Chapter 83: Cunning

After Lü Yang put her on the bed in the inner room, Zhang Min made up her mind again, deciding to keep this young man who made her heart flutter. As for investigating his background, she could do that slowly while they dated.

With no prior experience in this area, Zhang Min was still unsure how to begin. To confirm whether keeping him would be successful, she thought of a way to test whether this Mr. Mei Sannong was interested in her. If he had no interest at all, or if he looked good but turned out to be useless like a block of wood, Zhang Min would reconsider her decision.

As a well-known lawyer in Guishe City and a woman who had always been cunning, Zhang Min always made a detailed plan before doing anything. This time, it was a rare impulsive decision, but she still wanted to make it as thorough as possible to ensure she achieved her goal. Even if she failed, she wouldn’t cause serious consequences.

To make sure the other party wouldn’t dare speak out if things went wrong, the best way was to tarnish their reputation first. That way, she would have leverage over them and not have to worry about them exposing her if the plan failed.

Zhang Min wasn’t drunk at all; that little bit of alcohol was nothing to her. Lying on the bed, she pretended to sleep but was still thinking about keeping him. After finding an excuse to send Huang Li away, only she and Lü Yang remained. She started hesitating and scheming again.

This was her first time cheating, her first time wanting to keep a young man to satisfy her physical needs. Taking that first step was psychologically difficult for her.

Seeing Lü Yang about to leave, Zhang Min regretted pretending to sleep and ignoring him. After all, such a good candidate wasn’t easy to find, and actively searching for someone to keep wasn’t her style. So she pretended to vomit to lure him back.

As soon as Lü Yang’s hand touched Zhang Min’s body, her heart raced. Combined with the red wine she had drunk and her urgent need to pee, she seized the chance to have Lü Yang take her to the bathroom. Then, pretending to be drunk, she had him take off her pants.

This was Zhang Min’s test for Lü Yang, as well as a way to lure him into her trap and steer future events onto the path she had planned.

If Lü Yang took advantage of her drunken state to harass her, she would doubt his character. Deep down, even though Zhang Min wanted to keep him, she didn’t want him to be a casual and lustful person.

According to scientific statistics, a woman in her first love generally invests 80% or even 100% of her emotions. For a married woman cheating for the first time, she still invests 20% to 40% of her emotions in the affair. This percentage relates to the quality of her relationship with her husband—the worse the relationship, the more emotion she invests in the affair.

So, Zhang Min’s subconscious purpose in testing Lü Yang was to see if he was worth her investing 20% or more of her emotions in the future.

Anyway, taking off her pants in front of a strange man wasn’t easy for any woman. Steeling herself, Zhang Min used her drunkenness and the pretense of mistaking Lü Yang for her husband to force him to take off her pants.

Lü Yang refused to do it and even tried to carry her back to bed. This surprised Zhang Min but also raised her opinion of him. However, Zhang Min was prepared for this. If he wouldn’t do it, fine—she would take them off herself. Either way, she could pin it on him.

Later, even with her pants off, Lü Yang didn’t make any improper moves toward her. Zhang Min’s favorability toward him rose again, but she started worrying whether he had a physical problem or if she wasn’t attractive enough to him. So she teased him again by having him help wipe her.

After Lü Yang failed to wipe her from the front, he did something that shocked Zhang Min and even scared her a little.

He actually flipped her over onto his bent leg, fully exposing her to his view. At that moment, Zhang Min almost cried out and wanted to break free, but she held back.

Lü Yang didn’t do anything excessive; he just wiped her as she asked, but his style was bold and decisive. Like when he treated her sprained ankle earlier—he didn’t ask for her opinion before carrying her to the office sofa, and then he fixed her ankle without consulting her. These actions left a deep impression on Zhang Min.

But what surprised Zhang Min the most about Lü Yang was what happened next.

It was when Lü Yang gently wiped her while singing those two songs and talking to himself.

“In the place where the plum blossoms bloom…”

At first, Zhang Min didn’t get it, but when Lü Yang mentioned wood ear, she immediately understood what he was singing about. Given Zhang Min’s status and looks, many wealthy and powerful old men had improper intentions toward her, so she had received similar messages before. Sometimes when searching online, she came across sentiments like “time is like a butcher’s knife—it darkens the wood ear, purples the grape, softens the banana.”

At first, Zhang Min didn’t understand, but she later learned from Chu Xuan what wood ear meant, and thus indirectly understood what Lü Yang meant by “plum blossoms.”

Especially when Lü Yang sang “the place that gave me life and raised me” and then muttered “grass!”, Zhang Min, lying there, almost laughed out loud. Luckily, she held it in, and Lü Yang was too focused on her to notice her reaction.

Of course, lying in Lü Yang’s arms in that position, being gently touched there, and hearing his lewd tunes, Zhang Min’s already parched body had an extremely intense reaction.

Later, Lü Yang sang Three Variations of the Plum Blossom again…

With lyrics about grapes swelling, wood ear shining, and lips parting, he uncontrollably aroused Zhang Min completely. Plus, Lü Yang’s hands weren’t very well-behaved then, and… Zhang Min couldn’t help but convulse…

Although she regained this long-lost feeling of pleasure in an unconventional way, the happiness was no less than the traditional method.

At the same time, Zhang Min didn’t forget to leave scratch and bite marks on Lü Yang’s face and hands. As a lawyer, these were evidence—leverage to force the other party to comply. By this point, Zhang Min had actually made up her mind: she would keep Lü Yang, and no one else.

Lü Yang’s later performance was enough to prove that all his functions were normal, that he was very interested in her body, and that he was a man who understood fun.

Since she had confirmed she wanted to keep Lü Yang, Zhang Min didn’t want this to end in failure. So after lying back on the bed, she kept thinking about how to ensure success.

Once you start worrying about gains and losses, things become hesitant, especially in matters between men and women. Although Zhang Min was skilled in the courtroom, that didn’t mean she was skilled in love. Matters of the heart have little to do with intelligence; often, smart people are more prone to confusion in these situations. Moreover, she clearly underestimated Lü Yang.