Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 334: Tao Tian Confronts Qu Jing Again

The second-hand apartment Zhou Yuwen bought was already renovated. Although the previous owner hadn't left much furniture behind, the sofa had remained.It featured solid wood flooring, sat on the nineteenth floor, and boasted a fairly expansive view.

Minmin still hadn't processed what was happening.

Tao Tian, however, was already sitting triumphantly on the sofa. "How about we live here during our internship?" she asked with a smile.

Only then did Minmin snap back to reality.

"Wait, Tian Tian, Zhou Yuwen rented this for you? Didn't you say nothing happened between you two? Then why would he rent an apartment for you?"

Minmin's head was spinning with questions.

Tao Tian pouted slightly. "Who said Zhou Yuwen rented this for me?"

"He didn't? Then did you rent it yourself? That's impossible, right?"

Tao Tian laughed. "This is Zhou Yuwen's apartment. We were chatting yesterday, and when he found out I didn't have a place to stay for my internship, he told me I could stay here temporarily."

"Holy crap! Tian Tian, Zhou Yuwen treats you way too well! Did nothing really happen between you two?" Minmin refused to believe her at this point.

But Tao Tian stubbornly kept her lips sealed and refused to tell Minmin anything.

Whenever Zhou Yuwen wasn't around, Tao Tian dressed rather conservatively, pairing jeans with a down jacket. However, once indoors with her down jacket unzipped, her impressive assets could no longer be hidden.

Furthermore, Tao Tian was already a stunning beauty, and after being with Zhou Yuwen, she had become even more captivating and alluring.

Flipping her hair, she chuckled softly. "Isn't it normal for a boss to treat his employees well?"

"Oh, please! Zhou Yuwen has plenty of employees, so why is he treating you so well? It must be an old flame reigniting. Hmph, you can't hide it from me. Hurry up and tell me everything!" Minmin said, sitting down next to Tao Tian and trying every flattering tactic to coax some juicy details out of her.

However, Tao Tian wasn't as naive as she used to be. She only gave ambiguous answers, and whenever Minmin pressed too hard, she firmly denied everything.

"Alright, alright, it's not as dramatic as you think. This is just Zhou Yuwen's apartment. He told me that since it was sitting empty anyway, he might as well let me stay in it. Stop overthinking things and come with me to the furniture mall. Let's see if there's any furniture we need to buy," Tao Tian said, urging Minmin to her feet.

Even though Tao Tian didn't say anything explicitly, Minmin was no fool. A three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment with such a great layout would cost at least two thousand yuan a month to rent. For someone in Minmin's financial class, two thousand yuan was a substantial amount of money. On top of that, when she followed Tao Tian to buy furniture later, they spent nearly seventy thousand yuan.

During this shopping spree, Tao Tian even sneaked away to secretly call Zhou Yuwen.

Minmin was absolutely certain that Tao Tian was being kept by Zhou Yuwen.

Even if she wasn't officially his kept woman yet, it was only a matter of time.

Hmph, Tao Tian was really something else. They were supposed to be close sisters, yet she was hiding something like this from her.

But looking at the situation, out of the three girls in their dormitory, two of her close friends were now being supported by Zhou Yuwen, leaving Minmin as the only one left out. Watching Tao Tian carry a designer bag and buy tens of thousands of yuan worth of furniture without batting an eye stung.

It was impossible not to feel jealous.

People always said the real problem wasn't scarcity, but unequal distribution.

Now it wasn't even a matter of unequal distribution; it was the fact that every other girl had everything, and she was the only one left with nothing.

Throughout the entire day, Minmin helped Tao Tian move furniture. But as she watched Tao Tian's overflowing joy, a thought couldn't help but cross her mind: 'Why doesn't Zhou Yuwen keep me as well?'

Meanwhile, Zhou Yuwen wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary. Around eight in the morning, he brought breakfast back to his large luxury apartment for Zheng Yanyan and Lu Lin.

The two girls had stayed up all night playing video games. After finishing breakfast, Zheng Yanyan tugged at Zhou Yuwen, demanding that he sleep with them.

Zhou Yuwen mentioned that he had slept quite well the previous night.

