Chapter 13: Someone Confesses, Going Out to Buy a Car

About Chen Tang’s suggestion, based on Liu Yan’s years of experience interacting with this girl, he completely felt that he couldn’t actually trust her.

This person was probably just someone who loved watching the world burn, eager for him to make a fool of himself immediately.

Then she could mercilessly mock him.

“The secret I’ll hold over you for life.jpg”

After the two of them finished the barbecue, they went straight home.

Originally, Chen Tang meant to play some games, but Liu Yan felt that today’s date had actually been quite tiring—after all, going on a date with someone like Bai Mengling, a great miss, inevitably required thinking about many things. For instance, whether a certain sentence might offend the other person, or whether it might make her unhappy.

So even though today’s date was actually quite enjoyable, it was still exhausting.

Chen Tang expressed understanding about this. She was very clear about Liu Yan’s mentality—interacting with a great miss was a completely different concept from hanging out with ordinary friends.

Even when going out with ordinary friends, you had to consider different people’s thoughts. For example, when two friends go on a trip, they might even clash over the choice of transportation—let alone going out with Great Miss Bai, someone Liu Yan didn’t actually know well… and her status was very noble. Of course, he had to consider even more, which would put a burden on his spirit.

Then, when accompanying him out for barbecue, they encountered someone trying to hit on her… Although Liu Yan took the opportunity to vent his grievances against Xia You, it was undoubtedly a drain on his psyche.

So she didn’t intend to pester Liu Yan into playing games.

She knew he needed rest.

So tonight, she didn’t play games at all and decided to go to bed early.

“Chen Tang! I like you! Can we date?”

She saw that someone had sent her a private message through the university class group.

Below the software was also a contact request.

Wait, bro, it’s only been a few days since I turned into a beautiful girl and you’re already confessing? Do I even know you? You mean Classmate Copper Coin? Sorry, not familiar.

Clearly, it was a character that didn’t appear in the plot.

Couldn’t even qualify as an NPC. At least Xia You’s current boyfriend had an ID—rejected.

She directly rejected the friend request, then replied in the chat box: “If you want to confess to me, I suggest you notify Liu Yan first. I like him.”

Of course, she didn’t actually like Liu Yan.

But for some people, saying “Sorry, I don’t have any thoughts about dating right now” can’t stop them.

Of course, even more extreme, saying “The person I like is Liu Yan” also can’t stop them.

They would say, as long as you swing the hoe well, no wall can’t be dug—Chen Tang didn’t deny this statement. In fact, she herself somewhat recognized this philosophy.

The point of saying this was ultimately to let Liu Yan attract the fire for her. Then these people would go find Liu Yan first.

Could Liu Yan handle it?

Come on.

Although Liu Yan’s ending wasn’t good, regardless, he was still the male lead of this book. In a sense—this entire world was born for Liu Yan’s romance.

Undoubtedly the center of the world.

And you NPCs?

Sorry, just roadside trash.

The other party indeed didn’t chat with Chen Tang through this method again. As for whether the other party would find Liu Yan and how they would communicate—that was Liu Yan’s business. If he wasn’t satisfied, he could talk to her himself. She would just tell him about it tomorrow.

She thought about the subsequent plot. Under the current timeline changes, how would the later plot develop?

Chen Tang didn’t have a definitive answer. Thinking like this, the girl drifted into sleep.

—

“Get up and eat!”

Liu Yan shouted at the door. Seeing Chen Tang’s body move, he knew she was awake, then returned to the living room.

This man’s cooking skills were excellent—after all, his family ran a restaurant. He had fully learned his parents’ craft.

And this skill of his was itself one of the conditions for conquering certain female characters… For example, Bai Mengling would discover Liu Yan’s superb culinary skills—in the later plot where she regretted things, when she ate her own family’s chef’s cooking, she would always think of Liu Yan’s emotion-filled meals…

Although Chen Tang didn’t quite understand the difference between emotion-filled meals and what the chef made.

She could only think that Bai Mengling was looking at the issue through rose-colored glasses.

But regardless, Liu Yan’s cooking was definitely not bad, and he himself quite liked cooking.

He often had whimsical ideas and made some novel dishes. And Chen Tang was usually the one to taste-test them. Some were very delicious, some were quite shocking. Fortunately, none would cause poisoning.

So the two of them always had Liu Yan in charge of meals.

“Hey~ You’re just making noodles in the morning?”

“Do you expect me to make you a big feast in the morning?”

Liu Yan was already slurping noodles from his bowl.

Chen Tang sat down at the dining table.

“Lard noodle soup!” Her eyes lit up instantly. “When did you render the lard?”

“Just this morning. We just moved in, so we didn’t have any before. I went to the vegetable market at six o’clock, bought the best piece of pork fat, came back and rendered it, then boiled the noodles, and then called you to get up.”

