Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 466: Jiang Xinyi's Fantasy

Zheng Yanyan was just looking for a moment of satisfaction and had not expected Zhou Yuwen to come back to check on them. In the end, she obediently helped wipe Jiang Xinyi clean.Zhou Yuwen looked at Jiang Xinyi soundly asleep on the bed. She was sleeping peacefully without any other issues, so he gently smoothed out her messy hair.

When they were heading out the door, Lu Lin asked if he was reluctant to leave her.

Hearing this, Zhou Yuwen let out a soft chuckle. "What is there to be reluctant about?"

Just like that, Zhou Yuwen took Zheng Yanyan and Lu Lin to the villa. After being tossed about by Jiang Xinyi for so long, Zhou Yuwen was genuinely exhausted. Once they arrived at the villa, he wrapped his arms around Zheng Yanyan and Lu Lin and lay down on the bed.

He had originally planned to spend time with Lu Lin first. However, after lifting her long legs onto his shoulders, he did not make another move for a long while. This made Lu Lin lose the mood to continue with him, telling him to go play with Zheng Yanyan first.

Zheng Yanyan was not shy at all. Hearing that Lu Lin was unwilling, she quickly sat on Zhou Yuwen's lap and said, "I am not fighting you for him; you gave him up to me on your own accord."

Lu Lin said, "Could you at least try to be a little discreet around others?"

"I will not be discreet."

As Zheng Yanyan spoke, she began to passionately French kiss Zhou Yuwen right in front of Lu Lin.

Zhou Yuwen embraced Zheng Yanyan's slender waist. When they left the house earlier, the two girls had only thrown on a jacket, so their outfits had not changed. Zheng Yanyan was still wearing that crop top paired with denim shorts.

While holding Zheng Yanyan, Zhou Yuwen's hand slid down to touch her thighs, and soon the two were completely inseparable.

Lu Lin originally wanted to avoid them and give them some space, but in the end, she could not escape and was pulled in by Zhou Yuwen as well.

Thus, tonight became yet another sleepless night.

By the next morning, sunlight poured through the window and into the room.

Jiang Xinyi furrowed her brows slightly, her expression showing some discomfort. After all, she had drunk quite a lot of alcohol last night, and now her head was feeling incredibly dazed and heavy.

A hangover was a terrible thing. Even after waking up in the morning, she had zero energy. She looked around for a long time before suddenly realizing that she was in an unfamiliar environment.

At first, Jiang Xinyi was genuinely terrified, her face turning pale, but then she quickly remembered something.

Last night, it seemed she had drunk some alcohol with Tang Xinrou. Then Tang Xinrou brought up the topic of Zhou Yuwen, and Jiang Xinyi could not hold back her tears, ending up drinking several more glasses.

'I am doomed!'

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinyi was truly startled and quickly took out her phone to check.

Sure enough, Liu Jing had made quite a few phone calls to Jiang Xinyi last night, and called twice more around nine in the morning, along with a message saying to call back as soon as she saw it.

In addition, there were two missed calls from Tang Xinrou.

'Tang Xinrou! I am not done with you!'

Thinking about how Tang Xinrou had poured her drinks last night and encouraged her to find Zhou Yuwen, Jiang Xinyi felt incredibly embarrassed. Without a second thought, she dialed the number right back.

On the other end, Tang Xinrou quickly answered the phone. Her bell-like laughter came through the receiver as she asked, "Older Sister, are you awake?"

"Tang Xinrou! Where are you!?" Jiang Xinyi asked through gritted teeth.

"Where am I? I am definitely at home."

Tang Xinrou sounded very innocent. Hearing this, Jiang Xinyi felt a sudden urge to cry but had no tears left. She demanded, "You are at home, so where am I!?"

"???"

Tang Xinrou was completely baffled and said, "No way, Older Sister, you do not even know where you are? Is Brother-in-Law not by your side?"

'Brother-in-Law?'

This term made Jiang Xinyi think of Zhou Yuwen. She carefully examined her surroundings again, combined with Tang Xinrou explaining over the phone that she had watched Jiang Xinyi go inside before leaving.

And she had even called later to confirm.

"What did you say to him?" Jiang Xinyi quickly asked, a hint of hope in her voice.

"Just, nothing much?"

Tang Xinrou hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother-in-Law told me he could take good care of you, so I left."

'Take good care of me?'

Hearing this, Jiang Xinyi felt a sweet warmth in her heart. She noticed an untouched glass of honey water on the nightstand. Zhou Yuwen must have left it there last night, probably afraid she would wake up in the middle of the night thirsty.

Seeing that her clothes had been changed, Jiang Xinyi's first thought was naturally that Zhou Yuwen had done it. At this realization, she grew shy. Looking at everything around her, Jiang Xinyi could not help but think, 'This guy is actually quite considerate.'

"Older Sister, are you listening to me?"

Over the phone, seeing that Jiang Xinyi had not replied for a while, Tang Xinrou asked out of curiosity.

