Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 389: Spring is Here

The two of them tumbled on the small bed just like that, embracing and then kissing. They originally hadn't planned to do anything, but as Zhou Yuwen kissed her, Zheng Yanyan closed her eyes, looking entirely receptive to whatever he desired.Zhou Yuwen hesitated for a moment before finally unfastening the buttons of Zheng Yanyan's pajamas.

Since his wife was in the mood, he naturally had to satisfy her.

Outside the window, the moonlight was bright and clear.

Inside the room, a faint fragrance floated in the air.

Soon, Zheng Yanyan's soft, melodious voice slowly began to echo.

After February, the weather slowly began to warm up. Staying at home made time seem to fly by. Zhou Yuwen had settled Zheng Yanyan in the side room of his house. Every night, he would sneak over, hold Zheng Yanyan while sleeping, and then sneak back before dawn broke.

Sometimes, wearing a black small camisole, Zheng Yanyan would look at him with dazed eyes and ask why he was in such a hurry to leave, whining for him to stay with her a little longer.

Zhou Yuwen would say, "Hasn't keeping you company for a whole night been enough? Alright, it's still early. Be good, go back to sleep, and I'll come back to eat breakfast with you."

Saying this, he kissed Zheng Yanyan on the forehead.

Zheng Yanyan fell right back to sleep.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yuwen would get dressed and head out. For the first few days, he woke up around five or six when the sky was still dark. As the days passed, dawn gradually broke earlier and earlier.

On a few occasions, he even bumped into his father while sneaking back into his room. Looking at his son's guilty demeanor, his father seemed to know exactly what he was up to, but he didn't say a word and simply walked into his own room.

During Zheng Yanyan's first few days there, she and Zhou Yuwen basically partied every night, going at it two or three times an evening. But as time went on, it naturally grew a bit exhausting.

Actually, Zheng Yanyan was perfectly fine. Even though she found that kind of intimacy very comfortable, she wasn't particularly addicted to it. What she wanted more was for Zhou Yuwen to simply be by her side. Being held by him while sleeping was something she hadn't experienced in a long time.

Several times, the moment Zhou Yuwen walked into the room, she couldn't wait to pull him onto the bed and then lie entirely prone in his embrace.

Seeing this, Zhou Yuwen couldn't help but find it amusing. He asked if she was still a child, wondering why she loved being held so much.

Zheng Yanyan happily kicked up her little feet and said, "I am a child!"

"I want my hubby to hug me!"

She was wearing long cotton pajama pants that covered her long legs, but revealed her pink, tender little feet and toes. Waving them around so freely looked incredibly cute.

The only pitiful one was Su Qing. She originally thought that after returning to their hometown, she would have Zhou Yuwen all to herself. She never expected Zheng Yanyan to swoop in halfway, let alone move directly into Zhou Yuwen's home.

Even though Zheng Yanyan nominally acknowledged Su Qing's status as Zhou Yuwen's girlfriend, Zhou Yuwen was currently sleeping with her every single night!

Who wouldn't feel awful about that?

Another point was that ever since Zheng Yanyan arrived, Zhou Yuwen spent all day with her and had absolutely no time for Su Qing. She finally managed to find a brief window of opportunity.

Taking advantage of the time Zheng Yanyan ran over to fawn on Zhou Yuwen's mother, Su Qing hugged Zhou Yuwen from behind. As a result, Zhou Yuwen actually pushed her away and told her to stop messing around, asking what they would do if Yan Yan saw them.

Hearing this, Su Qing pouted even more. "You sleep with her every day. What's the big deal if I just hug you?"

Hearing this gave Zhou Yuwen a massive headache. He whispered to Su Qing, "We told Yan Yan that we're only pretending to be a couple. A little playful intimacy is fine, but we can't do it right in front of her. What if she explodes?"

"The little girl finally made the difficult trip out here. If she discovers I'm two-timing, wouldn't she be so devastated that she jumps into a river?"

Zhou Yuwen reasoned with her using both emotion and logic, but Su Qing pouted and argued, "But!"

Zhou Yuwen said there were no buts.

"Alright, I know you're feeling wronged. When I have time, I'll go to your house and keep you company, okay? You're the most sensible one. Be good." Zhou Yuwen patted Su Qing's head.

Left with no choice, Su Qing could only let out a soft whine and said, "Why does it feel like I'm the other woman!"

Zhou Yuwen merely smiled at those words.

The reason Su Qing felt so wronged was also because that girl Zheng Yanyan didn't play fair at all.

Zhou Yuwen had just slept with her.

And she immediately sent a message to their dormitory group chat: "Sisters! We successfully got back together!"

Then she shared her location.

After Shen Yu opened the dormitory group and saw it was Xuhuai, she instantly sent a '?' mark.

When Lu Lin saw the message, she also sent a question mark.

At least Zheng Yanyan didn't broadcast the fact that Zhou Yuwen was sleeping with her.

However, over the past few days, Zhou Yuwen had taken her sightseeing everywhere, trekking across mountains and rivers, and watching movies in the small county town. She had photographed all of it.

