Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 545: Taking the Three Women Abroad

The dim lighting in the parking lot only served to accentuate the fair skin of Liu Jing. Today, she wore a blue and white porcelain cheongsam with a fur coat draped over her shoulders to ward off the cold. Dark green jade earrings dangled from her earlobes, giving her an overall aura of extreme elegance and wealth.Zhou Yuwen was quite surprised to see Liu Jing here.

Judging by her attitude, it seemed she had been specifically waiting for him. She offered Zhou Yuwen a gentle smile and said, "I heard from Xinyi a long time ago that your company was located here, but I didn't expect to run into you right after arriving."

Zhou Yuwen simply let out an "Oh" of acknowledgment. He was well aware that Liu Jing had previously gone behind his back to find Su Qing. While he wouldn't say he harbored any deep malice toward her, he certainly didn't have a good impression of her either.

At the end of the day, however, she was still Jiang Xinyi's mother. Zhou Yuwen maintained the basic politeness he should have toward Liu Jing, so he asked Shen Yu and the others to get into the car first and wait for him.

As he spoke, Zhou Yuwen didn't even shy away from patting Shen Yu on the shoulder. He certainly didn't lack a flock of beautiful women around him. Girls like Shen Yu and Li Shiqi were riding in his car. Aside from them, although Tao Tian and Qu Jing had driven here themselves, they would inevitably all leave together when getting off work.

As a result, the five girls surrounding Zhou Yuwen filed past Liu Jing one after another.

Even a fool would find such a strange entourage suspicious. Yet, Liu Jing's reaction was completely composed as she sighed with emotion, stating that her judgment hadn't been wrong.

"From the first time I saw you, I knew you were no ordinary person, but I never expected you to develop so rapidly."

"Not at all," Zhou Yuwen replied modestly.

"It's also thanks to the help of Aunt Jing and Sister Xinyi."

In reality, Liu Jing had always secretly believed that Zhou Yuwen's current success was due to her family's influence. However, hearing him say it directly made her face feel a little hot. She quickly denied it, saying, "How did we ever help you? Your achievements today are all because of your own abilities."

Zhou Yuwen only smiled upon hearing this and asked, "By the way, I still don't know what brings Aunt Jing here to see me."

Liu Jing explained, "I heard from Xinyi that you entrusted your company's office building project to her."

"Yes, I don't really know many people in Jinling anyway. Since your family is in this line of business, Aunt Jing, I figured I would trouble you with it."

Zhou Yuwen's words certainly pleased Liu Jing. Calling such a massive project a "trouble" was overly modest; it was a highly lucrative business deal. Moreover, Zhou Yuwen was a nineteen-year-old young man with a net worth in the tens of billions, yet he spoke without any arrogance or impatience. In terms of physical appearance, he was truly a man of striking appearance, with a tall, straight posture and an extraordinary, dignified aura.

Looking at Zhou Yuwen now, Liu Jing still couldn't help but view him through the eyes of a mother-in-law.

The more she looked at him, the more pleasing to the eye he became.

This was the ideal son-in-law she had personally chosen for Jiang Xinyi. How could she possibly dislike him just because of a few minor incidents?

Liu Jing sighed and said, "You don't need to keep calling it a trouble with every breath."

"Auntie knows that your willingness to hand such a large project over to Xinyi shows that you still have her in your heart. In truth, do you think I wanted to see things turn out this way between you two?"

Zhou Yuwen let out an awkward smile upon hearing this. "Let's not talk about the past," he replied. "The main issue was that I was too immature and couldn't give Sister Xinyi the future she wanted."

Liu Jing had originally wanted to ask Zhou Yuwen if there was a chance for them to start over, but before she could even utter the words, he had smoothly shut the door on the topic. When she tried to catch his eye, Zhou Yuwen directly averted his gaze, completely cutting off any room for negotiation.

Feeling somewhat helpless, Liu Jing pressed on, "Even though you and Xinyi broke up, our bond is still there, isn't it? Surely you wouldn't completely disown this Auntie just because you broke up with Xinyi, would you?"

Liu Jing actually thought Zhou Yuwen was unaware of what she had done in the past. How could that be possible? This was exactly why this forty-year-old woman sometimes seemed incredibly simple.

Zhou Yuwen wasn't about to bring it up on his own, so he merely offered a faint smile.

Liu Jing continued, "I still remember when you and Xinyi first started dating. You picked her up plenty of times, but you never actually came inside the house to sit down even once. The fact that the two of you can reconcile this time is definitely something worth commemorating."

"So, the reason Auntie came over this time is to see when you might have some free time to come over to our house for a simple meal. What do you say?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yuwen couldn't help but chuckle softly. "Aunt Jing, it's not really a reconciliation. Sister Xinyi and I just have business dealings with each other now."

"Just consider it keeping this old Auntie company for a meal, alright?"

Before Zhou Yuwen could say another word, Liu Jing reached out with her slender, delicate hands and grasped his. Zhou Yuwen looked at her, realizing that she was truly going all out just to get him to come over for dinner.

