Since my Mom transferred her shares to me, my Dad’s attitude towards me kept declining sharply, as if in his eyes, only Lu Tiao was his daughter.

I suppressed the sadness I felt inside, and put forward a suggestion to him： “Lu Tiao is the fiancée, why can’t you ask Lu Tiao to take the contract for you?”

My Dad said： “To merchants, business is business.”

On hearing that, I found it hilarious： “Isn’t political marriage aimed at claiming kinship and promoting cooperation? Dad, connection is stressed in doing business, and Xi Jingnan is now one of your connections. Lu Tiao is the go－betweener. How do you know Xi Jingnan won’t give you the chance without a try?”

“Will Jingnan really cooperate with us?”

My Dad looked hesitant, I knew that he who put profit－making first would definitely look for Lu Tiao to beg Xi Jingnan. I smiled inside my mind, and fanned the flame： “Think it over, I’ll go back home first. By the way, I’ve won the opportunity to cooperate with Jiang’s family from Xi Jingnan. He must promise to cooperate for the sake of our two families.”

The last words were aimed at putting him at ease.

“Have you fixed it?” My Dad suddenly exclaimed： “You are just as eager to excel as your Mom. Both of you are dexterous at work.”

I rolled my eyes： “Don’t mention my Mom.”

I turned around and wanted to leave my company, when Hu Yang called me.

He asked about my whereabouts. I said： “I’m in the company, and I’ll go home soon.”

Hu Yang explained： “I happen to be downstairs in your company, therefore, I am calling to check if you are here, so that I can take you home.”

“OK, wait for me.” I said.

I went downstairs, saw Hu Yang who wore a suit. I went over, and made fun of him： “Honey, why do you wear such a formal suit today?”

Hu Yang said helplessly： “My mom asked me to have a blind date, and I can’t get away with it.”

“Oh, your mom still don’t know that you’ve got a girlfriend.”

Hu Yang lifted his eyebrows and looked at me, “It makes no difference whether she knows it or not.”

I smiled in embarrassment. Hu Yang opened the door and asked me to sit inside. In the car, I received a short message from Lu Tiao. She showed off to me proudly： “Mo Tao, in a minute, Jingnan was going home, picking me up to stay overnight in a coastal villa.”

Staying overnight in a coastal villa?

She might as well not tell me. Now she would never expect to be get away.

When Hu Yang took me home, I happened to meet Lu Tiao coming out of the villa. She was dressed up, wearing a white mink coat covered by a white dress and matched with high heels that were seven or eight centimeters high.

She opened her mouth and wanted to satirize me like before, but I beat her to it： “Your lipstick is stuck on your teeth, and you’d better brush your teeth.”

Lu Tiao rapidly covered up her mouth with hands and stared at me severely. Then, she turned around and went back to the villa.

Hu Yao saw it, held my waist, lowered his head and rubbed his lips against my ears： “You are deceiving me again. Even I haven’t seen it.”

I became powerless in his arms： “I don’t want to waste time with her.”

Hu Yang lingered： “Xi Jingnan has just arrived. What kind of reaction, do you guess, will he have upon seeing us like this? Whether he likes you or not, after all, you used to be his lover. Even if he doesn’t love you deep inside, it will be hard to put up with.”

I smiled bewitchingly： “You have seen me through.”

On hearing it, Hu Yang’s lips moved downward, and kissed on my lips with great effort.

I suppressed the tumbling and nausea in me, and tried my best to respond to him.

I was just as passionate as I had been when I responded to Xi Jingnan.

It was not until Lu Tiao walked out of the villa that Hu Yao unclasped me.

He wiped my moist lips with gentle fingers.

Lu Tiao cursed in a low voice, “Shame on you!”, on seeing us like this, and then ran towards Xi Jingnan.

“Jingnan, when did you arrive?”