Scheming and Seduction in Quick Transmigration: The Heroine's Beloved is Mine

Wen Zhining had just picked up her phone from the ground when he carried her back to bed.

"If you can't close that deal, don't bother coming back." Xu Duzhi hung up the phone.

"Why were you so rude to her?" Wen Zhining smiled. "Be gentle. It's hard to find a driver with such good driving skills."

"Don't worry about her, worry about me instead, okay?" Xu Duzhi squatted down at her feet and took her hand.

He pleaded in a soft voice, his hand trembling as he held hers.

Wen Zhining simply took out her phone and opened a voice message.

"Old Xu, Wen Zhining just sent a message saying she's back in China, did you know?"

It was the conversation Xu Duzhi had with his friends in a private room when she returned to China.

Xu Du's hands turned white.

The audio recording was still playing, and his voice could be heard.

"Um."

"What does this have to do with me?"

"We thought that since she's been with you for so long, you still couldn't forget her."

"You're overthinking it."

The voice was clear and distinct. Wen Zhining shook her phone. "Zhizhi, I'm really sorry. Given your previous attitude towards me, it's really hard for me not to suspect that you weren't just playing me on purpose."

Her expression was apologetic. "So, Zhizhi, I'm afraid you're just playing with me."

"I'm sorry." She lowered her head and kissed him on the lips, concealing the cunning in her eyes.

"You just made me so uncomfortable I can't get out of bed. Could you cook me a meal before you leave?"

"Hmm." Xu Duzhi forced a smile at her.

How could someone be so gentle, saying sorry and kissing him to comfort him, even though she felt he might be playing with her feelings?

Why was he so concerned about saving face before? He refused to admit it and ended up losing his wife.

"I'll go now."

He suppressed the sobs in his voice and quickly left the bedroom.

She covered her face in the kitchen, but couldn't help crying.

When Wen Zhining's door was reopened, he had already returned to normal, except that his eyes and the tip of his nose were a little red, as if he had been crying.

He held a cup of fruit tea he had made for her, wanting to feed it to her himself, but he was afraid she wouldn't want to.

Wen Zhining took it and drank a few sips. "Delicious."

"As long as the baby likes it." Xu Duzhi blurted out.

Noticing her slight discomfort upon hearing this, Xu Duzhi changed his words, "Ningning, if you don't like it, I won't call you that."

"Yeah, I still prefer Kobayashi to call me that."

Xu Du's heart was ashen.

"Carry me downstairs." Wen Zhining reached out her hand. "Since Xiaolin isn't here, Zhizhi can take care of me for now."

He was clearly delighted, and even though he was sullen because of Kobayashi, he couldn't hide the smile on his face when he picked her up.

"It's all your fault, you made me suffer for so long," she whispered coquettishly in his ear.

Xu Duzhi could clearly hear the drum-like vibration in his chest, and his voice became hoarse:

"It won't happen again next time."

There will be no next time.

Xu Duzhi's eyes dimmed instantly.

Despite his best efforts, he still couldn't please her in this regard.

Before she lost her memory, everyone said he was very capable.

He was praised again and again, unable to control himself, and she accepted it all.

After placing her on the sofa, Xu Duzhi went into the kitchen to start cooking for her.

I asked him to cook me a meal before he left, and he obediently did so. He even came back immediately from a business trip just to see me.

No one blocked the message; Wen Zhining sent it.

Soon, friends started giving it a thumbs up.

[Oh my god, isn't this my super precious brother Xu Duzhi, who hasn't cooked in three years?]

[As expected, the allure of the "white moonlight" (idealized love) is undeniable.]

[What happened? I secretly sent you a recording to tell you that this guy was definitely trying to mess with you, so why did I let him in?]

Can we come over for a free meal?

I knew Old Xu wouldn't get on the plane once he saw you coming.

The news spread quickly and soon reached Shi Yuxue's ears upon her return.

Shi Yuxue was seething with anger, thinking that President Huang was really clueless.

She begged him to agree to cooperate, but he still refused to sign the contract, so she had to come back after sitting down for less than ten minutes.

As soon as she got off the plane, she received a photo from someone in the industry.

Upon clicking, I found it was a post on Wen Zhining's WeChat Moments.

The photos and the accompanying text infuriated her.

This is undoubtedly a provocation.

No wonder he hesitated and didn't speak when he called Xu Duzhi; it turns out he was with this woman and was seduced by Wen Zhining.

He was still at Wen Zhining's house, cooking for her.

He completely forgot that he was out there negotiating business with him.

What should I do? Your arranged marriage partner has gone to see his ex-girlfriend while you were away.

It seems Xu Duzhi still likes her.

Her friend not only informed her of this, but also made sarcastic and mocking remarks about her.

[What do you know? Du Zhi is only doing this because of their past relationship.] Shi Yuxue said, trying to save face.

Don't worry, I'll definitely invite you to witness my wedding with Duzhi.

After saving face, Shi Yuxue immediately called Xu Duzhi.

Wen Zhining looked at the incoming call on her phone on the table and hung up immediately.

"Zhizhi, your driver is looking for you. I hung up on him. You don't mind, do you?"

"She's not my driver. I don't mind. I've given you my phone. You can delete her messages if you want."

Mentioning this, Xu Duzhi paused in his cooking, "Ningning, can you remove me from the blacklist?"

"I'll think about it after you finish cooking. I'll ask Xiaolin."

Xu Duzhi gritted his teeth and fiercely chopped at the piece of meat on the board with his knife.

"Why does he care about your friends? Even if we were together before, shouldn't he be more magnanimous?"

Wen Zhining smiled but remained silent.

After finishing cooking, Xu Duzhi hadn't even had a chance to feign pitifulness and try to stay for a meal before she kicked him out.

He was feeling down, and the only people who had time to listen to him were his idle friends at the bar.

Shi Yuxue received a message from someone in the bar that Xu Duzhi had gone there, so she rushed over.

It was the same familiar private room. Without even pushing the door open, I could hear crying coming from inside.

Shi Yuxue and her friend inside simultaneously turned on their phones to record audio.

"She doesn't want me anymore, she's kicking me out..."

"She wanted to use it with that man, but I beat her to it."

"That guy is shorter than me, why is he wearing my slippers? They're filthy."

"Luckily, I'm smart. He wanted to make things difficult for me, but I was barefoot and not afraid of him wearing shoes."

"I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so stubborn here last time. You all say I can't forget her, but I've never forgotten her at all."

"Why did she have to ask that guy before she could add me back as a friend?"

The friend watched as the man drank glass after glass of wine, crying and pouring out his heart.

For a moment, he couldn't reconcile himself with the person he was last time, sitting here, swirling his wine glass, completely indifferent and apathetic, and treating him as a real person.

"Is this really Old Xu?"

My friend said in a low voice.

"I think it's true. He cried a lot when Wen Zhining left."

"Yes, I remember that too, just like now, I had a runny nose."

"I thought he had really forgotten after three years."

"A first love, a white moonlight, how could I forget her?"

"As expected, that driver is no match for him."

The friends' conversation grew louder, almost forming a duet with Xu Duzhi's crying.

Shi Yuxue gripped her phone tightly, recalling the meaningful smiles her friends had given her when she picked up Xu Duzhi last time.

It turns out they weren't joking with her, but genuinely mocking her for being just a driver who picked up Xu Duzhi.

Even Xu Duzhi thinks so?