"Then just hold me while I sleep!"

Zheng Yanyan put on an utterly adorable, coaxing expression.

Left with no other choice, Zhou Yuwen went to the bedroom to accompany Zheng Yanyan.

Zheng Yanyan was genuinely exhausted. Lying prone in Zhou Yuwen's embrace, she fell asleep in no time.

Not long after, Lu Lin also came in. Zhou Yuwen made some room for her, and she settled down on his other side. With each girl resting her head on one of his arms, they both quickly drifted off into dreamland.

The two girls had similar figures, and since they were in their own home, they dressed very casually. Both were wearing nothing but panties on their lower halves, showing off their long, bare legs. Zheng Yanyan wore a pair from Charles & Keith, while Lu Lin wore pure white ones that wrapped snugly around her cute buttocks, highlighting a rather perky curve.

Zhou Yuwen wasn't tired initially, but with his arms wrapped around these two young women, he surprisingly fell asleep after a short while.

He woke up once around ten o'clock.

He had spent the entire previous night recovering his energy.

Now, after taking a nap with two beautiful girls in his arms, a familiar urge began to stir.

He glanced at Lu Lin, who was sound asleep with her head tilted to the side.

Then he looked at Zheng Yanyan, who was slumbering deeply in his embrace.

After a moment of thought, Zhou Yuwen ultimately decided to make his move on Zheng Yanyan. He started by using his fingers to gently pull aside her designer panties, lightly tracing his fingers inside.

"Mmm," Zheng Yanyan didn't even open her eyes, but soft humming sounds already escaped her lips.

Zhou Yuwen couldn't tell if she was awake or not, but her breathy sounds were intoxicating. Taking advantage of her half-asleep state, he hoisted up her long legs.

Zheng Yanyan's reaction was quite fascinating. She kept her eyes shut from start to finish, thrashing her head from side to side as if trapped in a nightmare, lightly biting her lower lip. It was an incredibly captivating sight.

While Zheng Yanyan hadn't fully woken up, the commotion roused Lu Lin from her sleep. Opening her eyes to the scene unfolding right beside her, she was left utterly speechless.

Zhou Yuwen was certainly brazen. While carrying Zheng Yanyan's long legs, he simultaneously reached out a hand to hook a finger under Lu Lin's pure white panties.

Lu Lin: "..."

The three of them slept until past four in the afternoon. Later, when Zhou Yuwen went to the restroom, Zheng Yanyan followed him in, wrapped her arms around his neck, and murmured, "Hubby, I had a dream just now."

Zhou Yuwen asked her what she had dreamed about.

She told him she dreamt that while she was sleeping, he had touched her.

She also added that she dreamt he had touched Lu Lin too.

Zhou Yuwen replied, "Aren't you just talking nonsense? Linlin has a boyfriend."

Zheng Yanyan giggled, stating she had a feeling Lu Lin had probably been dumped by her boyfriend.

"I didn't see her go out to play with him at all during the New Year holiday."

"Hubby, I bet that guy was super scummy and played with her feelings," Zheng Yanyan said, leaning against the restroom door and gossiping about Lu Lin with Zhou Yuwen.

Zhou Yuwen reasoned, "They just haven't seen each other for a few days. How can you be so certain they broke up?"

"That boyfriend of hers was unreliable from the start. He's older than her, and he's nowhere to be seen even now. I'm guessing the guy is probably already married and was just casually messing around with Linlin."

Truthfully, Zheng Yanyan had been itching to share this piece of gossip with Zhou Yuwen for a long time.

She just hadn't found the right opportunity until now.

Zhou Yuwen merely uttered a soft "Oh," seemingly uninterested in the matter.

Zheng Yanyan peeked outside, then closed the restroom door. Crouching down in front of Zhou Yuwen, she playfully called out, "Hubby."

She was wearing a loose T-shirt at the moment, and as she crouched, the neckline slipped down, revealing a beautiful shoulder.

Zhou Yuwen asked her what she was doing.

"Hey, Hubby," she whispered, "do you want to sleep with Lu Lin?"

