Chapter 13: Chapter Eleven

"You are not," he chided lightly.

"The medical report says I am, and the doctor issued a certificate, didn't he?" Bai Bai Ziling whispered near his ear.

"What is wrong with you?" he did not understand.

"I am trying hard to act!" She suddenly took the initiative to hook her arm around his, her whole body going limp as if she had soft-bone disease, collapsing against him. "Do you want to carry me?"

"Bai Bai Ziling... I do not appreciate your 'humor' at all." Jiang Jie warned her with a scowl.

"You spent three million, so I must show off my acting skills!" She wore an innocent expression. "I really want to eat sour plums right now; can you go buy some for me? And suddenly I really want to eat roast chicken, I wonder..."

"Will you ever be done!" His gaze turned very cold.

"Doesn't pregnancy cause this?"

"You do not look pregnant; you look like you suddenly went mentally insane." He pushed her away. "Bai Bai Ziling, I need you to act, but I do not need you to get into a... State of self-forgetfulness, do you understand?"

Bai Bai Ziling pouted her lips in a sulk.

"You just need to speak less; leave everything outside to me to handle." Jiang Jie wore an arrogant air as if he could handle everything.

"When will I 'miscarry'?" she suddenly asked.

"I will tell you."

"Have you planned everything out?"

"Everything is under my control."

"Guaranteed not to go wrong?"

"Bai Bai Ziling, I need this five hundred million; this contract in America is quite important. If this deal succeeds, we will not only earn profit but also gain international business reputation. Otherwise, I would not have to go to such trouble. I have money; what I want is a reputation. Do you understand?" Jiang Jie said in a lecturing tone.

Bai Bai Ziling nodded, like a primary school student who had done something wrong.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Jie felt a moment of softness; was he being too harsh on her? After all, without her assistance, he could not have smoothly obtained his grandfather's inheritance, so he took his wallet from the back pocket of his suit pants, pulled out a stack of bills without even counting them to give to her, and they were all two-thousand-dollar large notes, a not-small sum of money.

"This is..." Bai Bai Ziling looked at the money he held in his hand. "Why are you giving this to me? Is this second month's allowance?"

"No, just for you."

"I can spend it however I want?"

"The money is already yours."

Bai Bai Ziling should have jumped up and danced with joy; apparently, making a fuss had such benefits, but... but why did her heart sink straight down? She felt this money was a bribe and also a form of dismissal.

"I still have to return to the company; take a taxi home yourself."

"But it is already past eight at night; you still have to return to the company?" Bai Bai Ziling did not know if all successful men were this busy, racing against every second; he actually would not take her home.

"I still have matters to attend to."

"Is it that you have matters, or that you do not want to go home too early and be with me?"

"Bai Bai Ziling, your tone... is starting to sound like my 'real' wife." Jiang Jie mocked her.

"And you... cannot even pretend to show fake concern!" she retorted sharply!

【Chapter Five】

After the gynecology clinic incident, Jiang Jie and Bai Bai Ziling lived a life of "mutual respect," and as long as they deliberately avoided each other, they could go two or three days without meeting once.

This day, Jiang Jie returned home early without warning, and coincidentally, Bai Bai Ziling was halfway through her bath when the phone rang furiously; thinking Jiang Jie would not return so early, she wrapped only a large bath towel around her and rushed out to answer the phone, but Jiang Jie was one step ahead of her; seeing Bai Bai Ziling in this "state," he remained Rengshiyi Sect calm as he answered the call.

Since Jiang Jie had already answered, Bai Bai Ziling immediately turned around; she absolutely did not intend to come out like this to seduce someone; she had completely not expected him to return so early; everything was purely accidental.

"It's for you." Jiang Jie's voice was slightly hoarse.

"Ask her to call back later." She said without turning her head.

"You are already here." He seemed determined for her to answer the phone right there.

Bai Bai Ziling turned around; since he said so, she would be generous; after all, the large towel on her body covered far more than a three-piece bikini swimsuit; besides exposing her shoulders, arms, and long legs, she had covered all the places that should be covered.

"Hello!" she answered quickly.

Jiang Jie knew he should walk away because there was nothing pleasant to hear, yet he could not move; her long hair was tied up at the back of her head; except for the part wrapped in the bath towel, everywhere else was wet, emitting an alluring fragrance and an indescribable sexiness; imagining her appearance while bathing... even a priest or a monk, I fear at this moment would...

"Chang Weiwei, I am taking a bath; I will call you back later..."

Jiang Jie did not want to stand beside her lingering like a man bewitched, but he had originally regarded her as a girl with no killing power, yet this was a tremendous shock.

"I have not booked yet!" Bai Bai Ziling said somewhat urgently.

Jiang Jie noticed a mole on Bai Bai Ziling's shoulder, making her look even more feminine; why had he never felt this before?

"Chang Weiwei, Sima Sima Xingchen is still considering."

Jiang Jie took a deep breath, smelling her body scent.

"I will definitely get it done!"

Unable to control his heart beating with restless desire, Jiang Jie deliberately looked toward the balcony direction; he had to divert his attention.

"Bye, I will Call you again." Bai Bai Ziling hung up the phone, then took a huge breath; next, she discovered Jiang Jie was still standing behind her.

"You are finished speaking."

"What?" she was somewhat startled.

"Nothing!" Jiang Jie thought Bai Bai Ziling did not count as a sexy temptress, yet her unintentional sexiness instead made people's hearts tingle.

"I... have not finished bathing yet." she said.

"Then... continue!" he replied.

"You... rarely return this early."

"Is that not allowed?"

"Of course it is allowed." She snorted. "This is your home; you can return whenever you want."

"That is true."

"You... have eaten?" Not knowing why she did not hurry back to the bathroom, she really should not be standing here chatting aimlessly wrapped only in a bath towel with him. "There is still the Italian pasta I ate for dinner left in the refrigerator."

"I am not hungry." His "hunger" at this moment, she probably could not understand.

"Then..."

"Is there any coffee left?" He could have gone into the kitchen himself; a single glance at the coffee pot would have told him if there was any coffee. Yet he was here, wasting time with her, taking the opportunity to eat ice cream.

"Yes, I just brewed a pot this afternoon."

"The person who called just now..." Jiang Jie had never been so indecisive, yet he simply did not want her to go back and finish her unfinished bath.

"It was Chang Chang Weiwei. The four of us wanted the latest leather bag from CD. I was supposed to order it, but Sima Sima Xingchen is still considering it. Her bags are already so numerous that even with ten hands she couldn't carry them all, so..." Bai Bai Ziling was still dripping water.

"Women are all shopaholics." He smiled faintly.

"The government is currently stimulating consumption." She retorted without hesitation.

"The poor are the men."

"Men are not poor!" Bai Bai Ziling immediately argued with him, regardless of whether the timing was right. "We women bear children, support our husbands and raise our children, manage the entire household, and deal with endless trivial matters. If we are unfortunately also working women, then we are burning the candle at both ends. Spending a little money to buy some nice things and reward ourselves—is that a sin?"

"I recall your good friends are all well-married. They don't seem to be suffering so much," he said mockingly.

"They are still suffering," she insisted.

"You haven't borne children, supported a husband, or raised children. Are you buying along with them too?" he teased her on purpose.

"If I don't buy now, and my future husband is a civil servant, then..." she joked to herself. "I won't be able to afford it even if I wanted to!"

Hearing her speak of her "future husband," Jiang Jie felt strangely uneasy. The thought of her sharing a bed with some man, bearing and raising children, made him emotionally disturbed.

"By the way!" she suddenly remembered. "Why am I telling you so much? We are in a cold war; I shouldn't be talking to you!"