The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 529 A Night of Passion (Part 5) Qiao Jia in Action

"Teacher Zeng, great news! Great news!"

In a corner of the Lonely Corner Bar, Chen Meijia excitedly shoved aside the magazine Zeng Xiaoxian had been using to cover her face and shouted.

Shh, keep it down!

Zeng Xiaoxian looked nervous and quickly looked around.

After Chen Meijia sat down opposite him, she asked curiously, "What are you doing, sneaking around like that?"

"What do you mean by sneaking around?!" Zeng Xiaoxian said unhappily. "I'm just being careful. What if Yifei sees me?"

"Hmph, then why did you say you weren't afraid of her before?" Chen Meijia said disdainfully.

"I was just trying to be serious for a while before finally saying, "I value harmony and didn't want to argue with her."

"cut!"

Chen Meijia still looked at Zeng Xiaoxian with disdain, then waved her hand and said, "Alright, alright, no need to say any more of this. I have good news for you: Sister Yifei has already forgiven you."

"You forgive me? Really?!" Zeng Xiaoxian almost jumped up with excitement.

But upon seeing Chen Meijia's expression, he immediately calmed down: "Who...who asked her to forgive me? I just don't want to hold it against her."

"Alright, Teacher Zeng, there's no one else here."

Chen Meijia rolled her eyes and said, "You guys were like this before I left, and you're still like this now that I'm back. Aren't you tired?"

"But I was away for several months, wasn't I?"

"Then you should go back and get on with what you were doing right now!"

"..."

Hearing Chen Meijia's words, Zeng Xiaoxian was a little confused. He tentatively asked, "What... should I do?"

"Talk to Sister Yifei clearly, and then..." Chen Meijia paused slightly, then continued with her shocking statement, "Confess your feelings, hug, kiss, and sleep together!"

"hiss……"

Zeng Xiaoxian gasped, quickly covering his face with a magazine and looking around warily.

"Damn it, what are you even talking about?!"

Chen Meijia, a woman of the martial arts world, said indifferently, "What's wrong? Don't you want to?"

"I..." Zeng Xiaoxian hesitated for a moment before saying, "It's not as vulgar as you think!"

"Hmph, keep pretending!"

Chen Meijia crossed her arms and grumbled, "Seriously, you've already kissed, why did you take so long? Can't you seize the opportunity?!"

"Seize the opportunity?"

Zeng Xiaoxian was amused by Chen Meijia's words: "Do you think this is a game of CrossFire, where you have to seize the right moment?! I finally came back and the first thing I did was confess my feelings to Yifei, hug her... uh, and so on. If you want me to die, just say so!"

"..."

After hearing this, Meijia thought about it seriously and agreed. She smiled sheepishly and said, "I'm just worried for you guys. Who knows how much longer you're going to drag this out?"

"That's none of your concern. I have my own pace," Zeng Xiaoxian snorted.

Meijia rolled her eyes at him, then said, "So you mean you can go back to your apartment now?"

"This one……"

Zeng Xiaoxian hesitated again: "Are you sure Yifei has forgiven me?"

"Don't worry, I don't think Sister Yifei took it to heart at all." Chen Meijia patted her chest and assured her, "I specifically asked her this morning, and Sister Yifei said that if you don't come back soon, it will look like she kicked you out."

"what?"

Zeng Xiaoxian was surprised for a moment, but then he quickly realized something and couldn't help but ask, "Did you tell her I'm back?"

Chen Meijia was taken aback. She wanted to answer that she hadn't said anything, but after a moment's thought, she nodded and said, "I did say it, but I only said it after I got her opinion."

Upon hearing this, Zeng Xiaoxian's expression changed several times before he finally asked, "What else did she say after she found out?"

"She said...she said..."

Chen Meijia's mind raced, and noticing the suspicion in Zeng Xiaoxian's eyes, she quickly said, "She said if you don't come back, she'll rent out your room!"

"She dares!"

Zeng Xiaoxian's attitude changed, and he said seriously, "The house isn't her suite, so why should she rent it out?"

"Oh, that's not important. What's important is that she said that because she hopes you'll come back soon." Chen Meijia chuckled and then added, "Besides, if you don't come back soon, even if Sister Yifei doesn't live in 3602, I do live in 3602."

"..."

Zeng Xiaoxian's expression fell, and then Chen Meijia continued, "Three people paying for four people's rent, Teacher Zeng, you know that Ziqiao and I don't have much money. If you don't come back soon, we'll really have to find roommates."

……

At noon, in the bar and billiards room.

Chen Meijia looked around furtively and sneaked in. Lu Ziqiao, who was playing pool, saw her and called out, "Hey, what are you doing sneaking around like that?"

"Shh!"

Chen Meijia raised her index finger to silence, and only after seeing that there were no other acquaintances did she snort and say, "Who's being sneaky? I'm just afraid that others will see my plan!"

