Chapter 419: She Took It to Heart

Chapter 419: Chapter 419: She Took It to Heart

Luo Yuqing’s words left Yang Xiaofei stunned.

She suspected Luo Yuqing was joking, but after seeing the serious expression on Luo Yuqing’s face as she spoke, she dismissed the thought.

"What are you two playing at?" Yang Xiaofei glanced from Luo Yuqing to a grinning Wang Chenning and frowned. Her expression suddenly changed. "Don’t tell me you two have been together for a while now."

"I have no interest in fighting you over a man!" Luo Yuqing replied with a look of disdain. "I just want to be a Dowager Empress—the kind who pulls the strings from behind the curtain. And let me tell you, Yang Xiaofei, Zhao Xiao’an is dead set on being the Empress. Li Yanxian has the same idea, but she needs to respect history. During the Ming Dynasty, the beauties sent as tribute from the peninsula could become a concubine at best. She can forget about her dream of being Empress."

"If you’re just going to talk nonsense, I’m going back to bed!" Yang Xiaofei said, sounding annoyed.

"You were once Wang Chenning’s fiancée. With a little effort, you could become the main wife. Why work against your own interests?" Luo Yuqing said, smiling at Yang Xiaofei. "Wang Chenning wants to establish his own sphere of influence, and he and I have already reached an agreement to cooperate. Otherwise, why would I be helping him at every turn?"

Yang Xiaofei remembered what Wang Chenning had once said: if he controlled the Shanxing Group and South Korea, he would make her their queen.

Thinking back on it now, his words seemed to echo Luo Yuqing’s crazy rambling.

’Could these two actually be serious?’

’If they are serious, there’s no way Luo Yuqing only wants to be a Dowager Empress and has no other ambitions.’ The thought of her own embarrassing predicaments while receiving Wang Chenning’s treatments, combined with the realization that Luo Yuqing had also undergone his acupuncture many times, made Yang Xiaofei’s expression shift once more.

"I can join your plan," Yang Xiaofei said, taking a deep breath to force herself to calm down. "But you have to tell me, what exactly is the relationship between you two right now? Are you lovers, or are you strictly business partners?"

"For now, we’re just partners, of course. Whether we become lovers in the future will depend on our dear Teacher Wang’s skill and charm!" Luo Yuqing wasn’t about to fall for Yang Xiaofei’s trick. She smiled at Yang Xiaofei, who looked a bit unsettled, and reminded her solemnly, "I don’t want Zhao Xiao’an to become Wang Chenning’s wife, and neither does the Zhao family. They favor you, because your union would maximize the benefits for everyone involved.

"Don’t worry. With Wang Chenning as your husband, no one could possibly dream of taking over the Lingyang Group. And you already treat the Lingyang Group as your own personal property; if you were to marry someone else, you’d definitely take it with you."

"With Wang Chenning to help you, the Lingyang Group will only grow stronger, and you’ll be able to realize your ambitions. I know that your ambition is to build a successful career, not to have a perfect husband and a happy family. Those things aren’t important to you."

"I’m the same way. I have ambitions, too, which is why I’m willing to work with Wang Chenning. I think I’m just as crazy as he is. So, we decided to go for it together!"

After saying this, Luo Yuqing glanced back at Wang Chenning and said with a flirtatious smile, "If the two of us were to add Yang Xiaofei, Zhao Xiao’an, and Li Yanxian to the mix, the influence our little group could create in East Asia would be utterly unmatched."

Then she turned back to Yang Xiaofei and said gravely, "Those who achieve great things shouldn’t sweat the small stuff. Neither you nor Zhao Xiao’an should dream of having Wang Chenning all to yourselves; you don’t have the power or the charm for that. He’s a classic scumbag. Aside from the fact that he’ll never be faithful to you, he’s practically flawless in every other respect."

"A man like that shouldn’t be a husband. Even if you marry him, you’ll have to learn to turn a blind eye, or you’ll be furious every single day. But if you work with a man like this, you’re guaranteed to succeed. You’ll even achieve results many times greater than you could have ever expected!"

"You must have been blown away these past few days, right? Could anyone else have achieved what he has? Who else could captivate the entire country’s netizens right from the start and just keep gaining momentum after the initial hype?"

Luo Yuqing wasn’t saying all this on a whim; she had thought it through carefully.

Yang Xiaofei’s abilities and drive were certainly superior to Zhao Xiao’an’s, at least when it came to entrepreneurship.

By being upfront with Yang Xiaofei and forming an alliance, she wouldn’t have to worry about any drama on the home front.

Of course, Luo Yuqing wouldn’t dare say any of this to Zhao Xiao’an. If she did, their bond as aunt and niece would probably shatter completely.

After a long silence, Yang Xiaofei shot Wang Chenning a hostile look. "Why aren’t you saying anything?"

Wang Chenning, however, just answered lazily, "Luo Yuqing has already said everything I didn’t want to and didn’t dare to say. What’s left for me to add?"

"It’s true. Men are all trash!" Yang Xiaofei snapped, giving Wang Chenning an angry kick before storming off.

"Don’t worry, the words have sunk in," Luo Yuqing said, thinking nothing of it as she leaned smiling against Wang Chenning. "You’ll feel out her real attitude when you go to her room tonight. Yang Xiaofei is a very ambitious woman. Her logic will win out over everything else."

Then, she gave Wang Chenning another flirtatious look. "If you’re willing, you could enjoy the pleasure of having two women tonight. As long as you can win her over, I’ll come and serve you both!"