There was one photo of the two of them wearing matching couple's outfits.

With her beautifully manicured nails, Zheng Yanyan had one hand hooked around Zhou Yuwen's arm, while the other held a cup of milk tea. The two of them took a selfie together in the cinema just like that.

Even though both of them were wearing masks.

Anyone familiar with them could recognize at a glance that the man was Zhou Yuwen.

But compared to them reconciling, what was even more shocking was that Zheng Yanyan had actually gone to Xuhuai!?

What was going on?

Did she meet his parents?

Shen Yu gossiped in the group, but Zheng Yanyan said no.

"I could have met his parents, but someone ruined it," Zheng Yanyan said passive-aggressively in the group.

Hearing this, Su Qing was immediately displeased and quickly retorted, "What does it have to do with me? If it weren't for me, you would have been dragged back home by your mom and dad ages ago!"

"Did I name you? Why are you jumping out so eagerly?"

Zheng Yanyan quickly fired back.

The two of them bickered in the group chat for a while.

Meanwhile, Lu Lin had already started a private chat with Zhou Yuwen.

She asked Zhou Yuwen, "Did Yan Yan go find you?"

"Yeah."

"What happened?"

Lu Lin was also quite curious. Feeling helpless, Zhou Yuwen could only give her a rough summary of the situation.

Hearing this, Lu Lin let out a soft chuckle and said, "Traveling a thousand miles to find her husband. You must be pretty happy."

"It's alright. (Sigh)"

Zhou Yuwen was very helpless. He said that since she was already here, he was actually quite moved.

He recounted the experience of seeing Zheng Yanyan at his doorstep, mentioning that it was indeed a bit of a pleasant surprise. For a girl like Yan Yan to travel all this way to get here.

"I really feel a bit guilty towards her."

Lu Lin was sensible and basically never made Zhou Yuwen worry about anything.

This gave Zhou Yuwen the illusion that he could talk to Lu Lin about absolutely anything.

But in reality, hearing these words definitely made Lu Lin feel uncomfortable.

No matter how magnanimous a woman appeared on the surface, if she liked a man, she certainly wouldn't enjoy hearing him talk about other women in front of her.

However, Zhou Yuwen lacked this self-awareness.

It made Lu Lin feel depressed just listening to it.

She said, "If I knew you'd be so moved, I would have just gone over to find you too."

"Don't, Sister Lin, don't come and add to the trouble," Zhou Yuwen said with a wry smile.

"..."

Lu Lin felt awful, but she also knew that Zhou Yuwen was very stressed right now. She didn't dwell on the topic, but instead shifted to talking about work.

The two of them chatted for a while longer before ending the conversation.

After closing the chat window, Lu Lin sat in the office, lost in thought.

Actually, a couple of days ago, Lu Lin had toyed with the idea of going to Xuhuai to find Zhou Yuwen.

Thinking that she had never been to Xuhuai before, she could go over and take a look around.

But she was afraid that going over so rashly would cause trouble for Zhou Yuwen. So she agonized over it for a long time, ultimately not daring to go.

Now that she knew Zheng Yanyan had gone to Xuhuai, Lu Lin's heart was filled with mixed emotions.

She suddenly felt a bit of envy toward Zheng Yanyan.

She felt that this girl Zheng Yanyan just did whatever she wanted, completely disregarding the consequences.

Unlike herself, who became timid and overly cautious whenever Zhou Yuwen was involved.

But then again, if she had been the one to go...

Would Zhou Yuwen treat her the same way he treated Zheng Yanyan?

Thinking of this, Lu Lin was once again lost in thought.

She didn't dare to think about it.

During Zheng Yanyan's few days in Xuhuai, Zhou Yuwen kept his promise and took her sightseeing alone. Green mountains and clear waters, shopping malls and cinemas—they practically toured the entirety of Xuhuai.

Zhou Yuwen said that Xuhuai couldn't compare to Jingcheng. It was only the size of a palm. If they really wanted to explore it, they could finish in two days, and there wasn't much fun to be had.

Zheng Yanyan, however, replied, "Not at all! I think it's quite interesting. The things here are so cheap!"

Zheng Yanyan was talking about the street stalls and the clothes sold in the mall.

Zhou Yuwen pointed out that they were all off-brand goods, so of course they were cheap.

Zheng Yanyan made a rare, practical remark, "As long as you can wear the clothes, isn't that enough?"

"I feel really comfortable here. Marrying into your area doesn't seem like a bad idea!" Zheng Yanyan said with a grin as she sipped on her six-yuan milk tea.

To be honest, upon hearing this, Zhou Yuwen was taken aback for a moment, thinking, 'Did you get reborn too?'

Zhou Yuwen definitely knew that this wasn't Zheng Yanyan's true personality.

But the truth was, when a woman truly fell for a man, the man didn't need to appease her anymore; she would actively try to cater to him.

Nobody knew if what she was telling Zhou Yuwen was genuine or not.

Even if it were true, there was no way Zhou Yuwen would actually keep her cooped up in this small county town for the rest of his life.

