"Wen Ning, what are you doing?" Bo Xubai covered his face in shock!
Wen Ning stretched out an arm and shielded Bo Yan behind her. "Beating a dog. Can't you see?"
Bo Xubai froze. Realizing Wen Ning was calling him a dog, he opened the car door, ready to get out and settle the score!
But the door had barely opened a crack when a hand reached out from behind Wen Ning's head and slapped it shut again.
"Bo Yan, fuck your uncle!"
Bo Yan remained expressionless. "I don't have an uncle."
Wen Ning had still been wearing her battle face, but she nearly laughed aloud at that.
She turned and glared at Bo Yan. "Be quiet. Don't throw me off my game."
Bo Yan: "..."
The corners of Bo Yan's mouth rose an imperceptible two pixels. "Oh."
He stepped back and shut his mouth, leaving the stage to Wen Ning.
Satisfied, Wen Ning turned back to curse at Bo Xubai. "Bo Xubai, does your family scrub the toilet with your mouth? Your breath stinks! Believe me when I say I'll record you and post it in your Bo Group employee chat, so everyone can see just what kind of thing their high-and-mighty crown prince of Beijing really is!"
Humiliation turned to fury. "You-"
Wen Ning slapped his hand away. "You what? We know you're the crown prince of Beijing. You may kneel and take your leave now. Stop being an eyesore to us husband and wife first thing in the morning!"
"I-"
"I what?! Can't you see 'No Beijing crown princes or dogs allowed' written on your great-grandma's face? Don't bring your great-grandma bad luck first thing in the morning!"
"Wen Ning, you fucking-"
Wen Ning raised her hand and slapped the dumbass male lead across the face. "I told you, don't make me slap you first thing in the morning!"
Bo Xubai was used to Wen Ning obeying his every word. When had she ever humiliated him like this? Not only humiliated him, but slapped him, too!
Unable to bear it any longer, he tried to lean out through the window and hit her.
But Wen Ning had anticipated him and pressed the window switch right after slapping him.
Bo Xubai had only just stuck his head out when the window rose. His head got stuck, and so did his expression and his brain...
Wen Ning hurriedly pulled Bo Yan back with her. "Oh, right, crown prince of Beijing, my husband just made a very good point. You're the incompetent one, so stop blaming our Wen Family for everything! My parents didn't tamper with that whatever-it-was project of yours! And another thing-"
Facing Bo Xubai's trapped head, Wen Ning held back her laughter. "My husband doesn't need to kneel to take me home. But if the crown prince of Beijing wants to kneel to me, I-well, I'd still have to think about it. After all, a scumbag's knees aren't worth anything. Having you kneel to me might shave years off my life!"
Bo Xubai cursed at her in impotent fury, then cursed at the driver!
The scene became so lively that the nearby servants all came to watch.
Seeing that the car door was about to open, Wen Ning tossed out, "Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? There's no need for such a grand kneeling farewell!" Then she grabbed Bo Yan, turned, and ran!
By the time Bo Xubai got out, Wen Ning and Bo Yan had run so far that they were mere black dots.
Bo Xubai was incandescent with rage and gave chase without a second thought. If he didn't teach Wen Ning a lesson today, his surname wasn't Bo!
And so, bright and early that morning, the Bo Family's servants saw Bo Xubai chasing Wen Ning and Bo Yan all over the estate.
Wen Ning had always had excellent stamina. Before transmigrating into the book, she would go to the gym or martial arts club whenever she had a little free time. As a woman living alone, she had learned a few things for self-defense.
Even with Bo Xubai chasing her now, she still had the energy to laugh.
It would have been fine if she hadn't laughed. Once she did, it looked even more like she was walking a dog.
Especially when she ran past Jiang Tingwan, who had come out of the main building after hearing the commotion, and called, "Jiang Tingwan, your dog's biting people! Hurry up and leash him!"
Jiang Tingwan looked utterly bewildered.
The next moment, she saw Bo Xubai chasing after them, red-faced in his suit and leather shoes.
