Envy was one thing, but Huang Yao certainly wasn't foolish enough to try and hook up with Jiang Cheng.
She just felt that her current mindset was wrong.
In this Magic City, Huang Yao didn't have many close friends.
After all, beautiful women usually attracted more of the opposite sex.
Those who could get along with them were usually either of similar charm or had very good personalities.
Huang Yao felt that her relationship with Qiao Yinyin was a rare combination of both.
Therefore, deep down, Huang Yao truly cherished her relationship with Qiao Yinyin.
The more she thought about it, the more confused her mind became.
Simply put, she grabbed two cups of milk tea and prepared to slip away.
"I'm going back to my room; I won't stay here and be a third wheel."
Hearing this, Qiao Yinyin blushed and made a half-hearted attempt to get her to stay. "We haven't finished eating yet; I bought all your favorites."
Looking at the barbecue on the table, Huang Yao finally couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
She quickly grabbed two grilled chicken wings and said, "I'll eat in my room. Don't worry, you two; no matter how much noise you make, I won't come out..."
Hearing this, Qiao Yinyin gave Huang Yao a shy, mock-glare, then took the two chicken wings from her hand, put them back in the box, and shoved the entire box from the table into her arms.
"Just eat! Take the whole box in and eat, and shut your mouth."
Huang Yao giggled and blew a kiss toward Qiao Yinyin.
"You really do know me best..."
Seeing her enter her room, Qiao Yinyin proactively sat on Jiang Cheng's lap.
Once she saw Huang Yao close the door, Qiao Yinyin turned and leaned in close to Jiang Cheng.
Before he could react, she sat on his lap with a soft body, her arms circling his neck, while her fingertips intentionally scratched his earlobe lightly.
She tilted her chin up, a sly smile in the corners of her eyes, and her voice was cloyingly sweet:
"darling, doesn't Huang Yao have a really good figure??"
For this kind of trap question, Jiang Cheng always answered honestly when it came to Qiao Yinyin.
After patting Qiao Yinyin's bottom, Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "It does seem to be quite good. It's just a pity it's winter now, so I couldn't see it very clearly."
"Is that so? So when she was sitting here just now, were you secretly looking at her the whole time?"
Jiang Cheng squeezed her waist, his fingertips able to feel the soft flesh beneath the fabric, and asked back with a smile, "Why would I look secretly? If I want to look, I don't need to be sneaky. Besides, don't I have a much more well-behaved one right by my side now?"
Qiao Yinyin's lips pouted.
"But Yao Yao has such a good figure, curvy in all the right places, unlike me..." As she spoke, she deliberately puffed out her chest and pulled Jiang Cheng's hand to press it against her waist.
"Your 'green tea' act isn't natural enough. You need to go back and practice some more."
Hearing this, Qiao Yinyin couldn't maintain her act anymore and burst out laughing.
"Was it really that unnatural?"
How could Jiang Cheng not understand Qiao Yinyin's thoughts?
His thumb rubbed gently against the side of her waist, and he leaned down to give the corner of her lips a light bite. "What's the use of having big breasts? Can she have your Sprite-like constitution? Can she be as seductive as you?"
Qiao Yinyin's eyes immediately curved into crescents. Her fingers hooked onto his shirt buttons and slowly began to undo them as her voice grew even softer: "Then... how exactly did I seduce you?"
She deliberately dragged out the last word, while her other hand traced light circles on his chest.
She shrank further into his embrace, pressing against him until there was almost no gap at all.
Jiang Cheng's breathing grew a few degrees hotter.
He grabbed her wrists, pulled her tighter into his arms, and his voice turned a bit husky: "You still dare to tease me?"
Qiao Yinyin wasn't afraid. Instead, she stood on her tiptoes and kissed his chin, her eyes curved with laughter.
She asked, "So, have you showered yet??"
"Naturally not yet. I saved it specifically for you..."
After saying this, Jiang Cheng directly picked up Qiao Yinyin and walked toward the bathroom.
Previously, Jiang Cheng had never really had any replacement fantasies,
but he had just seen Huang Yao in the bathroom earlier.
At this moment, that graceful body would pop into Jiang Cheng's mind from time to time.
Under this special stimulation, Jiang Cheng seemed somewhat excited.
This destined that tonight's battle would be exceptionally fierce... The next day, when Qiao Yinyin came out, Huang Yao had already gotten up and was sitting on the sofa.
Seeing that Huang Yao's complexion seemed even a bit worse than her own, even though she had been tossed around by Jiang Cheng until the middle of the night,
Qiao Yinyin asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Did you not sleep well last night??"
Hearing this, Huang Yao immediately shook her head. Her expression was a bit unnatural as she replied, "I ate too much last night."
