Who Would Ring the Bell for Something Like This?

Zhou Yining was afraid her young lady would get jealous, so she checked the time again.

It was almost 12 AM, and she was worried Jiang Xizhi might already be asleep, so she sent a WeChat message to explain.

[Zhizhi, are you asleep?]

After a while, seeing no reply, Zhou Yining sent a few more messages.

[The stuff on the hot search is all nonsense they made up.

Zhong Yumeng and I are just friends who hadn’t seen each other in a long time, so we shared a polite hug.]

[Don’t be angry, okay? (doggy acting cute.jpg)]

After sending these, Zhou Yining finally went back to sleep. Early the next morning, she received a call from her secretary.

The company’s publicity department had been preparing the copy since early morning, getting ready to announce Zhong Yumeng as the endorser for their new product at 9 AM.

Meanwhile, Jiang Xizhi checked her WeChat as soon as she woke up. She naturally saw the messages Zhou Yining had sent her.

A little unhappy, she opened the hot search to take a look and saw the topic

“Popular Young Actress’s Night Meeting with a Secret Friend” still hanging there.

Jiang Xizhi clicked on it and saw many videos, though the content was mostly the same, showing Zhou Yining and Zhong Yumeng sharing a light hug.

Jiang Xizhi immediately called Zhou Yining.

 “What’s with the video?”

Zhou Yining quickly coaxed her, “We just hadn’t seen each other in a long time, it was just a polite hug, nothing more.”

 “Hmph, you better be right.” Jiang Xizhi huffed a few times, which made Zhou Yining laugh.

“Don’t worry, it will be clarified in a bit. We can even use it to promote our brand and save on advertising fees.” Zhou Yining said.

 “Mm, you behave yourself these next few days. No more hugging other people.” Jiang Xizhi emphasized.

“Okay, I know.” Zhou Yining replied with a smile.

At nine in the morning, their brand’s official Weibo account formally announced Zhong Yumeng as their new brand ambassador.

Afterward, Zhou Yining used her own account to post a photo of herself with Zhong Yumeng, explaining that she and Zhong Yumeng were high school classmates and had always been good friends.

As a result, that morning, the top trending topics were all filled with their brand’s name and Zhong Yumeng’s, effectively giving them a wave of free publicity.

At the same time, many people online were enjoying the drama.

[So they were classmates all along. The media just writes whatever they want.]

[Right? The popular actress’s classmate is no simple person either.

Becoming a vice president of a group at such a young age, and she’s so gorgeous.]

[Yes, yes, yes, I’m already starting to ship them. The female celebrity and the female CEO.]

[Hiss, me too.]

In a corner of the internet unknown to Zhou Yining, some gossiping netizens had started shipping her with Zhong Yumeng.

Zhou Yining had no idea about this.

She was swamped with work this week. With the brand just launched, there were various events, and she had to personally oversee everything, including the quality of the clothes.

She was basically leading her team in overtime every day.

It was the same on the day Jiang Xizhi returned. Zhou Yining worked overtime until after 8 PM.

Seeing that Jiang Xizhi was back, Zhou Yining was overjoyed. “Zhizhi, you’re back! Why didn’t you tell me?”

Jiang Xizhi huffed twice, ignored Zhou Yining, and went straight upstairs.

Zhou Yining was baffled.

‘Did I do something to provoke the young lady?’

She quickly followed her up. “Zhizhi, what’s wrong? We haven’t seen each other in days, didn’t you miss me?”

Jiang Xizhi took out her phone, tapped it a few times, and shoved it into Zhou Yining’s hands.

Zhou Yining saw that people online were actually shipping her and Zhong Yumeng as a couple and had even created a super topic for them.

Zhou Yining couldn’t help but laugh.

Seeing Jiang Xizhi glaring at her, Zhou Yining became serious again.

“Zhizhi, it’s just netizens talking nonsense. Don’t listen to their rubbish.”

