Fell in Love with the Crazy Young Lady - Chapter 36

Realizing this, she quickly pulled away from Yang Zhao.

 

 

Their entangled lips and tongues suddenly separated, and a crisp “pop” sound echoed in the quiet room.

 

 

Hua Man didn’t care about embarrassment and immediately put her palm on Yang Zhao’s forehead—it was hot enough to fry an egg.

 

 

“You have a fever again.”

 

 

As she spoke, Hua Man immediately got up to get a thermometer.

 

 

Yang Zhao unhurriedly sat up from the tatami, pulled over the blanket Hua Man had been sleeping under, and gently sniffed it near her ear. Smelling the familiar scent, she relaxed her brow.

 

 

At least her sense of smell was still intact.

 

 

Her head felt like it was about to explode, and her body ached terribly. She lay back down, burying herself in the blanket full of Hua Man’s scent.

 

 

At first, she had been woken up by the headache.

 

 

She had intended to call someone, but as soon as she got up, she saw Hua Man sleeping on the tatami.

 

 

It was rare to see her sleeping soundly, so she didn’t wake her up.

 

 

Footsteps approached.

 

 

Yang Zhao obediently let Hua Man do as she pleased. Finally, seeing Hua Man’s expression turn serious after looking at the thermometer, she couldn’t help but ask, “How high?”

 

 

“39.3 degrees Celsius.”

 

 

After saying this, Hua Man immediately called Yu Shan.

 

 

After hanging up, seeing Yang Zhao still lying on the tatami, Hua Man reached out and shook her: “Go sleep on the bed.”

 

 

“I have no strength.” As she spoke, Yang Zhao raised both hands, “Carry me over.”

 

 

No strength?

 

 

Recalling the scene of Yang Zhao pouncing on her and kissing her just now, it didn’t look like someone with no strength at all.

 

 

But the temperature doesn’t lie; Yang Zhao really did have a high fever.

 

 

Why bother arguing too much with a sick person?

 

 

Hua Man reached out and took her into her arms. Yang Zhao’s hands immediately wrapped around her neck, and the scent of her body enveloped Hua Man. Hua Man calmly accepted it, picked her up, and walked towards the bed.

 

 

Just as she put Yang Zhao on the bed, Yu Shan rushed in with a doctor.

 

 

The doctor quickly set up an IV drip for Yang Zhao.

 

 

“Shan Shan, I’m fine.” Yang Zhao called out to Yu Shan, seeing her bustling about.

 

 

“Miss.” Yu Shan put on a stern face, “I think you’re delirious from the fever.”

 

 

As she spoke, she turned her head, her gaze falling on Hua Man’s swollen lips with a small cut. She said resentfully, “What a little vixen, bringing disaster to the country!”

 

 

Hua Man: “…”

 

 

Although she wanted to refute, the wound on her lips was the best evidence.

 

 

She silently stood in the corner, acting as a background wall.

 

 

But Yu Shan clearly wouldn’t let her off so easily. Glaring at her, she said, “I told you the young miss needs to stay hydrated. Why haven’t you gone to get her water yet?”

 

 

“Alright.”

 

 

Hua Man immediately went to get water.

 

 

Yang Zhao watched with interest. As soon as Hua Man left, she turned to Yu Shan with a half-smile: “She seems to listen to you more.”

 

 

“Miss.” Yu Shan put on a stern face, “You shouldn’t spoil her anymore.”

 

 

“Shan Shan.” Yang Zhao’s gaze deepened, “If you’re too harsh with her, I’ll be angry.”

 

 

Yu Shan was stunned.

 

 

Hua Man quickly returned.

 

 

Yu Shan suppressed her emotions and stiffly said, “You take good care of the young miss. I’ll go arrange breakfast.”

 

 

Hua Man thoughtfully watched Yu Shan’s hastily retreating figure.

 

 

“Manman, I want water,” Yang Zhao sighed.

 

 

Hearing this, Hua Man snapped back to attention and handed her the water.

 

 

“My hand is weak, I can’t hold it,” Yang Zhao looked at her with a smile. “Manman, feed me.”

 

 

Even though she knew Yang Zhao might be deliberately teasing her, she sounded so pitiful that Hua Man couldn’t refuse.

 

 

She could only put on a serious face and hold the cup to her lips.

 

 

Yang Zhao obediently took two sips.

