"Mom, how can you do this? Isn't this like sending a lamb into the tiger's den? Do you realize Lu Ping has always been looking for an excuse to take advantage of my sister!"
Outside the door, Qiao Qingxia urgently said.
"You're still young, you don't understand. If your sister could really be with Young Master Lu, it would be she who is taking advantage of him!"
Jiang Xiuping pulled Qiao Qingxia away to prevent her from rushing in and causing a scene.
"Mom, how am I young? I'm a twin with my sister; I'm only a few minutes younger than she is."
Qiao Qingxia protested, puffing out her chest discontentedly.
"Your mother says you're young, not in terms of age, but because you're immature!"
"Your sister for some reason has never liked Young Master Lu. If you could marry him in your sister's place and save the Qiao Family Corporation, then you'd really have grown up!"
Qiao Xueyou also lectured.
Qiao Qingxia was very unconvinced but had no way to refute, so she could only stomp back to her room in a huff.
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In Qiao Ziyan's room.
"Lu Ping, didn't you say you were coming to my house to tell my parents to cut off relations with me? What happened? You're here to ingratiate yourself with my parents, aren't you? Shameless!"
Qiao Ziyan said angrily.
"I just saved your father's life, that's all. Are you saying I should have left him to die?" Lu Ping frowned.
"It wasn't you who saved him, it was just the asthma spray working slowly!" Qiao Ziyan argued angrily.
"So you're saying you don't want me to treat you?" Lu Ping asked.
"I'd have to be crazy to let you take advantage of me!" Qiao Ziyan crossed her arms protectively, warning him.
Lu Ping hadn't noticed Qiao Ziyan's chest before, but her action now made him aware of it.
"Huh? Seems like it's half a cup size bigger than last night... So it's true that a woman's breasts grow after her first time!"
Lu Ping exclaimed as if he had an epiphany.
Previously, he only had theoretical knowledge, but now that he had practical experience, he understood it deeper.
It turns out practical experience leads to true knowledge!
However, with the growth there, it seemed the Jade Pendant was wedged even deeper.
Actually, Lu Ping was indeed thinking about using the opportunity while treating Qiao Ziyan to get a good look at the Jade Pendant hidden in her cleavage…
"You bastard! You're despicable and shameless!"
Qiao Ziyan covered her chest with her hands, becoming even more ashamed and angry, and warned in a lowered voice, "Lu Ping, if you dare tell a third person about last night, I swear I'll call the police, accuse you of rape, and have you sent to jail!"
"I'm not so idle as to go around talking about this kind of thing. Since you don't want to be treated and you don't want to marry me, then give me back my keepsake and I'll leave."
Lu Ping held out his hand.
"Your thing... I can go get it for you..."
Qiao Ziyan thought Lu Ping was referring to some keepsake he had given to her parents in private. After thinking it over, she said, "But you have to agree to three conditions."
"Speak," Lu Ping said.
"First, you have to make my parents hate you, detest you, and stop trying to set us up! You should make it so that if you step foot in my house, they'll chase you outside!
"Second, you have to help the Qiao Family Corporation through this crisis and avert the risk of bankruptcy and collapse."
"Third, you mustn't think about my sister."
"If you can meet these three conditions, I'll give you the keepsake."
Qiao Ziyan said.
"Done, it's a deal."
Lu Ping thought for a moment and then nodded.
All three conditions were simple enough; he might as well start with the first.
Lu Ping stepped out of the room.
"Young Master Lu, did you finish treating her so quickly?"
Qiao Xueyou and Jiang Xiuping were surprised to see Lu Ping come out.
"Oh, Ziyan said I was taking advantage of her. I figured since it's taking advantage, and she's not cooperating, I might as well see if Qingxia is willing to cooperate."
Lu Ping said deliberately.
He thought to himself: By saying this, Qiao Xueyou and his wife should despise me and chase me out, right?
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"Ah? Ziyan isn't cooperating? You want to be with Qingxia instead?"
The Qiao couple was stunned for a moment, exchanged a glance, and both displayed a hint of determination in their eyes, then surprisingly nodded and said with a smile:
"Young Master Lu, it seems there are some misunderstandings between you and Ziyan, but Qingxia is also an option, after all, Qingxia and Ziyan are twins, and she, well, is even more obedient than Ziyan."