“Hmph.” Jiang Xizhi huffed twice and said nothing.

Zhou Yining quickly pulled her into her arms to comfort her. “Be good. If you’re unhappy, I’ll post a selfie of the two of us online later, okay?”

Jiang Xizhi snuggled into her embrace and, after a long moment, finally nodded.

“Mm, remember to emphasize that I’m your girlfriend.”

“Alright, whatever you say.” Zhou Yining said softly.

She wrapped her arm around Jiang Xizhi’s waist and tried to lean down to kiss her, but Jiang Xizhi dodged.

Zhou Yining looked at Jiang Xizhi with a wronged expression. “What’s wrong? We haven’t seen each other in days, not even a little kiss?”

“Nope. It’s someone’s fault for not being good.” Jiang Xizhi grumbled.

She pushed Zhou Yining away and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Zhou Yining sighed.

‘My young lady has been prone to jealousy since she was little, and she gets jealous over everything.

It seems I’ll have to spend half the night coaxing her again.’

Zhou Yining, resigned, went to the next room to shower.

By the time she came out, Jiang Xizhi had already finished.

Jiang Xizhi was kneeling on the bed, and from Zhou Yining’s angle, it wasn’t clear what she was doing.

As she got closer, Zhou Yining swallowed hard. It was Jiang Xizhi playing with a small toy, letting out occasional, unbearable gasps.

Zhou Yining moved closer. “Zhizhi, aren’t I here? Why don’t I help you?”

Jiang Xizhi nestled deeper into her embrace, deliberately breathing into Zhou Yining’s ear, her warm breath tickling Zhou Yining’s neck, making her shiver.

Jiang Xizhi chuckled softly by her ear. “No. It’s your fault for not being good. You’re not allowed to touch me tonight.”

“Zhizhi? I was wrong, don’t be angry. Please, I can’t take it, I just want to touch you.”

Jiang Xizhi glared at her.

“If you dare move, we’ll sleep in separate rooms from now on. I’m not joking, I’m serious.”

At that, Zhou Yining didn’t dare to move.

She held the young lady, only able to watch helplessly, not getting even a speck of what she desired.

Zhou Yining wanted to cry.

Her Zhizhi had learned to be bad, teasing her like this.

When Jiang Xizhi was about done playing, she rested in Zhou Yining’s arms for a while before getting up to take another shower.

Zhou Yining, on the other hand, lay listlessly on the bed.

Her girlfriend was angry and wouldn’t let her touch her.

This was so hard on her.

When Jiang Xizhi returned, she saw Zhou Yining lying on the bed, looking at her with a pitiful expression.

Jiang Xizhi’s clever, fox-like eyes curved into a smile. She stepped forward and gently pinched Zhou Yining’s cheek.

“I already said, you’re not allowed to touch me today. Sleep obediently.”

Saying this, Jiang Xizhi turned off the lights in the room.

Zhou Yining could only obey.

‘But my girlfriend said today.

It’s already ten o’clock, which means I only have to wait two more hours before I can touch my girlfriend.’

So, Zhou Yining specifically set an alarm for midnight. Only then did she hug Jiang Xizhi and fall asleep.

At midnight, Jiang Xizhi was awakened by the alarm.

She glanced at her phone, saw it was only 12 AM, and frowned.

“What are you doing? What time is it? Why did you set an alarm?”

Zhou Yining leaned over, turned on the bedside lamp, and looked at Jiang Xizhi. “It’s the next day now. Can I touch you?”

“What?” Jiang Xizhi had just been woken up and her mind was still foggy.

Then, she was kissed by Zhou Yining.

Jiang Xizhi whimpered and tried to push Zhou Yining away, but Zhou Yining held her down.

In the end, the young lady could only be kissed obediently.

The next morning, Zhou Yining had her secretary postpone all her morning work.

She had finally gotten her fill last night, and she felt she should stay and coax her girlfriend in the morning.

