."
Zhao Yu pursed her lips, opened her purse, took out a card, and handed it to him. "Returning it to its rightful owner."
Xu Chengyan was momentarily stunned, looking at her with some confusion.
She wasn't the type to be so thin-skinned. Just because he said that one thing, she was giving the card back? Or was she up to some little trick again? Playing hard to get?
"President Xu can rest assured, I know my place. Things that don't belong to me, I wouldn't dare take." After saying this, she suddenly tilted her head and gave him an enchanting smile. "But seeing as I'm so self-aware, let's raise the price today. I want a hundred thousand."
Xu Chengyan sneered. "I don't see much self-awareness in you."
Looking at the card she had pushed over, he asked, "Haven't gone to see a psychologist?"
Zhao Yu pointed at the card in front of him. "Thanks to President Xu's generosity, I got to experience the life of a rich person today. Swiping my hand and instantly acquiring something worth over five million, that feeling was genuinely thrilling. Cured all my problems. Tsk, money really is a wonderful thing. It opened the eyes of someone from the slums like me, a lower-class person."
The words "lower-class person," spoken in such a relaxed yet self-deprecating tone, sounded inexplicably grating.
Xu Chengyan fixed his gaze on her and suddenly asked, "Why did you choose to go down this path?"
Zhao Yu was momentarily slow to react. "What?"
Xu Chengyan said, "Given your conditions, you could completely find a decent man to marry and live a good life. Why go through all this trouble for money?"
Zhao Yu couldn't help letting out a low laugh. "Do you know that a client advising a call girl to leave the life has always been a very laughable thing?"
Xu Chengyan twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling that he must truly have something wrong with him to have said what he just did.
Seeing her get up on her own to clear the trash from the dining table, he paused, and then couldn't help asking again, "Your illness, where did it come from?"
"What illness? Oh, you mean the one about me being a lunatic..." Zhao Yu wiped the table, speaking nonchalantly. "Psychological trauma. My mom died in an accident right in front of me. Blood everywhere. So I just..."
With an indifferent look on her face, she shrugged. "Just couldn't handle the sight of blood anymore. I think what I have might be another form of hemophobia."
She spoke so lightly, but Xu Chengyan couldn't help frowning slightly. "What about your father?"
"Don't know." She maintained the same indifferent expression and shook her head. "I've never even met him. Don't know if he's still alive either. Anyway, my mom hated him quite a bit, wished he'd drop dead sooner. Hopefully, it went as my mom wished."
The delivered meal containers and leftover food filled up a huge bag. Zhao Yu lifted it, struggling a bit with the weight. Seeing her about to go out and throw the trash away, Xu Chengyan stood up. "Let me do it."
Zhao Yu looked at him, amused. "Wow, Young Master Xu truly is a gentleman, but also truly stingy. So rich, yet can't bear to hire a housekeeper."
He shot her a glare. "Didn't expect you to come."
"So, I better make an appointment next time, huh? And if we go to a hotel, do we need to split the room charge fifty-fifty?"
This time Xu Chengyan simply ignored her, picked up the bag of trash, and walked out the door. The sight of him doing that was no matter how you looked at it, profoundly odd.
When she returned to her own apartment that evening, Zhao Yu received a transfer from Xu Chengyan: two hundred thousand.
Staring at the number on her phone screen, she couldn't help but curl her lips into a smile.
So stingy a man as Xu Chengyan could actually be this generous sometimes.
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