Return to the Day When My Pregnant Wife Jumped Off the Building-Chapter 424 Liking is Not Love_1

"My head is already killing me; don’t add to the chaos!"

Seeing Furukawa Shizuka’s demeanor, Xiao Ming simply couldn’t muster the energy to speak.

Furukawa Shizuka’s eyebrows obediently settled back down as she walked toward the bedroom, saying, "I’m having lunch with some people from the academy to treat a few leaders, so I won’t be accompanying you, Mister."

"Hmm," Xiao Ming nodded, "Just handle the artifact fund yourself.

For the next period, Hanqing will stay in Qingyang. If there’s anything, you two discuss it. If you can’t solve it, then come find me."

Furukawa Shizuka turned her head and glanced at Yang Hanqing, asking, "Who’s leading?"

Yang Hanqing pricked up her ears.

She really wanted to know whether her lack of contention would result in more attention or indifference.

"Looks like someone’s itching for a fight."

Xiao Ming glared at Furukawa Shizuka and said grumpily, "Do you know how to conduct business? For business matters, of course, Hanqing is in charge.

For other aspects, if you still need someone else to manage you, then what’s the point of having you?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Hanqing’s heart thudded down. She thought Furukawa Shizuka would at least feel aggrieved, if not angry, and was about to say some pleasantries to ease the tension when she saw Furukawa Shizuka reveal a meaningful smile.

"Mister, you really are a cunning rascal!"

After saying that, she entered the bedroom. Yang Hanqing blinked, unable to hide her jealousy, "Even a foreign spy can be tamed so well, the boss is truly the boss."

Xiao Ming gave a bitter smile, "If she were really well-behaved, she wouldn’t have asked that question just now.

Because the task I want her to do has very little to do with business, there’s no basis for who leads whom between you."

Yang Hanqing was stunned, "So, you’re saying that your answer just now was specifically to placate me, which is why she called you cunning?"

"Don’t be so difficult."

Xiao Ming flicked her forehead, "Her question was aimed at you from the start. How can I trust you with such a big responsibility if you’re so easily swayed?"

Yang Hanqing shook her head, "Whether I can be swayed or not has never been up to me, but you."

The words were light, but their meaning left Xiao Ming speechless again.

If you don’t fail me, I will never fail you.

As a scoundrel, such a burden was something he didn’t want to carry, yet he couldn’t escape.

Clang!

The bedroom door suddenly opened, and Zhou Qingyuan burst out, pointing inside and saying, "That Japanese woman is actually changing clothes in there!"

Xiao Ming laughed, "What’s so surprising about that! If she doesn’t change inside, should she do it outside?"

"That’s your bedroom!"

The implication was clear: a woman changing clothes in a man’s bedroom only meant one thing—they were sleeping together.

Xiao Ming’s headache began anew, "Qingyuan, do you not understand that I have no obligation to explain anything to you?"

"So, I’m the one asking you now," Zhou Qingyuan said stubbornly, "What is your relationship with Furukawa Shizuka?"

"Friend, confidant, family—anything but a romantic relationship."

Zhou Qingyuan was somewhat confused, "You’re sleeping in the same bed and it’s still not a romantic relationship?"

This was simply unexplainable.

In Xiao Ming’s opinion, as long as there was no emotional involvement and no exchange of bodily fluids, it didn’t count as a "relationship." Therefore, he felt the only person he truly owed an apology to beside Jiang Xue was Ding Jianwei.

But for many women, even if a man simply glances at another girl on the street a bit too much, it’s considered an unforgivable act of infidelity.

For someone like him, surrounded by beautiful women, even without Ding Jianwei, and even if he did nothing and only thought of Jiang Xue, he would still be condemned as despicable trash unworthy of love.

Waving the flag of fidelity while practicing selfish possession, and then defining it as true love.

It’s just too confusing.

At that moment, there was a knock on the door, and Jiang Nanxi walked in, glanced around the room, and said, "Mister, people from the Jiang Family have arrived."

Seizing the opportunity to rise and putting on his jacket, Xiao Ming turned back to look at Zhou Qingyuan before leaving and said, "In this world, the only person who has the right to question my relationships with other women is Jiang Xue.

If you can’t accept that, you know very well what you should do!"

The door closed behind Xiao Ming, sealing off his cold silhouette, while Zhou Qingyuan stood frozen for a long time, then crouched down with her face in her hands, beginning to sob in heartbreak.

Yang Hanqing sighed, went over to hug her, and said, "Among us, you’ve always been the most direct and unrestrained.

This is certainly due to your personality, but we can all feel that Xiao Ming has a special indulgence for you, as if he owes you something and is racked with guilt, wanting to make up for it.

I don’t know if this has given you some false impressions, but you need to understand, liking is just liking, it’s not love."

Outside, Xiao Ming took a deep breath as he entered the elevator with Jiang Nanxi, asking, "Is the person who came Jiang Yueli?"

Jiang Nanxi looked surprised, "Did you infiltrate the Jiang family...?"

"I’m not as all-powerful as you think."

Xiao Ming shook his head, "If I were so powerful that I could plant moles in the top families in Capital City, I wouldn’t need to bother fighting over a small society like Red Lotus."

"So how did you know it was Jiang Yueli?" Jiang Nanxi asked, "To be honest, when I got his call, I was a bit worried that you might be angry.

Even though he’s the legitimate grandson of the main branch of the Jiang family, he is not the most outstanding one, and he’s quite young. He shouldn’t have too much say in family affairs."

"No, on the contrary."

Xiao Ming’s mouth twisted into a sinister smile, "If you had to choose the most outstanding among all the descendants of the great families in Capital City, it would undoubtedly be Jiang Yueli!

Why do you think, despite all you’ve done, the old man Jiang still doesn’t see your value?

It’s because compared to his most outstanding grandson, you’re not even fit to carry his shoes."