Chapter 137 - Let's Make A Bet (3)

Xiong Jingfei didn't flinch or showed that she was shocked at Wu Yuan's comment. Which he wasn't in the least bit surprised by her reaction. 

Although on the inside, many questions were being asked at once for Xiong Jingfei. How does he know? What does he know? There wasn't any announcement made by either side of the family about their marriage. It was decided to not be announced until a month before the wedding. 

"Yang Zheyan is someone I know." Wu Yuan answered Xiong Jingfei's suspicions, taking a sip of his water. He smirked. It's just that Yang Zheyan doesn't know him like how he knows him. 

What is this? So because Wu Yuan knows Yang Zheyan, was she supposed to answer his question of whether she wanted to marry Yang Zheyan or not? Even if she told him she didn't want to marry someone she didn't love. Will Wu Yuan be able to help her? 

Xiong Jingfei doesn't think so, because this was a marriage that Yang Jinhai refused to switch out the bride. 

Wu Yuan watched as Xiong Jingfei's fingers lightly tapped on top of the table. The tiny little tapping of her fingers brought back memories that he never forgot about. A kind smiled crept across his face as he muttered, "You haven't changed, Feifei…" 

Xiong Jingfei peered up at him when she thought she heard her name coming from his mouth, but Wu Yuan made himself look like he hadn't said a single word. Waiting for her answer to his question. 

"I know you don't trust me right now, but you will come to trust me eventually." Wu Yuan said, putting a smile on his face like it was proof of his loyalty. 

Something that was not convincing Xiong Jingfei one bit. What was she, a child? No matter how much she admires Wu Yuan, this wasn't a matter she could just tell him. What is going on between her and Yang Zheyan is between them. 

Xiong Jingfei no longer wanted to have this conversation with someone she barely knows. She stood up, ready to leave this conversation between them behind. 

Yang Zheyan signed the contract and divorced papers like she wanted, so their marriage won't last long anyway. She only needed to endure it for at least a year before announcing their divorce. There is no need to get outsiders involved. 

"About your contract with Yang Zheyan…" 

Xiong Jingfei stopped herself from sliding the door open and turned around. She didn't need to ask him to repeat it again because she heard him the first time around. He knows about it! 

The same questions she was asking herself earlier came rushing back. How does Wu Yuan know? What does he know? The contract and divorce papers are only known to her, Yang Zheyan, and the Xu siblings. 

She is sure Yang Zheyan did not tell Wu Yuan. There was this unconditional trust she had with Yang Zheyan that it wasn't even a question if he told Wu Yuan. 

Wu Yuan gestured his hand for her to take a seat across from him, "Why don't you take a seat so we can talk? You're always in such a hurry." 

Xiong Jingfei cautiously took the seat across from him. She was no longer treating him like a coworker, but she wasn't treating him like an enemy either. Which one is he to her? Which one does he want to be? 

Wu Yuan rested his elbows on top of the table and rested his chin on his palms. A sly smirk appeared on his face, "Feifei, let's make a bet." 

A bet? An almost identical smirk like Wu Yuan showed on Xiong Jingfei's face. She didn't sit down because he mentioned the contract. Even though he knows about it. It didn't seem like he was going to expose them to the world. There was nothing for her to be worried about. 

She sat down because something was telling she needed to hear the next part of this conversation. 

Wu Yuan took Xiong Jingfei's smirk as a "yes" to his bet. He quietly announced it as if scared someone outside their private room would hear them. 

He whispered, "I am going to bet…" 

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Wu Yuan dropped off Xiong Jingfei not far from Yang Zheyan's house. It was within walking distance to Yang Zheyan's front gate, and this was requested by Xiong Jingfei. 

She didn't want Wu Yuan to get any closer than this, in case it might spark any gossips among Yang Zheyan's servant. Those gossips might, no, will reach Song Liqin's ears! The last time she was lucky because the man in the picture was her own son. Who knows what craziness will happen next time!

Just thinking about it was giving Xiong Jingfei a headache. Was it too much to ask for a quiet life until this whole fake marriage is over? Apparently, people "loved" to appear in her life when her marriage was becoming a reality.

Wu Yuan rolled down his car window, "Feifei, do not forget about our bet. I will be waiting even though I know that I am going to be the winner already." 

Xiong Jingfei crossed her arms and held her chin up high. We will see who wins in the end! 

Wu Yuan softly chuckled and put on his sunglasses before driving off. 

Honestly, the bet he proposed to Xiong Jingfei was completely unfair to her. Did he care? No, because he needed to be the winner at the end of the day to help her.  He can't let it happen again to her and want to change it this time! This time he would make it on time! 

Xiong Jingfei stared up at the locked tall gate standing between her and Yang Zheyan's house. 

No matter how many times she entered this place and actually lives here. She would never get used to this lifestyle. She may be acting like she was adjusting quickly to everything, but within, she was telling herself to not get used to it. It wasn't forever...

One year… She will make it through this fake marriage with Yang Zheyan! 

Xiong Jingfei had to continually remind herself of this, and today more so than any other days. After last night with Yang Zheyan, something came over her, and she didn't want to accept it. 

"Where did you go?" Yang Zheyan asked, appearing from around the corner after Xiong Jingfei closed the front door. 

Xiong Jingfei almost had a heart attack! She has been living here for nearly half a month, and never once did Yang Zheyan come home around this time of the day. He only returned when the sun was long gone, and she was already asleep.

Still, something didn't seem right about the way Yang Zheyan asked her. She felt a sharp shiver run down her back, but she wasn't sure why that was the case. Yang Zheyan was smiling and using his "gentleman" voice. 

"You didn't let the driver know that you left campus." Yang Zheyan's voice remained gentle, but there was something cold about it. "Where did you go?" 

Just like how Xiong Jingfei wasn't used to this new lifestyle of hers yet. She wasn't used to having a driver wait on her after her classes. She completely forgot to let the driver know and left him waiting for her! She will apologize the next time she sees him. 

'I went to eat out with a friend.' Xiong Jingfei wrote. 

It wasn't like she was lying to Yang Zheyan, but is Wu Yuan considered a friend? Before, he was just a rising star in the entertainment world to her. Then today, he made himself become somewhat involved in her personal life. 

She didn't want to tell Yang Zheyan who it was with and that Wu Yuan knows their secret contract. A small condition Wu Yuan asked Xiong Jingfei to not tell Yang Zheyan. Their bet will no longer be "fun" if Yang Zheyan finds out, but in return, he promised to not bring trouble to both of them. 

Also, Yang Zheyan did agree on the contract that they will not get into each other's personal business. So that was why Xiong Jingfei had not asked Yang Zheyan what he had been doing out there. 

"Okay. Just let the driver know next time." Yang Zheyan said,  immediately dropping the topic. 

Xiong Jingfei smiled and nodded her head. She ran up the stairs to her bedroom, not used to having Yang Zheyan around the house. He did say he would be around more often, but she didn't think he'd start it today! 

Yang Zheyan's eyes darken once her back turned towards him. He walked into the kitchen and dumped out the pot of warm soup into the sink. Last night, he made a sandwich for her. So today, he tried making hot food for her, but she already ate. 

He calmly cleaned up the evidence of his hard work. Even though a storm was brewing inside of him. Xiong Jingfei still doesn't trust him, and will not tell him about going out with Wu Yuan today.