The Wild Doctor and the Fair Beauty

"You!"

Leng Ning stared blankly at Jiang Xinghai, then quickly turned her body to the side.

’She was well aware that her proportions weren’t exactly harmonious. As an older, unmarried woman, her body had developed naturally, untouched by any outside influences. Could she really be blamed for that?’

’But to hear those words from Jiang Xinghai... it just felt strange!’

"Don’t you dare be so fresh with me again, or I’ll chop off those lecherous hands of yours!" The more Leng Ning thought about it, the angrier she became, whipping her head around to glare at Jiang Xinghai again.

"If you chop off my hands, then no one will be able to help you fix your figure," Jiang Xinghai said, his eyes fixed on Leng Ning’s shapely curves.

Leng Ning heaved a long sigh, apparently at a loss for how to respond to his remark.

"Speak. Why were you following me? Was it simply to find out my identity?"

Jiang Xinghai glanced at Chuchu outside the office building. "Or has Chuchu already told you my secret?"

"You’re wrong about Chuchu."

Leng Ning shook her head indifferently. "I was able to determine that Jiang Xinghai is Little Chef simply through general deduction."

’Was my cover that bad?’ Jiang Xinghai wondered.

"Or you could say it was a blind guess, and I just baited you with a few questions," Leng Ning said, her face still icy.

"Even so, what’s your objective? To report my identity to the Black Cloak’s leadership?" Jiang Xinghai shot back.

Leng Ning fell silent.

Jiang Xinghai turned and walked toward the exit.

"Where are you going?" Leng Ning suddenly hurried after him.

"Where I go is none of your business."

Without turning his head, Jiang Xinghai said, "You follow me, you question me, and now you’re trying to control my every move? Who do you think you are to me?"

"I..."

Leng Ning hesitated, but seeing that no one was around, she moved to block Jiang Xinghai’s path. "I just have a favor to ask you."

"A favor from me?"

Jiang Xinghai stopped in his tracks, the corner of his mouth curling up. "If you’re asking for a favor, you should act like it. You look like you’d rather kill me. Is that polite?"

"Do I have to grovel and kneel?" Leng Ning suddenly asked.

"That won’t be necessary."

Jiang Xinghai smiled slightly. "But you should at least show some basic sincerity, right?"

"What kind of sincerity are you referring to?" Leng Ning asked.

"Either give me your body," Jiang Xinghai said abruptly.

"Impossible!" Leng Ning refused without a second thought.

"Or, tell me everything you know about the Black Cloak, in detail, right now." Jiang Xinghai spread his hands, indicating those were her only two choices.

Leng Ning hesitated for a moment, shook her head silently, then turned and walked away.

’Betray the Black Cloak?’

’She couldn’t do it!’

’This strange woman seems quite loyal to the Black Cloak.’

Jiang Xinghai watched Leng Ning’s retreating figure, his gaze falling back on Chuchu. ’Since Chuchu said the Black Cloak’s Mr. Hu told her to get close to me, Leng Ning must have received the same order, right?’

He decided to ignore Leng Ning for now. He just needed to have an in-depth conversation with Chuchu to get all the information he wanted.

As time passed, the launch event for AM’s newly developed Intermediate Anti-Aging Cream came to a successful conclusion.

「Midday. The hotel.」

Jiang Xinghai, Shen Lingxue, and the others were at the celebration party.

During the banquet, he asked Chuchu about Leng Ning.

Leng Ning, just like Chuchu, was from the Shanhe Province branch of the Black Cloak.

She wasn’t Chuchu’s superior, as she had claimed.

On this point, Leng Ning had lied to Jiang Xinghai.

The person in charge of the Shanhe Province Black Cloak was an elderly man codenamed Maitreya Buddha.

Both Leng Ning and Chuchu had received an order from Maitreya Buddha: use any means necessary to get as close as possible to Jiang Xinghai and find out the whereabouts of his parents!

"They’re still looking for my parents?" Jiang Xinghai’s expression turned cold when he heard this.

’If Chuchu hadn’t already been my informant, I wouldn’t have found this out so quickly!’

"I knew Leng Ning had already approached you. So? She’s an old vir— AHEM. As far as I know, she’s never dated anyone and seems to like women. Did she hit on you earlier?" Chuchu whispered.

Jiang Xinghai broke into a nervous sweat. "She likes women?"

Chuchu chuckled. "You know, I was just transferred to the Provincial City and only recently met her, so it’s just something I heard. There’s no proof she has a female partner, though. She might still be an untouched maiden, for all I know."

"Are you trying to imply something?" Jiang Xinghai grinned mischievously.

"I’m just making conversation. As for what you’re thinking, I’m no mind reader." Chuchu shrugged.

Jiang Xinghai nodded. "She just said she had a favor to ask of me but didn’t specify what. Now that you’ve explained it, I understand."

"Still, the fact that I’m getting close to you must have already reached Maitreya Buddha’s ears, which means I’m already a big step ahead of her. If she wants to get past me, she’ll have to use some of those tricks you men find so irresistible. Am I right?" Chuchu asked, fluttering her large eyes.

"And may I ask, what exactly do you mean by ’irresistible’?" Jiang Xinghai asked, feigning ignorance.