191: Get on the highway! - 2

Jiang Ye was pushed into the bathroom. Looking at the predatory Su Ning at the door and the disheveled Lin Wanxing behind her, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry:

“You two beauties, how am I supposed to take the next step with you staring like that? This is a bit too much pressure, don't you think?”

Su Ning waved her hand, looking like she was going all out:

“What's the big deal? It's not like there are any outsiders! What's wrong with taking a look? I was generous enough to buy you a car, and now you're being stingy about letting me see a little something?”

Lin Wanxing: “???”

She was so shocked she almost spat out her water again. She quickly stepped forward, grabbed Su Ning's arm, and dragged her toward the door:

“Little Su! You're crazy! What nonsense are you talking about! Go back to your room and change your clothes first, then come out and explain exactly what's going on!”

Su Ning pursed her lips, knowing that blocking the bathroom door wasn't helping. She reluctantly let go, but didn't forget to turn back and snort at Jiang Ye, warning him with her eyes to “just you wait” before turning back to her room to change.

Lin Wanxing also quickly closed the master bedroom door, distancing herself from this “den of trouble.”

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More than ten minutes later, Jiang Ye emerged from the bathroom feeling refreshed.

When he returned to the living room, Su Ning had already changed into a pair of cute cartoon pajamas. She was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, animatedly recounting her “tragic” encounter at MixC City to Lin Wanxing.

Lin Wanxing's brow furrowed deeper as she listened. Her expression shifted from confusion to shock, then to bewilderment, until she finally couldn't help but interrupt:

“Little Su, wait a second, I have a question...”

She tried to gather her thoughts: “You're saying... Jiang Ye made you buy him food, drinks, clothes, and finally... even a car...”

Su Ning nodded vigorously, her face practically screaming “See how outrageous he is!”

Lin Wanxing hesitated for a moment before asking the question that was greatly confusing her:

“Maybe I'm just young and inexperienced. I just want to ask... you said you did all this to ‘cure his low self-esteem’... I mean, I absolutely believe your intentions were good, and let's not even discuss whether Jiang Ye actually has ‘low self-esteem’... but just looking at the ‘treatment’ process... it sounds like... uh... you did it voluntarily?”

“Uh...”

Su Ning was instantly speechless, her stomach full of grievances and complaints stuck in her throat.

Since she started sharing a place with Lin Wanxing, she had always maintained her image as an “independent big streamer,” enjoying the occasional envy the other woman showed. Subconsciously, she didn't want to reveal the complicated situation where she actually had to rack her brains to “simp” for a big spender—especially one living under the same roof.

Because she had deliberately obscured the most crucial motive, the whole thing sounded completely different to Lin Wanxing. All the “irrationality” seemed to stem from Su Ning's own inexplicable “generosity” and “impulsiveness.”

For a moment, Lin Wanxing even began to suspect that this blind girl had fallen for Jiang Ye and was trying to use this crazy financial offensive to steal him away from Miss Ye.

Su Ning opened her mouth and stammered, “This... that... it's actually because... sigh, it's just...”

Just then, Jiang Ye walked out of the room with a glass of water. Seeing her looking so defeated, he was instantly amused.

He walked to the water dispenser, filled his glass, and said with a smile, “I really have to thank Little Sister Su for today. Spending so much money completely cured my pathetic low self-esteem. Now I feel like I'm radiating the light of self-confidence!”

“!!!”

Seeing Jiang Ye's nonchalant attitude—acting like he'd gotten a bargain and was still being smug about it—Su Ning gritted her teeth. Her blood pressure, which had just started to settle, spiked again.

Aaaaah!

This guy! So smug! So punchable! So annoying!

Fine, fine, fine!

You like playing role-play, huh? Like playing dumb? Like playing hard to get?

I'm done playing with you! Cards on the table!

Su Ning slammed her hand on the sofa armrest and stood up, pointing aggressively at Jiang Ye and shouting, “Jiang Ye!”

Jiang Ye was startled by her sudden outburst. “What? What is it now?”

Su Ning took a deep breath, as if she had made a decision, and announced loudly: “Let's go! Now! Immediately! Into the room!”

Jiang Ye: “???”

Lin Wanxing: “???”

Su Ning gritted her teeth and said each word slowly: “Sleep! With! Me!”

“Cough, cough, cough—”

“Pfft—cough, cough!”

Lin Wanxing and Jiang Ye were instantly choked by their own saliva and started coughing uncontrollably.

But Su Ning was like a switch had been flipped, she was going all out now:

“We agreed on two months, and it's already been over a month anyway. A few days won't make a difference! Sleep with me right now! Is over two hours enough?! Can we finish before eight?! If there's not enough time, I'll go to the room and log in first, and while you...”

“Little Su, have you lost your mind?!”

Lin Wanxing finally caught her breath and quickly grabbed her arm. “What nonsense are you talking about! Don't say such crazy things!”

Su Ning snorted and shook off her hand. “I'm not crazy! I'm perfectly sane! I don't want to work hard anymore! I don't want to keep guessing! I want to lie flat! I want to take a shortcut!”

“But... but Jiang Ye has a girlfriend! This... this is inappropriate!”

“Him having a girlfriend is his business! What does it have to do with me? I don't have a boyfriend! I'm single and I'll do what I want!”

“But this... if word gets out, it'll sound terrible! It's bad for your reputation!”

“I'm already taking the initiative to be the ‘other woman,’ so why would I care about my reputation?”

“What if Miss Ye finds out? What will you do? It's wrong to interfere with someone else's relationship!”

“As his girlfriend, if she doesn't consider her boyfriend's sexual happiness, then she's the one in the wrong! How can she be so selfish in a relationship?!”

Lin Wanxing: “...?”

She opened her mouth, completely dumbfounded by this powerful “the other woman is right” logic. She thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a single effective rebuttal.

Clearly, an upright Fitness Coach was no match for a veteran voice chat room streamer when it came to twisted logic and being difficult.

Looking at Su Ning's huffy, “all-in” attitude, Jiang Ye actually felt a bit of an itch in his heart.

Seeing her “nothing to lose” momentum, if he just nodded now, this drama queen might actually follow him into the master bedroom to “cook the rice.”

This “benefit” delivered to his door... His gaze unconsciously lingered on her exquisite face, then swept over the lovely curves that trembled slightly with her emotions. He was caught in an internal struggle.

Lin Wanxing turned around and saw Jiang Ye's lecherous gaze. Panicking, she was about to continue her earnest attempts to persuade Su Ning to turn back, when she heard Su Ning drop another bombshell:

“Brother! As long as you keep backing me up from now on, I'll let you hold my waist! Let's just get on the expressway, stop dawdling on the national highway! The expressway is free during the New Year!”

Having lived with her for so long, Lin Wanxing could naturally understand about seventy or eighty percent of the “slang.”

Translated, the core meaning was: please keep me.

She was both anxious and angry. Just as she was about to speak, Jiang Ye suddenly cleared his throat, his tone becoming unusually serious:

“Little Su, stop messing around.”

Lin Wanxing was stunned. She looked back in surprise and found that Jiang Ye, whose eyes had been wandering just a moment ago, now had a face full of righteous indignation, as if he had instantly switched to “Liu Xiaohui” mode.

Su Ning was also taken aback, then said annoyedly: “Who's messing around? I'm serious! The two months were almost up anyway!”