Chen Tang grinned. She picked up her chopsticks, stirred them a few times, took a bite, and said, “You even added vinegar!”

“Very little! I know you don’t like it, but a bit of vinegar is good for you. Even though it has a taste, it doesn’t affect your eating, does it? You’re not completely unable to eat it.”

“Damn it! How are you like my mom!”

“It was Auntie who told me to!”

“Momma’s boy! Don’t you know what it means to comply outwardly but resist inwardly?”

Liu Yan shrugged. “Eat it or not. If you don’t, give it to me!”

He reached out to grab Chen Tang’s bowl.

Chen Tang quickly protected it. “No! I’ll eat! Of course I’ll eat! How could I not eat something made by you, Chef Liu?”

She then began slurping the noodles. “But last night, some guy from our class contacted me through the class group and confessed to me. I can’t even remember his name… I said I liked you and told him to find you. You’ll have to handle it for me.”

“You fucking…”

Liu Yan was immediately unhappy. “Aren’t you just making trouble for me? Don’t you know that a man in love is the most blind? Who knows what he might do to me?”

“Then are you going to handle it or not? If you don’t, I’ll tell your parents. I’ll tell them you want other men to be friends with me.”

“…”

Liu Yan remembered that in the past couple of days, his parents had called him repeatedly, urging him to take good care of Chen Tang. And his old man even used a very lecherous tone to tell him that since they were both in college now, and Chen Tang was willing to live with him, it was obviously tacit approval of certain things, that she must like him, and told him to find a chance to drink a little wine with Chen Tang and directly take her.

He had asked at the time, “Am I even human?”

Such a thing, with his upright character, he naturally couldn’t do.

And besides, this was Chen Tang!

Admittedly, in this world line, Chen Tang had always been a beautiful girl, from childhood to adulthood. Although she was a bit mischievous, it was a special kind of cuteness. He knew it was normal for his parents to want Chen Tang as their daughter-in-law.

But for Liu Yan,

That was his childhood friend!

A childhood friend who had grown up with him since they wore open-crotch pants!

He could still remember when they were little, competing to see who could pee farther—he remembered that time he won.

How could he have those kinds of thoughts about this woman!

“You better be careful, I’m telling you! You just use my parents to pressure me! Watch out, one day I’ll stick a knife in your back instead of supporting you!”

“Fuck! Are you even human?”

After the two finished eating, Liu Yan said, “Alright! Go wash up quickly. I’ll wash the dishes, and then we’ll go buy an electric scooter. Then it’ll be convenient to go anywhere.”

Chen Tang nodded, then went to wash up, and also changed out of her pajamas.

Today, Chen Tang wore a skirt.

Actually, after the world line changed, she had tried to wear pants as much as possible—but her parents had bought her many skirts and put them in the wardrobe. She felt it would be a pity to just leave them there unworn.

So she decided to wear one.

“…”

She saw Liu Yan fall silent.

So she asked with a smile, “What? Seeing this outfit of a pink skirt and white stockings, are you feeling completely captivated? Today, I’m going for pure innocence, the Xiao Chunan killer! How do you feel now, Liu Yan? Don’t you think walking with me gives you extreme face?”

“Why are you dressed like that?”

“Hey! Didn’t I ask you to help me deal with those guys? I’m not the kind of person who doesn’t know how to repay kindness. I don’t have anything else, but now I have this condition, so I’m selling a little bit of sex appeal to you, no problem?” She even pulled at her skirt strap.

Liu Yan hastily stepped back.

“Hey! Look at you! Such a loser! My god, expecting you to swallow Bai Mengling whole is probably going to be very difficult! Let’s go! Let’s go buy the electric scooter!”

Chen Tang seemed to think of something. “When you drive, I’ll sit in the back, and then we’ll go hit up some luxury cars for a collision, especially single guys. Hey! As soon as they see me, I’ll happily hug you from behind! Directly putting on a scene of a beautiful girl laughing on an electric scooter. That’ll definitely break their spirits.”

Good, this was so Chen Tang.

It seemed brother was still brother.

Liu Yan was genuinely stunned by Chen Tang’s outfit—he knew Chen Tang was a beautiful girl now.

After all, someone had hit on her last night.

But who would have thought that just changing clothes would completely change her vibe?

But as soon as she opened her mouth, that flavor was right.

One could only say that this person was as mischievous as ever.

Looking at her expression now, she was definitely scheming about what kind of smile would look the happiest and most soul-crushing.

This was exactly her expression whenever she was planning to do something bad.

She might even have intended to mess with him as well, but was just afraid that he wouldn’t understand her intention in time and wouldn’t cooperate well enough to achieve the best effect.

Her patience was endless when she was up to no good.

