He was leaning on the sofa drinking tea, his gaze swept over indifferently, stopping on her for a second before he nodded.
"It looks good. This outfit suits you very well..."
Seeing Jiang Cheng say this, Zhao Yihan immediately clapped her hands nearby. "Young Master Jiang is right, it's really beautiful! This one really suits you."
Chen Jiaxue also nodded. "Young Master Jiang has good taste; you really do look great in this?"
Seeing Jiang Cheng's eyes fixed on her, Zhong Chuxi's heart skipped a beat.
She even glanced at Chen Jiaxue and Zhao Yihan a bit shyly.
At her age, she was not only thin-skinned but also quite transparent in her thoughts.
With the two women surrounding her with praise, she felt that they didn't seem like bad women after all.
"Wait, did Jiang Cheng choose this outfit for me?"
She had thought the Sales Associate had just picked it out randomly.
At this moment, she looked at Jiang Cheng somewhat shyly, only to find that he was no longer looking at her.
He was looking down at his phone, as if nothing had happened.
After picking things out for a while, Zhong Chuxi gradually relaxed.
It was mainly because Chen Jiaxue and Zhao Yihan were very good at conversation.
They pulled her along to look at clothes and discuss which dresses looked good or which bags suited which occasions, without any of that 'we are Jiang Cheng's women' attitude.
After warming up, Chuxi couldn't help but ask, "Are you... all Jiang Cheng's girlfriends?"
Chen Jiaxue was stunned for a moment, glanced in Jiang Cheng's direction, and then laughed.
Zhao Yihan also laughed.
However, Zhong Chuxi could tell that the two women's smiles were a bit helpless.
"We'd like to be," Chen Jiaxue said with a hint of self-deprecation. "But I'm afraid we don't have the qualifications."
Seeing Zhao Yihan nod, Zhong Chuxi was stunned. "You're both so beautiful, yet you're not qualified?"
Chen Jiaxue shook her head, not answering the question, and instead asked, "What about you? You are Young Master Jiang's..."
Zhong Chuxi quickly waved her hands. "I'm not! I'm his girlfriend's best friend."
As soon as she said it, she felt it sounded strange herself.
Chen Jiaxue and Zhao Yihan exchanged a look; they said nothing, but their eyes seemed to speak volumes.
Because both of them could see that Zhong Chuxi was interested in Jiang Cheng.
Zhong Chuxi looked at Chloe, who had been trying things on non-stop. "What about her? She is?"
Chen Jiaxue and Zhao Yihan felt a pang in their hearts at this question.
Although Chloe had served Jiang Cheng together with them last night.
Chen Jiaxue and Zhao Yihan could still feel that Chloe had more of an advantage than they did.
However, Chen Jiaxue didn't tell the truth and even took the initiative to help cover for Jiang Cheng.
"She's French. Like us, she's just another woman who likes Young Master Jiang..."
After saying this, Chen Jiaxue lowered her head to straighten her hemline.
As she bent down, a sharp pain suddenly shot through her anus.
Seeing Chen Jiaxue hiss, her face showing a bit of unspeakable endurance.
Seeing this, Zhao Yihan's sphincter tightened.
She gave her a supportive hand, feeling a sense of shared pain.
"What's... wrong? Are you okay?" Zhong Chuxi asked.
Chen Jiaxue took a soft breath, adjusted her stance, and forced a smile. "It's nothing..."
Zhong Chuxi had clearly seen Chen Jiaxue's body stiffen as she walked forward; that expression didn't look like fatigue, but rather like she was in pain somewhere.
She immediately thought of something.
"Are you... could you be on your period?"
Chen Jiaxue was stunned for a moment, then quickly caught on and took the excuse. "Yes, yes, exactly that. My period just started today, and my stomach hurts a bit."
Zhong Chuxi realized and showed a sympathetic expression. "I understand, I understand! It's always especially painful for me too. It hurts so much I can't even stand up straight; sometimes I have to take a day off and just lie in bed."
