NOVPUBLin Zhengran noticed a slight blush on the Little Fox's face.
And because she hadn’t wiped off after the hot spring soak,
there were still little droplets of water clinging to her skin.
Especially the ones on her shoulders and collarbones—she looked absolutely irresistible.
Lin Zhengran pressed his lips together. “Did you drink? Your mouth smells a little like alcohol.”
Han Wenwen replied playfully, “Right after you left, Brother Zhengran, I had a bit of hot spring wine with Lili and Xiao Qingqing. They were deep in conversation, and I got bored, so I came to find you.”
“Got bored on your own?”
Han Wenwen stifled a laugh. “I came on purpose to find you! Snuck away.”
Then she poked Lin Zhengran’s mouth with her finger and unexpectedly turned serious. “Stop changing the subject! What’s going on with that woman? Brother Zhengran, are you still trying to hide it?”
“Who’s hiding anything? Even if I were to introduce her, I couldn’t just do it out of the blue, right? I planned to wait until after the trip to let you all meet. Only once you’ve met will you really get to know each other. But then…”
“She came looking for you herself?” The Little Fox’s eyes turned sharp, dripping with jealousy. “Where is she? Where did you hide her?”
“She left.”
“Left? Wasn’t she still here the day before yesterday?” she asked, curious.
“Yeah. She’s the Vice President after all. There’s a lot going on at Zhengshi Company. She barely squeezed out a little time to come see me. We only met for like ten minutes that day.”
The Little Fox was surprised. “She came all the way from Zitong City?”
“Mm-hmm.”
“She traveled that far just to see Brother Zhengran? She must really like you. I’m guessing something definitely happened between you two?”
“There were indeed a few things.”
The Little Fox turned her head and snorted, unhappy.
“So what I’m hearing is—no matter how much I stick to Brother Zhengran, he’s still out there messing around behind Wenwen’s back?! And I know nothing about it!”
Lin Zhengran smiled. Seeing Han Wenwen sneak glances at him, he wrapped an arm around her soft, delicate waist.
“Nothing like that. We only started seeing each other just a few days before this trip. Otherwise, I would’ve told you all already. And I wouldn’t call it ‘messing around’.”
He said seriously, “You know we’ve known each other for years. She’s always been really good to me. And I do like her. Since I like her, of course I want to be with her.”
The Little Fox frowned, shocked. “Brother Zhengran really dares to say it! Just flat-out tells Wenwen he likes someone else?!”
Lin Zhengran hugged her reassuringly. “Alright, alright, Wenwen, don’t get jealous.”
The Little Fox buried her face into Lin Zhengran’s shoulder, biting her lip in frustration.
“Hmph. From the moment you first mentioned knowing this Jiang Jingshi woman years ago, I knew she wasn’t just some random. Then Lili mentioned recently she’s a VP, and with you being the President, I instantly had a bad feeling. Didn’t expect you’d land her this quick…”
She let out a growl and bit Lin Zhengran’s ear. “So Brother Zhengran has four girlfriends now?!”
“Mm-hmm.”
Even angry, her voice was still soft and sweet as she straightened up and glared at him.
“‘Mm-hmm’?! When she came the day before yesterday, you two kissed, didn’t you? I recognize that lipstick smell! And I’ve been meaning to say—before the trip, you were probably hugging her all the time, weren’t you? You reeked of that woman for days when you came back from the office!”
Lin Zhengran didn’t say anything—just stared at Han Wenwen, who was practically drowning in jealousy. “Wanna kiss for a bit?”
Han Wenwen choked on her words, hesitated: “I do…”
Lin Zhengran lightly tapped her lips.
That made her cheeks instantly flush, and she couldn’t get a single word out.
When Brother Zhengran coaxed her like this, Han Wenwen’s heart melted. There was no way she could stay mad.
What girl could resist Brother Zhengran kissing her first?
She mumbled softly, “Brother Zhengran, you’re the worst. I want to kiss longer.”
“Sure.”
She wrapped her arms around his neck, and their lips met again.
