Chapter 330: Rich Men Go Bad

Chen Erbao tiptoed into Lin Zhiqing's room. He felt his way to the bedside in the dark and listened carefully. Seeing that Lin Zhiqing was indeed sound asleep, he breathed a sigh of relief.

After hanging up his clothes, Chen Erbao carefully lifted the covers, slid in, and gently wrapped his arms around Lin Zhiqing's body before gradually drifting off to sleep.

...

As the first rays of morning sun pierced through the clouds and fell across the bed through the curtains, Chen Erbao opened his eyes.

After a night's rest, he felt refreshed and energized as he stretched languidly.

He got up to wash his face and brush his teeth, practiced a set of boxing forms in the living room, and then crawled back into bed to catch a little more sleep.

It wasn't until seven-thirty in the morning that Lin Zhiqing groggily woke up.

The young woman opened her eyes and saw a man lying beside her. She sat up instinctively, but let out a soft chuckle when she realized it was Chen Erbao.

She had slept so soundly that she hadn't noticed when Chen Erbao had come back.

Gently lifting the covers, Lin Zhiqing went to the bathroom to wash up before returning to the bedside.

She playfully tickled Chen Erbao's nose with the ends of her hair. Finally, Chen Erbao opened his eyes and helplessly wrapped his arms around the girl's slender waist.

"Don't you go provoking me right now. I'm feeling pretty worked up..."

Lin Zhiqing giggled, completely unfazed.

"Ooh, so worked up... Like I'm scared!"

Chen Erbao flipped over, pinning Lin Zhiqing beneath him. His powerful arousal pressed directly against her lower abdomen.

"Now are you scared or not!"

Chen Erbao grunted.

Lin Zhiqing grew flustered. "Don't you dare do anything! Sister Xiaoqing is right next door. If she heard, I'd be too embarrassed to ever face her again!"

'Actually, it's Sister Xiaoqing who should be too embarrassed to face *you* right now...' Chen Erbao thought.

But he didn't do anything rash. He just held Lin Zhiqing, leaned back against the headboard, and thought about his schedule for the day.

"Is the security company stuff sorted out?"

Lin Zhiqing rested obediently on Chen Erbao's chest, her slender, fair fingers tracing circles on his firm pectoral muscles.

"The personnel and venue are basically in place. I've left the management work to my college classmate, so I just need to wait for the results."

"Does that mean you're free for the next couple of days?"

Lin Zhiqing looked at him with pleasant surprise.

"Nope... I still have to deal with the issues at the ten branch factories..."

Hearing this, a trace of disappointment appeared in Lin Zhiqing's eyes, but it vanished just as quickly.

She chuckled softly and lay back down on Chen Erbao's chest. "It's okay. When you've earned enough money, let's travel the world together. What do you say?"

Chen Erbao gently stroked Lin Zhiqing's hair, making an empty promise:

"Traveling the world is nothing. If you wanted to go to the moon, I'd take you there... I'll make up for all the time I've been away!"

Lin Zhiqing giggled. "I don't want to go to the moon, it's all bare and boring... The truth is, as long as I'm with you, I'm happy no matter where we go!"

"Me too!"

The two embraced tenderly for a while. Just as Lin Zhiqing was about to get out of bed, her brow furrowed slightly. She leaned in, sniffed at Chen Erbao's neck, and then looked at him suspiciously.

"You came back so late last night. Where were you?"

Chen Erbao's heart skipped a beat, but he grabbed his clothes without a change in expression. "I just went out for drinks and a chat with my college classmate, then I came back."

"Male or female?"

"Male!"

Lin Zhiqing finally relaxed, but she was still puzzled. "Then why do you smell like a woman's perfume?"

Chen Erbao hadn't expected Lin Zhiqing's nose to be so sensitive. He had even showered in Bai Xiaoqing's room last night, yet she could still smell it!

'Maybe I didn't wash properly yesterday!'

His mind raced, finding a suitable excuse in a thousandth of a second:

"Ah, my classmate insisted we go to a club to chat. You know what those places are like—the women there were throwing themselves at me. But I maintained my composure, I swear. We just had a few drinks, talked, and then I came back."

Lin Zhiqing's fair cheeks puffed out. "How could you go to a place like that!"

"It's all that fatty's fault. I didn't want to go..."

Chen Erbao chose to pin the blame on the fatty.

Lin Zhiqing didn't press the issue, but she still warned him, "You're already dishonest enough as it is. Don't go to places like that again!"

"I'm being framed! How am I dishonest?"

Chen Erbao retorted decisively.

Lin Zhiqing gave a cold laugh, her gaze drifting pointedly toward the next room, sending a chill down Chen Erbao's spine.

Fortunately, Lin Zhiqing didn't press the matter further. Instead, she just gave the soft flesh of his waist a light pinch.

"Anyway, just don't let me catch you in the act again, or else... you'll have a very hard time getting back on my good side!"

Watching Lin Zhiqing's cute display as she pretended to be angry and ran off, Chen Erbao felt a sense of relief, but also a twinge of pressure.

'I feel like I'm really starting to become a scumbag...'

'It must be my imagination!'

...

The two of them walked out of the room to find Bai Xiaoqing had already made breakfast, as usual.

Seeing Chen Erbao emerge, Bai Xiaoqing put on a surprised look.

"President Chen, you're here too?"

"...Mmm."

Chen Erbao observed her for a moment and saw no trace of anything unusual in her expression. The only thing was that the clothes she was wearing today had a high collar, completely covering her collarbones.

'She's probably afraid someone will see the hickey on her chest...'

Noticing Chen Erbao's eyes wandering toward her chest, Bai Xiaoqing shot him a glare when Lin Zhiqing wasn't looking, then sat down at the table and invited them to eat.

After a simple breakfast, the two women left for the factory together in one car.

Chen Erbao, meanwhile, drove his own Land Rover to Zhang Yiyi's house.

After picking up Zhang Yiyi, Chen Erbao dialed Zhao Hai's number.

"Hey? Where are you? We're going to check out the venue today."

"Holy shit, I almost forgot. I drank too much last night. I'm still at the club, come get me!"

"..."

Chen Erbao was speechless.

He couldn't believe Zhao Hai hadn't gone home at all last night!

After he hung up, Zhang Yiyi turned her beautiful eyes on him. "What club?"

"Ahem... Zhao Hai went to a club to have some fun last night. He's still there sleeping."

"Aren't you going to ask him which club?"

"Uh... I know the one he usually goes to..."

Chen Erbao almost blew his cover and couldn't help but touch his nose.

Zhang Yiyi seemed to be in a good mood. She shot Chen Erbao a look.

"Er Bao, you're just like you were in college. You always touch your nose when you're nervous... Didn't you say you were meeting Zhao Hai last night? He was at the club. Where were you?"

"..."

Chen Erbao really wanted to slap himself. 'Why the hell did I put it on speakerphone?!'

He kept his eyes calmly on the road and turned the steering wheel.

"I went too, but I left halfway through and got a hotel room to sleep."

"Oh?"

Zhang Yiyi had a feeling that wasn't the real story, but she was a smart woman and didn't press him any further.

"Er Bao, they say money corrupts men. Will you be corrupted?"

"Of course not. I liked you back in college, I still like you now, and that will never change."

'Of course, I don't *only* like you!'

Chen Erbao added silently in his heart.

Hearing this, Zhang Yiyi's face finally lit up with a smile. She helped Chen Erbao fix his hair.

"You sweet-talker!"