Chapter 60 Merely to Save Him

Chen Mengting lay in bed, continuously refreshing the webpage.

Although the leaders of the small website were greedy for money, they had actually done a decent job with the site's system.

Driven by user votes and refreshed in real-time, Chen Mengting's artwork had climbed to fifth place, trailing fourth place by only five or six votes.

Three days later, which would be Friday at ten in the morning, the voting would close, and the rankings at that moment would be the final result.

Now, whenever Chen Mengting had a free moment, she would log onto the website to count the votes, feeling unbearably nervous.

"Beep."

Suddenly, the door was pushed open. Chen Mengting looked up toward the entrance to see her older brother carrying a man inside. During this, the man kept all over her brother's body.

If her sister-in-law hadn't been following right behind, Chen Mengting would have wanted to give Chen Fan a taste of her affectionate iron fist.

With a sister-in-law as wonderful as her, he was actually cheating!

Cheating was one thing, but he was cheating with a man!

Peng Jiaxin stepped forward and covered Chen Mengting's eyes, leading the younger sister directly out of the room.

"Mengting, we can go home now."

"Uh... Okay."

Although she still didn't understand what had happened, as long as they could leave, that was fine.

On the other side, Chen Fan dropped Xiang Yongyang onto the bed with an expression of utter disgust. That brat was really putting his hands all over him after taking the drugged medicine; he had given him goosebumps all over.

"Is this going to be okay?"

"Mm."

Ning Lu's pretty face was flushed red, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.

"Sorry to trouble you, you can leave the rest to me."

They were both adults, so some things didn't need to be spelled out. Chen Fan signaled for her to take her time, and he withdrew first.

Ning Lu watched Chen Fan close the bedroom door, then shifted her gaze to Xiang Yongyang's prominent erection.

"I'm doing this to save him, mm, just to save him."

......

Seeing Chen Fan come out alone, Peng Jiaxin did not ask any further questions.

To reiterate, Ning Lu's affection for Xiang Yongyang was an open secret to the world, and only the parties involved remained clueless. Xiao Sihe's unintentional act could be considered helping a pair of lovers find each other.

Chen Mengting was no longer a child and probably had some inkling of what was about to happen in the room. She curiously asked what had happened at the banquet.

"Children don't need to know so much."

"Tsk," Chen Mengting muttered under her breath.

"You probably don't even know as much as I do."

"Huh? Did you say something?"

"Nothing at all, let's go home~"

Chen Fan drove as usual, heading toward the Peng family villa. Unless something unexpected happened, they would probably be having dinner at the Peng family for the next few days.

The two older fathers came back today carrying a large grass carp, which looked to be about seven or eight pounds. Although they looked tired, it was clear they were very happy.

The two mothers and Grandma Peng were all beaming with joy as well. They had gone to the temple today to pray and had secured an auspicious date.

"The engagement will be during the summer vacation, in mid-August. We'll go to Beijing to hold it together with your maternal grandfather."

Peng Jiaxin thought for a moment; by August, the company's busy season should be pretty much over.

"No problem."

"I'm good with it too."

"Alright, then it's settled."

After dinner, Old Chen remarked that since matters had been discussed, they would have to head back tomorrow because Chen Mengting still had her studies.

In truth, the elderly couple felt a bit awkward staying at the Peng family indefinitely, but no one wanted to spoil the illusion. Bai Meilan stated that they were always welcome to visit again.

Post-dinner, Old Chen went outside the villa to smoke a cigarette, and Chen Fan followed him out.

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"Dad, what time are your train tickets tomorrow?"

"Seven in the morning, why?"

"Change it to the evening. Accompany me to look at some houses tomorrow."

"Huh?"

"Rest assured, I'm using my own money."

Only then did Old Chen nod.

"Alright, how come you suddenly thought about buying a house? Aren't you living comfortably with Jiaxin?"

"No, it's for the two of you."

"What do you mean?"

"I've talked with my little sister these past couple of days. She's going to work hard to get accepted into Suzhou University. When that happens, you guys should move over here too. From now on, our family might as well live in Suzhou."

