Guo ngyao was instantly dumbfounded. There was an operation like this?
"You’ve got to be kidding ."
Guo ngyao’s face was full of suspicion.
Wu ngting, however, said in all seriousness, "I’m not kidding."
"Why would you do this? You can stand your own boyfriend having won outside? And not just one but two?"
"Why not?" Wu ngting slanted her eyes at her. "Isn’t that what n do once they’ve got money?"
That wasn’t exactly wrong, but Guo ngyao still couldn’t quite believe she was that magnanimous.
If it were her and Chen Feng officially getting together, there’s no way she’d indulge him like this.
Guo ngyao said sowhat disdainfully, "Then you must really love him. I know I could never be that ’great.’"
Wu ngting said to herself, "I don’t have any better choice. Even if I forbid him from seeing other won, he might not listen. Rather than have him sneak around behind my back, I’d rather that, with in the loop, he goes out with two other won I approve of."
Hearing Wu ngting say that, Guo ngyao could sort of understand. But asking herself honestly, she still couldn’t be that "great."
"What’s the point of telling all this?" Guo ngyao couldn’t be bothered to spar with her in circles and asked directly.
Wu ngting smiled. "You should know what I an."
"You an you’re counting in?"
When Guo ngyao asked that, she felt her dignity had been insulted and really wanted to snap back.
Because with Wu ngting posturing as the original partner, she was instead being made to look like the mistress. Worse, Wu ngting was acting like the Queen, and she was just a concubine waiting to be chosen.
That made her, invisibly, a head shorter than Wu ngting.
Only, her instinct was still not to, or not dare to, offend Wu ngting. After that one sentence, everything else she’d ant to say stuck in her throat.
"That is my plan, but it also depends on what Chen Feng himself thinks."
"Well, I’m really grateful then."
There was inevitably a tinge of bitter anger in Guo ngyao’s tone.
With her usual temper, she definitely would have fought back, but circumstances were stronger than people; standing in front of Wu ngting she really had no advantage at all.
And once Chen Feng and Wu ngting officially confird their relationship, Wu ngting did have the right to make Chen Feng cut ties with her.
And she clearly didn’t want to end things with Chen Feng just like that. It wasn’t mainly about unwillingness; she simply couldn’t let go.
So she really couldn’t afford to offend Wu ngting.
That made her feel terribly stifled, but all she could do was swallow it.
"No need to thank yet. This doesn’t just depend on my attitude; it also depends on Chen Feng’s. But from what I saw today, he wasn’t very considerate toward you—actually, he was a bit impatient. That’s not a good sign. After all, he’s got several won; in the end he might not pick you."
Guo ngyao frowned and asked, "Is the other one you have in mind Sun Xiaorui?"
Wu ngting nodded. "Yes."
"Just as I thought. Then why give the other slot to ?"
Guo ngyao didn’t believe it was because their relationship was particularly good.
Wu ngting smiled at her, looking utterly candid. "First, you’re a local like , so it’ll be easier for us to communicate in the future. Second, your company is based here, and Chen Feng will be settling in Xiu Zhou. That ans you two are destined not to live together long-term. The fact that you’ll be in different cities puts my mind at ease."
Those two reasons were solid enough that Guo ngyao couldn’t help believing her.
"Fine, I believe you. But if Chen Feng doesn’t choose and picks soone else, then what?"
As soon as she said that, Guo ngyao felt her face burn. That was basically her indirectly admitting she was a mistress, or that she was pre‑booking a mistress slot in advance.
Wu ngting said calmly, "If he doesn’t pick you, I won’t let him pick anyone else."
Now that could work!
Hearing that, Guo ngyao was very pleased, but she imdiately realized how cheap that made her. She was actually happy over securing a mistress quota.
"Do you know anything about the other won?" Wu ngting asked as if it were the most natural thing.
After a brief silence, Guo ngyao said, "What I know, you probably also know by now."