 

 

Seeing Yang Zhao lick away the water on her lips after drinking, Hua Man’s face grew hot. She hurriedly lowered her gaze and put the cup aside.

 

 

Yang Zhao suddenly spoke: “Do you think, since we kissed for so long just now, you might get infected by me?”

 

 

This was a question Hua Man didn’t really want to answer.

 

 

“I should have held back.” Yang Zhao began to reflect on herself, but she was never one to dwell on things, and quickly shifted the blame to Hua Man, “It’s all Manman’s fault for being too cute. Sometimes when I look at you, I really want to eat you up.”

 

 

Hua Man: “…”

 

 

Yang Zhao must be delirious from the fever, right?

 

 

She’s already started talking nonsense?

 

 

“Don’t worry, if you get sick, I’ll compensate you. Hmm—what should we call it? Health damage compensation?”

 

 

“Stop talking.” Hua Man couldn’t help but interrupt her, and brought the water to her lips again, “Drink.”

 

 

A complete imperative sentence.

 

 

And two in a row at that.

 

 

Yang Zhao gave her a meaningful look. Very few people dared to speak to her like this, not even Zhao Ming.

 

 

Yet somehow she found it quite agreeable.

 

 

Logically, she shouldn’t let people walk all over her, but this person was Hua Man. Thinking about it that way, she felt like maybe she could accept it after all.

 

 

It was truly perplexing.

 

 

But still: “Don’t you want compensation?”

 

 

If she remembered correctly, Hua Man seemed to care a lot about money. Last time when she deducted her salary, Hua Man had even mentioned resigning.

 

 

“Not necessary.” Hua Man said calmly, also having some confidence in her own body, “I’m not like you. I don’t get sick easily.”

 

 

Talk about yourself if you want, why attack her?

 

 

Yang Zhao clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction: “Generally speaking, when you raise such a flag, it’s quickly proven wrong.”

 

 

“I won’t.” Hua Man replied without hesitation.

 

 

Yang Zhao stared at her for a few moments, then finally laughed: “I really like how confident you are. I want to kiss you again.”

 

 

Hearing this, Hua Man immediately stepped back.

 

 

Seeing this, Yang Zhao’s eyes flickered. She had only said it casually at first, but seeing Hua Man’s resistance, she narrowed her eyes, her tone becoming more stubborn: “I want to kiss you.”

 

 

Her emotions changed too quickly. Hua Man was silent for a few seconds, but eventually stepped forward and bent down.

 

 

Yang Zhao’s face enlarged in front of her, but unexpectedly, the kiss didn’t land on her lips.

 

 

Yang Zhao only kissed her cheek.

 

 

She looked at Yang Zhao in surprise.

 

 

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Yang Zhao raised an eyebrow, “Not enough?”

 

 

Hua Man quickly replied: “It’s enough.”

 

 

“That’s enough? You’re easily satisfied.”

 

 

Yang Zhao said as she lay back down on the bed. Just that small movement made her head feel like it was about to explode. She had no energy to discuss anything else and could only honestly lie back down.

 

 

Because of Yang Zhao’s illness, their return trip was delayed again.

 

 

Worried that Yang Zhao would be bored staying in the hotel, Yu Shan deliberately chose topics Yang Zhao liked to talk about.

 

 

“Miss, we now have preliminary investigation results about the design competition. It’s said that one of the judges used to be Zhao Yang’s teacher.”

 

 

“Moreover, this judge’s son is a pursuer of Zhao Yang, very infatuated with her, and even once declared that he would definitely help Zhao Yang reach the top of the design world smoothly.”

 

 

Yang Zhao let out a muffled laugh: “How arrogant.”

 

 

“Zhao Yang has learned ninety-nine percent of her mother’s coquettish ways, how could she not make people arrogant?” Yu Shan said angrily, then quickly continued, “Originally there were ten winning works in this competition. Zhao Yang’s work ranked eleventh in scores, but she forcibly squeezed out the tenth place and took their position to win the award.”

 

 

“Fortunately, thanks to the young miss’s chivalrous act of exposing this matter, otherwise that poor person pushed out by Zhao Yang would have suffered terribly!”

 

 

“Now that Zhao Yang’s act of replacing someone else’s work has been exposed, it’s truly shameful. Qin Fangqin must be so angry she can’t sleep for days!”

