Chapter 195 - The company I keep

How could Lin Lihua appear from who knows where and snatch her best friend?

Yun Xuan would never have thought that she would one day be jealous of a woman over another woman. One more thing she did not know was that her moment of jealousy had just begun.

Driven by her anger, Yun Xuan used a different phone number to call Wan Jia. The latter had blocked her after their argument months ago and even after talking to her not too long ago, she blocked her again.

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Wan Jia was reading Lin Lihua's answers to her fans and laughing when Yun Xuan called. She frowned when she saw the foreign number. What was with these foreign numbers? Did someone send them to me?

She was surprised when she head Yun Xuan's voice. "If it isn't big shot Xuan."

Yun Xuan sounded polite. "Wanwan, congratulations on your new series. The best friend outfits are awesome."

"Thank you."

"I also saw you on Moon Weekly cover page."

Wan Jia did not fail to notice the jealousy in her voice. Was she jealous because she was with Lin Lihua? Girl's wouldn't be jealous of other girls' friendship, right?

"If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up."

Yun Xuan stopped her. "Wanwan, can we meet and talk?"

Wan Jia was about to reject her when she had a thought. Perfect chance! Even the heavens were helping her!

If a certain president knew what his little wife was planning...

The consequences would be dire.

"Wanwan?" Yun Xuan probbed.

"I will be busy for the next few days. Let me request a day off from my CEO, then I'll inform you."

"Okay."

Wan Jia hung up and smiled. Just when I was going to forfeit my plan, the heavens grant me a perfect opportunity. Now, I only have to find out when Aotian is busy.

In truth, her schedule was not even full. She had only told Yun Xuan that so that she would have time to plan everything.

All she needed now was someone to work with. Lu Aotian was out of the question. Perhaps Lu Shaoting would help. However, how would she talk to him without alerting Lu Aotian, that attentive person?

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The next day, Wan Jia secretly swapped out Su Ling's phone with her own. As it required no password, it was even easier to manipulate. She only had to send Lu Shaoting a message and ask him out. When she was done, she deleted the message and his reply. She wanted to swap the phones back when she thought, if Lu Shaoting sent over another message, Su Ling might tell him that she did not call him out.

Without hesitation, she sent him the place and time, deleted the text and switched off the phone. Then she swapped back their phones and went to meet him. She had never known that one day she would be so sneaky. If anyone was to blame, it would have to be Lu Aotian. Wasn't he the one who had infected her with his sneakiness?

Lu Shaoting was already in Cuisine Treasures when Wan Jia arrived. "Sister-in-law?" He peered behind her and did not see anyone. "Where is Su Ling?"

Wan Jia sat opposite him. "Ling is not coming. I'm the one who called you out."

"Oh...but why did you use her phone?"

"If you knew that she was not the one calling you, would you have rushed over?"

"..."

She was right. He had indeed hurried over because he thought he was Su Ling. "But did you have to exaggerate and say that it is very urgent? Dude! I rushed over like my butt was on fire!"

Wan Jia laughed at him. "That's because I wanted to finish discussing with you before your brother's meeting is over."

"So my brother is not aware of this meeting?"

"You will not tell him."

"Hey! I cannot hide things from my brother."

"Oh, I see. In that case, I'll have to tell Su Ling that you have a girlfriend."

"Since when do I have a girlfriend?"

Wan Jia eyed him with an evil grin. "Does it matter? She will trust me anyways. Your fantasy will shatter even before it begins."

Lu Shaoting was speechless. "Since when were you evil? Have you been possessed by..." The unsaid name was General Yun. Was it in the blood?

"I'll take that as a form of agreement."

"Fine. I will not let my brother know. Now, can you tell your dear brother-in-law, who has been bullied and threatened, what this meeting is all about?"

"I want you to help me."

"If you're going to commit murder, count me out. I'm a law-abiding citizen."

"Who the f*ck is going to commit murder?" Wan Jia glared at him. "Here's the deal. Isn't Aotian going for a business trip next week? During that time, you will help me..."

When she was done laying out her cards.

"F*ck! Are you crazy? My brother will kill me!"

Wan Jia gave him the familiar evil expression. "I see...then I guess you'd rather have Xu Liaowen kill you, right? Does he know that the woman you secretly liked before, the one who made you unable to ever have a girlfriend, is his wife?"

Lu Shaoting's heart skipped a beat. She still remembers that?

"You don't know each other. Would he trust you?"

Wan Jia laughed. "That's okay. I'll just tell it to Tangtang as a joke."

"...!!!!"

"F*ck! Sister-in-law, how are you so evil?!"

"It's the company I keep."