Wu ngting smiled and said, "The ones I know are Lin Yujiao, Jin Xinyan, and Liu Ying. There must be others, but I don’t know the details."
After hesitating for a mont, Guo ngyao added, "There’s one more I know of. She was Chen Feng’s classmate in middle school. Her na is Yu Xiaohui."
At that, Wu ngting’s eyes narrowed slightly. She frowned and asked, "What’s her situation exactly?"
Guo ngyao said, "Her husband passed away. She has two kids. Her husband was in the jewelry business, worth several hundred million, I think. So now she’s a rich widow."
After listening, Wu ngting’s expression relaxed.
Clearly, this Yu Xiaohui didn’t pose any real threat either.
"When did things start up between them?"
"I don’t know that. I only found out a couple of days ago myself."
"And how is Chen Feng with her? Does he like her a lot?"
"He definitely likes her. Compared to , he probably likes her more."
"Anyone else?"
"That I really don’t know."
After a brief silence, Wu ngting spoke again. "Then we can say we’ve reached a preliminary cooperation agreent. Don’t you think?"
"Can you guarantee Chen Feng will pick ?" All of a sudden, Guo ngyao lost her confidence.
"I can’t guarantee it, but right now you’re the one I’m most optimistic about. So from now on, you need to advance and retreat with , help keep an eye on Chen Feng, and stop him from picking up more won everywhere. Do you agree?"
"Of course I agree. But how am I supposed to keep an eye on him? He spends most of his ti in Xiu Zhou."
"I’ve got Xiu Zhou covered. Lu City will be up to you. From now on, whenever Chen Feng cos back here, I’ll let you know, and then you keep an eye on him for ."
Guo ngyao said, sowhat lacking in confidence, "I can only try my best. Even if he cos back, he might not bother with ."
Wu ngting stared at her. "I believe you can."
Guo ngyao imdiately fell silent.
"So it’s settled then, okay?"
Wu ngting’s tone was very gentle, but it still made Guo ngyao feel uncomfortable, like she was being pressed down.
Even so, she finally nodded. "Mm, no problem."
"OK, here’s to a pleasant cooperation."
Wu ngting smiled and held out her hand to Guo ngyao.
Although she was extrely unwilling inside, Guo ngyao still reached out in the end and shook her hand.
After they let go, Wu ngting smiled in satisfaction.
No matter how rich or strong‑willed Guo ngyao was, she was at a complete disadvantage in the emotional contest and could only obediently follow her lead.
And of course, she wasn’t actually that broad‑minded, deliberately leaving Chen Feng two slots for lovers. It was just an expedient asure.
Once she had Chen Feng’s child in the future, she would definitely make him cut off the other won.
She hadn’t promised Guo ngyao that she could always be Chen Feng’s lover anyway, so it didn’t count as going back on her word.
Right now, the reason she had to do this mainly had to do with Chen Feng.
If she didn’t leave those two slots, Chen Feng might very well go back on the agreent they’d made.
And of course, there was also Chen Feng’s illness. Although his condition had started to improve, it was still cancer; until he fully recovered, no one could be sure he was in the clear.
There was still a degree of uncertainty about Chen Feng’s health and future.
If he stayed well, that’d be ideal. Once their child was born, she’d have him cut off contact with the other won.
If sothing happened before that, then allowing him two extra lovers would be understandable, hardly a big deal—completely reasonable.
Guo ngyao had no idea what was going through Wu ngting’s mind, but there was no way she was turning down the quota Wu ngting was offering.
She was sowhat blinded by love, but she herself didn’t realize it; she was just instinctively chasing her own happiness.
However, that didn’t an she was truly completely suppressed by Wu ngting, much less that she would blindly obey her every word.
She’d agreed to cooperate with Wu ngting on the surface, but in her heart she was still thinking about how to wreck Wu ngting’s plans and stop Chen Feng from officially confirming their relationship.
Even if the two of them did get together, she was determined to stop them from getting engaged or married.
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