Xiu Gou's Taming Record

Chapter 191 The Rude Woman

Lin Yu left, and Yu Heng leaned back on the sofa. Footsteps came from the stairs, and Bai Xinran and Shen Yueling came down one after the other.

Shen Yueling walked to the other side of the sofa, sat down, picked up an apple from the coffee table, and took a bite.

"It's true what they say, those involved are often blinded while bystanders see clearly," she said, chewing between bites. "I was listening upstairs, and you really sound like a liar."

Bai Xinran didn't sit down, but walked over and stood next to Yu Heng.

"Then you're wrong," Yu Heng smiled, raising his arm and naturally placing it on Bai Xinran's thigh behind him. "Every word I said is the truth, the facts laid out before her."

"The truth is you want to gradually win her over." Shen Yueling swallowed the apple. "First, give her some sweetness, then promise her a big reward, and finally boil her like a frog in lukewarm water."

"The process and motivation are not important; what matters is the result and the right to choose." Yu Heng's fingers gently caressed Bai Xinran's leg. "She needs money, so I provide a legal and lucrative channel. She wants to be independent, so I build her a platform where she can succeed. She can read the contract herself and sign it herself. At every step, she has the right to say no."

"You're just a smooth talker," Shen Yueling rolled her eyes at him. "If you're going to fool someone, just say you're fooling someone."

"Then you think I'm wrong?" Yu Heng said with a smile.

"Yes, that's true," Shen Yueling pouted, "but it just feels a little..."

"Immoral?" Yu Heng raised an eyebrow. "She should be glad that she met me. If someone else had given her such a high price and opportunity, the first shoot would probably have been much more than just taking pictures. At least, I won't actually force her to do anything."

Shen Yueling pursed her lips but didn't refute.

"Aren't you afraid she'll be really tough and refuse to sign? Or even if she does sign, she'll make sure you never get your way?" Shen Yueling asked.

"Then don't sign it, or stick to the contract." Yu Heng withdrew his hand from Bai Xinran's leg and patted the spot next to him.

Bai Xinran immediately sat down next to him, leaning her body against him.

"What I need are business partners who can make money, not just playthings. If she truly has the willpower to always keep the relationship within the bounds of a professional one, I'd admire her for that, and she could still run her business," Yu Heng raised an eyebrow. "But does she have that willpower?"

"Who knows?" Shen Yueling pursed her lips. "She seems like someone with ambition."

"We'll see then." Yu Heng chuckled and waved his hand. "Let's not talk about that. Yesterday, the money from the Douyin guild and A Ling's Bilibili account was settled. Including the money from selling audio recordings, it totaled a little over 200,000 yuan. Tomorrow is Saturday, shall we go to the city to celebrate?"

Shen Yueling threw the apple core into the trash can: "How are we going to celebrate?"

"Take Mengqi with us to the Central Mall area, have hot pot for lunch, go to a karaoke bar in the evening, and don't come back. Find a hotel in the city to stay overnight." Yu Heng said this while twirling a strand of Bai Xinran's hair with his fingers.

Bai Xinran leaned against him without moving, her eyelashes trembling slightly.

They thought their owner was going to take them out to play, and this was a reward.

She needs to behave better.

"Sure," Shen Yueling said without hesitation, "You're treating?"

"If I don't invite them, who will?" Yu Heng laughed. "Isn't the money we earn meant to be spent on our families?"

Upon hearing the word "home," Shen Yueling glanced at him but didn't reply.

The current members of this family are a bit of a mixed bag.

"Ah Ling," Yu Heng loosened her hair, then pinched the back of her neck, his fingertips rubbing against the edge of the collar, "Wear the new dress I bought you tomorrow."

"Mmm," Bai Xinran responded softly.

"I'll talk to Mengqi about it later." Yu Heng took out his phone and sent a WeChat message to Zhou Mengqi, "Speaking of which, has anyone been paying attention to what's on your neck lately?"

"It seems..." Bai Xinran thought for a moment, "No? It seems like not many people are paying attention."

"Haha," Yu Heng chuckled, "because it's a plain ring, people might just think of it as an accessory."

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The next morning, everyone met at the entrance of Zhou Mengqi's villa.

When Yu Heng and the others arrived, Zhou Mengqi was already waiting at the door.

Just as Yu Heng was about to speak, a white Mercedes-Benz GLC turned into the intersection and stopped next to them.

The driver's side door opened, and He Mengyao got out of the car.

Yu Heng narrowed his eyes.

Mercedes-Benz GLC.

Wow, this woman is really rich.

"Why are you here?" Yu Heng asked, looking at her.

He Mengyao closed the car door, twirling the key on her finger: "It's my turn to teach today."

"Didn't I tell you on WeChat yesterday that you don't need to use it today?" Yu Heng raised an eyebrow.

"I didn't see it." He Mengyao narrowed her eyes. "The news might have been buried."

Yu Heng looked at her phone without saying anything.

He did send it yesterday, but if she really didn't see it, there's nothing he can do.

"There's no other way," Yu Heng said. "We have to go to the city."

"What are you going to the city for?"

"Let's have some fun and celebrate," Yu Heng said. "So, thank you for making this wasted trip. Go back now."

He Mengyao remained standing still: "Then I'll go too."

Yu Heng raised an eyebrow: "What are you going to do?"

"Why can't I go?" He Mengyao raised an eyebrow. "You guys go, I'll go mine."

Yu Heng looked at her for two seconds and nodded: "Okay, then go ahead."

After he finished speaking, he ignored her, took out his phone, opened Gaode Taxi, and started entering his destination.

Zhou Mengqi glanced at Yu Heng, then at He Mengyao, and remained silent.

Are He Mengyao and Yu Heng that close?

He Mengyao didn't leave either; she leaned against the hood of her car and watched Yu Heng operate it.

After waiting for about five minutes, Yu Heng looked at the screen which displayed "Calling a vehicle for you...", but no driver accepted the order.

The university town area already has few cars, and this morning is an awkward time of day.

He Mengyao laughed, her voice tinged with smugness, "Don't you know how hard it is to get a taxi around here?"

Yu Heng looked up at her.

He Mengyao waved the car keys in her hand. "Please, I'll take you there."

Yu Heng didn't say anything.

This woman didn't reply to my WeChat messages yesterday, but she came all the way here today, and now she insists on going to the city with me.

She clearly wanted to come closer, but couldn't bring herself to do it, so she had to find an excuse, as if it were her doing her a favor.

Yu Heng put his phone back in his pocket: "If you really want to come with us, that's not impossible."

"Really?" He Mengyao immediately replied.

Yu Heng chuckled, opened the passenger door, and got in: "Let's drive!"

Yu Heng didn't say much along the way, only looking at his phone and out the window.

He Mengyao didn't say anything, but whenever she had a chance, she would look at the three girls behind her in the rearview mirror.

Shen Yueling was undoubtedly the one she knew best. In her previous life, she had only been married to Yu Heng for a few years when this woman frequently appeared, always during holidays. If she hadn't said she was her childhood friend, she would have assumed she was some kind of cousin of Yu Heng.

As for Shen Yueling, she naturally didn't recognize He Mengyao. She just felt that this woman seemed to be watching her the whole time.

Moreover, her attitude towards Yu Heng was even less polite than Zhou Mengqi's!