Jiang Tingwan: "..."
After being dumbfounded for quite a while, Jiang Tingwan started running after them too, wanting to stop Bo Yan.
None of the Bo Family's servants, nor Wen Ning or Bo Yan themselves, had expected this affair to turn into a long-distance marathon confined to the Bo Family estate.
Meanwhile, after Wen Ning had taken the dog around for a lap, he received a call from the group.
The dog hurled a volley of threats at Wen Ning from a distance, but ultimately had to swallow his anger and slink off to work.
Once Bo Xubai left, Wen Ning could finally catch her breath.
She braced her hands on her knees, panting.
Beside her, Bo Yan also braced his hands on his knees and panted.
A few seconds later, they looked up at each other. Wen Ning couldn't hold back a snort and burst into her first hearty laugh of the day.
Bo Yan couldn't help laughing along, his shoulders shaking.
But as he laughed, he realized the person beside him had gone quiet.
He turned to find Wen Ning tilting her head, staring fixedly at him.
"Bo Yan, you really do look handsome when you smile."
This was the second time Wen Ning had told him he looked handsome when he smiled.
Realizing he had just lost his composure, Bo Yan instantly stopped laughing and reverted to that deadpan face.
Only his ears still began to heat up uncontrollably.
He turned his head away, unwilling to entertain her.
But Wen Ning reached out and turned his face back.
Bo Yan frowned and was about to tell her to keep her hands to herself.
His thin lips had barely moved when she pressed down on the corners of his mouth.
Bo Yan froze.
Her smiling eyes curved into crescents as Wen Ning pushed the corners of his mouth upward, manually arranging his face into a smile. "Bo Yan, smile more from now on. Like you did just now."
The smile of the person before him left Bo Yan momentarily dazed.
But an instant later, he forced himself back to his senses.
He turned his face away, pulled free of her palms, and headed toward the annex, ignoring her.
You're quite the tsundere, Wen Ning thought, hurrying after him-
"Hubby, are you going to work now? You haven't recovered yet. Why don't you take a few more days off to rest?"
"If you're not saying anything, that means you don't want to rest. Then take care of yourself at work. I'll make you a lunch with love at noon, and we can eat out later. I've arranged to meet Doctor Xie. He really helped us this time, so we have to thank him properly."
"Hubby, are you listening to me? If you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes. I'll pick you up at Bo Group this afternoon-holy shit!"
Wen Ning hadn't noticed the small step underfoot.
Just as she was about to land face-first, Wen Ning reached forward to grab something.
Almost the very second she reached out, the man walking silently ahead turned back, caught her wrist, and caught her steadily in his arms.
Still shaken, Wen Ning was just about to thank him when Bo Yan's barking fell into her ears. "If your cerebellum is underdeveloped, watch where you're going. If you bash yourself brain-dead, I'm not taking you to the hospital."
Wen Ning: "..."
Wen Ning gritted her teeth. She would endure it!
Perhaps he really did think her cerebellum was underdeveloped, because Bo Yan slowed his pace afterward.
Wen Ning didn't think this dog was being gentle. She only felt humiliated...
Meanwhile, across the flower bed, Jiang Tingwan stared in a daze as the two figures went from walking one behind the other to walking shoulder to shoulder.
She dug her nails into her palms.
Just then, her phone vibrated.
At the sight of the message, Jiang Tingwan's face went deathly pale for an instant.
[That group has indeed been around the Bo Family estate lately.]
Jiang Tingwan wanted to call the police.
[Calling the police won't help. They haven't done anything yet.]
Then what was she supposed to do? Just wait to be kidnapped?
She had nearly died at their hands in her previous life. Having finally seized the initiative in this life, she absolutely would not let herself fall into danger again.
But those people wouldn't stop until they caught someone!
Suddenly, Jiang Tingwan's gaze stilled.
She looked up at the figure walking shoulder to shoulder with Bo Yan.
Since these plot events had to happen, why couldn't she find a "scapegoat"?