CHAPTER 345: CHAPTER 345: I CAN’T TELL A MAN FROM A DOG

These past few days, Xue Junyi squeezed into that tiny rental with his mother Chen Mei and Cheng Huiyan, barely able to breathe freely, which only intensified his longing for the carefree times with Ling Hua.

Xue Junyi belatedly realized that Ling Hua was still the person he loved the most, and he became desperate to see her.

So, Xue Junyi tried to contact Ling Hua through WeChat and calls, but found that she had blocked him.

Having no other choice, Xue Junyi could only go to the mansion where Ling Hua had said she was working and try his luck at running into her.

He waited from morning until evening but never saw Ling Hua coming in or out.

Just as Xue Junyi was about to lose hope, he ran into Jiang Moxi.

Seeing Jiang Moxi turning to enter the mansion, Xue Junyi hurriedly stepped up to inquire.

"Ling Hua isn’t working," Jiang Moxi said to Xue Junyi, her beautiful face showing undisguised mockery.

"Not working? You mean she didn’t come today?" Xue Junyi wanted to ask Jiang Moxi if she knew where Ling Hua’s home was.

But Jiang Moxi bluntly told him, "Ling Hua never needed to work."

"What? Huahua told me she works here! Are you saying this because you don’t want me to see Huahua?"

Xue Junyi became increasingly agitated and accused, "This is between Huahua and me, it’s none of your business."

Jiang Moxi looked at Xue Junyi with disdain, itching to give him a beating.

But then, Ling Hua’s voice suddenly rang out: "Sister Moxi, don’t waste words with someone like him, come inside."

Ling Hua had noticed Xue Junyi loitering at her doorstep since the morning, so she had been using the side door all along.

Originally, seeing Jiang Moxi arriving, Ling Hua planned to wait inside and enter the house with Jiang Moxi to avoid encountering Xue Junyi.

However, she couldn’t stand it anymore when Xue Junyi started shouting at Jiang Moxi outside the door, prompting her to call out to Jiang Moxi.

Hearing Ling Hua’s voice, Xue Junyi hurriedly searched for her figure.

Soon, he saw Ling Hua standing in front of the mansion’s glass door wearing a white lace nightgown and bunny ear slippers, looking out at them from afar.

She must have been resting poorly these past two days, with slight dark circles under her eyes, yet she looked still naturally beautiful and vivacious, like an elf wandering through the woods.

And Cheng Huiyan, without makeup, looked almost as old as his mother and could not be compared to Ling Hua at all.

However, what concerned Xue Junyi more was how Ling Hua dared to wear a nightgown in her employer’s house.

Jiang Moxi, hearing Ling Hua calling her, quickly pushed open the iron gate and went inside.

Seeing this, Xue Junyi hurriedly followed.

"Get out!" Jiang Moxi’s eyes went cold when she saw Xue Junyi following.

But Xue Junyi said, "I just want to talk to Huahua for a bit. I’ll leave after I’m done."

However, Jiang Moxi didn’t believe such nonsense and grabbed Xue Junyi by the collar, ready to drag him out.

Xue Junyi quickly turned to Ling Hua, raising his voice, "Huahua, I really just want to talk to you. Let me clear things up, and I’ll leave, okay?"

Ling Hua was worried that if Xue Junyi kept shouting, he might draw the security guards of the house.

She didn’t want her being cheated on to become public knowledge, so she said, "Sister Moxi, let me talk to him."

Jiang Moxi glanced back at Ling Hua, and finally left Xue Junyi at the door, closing the iron gate before saying, "Talk then. Call me if you need anything."

Ling Hua nodded and Jiang Moxi went inside.

Ling Hua stopped two meters away from the iron gate and asked Xue Junyi through it, "Say what you need to say and leave. And don’t come back, I don’t want to see you again."

Xue Junyi, who had been straightening his crumpled shirt collar, became frantic upon hearing Ling Hua’s words.

He rushed to the iron gate, trying to reach Ling Hua through the bars.

But Ling Hua never stepped forward, and the iron gate remained unmoved; Xue Junyi struggled desperately but no longer managed to reach Ling Hua.

He could only stop and lower his voice, pathetically saying to Ling Hua, "Huahua, can you come out for a bit? I really miss you."

Ling Hua’s eyes immediately reddened.

This scumbag, who secretly married someone else and made her a laughingstock, now had the audacity to tell her he missed her?

She admitted, she couldn’t forget Xue Junyi just yet, as human emotions aren’t like a faucet, easily turned on or off.

But that didn’t mean she would allow Xue Junyi to degrade her feelings over and over again.

Ling Hua looked up at the sky, struggling not to let her weak tears fall in front of the scumbag, finally saying, "You should be missing your new wife, not me."

"Huahua, there was a compelling reason for me to register the marriage with Cheng Huiyan. Could you open the door, let’s have a good talk?"

Xue Junyi thought that if he could hug Ling Hua, these words would come out smoother.

But Ling Hua said, "Let’s just talk like this. You can leave if you don’t want to talk."

Xue Junyi didn’t expect Ling Hua to be so resolute, and could only compromise.

"Alright, let’s just talk. To tell you the truth, I married Cheng Huiyan just to improve my living situation, to plan for our future. Otherwise, with her being so much older than me, how could I possibly marry her?"

Ling Hua’s expression changed slightly: "What did you say?"

Ling Hua cherished the idea of family, thus marriage was very sacred to her.

But Xue Junyi was treating this sacred marriage as a tool for personal gain?

Seeing the change in Ling Hua’s expression and thinking she was moved by his words, Xue Junyi hastened to continue.

"I’m not lying to you; I found out that Cheng Huiyan has several properties in Platinum Blue County. You should know, Platinum Blue County is a gathering place for the rich in Yan City, each property worth tens of millions. If I can get one or two of them and sell them, we could live a fairy-tale life in the future."

Ling Hua was so shocked by Xue Junyi’s words that she didn’t know what to say.

She never thought that the ambitious and filial man she admired could be so shamelessly driven by greed.

Yet Xue Junyi, unaware that he had thoroughly ruined his image in Ling Hua’s heart, continued arrogantly, "Now Cheng Huiyan is very dependent on me, I believe soon she will voluntarily transfer the properties to my name."

"Huahua, just wait for me a little longer. Just one year; after one year I will divorce Cheng Huiyan, take her money and lead a carefree life with you. I’ll buy you a house, a car, luxury goods..."

Xue Junyi was busily painting a rosy picture, building a blissful future he envisioned with Ling Hua.

However, Ling Hua suddenly burst out laughing.

She laughed while clutching her stomach as if she had just heard a joke.

Xue Junyi, because of her laughter, felt very uneasy and asked her, "Huahua, what are you laughing about?"

But Ling Hua didn’t respond to him and continued to laugh hysterically.

Xue Junyi married Cheng Huiyan for money?

She had imagined many times why Xue Junyi would marry Cheng Huiyan.

Whether it was for love, or due to parental pressure...

But she never expected it was for money.

That was what she least lacked!

Yet Xue Junyi chose to abandon her for immediate gain...

Laughing until the end, Ling Hua started to cry.

"Huahua, why are you laughing like that? I..." Xue Junyi also realized something odd about Ling Hua’s laughter and tried to explain something.

But this time, Ling Hua didn’t let him finish his words and interrupted him abruptly, "I’m laughing at myself for being so foolish and naive, unable to differentiate a person from a dog!"