Chapter 45. ☆ I’m not bad for money.

JoJo [Translator]13-16 minutes 24.09.2022

He Yiyang wiped his mouth calmly, “Li Yihang.”

“Holy shit!” Qin Tian was shocked, “How did you know? Oh… you asked Gu Tingzhi!”

He Yiyang shook his head, “If I ask you to find out, naturally I won’t ask anyone else until I hear from you.”

“Then how do you know?” Qin Tian was not convinced.

“I guessed from the cheap look on your face.” He Yiyang was disdainful.

Qin Tian was so stifled by him that he didn’t say anything for a long time. For a while, the atmosphere at the table was awkward.

“You’ve worked hard,” Ruan Mengmeng said. “I didn’t touch this plate of oysters; you eat it. Why is it Li Yihang? He’s a boy. He doesn’t have any problems with Jiajia, and Jiajia probably doesn’t even know who he is.”

He Yiyang frowned, “Don’t eat it! How can you touch my girlfriend’s things!”

“As I said before, maybe it’s just a row between the juniors. After all, Chen Linjia’s straightforward personality never suffers. In the eyes of those who don’t like her, that means she’s condescending and doesn’t give face. She invariably offends a lot of people.” Qin Tian spread his hands and said.

He Yiyang could not deny that he did not like Chen Linjia either. She had always been annoying as hell, and she had been stealing Mengmeng from him since she was a child.

“Besides, I heard, just heard,” Qin Tian continued, “Chen Linjia’s deceased father, Chen Xueming, had a lawsuit with Mr. Li before he died. He was suing Xinjing Real Estate for illegal demolition, and the office building at Xinjing Riverside in East City had even caused a human death.”

He Yiyang pondered for a moment, “Does Gu Tingzhi know about this?”

“Of course!” Qin Tim stretched his hands, “Although he is an adopted child, Gu Wei has been grooming him since he was thirteen.”

He nodded. Since Gu Tingzhi was involved, he was happy to keep his hands to himself. Besides, this had nothing to do with Ruan Mengmeng.

His eyes looked at Ruan Mengmeng, who was circling the restaurant. Their eyes met, and Ruan Mengmeng pointed to the drinks area next to her. He Yiyang smiled and shook his head.

Ruan Mengmeng pouted, feeling her stomach a bit full, and brought a cup of sour plum soup over.

“Senior, your oysters.” Ruan Mengmeng said.

“Thanks.” Qin Tian took the plate.

Ruan Mengmeng: “You’re welcome.”

He Yiyang watched her bite the tube and suck on the sour plum soup. Her soft cheeks puffed up with the soup, making her cute as a squirrel.

“Do you want a drink?” Ruan Mengmeng asked, raising her cup. Her pink mouth was shining, and her lower lip was still dripping with sour plum juice.

He Yiyang wiped his thumb over it and licked it from his mouth, raising his eyebrows, “Sweet and sour?”

Ruan Mengmeng’s head was smoking. She held her red face, biting her lip and complaining in a whisper, “What are you doing? There are so many people!”

Extremely embarrassed, she glanced at Qin Tian, who was sitting opposite her.

“Cough cough!” Qin Tian opened his eyes, choking and coughing, “Don’t mind me. Just treat me like air, hahahahaha. The boss is full of teasing skills, ah.”

“Is it strange?” He Yiyang looked unconcerned, “When me and Mengmeng are still …… at home.”

“Aiya, don’t say it!” Ruan Mengmeng jumped into He Yiyang’s arms and covered his mouth. How could you tell outsiders about hugging, kissing, and touching?

He Yiyang’s long, narrow eyes smiled wryly as he wrapped his arms around Ruan Mengmeng’s waist and gave her a squeeze in the process.

He didn’t know when he got the bad habit of always wanting to hold Ruan Mengmeng in his lap whenever she was sitting next to him.

Qin Tian, who was watching from the sidelines, re-examined He Yiyang with a new and breathtaking look, and his mouth kept tsking.

