As Zhang Xiaoshan walked in, he saw Xu Jing sniffing a blanket covered with remnants from previous occupants, instantly lines of consternation crossed his forehead.
The next moment, Xu Jing also realized something was amiss.
"Hey, why does this smell so fishy?"
In the next instant, her gaze swept over and landed on the traces of male body hair and female hair on her little bed.
Realizing what it was, she was so scared that she threw the blanket she was holding onto the ground, her eyes filled with embarrassment.
"Who’s this shameless, messing around and even running into my room, leaving that thing on my blanket, that’s too shameless, right?"
Xu Jing cursed furiously.
"Yeah, who would be so immoral to do such a thing?" Zhang Xiaoshan stroked his chin, pretending to ponder and murmured to himself.
"Zhang Xiaoshan, was it you?"
Suddenly Xu Jing turned her head, staring at Zhang Xiaoshan with a scrutinizing look.
In these past few days since she moved to live at Zhang Xiaoshan’s place, he had always been staying outside, which gave him plenty of opportunities to commit the act.
And she had always felt that Zhang Xiaoshan was unreliable.
Panic flooded Zhang Xiaoshan’s heart, but he argued righteously on the surface.
"Mr. Xu, you need evidence to say such things. As a fine young man, if you ruin my reputation, that would be a sin."
"What fine young man are you talking about?"
"You don’t believe me? Then I’ll take off my pants, and you can pick a body hair from the bed and compare, alright?"
Zhang Xiaoshan placed his hands on his belt, ready to take off his pants.
"Stop, stop, stop, aren’t you shameless?"
Xu Jing closed her eyes in fright.
Zhang Xiaoshan smiled smugly, then said indignantly to Xu Jing. Follow current novels on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦•𝘯𝘦𝘵
"You keep saying you want to marry me, that you want me to meet your parents, but you don’t even trust me this much?"
Instantly, the mighty Xu Jing softened, feeling a bit ashamed in her heart.
Indeed, Zhang Xiaoshan had helped her many times and even saved her life. While Zhang Xiaoshan was a bit flippant, he wouldn’t be so brazen, and furthermore, even assuming Zhang Xiaoshan did mess around, he wouldn’t do it on her own bed, right?
"Right, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have doubted you."
Xu Jing apologized to Zhang Xiaoshan with self-reproach.
Zhang Xiaoshan let out a long sigh of relief internally, and magnanimously said to Xu Jing.
"Forget it, since it’s your first offence, I’ll give you another chance, but just this once. If there’s a next time, I’ll really be angry with you."
"Alright, alright, I promise there won’t be a next time. Let’s go, let’s head back," Xu Jing said.
"Go back? Didn’t you come to get your things?"
"This place is all messed up, who knows what those dogs have done. I don’t want anything here anymore. I’ll throw everything away tomorrow."
Zhang Xiaoshan was speechless and started the journey back with Xu Jing.
Just as the two were laughing and talking not far from home, a woman’s shout came from behind them.
Turning around, they saw a beautiful ponytailed woman in jeans and a long sleeve shirt, with a good figure.
Wu Xiaoru’s dress during the day got stained with Zhang Xiaoshan’s... stuff, so she changed into a different outfit.
It must be said that Wu Xiaoru’s figure and looks were quite decent. White Dragon Village already had many attractive young wives and widows, and her title as the village beauty was well-deserved for her online looks; otherwise, Zhang Xiaoshan wouldn’t have been so head-over-heels in love with her before, and Wang Xiaolong wouldn’t have been so mesmerized by her just from a few words, not even having touched her navel yet.
The two stood about a hundred meters apart at this time.
In the night, Xu Jing couldn’t make out the other person’s expression clearly.
But Zhang Xiaoshan saw everything crisply.
At this moment, Wu Xiaoru’s face was flushed, her hands clenching her sleeves tightly, a mix of shame and unwillingness.
She had followed for hundreds of meters behind Zhang Xiaoshan and Xu Jing, watching as they joked and laughed together; Xu Jing even occasionally hugged Zhang Xiaoshan’s arm, sharing intimate banter, looking incredibly sweet.
Jealousy was taking its toll on her; the person who should be standing next to Zhang Xiaoshan right now was herself.
She was the original partner, so close to becoming Zhang Xiaoshan’s wedded wife.
She wanted to rush forward, like those older village ladies, and grab Xu Jing by the hair for a beatdown, she had even rehearsed her lines:
"You shameless hussy, for seducing someone else’s man, I’ll beat you to death, kill you."
"Zhang Xiaoshan, you unfaithful jerk, I’ll beat you too."
"Is something the matter?"
Zhang Xiaoshan shouted towards Wu Xiaoru, shattering her daydreams as she snapped back to reality.
The difference between fantasy and reality was stark.
She had squandered her nearly secured marriage to Zhang Xiaoshan, and moreover, Xu Jing had a formal job and was a graduate of a prestigious university, even her temperament surpassed Wu Xiaoru’s.
She lacked the courage to create a scene, as she had no right to do so.
"My mom and my uncle invited you over to my house for dinner."
Wu Xiaoru said with a low head, in a humble tone.
Falling from wife to plaything, the huge gap brought a sense of desolation to her heart.
"She looks like your ex-wife, hey?"
Xu Jing looked toward Wu Xiaoru from afar, her eyes filled with hostility and vigilance, and her voice carried a sour tone.
"What ex-wife? I’m still on my first marriage," Zhang Xiaoshan argued unwillingly.
"It’s fine, you go home. I need to stop by her place."
"Haven’t you already cut ties with her? Why are you still going to her place? What, old flames rekindling?"
Xu Jing clung unhappily to Zhang Xiaoshan’s arm, refusing to let go.