Chapter 108: The First Time in My Life I Was Caught Up in a Scandal

Who doesn’t like the bigger kind?

Cheng Yao let out a wistful sigh; deep down, he wanted it just as badly.

It wasn’t Boss Guo’s fault for not being a saint. It was Zheng Yuechan’s fault for being too tempting. This whole world was a vat of dye anyway. In the end, it really was better to be the director yourself. Whether you were shooting the scene or directing and starring in it yourself, either way worked.

However you liked it,
that was how you did it.

Zheng Yuechan did not live in Zhongliang No. 1 or Tangchen Yipin, but in an upscale complex in Lujiazui.

With her eyes closed in the passenger seat, she looked half asleep.

Cheng Yao knew she was truly drunk.

He drove as slowly and smoothly as he could so the ride would not jolt her around. The Mercedes was not exactly spacious; it was barely enough to manage in. Still, he could not help wondering how its soundproofing was. If he ever bought a car himself, he ought to get one with better insulation and more room. Otherwise, who knew? Maybe one day he would feel like seeking a little excitement.

Right?

His thoughts drifted further and further afield until they reached the upscale complex. He drove into the underground garage and parked.

He opened the door and called softly:

“Zheng Yuechan…”

“Miss Zheng…”

“Aunt Zheng…”

“Auntie~~”

Zheng Yuechan only answered with a few vague murmurs. From the angle alone, anyone who did not know better might have thought he was forcing her to do something indecent.

Cheng Yao sighed. Helplessly, he had no choice but to unbuckle her seat belt himself and help her out of the car. Fortunately, somewhere deep down, Zheng Yuechan still retained a shred of self-awareness. Otherwise, he would have ended up as one of those creeps who prey on unconscious drunks outside bars.

“Do you feel like throwing up?”

“Not really…”

After dozing off for a while, Zheng Yuechan seemed even drowsier and more listless, which only gave her a lazier sort of charm. Lazy women, in fact, could be very alluring.

He meant lazy in the sense of temperament, not sloth.

Because of the way her blouse opened at the collar, the moment Cheng Yao lowered his head he could see a scene of breathtaking beauty. He kept telling himself to stay in control, but his eyes refused to obey.

In the end, Cheng Yao feasted his eyes to his heart’s content, satisfied his visual appetite, and sacrificed his own morals.

The password had already been mentioned by Zheng Yuechan before, and Cheng Yao had remembered it.

The place was not small. A home of over one hundred and twenty square meters, decorated lavishly, neat and spotless.

“Come on, we’re home. Sleep in the bed. I’ll warm up some milk for you. There’s some Mosliang in the fridge…”

Cheng Yao took a bottle of Mosliang from the refrigerator, inserted a straw, and let her sip it to settle her stomach. Seeing the milk at the corner of her lips made her look just like a child, so he used a tissue to wipe it away for her.

Cheng Yao did not know whether to laugh or cry. He felt like he had become a nanny.

In this utterly defenseless state, she was practically inviting him to commit a crime.

The room was quiet, and the apartment’s soundproofing was excellent.

Cheng Yao felt he had better leave at once, because he was already getting hard.

He turned on the air conditioner and set it to cool air at twenty-eight degrees Celsius. After tucking her in, he again felt that he was trying too hard to look like a proper man. Here was meat delivered right to his door, and he still would not eat it. What a hypocrite.

But if Zheng Yuechan woke up later, he might well end up as the defendant.

Zheng Yuechan would be the plaintiff.

Reason and temperament still kept Cheng Yao from staying any longer. He closed the door and left without looking back. Though a little regretful, at the very least he was not committing a crime.

If he wanted Zheng Yuechan,
he could spend money.

No need for such despicable tricks.

A gentleman may love wealth, but he must seek it in the proper way. Women were the same. When she was awake, you could fool her if you wanted, since that was also a kind of method. But what was the difference between the current situation and those predators hanging around the entrance to bars, waiting for drunken women?

A law-abiding scoundrel, starting with me!

Cheng Yao felt far more clearheaded as he left without the slightest hesitation.

