Chapter 84 (1/2)
Killer Nights
Chapter 84: Naivete and Stupidity
After A-Jiao and Jiang Zhengkai left, Cui Jing waited impatiently by herself in front of the preschool’s front entrance, but she dared not call Li Hongbin on the phone. Unfortunately, this is often what happens when an ordinary city girl falls in love with a rich playboy. These girls consider the mere opportunity to date the scion of a rich family as a gift from heaven, so what more could they ask for?
About a half hour later, Li Hongbin’s car finally appeared in front of the preschool. As soon as she saw the car, Cui Jing ran towards it like a gleeful little fawn. “Bin, how come you’ve just arrived? I’ve been worried sick,” complained Cui Jing as she got into the car.
“Worried?” asked Li Hongbin as he c.o.c.ked his head and glanced at Cui Jing, “Sorry, baby! It’s been a really busy day. I’ve got to take some clients out for drinks later tonight, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to go out with you.”
“Really?” Hearing what Li Hongbin just said caused Cui Jing to look at his face with a bit of heartache, “Bin, you need to take care of yourself. Don’t work so hard, ok?” Even though the tone of her voice was artificially cute to the point of being nauseating, Cui Jing’s feelings towards Li Hongbin were genuine. When an innocent woman gave her body over to a man, she often times only asked for the man’s affections in return.
“Yeah, sure!” Li Hongbin laughed at Cui Jing, “I wish I could sleep more, too!” Even though Li Hongbin was a playboy, but he still had some feelings for Cui Jing. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have kept around a woman whose body he had already possessed.
“Then tonight…” Cui Jing wanted to say, Could you not meet your clients and spend time with me instead? However, when the words finally reached her mouth, she decided to say something else, “Could I go with you to your client meeting tonight?”
“You?” Li Hongbin asked incredulously as he glanced at Cui Jing. Even though he found Cui Jing less and less attractive by the day, he nevertheless had to admit that she was still a beautiful young woman. Perhaps this kind of woman is just the type that these southern businessmen were looking for… At the thought of that, Li Hongbin gave Cui Jing a most hospitable smile. “Ok, Jing! I want to spend more time with you, too, but these clients tonight are not the easygoing type. I just wanted to let you know so you can mentally prepare yourself.”
“Oh!” Cui Jing listened to Li Hongbin’s warning as her face become beet red in color. She knew exactly what Li Hongbin meant when he said these clients weren’t “easygoing.” After all, she ended up with Li Hongbin in the first place precisely as a result of a less-than-easygoing date that she had with her ex-boyfriend. It was because Li Hongbin had stopped her ex from further taking advantage of Cui Jing that she decided to give herself to him. What she didn’t know was that Li Hongbin had set the whole thing up and bought off her ex-boyfriend. One man got the money while the other got the girl. It was a win-win for the two men. The only loser in that transaction was Cui Jing.
“Ah, forget about it, Jing. Let’s go eat dinner. After dinner, I’ll drop you off at your house, alright?” Li Hongbin looked at Cui Jing’s expression and rea.s.sured her, “Don’t worry! I’ve got this! I deal with clients like these all the time.” Honestly, Li Hongbin wasn’t firmly set on putting Cui Jing out there to deal with these southern businessmen. After all, he wasn’t quite done playing with this woman. Men were willing to share most things with other men, but not their women. They either wanted to have their women all to themselves or not at all. That was a commonality shared by men across the world.
“I…” These last few sentences by Li Hongbin caused Cui Jing to inexplicably feel all warm and fuzzy inside, “Are they… very important?”
“Yes!” said Li Hongbin as he started the car engine. He heard Cui Jing’s question and turned his head to look at her, “This deal is very important to me.” If only Cui Jing had equivocated with a casual nod, then this story would’ve ended here. However, Cui Jing made a crucial error and said, “Then… then I’ll go. Would you… be able to protect me?”
“You want to go?” Li Hongbin couldn’t believe the words that came out of Cui Jing’s mouth! He knew that a woman in love was foolish and blind, but he had no idea of the extent of Cui Jing’s foolishness. In Li Hongbin’s eyes, money was always more important than women. A woman, no matter how good, could never be better than money. If you lost your woman, you could simply buy another one with your money, but it didn’t work so well the other way around.
“Yes!” affirmed Cui Jing as she looked naively at Li Hongbin, “I want to help you shoulder some of the burden. I don’t want to see you working so hard everyday!” Cui Jing’s words were sincere and earnest.
“Oh, haha!” Li Hongbin roared in laughter at Cui Jing’s words, “Alright, let’s go! I’ll take you with me then.” Meanwhile, Li Hongbin viciously thought to himself, d.a.m.n b.i.t.c.h! You’ve been wanting to screw around with other men for a while now, haven’t you? You asked for this, so don’t blame me when the whole thing goes south for you!
Inside Uncle Cai’s noodle shop, A-Jiao and Jiang Zhengkai had already finished eating dinner. There weren’t too many customers tonight, so Uncle Gao had the chance to get some much-deserved rest.
“How was it, Jiang? Did you enjoy the noodles tonight?” After Uncle Gao had finished serving the other customers, he casually sat down at A-Jiao and Jiang Zhengkai’s table, “How about I get you another bowl?”