"What did you say?" Jiang Xinyi had indeed spaced out just now and missed what Tang Xinrou was saying.

Seeing Jiang Xinyi acting like this, Tang Xinrou found it so amusing that her eyes curved into crescents. She teased, "So you two managed to reconcile?"

"?" Jiang Xinyi grew even more confused the more she listened.

Tang Xinrou pointed out that she had stayed over at her brother-in-law's house for an entire night.

"As the saying goes, it was a long night, a lone man and a lone woman, and you were drinking. My brother-in-law is right at that hot-blooded age. With all that, it would be hard not to reconcile, right? You must have had a very happy time last night?"

Tang Xinrou had returned from abroad, so she was definitely very open when chatting about such topics. Jiang Xinyi, on the other hand, had no idea how to respond. She had never experienced this kind of thing before. Right now, her body did not feel strange in any way, but it was true that her clothes had been changed, and she was completely bare underneath her pajamas.

In Jiang Xinyi's mind, Zhou Yuwen must have seen her entire body last night.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinyi could not help but smile shyly. With a blushing face, she muttered to Tang Xinrou, "I do not know what you are talking about."

"What do you mean you do not know what I am talking about? Older Sister, if it happened, it happened; if it didn't, it didn't. Just tell me the truth." Tang Xinrou continued to pester relentlessly on the other end.

The more she pressed, the shyer Jiang Xinyi became, finally blurting out, "Oh, I am not talking to you!"

After saying that, she abruptly hung up the phone.

Looking at the tightly closed bedroom door, Jiang Xinyi carefully walked out. She harbored the fantasy that perhaps Zhou Yuwen was waiting for her outside.

Unfortunately, after walking around, she did not see a single trace of Zhou Yuwen.

Just as Jiang Xinyi was feeling disappointed, she spotted a prepared breakfast on the table, along with a note left specifically for her.

It turned out Zhou Yuwen had returned once in the morning. After all, Jiang Xinyi had been dead drunk last night, so he naturally had to come back and check on her. Seeing her still soundly asleep, he decided against disturbing her.

He merely wrote that he had to go to class in the morning and told Jiang Xinyi to rest well.

On the table was a freshly bought breakfast that Jiang Xinyi could eat after waking up.

At this moment, the sunlight was just right. Streaming onto the table, it seemed to coat the small cake Zhou Yuwen had bought in a radiant glow.

Jiang Xinyi could not help but feel a rush of warmth in her heart.

She hugged the note Zhou Yuwen left directly to her chest and could not resist skipping a few steps while humming a song.

She did not know exactly what had happened last night, but she figured that she and Zhou Yuwen must have managed to reconcile.

So, she happily ate her breakfast while beginning to fantasize about what might have transpired last night. When Jiang Xinyi first woke up, her head was definitely feeling dazed, and she did not know what kind of reaction girls were supposed to have after their first time.

In her groggy state, she actually thought Zhou Yuwen had touched her. But after she completely sobered up, Tang Xinrou gave her another phone call. The two chatted about this topic, and toward the end, Jiang Xinyi seemed to belatedly realize the truth.

It seemed nothing had happened.

How to put it? She really ought to feel happy about this.

At the very least, it proved that she and Liu Jing were not wrong in their judgment of character.

Zhou Yuwen was a true gentleman.

But why, then, could Jiang Xinyi just not feel happy about it?

There was an inexplicable sense of loss in her heart.

While chatting with Tang Xinrou on a voice call, she could not hold back and sent a message to Zhou Yuwen.

The message was not long at all.

It was simply a single period: "."

On Zhou Yuwen's side, he quickly replied: "Awake?"

"Mhm, what are you doing?" Jiang Xinyi took the initiative to ask.

"In class. I left breakfast for you on the table. You were drunk last night, so your stomach must be completely empty right now. Have something to eat."

"Mhm, I saw it."

Jiang Xinyi continued chatting with Zhou Yuwen like this for a while. Originally, having been in a cold war with Zhou Yuwen for so long, Jiang Xinyi had been agonizing over how to start a conversation with him. She was even afraid that initiating contact would lead to awkward silences.

However, she never expected that after so many days of their cold war, chatting again would feel so pleasant, without any hint of unhappiness.

The two chatted for a long time.

It reached the point where Jiang Xinyi formed a new plan. In the morning, she first took a taxi to her postgraduate student dormitory, took a shower, and changed into a clean set of clothes.

Without telling Zhou Yuwen, she headed straight for his classroom.

Zhou Yuwen was usually not at the school. This time, it was because he had signed up for a performance at the evening gala. After dropping Lu Lin and Zheng Yanyan back at school, he figured since he was already there, he might as well attend a couple of classes and then head to the auditorium for rehearsal in the afternoon.

The morning consisted of five periods of drafting class. The drafting class for Zhou Yuwen's group was personally taught by their counselor, You Changjin.

Every time Zhou Yuwen showed up in the classroom, his classmates' reactions were quite exaggerated.

