Chapter 698: It Seems Awkward Again

Chapter 698: Chapter 698: It Seems Awkward Again

(The twelfth update, today’s updates are complete, continuing tomorrow)

Luo Ziling, of course, hadn’t expected Chen Xiaoyi to have so many subtle thoughts, he found Chen Xiaoyi quite beautiful and a rather dominant woman, but because she was Chen Jiahai’s sister, and also because he already had Yang Qingyin around, as well as the “harassment” from the Ouyang sisters, he kept his distance from Chen Xiaoyi and other women as much as possible.

However, when faced with her directly, he definitely wouldn’t want to slight Chen Xiaoyi’s feelings, especially since he truly believed that he had previously agreed to treat Chen Xiaoyi to a meal.

“Have you been very busy lately?” Chen Xiaoyi started the conversation, “I haven’t seen any new messages on your Moments, and you don’t reply when I send you messages. Are you so arrogant that you don’t want to talk to others?”

“Uh, I’ve changed my WeChat account,” Luo Ziling said a bit embarrassedly, “I think I told you, didn’t I?”

In fact, he wasn’t sure whether he had informed Chen Xiaoyi about changing his WeChat account, so he felt a bit guilty while saying it.

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“When did you tell me?” Chen Xiaoyi got a bit annoyed, “I had no idea you had changed your WeChat account.”

“Okay, maybe I remembered it wrong,” Luo Ziling said, taking out his phone, “How about you re-add me?”

“My phone is in the bag, there’s no screen lock, you can take it and scan the QR Code to add me yourself.” Chen Xiaoyi pointed at the small bag on the armrest and let Luo Ziling do it himself.

Touching a girl’s bag is impolite, and Luo Ziling was aware of this, so he hesitated when Chen Xiaoyi asked him to take out her phone from the bag. But seeing that Chen Xiaoyi was about to drive, and taking out her phone would indeed be unsafe, he followed her instruction, opened the bag, and started looking for the phone.

Inside the bag were many girl’s items, some cosmetics, as well as keys, money, and of course, a phone.

When Luo Ziling took out the phone, a new message popped up, and he accidentally saw the message that appeared.

“Xiaoyi, I’d like to treat you to dinner tonight, how about it? After dinner, we can go watch ‘Wolf Warrior 2’.”

Since it was a WeChat message, Luo Ziling didn’t recognize who sent the message; the contact name was an ID called “Ren Pingsheng.”

Seeing this message made Luo Ziling quite embarrassed.

“I didn’t mean to,” Luo Ziling explained embarrassedly, and showed the message to Chen Xiaoyi.

Chen Xiaoyi’s expression changed a bit when she saw the message, and she said with an annoyed look to Luo Ziling, “Reply to them for me, just say to stop bothering me in the future.”

“Uh,” Luo Ziling felt even more embarrassed, the phone in his hand felt scorching hot, and he had never felt so awkward before.

“Forget it, you reply yourself,” Luo Ziling finally decided not to heed Chen Xiaoyi’s request or use her phone to add WeChat, “You should drive first, we’ll sort this out when we get to the place.”

“Okay then,” Chen Xiaoyi didn’t say much more and agreed to Luo Ziling’s request.

Luo Ziling didn’t speak again, but Chen Xiaoyi couldn’t help but talk to Luo Ziling about the person who had asked her out before: “He’s one of the hosts at our station. If you regularly watch our channel’s programs, you should know him. His name is Ding Chaohui, a variety show host, very talented, and also handsome. I’ve hosted a show with him before, but I don’t like people with his kind of personality, too effeminate.”

Luo Ziling had wanted to say that a talented and good-looking person would be well-matched with Chen Xiaoyi, but since she had killed the joke herself, he could only dryly say, “I see.”

Chen Xiaoyi took Luo Ziling to a private restaurant named “Jinjia.” After parking the car, she hopped out with her handbag and waved for Ziling to join her inside.

“A friend of mine owns this place. The food’s pretty good. Try it out and see if it suits your taste. If you like it, I can get you a membership card,” Chen Xiaoyi whispered to Ziling as they walked in, “I really like the food here, but it’s a bit spicy. I don’t know if you like spicy or not. If you don’t, I can tell them to tone it down.”

“No worries, I’ll eat anything,” Ziling smiled and replied, then added, “There’s nothing I don’t like when it comes to food; I love it all.”

At that moment, the restaurant owner greeted them. Recognizing Chen Xiaoyi, she immediately showed a surprised expression, “Oh, if it isn’t the beautiful Miss Chen. What brings you here today? This must be your boyfriend, right? He’s really handsome, very well-matched with you.”

The proprietress’s jests made Chen Xiaoyi blush, and she quickly clarified, “Just an ordinary friend!”

Observing Chen Xiaoyi’s flushed face, then looking at Ziling, who appeared a bit embarrassed but offered no explanation, the owner smiled meaningfully and asked no more.

After they took a private room on the second floor and sat down by the table, Chen Xiaoyi took the initiative to explain, “The owner is an old friend who likes to joke. Don’t take it to heart.”

“Do you come here often?”

“Quite a few times.”

“Looks like this is the first time you’ve brought a guy here alone, right? Otherwise, the owner wouldn’t have thought I was your boyfriend.” Ziling said this with a small sense of pride in his heart.

“Indeed, it’s the first time I’ve brought a guy here alone, and such a handsome one at that,” Chen Xiaoyi boldly looked at Ziling, “Walking with you, anyone would mistake you for my boyfriend. If someone tries to pursue me in the future, I’ll use you as a shield, how about that?”

Ziling was visibly surprised, “You’re not thinking of bringing me along to reject that super handsome and talented suitor from your office, are you?”

“Would you be willing?” Chen Xiaoyi tilted her head and asked Ziling, “If you’re up for it, I’ll bring you along. I believe in front of you, he would feel ashamed and stop bothering me.”

Before Ziling could answer, she continued, “If you’re willing to help me with this, I’d be really grateful. So, are you willing to lend a hand?”

Seeing Chen Xiaoyi looking at him expectantly, Ziling felt it would be somewhat cruel to refuse, so he could only respond vaguely, “We’ll see when the time comes!”

“I’ll take that as a yes,” Chen Xiaoyi immediately beamed, “I’ve been struggling with how to reject him without hurting our work relationship, but now I finally have a good solution.”

Ziling couldn’t help but give a bitter smile, “I haven’t agreed to help you out yet.”

“But you just did. Worst case, I’ll treat you to a big meal next time, and a few more big meals after that should do it, right?” Chen Xiaoyi said, showing her teasing expression, “If that’s not good enough, I could also take you out. Is that sincere enough?”

Seeing Chen Xiaoyi’s bright smile, Ziling felt he had once again been foolish, turning his joke into another potential hassle.

Indeed, student Luo Ziling’s premonitions tended to be rather insightful…