After the meal, Ruan Mengmeng and He Yiyang went to the painting studio together.

“Teacher Guo, when are we going to start our retreat?” Ruan Mengmeng asked.

Guo Zhongyu fixed his gaze on He Yiyang’s face and said, “The day after tomorrow.”

So soon? Ruan Mengmeng asked again, “I haven’t prepared anything yet. How long is the retreat?”

Guo Zhongyu didn’t say anything, as if he hadn’t heard. He only looked at He Yiyang carefully.

He Yiyang’s expression was cold. His hands in his pockets were clenched. He really wanted to give this Guo a punch. 

His eyes were too unrestrained!

Ruan Mengmeng also felt that her teacher was a bit strange. She remembered that most of the students coming out of the Academy of Fine Arts were gay. Her heartstrings tightened, and she stepped in front of He Yiyang.

“Fifty days,” Guo Zhongyu brushed Ruan Mengmeng aside and poked He Yiyang’s pectoral muscles with his brush, “Classmate, you have a great figure. A nude model costs five hundred yuan a day, understand?”

He Yiyang’s eyes narrowed and his thin lips opened slightly. “I’m not short of money!”

Guo Zhongyu was stunned, then he laughed. The playful interest in his eyes was too heavy. So heavy that Ruan Mengmeng, next to him, jumped to his feet.

“Teacher, he’s my boyfriend!” Ruan Mengmeng said excitedly, “You you you, don’t mess around.”

Guo Zhongyu knocked Ruan Mengmeng’s head with his brush, “Hahahahaha …… I’m just teasing a little. What’s with the nervousness?”

Ruan Mengmeng pursed her lips and opened her eyes wide to look directly at whether her teacher was really joking.

Hehe, she felt embarrassed. She couldn’t tell. Crying.jph

Anyway, she would keep brother away from Teacher in the future, absolutely! These days, with a good-looking boyfriend, both men and women were your love rivals.

He Yiyang clenched his fist. Could he really not beat him? It was tempting!

“Fill out this information,” Guo Zhongyu handed a few sheets of paper from the table to Ruan Mengmeng, “Tomorrow, submit a copy of your ID card. I’ll recommend you participate in the ‘Star Cup’ calligraphy and painting competition. It’s the most professional competition in the country. You have to work hard for this training.”

“En.” Ruan Mengmeng nodded her head excitedly.

The Star Cup was the most valuable medal in the high school calligraphy and painting competition.

“Brother, you have to take good care of yourself in the future,” Ruan Mengmeng admonished in a tangled and complicated way as she came out of the painting room. “I feel like I’m under so much pressure.”

He Yiyang laughed. He pinched Ruan Mengmeng’s chin and pecked her lips, “What the hell are you thinking? You’re the one who needs to donso! Say goodbye to Guo immediately after the art exams, and don’t even leave your WeChat.”

“It’s not like I’m the one he’s interested in!” Ruan Mengmeng said.

“Heh,” He Yiyang smiled, his tone sultry, “then if he asks you for my WeChat, will you refuse?”

“I must!” Ruan Mengmeng clenched her fist.

He Yiyang looked at her askance, “‘It’s not personal, Ruan Mengmeng. I just like your male friend’s body. You won’t be stingy when you can devote yourself to art, right? We are teacher and apprentice. If you’re uneasy, you can come and supervise.’ What about Guo’s provoking you like this?”

Ruan Mengmeng half opened her mouth, “I ……”

“Humph!” He Yiyang coldly snorted, clasping his arms and looking at the bowed Ruan Mengmeng.

“I know,” Ruan Mengmeng pouted, “I’ll do as brother says.”

Satisfied, He Yiyang stroked her head, “Good girl.”

The day after tomorrow was a training retreat, so when Ruan Mengmeng returned home, she packed her clothes and brushes. Then, she remembered the copy of her ID card that Guo Zhongyu had asked for and ran to the study to get it.

“Hey, where’s my ID card?” Ruan Mengmeng rummaged left and right but still couldn’t find it. “I obviously put it in there. Where did it go?”

