Into the Night, Jiao Jiao Gets Kissed by a Business Tycoon
Chapter 99: Big Pig’s Trotter

Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Big Pig’s Trotter

About half an hour later, Cheng Yi came back carrying takeout coconut chicken.

Of course, Xinan still hadn’t done anything. She watched as Cheng Yi poured the coconut water into the pot, brought it to a boil, and added the chicken to cook. It only took about five minutes before it was ready to eat.

Cheng Yi walked into the kitchen, took out two small bowls, and began preparing the dipping sauce.

By the time Cheng Yi brought out the dipping sauce, Xinan could hardly wait. She quickly picked up her chopsticks, grabbed a piece of chicken, and then dipped it generously before popping it in her mouth.

"So tasty, this chicken is so tender," exclaimed Xinan with a face full of satisfaction.

Seeing her blissful expression, Cheng Yi couldn’t help but shake his head with a smile and didn’t say much else.

After finishing the coconut chicken, Xinan sat on the chair, rubbed her bloated stomach, and said, "I ate too much, I think I need to walk around in the yard to digest."

Cheng Yi didn’t look up until she had finished speaking.

"So... that means you’ll have to wash the dishes..." Xinan quietly suggested.

Cheng Yi had expected her to say that, so he wasn’t surprised. He simply nodded gently, "Okay."

After achieving her little victory, a bright smile appeared on Xinan’s face.

After basking in the yard for a while, the sun became too intense, forcing Xinan to come back inside.

Seeing Cheng Yi still in the living room, Xinan was surprised, "Aren’t you going to the office this afternoon?"

Cheng Yi flipped through the documents in his hand, "No, working from home."

"Oh," Xinan rolled her eyes.

Being your own boss is great; you decide your own work hours—work if you want, slack off at home if you don’t.

Of course, even if Cheng Yi didn’t go to the office, he wouldn’t slack off.

The one slacking off was Xinan...

Ever since her work had been suspended, Xinan had started slacking off. Every day was either sleeping, eating, or using her phone.

Like now, Xinan sat on another corner of the sofa, surfing the internet.

By then, the debates online were not as intense as before.

But Xinan was still careful, afraid of accidentally clicking something she shouldn’t, so she used her secondary account.

After scrolling for a while, Xinan began to feel weary because the news was so exaggerated that some of it was even laughable.

Some said she hadn’t been taken away by the police because she had powerful backing.

Others claimed she had an affair with some rich second generation scion who provided for her, helping her escape trouble.

There were all sorts, and as Xinan read on, she felt dizzy and increasingly irritated.

She commented below, "This is a society governed by law. No matter how capable she is, she definitely can’t evade the law on her own. Besides, it’s been so long and the police haven’t approached her, which means she isn’t the murderer. Why must some people be so arrogant to think they’re smarter than the police..."

Xinan rambled on, and as you might expect, within less than a minute of posting, Shen Yan’s fans blasted her relentlessly.

She had truly become a target for everyone; you say one thing, and others will use ten sentences to contradict you.

Xinan, frustrated and annoyed, deleted those private messages and reported those people.

She hit back, and the Weibo feed automatically refreshed. Suddenly, the first post on the homepage caught Xinan’s eye.

It was an advertisement.

Lin Wei announced that she had become the spokesperson for a skincare brand, the same one that had previously been endorsed by her...

Xinan knew that after a brand and a celebrity parted ways, they would definitely look for the next spokesperson, but she hadn’t expected that it would be Lin Wei.

Why is it her?

Xinan couldn’t help but smile bitterly, but as she did, her hand slipped and she clicked into her homepage.

Little did she know until she saw it—Lin Wei’s fans were nearly reaching 5 million.

Scrolling through her Weibo, Xinan found that the last two endorsements Lin Wei had officially announced were both with brands that had previously terminated contracts with her.

Was this a coincidence?

Xinan felt a suffocating unease, as if something was pressing down on her, making it hard to breathe.

She tossed her phone aside and just as she looked up, she happened to see Cheng Yi leisurely sipping his coffee. Thinking of the previous photos he had with Lin Wei, Xinan grew even angrier.

Why should she be the one to suffer?

She coughed lightly and casually started, "You letting your ex-wife stay at your place, wouldn’t Lin Wei be jealous?"

For a moment, Xinan felt like she was a white camellia flower because that sentence in her heart automatically translated to: "Brother letting sister stay at home, won’t sister be angry?"

Then Xinan saw Cheng Yi’s hand, which was holding his coffee, suddenly pause. Whether he choked or not, he coughed several times before looking up at Xinan with disbelief in his eyes, "What did you say?"

"I said, wouldn’t Lin Wei be angry knowing I’m living here?" Xinan repeated.

"What does she have to do with this?"

Xinan thought Cheng Yi was pretending quite well, so she said in a very generous manner, "Stop pretending, I already know everything."

Cheng Yi: "???"

He looked at Xinan, not understanding which drama she was playing. Didn’t she want to hear what she was saying?

Xinan thought to herself, "He won’t admit it? How had she not realized before how cowardly Cheng Yi was, brave enough to act but not to acknowledge it."

Cheng Yi would never know that in these few seconds, Xinan had already labeled him as a scumbag in her heart.

Seeing that Cheng Yi didn’t respond, Xinan thought he was feeling guilty, so she added, "Look how forgiving I am. I found out about you two and I didn’t even call you despicable. If it were someone else, you would have been cursed out by now."

After all, he had seamlessly moved on to another woman right after they divorced, and that woman was even a friend of his ex-wife. Who could accept that?

Astonishment hung over Cheng Yi like three big question marks, "Who told you I was with her?"

"I saw it in the newspaper."

"Newspaper?"

As she spoke about it, Xinan felt a blockage in her heart, but thinking that she had already started to give up on Cheng Yi, she decided to tell him, as repayment for his hospitality.

"Yes, I saw a photo of you two together in the newspaper, and she even got into your car."

Cheng Yi finally understood what was going on. He knew about the photo, but he had asked Ye Rui to handle it the next day. He hadn’t expected Xinan to have seen it...

No need to think... it must have been Lin Wei’s doing.

Cheng Yi’s gaze gradually turned colder, this Lin Wei didn’t seem to learn her lesson, it appeared he had been too lenient before.

"I’m not close to her," Cheng Yi simply explained.

Xinan looked skeptical, "Not close? Then why did you let her get into your car?"

"She kept following me, I thought she was still working as a designated driver," said Cheng Yi, unblushingly.

But obviously, Xinan wouldn’t believe that, "How could that be, you’ve clearly met her several times before."

"Is that so? I don’t remember."

Xinan rolled her eyes, as expected—men are all just big liars.