Chapter 431: Falling into the Trap

It turned out to be the kind of video guys love to save on their computers as “study material.”

The one leading the “lesson” was none other than that mixed-race-looking Teacher Xiaoze. Wang Chenning was stunned.

Yang Xiaofei froze for a second before her pretty face turned beet red.

She desperately lunged for the phone, ending up throwing herself right on top of Wang Chenning.

Wang Chenning seized the opportunity to wrap his arms around her, forcing her into his embrace.

“How about we watch it together?” Wang Chenning said with a grin, holding up her phone. “It’s more fun to enjoy things together!”

“I’m not talking to you anymore!” Yang Xiaofei, blushing, dove under the covers and buried her head like an ostrich.

Wang Chenning reached a hand under the covers. After a few mischievous pokes that made Yang Xiaofei cry out in surprise, he tossed the phone aside and sat down, leaning against the bed.

He lifted a corner of the blanket and gently stroked her hair. “Want me to give you a massage?”

“Of course!” Yang Xiaofei poked her head out from under the covers, her face still flushed.

“Then lie down properly,” Wang Chenning said, giving her ear a little pinch.

He clearly felt Yang Xiaofei’s body tremble. Without hesitation, he reached out and gently caressed her face, neck, and back.

Yang Xiaofei’s initially stiff body gradually relaxed. Finally, at Wang Chenning’s request, she lay down on her stomach.

Wang Chenning massaged her back, waist, and legs.

After about half an hour, Yang Xiaofei’s body was completely relaxed.

When Wang Chenning asked her to turn over and lie on her back, she crooked a finger at him.

As Wang Chenning lowered his head slightly, she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him.

Yang Xiaofei was being much more proactive than usual today.

Soon, Wang Chenning understood what she wanted.

Perhaps she was influenced by the video she’d just watched, or maybe she had other things on her mind. Either way, she was ready to let go.

But Wang Chenning had no intention of taking that step with her while they were away from home, so he didn’t let her have her way.

He didn’t let her be too disappointed, either.

In the end, filled with a sense of bliss but also a great deal of dissatisfaction, Yang Xiaofei curled up next to Wang Chenning, not wanting to move.

“I want to sleep,” she mumbled. “Are you staying with me tonight?”

“Nope,” Wang Chenning said with a smile. “Anticipation is half the fun. On your birthday, I’ll definitely stay with you the whole night! You’re tired, and I’m tired too. I need to go back and rest.”

“You’re going to keep Luo Yuqing company, aren’t you?” Yang Xiaofei said, a hint of resentment in her voice. “I don’t believe for a second there’s nothing going on between you two!”

“Alright, don’t be needlessly jealous,” Wang Chenning replied with a laugh. “Let’s focus on how to achieve our ultimate life goals instead.”

“Get lost!” Yang Xiaofei, flying into a rage out of embarrassment, gave Wang Chenning a light kick. “I don’t want to talk to you!”

She was genuinely angry. She had made her intentions so obvious, but he still wouldn’t give in to her. It left her feeling completely defeated.

‘Is this his way of controlling people?’ she wondered. ‘Deliberately stringing me along, making me drop all my inhibitions so he won’t have to take any responsibility in the end? And here I am, the one left feeling insecure, unable to even resent him for it.’

Still, Yang Xiaofei had to admire Wang Chenning’s incredible self-restraint. It was truly rare for a man to show such control in front of a woman like her.

A man who could remain calm and even resort to all sorts of schemes when faced with money and beauty was certainly no simple character.

In reality, Yang Xiaofei was deeply conflicted. She tried to convince herself not to get hung up on Wang Chenning’s messy affairs. ‘As long as he can bring me huge benefits, it’ll be fine,’ she thought. ‘Whatever I have to give in return can just be a souvenir of my youth, a happy memory from my coming of age. Don’t worry too much about the final outcome. It is what it is. Rich and powerful families are full of sordid affairs, after all. Nothing is that surprising.’

But whenever she was with Wang Chenning, especially when they were alone at night, she couldn’t maintain her composure at all.

If she stepped back and thought about their relationship objectively, Yang Xiaofei wanted to kick herself.

‘When did I become so shameless and lose all my inhibitions?’

‘Where did all my previous self-control and asceticism go?’

‘That damn Wang Chenning! How did he awaken these desires in me, turning me into a common mortal!’

Amidst Yang Xiaofei’s embarrassed rage, Wang Chenning took the opportunity to retreat.

He went and knocked on Luo Yuqing’s door.

But it was Li Fuzhen who opened it.

Li Fuzhen told Wang Chenning that Luo Yuqing was in the shower.

“I was worried it’d be inconvenient to come back later, so I decided to wait here for a bit!” Li Fuzhen said, a little embarrassed. She glanced toward the bathroom and added in a low voice, “She’s been in there for a while. She should be out soon.”

Wang Chenning noticed a furtive look in Li Fuzhen’s eyes and asked in a hushed voice, “Are you sleeping here tonight, or going back to your own room?”

“I’m going back to my room!” Li Fuzhen didn’t dare look at Wang Chenning again and turned to leave. “Since you’re here, I’ll head back now.”

But she had only taken a single step before Wang Chenning grabbed her arm.

Wang Chenning leaned in and whispered in her ear, “Nothing happened between me and Li Yanxian. You have to help me out. I’ve helped you so many times, how about you give me a massage for once?”

“Then let’s go to my place!” Li Fuzhen’s face was completely red.

“What if Li Yanxian finds out?”

Before Li Fuzhen could answer, the bathroom door opened, and Luo Yuqing came out.

Seeing the two of them like that, she put on a look of exaggerated shock and exclaimed, “Li Fuzhen, and you were just denying it!”

Li Fuzhen looked mortified enough to wish the ground would swallow her whole.

“I need to use the restroom!” She broke free from Wang Chenning’s grasp, turned, and fled into the bathroom, immediately locking the door from the inside.

Luo Yuqing looked at Wang Chenning with a knowing smirk. “Don’t worry about her. Let’s just see if she decides to run or stay.”

With that, she tackled Wang Chenning straight onto the sofa!