He Yiyang, holding his SpongeBob SquarePants coffee cup, paced slowly from his house to behind Ruan Mengmeng.

“Looking for what?”

“Ah!” Ruan Mengmeng jumped in shock. Seeing that it was He Yiyang, she patted her chest and continued to rummage, “My ID card, ah. I put all my documents at home in this drawer. Why is it gone?”

He Yiyang looked around the study. There were many local histories and scriptures, and even a few out-of-print sets of books.

He didn’t expect the chubby Uncle Hai to like Chinese studies. He Yiyang felt that his father-in-law’s image suddenly resembled that of a down-to-earth Confucian businessman with a long robe, flowing hair, and a face full of family sorrow.

Pfft! He Yiyang wanted to laugh and hurriedly took a sip of coffee to calm down.

Glancing at the many contracts on the floor, he asked, “Could it be that Uncle Hai took your ID card with him when he took the contracts?”

Ruan Mengmeng looked dumbfounded, “Yes!”

When she stood up, she was a bit dizzy and stumbled, almost losing her footing. Luckily, a pair of hands at her waist held her up.

“What’s wrong?” He Yiyang was nervous.

“Nothing, my legs are numb after squatting for a long time.” Ruan Mengmeng smiled, her eyes blinking slowly before the dark halo dissipated.

“When will you change your rash ways?” He Yiyang spoiled, dipping his head and kissing her eyes.

“Well,” Ruan Mengmeng cuddled in his arms, reluctantly acting pampered. “I’m going for training the day after tomorrow. I have to draw from seven in the morning to ten at night, and only have a break after that. Brother, can you send me a WeChat after ten?”

He Yiyang wrapped his hands tightly around her, “Okay.”

Ruan Mengmeng’s mobile phone on her desk rang.

“Brother, my phone is ringing.” Ruan Mengmeng propped her hands on He Yiyang’s chest.

“I know.” He Yiyang circled Ruan Mengmeng’s waist and spun her around, hugging her from behind, “Go get it.”

Ruan Mengmeng: ……

Carrying her boyfriend on her back and talking to her father on the phone, this …… Ruan Mengmeng nervously turned around and admonished, “You are not allowed to move and not allowed to make a sound. Otherwise, if dad hears, you are finished, oh!”

He Yiyang did not say anything. His chin rubbed the back of Ruan Mengmeng’s head. Her hair was smooth and very comfortable.

Ruan Mengmeng swallowed hard and picked up the phone, “Hey, Daddy …… you’re not coming back again, are you? Oh, I’ll take good care of myself. You don’t have to work too hard …… the day after tomorrow to set up training with Mr. Guo. Dad, where did my ID card go …… ha? Just a copy of the ID card? Okay, I’ll go to the copy shop and wait for the fax ……”

He Yiyang hugged Ruan Mengmeng and listened to the father and daughter care for each other and chatter about family matters.

After three minutes, he began to get impatient.

He Yiyang used his chin to part the hair at the back of Ruan Mengmeng’s neck, revealing her white smooth skin. He lowered his head and licked it. Ruan Mengmeng instantly tensed up.

Ruan Mengmeng blushed furiously. She covered the phone handset, turned around and glared at He Yiyang, making mouth patterns: “What are you doing? No fooling around!”

He Yiyang sucked on her neck!

“Hiss!” Ruan Mengmeng’s body trembled, like an electric shock going from the top of her head to her toes.

With one hand around her waist, Ruan Mengmeng steadied her mind, “Dad, I have things to do here. I’ll hang up now!”

After hastily hanging up, Ruan Mengmeng turned back in anger, “I said for you not to …… hm!”

He Yiyang pressed the back of her head and kissed Ruan Mengmeng tightly.

The phone rang again. Ruan Mengmeng struggled, but He Yiyang grabbed the phone and threw it aside, interlocking his fingers with hers and deepening the kiss.

Father Ruan on the other end of the phone: ……