Chapter 275: Whispers in the Steam

Lin Zheng Ran noticed a faint blush on Little Fox’s face.

And since she hadn’t dried off after the hot spring,

tiny water droplets still clung to her skin.

Especially on her shoulders and collarbone, making the whole fox look irresistibly alluring.

Lin Zheng Ran pursed his lips. “You’ve been drinking? There’s a faint hint of alcohol on your breath.”

Han Wenwen said playfully, “After you left, Brother Zheng Ran, I had a bit of hot spring wine with Lily and Xiao Qingqing. They were chatting away, so I got bored and came to find you.”

“Bored on your own?”

Han Wenwen stifled a laugh. “I came to find you on purpose! Slipped away secretly.”

Then Han Wenwen poked Lin Zheng Ran’s lips with her finger, suddenly serious. “Don’t change the subject! What’s the deal with that woman? Are you trying to hide it from me, Brother Zheng Ran?”

“I’m not hiding anything. But if I were to introduce her, I couldn’t just do it out of thin air, right? I planned to let you all meet after the trip so you could really get to know her. But then—”

“But she came straight to you?” Little Fox’s eyes sharpened with jealousy. “Where is she? Where did you hide her?”

“She’s gone.”

“Gone? Wasn’t she here just the day before yesterday?” she asked curiously.

“Yeah, she’s the deputy general manager, after all. Zheng Shi Company has a lot going on, so she barely squeezed out time to see me. We met for just about ten minutes before she headed back.”

Little Fox was surprised. “She came all the way from Ziteng City?”

“Yeah.”

“That’s a long way just to see you for a moment. She must really like you. I bet something happened between you two, right, Brother Zheng Ran?”

“There were some things, yeah.”

Little Fox turned away with a huff, unhappy as she said,

“I get it now! So even if I’m sticking to you all day, Brother Zheng Ran, you’re still off flirting where I can’t see. And I knew nothing about it!”

Lin Zheng Ran smiled, noticing Han Wenwen’s sidelong glance, and pulled her close by her soft, slender waist.

“I’m not. We just got together, right before the trip. Otherwise, I definitely would have told you all. And it’s not really flirting.”

He said seriously, “You’ve known I met her years ago. She’s always been great to me in every way, and I really like her. If I like someone, I go for it.”

Little Fox frowned in shock. “Brother Zheng Ran, you’re really saying that out loud? Just openly admitting you like someone else to me?!”

Lin Zheng Ran held her comfortingly. “Okay, okay, don’t be jealous, Wenwen.”

Little Fox buried her face in Lin Zheng Ran’s shoulder, biting her lip in frustration:

“Hmph, from the moment you said you knew her years ago, I figured that woman named Jiang Jingshi wasn’t just some stranger. Then I heard from Lily that she’s the deputy CEO and you’re the CEO, and I thought something big was up. And now, you’ve already won her over…”

She nipped at Lin Zheng Ran’s ear. “So now you have four girlfriends, right, Brother Zheng Ran?!”

“Yeah.”

Even angry, she spoke in a soft, whiny tone, straightening up to glare at him:

“Yeah? When she was here the other day, you kissed her, didn’t you? I recognize that lipstick scent. And before the trip, I wanted to bring it up, but I was too busy. A week ago, you were always holding her, weren’t you? You smelled like her those days at the company!”

Lin Zheng Ran didn’t respond, just gazed at the jealous Han Wenwen. “Want to kiss for a bit?”

Han Wenwen hesitated, then said, “Yes.”

Lin Zheng Ran lightly touched her lips.

It made Han Wenwen’s cheeks flush red, leaving her speechless.

Her favorite Brother Zheng Ran soothing her like that melted her heart completely—she couldn’t stay mad.

What woman could resist when Brother Zheng Ran initiated a kiss like that?

She whispered, “Brother Zheng Ran, you’re so bad. I want to kiss longer.”

“Go ahead.”

She wrapped her arms around Lin Zheng Ran’s neck, their lips drawing closer until they kissed.

Their lips met in a gentle exchange.

But the kiss didn’t last long before Lily pushed open the rest room door in her golden outfit.

“Han Wenwen, I knew you’d be here—I heard your voice from outside.”

To her surprise, stepping in from the hot spring, Lily and Heqing caught sight of the two kissing on the sofa.

Heqing’s face turned bright red as she covered her eyes. “Wenwen… Lin Zheng Ran…”

Lily was jealous and stunned, her face flushing as she clenched her fists and shouted, “Han Wenwen! What are you doing? Sneaking off like this? Stop kissing right now!”

Mid-kiss, Han Wenwen opened one eye and glanced at them, thinking Xiao Qingqing and Lily got here fast.

Sure enough, now that her relationship with Brother Zheng Ran was out, sneaking around was tougher.

But she didn’t want to stop.

So she closed her eyes again and kept kissing Lin Zheng Ran.

Lily yelled, “Ah! You’re still going!”

She rushed over to pull Han Wenwen away, with Heqing joining in.

A few minutes later, Han Wenwen sat on the sofa, her fox-like face flushed, smoothing her hair.

Lily stood in front of her, hands on hips. “Han Wenwen! You sneaked off, didn’t you?!”

Han Wenwen explained, “I just came to ask Brother Zheng Ran some things.”

Lily shot back, “And that turned into kissing? Then we show up and you won’t stop!”

“It was just spontaneous… Besides, Lily, you know how it is—once you start kissing Brother Zheng Ran, it’s hard to stop.”

Lily said, annoyed, “You’re just making excuses, you sly fox! Sneaking off for that! Good thing Heqing and I caught on…”

She glanced at Heqing and saw her kissing Lin Zheng Ran too.

Lily’s twin tails practically stood on end!

“Heqing, what are you doing!”

Heqing froze and quickly pulled away from Lin Zheng Ran.

Heqing stammered, her face and hands red. “Kissing… Wenwen did it, so I wanted to too. Lin Zheng Ran said it was okay, so I did.”

Lily, frustrated, said, “Why are you like this? And you, Zheng Ran, what’s going on?”

“We’re all girlfriends, so it’s normal to kiss Lin Zheng Ran if we feel like it. It just happened,” Heqing replied softly.

Han Wenwen, though surprised, agreed. “See? It’s spontaneous.”

“You two are unbelievable!”

Lin Zheng Ran looked at the tense Lily and reached out. “Lily, come here.”

Lily froze and stepped back. “What for?”

“Why not? They’ve both kissed, so why not you?”

“Ah, now? But…” She thought about Heqing and Han Wenwen being there—how could she?

Yet her feet moved on their own.

She walked over slowly, shyly saying, “With everyone here…”

“We’ll all live together eventually. If I kiss one of you, I don’t want to hide it. Let’s get used to it—come sit on my lap.”

She figured he had a point and slowly sat on Lin Zheng Ran’s lap.

The moment he wrapped his arms around Lily’s waist, her heart raced, her face reddened, and she kissed him without thinking.

Han Wenwen and Heqing looked away, jealous.

After the three little ones had their kisses, the room fell quiet.

Being with Lin Zheng Ran just made things spontaneous.

They sat side by side on the sofa.

Lin Zheng Ran stood up. “I need to tell you all something. I already mentioned it to Wenwen, so I’ll say it to everyone. Last week, I started dating another girlfriend.”

Lily and Heqing stared in shock, mouths open.

Little Fox was jealous again.