Chen Feng listened without surprise and guessed as much, chuckling, "Since he’s a rich guy driving a rcedes, why don’t you give it a thought?"
Lin Yujiao rolled her eyes at him, disgruntled, "Do you think I’d follow any rich guy? Jiang Chao is just a lecherous creep. Not to ntion he only wants as his mistress, even if he was willing to marry , I definitely wouldn’t marry him. No good end cos from being involved with that sort of person."
Chen Feng nodded in approval, "Your awareness is pretty comndable. That guy was eyeing you hungrily earlier; he’s definitely not a good guy. Plus, you saw it yourself, he had a young girl in her twenties with him, obviously another one of his mistresses. Soone who can’t even be faithful to the al in front of him is even less trustworthy. And from what you’ve said, he must have a wife too, right?"
"He’s in his forties; of course, he has a wife, and a son who’s in high school."
"Having a wife and still fooling around with other won, he’s definitely a scumbag."
"That’s why I’m really scared of people like him. If I didn’t say you were my boyfriend, he would surely keep bothering ."
"Alright then. I forgive you."
"...What exactly are you forgiving for?" Lin Yujiao looked completely perplexed.
Chen Feng said earnestly, "For having pretend to be your boyfriend, of course."
"I... never mind you."
Lin Yujiao flipped her hair dismissively and quickened her pace.
Chen Feng laughed quietly and caught up to her from behind, finding this woman quite amusing. Sotis she seed very mature, and at other tis, she was like a little girl.
"Just kidding, don’t be angry."
Chen Feng caught up with her, walking alongside her, and said with a smile.
Lin Yujiao tilted her head and said, "You... really know how to make a person mad with your words. If you keep this up, you’ll have a hard ti finding soone."
"You’re wrong about that. So won actually hope for a guy like ," Chen Feng said confidently.
"I doubt that," Lin Yujiao snorted.
"Don’t be so skeptical. Take my ex-wife, for instance; she liked just the way I am."
"Then why did she divorce you?"
"...Okay, that comnt really stings."
"You brought it up; don’t bla ," Lin Yujiao laughed.
Now it was Chen Feng’s turn to roll his eyes at her.
It wasn’t far to where the car was parked, and the two chatted as they walked, arriving shortly after.
Getting into the car and starting it up, Chen Feng said, "Should we go to the mall for a bit?"
"...I don’t mind."
Chen Feng glanced back and joked, "Didn’t you say your family was trying to get in touch with you, that you needed to go ho?"
Lin Yujiao was slightly embarrassed but replied calmly, "It’s nothing urgent. It’s fine if I go back later."
"Well, how about giving a massage then? I’ll pay you two thousand for an hour."
"Thanks, but I don’t do massages."
Lin Yujiao firmly refused.
"Alright then."
Chen Feng felt a bit disappointed but didn’t make much of it.
A few minutes later, the car passed by Baida Square, and Lin Yujiao suggested, "Take a detour, park in the underground garage. If we park on the roadside, we might get ticketed."
Chen Feng casually said, "Not going to the mall; let’s just go ho. You shouldn’t keep your family waiting."
Lin Yujiao was taken aback at first and then felt slightly irked, keeping quiet after that. However, she couldn’t help thinking to herself that the man was quite petty.
The ride was silent, and the car returned to the auto beauty shop.
As she was about to get out of the car, Lin Yujiao spoke up, "I’ll be heading back to my hotown later, I may not have ti tomorrow. I won’t be able to accompany you."
Chen Feng smiled nonchalantly, "Sure. If you don’t have ti, of course, I won’t force you to accompany ."
Chen Feng agreed so readily that Lin Yujiao felt a bit embarrassed. After all, she had accepted his money, and it wasn’t a trivial sum—fifteen thousand, to be exact.
"Then... see you next ti."
Lin Yujiao said, opened the car door to get out, then gave a nod to Chen Rui, who was washing cars. She paid for the car wash with a QR code scan and drove away in her red Lingdu.
Chen Feng was about to leave too when Brother Chao hurried over and knocked on his car window.