Unable to withstand the pleading assault of her gaze, Zhou Yuwen ended up nodding and agreed, "Alright then, Auntie. Once the first draft of the design is out, I'll bring it over to visit you at your house, and you can give me some advice on it."

Only upon hearing this did Liu Jing's eyes curve into a bright smile. "That's more like it," she said.

"You and Xinyi just had some relationship issues, it's not like there's any deep-seated hatred between you. Since you'll be developing your career in Jinling from now on, you're bound to run into each other often. You should naturally visit more often."

Liu Jing was still holding Zhou Yuwen's hand. As expected of a pampered, wealthy noblewoman, her hands were fair, tender, and incredibly soft.

Zhou Yuwen asked, "Has Aunt Jing helped Sister Xinyi look for anyone else?"

Liu Jing quickly shook her head at this. "Don't you understand her feelings by now? She..."

Before Liu Jing could finish, Zhou Yuwen interrupted, "Actually, there are plenty of good guys out there. Aunt Jing, you should take Sister Xinyi out to meet more people. Aunt Jing, truth be told, I already have a girlfriend."

"..."

Liu Jing had come here this time hoping to create some opportunities for Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi. Who could have known that Zhou Yuwen would be so stubbornly resistant, completely blocking off every single path?

This instantly left Liu Jing speechless.

Most importantly, Zhou Yuwen pointed at Li Shiqi, who was standing by his car, and said, "That's my girlfriend right there. Aunt Jing, you have a good eye for these things, what do you think of her?"

The reason he pointed to Li Shiqi was because she was currently waiting beside the car, whereas Shen Yu was already sitting inside.

Liu Jing's expression turned rather sour at this moment. She could only force a polite response, "I'm well aware of your excellent taste."

Zhou Yuwen hummed in agreement and added, "It's a good thing that Sister Xinyi is career-minded, but matters of marriage shouldn't be taken lightly either."

Liu Jing gave Zhou Yuwen a deep, meaningful look. In reality, she was feeling quite dissatisfied with him at this moment.

She had already humbled herself and pushed the conversation this far.

Yet Zhou Yuwen was still constantly backing away and making excuses. This was becoming highly unpleasant.

She declared, "Yuwen, since you consider me an elder, I'm going to speak to you seriously for a moment."

"Auntie knows that you are young and love to have fun. That's perfectly normal; what boy doesn't like to play around? Even Xinyi's father occasionally keeps a mistress on the outside."

Zhou Yuwen put on a look of utter shock. "Huh?"

"There isn't a single boy who doesn't like to mess around, but a true man knows how to distinguish between the woman at home and the women on the outside. Once you finally understand this, only then will you truly become a man."

"Alright, Auntie doesn't want to say anything more to you about this. Come over for dinner when you have the time. I'm inviting you with absolute sincerity."

By now, Liu Jing's complexion looked terrible. After saying this, she stated that she had other matters to attend to and took her leave.

With that, she turned and walked away, her high heels clicking against the pavement.

As she approached the Maybach, its headlights flared to life. Her driver had been waiting inside the car the entire time.

After Liu Jing got in, the Maybach smoothly drove away.

As it passed by Zhou Yuwen, Liu Jing didn't roll down her window. It seemed she was genuinely angered by him this time.

However, Zhou Yuwen didn't care at all. After all, for a pampered, wealthy wife to harbor a bit of a sense of superiority was simply to be expected as a matter of course.

Zhou Yuwen got into his own car. Sitting in the passenger seat, Shen Yu curiously asked him what the two of them had been talking about.

Zhou Yuwen replied, "Nothing much. She just asked me to go over to their house for dinner when I'm free, since their family's company contracted the construction for our new building."

"If you want to discuss business, shouldn't you just go to the company? Why do you need to eat at her house?" Shen Yu muttered in confusion.

Zhou Yuwen chuckled lightly and pointed out, "Isn't it because we're an ex-boyfriend and ex-girlfriend?"

"There's still a bit of past affection there, after all," Zhou Yuwen added as he drove the car out of the garage.

Shen Yu was also aware of Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi's past. In fact, this situation clearly demonstrated that no matter who the woman was, if she didn't conform to his wishes, Zhou Yuwen was perfectly capable of dropping her at a moment's notice.

Even though Zhou Yuwen could be incredibly ruthless, if Shen Yu were told to leave him, she honestly felt she wouldn't be able to do it.

Afterward, they chatted about other things in the car. For instance, Shen Yu asked Zhou Yuwen why he had pointed in their direction earlier.

Zhou Yuwen informed her that he had told Liu Jing he already had a girlfriend.

"Two of them, in fact," Zhou Yuwen said half-jokingly.

This remark startled Shen Yu, causing her to part her lips slightly. "Are you serious?"

Shen Yu still cared about her reputation to some extent, especially in front of someone with social status like Liu Jing. She did care about what others thought of her.

Zhou Yuwen laughed, "Of course I was joking. Did you actually believe that?"

"Shiqi was standing outside just now, so I casually mentioned that she was my girlfriend."

Even though Zhou Yuwen was telling the truth, Shen Yu still felt a little displeased.

