A Billion Dollar Exchange

70 I dumped her boyfriend twice

On Friday, Xin Yong and Liling went together as planned, they met Richen who looked prettier and vibrant than ever.

The problem was not that they met her, it was that it was Chang Ming who dropped her off. He opened the door for her and when she stepped out, he kissed her on the cheeks and gave her a light hug.

Their mouths fell open in surprise and astonishment.

'How did Richen get to know Chang Ming, and how come they are this close?'

Richen had called Liling earlier and told her that she should wait for her at the entrance, that she was coming, and since Xin Yong was with her, they had to wait.

It was obvious that Richen wanted to show off her new found boyfriend.

It was extremely hilarious!

Xin Yong was so annoyed that she all she wanted to do was to pull Richen away from Chang Ming and give her a resounding slap.

'Who didn't know that Chang Ming was after Liling?

And to think she was even a friend?'

When Chang Ming drove off, Richen walked up to them with a face beaming with smiles.

"Liling!!, Xin Yong, it's been long, how are you? "

She asked feigning concern. Liling saw through her facade but decided to play along with her.

"I've been fine, you... "

"We can see you have a new boyfriend, wasn't that Chang Ming? "

Xin Yong who was boiling inside couldn't let Liling finish.

Richen turned to look at her and smiled a bit more.

"Yes, it's him. We've been dating for a while now"

The truth of the matter was that even before they graduated, Richen had been showing Chang Ming her interest in him.

It wasn't until that week that he had asked her out, but she had told them that they had been dating for a while, so as to irk Liling's feelings.

Liling wanted to laugh but to save her some face she bit her tongue to hold it in.

"Like for sometime, that means, even before we graduated? "

Xin Yong asked, since she couldn't pretend, her eyes were sending frosted daggers at Richen.

Richen pretended not to have noticed her glare, she smiled shyly and pushed her bangs away from her eyes.

"Yes, since then"

"How could you... "

Xin Yong wanted to scold her but Liling pinched her immediately and turned to smile at Richen.

"Richen, I'm so happy for you, congratulations! We look forward to a grand wedding, but right now let's go in, we'll be late if we spend another second here"

With that she turned around and started walking to the front gates.

Richen who didn't expect Liling to be so relaxed about it became apprehensive.

She had thought that she would be sad or at least jealous of her, but no, she wasn't even annoyed, she even congratulated her!

Her bright face immediately dulled and throughout the meeting with the officials, she was not even concentrating.

They were to have trainings from Mondays to Fridays from ten in the morning to four in the evenings.

This training would begin the next month, and they were told to strictly comply with the rules, that any day missed would be counted as flippantness and the person or persons involved would be tossed out.

The meeting ended around four in the evening and the three friends who were famished went to eat in the cafeteria.

After the meal, Richen called Chang Ming to come pick her up, and after about thirty minutes he arrived in his car.

Liling knew he was just trying to make her regret her choice, but he didn't know she was very happy that he had moved on with his life.

She waved at Richen with a very broad smile and Richen waved back as the car drove off.

As soon as they left, Xin Yong turned to scream at Liling but she cut her off immediately.

"No, no, I don't want to hear it, just keep it in your mind. "

She exclaimed, laughing at Xin Yong's angry face.

"Liling, you are really strange!!, at least you should have told her what he did"

"Why?, do you think me telling her would make her leave him?, she would even think that I'm jealous of her, which is obviously impossible.

So it's better she sees for herself, she's old enough to make her own decisions"

They discussed as they trekked some distance away from the company.

"Liling, Richen is really a silent poison. You know, she did all that intentionally "

"Haha, I know, but that's even the most funny part of it all, because I wasn't even the least affected. Tsk Tsk, if only she knew that I just dumped her boyfriend twice"