After My Death, The Villain Blackened Again: Chapter 61

ARC 2: THE FILM EMPEROR FROM HUMBLE ORIGINS (17)

"Xu Jie, Xu Jie is too kind. Xu Jie is really a good person." Ailin drank two bottles of wine with Yan Ge. Her face was flushed and the eyes that looked at Yan Ge with genuine gratitude and admiration were a little unfocused: "Xu Jie, take care."

Yan Ge patted her shoulder and said with feeling: "Okay, don't send me off, keep eating. Seeing how thin you are, you should eat more and raise your body."

The two were like old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time and were reluctant to part after grabbing a meal together. Qi Yuan's eyes were stinging from the scene.

Don't women normally tear each other apart over these matters?

The nightclub scene was full of wives assaulting little threes.

Even he wants to get revenge on her behalf. Why can this woman 'be kind and love' her own love rival?

After leaving the restaurant, a cold wind gradually sobered up Qi Yuan's mind.

He asked Yan Ge: "Is the restaurant expensive?"

Yan Ge thought about it for a moment: "Not too expensive. Our dishes were over 10,000."

Qi Yuan’s previous salary was a little over 1,000 yuan a month. If he wanted to get more commission, he had to swallow his pride and serve more wine. This meal that cost over 10,000 subverted his perception.

But that shouldn't be a problem for Ailin, right?

After all, she could climb onto the bed of a man like Wang Xiuming. He could easily give her enough money to squander with a snap of his fingers.

"Those two bottles of red wine are a bit expensive, though." Yan Ge added: "They were probably over 300,000."

Qi Yuan: "..."

He hesitated to ask: "That Ailin, how much is her monthly salary?"

"Her salary isn't high, about 4,000. But she still has her year-end bonus."

No amount of year-end bonuses could cover 300,0000.

Qi Yuan said: "She should ask Wang Xiuming for money."

"En." Yan Ge said: "This is a test for her seduction skills."

Qi Yuan reminded her: "You and Wang Xiuming aren't divorced. His money is your money."

Yan Ge smiled: "It's better for him to treat us to dinner than let him spend money to please a woman. Also, men like to take initiative in giving women money, but they don't want them to ask for it. We got to have a good meal and blocked their hearts in the process."

Qi Yuan was speechless.

Suddenly, he felt that the woman's routine was very deep. It was full of schemes, just like the legendary black tangyuan ¹.

Wang Xiuming soon called Yan Ge to bombard her with questions. While his voice sounded nice, he couldn't suppress his anger: "Why did you take Ailin to the Green Restaurant? She's just a girl who doesn't earn much. You–it's fine if you invited her to eat, but how could you think of leaving her alone after dinner? If you resent me then just say so. Why are you making things difficult for her?"

"Does your heart ache? If it hurts then go to the hospital. What are you calling me for? Should I dial 120 for you?"

Yan Ge hung up before Wang Xiuming could finish speaking. He hadn't even asked about that little white face!

His gnashed his teeth as he glared at the cell phone and simply called the assistant to arrange his return flight.

Dammit, he's going back to catch them in the act!

That night, Wang Xiuming rushed black to the capital in anger. He planned to catch that adulterous couple, but when he arrived at Yan Ge's apartment doorstep, he hesitated again.

What should he do if he really saw Xu Yan with that little white face?

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1. Black tangyuan (黑心汤圆 – hēi xīn tāng yuán)tangyuan means 'round balls in soup' but you can think of them as white rice balls or desert dumplings. I understood this phrase to have the same figurative meaning as 'black-belly' where someone is outwardly kind but inwardly cruel since black tangyuan has a white exterior and a black interior (from the sesame seed filling)↩︎

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