Sitting in the back seat, Li Shiqi was rather surprised to hear this.

Zhou Yuwen said there was actually no need to be surprised.

"Because of that incident at the Shangri-La before, she probably already figured out that you were my girlfriend."

Shen Yu burst out laughing. She looked at Li Shiqi and teased, "That's completely your own fault for broadcasting it to everyone."

Li Shiqi's face flushed bright red in an instant, and she quietly begged them to stop talking about it.

Shen Yu merely giggled and playfully called him annoying.

Zhou Yuwen first dropped Li Shiqi back off at the school, and then he took Shen Yu back to the big flat.

In truth, Li Shiqi really wanted something to happen between her and Zhou Yuwen, but there simply was no opportunity. Zhou Yuwen was kept on a very tight leash by Zheng Yanyan and Tao Tian's respective groups, leaving absolutely no room for him to sneak around with Li Shiqi. As a result, although Li Shiqi was nominally Zhou Yuwen's woman, in practice, she was little more than a mascot.

After bringing Shen Yu home, he found that Zheng Yanyan and Lu Lin had completely let themselves go in their leisure. Aside from playing video games and going shopping every day, they didn't do much else—oh right, they did occasionally head over to the school's practice room to do some yoga or other exercises, so they still managed to keep their figures in fantastic shape.

The two of them had no reservations at home, essentially lounging around wearing only CK briefs paired with matching bras. Both girls were the type blessed with fair skin, beautiful faces, and long legs, so returning home to see two girls dressing up like that while playing video games was certainly a feast for the eyes.

At first, Shen Yu was actually a bit unaccustomed to it, but as time passed, she grew used to the sight.

When Shen Yu had first moved in, Zhou Yuwen accompanied her and slept with her alone for two days. Afterward, while Zhou Yuwen was keeping Shen Yu company, Zheng Yanyan stealthily slipped into their bed.

Shen Yu had been incredibly embarrassed at the time, but all that shame proved useless, as Zheng Yanyan had already seen absolutely everything and was giggling while making playful comments about her body.

Shen Yu was genuinely embarrassed and irritated back then, crying out loudly, "Don't, don't look!"

Zhou Yuwen's reaction was much calmer. He simply remarked, "I knew you were going to come over sooner or later."

"Since you're here, you might as well stay."

With that said, Zhou Yuwen pulled Zheng Yanyan into his embrace.

From there, things eventually progressed to include Lu Lin.

Now that the four of them lived together, it wasn't that they absolutely had to engage in that sort of intimacy every time. It was more about sleeping together normally when there was nothing going on, much like living in a dormitory. They would spend their evenings chatting together, and Zhou Yuwen would ultimately fall fast asleep with his arms wrapped tightly around the beautiful women flanking his sides.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day passed by in a flash. Time flies quickly, and 2015 was just around the corner. The year 2015 marked the true dawn of the internet era. To be honest, in that year, even a pig could take flight as long as it stood in the center of the roaring wind of opportunity.

Boss Ma was touring everywhere, conducting roadshows. Seeing the massive profits to be made, various other heroes and industry titans stepped forward one after another. Figures like Wang Wanda and Dong Kongtiao, who operated brick-and-mortar businesses and rarely showed their faces in public before, all emerged. It wasn't until 2015 that they truly showcased their unique abilities like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea. In addition to them, Ah Dong from JD.com also took the lead, directly marrying a beautiful young wife nineteen years his junior, saving tens of millions in advertisement fees alone.

While Zhou Yuwen was holding Shen Yu and the others at night before sleeping, he casually mentioned to them that he might need to take a trip to New York during New Year's Day.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Yanyan instantly sat bolt upright in bed. "Ah! You're going to the United States again!?"

Her voice was laced with obvious excitement. Traveling and having fun was her absolute favorite thing to do, and going on an international trip had always been her dream. Her inner thoughts were now completely written all over her face.

Zhou Yuwen confirmed it, explaining that although Su Qing's studio had already been set up, he still needed to head over and take a look for himself.

"What's the matter? Do you want to go?" Zhou Yuwen asked with a smile, wanting to tease her intentionally.

"I do!" Zheng Yanyan agreed without a moment's hesitation.

Zhou Yuwen replied, "Well, I can take you with me, but it will depend on your performance."

It would have been fine if Zhou Yuwen hadn't said that. But the moment he did, Zheng Yanyan immediately turned incredibly sweet and clingy. She threw herself straight into Zhou Yuwen's arms and cooed in a sugary voice, "Mmm~ Hubby, please, please, I'm begging you~"

Zhou Yuwen smirked. "Is that all? That's not quite enough."

"Ah~ Hubby, stop teasing me~"

Zheng Yanyan was acting as whiny and coquettish as humanly possible, her tone so overly sweet that it gave both Shen Yu and Lu Lin goosebumps just listening to her.

Zhou Yuwen, meanwhile, simply lay there laughing.

This trip to the United States wouldn't take very long, and since he didn't have much else pressing to do anyway, he figured he might as well take Shen Yu and all three girls along. Having them with him would definitely help relieve the boredom of the long journey.