"?" Zhou Yuwen paused for a moment, thinking Zheng Yanyan might have discovered something.

But when he looked down, Zheng Yanyan's eyes were clear and innocent, showing no signs of suspicion. "What kind of nonsense are you spouting now?" he scolded gently.

Yet Zheng Yanyan's tone was entirely serious. "I mean it. I've already thought it through. You're never going to belong to just me forever anyway, and Linlin is my absolute best sister. Rather than her being the other woman for some random guy, she might as well be the other woman for you. Just don't despise her, Hubby—she's definitely not a virgin anymore."

"..." These words left Zhou Yuwen feeling rather awkward.

Zheng Yanyan offered to go persuade Lu Lin if Zhou Yuwen was interested.

Zhou Yuwen quickly shot the idea down. "Stop messing around. What kind of person do you take me for?"

"No more nonsense," he warned. "Hmph!" Zheng Yanyan pouted her lips.

That night, Zhou Yuwen stayed at the large apartment and played video games with Zheng Yanyan and Lu Lin. Even though New Year's Day had passed, they still wanted to make up for the festive atmosphere, so they ordered a big meal and some beer.

By the third of January, the snow had mostly melted.

That evening, Tao Tian took Minmin out for hot pot.

Qu Jing had also returned home. Discovering that her bedsheets and bedding had been changed, she grew curious and sent Zhou Yuwen a message.

Zhou Yuwen replied that he had been too exhausted after attending a banquet a couple of days ago, so he had crashed at her place for the night.

"The old bedsheets smelled like alcohol, so I changed them."

"Oh." Qu Jing didn't suspect a thing. She even added, "If I had known you were resting here, I wouldn't have gone back to my hometown."

Zhou Yuwen replied that it was good to go home and visit family anyway.

During this beautiful New Year holiday, everyone had their own affairs to attend to.

Liu Yue was still wearing her delivery uniform, riding her electric scooter all over the university town even past nine o'clock at night.

Zhou Yuwen's food order had actually been delivered by Liu Yue, but she didn't get to bring it up to his door. It was intercepted by the property management concierge downstairs.

Liu Yue didn't insist on going up to greet Zhou Yuwen anyway.

Instead, she hurriedly finished the delivery and rushed off to her next one.

It was past ten o'clock when she finally returned to her dormitory.

By this time, Ma Tian, Li Jing, and the others had already changed into their pajamas and were preparing for bed.

The dormitory was incredibly warm during the winter.

When Liu Yue walked in, she brought a gust of cold air with her.

She took off her hat, brushing off a layer of frost and chill.

Seeing Liu Yue's state, Ma Tian was somewhat surprised. "Yueyue, your nose is completely red!"

"Oh my god, Yueyue, your nose is so red!" Li Jing noticed as well.

But Liu Yue didn't care at all. She smiled and said, "I've been running around outside all day, of course it's red."

Since the weather was cold, very few people went out to eat. By running deliveries outside, she could earn two hundred yuan a day, and if she worked a little harder, she could even make three hundred.

Ma Tian and Li Jing couldn't help but ask why Liu Yue was pushing herself so hard.

"Exactly! Your face is getting ruined by the frost. You're making yourself less pretty just to earn that little bit of money. How are you going to find someone to marry in the future?"

Liu Yue ignored the two girls' chatter.

She sat alone at her desk and tallied up her earnings. Before she knew it, she had been delivering food for two months. Although Liu Yue was a girl, she was far more hardworking than anyone else.

Over the past two months, she had earned five thousand yuan. By being frugal with her daily expenses, she managed to save four thousand.

Li Jing asked her why she was saving so much money.

Liu Yue replied that it was for buying a house.

"In the future, I'm going to rely on myself to buy an apartment in Jinling!" Liu Yue declared with absolute seriousness.

The other two girls burst into laughter.

They called Liu Yue foolish.

Men were the ones supposed to buy houses.

Since when did it fall to women to purchase property?

"Exactly! You're enduring the wind and the cold just to buy this house, and you won't even be able to marry a good man in the future!"