He had villas and a luxury Big Flat in Jinling with everything one could need. This place was merely a temporary amusement, destined never to be a permanent residence.

Zheng Yanyan held Zhou Yuwen's hand and ran all over the small county town's mall, just like any ordinary young couple.

Small county towns had no secrets. With such a great beauty suddenly living in Zhou Yuwen's house, the neighbors gossiped in the streets and alleys. Even his relatives heard the rumors: that boy Zhou Yuwen had a rich girl from Jingcheng who had traveled all the way to Xuhuai just to pursue him.

Because of this, Zhou Guobin was even teased at work.

They would say, "Well, Brother Zhou really raised a fine son."

"My son is twenty-eight! He hasn't even found a partner, yet yours has girls running to his house one after another!"

Faced with such teasing, Zhou Guobin maintained an utterly expressionless face and completely refused to participate in the discussion.

When Elder Aunt spoke with her son on the phone, she also mentioned the matter to Peng Xiaoyong.

She said, "You've only been gone for a few days, and a girl from Jingcheng came right over and moved into your cousin's house!"

"It's not like you're any worse than your cousin! Why are you so fixated on that foreign woman? When it comes to marriage, you still need to find someone whose background we know inside and out!"

Elder Aunt earnestly advised him from the other end of the line.

Peng Xiaoyong replied, "My cousin is just a playboy. I'm not like him."

"Alright, Mom. Wanting and I are doing fine. I'm not talking about this anymore."

"Hey, what about your work situation?"

"Yeah, it's starting to take shape."

This was an era where everything was waiting to be developed. High-level talents who had studied abroad, like Peng Xiaoyong, truly had no shortage of job opportunities. He had only been in Jinling for a few days and had already received several offers. He was planning to rent an apartment together with Lu Wanting, so he needed to find a location that was conveniently situated for both of them.

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-February.

It was truly the season when grass grew lush and birds took to the sky.

During these days, the trees along the road had already sprouted new buds.

In the grassy patches of the plaza, one or two kites began to soar against the wind.

The blowing wind still felt a bit chilly, but the number of people wearing thick cotton coats was beginning to dwindle.

That damn girl Zheng Yanyan, just to look good in photos, had actually started wearing shorts.

A pair of black side-buttoned shorts revealed her long-unseen pristine legs.

Her calves were still wrapped in tall black boots.

On her upper body, she wore a red half-sleeve base shirt. She followed Zhou Yuwen around, browsing here and looking there.

Her happiness over the past few days in Xuhuai was completely genuine.

Because there was simply too much delicious food in Xuhuai.

Things like earth pot chicken, braised mixed fish, firewood-cooked rice, and thousand-slice pork—those slightly spicy dishes paired with white rice made Zheng Yanyan open her little mouth to pant from the heat after just one bite, yet she would dive right back in for more.

She had been staying at Zhou Yuwen's house for several days. For the first few days, Zhou Yuwen took her out alone. But later, he felt it wasn't lively enough with just the two of them, and coupled with the fact that Liu Shuo kept pestering him to hang out...

Zhou Yuwen brought Zheng Yanyan along to meet him.

The moment Liu Shuo laid eyes on Zheng Yanyan, he was completely dumbfounded.

By this time, Liu Shuo had already picked up his Magotan.

With its sleek black body and streamlined design.

Young and promising, driving a Magotan.

For a nineteen-year-old young man like Liu Shuo to be able to drive a Magotan through his own sheer effort was truly remarkable.

Liu Shuo had originally wanted to show off his new car, but upon seeing Zheng Yanyan, he simply couldn't believe his eyes. "Holy crap! What are you doing here!?"

Zheng Yanyan was instantly displeased by his words. "What are you talking about! Don't you know you should call me Sister-in-Law!?"

"Sister-in-Law!??"

Liu Shuo blanked for a moment, looking at Zhou Yuwen in disbelief, thinking to himself, 'Didn't you two break up?'

Zhou Yuwen said, "Just call her that if she tells you to."

"..."

Normally, this guy was quite sharp, but at this moment, he was genuinely bewildered. The main issue was that he had just seen Su Qing a few days ago. Zheng Yanyan had clearly broken up with Zhou Yuwen, so how did she end up being brought directly to his home?

Liu Shuo couldn't wrap his head around it. After all, he hadn't skimped on badmouthing Zheng Yanyan in front of Zhou Yuwen.

How did they reconcile just like that?

So Liu Shuo pulled Zhou Yuwen aside and asked, "Brother, what exactly is going on here?"

Zhou Yuwen sighed and said, "Sigh, she came all the way from Jingcheng to visit me."

"Forget it, just call her that if she wants you to. Don't make a big deal out of it." Zhou Yuwen didn't want to explain too much.

Calling her Sister-in-Law didn't really matter, but Zhou Yuwen's maneuver left Liu Shuo deeply shocked.

Sister-in-Law Su Qing wasn't an easy target either, right?

Zhou Yuwen said, "You don't need to worry about that."

"..."

After holding it in for half the day, Liu Shuo could only manage one phrase: "Brother! You're a badass!"