Old Chen fell into an uncharacteristic silence. He took a deep drag of his cigarette and slowly exhaled the smoke.

“Chen Fan, I know you’ve grown up and have the ability now. As for me, I can't really help you much, but Yunshui is our root. Your grandparents are both buried there, and besides, this matter also needs to be discussed with your mother.”

“Well, I plan to buy one near Suzhou University, a place of a few hundred square meters, for you two and my little sister to live in.”

“...But then again, if both of you come to live in Suzhou, it won't really make much sense for your mother and me to stay in Yunshui.”

“What about grandparents?”

“Ah, your dad was never much of a filial son anyway; just going back for Qingming Festival will do.”

“...What about Mom’s side?”

“Even less need to worry about that. I’ll whisper some sweet nothings in her ear tonight, it’ll be a piece of cake.”

“Great, then get some rest early. I’ll come pick you up tomorrow morning.”

Old Chen flashed an "OK" hand gesture.

Chen Fan watched with a beaming smile as Old Chen walked back into the villa. Hopefully, Old Chen could convince his mother; as long as he could trick—ahem, welcome the old couple over to Suzhou, Chen Mengting that little girl wouldn't even think about coming to their house to be a third wheel!

Heh heh heh~

On the way home, Chen Fan shared this plan with the two women.

“That works. If it’s near Suzhou University... the Lujing real estate development is quite nice, and the prices are reasonable too. You can go take a look tomorrow.”

Peng Jiaxin didn't say things like "I happen to have a property there, just take it and live in it." Chen Fan was a man with self-esteem; if she kept arranging his life like that, it might be fine for now, but it would cause huge problems in the future!

If Chen Fan could read minds, he definitely would have said, "You've really misjudged your man!"

“Alright.”

“Bro, whose name are you putting on the deed for the house you're buying?”

The young girl's focus was quite novel.

Chen Fan shot her an annoyed look.

“Yours, okay? On the condition that you get into Suzhou University, otherwise it's all just talk.”

“Mission guaranteed!”

At that moment, Chen Mengting felt an infinite desire to study. If she hadn't been empty-handed, she would have read a couple of pages right then and there.

......

While Chen Fan and the others were happily enjoying themselves, downstairs at Xinghai Company, a stunning figure was still standing in the lobby.

Guo Yue'er had been waiting at Xinghai all afternoon. Her legs had gone numb from standing, yet she still hadn't waited long enough to see Chen Fan.

Oh, well, it wasn't like she hadn't seen anyone at all.

At the very least, Guo Yue'er had waited until Wan Yongwang got off work. Without Chen Fan, Wan Yongwang had been busy looking for a qualified artist and worked until this late hour before leaving.

Lü Chunjiao stood beside him with a blank expression.

She was working overtime without any overtime pay; she would have to be a ghost to be happy about it.

Neither of them noticed Guo Yue'er standing in the corner at first, but Guo Yue'er saw them, and she also saw the hands moving around on Lü Chunjiao's body.

She gave a self-deprecating smile. So, she was the clown all along.

"Wan Yongwang."

Hearing the familiar voice, Wan Yongwang turned around in confusion, following the sound. The moment he saw Guo Yue'er, he panicked and let go of his hands.

"Yue'er, when did you get here?"

"At noon."

Wan Yongwang froze for a second.

So early?

Guo Yue'er ignored Wan Yongwang and looked at Lü Chunjiao instead.

"When did this start?"

"Hmm... Ever since you introduced me to the company?"

Lü Chunjiao didn't lie. Besides, Wan Yongwang had already said he was going to break up with Guo Yue'er anyway. Since that was the case, telling her the truth wouldn't hurt.

Watching the young girl's eyes gradually dim, Lü Chunjiao's expression remained completely unchanged.

Since she had chosen money, she shouldn't yearn for any damn love anymore.

Giving up Chen Fan for Wan Yongwang—

Wasn't that something you chose for yourself?

Who are you trying to fool now by putting on a regretful act?