Chapter 47: Now It Is My Turn

A Benjamin!

In an instant, Peggy's eyes widened, her ocean-blue gaze locked onto the man, and then she glanced at the banknote on the table. For a fleeting second, she even had the urge to splash the drink in her hand right across his face.

In this man's eyes, was she nothing more than a call girl?

Yet at that moment, she noticed that the man's interest wasn't on her at all, but rather on those old men nearby, on their conversation...

Watching the man as he listened intently to others, Peggy experienced a swirling storm of complex emotions deep within her.

Perhaps she had imagined their reunion in her dreams countless times, but it was certainly nothing like this.

It should have been him, looking at her with pleasant surprise, and then...

No matter what, it shouldn't have been this kind of dismissal. At first, he hadn't even recognized her, and even now... the jerk had only come over simply to eavesdrop on other people's conversation.

Sipping her drink gloomily, the Benjamin on the table looked blindingly harsh. Not only was it glaring, but it felt burning hot, searing Peggy's heart over and over like a branding iron, all the way down to the deepest recesses of her soul.

Though she cursed the man inwardly for daring to ignore her, as she waited, scenes from that unforgettable night kept flashing involuntarily through her mind.

What had come over her that day?

Perhaps it was the provocation of the alcohol, or perhaps because... he really was terribly handsome!

As she looked at him, Peggy felt a sudden thirst and could not help swallowing hard. At that moment, she could even hear the thumping of her own heartbeat and her heavy breathing.

"Damn it, Peggy, how could you be like this..."

Peggy muttered to herself in her heart.

"Calm down, calm down! Peggy, he's just a Chinese man, just..."

Feeling her whole body burning up, Peggy hurriedly took a sip of her drink. The glass was empty in no time, and plagued by an unquenchable thirst, she crooked her finger at the waiter.

"Another one..."

With her mind in turmoil, Peggy didn't even know how many drinks she had consumed, but gradually her gaze grew somewhat hazy. Looking at the man opposite her, she couldn't help lightly biting her lower lip. Although the man's attention wasn't on her, she still stared at him unabashedly. Before she even realized it, she had slipped off the wedding ring she wore.

Finally, the group of people at the adjacent table stood up and left. Only then did a trace of a smile appear on Li Yian's face.

"Looks like I can give it a try..."

His voice had barely faded when a soft, tender voice drifted into his ears.

"Let's try it..."

Looking up, she saw the blonde woman directly opposite him staring straight at him. The spark dancing in her eyes, the flush on her cheeks, and her heavy breathing—anyone would understand what it meant.

Seeing that the man had finally turned his attention to her, Peggy stretched her leg out underneath the table, gently brushing against the man's thigh. Her blue eyes were swimming with moisture now, and she gazed straight at him with those wide, watery eyes, her red lips parted slightly.

"I'll go on ahead..."

With that, the woman stood up. As she left, she smiled faintly, reached out to pick up the banknote from the table, cast the man a deeply seductive wink, and then swayed her slender waist as she walked away.

"Hot stuff!"

Watching the sway of the woman's hips, the corners of Li Yian's lips curved upward. Any man would find it impossible to keep his composure at a moment like this.

So he stood up and followed her. No sooner had he stepped out of the bar carriage and walked a few paces than a pair of hands pulled him into a compartment beside the aisle. Accompanied by a wave of fragrant breeze, a burning hot body and fiery lips rushed straight at him.

"Toot..."

Amidst the roaring sound of the train, a moving melody echoed inside the compartment as well...

When it was all over, the sky had already grown dark. Inside the compartment, a breathless Peggy lay sprawled across the man's body. Covered in sweat and unable to so much as twitch a finger, she still forced herself to stand up.

Looking at the exhausted woman, Li Yian felt a tinge of confusion. Was she leaving?

Should he pay her again?

However, looking at the woman's graceful back, he had to admit—she was simply amazing!

Gorgeous and well-proportioned, how on earth had she ended up in such circumstances...

She picked her clothes up from the floor, put on her undergarments, slipped back into her dress, and tidied herself up briefly before taking out her wallet. The corners of Peggy's lips curved upward. As she reached for money inside the wallet, her fingers paused for a moment when they brushed against those two hundred-dollar bills. Then she turned around, wallet in hand, and walked over to the man's side.

"Darling, you worked hard just now. It felt wonderful."

The woman's words brought a smug, satisfied smile to Li Yian's face.

"You were fantastic too..."

The next instant, he stopped speaking, because the woman pulled a thick stack of banknotes from her wallet!

Tens and twenties, a good twenty or thirty bills in total, she placed them right onto the small table. Then, the corners of Peggy's lips curved into a triumphant smile as she said proudly:

"This is your tip."

What?

Looking at that stack of cash, Li Yian's mind went completely blank.

What, what was going on here?!

Did... did I just get...

Before he could figure out what had happened, the woman had already triumphantly opened the compartment door.

"Darling, you were truly amazing! Worth every penny!"

With that, she waved her hand and walked away in triumph...

What the—fuck!

Lying on the bed, Li Yian sat stunned for a solid ten minutes, utterly unable to process what had happened.

What on earth was this?

Li Yian felt deeply depressed. Even after getting dressed and looking at the banknotes on the table, his mood was indescribably sour.

How could this happen?

Shouldn't it have been...

For the first time, Li Yian found that money could actually feel so burning hot to the touch!

"The devil wants your money! As long as I don't take money—no, wait, as long as I don't accept payment, it doesn't count as whoring!"

Comforting himself with this thought, Li Yian finally felt a little better inside.

"Anyway, I didn't take a single cent from her! Besides, she took my money..."

Just as he was comforting himself, a piece of paper on the carpet caught Li Yian's eye. He bent down, picked it up, and took a look.

It turned out to be an entrance examination notice.

"American Academy of Dramatic Arts? Grace Kelly?"

Grace Kelly?

Why did that name sound so familiar...

Well, forget about her. The most important thing right now was to get to Washington, knock on the doors of the Pentagon, and deliver a grand gift to those little Japanese bastards.

Almost at the same time, Peggy had hurried off the train, prompting her younger sister to ask in confusion:

"Sister, we haven't reached our stop yet. Why did we get off the train?"

Addressing her sister's question, Peggy quickly explained:

"Grace, I think we can spend a few more days traveling along the way. There's no need to go home so early..."