So she lay in bed, holding Jiang Xizhi, and handled a few work matters on her phone.

Jiang Xizhi didn’t wake up until almost ten.

As soon as she woke up, she started snuggling and acting spoiled in Zhou Yining’s arms. “You bullied me.”

“How did I? I was so obedient. I didn’t touch you until the next day.” Zhou Yining gently stroked Jiang Xizhi’s back to soothe her.

Jiang Xizhi got even angrier at the mention of this, but she also found it a bit funny. “Who sets an alarm to do this kind of thing?”

Zhou Yining leaned over and kissed her cheek, teasing with a smile, “Well, now that you’ve met me, you’ve seen it, haven’t you?”

Then, Zhou Yining got her cheeks pinched several times by the young lady.

The two of them played around in bed for a while and didn’t get up until almost eleven.

By the time they were ready and went downstairs, it was already 12 PM.

In the afternoon, Zhong Yumeng was scheduled to shoot a commercial for their brand, so she had invited Zhou Yining and the others to have lunch together.

This time, Jiang Xizhi was also there.

Seeing the two of them holding hands, Zhong Yumeng teased with a smile,

“Last time we were photographed, you didn’t get disciplined when you went back, did you?”

Zhou Yining nodded with a smile. “How could I not be? It’s a good thing Zhizhi came back, otherwise I wouldn’t even dare to have a meal with you.”

The tips of Jiang Xizhi’s ears turned slightly red. “Don’t listen to her nonsense, I didn’t discipline her at all.”

“Alright, alright, I feel like I don’t even need to eat lunch. I’m already full from all this PDA.” Zhong Yumeng laughed as she teased them.

During the meal, the three of them took a group photo. Zhong Yumeng checked with the two of them, and after confirming they didn’t mind her posting it online, Zhong Yumeng immediately edited a Weibo post and uploaded it.

[Dining with good friends (happy.jpg)]

Below, she posted their group photo and pictures of the dishes on the table.
Soon, many people started commenting below.

[Isn’t this the female CEO who was photographed last time? Hey? Who’s the girl next to the CEO? She’s also very pretty.]

[I know this one! This is young CEO Jiang from Jiang’s Group. She’s really good-looking.]

[Oh my god, Zhong Yumeng’s friends are all so capable, all female CEOs, that’s amazing.]

[Our Mengmeng’s family isn’t bad either, okay? Her management company is owned by her family.]

[Indeed, excellent people always make friends with excellent people.]

The collaboration between Zhou Yining’s brand and Zhong Yumeng was very successful, with astonishingly high clothing sales.

For this, the three of them celebrated with dinner several times afterward.

Two years later, Jiang Yueyi took over Jiang’s Group, becoming the new CEO, while Zhou Yining and Jiang Xizhi both assumed the positions of General Manager.

However, the two of them oversaw different businesses, becoming Jiang Yueyi’s right-hand women.

Everyone knew that the three young leaders of Jiang’s Group were not to be trifled with; in just a few short years, they had taken Jiang’s Group to the next level.

Jiang Shengde and Liang Jing had handed all these troublesome matters over to their children.

The two of them either traveled around or enjoyed relaxing vacations with their friends.

The Zhou family next saw news of Zhou Yining in a Nanchuan City newspaper.

Zhou Yining was on the front page, having been selected as one of Nanchuan City’s Top Ten Outstanding Young People of the year.

The newspaper dedicated an entire page to her contributions to Nanchuan City and the international influence of the clothing brand she was in charge of.

Meanwhile, Zhou Jiaming, due to his poor middle school grades, had gone directly to a vocational school and was now working in a repair shop, helping people fix cars.

Looking at the person in the newspaper, Zhou Jiaming felt as if a lifetime had passed.

His family had regretted countless times that if they had treated Zhou Yining better in the past, she wouldn’t have cut ties with them.

Unfortunately, there were no “ifs.”

[TL NOTE: Thank you for reading till the end!]