Faced with her roommates' mockery, Liu Yue brushed it off. She truly wanted a place of her own in a big city. Initially, she had pinned all her hopes on Xu Bowen, but who would have thought he would turn out to be so unreliable?

That experience made Liu Yue realize that she had to rely on herself for everything.

She needed to save up one hundred thousand yuan before graduation!

That way, she could afford the down payment for a small room in Jinling.

In this new year, everyone was planning for the future.

At his apartment, Zhou Yuwen enjoyed a big meal with Lu Lin and Zheng Yanyan, then played video games until around three in the morning. Since they had drunk some alcohol, all three of them were much less inhibited.

In truth, during their time together, the interactions between Zhou Yuwen and Lu Lin had already crossed the line of decency.

However, Zheng Yanyan pretended not to notice a thing.

As a result, the three of them got along quite happily.

Eventually, because they were far too exhausted, they simply crashed on the same bed and fell asleep.

When the alarm clock rang the next morning, Zheng Yanyan mumbled groggily, "Linlin, turn off the alarm."

Lu Lin, also half-asleep, reached over and slapped the alarm off. "Done," she murmured.

That day, the three of them woke up in the exact same bed. Zheng Yanyan peered sleepily at Lu Lin and Zhou Yuwen, who were still sound asleep beside her.

She vaguely recalled being incredibly tired last night.

She didn't think much of it.

Slipping on her slippers, she shuffled to the restroom.

Later, as they all ate breakfast together, they silently agreed not to mention what had happened.

Once the New Year holiday ended, the days flew by in a flash.

Final exams were only two weeks away.

The students on campus suddenly became extremely busy.

In the past, you would barely see a handful of people when visiting the library.

But as soon as exam season hit, the library was packed to the brim. It was a chaotic, noisy mess, as if no one was capable of studying in their dormitories anymore.

Zhou Yuwen's university wasn't considered a particularly prestigious institution. While there were students who genuinely focused on studying, there was also no shortage of slackers. Take Chang Hao and Li Qiang, for example. These two boys had spent their time either working part-time jobs or indulging in puppy love romances. By the time the end of the semester rolled around, they realized their brains were completely devoid of anything related to their courses.

So, they started following Lu Yuhang to the library.

They would arrive at nine o'clock, start off by playing on their phones, and then, around ten o'clock, Chang Hao would decide it was time to study. But then Li Qiang would suddenly nudge him and point toward their ten o'clock direction.

Chang Hao would look over to find a couple kissing.

The two of them would then start gossiping about the scene. By the time ten-thirty hit, Chang Hao would realize they couldn't keep doing this and needed to study.

After managing a grand total of ten minutes of actual studying, they would find they just couldn't absorb any more information. Checking the time, they would see it was already eleven o'clock and start pondering, 'What should we eat for lunch?'

And just like that, an entire day would slip away.

Zhou Yuwen, on the other hand, wasn't bothered by academics.

However, as the end of the semester drew near, he had a mountain of work to handle.

During the recent Christmas and New Year period, the part-time jobs ran for a total of nine days. Calculated at a daily wage of 150 yuan per shift, Zhou Yuwen had organized twenty thousand part-time shifts over those nine days. This meant the cash flow had reached a staggering three million yuan.

Of course, Zhou Yuwen wouldn't be pocketing all of that money. At best, Liu Shuo maneuvered things on his end and secured a one-hundred-thousand yuan kickback from Zhao Jun.

Following this massive part-time operation, the Xuhuai Association expanded frantically into the Jiangning and Pukou districts. Currently, they had already captured forty percent of the part-time market in Jiangning and thirty-five percent of the part-time market in Pukou.

Currently, Meituan was advancing aggressively, and it was estimated that Ele.me would also enter the Jinling market after the new year.

Zhou Yuwen had to seize the food delivery markets in all three university towns within this month if he wanted to sell his operations for a premium price.

But before doing that, he had to resolve a certain matter.

That was when Qu Jing arrived at the office, her heart brimming with joy, to look for Zhou Yuwen.

Suddenly, she spotted Tao Tian—the well-endowed beauty—walking out of Zhou Yuwen's office with a radiant smile.

"What are you doing here?!" Qu Jing immediately frowned.