 

 

She knew how to cheer Yang Zhao up. Hearing all this, Yang Zhao visibly perked up.

 

 

“Investigate thoroughly, and handle it as it should be handled.”

 

 

“Yes, Miss. You can trust me to handle it.” As she spoke, Yu Shan couldn’t help but glance at Hua Man boastfully.

 

 

She was much more reliable than Hua Man.

 

 

“Manman.” Seeing Yu Shan’s look, Yang Zhao’s gaze followed to Hua Man, “Today you go accompany your family.”

 

 

This was something Yang Zhao had mentioned a few days ago, so Hua Man wasn’t too surprised. She nodded in agreement.

 

 

–

 

Yang Zhao specially arranged for a driver to take her to where Chen Yan and the others were having their team building event.

 

 

She saw Wu Fangfei without any surprise.

 

 

Wu Fangfei was close to her in age, only a few months older, and looked like her grandmother, with small eyes always glinting with calculation.

 

 

Sometimes Hua Man would wonder if she was really Wu Zhenlin’s biological daughter. She had been very shrewd since childhood, always liked to take advantage of others, and neither her appearance nor personality bore any resemblance to the honest and simple Wu Zhenlin.

 

 

When Hua Man arrived, Wu Fangfei was holding Chen Yan’s arm, pestering her to buy a pearl bracelet from the cabinet.

 

 

“Manman.” Seeing Hua Man, Chen Yan’s face lit up with surprise, “You came too?!”

 

 

“Mm.”

 

 

Hua Man stepped forward, her gaze falling on that bracelet.

 

 

This was a small shop in the scenic area, and every item was quite expensive.

 

 

Wu Fangfei scanned Hua Man’s clothes up and down, recognizing it as the most popular brand, and immediately became envious: “Manman, is this the latest style from OIOI?”

 

 

Hua Man hadn’t paid attention to whether the clothes she was wearing were the latest style or not, they were just chosen by Yang Zhao.

 

 

“Mom, Manman seems to be doing quite well working at the Yang family, huh?” She shook Chen Yan’s arm, her tone somewhat sour, “Unlike me, I still haven’t found a job.”

 

 

She called Chen Yan “Mom” intimately, but Hua Man knew what she called Chen Yan in private. At this moment, she just felt it was hypocritical.

 

 

“Mom, you can’t be biased just because I’m not your biological child. Why don’t you ask the housekeeper to let me work at the Yang family too? I can do anything.”

 

 

Chen Yan’s expression became troubled: “Manman going to the Yang family wasn’t arranged by me.”

 

 

“We’re all family, Mom. Don’t use these excuses to brush me off.” Wu Fangfei’s face darkened as she spoke, “Or are you saying you don’t consider me your child? I treat you like my real mother, is this how you treat me?”

 

 

Chen Yan wasn’t eloquent, and was immediately at a loss for words in the face of Wu Fangfei’s accusations.

 

 

“Even the threshold for hiring nannies at the Yang family now requires a bachelor’s degree,” Hua Man interjected timely. “If you want to go to the Yang family, I’m afraid you’ll have to work a bit harder.”

 

 

Wu Fangfei’s face instantly turned from red to pale, then back again. Finally, she looked at Chen Yan, not even calling her “Mom” anymore: “Auntie Chen, your daughter looks down on me like this, aren’t you going to do anything about it?”

 

 

“I’m just stating facts,” Hua Man said calmly.

 

 

“You!”

 

 

Chen Yan quickly spoke up: “Alright, stop arguing. Fangfei, what Manman said isn’t unreasonable. The Yang family really does have educational requirements now.”

 

 

“Fine, so you’re really a stepmother after all.” Wu Fangfei raised her voice without restraint, instantly attracting the attention of many people around. She said angrily, “Go ahead and bully a motherless child like me!”

 

 

“Dad!” Wu Fangfei spotted someone at the door and immediately rushed over, tears suddenly streaming down her face, “Dad, when you’re not around, this mother-daughter pair gang up to bully me!”

 

 

Wu Zhenlin was still holding the snacks he had just bought. He put the snacks in Wu Fangfei’s hand: “How did they bully you?”

 

 

Wu Fangfei immediately began to twist the facts: “I just wanted a bracelet, but Mom kept making excuses not to buy it for me, and she and Hua Man together mocked my low education, saying I can’t find a job.”