Seeing that she believed it, Chen Jiaxue secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Enduring the discomfort, she forced a smile and replied, "Right? That's the burden women have to bear."
Then she intentionally added, "But since I became a woman, it hasn't hurt as much. I used to have to stay home like you, but now I can even go out in high heels..."
"Ah~ what do you mean by 'becoming a woman'? Aren't you already a woman?"
Hearing this, Chen Jiaxue couldn't help but chuckle. "Yes, what I mean is... I checked online before, and many people who had terrible period pain like me found it stopped after they got a boyfriend... maybe it was blocked before, and unblocking it makes it less uncomfortable..."
The words were subtle, but the meaning was clear.
Zhong Chuxi didn't react at first, but after a couple of seconds, once she realized what Chen Jiaxue meant by "unblocking," her face flushed crimson instantly.
The blush spread from her cheeks to her ears, even her neck turning a shade of pink.
She instinctively lowered her head, not daring to look at anyone, her fingers unconsciously twisting the handles of her shopping bag.
"I, I..." She opened her mouth to say something but didn't know what.
Wasn't Chen Jiaxue being a bit too direct?
How long had they known each other? How did they end up talking about this?
But...
Images uncontrollably flashed through Zhong Chuxi's mind.
Jiang Cheng pinning her against the wall, his fingers wandering over her body, almost...
If she hadn't refused that night...
Zhong Chuxi shook her head vigorously, trying to shake off those messy thoughts.
What was she thinking!
Jiang Cheng was Zhou Ying's boyfriend! Her best friend's boyfriend!
How could she think about such things?
But what Chen Jiaxue said was too tempting.
"Since I became a woman, it hasn't hurt as much."
"I used to have to stay home like you, but now I can even go out in high heels."
Zhong Chuxi thought about those few days every month.
The pain that made it impossible to stand straight, the pain that made her roll around in bed, the pain that made her wish she could just rip out her stomach and throw it away.
Her mother had also said it would get better after she got married.
She didn't believe it at the time, thinking it was just something adults said to comfort kids.
But now Chen Jiaxue had said it herself, saying it was true...
Zhong Chuxi peeked up and glanced in Jiang Cheng's direction.
He was still looking down at his phone, his profile lines were beautiful, his eyelashes were long, and his fingers casually swiped across the screen with a nonchalant air.
If... if it were him...
Zhong Chuxi's heart rate quickened a bit more.
She quickly lowered her head and bit her lower lip hard.
No, no, no!
How could she think like that?
Zhou Ying was her best friend; from high school until now, they shared everything and could talk about anything.
Zhong Chuxi, are you even human?
But...
But when Chen Jiaxue said those words, the first person that popped into her head was Jiang Cheng.
That wasn't her fault, right? It was just a random thought...
No, what do you mean "random thought"? She could have thought of anyone else, so why him specifically?
Zhong Chuxi felt like she was splitting in two.
On one side was guilt, on the other was curiosity.
On one side, she felt sorry for Zhou Ying, but on the other, she couldn't help but wonder if what Chen Jiaxue said was true, then...
Then could she also...
"What's wrong?" Chen Jiaxue's voice pulled her back from her chaotic thoughts. "Why is your face so red?"
Zhong Chuxi snapped back to reality, realizing she had been fantasizing for so long; her ears felt even hotter.
"N-nothing!" She quickly waved her hands, her voice a bit strained. "It's... it's just a bit hot."
Looking at her flustered state, a faint smile tugged at the corner of Chen Jiaxue's mouth.
Although she tried her best to control her thoughts, she still couldn't help but steal a glance at Jiang Cheng's back, her heart skipping another half-beat.
However, guilt surged up like a tide, nearly drowning her and making it hard to breathe.
Jiang Cheng was a scumbag, but she didn't seem any better either.