Chapter 385

She was so embarrassed that steam was practically coming out of her ears.

[Ding… Xiao Wanling was unbearably shy, Emotion Points +654…]

[Ding… Xiao Wanling wished she could find a hole to crawl into, Emotion Points +987…]

Noticing the change in her expression,

Xu Hongzhuang knew that her clever best friend had guessed the truth.

Suddenly flustered, she argued craftily,

"What you did with Xu Hao, I don't know, and I didn't hear your voice…"

Xiao Wanling: "…"

The two of them stopped talking.

The bedroom was very quiet, and only the sound of their heartbeats could be heard.

Xu Hongzhuang was the first to come to her senses.

That's not right.

Clearly, it was her best friend who seduced Xu Hao and wronged her.

How did it turn out as if she was the one who had done something wrong?

She immediately questioned in a cold voice,

"Why did you do this? Knowing full well that he is my father, you still took advantage of the situation to seduce him during Mother Su's pregnancy…"

Xu Hongzhuang was filled with Life Qi regarding her best friend's behavior.

Seduced?

Xiao Wanling was stunned for a moment.

Recalling the process of how she and Xu Hao ended up together,

at first she asked Xu Hao to teach her Tea Ceremony.

The two of them engaged in close-contact teaching, and their relationship warmed up.

On the day Xu Hao invited her to the study to taste tea, their relationship ushered in a Breakthrough.

At that time, she felt that Uncle Xu was too tired from bending over to teach.

So she stood up, and Uncle Xu provided close-contact guidance.

With her figure, no man could hold out against it.

Let alone someone as powerful as Uncle Xu.

Saying she seduced him… was also not wrong.

But Xiao Wanling still wanted to say that being with Uncle Xu was mutual affection.

It wasn't purely her seduction; later Uncle Xu also took the initiative.

Xiao Wanling gradually calmed down.

"Uncle Xu and I are truly in love…"

Xu Hongzhuang felt like she was coughing up blood in her heart.

You and my father are truly in love?

Then what does that make my stepmother?

For a moment, the gaze she directed at her best friend was so unfamiliar.

"How did you become like this? He is my father, how can you do this to my Mother Su?"

Xiao Wanling rolled her eyes.

"Why do you think I live at your house? Running to find Uncle Xu in the middle of the night—"

"Aunt Su knows all about what Uncle Xu and I talked about, and she was the one who asked me to go find Uncle Xu at night…"

What?

Xu Hongzhuang was dumbfounded.

Her eyes were wide open, her mouth agape, utterly dumbfounded.

She had many hypotheses about her best friend getting together with Xu Hao.

Her best friend's seduction.

Xu Hao's initiative.

She just never expected that her stepmother would be the matchmaker.

"What on earth is going on? Make yourself clear…"

Seeing her best friend's solemn expression, Xiao Wanling felt that

if she didn't make it clear, they truly wouldn't be able to remain best friends anymore.

She didn't want to lose this best friend, so she had no choice but to slowly speak up.

Xiao Wanling spoke.

Hearing this, Xu Hongzhuang's expression flickered uncertainly.

Turns out—

the affair between Xu Hao and her best friend had started back when her best friend moved into the Xu Family, or even earlier.

To think she had even invited her best friend to live at her home back then.

Bringing a wolf into the house…

Before that, her best friend had always kept things covert.

The reason she moved into her house

was because stepmother Su Wanqiu discovered their relationship

and invited her to live at the house.

Upon learning this news, Xu Hongzhuang was shocked once again.

Afterward, Xiao Wanling explained the reason why her stepmother did this.

It turned out that her stepmother needed to exercise restraint due to her pregnancy.

And Xu Hao was exceptionally formidable.

So she found herself a helper.

This helper was none other than her best friend, Xiao Wanling.

"Hongzhuang, I'm sorry, it's all my fault; I shouldn't have kept this from you."

"If you want to hit or scold me, just take it out on me. Uncle Xu is genuinely wonderful, and his care for you is also real…"

Xu Hongzhuang's emotions were exceptionally complicated.

What else could she say?

Her best friend was with her father, and her glamorous stepmother even agreed to it, all for the sake of her father.

If she, as a daughter, refused to let the matter go,

wouldn't she seem far too unreasonable?

"Sigh…"

Xu Hongzhuang finally let out a sigh.

She did not intend to pursue the matter any further.

Aside from keeping this matter a secret from her, her best friend hadn't done anything to wrong her.

Logically speaking, her dad's trouble had been resolved,

and she should even be thanking her.

Xu Hongzhuang looked at Xiao Wanling.

"You didn't sleep all night, did you? Take advantage of the fact that it isn't fully dawn yet and get some proper rest…"

Xiao Wanling felt somewhat awkward.

She had been with Uncle Xu all night and indeed hadn't slept.

Yet she didn't feel tired at all; instead, she was full of Spirit.

For some reason, being with Uncle Xu,

she felt that her body, which had undergone the Marrow Cleansing Pill and marrow-cleansing cleansing, showed a trend of improving even further.

Whether it was her figure, skin, overall charm, or Spirit state, everything was better than before.

She didn't know—

this was the effect of Xu Hao's special ability, Dual Cultivation.