Can't Take My Eyes Off You

C 152-153

Jiang Yao yelled in surprise, quickly grabbing the phone back and managing an embarrassed smile at Wen Xuehui. She would be d*mned if Wen Xuehui saw Lu Xingzhi's message!

The message was still displayed on the phone screen. Jiang Yao saw it immediately as she glanced at the phone.

'I'll never apply the training regime that is designed for men on women, but I'm willing to make you so exhausted in bed that you cannot get down from the bed. Let's try it out if you don't believe me. I'll be waiting for you on National Day.'

If it weren't for this message, Jiang Yao would never have guessed that Lu Xingzhi had such a mischievous and evil side, a stark contrast to how serious he was on usual days.

Hmph! She had added almost all of the points converted from Favoribility Value to her physical strength. Let's see who would be the exhausted one!

There was a saying that went 'he who commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it'. Jiang Yao was too embarrassed to reply to Lu Xingzhi's message when Wen Xuehui was locking a suspicious gaze at her. It wasn't until Wen Xuehui went to the balcony to do her laundry that Jiang Yao quickly sent a message to Lu Xingzhi, sounding cocky and arrogant.

'It's too early to tell who can't get down from the bed, let's wait and see!'

Jiang Yao's overconfidence in her current physical strength encouraged her to provoke Lu Xingzhi so daringly.

She felt relieved and at ease after replying to his message, but her face was burning red. It was very interesting to have such a naughty and mischief conversation with Lu Xingzhi, despite feeling extremely shy and coy afterward.

Speaking of which, she was anticipating the National Day trip even more now, or perhaps, the moment when she would suck out all of Lu Xingzhi's energy until his legs turned to jelly.

She still remembered how Lu Xingzhi had tormented her intimately all night and she still managed to see him off at the airport the next day, despite the fact that he was the one carrying her into the car.

Lu Xingzhi didn't see the message immediately. He was busy discussing the recruit training with the leader when Jiang Yao's message came in. He put his hand in the pocket when he felt the vibration without taking it out.

The elderly instructor noticed Lu Xingzhi's unusually uplifted mood today since the beginning of the meeting. If this had happened in the past, Lu Xingzhi would put up a long face when he had to lead the recruit training.

After the meeting was over, the instructor watched Lu Xingzhi take out his phone immediately, and the next scene happened like greased lightning as the instructor watched closely. When Lu Xingzhi looked at his phone, a rather peculiar expression appeared on his face that disappeared rapidly. The corner of his lips twitched at a frequency that was visible, and finally, a handsome smile appeared miraculously.

The smile appeared so abruptly that the elderly instructor was taken aback. He rubbed his eyes, and in the blink of an eye, Lu Xingzhi's expression had returned to its usual mode, stoic and stern. It was as if the smile was just an illusion.

The instructor covered his mouth and coughed gently, then asked, "I heard from Zhou Weiqi and Chen Xuyao that your wife will be visiting you on the National Day holiday, is it true?"

"Yes." Lu Xingzhi nodded while tapping on his phone for a while before placing it back into his pocket. It was rare that he didn't complain about Zhou Weiqi and Chen Xuyao's gabbing. "She will stay at the base for a few days."

"Alright! Good for you! If everyone in the army thinks like you, then we, the old fellows, don't have to worry so much about you guys. Anyway, we've never seen your wife before although you've already been married for a year. I'll ask the chefs in the cafeteria to make delicious food while she is here."

Although the instructor had never seen Lu Xingzhi's wife before, he knew that his wife, who was a freshman this year, was much younger than he was.

However, he reckoned that Lu Xingzhi should be the role model for soldiers, with clear objectives and precise execution, lest the entire base be packed with aging bachelors!

Lu Xingzhi was in a great mood. He simply sat there and listened as the elderly instructor began with his nagging again. Occasionally, he received an ambiguous smile from the instructor.

Meanwhile, at the university, Jiang Yao stopped talking to Lu Xingzhi after reading his reply. Instead, she took her laundry to the balcony and did her laundry while keeping Wen Xuehui company.

Although Wen Xuehui was the apple of her parents' eyes, she was a very independent girl, unlike the other rich girls who were spoiled rotten due to their well-to-do background. The Wen family had servants at home and Wen Xuehui's house was not far from the campus, but she always did her laundry at the dorm and hardly ever brought it home for the servants to wash.

At the Zhang family home, Zhang Xiqing snorted in disdain after learning the results from her mother's investigation, "I was wondering how great of a person Jiang Yao's husband must be, but he even had to borrow a car to pick her up! So tacky!"

"Your dad invited the university leaders for dinner tonight. Don't worry, my baby, you'll eventually be the freshman representative!" Mrs. Zhang hugged her daughter dotingly. "Xiqing, lowly people like Jiang Yao are not worth your fury. Remember, you are the only child of the Zhang family, you are the blessed girl of heaven, how could a village girl coming out of nowhere compare to you? Hmph! What did she do—she saved a man, so what? Only mundane commoners will try to please others by all means. Our precious daughter, you are blessed to be pampered and adored by others!"

"Mom, can you find out who Jiang Yao's husband is?" Zhang Xiqing's eyes sparkled excitedly when she heard that there was a possible change in the selection of the freshman representative. She plunged into her mother's embrace and smiled coyly. "Mommy, I know Daddy and you love me the most."

"There are so many people in Nanjiang City. We can't see his face in the photo and it's very hard to find a person without a name. If you're really curious, I'll ask that kid from the Qi family. I'm sure her husband is from an ignoble background. Huh, if he even has to borrow a car, it's not worth the effort to investigate him."

The sports car in the photo belonged to the Qi family. Mrs. Zhang believed that she could figure out the identity of Jiang Yao's husband by asking the son of the Qi family. Nonetheless, she didn't take him seriously. She knew almost all of the young male offspring of the upper-class circle in Nanjiang City, but she didn't know such a person. For a man who didn't even own a car, Mrs. Zhang assumed that Jiang Yao's husband was a non-influential friend or subordinate of Young Master Qi. He had probably managed to borrow a car from Young Master Qi simply because of a slightly close friendship with him.

Zhang Xiqing agreed with her mother's remarks. She grew up in Nanjiang City and she knew all the rich people here. It was impossible that there would be no news about this man in the upper-class circle if he was such a significant character.

Hence, Zhang Xiqing was certain that Jiang Yao and her husband were nothing but a pair of pretentious snobs.

After taking a second glance at the car in the photo, Zhang Xiqing asked for Qi Xiang's number from her mother. She went back to her room and dialed his number.

Although the Qi family and the Zhang family were not business partners or even related, they belonged in the same social circle and they were always interacting with each other. Nevertheless, when Qi Xiang, who was having fun with friends in the bar, received Zhang Xiqing's call, he raised his eyebrows curiously.

"Oh, my, Miss Zhang, why did you call me all of a sudden? I'm honored. Will wonders ever cease?" Qi Xiang teased a woman beside him while talking on the phone. The woman's coy giggles made him laughed flirtatiously, completely ignoring Zhang Xiqing who was listening on over the phone.