"Who told you to drink two cups of milk tea..."
Speaking of milk tea, Jiang Cheng's face appeared in Huang Yao's mind again.
The reason she didn't sleep well last night naturally wasn't because of the milk tea.
She was young, after all. At her age, let alone two cups of milk tea, even if she added a cup of coffee, she could usually fall asleep the moment her head hit the pillow, aside from having to urinate a bit more.
The reason she couldn't sleep and had insomnia was naturally because of Jiang Cheng.
Seeing that Qiao Yinyin was also constantly yawning as they picked up their bags to head out together, Huang Yao couldn't help but lean in and ask, "Looking at you, just how fierce was the battle last night..."
Hearing this, Qiao Yinyin couldn't help but give Huang Yao a push. "Oh, you're so annoying."
"Sigh, make sure you remember to use protection... I don't have any money for a baby gift right now. I'll have to wait until after I start working to give you a big red envelope. Otherwise, don't blame me if the amount is too small..."
Hearing Huang Yao mention this, for some reason, Qiao Yinyin didn't feel the slightest bit of worry.
After all, those who worried about having children were usually concerned about money and their future.
But she had obtained both of these things after being with Jiang Cheng.
Even if there came a day when Jiang Cheng didn't want her anymore, the money he had given her was already enough for her to raise a child.
So, was this why she wasn't worried about having a child with Jiang Cheng??
Then another thought occurred to her. If she really did have a child with Jiang Cheng, would he still leave her??
Seeing her thoughts drifting off, Qiao Yinyin immediately shook her head. "What nonsense are you talking about..."
Huang Yao took the opportunity to ask, "Yinyin, I have a question I want to ask you..."
"What is it??"
"Suppose, I'm just saying suppose, there's a guy who is very outstanding, very rich, handsome, and a good person, and then because of some coincidental events, he and I had..."
Before she could finish, Qiao Yinyin asked anxiously, "Did the two of you sleep together??"
"No, no..." In her anxiety, Huang Yao carefully chose her words: "It wasn't sleeping together, no, we just... hugged for a bit..."
"Oh... so you just hugged..."
"Yeah, mainly because the situation was a bit complicated, because he already has a girlfriend..."
"Girlfriend?? How many girlfriends does he have??"
"I don't know..."
Qiao Yinyin stopped laughing and became a bit more serious, but then she suddenly leaned close to Huang Yao's ear.
"In this matter, it depends on the situation. If this guy only has one girlfriend and their relationship is very good, then we shouldn't go and destroy someone else's feelings. But if he has more than one girlfriend, then we can go for it without any worries..."
Huang Yao actually had a vague idea about Jiang Cheng's situation.
Especially based on the frequency with which Jiang Cheng visited her, she could infer that Jiang Cheng probably had more than one girlfriend.
However, any prejudice against having multiple girlfriends had long since vanished without a trace under the impact of Jiang Cheng's generosity toward Qiao Yinyin and the shock of those one hundred Hope Primary Schools last night.
After all, sometimes a person's flaw of being a playboy can be excused by money.
If it can't be, then it's just because the money isn't enough.
"How do you 'go for it' exactly??"
"Just sleep with him!"
"Huh??" Hearing this, Huang Yao gave Qiao Yinyin a helpless look. "Stop joking with me. I'm actually troubled. It's not that I necessarily want to pursue him; I'm just curious about this kind of thing, but I have no experience. Maybe even if it's not him, I'll know what to do next time I meet someone else."
Qiao Yinyin continued to ask, "I just want to know, is that guy really that rich?? And very handsome??"
"Yeah, not only is he very handsome, but he also seems to have principles and respects women..."
Hearing Huang Yao say the guy "has principles and respects women," Qiao Yinyin's fingertips unconsciously rubbed the strap of her bag, and a thought suddenly flashed through her mind.
Why did this guy Huang Yao was describing sound strangely like Jiang Cheng?
The thought flashed by, and she quickly regained her focus.
What was the use of thinking about this? Jiang Cheng was never short of people around him.
Even if the person Huang Yao was talking about wasn't him, there would be others in the future.
This kind of thing was never something she could control, and there was no use in obsessing over it.
She tightened her grip on the bag strap and didn't stop walking, but Qiao Yinyin's heart became clear.
What she could do was never to guard against others, but to hold onto her own advantages tightly.
She knew Jiang Cheng liked her straightforwardness.
She also knew how to make him happy and comfortable, and even more clearly how to be neither too clingy nor too distant in front of him.
As long as she did these things well, she could stay by his side for longer and ensure he didn't grow tired of her too quickly.
Thinking this way, that slight, inexplicable knot in her heart dissolved.