After Chen Feng rolled down the window, Brother Chao leaned in with a grin and whispered, "You took her out for so long, you didn’t go to a hotel, did you?"
Chen Feng hurriedly denied, his expression earnest, "Of course not. We just went to sing karaoke, then had so snacks."
Chen Rui, however, didn’t buy it and warned in a low voice, "I’ve got to tell you. Her uncle is my dad’s cousin. If you’re just playing around with her, it won’t end well in the future. That is unless you’ve broken up with that girlfriend of yours from Hui Province."
Chen Feng protested, innocence written all over his face, "I really didn’t. Right now, she and I are just friends, not even boyfriend and girlfriend. Brother, don’t overthink it. Anyway, I gotta go."
Chen Feng started the car and darted away.
Brother Chao had clearly misunderstood him. He never intended to start a relationship with Lin Yujiao from the very beginning.
When he got ho, his mom was playing mahjong in the small convenience store, as usual.
He greeted his mom before heading to his own room in the back.
Once inside, he locked the door, took out a painting he had brought, and started to absorb and savor it.
At dinner, it seed his mom didn’t know about him and Lin Yujiao, so she didn’t say anything about it.
In this incident, Brother Chao was actually reliable—he knew what should be said and what shouldn’t.
The next morning arrived quickly, another cloudy day, and Chen Feng got up at about 7:30 for his run as usual.
This ti, he didn’t bump into Lin Yujiao; she was likely at her parents’ ho.
Around noon, Chen Feng suddenly received a WeChat ssage from Lin Yujiao.
[Co to my store ASAP, SOS] followed by an emoticon of soone kneeling and kowtowing in plea.
Chen Feng thought for a mont and sent her an "OK."
Lin Yujiao imdiately replied with a "Thank you, boss" emoticon.
Yu Jiao Clothing, Lin Yujiao’s shop, was on the sa street as his ho. He just had to turn left out of his house and walk straight ahead. After crossing the intersection and going a few more ters, he would reach it.
Approaching her store, he saw a rcedes G5 parked outside and imdiately thought of Jiang Chao.
Sure enough, as soon as he walked in, he saw the guy. He was at the counter in the back, animatedly chatting with Lin Yujiao.
"Yu Jiao, to be honest, it’s such a waste for you to stay in this small town. Listen to , either open a store in the county or the city. If you’re short on money, I can lend you so, hundreds of thousands—I can transfer it to you anyti."
"You’re good-looking, affable, and enthusiastic with people. You’ve been in the clothing business for so many years, running such a small store in the countryside really misuses your talents."
Lin Yujiao just bowed her head, scrolled on her phone, and remained silent.
"Yu Jiao, who is this guy?" Chen Feng asked loudly on purpose.
Lin Yujiao turned to see Chen Feng and her stiff face broke into a sweet smile; she walked out from behind the counter with a coquettish tone, "Brother Feng, why did it take you so long? We agreed you’d help mind the store."
Chen Feng had no choice but to play along, "Got tied up with sothing at ho, sorry for being late."
"Really, you’d better not be late again next ti."
Although Lin Yujiao said it like that, her attitude was very warm as she ca over and hooked her arm through Chen Feng’s. Then she turned to the visibly upset Jiang Chao and said, "Sorry, Brother Chao. My boyfriend is a local, so that’s why I’ve set up shop here. I won’t be moving to the county or city, but thank you for your offer."
"Oh, it’s you," said Chen Feng, his tone unfriendly, "Yu Jiao is my girlfriend now, and I hope you won’t bother her anymore. It’s very tasteless and pointless for you to do this, you know?"
Chen Feng didn’t care about the other man’s background or wealth; he simply disliked him. Tired of putting up a polite front, he went straight to the point.
n understand each other.
Not to ntion, although he wasn’t Lin Yujiao’s boyfriend, he was her current companion—and one who had paid for her ti. What was his was his; if soone else tried to encroach with their greedy paws, they were sure to be swatted away.
It was a simple matter of male pride.
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