Driving Lin Xiaofei's Car

"What? Does sleeping with your own husband feel like an affair?" Zhang Yang teased.

Cheng Dongxue blushed at the question. Speechless, she turned her head away.

"A woman needs to be dealt with on the spot. Then she won't have so many thoughts running through her head." As Zhang Yang spoke, he climbed on top of Cheng Dongxue again.

"What are you doing?" Cheng Dongxue resisted instinctively, but her protests were halfhearted, and she soon got into it.

Afterward, Zhang Yang smoked a cigarette.

"Could you not smoke in the room?" Cheng Dongxue disliked the heavy smell of cigarettes indoors.

"All right." Zhang Yang got up and went out to the balcony.

Gong City was one of the larger cities in the south. Its lights glittered, making for a breathtaking sight. Zhang Yang loved the city, though he had once felt it didn't love him back.

But that was before. From now on, everything would change.

"Zhang Yang, I keep feeling like something's strange. What happened?" Cheng Dongxue had been wrestling with that question every day lately.

It was as though Zhang Yang had stopped being her husband overnight and become the man she had always wanted. She didn't know whether she should be happy or worried about the change.

"Strange? How so?" Zhang Yang blew out a smoke ring and glanced at her.

After their lovemaking, Cheng Dongxue looked especially lovely, all the more alluring.

"You've changed!" Cheng Dongxue finally voiced her question, though she couldn't say exactly how he had changed.

"Do you prefer me as I was before, or as I am now?" Zhang Yang did not deny it.

Cheng Dongxue fell silent. The Zhang Yang from before was her husband, and so was this one. She had no choice between them.

"As long as it's you, I'm happy," she said, leaving the words open to interpretation.

That sent Zhang Yang's blood rushing again. He drew Cheng Dongxue into his arms, and they looked out at the night together.

Cheng Dongxue did not resist. A husband holding his wife was only natural. If he didn't, people would start talking about trouble in their marriage.

"What exactly did you show Zhang Xuanyi?" Cheng Dongxue was full of questions about Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang had already explained what happened at Elegant Residence, but Cheng Dongxue hadn't believed him. Yet after watching the videos Zhang Yang sent, Zhang Xuanyi really had fired Yang Qintian. She was curious.

More than that, Cheng Dongxue didn't want Zhang Yang to go down the wrong path. Even if he had been useless before, that was better than doing evil.

"Do you really want to know?" Zhang Yang asked with a frown.

Cheng Dongxue paused. Perhaps it was something she shouldn't know about, which meant it might be illegal.

"I need to make sure you don't go down the wrong path, offend someone powerful, or break the law." Cheng Dongxue laid out her worries.

"Don't worry. Even if I skirt the line, no one can do a thing to me," Zhang Yang said confidently. He was certain Zhang Xuanyi wouldn't dare call the police or tell anyone else. Otherwise, his explicit videos would be made public.

"What is it?" Cheng Dongxue had spent all this time asking without getting an answer, and now she was annoyed.

Zhang Yang smiled, took out his phone, and handed it to Cheng Dongxue. "See for yourself. They're just a few short videos. I didn't show Zhang Xuanyi all of them."

Cheng Dongxue took the phone and opened a video. Sounds of pleasure came from it at once. As she stared at the scene before her, her jaw dropped.

"Zhang... Zhang Yang, how did you get these?" Cheng Dongxue couldn't bring herself to finish even one video. Her cheeks were red as the evening sky when she handed the phone back.

"I'm a private detective. I have an ability other detectives don't, so I can easily find out about these people. I know every bad thing they've done." Zhang Yang sounded as if he were boasting, but every word was true.

"A private detective? An extraordinary ability? What, do you have superpowers?" Cheng Dongxue gave Zhang Yang a disdainful look. He really had changed: he had become glib and fond of lying. Yet men like that could be strangely irresistible.

"You could put it that way." Zhang Yang neither confirmed nor denied it.

Cheng Dongxue didn't want to talk anymore. Too much of it would only hurt their relationship. She turned and went into the bedroom.

Zhang Yang tossed away his cigarette butt and followed her in, shutting the door tight to keep the noise down.

The Cheng Family grew lively early the next morning. Although the birthday banquet was being held elsewhere, relatives still came by. Zhang Yang made breakfast, then went back to the bedroom.

A little after nine, the family began leaving for Wangda Hotel.

As an important member of the family, Cheng Dongxue had to greet and receive the guests. Zhang Yang was left on the sidelines.

Once everyone else had gone, only Zhang Yang and Lin Xiaofei remained at the Cheng house.

Lin Xiaofei was staying with Cheng Dongxue and had never treated herself like an outsider. She lounged on the sofa, enjoying snacks and calling out at the entertainment show on TV.

His mother-in-law's birthday banquet was set for noon. It was already eleven, and Zhang Yang was still lying motionless in the bedroom.

Knock, knock...

"Zhang Yang, get up. It's time to go to the birthday banquet."

The knock came suddenly. It was Lin Xiaofei's voice, and the TV was still audible behind her.

Zhang Yang dragged himself up and opened the door.

These past few days had felt like a reunion after a long separation. Even a seasoned man like Zhang Yang was feeling the strain of their nightly passion. He needed a few days' rest.

Seeing Lin Xiaofei dressed in an elegant gown, her pale shoulders bare, he couldn't help swallowing.

"What are you looking at? If you don't get moving, you'll have to walk!"

Lin Xiaofei complained. She had done her makeup and changed into her gown, and she had no desire to end up disheveled and exhausted.

"Yeah, give me a minute." Zhang Yang reached for the gift box.

"Lin Xiaofei, you're gorgeous—the kind of beauty everyone notices on campus. You must have lots of rich, handsome guys chasing you."

Lin Xiaofei's family was well-off. Rumor had it they owned a mine, and her living allowance was absurdly generous. She even had a Porsche sports car while she was still in school.

It was because Lin Xiaofei's family had money that Yang Su thought so highly of Cheng Dongxue's best friend and had warmly welcomed her into the house.

"Of course. You couldn't fit them all on a train." Lin Xiaofei answered while driving the sports car, her attention fixed nervously on the road.

In truth, Lin Xiaofei was a terrible driver. Zhang Yang was a little afraid to ride with her. She relied on the sports car's performance and drove without any discipline, constantly speeding and making erratic moves. At any moment, they could end up in a fatal wreck.

"So, are you going to get married?" Zhang Yang asked next.

Lin Xiaofei turned to look at him.

"Watch the road!"

"What the hell? Can you even drive... Oh! Hey, beautiful, add me on WeChat!"

Zhang Yang saw Lin Xiaofei's car veering toward the one beside them and warned her at once. A hard brake spared them a scrape, but the driver of the other car pulled alongside to curse at them. When he saw a beautiful woman behind the wheel, he switched to flirting.