Chapter 235: Chapter 235

"Miss, may I ask what you’d like?" the sales clerk asked enthusiastically.

"I... I’d like to buy a box of emergency contraception," Hua Xiaomo said, hesitating. Damn it! I absolutely cannot get pregnant with that man’s child.

"Okay, just a moment." The sales clerk quickly fetched a box of pills.

"Thank you." Hua Xiaomo took it, and then, thinking of something else, asked, "What about for long-term contraception? What medicine is best?"

"In that case, use this one. You just take one pill each month," the clerk said, handing over another box of pills.

"Alright, I’ll take both of these." Hua Xiaomo quickly paid, put the pills in her bag, and then swiftly left the pharmacy. Only then did she head to the bus stop and board the bus home.

Not far away, a shadowy figure emerged. Yu Bao watched the pharmacy for a moment, then quickly entered.

"Hello, may I ask, what did the short-haired lady in the skirt suit buy just now?" Yu Bao asked politely. Amid the clerk’s suspicious gaze, he smiled and said, "Don’t misunderstand, I am... her brother."

"Oh, she bought contraceptive pills."

Yu Bao was stunned for a moment. After leaving the pharmacy, he called Qi Longbing directly. "President Qi, Miss Hua went to the pharmacy and bought contraceptive pills, and then she went home."

"What? Contraceptive pills?" Qi Longbing was somewhat surprised, a trace of enigmatic, dark brilliance flickering in his eyes. "Alright, I got it." He quickly hung up.

Clutching a pen, his thoughts were tinged with a slight, brooding annoyance.

Hua Xiaomo... you little devil... what on earth are you thinking? Qi Longbing’s handsome features showed a flicker of intrigue. His hand couldn’t help but pull out the beautiful Butterfly Smiley Pin from the drawer, and he gazed at it, mesmerized once again...

Upon returning home, Hua Xiaomo immediately hid in her room and took a contraceptive pill. Then, she hid the rest of the pills under her pillow.

Thinking of something, Hua Xiaomo immediately rummaged through her bag again.

"Eh, where did the Butterfly Smiley Pin go?" Hua Xiaomo muttered in surprise, turning her whole bag inside out but still not finding the Butterfly Smiley Pin Brother Long had given her.

"This is so frustrating! Where did my Smiley Pin go?" Hua Xiaomo frowned, trying hard to remember something.

Her thoughts stopped at that bar.

Could it have been lost there? Hua Xiaomo wondered. She immediately took out her phone. Just as she was about to make a call, she thought, Forget it. I need to go there in person.

When Su Ronghua saw Hua Xiaomo, who had just returned, now looking anxious and flustered about leaving again, she asked, "Xiao Mo, aren’t you on leave? Why are you going out again?"

"Mom, I have something to do. I have to go out for a bit. Don’t wait for me for lunch; I won’t be back!" After saying this, Hua Xiaomo quickly hailed a taxi to the Lovebay bar. Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝✶𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✶𝕟𝕖𝕥

However, once she got there and saw the closed doors, she realized she had made a wasted trip.

What kind of bar opens during the day? They all operate at night!

Hua Xiaomo’s eyes filled with worry, and she promptly dialed a number. "Jess, it’s me, Hua Xiaomo. Are you at the bar now? I might have lost something there. I’d like to come and look for it."

"Oh, is that so... How about you come and look around eight tonight?" Jess said sleepily from the other end of the line.

"No way, Jess, that item is very important. I must find it now. Where are you? How about I come to you to get the keys?" Hua Xiaomo said.

"If that’s the case... well then. Come over. The address is..." Jess told her.

"Okay," Hua Xiaomo replied. She arrived at Jess’s place in record time. The person who opened the door was a teenager, around eighteen or nineteen, with a delicate and charming face.

Moreover, his translucent, ornately patterned shirt was open wide at the collar, revealing a hint of his collarbones. This, paired with jeans, flip-flops, and long bangs that partly obscured his eyes, gave him an incredibly lazy and roguishly charming demeanor.

"You? What are you doing here?" Hua Xiaomo looked at the young man, astonished. She just hadn’t expected that Dong Feiyu, after successively "parting ways" with Brother Lan and Su Meina, the owner of the "Maxiu Stage," would actually...

When Dong Feiyu saw Hua Xiaomo, there was a flash of surprise, and a momentary discomfort in his eyes quickly vanished.

Before he could speak, a voice called out, "Feiyu, has the person looking for me arrived?"

Then, a handsome foreigner with curly red hair came over and opened the door wider. "Xiao Mo, you’re here! Come on in, come in!"

"Let me introduce you. This is my... my cherished one, Dong Feiyu. Dong Feiyu, this is Miss Hua Xiaomo, a friend of a good friend of mine, and now a friend of mine too..."

Hua Xiaomo glanced at Dong Feiyu, her eyes swiftly moving past his face, a strong sense of disdain in her heart. Cherished one? How ironic. This is nothing more than a man who lives off others; whoever gives him money can keep him! The term ’kept man’ suits him, Dong Feiyu, far better.

Dong Feiyu saw the contempt in Hua Xiaomo’s eyes. She probably doesn’t have the slightest intention of greeting me, does she? A dark shadow flitted across his delicate, handsome face.

"I’m going back to my room first, Jess. You two chat," said Dong Feiyu, slipping a hand into his pocket and quickly heading towards his room.

"Feiyu, are you okay?" Jess, noticing his mood, stepped forward quickly and patted his shoulder.

"I’m fine. You entertain your friend," Dong Feiyu replied, then closed the room door behind him.

Only then did Jess turn back towards Hua Xiaomo and smile apologetically. "Sorry about that. He’s not usually ; he’s very cheerful, and we get along really well. He’s probably just a bit reserved because he met someone new. Xiao Mo, please don’t mind him."

Hua Xiaomo smiled and shook her head. Looking at Jess, she suddenly felt a strong urge to tell him all about Dong Feiyu.

But seeing the smile on Jess’s face, she swallowed her words.

"Well, it doesn’t matter who you’re with. The important thing is that you’re happy," Hua Xiaomo said with a muted smile.

These words seemed directed at Jess, yet they also appeared to be a reminder to herself.

A swirl of confused emotions stirred within her, quickly giving rise to a pang of sorrow in her heart.

"Thank you, Xiao Mo," Jess replied with a grin, then took a set of keys from his pocket and handed them to her. "These are the keys to the bar. Keep them safe."

"Okay," Hua Xiaomo said, taking the keys. She was just about to get up and leave.

"Xiao Mo!" Jess suddenly called out to her, then hesitated, as if wanting to say more.

Hua Xiaomo turned back, looking at him. "Do you have something to say to me?"

"About the incident a couple of days ago... your friend is quite influential, and he seems to really care about you, so..." Jess paused for a moment before continuing, "I think Ya Jun will have a hard time dealing with him. You shouldn’t help Ya Jun anymore."