"plan?"

Lu Ziqiao asked with a strange expression, "What plan?"

"Of course it's about Teacher Zeng coming back to see Sister Yifei, and the plan for Youyou and Guangu to clear things up!"

"Oh?" Lu Ziqiao raised an eyebrow, then smiled and said, "Then tell me, what is the specific plan?"

He paused for a moment, then added, "What you just said can only be called an objective."

"The plan is..."

Chen Meijia, who had been talking fluently in front of Zeng Xiaoxian not long ago, suddenly stammered, opening and closing her mouth several times before finally saying in a muffled voice, "Anyway, I've already told Teacher Zeng to come back tonight."

"And then what happened after you came back?" Lu Ziqiao asked again.

“Come back…” Chen Meijia frowned and pondered for a moment before saying directly, “Wouldn’t it be fine once Teacher Zeng comes back? He and Yifei have been dragging this out for so long, and I’ve been trying to persuade him for ages, but he still doesn’t have the guts.”

"Tch, that's because you're not good enough," Lu Ziqiao mocked, leaning on his pool cue.

Upon hearing this, Chen Meijia became displeased: "What do you mean I'm incompetent? If you're so capable, go and persuade Teacher Zeng!"

"Oh, you're so silly! It's no use trying to persuade someone like Teacher Zeng!"

"so what should I do now?"

"Hmph!" Lu Ziqiao chuckled smugly, then held up four fingers. "Four words!"

"Which four characters?" Chen Meijia asked curiously.

"Simple, brutal, ruthless, and preemptive strikes are the keys to success!"

"..."

Chen Meijia, who wasn't very good at math, counted the characters and looked bewildered, saying, "There are almost forty characters already, right?"

"You just want Teacher Zeng and Hu Yifei to clear things up, and maybe help them speed up their progress, right? The simplest way is to trick them into going to the same room, lock them up for the night, and everything will be clear then!"

"Oh~"

Chen Meijia finally understood: if Xianfei and her husband were locked up for one night, wouldn't they spark a romance?
"and many more."

Chen Meijia then asked, "What about Youyou and Guangu?"

"Of course they're the same!"

……

On a July afternoon, the scorching sun and sweltering heat made the streets and neighborhoods of Shanghai noisy.

But in a suite on the ninth floor of the Love Apartment, the world is cool and quiet, as if the sounds of car horns and the noise of the tenants are blocked by the crooked tree in front of the apartment.

All that remained was the incessant chirping of cicadas.

The blue sheer curtains in the French windows were pulled aside, allowing the afternoon sunlight to flood the suite, eventually completely illuminating Xinling, who was reclining in a wicker chair in the living room. This wicker chair clashed somewhat with the apartment's modern style, but she had specifically sought it out at a flea market. It wasn't that she was greedy for a bargain; it's just that while this type of furniture doesn't require the polishing and patina of antiques, secondhand pieces are often more comfortable than new ones.

The rattan chair was covered with a soft, thick linen cushion to prevent it from hurting her back or getting caught in her loose hair.

Xinling was wearing a light apricot-colored dress. When she lay on the recliner, the hem just covered her knees. Her two bare feet were placed on the soft stool in front of her, her toes slightly curled, revealing a pale complexion.

A half-read copy of the Old Book of Tang lay open on her lower abdomen, but it hadn't been touched in a long time.

In the afternoon sunlight, she couldn't resist her drowsiness and fell asleep.

Xinling closed her eyes, her long eyelashes casting dappled shadows beneath them. As time passed, the gradually softening sunlight fell on her face, making her complexion appear somewhat pale.

There was no air conditioning in the room, only a floor fan blowing air about two meters away. Although it was hot in the summer, her poor health made her a little afraid of the cold air from the air conditioner.

"Buzz-"

Just then, her phone suddenly vibrated on a small, light-colored Japanese-style table to her right.

Xinling, who was drifting off to sleep, slowly opened her eyes after her eyelashes trembled a few times. She stared blankly at the ceiling for two seconds before picking up her phone.

Upon seeing the caller ID, she frowned slightly and wanted to hang up immediately, but after hesitating for a moment, she answered the call anyway.

"Hey, Lu Ziqiao."

"Sister Ling, are you free today?"

"Get to the point," Xinling replied calmly. She then sat up, took a glass of warm water from the small table next to her, and took a sip. On the small table was a small dish of washed purple grapes.

"Don't worry, Sister Ling, this isn't my problem." Lu Ziqiao chuckled on the other end of the phone. "It's Wen Sheng's problem."

"Wen Sheng?"

Xinling's eyes flickered slightly, and her previously languid demeanor became a little more serious: "What's wrong with him?"

"Wen Sheng didn't do anything wrong, he just wanted to invite you to have a meal at his apartment."

"..."

Xinling, who had been somewhat interested, immediately lay back down after hearing Lu Ziqiao's words, and then sneered, "Lu Ziqiao, your lies are too clumsy."

