126: Start - 2

Ye Cheng watched the blazing fire instantly ignite in his eyes and his expression change dramatically, the corner of her mouth twitching involuntarily as if she wanted to laugh but forcibly held it back.

She walked toward the sofa while casually waving her hand: "Are you going to shower or not? If not, forget it... I'm actually a bit tired..."

"Shower! Right away!"

Jiang Ye sprang up from the sofa, dashing toward the bathroom while loudly declaring: "I've been wanting to shower for ages! Cheng Cheng, wait for me! Quick! Super quick!"

"..."

Watching the bathroom door close again and hearing the sound of running water from inside, Ye Cheng finally couldn't hold back, pursing her lips and chuckling softly, muttering in a low voice:

"Silly... just like a green boy."

Hmm... but from a certain perspective, he really is a "green boy."

Huh???

Oh no! Oh no, oh no, oh no! Spending too much time with this guy, my thoughts have become so unhealthy too!

Ye Cheng shook her head, walked to the sofa, picked up her backpack, and started rummaging through it.

Just as she pulled out the "special equipment" carefully packed in a sealed bag, the screen of Jiang Ye's phone, which he had tossed on the sofa beside her, suddenly lit up, displaying an incoming WeChat voice call invitation.

Ye Cheng instinctively glanced at it, and her eyebrows shot up high.

The contact name displayed on the screen was three bold characters—「second wife」.

She snorted lightly, picked up the still-vibrating phone, walked to the bathroom door, and knocked forcefully:

"Hey! Jiang Ye! Your second wife is calling!"

The sound of water in the bathroom paused for a moment. Even through the door, Jiang Ye could sense a chilling, murderous aura spreading from outside.

"Oh, it's fine. first wife, just answer it for me! Full authority to represent me! We're all family anyway!"

This reaction was somewhat unexpected for Ye Cheng.

She looked at the name flashing on the screen, hesitated for a moment, then swiped her finger across to answer the call.

The next second, a sweet, sticky, almost syrupy female voice came through the speaker:

"Gege~! I love you so much~~! Mwah~! Mwah~! Mwah~! Mwah~! Mwah~! Mwah~! How can you be so handsome! The other side was stunned! I love you so much, my ge~~!"

This barrage of "Mwahs" and declarations of love made Ye Cheng's head fill with black lines, and the corner of her mouth twitched violently.

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Meanwhile, on the other end of the call, inside Room 1602, Building 7 of the Jindi Shangfeng Residential Area.

Su Ning raised an eyebrow triumphantly at Lin Wanxing, who was sitting beside her with a shocked expression.

Hearing no sound from the other end of the phone, she assumed Brother Ye was either "scared" by her enthusiasm or busy with something else, so she casually muted the call, switched to the TikTok interface, pointed at the just-ended PK record, and started bragging:

"Look, Sister Wanxing! A hundred thousand yuan! Just swish, swish, swish—poured down! I can probably get forty or fifty thousand out of it. All it takes is a little coquettishness and a few sweet words. How about that? Am I not amazing?"

"Oh my god... that's seriously impressive! I really got an eye-opener today!"

Lin Wanxing looked at the astonishing number and sighed sincerely: "And... he just gifted you like that, without even saying a word? Finished in one minute and left? Didn't make any extra demands?"

Su Ning's eyebrows were practically raised to the sky. Being praised by her roommate made her feel incredibly pleased.

She extended two fingers, making a "pinching" gesture in the air, brimming with pride:

"Of course~! A little big brother like that? Easy to handle. See, he's not even talking now. Must be stunned silly by all those kisses, hehe."

Lin Wanxing's face was filled with admiration, feeling that this little Sister Su's skills were probably on par with that PUA master surnamed Jiang.

"Hey? Little Su, this big brother of yours..."

Just as she was about to ask something more, a clear, somewhat teasing sneer suddenly came through the phone's speaker:

"Hehe... little sister, stop fooling around. He's taking a shower right now, no time to reply. How about... after we're done here, I'll have him call you back?"

"..."

The proud smile on Su Ning's face and the full admiration on Lin Wanxing's face instantly froze simultaneously.

The two stared at each other wide-eyed, the air seeming to solidify.

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Back in the Conrad Hotel guest room.

Ye Cheng looked at the quickly hung-up WeChat call, snorted lightly, imagined the current expression of that "second wife" on the other end, and felt inexplicably much more cheerful.

She thought for a moment, then picked up her own phone, found Jiang Ye's WeChat, and dialed a voice call.

Seeing the contact name that popped up on Jiang Ye's phone screen—「first wife」—Ye Cheng's lips unconsciously curled up, and she muttered softly:

"You know what's good for you..."

Hanging up her own call, she once again turned her gaze to the sealed bag on the bed, took a deep breath, walked to the bedside, and slowly untied the belt of her bathrobe.

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Jiang Ye took an unprecedentedly thorough shower.

What was usually a five-to-six-minute quick shower turned into a more than ten-minute affair this time, with extra careful and repeated cleaning of certain key areas, striving for absolute perfection.

When he finally walked out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe and drying his damp hair with a towel, the first thing he saw was a small "mound" in the center of the large bed.

Ye Cheng had wrapped herself tightly from head to toe in the blanket, not a single strand of hair visible, leaving only a pair of dark, sparkling eyes peeking out.

"What are you..."

Jiang Ye paused in drying his hair, both amused and exasperated: "...incubating an egg?"

"None of your business!"

Ye Cheng's voice was muffled by the blanket: "You... you go turn off the lights first!"

"Turn off the lights directly?"

Jiang Ye's heart gave a violent leap. A thought he had once hoped for but felt was almost impossible at this stage instantly rushed into his mind.

Suppressing the turmoil in his heart, he walked to the door, raised his hand, and pressed the main light switch.