Capítulo 996: Chapter 371: Healing (Part 3)
The cigarettes were nothing special; they were Zhou Wang’s adamantly rejected tangerine-flavored Zhonghua, but those two bottles of Maotai wine… the guy got scammed; it was clearly fake wine.
However, Zhou Wang didn’t call him out, instead he cheerfully accepted the gift, knowing it would put Li Fei at ease. Later, he’d find an excuse to reciprocate.
Busy times always seem to fly by. In the blink of an eye, it was already the afternoon of October 11th.
Beidou, which had been gloomy for days, finally saw clear skies. Zhou Wang and his group, in a brand new Mercedes Buffett S luxury business vehicle purchased by the company, driven personally by Miao Ying, arrived at Beidou International Airport.
He was here to see someone off.
Escorting them all the way to the security checkpoint, Zhou Wang stopped. Jiang Qingkui turned and glanced back at him, then quickly darted her eyes left and right.
Lin Ran, who was with them, understood and gently led the still-confused Xu Lingyue a little further away, leaving space for Jiang Qingkui and Zhou Wang.
The situation in Beidou had stabilized. The operations of Wangyuan Commerce would have the support of Qiu Zeyu and others, so Jiang Qingkui couldn’t do much more to help Zhou Wang. Thus, she planned to leave with Xu Lingyue first, make a trip to Guizhou, and then reunite with Zhou Wang in Magic City.
“Thank you for your hard work, once again running around on behalf of this irresponsible boss of yours.”
Zhou Wang made the first move to joke since Jiang Qingkui just looked at him without speaking.
Jiang Qingkui didn’t seem in the mood to laugh, just gazing intently at Zhou Wang. When Zhou Wang was somewhat bewildered, Jiang Qingkui suddenly spoke lightly: “Relax.”
“Hmm?”
Zhou Wang looked at her, puzzled.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but you seem really tense these past days. You’re pretending everything’s fine, but I can tell. So… just relax a bit.”
Jiang Qingkui smiled then, her usually cold and elegant features suddenly taking on a thousand different charms, “I’m not sure if this will make you feel any better, but if it might, then I can swallow my pride this once.”
Zhou Wang didn’t quite understand the latter part of her words. As he stared, not knowing how to respond, Jiang Qingkui took a step forward, leaned towards him, and kissed him.
Her hands stayed tucked in the pockets of her windbreaker, maintaining her cool demeanor, yet she made this bold and romantic move.
Passersby glanced over in surprise, some even pulling out their phones to take photos. Xu Lingyue, who had turned back, covered her mouth in shock, but Jiang Qingkui paid no attention, only continuing to kiss Zhou Wang as if no one else was there.
Cold, soft.
But just as Zhou Wang finally recovered and tried to ask for more, Jiang Qingkui suddenly pulled back, leaving Zhou Wang hanging in suspense.
Seeing Zhou Wang’s slightly annoyed yet helpless look, Jiang Qingkui smirked, then waved to Zhou Wang, “I’m off, my dear Xiao President Zhou!”
She put on her sunglasses, turned decisively, and strode towards the security checkpoint with her long legs. Not far away, Xu Lingyue, having snapped back, took one last complex glance at Zhou Wang, then quickly grabbed her suitcase and hurried after her.
It wasn’t until the figures of the two women disappeared into the checkpoint that Zhou Wang withdrew his astonished gaze, opened his mouth, unsure what to say.
His relationship with Jiang Qingkui was hard to define now. Though they had shared intimate moments, it was still a state of almost lovers…
Both yearned for more, yet restrained themselves, for both Zhou Wang and Jiang Qingkui were exceptionally clear-headed individuals. Thus, Zhou Wang dared not give, and Jiang Qingkui wasn’t too eager to take, leaving them in a stalemate.
He hadn’t expected that the disheartened emotion he tried so hard to hide had actually been detected by Jiang Qingkui, and that to “heal” him, she had audaciously given him a kiss in public.
This kiss felt different from the others, less sensual and more like a big sister’s warmth.
With mixed feelings, Zhou Wang exhaled deeply and couldn’t help but chuckle. Oddly enough, it had an effect; he suddenly felt a lot better.
Wait, could this be another round of “child psychology”?
Just as Zhou Wang was enjoying himself, something clicked, and his smile froze.
…Damn, it seems like I’ve been coaxed again!