“Stop cooking up trouble! Hurry up and go!”

“Hey! Don’t rush! When I hug you, you also need to show a gentle smile, like a kind of helpless but happy, doting smile. Do you understand? Do you know the flavor?”

See, I knew it.

Liu Yan waved his hand helplessly. “Fine, fine, fine. I’ll cooperate. Let’s go buy the scooter first!”

The place to buy electric scooters wasn’t far, so the two planned to walk there.

Then, at the entrance of the residential complex, they ran into Bai Mengling.

“!”

Bai Mengling’s eyes first fell on Liu Yan, then on Chen Tang.

Chen Tang clearly saw the flicker of wariness in the other’s eyes when she saw her.

“Mengling, what are you doing here? Why didn’t you tell me in advance?”

Chen Tang was shocked.

You dated for one day and it became “Mengling”? No wonder you’re the male lead, kid.

Liu Yan’s expression was quite frank, as if he didn’t feel any awkwardness about being caught going out shopping with another girl by his girlfriend.

Chen Tang knew this was because Liu Yan was truly at ease—this inversely proved that Liu Yan had no feelings for her at all. Which was naturally the expected result.

Bai Mengling obviously thought of this too, so she withdrew her gaze from Chen Tang and then revealed a generous, appropriate smile: “I wanted to surprise you, didn’t I? Even though we just had a date yesterday, I thought since it’s the weekend and I have nothing to do, and I have a boyfriend now, of course I want to spend time with my boyfriend… Are you two going out?”

She looked at Chen Tang’s pink skirt and white stockings.

She felt that this woman Chen Tang seemed to have different intentions.

“We’re planning to buy an electric scooter. After all, riding a bicycle everywhere isn’t very convenient. In high school, we were busy, so we didn’t go anywhere, and our family handled everything. Now that we’ve moved out, for things like buying daily necessities or going to farther places, an electric scooter is more practical, so we decided to buy one.”

“Just one?”

Liu Yan nodded. “Yeah, one is enough. It can carry a passenger.”

Bai Mengling then asked, “Do you have driver’s licenses?”

“Driver’s licenses? We got them after graduating from high school…”

“Then how about I give you a car? If you need to go farther, a car would be more convenient, right?”

Liu Yan and Chen Tang exchanged glances and both shook their heads.

Liu Yan took two steps toward Bai Mengling and said with a smile, “We don’t go very far. If we go far, we’ll definitely take the high-speed rail or a plane. For nearby places, like the vegetable market, driving is actually troublesome—you have to find a place to park. An electric scooter can be driven straight in, which is more convenient. Besides, Chen Tang and I haven’t driven much, and our skills aren’t good; it’s dangerous. I know you mean well, but no need.”

Bai Mengling was visibly taken aback.

She, of course, didn’t buy groceries or go to places like a vegetable market, so she hadn’t thought that an electric scooter could actually be more convenient than a car!

She suddenly looked nervously at Liu Yan’s eyes.

Liu Yan’s expression was completely calm.

He wasn’t feeling inferior because of the difference in their status; he was just honestly stating a fact.

This relieved Bai Mengling quite a bit.

This man Liu Yan was indeed somewhat…

Special.

She had been afraid that her words might have hurt Liu Yan, but Liu Yan showed none of those signs.

“Are you planning to walk there?”

“Yeah, it’s not far.”

She then looked at her driver. “You go back. I’ll call if I need you. I’ll walk with them.”

The driver said nothing, just obeyed her order.

Then, with a smile on her face, she stood very naturally by Liu Yan’s side. “Then I’ll go with you. I’ve never bought an electric scooter before. I’d like to see what it’s like.”

Chen Tang looked at the other’s demeanor.

Oh?

Showing off to me, isn’t she?

Sure enough, scoring a goal when there’s a goalkeeper is more exciting. If she weren’t Liu Yan’s childhood friend and close to him, Bai Mengling definitely wouldn’t be this proactive—it’s because she’s here that Bai Mengling also has a sense of competition.

In that case…

If she competed with her, would she get even more excited?

The sense of defense kicked in!

She calmly stood on Liu Yan’s other side. “That’s fine. Let’s go together~ Let Great Miss Bai see how us ordinary people live. I hope Great Miss Bai won’t look down on it.”

“Oh, what ‘great miss’? We’re all equal individuals. Classmate Chen Tang can’t say that.”

“Oh dear, I misspoke. Sorry, President Bai~”

Hmm?

Liu Yan suddenly felt a smell of gunpowder hanging in the air around him.

He couldn’t help but glance at Chen Tang.

“What do you mean by this?”

His eyes clearly said that.

Chen Tang winked at him.

“Don’t complain. Watch my moves.”

She conveyed this meaning.

Liu Yan was speechless.