But, how could it be!
Without even looking at the chat records, Zhou Wang already knew what was going on.
He thought so; how could a senior like her, who never watched small films or learned things online, know about these strange things...
If it was Su Yajing who taught her, it all made sense.
Although he knew Jiang Mo wouldn’t mind, Zhou Wang still held back his strong curiosity and didn’t click on the chat box, just asked Jiang Mo: "How do you have Ranran’s WeChat?"
"I asked Sister Mei,"
Jiang Mo said softly, "I didn’t let her tell you, so..."
Chen Mei?
Zhou Wang never thought that his "betrayer" would be her.
But thinking about it, only Sister Mei, the housekeeper in Ming City, had met both Su Yajing and Jiang Mo separately.
No wonder the senior took the initiative to admit her mistake. If it wasn’t on her request, Chen Mei would have certainly told him.
With a feeling of mixed amusement and frustration, Zhou Wang gave Jiang Mo a playful slap on the butt and said seriously: "Oh, dear senior, secretly colluding with my harem, do you know what crime this is?"
Jiang Mo pursed her lips, didn’t respond to Zhou Wang’s joke, just said softly: "I was really curious after you mentioned it last time..."
"So how did your chat go?"
Jiang Mo then opened the chat window and gave Zhou Wang a rough look.
Earlier, Zhou Wang didn’t look to express respect for the senior’s privacy, but now that Jiang Mo showed him, he had no qualms and glanced through it.
Sure enough, just as Zhou Wang suspected, most of the time Su Yajing was chattering, and Jiang Mo’s responses were rather "cold".
For example, in one passage—
Su Ranran: "Jiang Jiang Jiang Mo, come watch a drama with me!"
Jiang Mo: "Hmm?"
Su Ranran: "Link: ’Evil Woman’"
Jiang Mo: "Is it a horror movie? I’m not very brave..."
Su Ranran: "Hehe, no, you’ll understand when you watch it. I think it’s worth every sister’s attention to see how she handles men~"
Jiang Mo: "Handle? Why handle?"
Su Ranran: "Oh, my silly senior, how can you ask such a question, let me tell you..."
Zhou Wang didn’t read the long parts afterward, but just from this section, it confirmed Zhou Wang’s guess.
Indeed, it was Su Yajing, the little seductress, corrupting my pure senior.
"When I first joined the Cultural Troupe, I wasn’t very adjusted, and it was Ranran who kept me company..."
This time, Jiang Mo explained softly again.
Zhou Wang didn’t know what to say, somehow feeling this whole situation was weird... My two girlfriends became inseparable besties?
What a magical twist!
Zhou Wang noticed that in Jiang Mo and Su Yajing’s chats, they rarely mentioned him, both seemed to adhere to an unspoken rule of avoiding the most sensitive "identity relationship" topic.
At the same time, Zhou Wang felt a twinge of guilt, thinking perhaps he had shown too little care for the senior, which led to her often feeling lonely...
"Don’t worry, I would never blame you, in fact, I’m a bit glad you gained another friend. Ranran’s background is also sadly similar in some ways..."
Zhou Wang gently caressed Jiang Mo’s smooth-as-jade back while rambling about Su Yajing’s background.
Jiang Mo, upon learning that Su Yajing also essentially had no parents, said blankly: "No wonder I always feel a connection with her..."
...
After resting enough, Zhou Wang switched the lighting mode on the second floor, waited for the senior to straighten her clothes, and led her to the piano by the floor-to-ceiling window.
The second floor was equipped with numerous new instruments, almost every instrument in the market was here, but the most important was this king-level piano.
"Steinway?"
The light was dim earlier, Jiang Mo hadn’t seen it clearly. Now seeing the full view of the piano, she couldn’t help showing rare excitement and quickly walked to the piano.
"It was given by Brother Yu... the Qiu Zeyu you met last time. He said it’s some Noe limited edition, I’m not too sure, if you don’t like white, he said he can find a black one too."
"I like it..."
Jiang Mo shook her head, her slender fingers brushed over the keys, then she remembered something and looked back at Zhou Wang, "Isn’t it too expensive?"
Zhou Wang knew what Jiang Mo was worried about and asked after a pause: "Do you know how much this piano costs? I forgot to ask..."
"It’s a limited edition, the price should be between four to five million."
Jiang Mo thought for a moment and said, "I had a Steinway at home when I was a child, but it wasn’t this expensive."
"Four to five million?"
Zhou Wang nodded at the words, "That’s fine, don’t worry, I can handle it... Actually, not just this piano, many instruments in this room were gifts from them."
Zhou Wang smiled and pointed around, "That PRS guitar was given by Young Master Zhang, the drum set over there, I forgot the brand, was from Tang Yiming, and that cello was a follow-up gift from Guo Bing... You don’t need to feel any burden, they are just looking for a chance to repay a favor."
Hearing this, Jiang Mo gently nodded and let go of her worries.
...
The senior was upstairs tuning the piano, Zhou Wang watched for a while, and seeing the senior getting absorbed, he quietly turned and left.
On the first floor, Xiao An had already brewed tea; Zhou Wang took it, drank a sip, then took out his phone and called Su Yajing.
"Brother~!"
Su Yajing answered instantly, not forgetting to sweet-talk despite her surprise.
"Don’t call me brother."
Though Zhou Wang was melting inside, he still pretended to be cold.
"What’s wrong, brother?"
Su Yajing sounded aggrieved immediately, tearfully saying, "What did I do wrong for you to be so mad... It’s okay, it must be my mistake, brother you say it, I’ll change~"
Unable to maintain his sternness any longer, Zhou Wang said helplessly: "You... the matter of you adding Jiang Mo on WeChat, why didn’t you tell me?"
"Because Jiang Mo sister added me, I couldn’t betray her, nor let down brother... But I thought with brother’s wisdom, you’d surely find out, so I didn’t say it!"
"Isn’t that... enough flattery!"
Nearly getting caught in her playful words, Zhou Wang quickly reprimanded.
"Oh dear, good brother, I was wrong, you can punish me however you want..."
In the end, naturally, Zhou Wang lost himself amidst Su Yajing’s varying calls of "brother" and easily forgave her.
After asking a bit about Su Yajing’s current situation, Zhou Wang couldn’t help himself and transferred her two hundred thousand as pocket money after the call ended.
In return, he received a grateful short video immediately from Su Yajing, though given the setting, Zhou Wang didn’t open it.
The final call Zhou Wang made was to Chen Mei.
In comparison, Zhou Wang’s tone was much more serious, which frightened Chen Mei into quickly admitting her mistake, stumbling over her words.
In fact, Zhou Wang knew deep down that because it involved Jiang Mo, Chen Mei would heed her request, among all the women he had brought home before, Chen Mei could sense Jiang Mo’s uniqueness through various details.
But regardless of Chen Mei’s reasons, Zhou Wang couldn’t allow it because he was Chen Mei’s employer.
"... I’m docking a month’s salary and bonuses from you, next time, you won’t have to work with me anymore."
Feeling quite satisfied with Chen Mei’s performance so far, Zhou Wang spoke in a harsh tone for the first time.
"Mr. Zhou, I accept my punishment, rest assured, I will thoroughly reflect on myself and ensure that nothing like this happens again..."
A flustered Chen Mei hurriedly replied.