For a student like Zhou Yuwen, if he never showed up, perhaps no one would pay him any mind. But the moment he arrived, almost everyone immediately realized, 'Oh, he hasn't been to class in ages.'

As soon as Zhou Yuwen appeared, someone immediately shouted, "The big star has arrived!"

It made Zhou Yuwen feel somewhat embarrassed.

The relationship between Zhou Yuwen and You Changjin currently belonged in the category of minding their own respective business.

Or perhaps that wasn't exactly right, because the two rarely had any opportunities to interact anyway. Although Zhou Yuwen was technically still You Changjin's student, his affairs were mostly handled directly by the higher-ups at the school.

Sometimes, You Changjin could not help but envy Zhou Yuwen. He received special treatment in absolutely everything.

Therefore, when he saw Zhou Yuwen again, You Changjin did not know what attitude to adopt. After hesitating for a long time, he finally could not resist taking the initiative to greet him: "You're here?"

Zhou Yuwen gave him a nod. "Mhm."

Having said that, Zhou Yuwen found an empty seat and sat down.

This time, Li Qiang was actually in the classroom, a rare occurrence. He had not seen Zhou Yuwen in a long time. Seeing him now, Li Qiang's face was brimming with a radiant spring breeze. "Old Zhou! Old Zhou!"

He enthusiastically invited Zhou Yuwen to sit next to him.

Seeing how difficult it was to decline such passionate hospitality, Zhou Yuwen naturally agreed. He smiled and asked, "Did you strike it rich somewhere? Why are you so happy?"

"Hehe, thanks to your great fortune!" Li Qiang said, grinning happily.

Li Qiang was the kind of person who did not need Zhou Yuwen to initiate a topic; he would spill everything on his own very quickly. It turned out he was in such high spirits simply because he had started cohabitation with Lu Hui.

As for why he was treating Zhou Yuwen with such enthusiasm...

It was also because he hoped Zhou Yuwen could introduce him to some work.

He boasted that he was now the Vice Minister of the External Liaison Department, and that the minister thought very highly of him.

By the time September rolled around, there would definitely be new blood joining the External Liaison Department.

"When that time comes, President Zhou, you have to look after this underling," Li Qiang said, grinning broadly.

Actually, Li Qiang's grinning expression was a bit too much for Chang Hao, who was sitting further inside, to stomach. After all, the relationship between Li Qiang and Zhou Yuwen's friend—what was his name again? Liu Shuo—had deteriorated to such a terrible state.

And yet, he was still shamelessly approaching Zhou Yuwen to beg for business. Did he have zero dignity left?

He could not fathom what Li Qiang's goal was. Even knowing it was impossible, he still shamelessly opened his mouth to ask.

Sure enough, Zhou Yuwen found an excuse to decline. Zhou Yuwen remarked, "You have already become a minister in the External Liaison Department. Do you really still need me to introduce business to you?"

"How could a measly Vice Minister compare to President Zhou!" Li Qiang countered.

Zhou Yuwen asked him if it was because Lu Hui was spending too much money, and he could no longer support her.

"It hasn't come to that. She sometimes goes out to do some part-time work now, and even takes the initiative to give me a little money."

When speaking of Lu Hui, Li Qiang became uncharacteristically serious.

Li Qiang felt that everyone harbored too much prejudice against Lu Hui. Back when the incident between Lu Hui and Li Qiang happened, the entire class had heard about it, and everyone labeled Lu Hui as a vain, gold-digging woman.

Li Qiang wanted to clarify that Lu Hui was not actually like that at all. Now, she would occasionally take up a part-time job outside, and when she earned money, she would hand some over to him as rent.

Therefore, Li Qiang genuinely believed that Lu Hui was a good girl.

Everyone had misunderstood her.

As for the matter involving Liu Shuo, Li Qiang felt that Lu Hui could not be blamed.

Everyone knew exactly what Liu Shuo looked like.

It was obviously him who had half-coerced Lu Hui, so how could it possibly be Sister Hui's fault?

The reason Li Qiang went to such great lengths to explain all this to Zhou Yuwen was that Zhou Yuwen was Lu Hui's former boss. Furthermore, Zhou Yuwen's career was currently flourishing, and he was exactly in a phase where he needed personnel.

He surely wouldn't let other people's personal affairs impact his own career, right?

Reading between the lines, he was basically asking if Zhou Yuwen could give Lu Hui a job again.

Hearing this, Zhou Yuwen could not help but laugh out loud. He stated that it was absolutely impossible.

"What are you thinking? Lu Hui coming to work for me? Then running into Liu Shuo and letting him beat her up?" Zhou Yuwen couldn't contain his laughter upon hearing the absurd request.

Li Qiang initially wanted to argue further, but Chang Hao could no longer stand by and watch.

He interjected, "Just say a few words less."

"The fact that he is even willing to entertain you is already giving you enough face."

After Chang Hao said those words, Li Qiang, who had wanted to speak more, immediately had a slight change in expression.