Chapter 282: Chapter 268: Shen Xuan’s Third Sister-in-Law_2
Fei Bing’s tone softened, “Although those four yoga studios ended up in Shen Yuan’s hands, it was me who spent over 4 million yuan in cold hard cash on them. Just for the sake of the 4 million, could you contact him for me?”
At that moment, Zhou Peiwei suddenly pressed the mute button on her phone, then said, “I think he has a point. Men are the hardest to forget their first love, and weren’t you already planning to invite him for dinner? This would be the perfect reason to see him.”
“I appreciate Shen Yuan, but wanting Fei Bing to apologize to Shen Yuan is a separate issue. I’m worried he’ll misunderstand my intentions.”
Luo Bingying paused before saying, “If he gets the wrong idea that Fei Bing and I still have some sort of relationship, that wouldn’t be good.”
Zhou Peiwei crossed her arms, propping up her ample bosom, and said with ill intentions, “And you say you don’t have feelings for Shen Yuan. You’re even worried about him misunderstanding your relationship? Doesn’t that mean you do have feelings?”
Luo Bingying defensively and weakly protested, “No, it’s just that someone disgusting like Fei Bing would look bad to anyone who gets close to him. Wouldn’t people look down on them?”
“Ha, keep explaining. I don’t believe it.”
Zhou Peiwei ranted in frustration, then added, “I think Shen Yuan is too much of a playboy. You’ve already met three of his women, and ‘debauchee’ refers to guys like him. Don’t you mind that?”
Luo Bingying stubbornly replied, “Why would I mind? I don’t even like him.”
“Come on, we’ve been best friends for six years, do you think I can’t see through you?”
“You’re using dinner as an excuse to rekindle an old flame, aren’t you? I just can’t bear to burst your bubble.”
Zhou Peiwei spoke in a tone of someone who has been there, “I’m just trying to advise you to stay calm. Boys like that are like drugs—once you get involved, you’re sure to get addicted.”
Luo Bingying refused to admit it, “That’s not true at all. We’ve been out of feelings for a long time. And besides, since when have you experienced love? Just because you’ve read a few romance novels, you think you’re an expert on relationships?”
Zhou Peiwei pursed her lips, “What do you mean just a few novels? I’ve read at least a hundred, and watched a hundred TV shows too.”
“Luo Bingying, are you still there?”
The two were so engaged in their conversation that they completely forgot they were still on the call with Fei Bing. Zhou Peiwei had hit the mute button and ignored him.
“Why isn’t there any sound? Is there something wrong with my phone?”
“If you’re there, make a sound. What’s the deal with not talking?”
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Luo Bingying reluctantly un-muted the call and said, “I can ask him for you, but don’t get your hopes up.”
“Great, great, great, as long as you ask for me, that’s enough. Thank you, thank you.”
Fei Bing said three goods and two thank yous in a row. Luo Bingying, hearing such politeness from him for the first time, was a bit taken aback.
After hanging up, Luo Bingying called Shen Yuan. The call ended after half a minute, and Luo Bingying was left silent.
She didn’t use the speakerphone this time, so Zhou Peiwei didn’t hear the content and asked, “What did he say?”
Luo Bingying looked at her resentfully: “He asked if you were going as well.”
“Ah? He asked about me again?”
Zhou Peiwei lamented indignantly, “He’s such a horny monster. Having all those women is not enough; he wants to include me too. He’s dreaming!”
“Impossible, absolutely impossible.”
Zhou Peiwei said with conviction, “Don’t worry, Bingying, I won’t let him succeed. I can never coexist with a horny monster like him!”
Despite saying this, Zhou Peiwei’s heart swelled with secret pleasure.
Shen Yuan, although lascivious and a bit trashy, was the man her cousin desperately wanted and also the man her best friend liked.
A guy liked by both cousin and best friend possibly liking her back? She was living the dream of a romance novel’s female lead!
Zhou Peiwei felt smugly triumphant inside, never expecting to be able to trump both her best friend and cousin.
Facing Zhou Peiwei’s “I can never coexist with a horny monster,” Luo Bingying couldn’t help but roll her eyes, “Your Chuunibyou is acting up again.”
Luo Bingying couldn’t deny the feeling of being slighted deep down. After all, they had shared a naive romance in middle school and she was disappointed to be treated so differently now.
Luo Bingying felt uneasy. Normally, she wouldn’t give a second thought to all this romantic entanglement, and she certainly wouldn’t compare herself to her best friend.
But now her emotions seemed to be a complete mess.
“How did you respond to him?”
Zhou Peiwei asked, curious.
Luo Bingying counter-queried, “Would you want to go?”
After thinking it over, Zhou Peiwei said, “If Fei Bing is going, I don’t want to go anymore. Someone like him is just too disgusting.”
Luo Bingying shook her head, “He said he won’t dine with Fei Bing and told me not to bother with it anymore. Then when I suggested to invite him to eat alone, he asked if you wanted to come.”
Zhou Peiwei feigned modesty, “I normally don’t dine with men I’m not familiar with, but since it’s for a best friend, I suppose I can make that sacrifice.”
Luo Bingying reached out to tickle her, “Stop it, you want to go! Don’t put on such an act.”
“Ah, ah, don’t tickle me, I’m ticklish!”
While the two sisters were bantering because of Shen Yuan, he himself was getting ready to go to Songhu Tiandi. Just after taking the call from Luo Bingying, a call from his mother, Li Hongjuan, came in, urging him to bring Nana home for dinner.
Ever since Shen Yuan returned to Star City, he hadn’t spent time at Chen Na’s place. It was a good opportunity to accompany her and check on both his mom and Old Shen.
As for Fei Bing, he thought it best to let him stew a little longer, or else the guy wouldn’t learn his lesson.
In the meantime, Fu Yingzi recommended Yao Bingchun for the role of HR deputy director.
According to her feedback, Yao Bingchun joined the company almost the same time as Zhong Yu. Although his capabilities weren’t lacking, he was relatively more traditional and didn’t flatter others like Zhong Yu did. So when the former director left, Zhong Yu took over the position.