Chapter 111 - 110: MMS in the 3G Era

Chapter 111: Chapter 110: MMS in the 3G Era

"Hey, babe. Yeah, I didn’t drink. I just dropped Old Wang off at home and I’m about to head back now. Don’t worry, I’ll take a cab. Mm-hm, okay. I’ll tell you all about those two when I get back. A kiss? Hehe, hanging up now. Miss you."

After finishing the call with his wife, Jiang Xia squatted on the curb, watching the traffic stream by on the street.

Several taxis stopped in front of him and asked if he needed a ride, but he refused them all with a shake of his head.

Thinking about what had happened tonight, Jiang Xia let out a long sigh.

He and Lin Yanwan had both thought the two of them would get together. Unexpectedly, Shen Ying had made the first, decisive move, leaving Wang Ming no chance to even try anything.

Still, he thought it was for the best. For one, Wang Ming could now focus on his own development. And for another, Shen Ying wouldn’t feel like she owed him anything.

’They’re both working for me anyway,’ he thought. ’After they graduate from college, as long as neither of them is in a relationship, they can always try again. There’s still a chance.’

But from a purely emotional standpoint, the rejection was a bit cruel for Wang Ming, who was going through his first real relationship. Just as he’d said, he would never believe in love again.

As the cool night breeze blew, Jiang Xia walked home slowly with his hands in his pockets. His mind was no longer on Wang Ming’s situation; instead, he started to ponder his company’s future development.

’No matter how you look at it, we’re still way too short-staffed.’

Right now, there were only four of them in total. Jiang Xia wished he could split one person into two to speed up the production of *Cat and Mouse*.

But hiring more people was clearly unrealistic at the moment. The four of them would just have to tough it out for the rest of the summer. Once they got to college, things would be much better.

Before he knew it, he was home. He found that Xia Shanshan and Jiang Wende had already gone to their rooms to sleep. Jiang Xia quietly grabbed some clean clothes and went to the bathroom for a comfortable, warm shower. The smell of alcohol and sweat was completely replaced by the fresh scent of body wash.

Lin Yanwan was lying on her stomach on the bed, wearing a light pink nightgown. Her two long, slender, pale legs kicked up and down, gently tapping her own bottom. She paid no mind as gravity caused the hem of her nightgown to slide down, revealing a tantalizing glimpse of her pink strawberry-patterned panties.

She had been estimating what time Jiang Xia would get home, humming a little song as she took out her phone to call him. The phone rang for a long time with no answer. It wasn’t until her fifth try that Jiang Xia’s roguish voice finally came through.

"Tsk tsk, babe. Four missed calls. You miss me that much?"

"Pfft! Whoever misses you is a puppy."

"WOOF!"

Jiang Xia’s sudden, shameless "woof" made her blush a little. Against her conscience, she woofed back silently in her heart.

"Why didn’t you answer all my calls just now? What were you doing?"

"I went to take a shower as soon as I got home. I’m drying myself off with a towel right now. You wanna see? Let me tell you, I’m almost 5’11", weigh 149 pounds, have a six-pack, and my pecs are just right. And it’s all *very* noticeable when I wear gray pants," Jiang Xia said, looking at himself in the mirror, his tone full of pride.

"Oh, yeah?" Lin Yanwan teased with a grin. "Go on then, send it over."

This was still the era when 3G networks had just launched. Even mobile QQ could only send built-in emoticons. Sending a picture? It was basically impossible.

"Is that so? Alright, you just wait."

With that, Jiang Xia hung up. Lin Yanwan was a little stunned. ’No way,’ she thought. ’Does he actually have a way to send a picture?’

The thought of his young, strong body made Lin Yanwan blush for some reason. For a moment, she actually felt a little expectant.

Jiang Xia picked up his phone and tried to take a selfie with its low-res camera. The photo was not only blurry, but it couldn’t capture his whole body. After a moment’s thought, he quietly snuck into the study, found the family’s digital camera, and returned to his room. After finding a good angle, he pressed the self-timer.

He was only wearing gray boxer briefs. He struck several risqué poses in a row, selecting only the most satisfying one where he looked the biggest. He deleted the rest, then used his computer to transfer the photo to his phone’s memory card.

Imagining his wife’s reaction when she saw the photo, he chuckled slyly and hit send on the MMS message.

She waited for probably less than five minutes before her phone suddenly vibrated.

Her expression froze when she saw the notification for an MMS message. She had completely forgotten about MMS! Swallowing hard, she tapped on it.

The photo was perfectly clear. It was Jiang Xia, wearing nothing but gray boxer briefs. Just as he’d said, his proportions and muscle definition looked pretty much perfect. The main point was, the gray boxer briefs looked *really* big.

And the shameless pose, using a clothes-drying pole like a stripper pole, looked incredibly lewd no matter how you looked at it.

The caption read: "Honey, does your husband’s body look good?"

Lin Yanwan lay on her side, her face flushed red as she stared at the screen. It was a shame phones back then didn’t have a zoom function, otherwise...

’I don’t remember it being this big, though,’ she thought, silently making a few measuring gestures with her hands. She squeezed the blanket tightly between her legs, the hem of her nightgown having unknowingly ridden up to her waist. All sorts of embarrassing images flooded her mind, and her body began to feel strangely hot.

A few minutes later, Lin Yanwan gradually recovered from her beet-red state, and glistening beads of sweat had formed on the tip of her nose.

She patted her cheeks with both hands, took a deep breath, and muttered to herself, "Lin Yanwan, don’t you dare get seduced by a thirst trap! It’s just a picture. In your past life, what position *haven’t* you tried?"

Then, she silently hit "Save."

’So you like pole dancing, huh? Fine. From now on, you can dance for me. Naked!’

As Lin Yanwan was having these vicious thoughts, her phone screen suddenly lit up with an incoming call from him. She waited a few seconds before answering.

"Babe, I’ve changed into my pajamas. Did you see it?" Jiang Xia’s voice had a teasing quality to it.

"Huh? What picture? I almost fell asleep..." she said, deliberately playing dumb in a drowsy voice.

"You just gave yourself away. I never said it was a picture, ahahaha."

Seeing that she couldn’t get away with it by playing cute, Lin Yanwan bit her lip and said, "I didn’t see it. It wasn’t good at all. I deleted it!"

"Everyone says that when a girl gets all shy and angry, you’re supposed to take it to mean the opposite. Got it. You saved it!"

"I did not!"

"Oh really? Then let me check your phone tomorrow, if you dare," Jiang Xia said with a grin.

"...Your body’s only a tiny bit better than before, what’s there to be so proud of," she muttered. "I got tired of looking at it a long time ago."

"Hmph, I’m going to sleep. Bye!"

She said it all in one breath, giving Jiang Xia no chance to reply before quickly hanging up the phone.

Then she grabbed a pair of clean panties from her closet, snuck into the bathroom, adjusted the water pressure to just the right strength, and aimed the showerhead downwards for a continuous rinse.

She bit her lip tightly, her face growing redder and redder.

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(End of Chapter 3. I have to go out early tomorrow morning to buy wedding supplies, so the next update might be a bit late. Thanks for your patience, everyone.)