The moment he was gone, Zheng Yuechan opened her eyes on the bed, licked the milk at the corner of her mouth, and let out a breath of relief.

In truth, after sleeping for a while she was already much better.

She had indeed been dizzy on the way back, but after drinking something at home, she was basically awake again. In this circle, how could she possibly drink herself into a stupor and lose all consciousness?

Still, tonight she had been urged to drink quite a lot, and had also toasted many people.

With the bottle of milk in hand, Zheng Yuechan walked to the balcony and leaned on the railing. Beneath the lights of the complex, she could still make out Cheng Yao’s retreating figure, and her gaze softened considerably.

She took out her phone and called someone.

“Hello, Xiaoli? Have you found a job yet?”

“I’ve got a pretty good one to introduce to you. The boss is handsome, and the pay is good too, but you’d have to go to Jinling…”

…

After leaving the complex, Cheng Yao called Zhang Ya and asked her out for a late-night snack.

Zhang Ya readily agreed and waited for him in the dormitory.

Cheng Yao took a taxi to the foot of the dorm building, where he saw Zhang Ya standing there, staring at her phone, who knew what she was looking at. When she noticed him, a charming smile bloomed across her delicate oval face.

“Was it fun?”

Zhang Ya naturally looped her arm through his. Cheng Yao shook his head.

“Boring as hell.”

“Is this you?” Zhang Ya handed him her phone.

Cheng Yao looked closely, and his heart gave a jolt.

“What the hell?”

Wasn’t the photo of him getting into Xia Shiqi’s car after leaving the Patek Philippe store on East Zhongshan First Road?

Even more outrageous was the headline…

Shocking: Rising Young Starlet Suspected of Romance Leak…

The Weibo post had already surpassed fifty thousand comments, and the heat was extremely high—so high it was almost suspicious. Cheng Yao frowned.

“Xia Shiqi? She’s the one under that agent I know…”

He explained the whole situation. Zhang Ya laughed and said, “What are you scared of? I’m not blaming you.”

“…”

With her acting like that all of a sudden, Cheng Yao felt a little uneasy.

Zhang Ya said indignantly, “Weibo really is a trash heap. And those internet man-haters are sick in the head too. It’s obviously my man, okay? Delete it!”

“I deleted it ages ago. I’ll call and ask about it…”

So Cheng Yao called Xia Shiqi and defended his innocence.

“Hello? Are you free right now?”

“Cheng Yao, you’ve really done me in!”

“I’m finished. I’m really finished…”

“Do you know how serious something like this is for a female artist in the entertainment industry?!”

“If it weren’t for Aunt Zheng, I never would have picked you up. You need to think of a way to clear this up for me!”

A torrent of complaints came pouring over the line, as though Xia Shiqi might burst into tears at any moment.

Cheng Yao looked at Zhang Ya. Zhang Ya was holding his arm tightly, and the sympathy in her expression was clear to see.

At that moment, she suddenly found Xia Shiqi somewhat pitiable.

“Don’t panic. The more you try to explain something like this, the worse it gets. Just keep your cool and give a proper explanation. Besides, Aunt Zheng will help you explain too. Maybe this will even boost your popularity a bit. Isn’t your circle always doing this kind of hype anyway?”

“You have a point. I’ll call Aunt Zheng first. Bye…”

Beep, beep, beep…

After hanging up, Cheng Yao said with a smile, “I was wearing sunglasses at the time. They couldn’t have recognized me.”

“Cheng Linlin and Rong Xuelin recognized you.”

“That’s because they already knew me.”

Zhang Ya tried to rest her head on Cheng Yao’s shoulder, only to realize that he seemed to have grown taller again.

“Cheng Yao, you’ve changed so much lately.”

“Have I?”

“Mm. Too much.” As a girl, she knew better than anyone how much her boyfriend had changed, especially how much bolder he had become than before.

Before, he only dared to hold hands and kiss. Now he was going straight for the physical approach.

Cheng Yao smiled without answering.

With money in his pocket, of course he had confidence. Men changed when they had money. That much was true.

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