My beautiful CEO wife
Chapter 40: I Got into College

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: I Got into College

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"What’s wrong, Xiao Ran?"

Leng Ruobing, who was coming down the stairs, couldn’t help but ask upon seeing her frantic state, "Is it that guy annoying you again?"

"No no, it’s me who provoked him..."

Chu Xiaoran wasn’t lying—it was indeed she who had provoked Xiao Zheng.

Leng Ruobing: "..."

"By the way, cousin, is he really your bodyguard?" The young girl blinked her beautiful big eyes inquisitively at her.

She always felt something was off. Her cousin, who was extremely picky about men, how could she choose such a person for a bodyguard?

Besides, even if he was a bodyguard, they seemed too close, living together in a villa...

"What’s it to you?" Leng Ruobing’s eyebrows twitched as she deliberately avoided the question, saying, "Come on, let’s have breakfast. You didn’t come to Zhonghai City just to have fun, did you?"

"I’m here for school!"

Chu Xiaoran said with a smile.

"School?" Leng Ruobing didn’t understand.

"Hehe, cousin, you really don’t care about me at all, do you? Did you forget I took the college entrance exam? It’s the college entrance exam this year, and I happened to apply for Zhonghai University. I received the admission notice a while ago, school starts today, so naturally I have to come and check it out.

See if this so-called Zhonghai University is what I imagined."

The lively girl picked up a You Tiao and ate it cheerfully, her mischievous demeanor was truly endearing.

"You went to college? This soon?"

Leng Ruobing slapped her forehead—it was probably because she was too busy with her career that she completely forgot about her little cousin’s college entrance exam.

"Hehe, did you think I was still the same girl with two little braids? I’ve grown up now, I’m an adult." Chu Xiaoran posed quite naturally, jutting out her not-so-plump chest.

"Alright then~" Leng Ruobing smiled without much enthusiasm.

"Yo, there’s breakfast!"

Just then, Xiao Zheng, who had finished washing up, came downstairs and smelled the delicious breakfast.

He immediately rubbed his hands with excitement.

One ought to know that in the past few days, the housekeeper had taken leave, and he hadn’t had breakfast for several days. Now that breakfast was ready, how could he not be thrilled?

"Mmm not bad, not bad, this You Tiao is crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, melts in your mouth, very refreshing."

Xiao Zheng closed his eyes, relishing the texture of the You Tiao.

"Cousin, he..."

Chu Xiaoran gaped at Leng Ruobing in astonishment, a bodyguard being so uninhibited?

"Hehe, the You Tiao tastes good, and the lady is beautiful, not bad, not bad." Xiao Zheng ignored Chu Xiaoran.

Instead, he sat down at the table and ate his breakfast heartily.

"Eat, eat, eat, that’s all you know how to do." Chu Xiaoran crinkled her little nose.

Leng Ruobing was at a loss for words and didn’t feel it right to tell Chu Xiaoran that Xiao Zheng was her husband.

She could only keep making gestures at Xiao Zheng.

But Xiao Zheng thought his wife was giving him loving looks, and he grinned, "Wife, what’s with the looks?"

Pfft...

Leng Ruobing: "..."

"Right, cousin, I’ve decided. Since I’m going to school at Zhonghai University, I am going to live here from now on."

"Ah? You’re going to live here?"

Leng Ruobing choked up.

"Yes. I don’t have any relatives or friends in Zhonghai apart from you, cousin. If I don’t stay with you, where should I live?"

The young girl pouted her lips pitifully and said, "Are you willing to let me live outside by myself? If something happens, could you bear to see me getting bullied by others?"

"Do your parents know about this?" Leng Ruobing felt a headache coming on; it wasn’t that she didn’t want the young girl to stay here.

It was just that with her marriage to Xiao Zheng being what it was, normally it was fine with just her.

But if this girl moved in as well, with her peculiar and mischievous personality, who knew what kind of chaos she might cause.

Chu Xiaoran shook her head, "They don’t care about me. They’re only busy with their business, making money. They don’t care about my life or death. Even when I got accepted to university, they didn’t know."

As she spoke, her gaze fell somewhat wistfully.

Clearly, she was another child neglected for the sake of a career.

Leng Ruobing nodded slightly.

She understood the young girl’s life, her parents being just like Leng Ruobing’s—both sets had opted to chase after more money and higher status, neglecting the importance of family.

At the end of the day, the two cousins found themselves in much the same situation.

"Hee hee, since cousin has agreed, I’ll move my stuff over today. Oh! That’s right, I still need to register at school today, I still don’t know what university is like.

So, let that smelly idiot accompany me. Anyway, he’s idle as it is."

"Pfft~"

Xiao Zheng, who was slurping his porridge, nearly spat it out, choking as he said, "I’m not free."

"Hmph, it’s not up to you to decide. Since my cousin is paying you, you have to follow my employer’s arrangement. My arrangement is also my cousin’s arrangement, and if you disagree, that’s fine. Then cousin, fire him."

Chu Xiaoran propped her chin with one hand, smiling as she watched Xiao Zheng awkwardly flounder.

What the heck! There’s such a tactic?

"That, boss... that’s not quite appropriate, right?"

Xiao Zheng’s expression darkened.

He really disliked being with this girl.

Leng Ruobing shrugged her fragrant shoulders and said indifferently, "If you’re told to go, then go. Follow the arrangement, that’s all."

Having said that, she continued eating her breakfast with a cold demeanor.

"I..."

Xiao Zheng was at a loss for words.

His gaze turned to Chu Xiaoran, who was sipping milk with a triumphant grin, as if she had just succeeded in a cunning plan.

...

At half-past ten in the morning, Xiao Zheng drove up in a champagne-colored Ferrari at the entrance of Zhonghai University’s building in Zhonghai City.

He watched the endless parade of shapely, creamy legs pass by.

Honestly, Xiao Zheng had once longed for this kind of life.

His greatest regret in life was that he had never attended university.

Although life at university is quite mundane, and universities in China are different from those abroad.

In China, after years of hard work, you might get to university, where attending is extremely difficult.

Abroad, in contrast, getting into university is very easy, but graduating and earning your diploma comes with immense pressure.

"Hey, you dummy, spacing out?"

Chu Xiaoran gave him a light shove, and the daydreaming Xiao Zheng snapped back to reality.

"What?" Xiao Zheng asked grumpily, glaring at her and feigning a fierce look, "Girl, let me tell you, I’m not a nice guy, so don’t mess with me. If you tick me off, I’ll..."

"You’ll what? Are you going to say that if you’re mad, you’ll mark me with a cross? Come on, all talk and no action, you think I don’t see through your little schemes?"

Rather than being intimidated by his menacing look, Chu Xiaoran planted her hands on her hips, a look of disdain on her face.

Xiao Zheng: "..."

"Alright, it’s my first time entering Zhonghai University today, so you’ll be my little lackey for the day."

Saying this, she jumped out of the car without waiting for Xiao Zheng’s approval, hands still firmly on her hips.

"Damn it..."

Xiao Zheng felt an urge to punch someone.

Laozi, the mighty Evil God, is indeed going to be a lackey for this brat?

"Wow, big cities are really something," Chu Xiaoran exclaimed as she got out of the car and took in the Zhonghai University building.

She immediately felt a surge of emotion.

"If my parents knew I got into Zhonghai University, I wonder what they would think," Chu Xiaoran said cheerfully, looking ahead, then turned and shouted at a disgruntled Xiao Zheng, "Hey dummy, can you hurry up?"

"Hurry up your sister, you’re carrying so much. You try moving quickly with all this stuff!"

Xiao Zheng felt like cursing out loud.