"If you're with Qingxia, then we are still one family, haha!"
The words of the Qiao couple left Lu Ping dumbfounded.
What is going on here?
A pair of twin daughters at my disposal for choosing?
If the elder sister doesn't cooperate, then I can choose the younger one?
Am I agreeing to this? Or am I agreeing to this?
Lu Ping was about to speak.
Qiao Ziyan rushed out like a gust of wind, grabbed Lu Ping, and dashed back into the room, slamming the door shut with a bang.
"Hehe, look Mr. Qiao, they're just having a little spat, that's all. Young people, you know, they fight at the head of the bed but reconcile at the foot of the bed."
"It seems Ziyan really does care about Young Master Lu. See, the moment we mentioned letting Qingxia be with Young Master Lu, Ziyan immediately got jealous."
The Qiao couple exchanged another look and said with a smile.
On the other side, Qiao Ziyan pulled Lu Ping back into the room and angrily pointed her finger at his nose, scolding, "Lu Ping, didn't I just tell you? Don't even think about going after my sister!"
Lu Ping intended to explain that he had only said that to get Qiao Ziyan's parents to kick him out, but he couldn't stand her condescending attitude and deliberately said:
"I haven't even touched your sister, and you're accusing me of going after her?"
"Then tell me, what exactly constitutes going after your sister?"
"Is it just looking at her? Or saying a word to her? Or does it have to be touching hands, kissing, or getting in bed together to count?"
"You!" Qiao Ziyan was both angry and furious, "If you dare to go after my sister, I won't just not give you the Jade Pendant, I'll call the police and accuse you of rape!"
"Even though you were drugged, I'm not the one who drugged you, so strictly speaking, we're both victims. Stop using this to threaten me from now on."
Lu Ping shook his head, speaking calmly.
He was never someone who could be intimidated.
"You still have the nerve to call yourself a victim? You have reached a new low in shamelessness!" Qiao Ziyan said, laughing angrily.
"Say whatever you want. Just remember to stick to our agreement. As long as I fulfill the three conditions you mentioned, you have to give me back the Jade Pendant."
Lu Ping shook his head nonchalantly and started to ponder how he could make Mr. and Mrs. Qiao dislike him.
Soon it was noon.
Qiao Xueyou and Jiang Xiuping eagerly invited Lu Ping downstairs for a meal.
Lu Ping was indeed hungry, so he didn't decline, and casually joined the four members of the Qiao family at the dining table, starting to eat.
However, the dishes on the table were a bit special.
Leek, oysters, bull's pizzle, goji berries, black sesame, Chinese yam... it was completely a meal meant to invigorate yang and nourish the kidneys!
That plate of leeks, Jiang Xiuping even forbade Qiao Qingxia from eating, instead piling most of them into Lu Ping's bowl, and giving a small portion to Qiao Ziyan.
After lunch, Lu Ping hadn't come up with a good way to make Qiao Xueyou and Jiang Xiuping dislike him, so he planned to leave first.
But Qiao Xueyou and Jiang Xiuping were extremely enthusiastic, insisting on not letting Lu Ping go, and insisted that he take a nap at their home before leaving.
Qiao Ziyan could not protest effectively and quickly retreated to her own room, tightly closing the door, to avoid her parents forcibly making Lu Ping take a nap in her room.
The Qiao family all had the habit of taking a nap, and after arranging for Lu Ping to go to the guest room, everyone went back to their own rooms for a nap.
...
In the guest room, Lu Ping didn't really want to sleep, but lying on the bed for a while, his lower abdomen suddenly felt a surge of heat.
This heat rose up, causing Lu Ping to feel unbearably hot all over without realizing it.
In his mind, he unconsciously recalled the crazy scenes from last night in the hotel bed.
Though Qiao Ziyan's attitude toward him today was not good, it was undeniable that Qiao Ziyan had a perfect body...
Last night's positions...
Lu Ping was lost in his reverie, relishing the memories.
Click!
The door gently opened.
Qiao Ziyan walked in wearing a silk spaghetti-strap nightgown, her face flushed with embarrassment.
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