Chapter 3073: Continuing the Explanation

Before Zhao Desan could continue his explanation, Zheng Jie spoke up to cut him off. She swept a glance at him with a flushed face, lowered her head, and whispered, "You don't need to explain. Actually, you just want to ask me... ask me if he took safety measures... I've already been... been... taken by Director Zhang. Is there any point in asking this now?" Having said this, Zheng Jie couldn't go on. She felt that since her body had already been possessed by Director Zhang, there was absolutely no need to talk about these things anymore.

"Don't tell me that bastard didn't wear a condom when he was... when he was 'doing that' to you?" Zhao Desan stared at Zheng Jie, stunned. He couldn't find the right words to replace "screwing" or "doing it," so he had to omit them and use "that" instead.

"Heh, he definitely wore one when doing that..." Zheng Jie followed Zhao Desan's lead and used "that" as well.

Zhao Desan looked at Zheng Jie, tilted his head, gave her a wicked smile, and then moved on to the main topic: "So, has the business license been inspected for the year?"

"Actually, Director Zhang is quite a man of his word. The very next day, people from the Industry and Commerce Bureau called me to go over and handle the license." Speaking of this, Zheng Jie forgot the pain as soon as the wound healed. She actually started praising Director Zhang, but as soon as she finished the sentence, she realized her phrasing was inappropriate and hurriedly lowered her head, blushing.

Zhao Desan also sensed the strange tone in Zheng Jie's words. He immediately tilted his head, stared at her with a peculiar look, and asked, "What's this? It seems Director Zhang has a very good image in your heart? Don't tell me you've fallen for him?"

"Fart!" Provoked by Zhao Desan's teasing, Zheng Jie immediately furrowed her brows and glared at him fiercely.

Seeing that Zheng Jie seemed to be getting angry again—and having just experienced the power of her true anger—Zhao Desan immediately slapped himself in the face and said to her, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way."

"You didn't mean it that way?" Zheng Jie was amused by Zhao Desan's behavior and felt a bit more cheerful. Although her face remained stern, she pursed her lips and looked at Zhao Desan with that ambiguous gaze, waiting for his answer.

Looking at the expression of this beautiful young married woman, Zhao Desan felt an indescribable fondness. What a fascinating, enchanting little woman! No wonder every man who had the chance to be alone with her tried to make a move on her! But thinking about how Zheng Jie had yielded to Director Zhang just to get him to help with her shop's business license, while he—a living, breathing person who could actually help her—hadn't even been told about it, he wondered: why didn't she come to him? Thinking of this, Zhao Desan asked her seriously, "Seriously, Zheng Jie, why didn't you come to me to help you?"

Zhao Desan's question finally hit the nail on the head, but since the matter had already occurred, asking this now was meaningless.

Seeing Zhao Desan's sincere expression, Zheng Jie sighed and said, "Sigh, last time I went to find Tong Xiaoli and was scolded by you like that, I'm too embarrassed to ask you for anything now. Besides, you're in the middle of developing your career, and I don't want to keep wasting your time or bring you trouble."

"Oh..." Zhao Desan understood. He then looked at Zheng Jie with sincerity and said solemnly, "Zheng Jie, you're overthinking it. I was angry that time because you didn't consider my feelings. Don't you understand how I feel about you? Just like you feel about me, we both know it in our hearts. From now on, tell me first if anything happens, okay?"

Looking at Zhao Desan's earnest gaze and hearing his heartwarming words, a warm current surged through Zheng Jie's heart. She stopped crying, nodded with a smile, looked at Zhao Desan with tenderness, and said softly, "I know. Alright, I won't take up any more of your time. I feel much better after telling you these things today. It's getting late, I need to go home and see if Nini got home by herself. I'm leaving now." As she spoke, Zheng Jie gave Zhao Desan a faint smile and turned to walk toward the room door.

Seeing Zheng Jie about to leave, Zhao Desan suddenly felt anxious. He hurriedly chased after her, grabbed her arm in his urgency, and said anxiously, "Zheng Jie, aren't you going to chat with me? Are you just leaving like this?"

With her arm grabbed by Zhao Desan, Zheng Jie instinctively stopped, turned her head, furrowed her delicate brows slightly, and looked at him with some confusion. "Haven't we said everything that needed to be said? Didn't you ask me to come here just to ask about my relationship with Director Zhang?"

Zhao Desan gazed at Zheng Jie with deep affection, used his other hand to hold the small hand attached to the arm he was grabbing, kneaded it gently, and said, "That matter is cleared up, but our business hasn't been cleared up yet." As he spoke, Zhao Desan winked at Zheng Jie playfully.

Seeing Zhao Desan's mischievous look, Zheng Jie couldn't help but roll her eyes at him in mock anger. While being held by her small hand, she looked at Zhao Desan with a lingering gaze and asked softly, "What else haven't we cleared up?"

"Our relationship. Tell me, do we count as lovers or not?" Zhao Desan asked, looking at Zheng Jie with a smile.

Hearing Zhao Desan suddenly ask such a question, Zheng Jie couldn't help but blush slightly. She looked at him with a hint of shyness in her eyes and said, "Do you think we count?"

Zhao Desan tilted his head, furrowed his brows, and said while pondering, "If you say we count, we can't be together often. If you say we don't, it doesn't make sense. Zheng Jie, don't you think so?"

"I... I don't know..." Zheng Jie replied shyly, a faint blush spreading across her cheeks.

Zhao Desan then asked her with a grin, "Then in your opinion, do we count as lovers?"

Although Zheng Jie didn't answer Zhao Desan's tricky question immediately, she pondered their relationship in her heart. According to her own understanding of the word "lover," although they couldn't be together because of age and family, they maintained an unknown relationship between man and woman, and they liked each other from the bottom of their hearts. If such a relationship didn't count as lovers, what could? Thinking this way, Zheng Jie stammered, "We... we count..."

Zheng Jie's answer was within Zhao Desan's expectations. Hearing her affirmative answer and seeing her shy look, Zhao Desan couldn't help but show a triumphant expression on his face. He smiled devilishly and said, "I think we count too. Since we count as lovers, don't you think it's inappropriate for you to leave now?"

"What's inappropriate about it?" Zheng Jie furrowed her delicate brows and looked at Zhao Desan, completely confused, not knowing what kind of medicine this guy was selling in his gourd.

"There's still proper business to attend to." Zhao Desan said, winking at Zheng Jie.