"No, I might not have expressed it accurately. It should be that Wen Sheng mentioned you and then expressed a desire to have dinner with you."

"Still clumsy."

"..."

On the other end of the phone, Lu Ziqiao couldn't help but scratch his head, wondering if his lie was really that clumsy.
That shouldn't be the case. When I lied to my aunt earlier, saying that Guan Gu wanted to commit seppuku and needed her to persuade him, my aunt didn't suspect anything at all!

"Is there anything else? If not, I'll hang up."

After saying this, Xinling picked up a grape and put it in her mouth.

I've been in contact with Brother Wensheng before; we even met at his studio a few days ago. If he really wanted to have dinner with me or invite me to his apartment, would he need to wait for Lu Ziqiao to remind him?

Although Xinling wanted Lu Ziqiao to be her inside man, she didn't reveal much information, such as that she also lived in the Love Apartment and that she worked at Wensheng's company.

As for Lu Ziqiao as an inside man, she didn't expect him to be effective immediately. She would just wait for the right opportunity. History has proven countless times that patience is an essential condition for achieving great things, and the one who laughs last is the winner.

"Wait, wait, Sister Ling, don't hang up yet!"

Lu Ziqiao quickly called out, then added, "Sister Ling, didn't you say you wanted me to find you an opportunity? Now the opportunity has arrived."

"Oh? What opportunity?" Xinling asked with a faint smile.

"It's like this, didn't I tell you before that Wen Sheng doesn't have any other girls around him and hopes you'll take advantage of the situation?"

"Yes, you did say that, but I didn't agree."

"I think you really should reconsider. Even if you like my brother Sheng a lot, Sister Ling, there's nothing we can do if you just keep not showing up. What if Brother Sheng forgets about you one day if you just wait silently like this?"

"..."

Xinling's expression remained unchanged, thinking to herself that she had seen Brother Wensheng quite a few times in the studio.

"So I think you still need to show up appropriately. Today is a good opportunity. Everyone else in the apartment is busy, so no one will bother you. Just say you're coming to thank him again for saving your life, like that..."

As Lu Ziqiao talked incessantly about his plans on the phone, Xinling silently ate grapes.

At the same time, he was also constantly thinking about other things.

After the other party finished speaking, she said, "The reasoning is still clumsy and has almost no feasibility..."

“…” Lu Ziqiao fell silent.

"But the idea is good."

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Lü Ziqiao asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"It's nothing. Are you sure no one will bother us in the apartment today?"

"Of course!" Lu Ziqiao assured her, and also understood the implication in her words, so he asked, "Is there anything else I can help you with?"

"No need, I haven't said I wanted to come to the apartment yet!"

After a pause, Xinling added, "I'll come when I've made up my mind, so you don't need to worry about it."

"Oh, okay then." Although Lu Ziqiao didn't quite believe what she said, since she had already said so, he didn't care anymore.

After hanging up the phone, Cindy put her phone aside and lay back down in her chair, staring at the ceiling.

Lu Ziqiao made a good point earlier; I really can't keep waiting like this forever.

Although I had met Wen Sheng and my brother many times at work, work is work, and it's impossible for us to develop an office romance.

Although they had eaten together a few times after get off work, Xinling was a little worried that Wensheng really treated her as... well... a drinking buddy, or at least in the literal sense.

Although history books say that patience is an essential factor for achieving great things, one also needs to exert one's own initiative in order to achieve great things.

"Should we go over tonight?"

……

Midsummer nights always come a little late. By six o'clock in the evening, although the sun is about to set, it is still not dark.

Love Apartment 3601.

"Sister Yifei, something terrible has happened!"

Chen Meijia rushed out of the study in a hurry and shouted.

Hu Yifei, who was watching TV on the sofa, asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"The washing machine in the study is stuck."

"Huh?" Hu Yifei stood up and said, "Why is the washing machine stuck? What did you wash?"

"A torn plush doll."

"..."

Hu Yifei's lips twitched: "It's one thing for you to wash dolls, but you even picked out the ones that were torn to wash. No wonder they got stuck."

"What should we do then?" Chen Meijia pouted, feigning a pitiful look.

"Sigh!" Hu Yifei sighed and walked into the study, saying, "Never mind, I'll see if I can fix it."

"Go for it, Yifei!"

After Hu Yifei went into the study, Chen Meijia checked the time on her phone and quickly went out to wait by the elevator.

Meanwhile, outside the residential area.

A Camaro that looked just like Bumblebee came to a stop.

Wearing a suit and sunglasses, Zeng Xiaoxian got out of the car and casually tipped the beautiful driver 100 yuan... no, Zeng Xiaoxian quickly switched to another pocket and pulled out another 5 yuan tip.

In any case, I'm officially back today, so I have to put on a show.

"I'm coming!"

(End of this chapter)