Their mouths intertwined.
But this time, the kiss didn’t last too long—because the lounge door was pushed open by the golden-haired Jiang Xueli.
“Han Wenwen, I knew you’d be here. I could hear your voice from outside.”
But when she opened the door, Jiang Xueli and He Qing—fresh from the hot spring—were shocked to see the two of them kissing on the sofa.
Little He Qing’s face turned bright red, covering her face: “Wenwen… Lin Zhengran…”
Jiang Xueli, jealous and stunned, blushed hard, clenched her fists, and shouted with her eyes shut: “Han Wenwen! What the heck are you doing?! Sneaking off, huh?! No more kissing allowed!”
Han Wenwen opened one eye and peeked at the two of them, thinking: Xiao Qingqing and Lili got here fast.
Sure enough, once things with Brother Zhengran are exposed, sneaking around like this doesn’t work anymore.
But… she didn’t want it to end.
So she closed her eyes again—and kept kissing Lin Zhengran.
Jiang Xueli shrieked: “Ah! Still going?!”
She rushed over to pull Han Wenwen away, and He Qing came too.
A few minutes later, Han Wenwen sat on the sofa, her fox-like face flushed, brushing back her hair.
Jiang Xueli stood in front of her with her hands on her hips: “Han Wenwen! Sneaking off, huh?!”
Han Wenwen explained, “I just came to ask Brother Zhengran a few things.”
Jiang Xueli: “And asking turns into kissing?! Then even when we showed up, you still didn’t stop!”
“That was just… couldn’t help it. Besides, Lili, you know what it’s like—once you’re kissing Brother Zhengran, it’s not like you can just stop.”
Jiang Xueli snapped, “You slippery fox! Sneaking off to do stuff like this! If He Qing and I hadn’t caught on…”
She turned toward He Qing, only to find—He Qing was now kissing Lin Zhengran too.
Her twin ponytails practically exploded!
“He Qing, what are you doing?!”
Little He Qing jolted and quickly pulled away from Lin Zhengran.
Flustered, face and hands both red, she waved: “Kissing. Wenwen kissed him, so I wanted to too. Lin Zhengran said okay, so I did.” 𝒏𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
Jiang Xueli, completely dumbfounded: “Wait—what?! What is going on with you?! And you, Lin Zhengran! What are you thinking?!”
“Well, we’re all his girlfriends. So kissing Lin Zhengran is normal, right? Couldn’t help it,” He Qing said in her soft, sticky voice.
Han Wenwen, though surprised, agreed: “I told you—it was ‘couldn’t help it.’”
“You two are seriously something else!”
Lin Zhengran looked at the nervous Lili and reached out his hand. “Lili, come here.”
Jiang Xueli froze, stepping back two paces. “Wha… what for?!”
You had to admit—Lin Zhengran’s ability to keep a straight face in any situation was something else.
“They both kissed me. You’re not going to?”
“Huh… now? But…” She glanced at He Qing and Han Wenwen—how could she kiss him in front of them…
But even though she was thinking that, her feet moved on their own.
She walked over slowly, shy and hesitant. “There’s so many people…”
“In the future, we’ll all be living together. What, should I hide it every time I kiss one of you? I want to be open about being with you all. You’ll get used to it. Come sit on my lap.”
That… actually made sense. So she obediently sat down on Lin Zhengran’s lap.
The moment Lin Zhengran held Jiang Xueli’s waist, her heart clenched.
Blushing furiously, she couldn’t help but close her eyes—and kissed him.
Han Wenwen and He Qing were so jealous they couldn’t even watch. They looked away.
Once all The Three Little Ones had kissed him, they couldn’t say much more.
Being with Lin Zhengran really did make it hard to resist.
They sat in a row on the couch.
Lin Zhengran stood up: “Let me tell you something. I already told Wenwen earlier, but since it’s all out now, I might as well tell all of you. Last week—I started dating another girlfriend.”
Jiang Xueli and Little He Qing stared in shock, mouths open.
The Little Fox? Just straight-up jealous.
