Chen Feng responded with a bared teeth expression, effectively ending the conversation.
Returning to Sun Xiaorui’s side, she sent Chen Feng a few candid street photos and then asked, "I checked out Mengting’s Moments today, is she at your place, with you?"
Chen Feng saw the message and didn’t deny it, "How did you guess? The photos she posted in her Moments don’t seem to include me, do they?"
"There were no pictures of you, but she said she was playing in Feiyun City. She can’t possibly be playing alone, can she? That place is very close to your home in Lin Nan County, she couldn’t have gone without seeing you, right?"
"Correct deduction, too bad no reward."
"Really, I want to go play with you guys too. Why don’t you agree? Do you think I would embarrass you if I came over?"
"Not at all. You’re overthinking it. You should know the reason. I don’t want to be pressured by my family to get married."
"Then what’s the deal with Mengting going over? Has she met your family?"
Chen Feng suddenly couldn’t come up with an answer. But, she’s not his girlfriend, Chen Feng would not accommodate her, he bluntly replied, "Can you be the same as her? She’s now the little sister I’ve acknowledged. If you also want to be my sister instead of my lover, I can fulfill that wish for you."
It took Sun Xiaorui a long time to reply, "Alright then. She’s different from me."
"Good that you know. You and I are lovers; she and I are siblings. You really don’t need to be jealous of her."
"I’m not jealous of her. I just really want to visit your hometown. It’s not necessarily to meet your family, just to be with you and have a look around your hometown. Just for a day or two."
Chen Feng still didn’t give in, just perfunctorily said, "Let’s talk about this later. Let’s discuss it after the new year, when I’m about to go back to Xiu Zhou."
The next morning, Chen Feng, Wu Mengting, and Lin Yujiao exercised together again.
The three of them ran to the open-air exercise equipment place to take a rest together again.
Wu Mengting took the initiative to bring up Zhao Xiaolan, saying that Zhao Xiaolan treated her very well, as if she were her own daughter, to the point where she didn’t even want to go back to her own home.
She also mentioned that Zhao Xiaolan already knew about her and Chen Feng’s situation and asked Lin Yujiao how she planned to handle it.
Lin Yujiao appeared very nonchalant, "It’s not a big deal for me, it all depends on how Brother Feng handles it."
Chen Feng pretended to be distressed, "This mess is because I was trying to help you, how could it be pushed onto me?"
Lin Yujiao straightforwardly said, "Aren’t you my man now? Shouldn’t you be the one to stand up for me?"
That was... undeniably true!
Chen Feng was immediately unable to counter.
Listening on the side, Wu Mengting felt a pang of melancholy and couldn’t help but say, "Actually, just explain the situation clearly. Tell the truth that you asked Brother Feng to pretend to be your boyfriend. In reality, you’re just friends."
Lin Yujiao glanced at her but said nothing.
Chen Feng, who couldn’t say he already made it clear with his mother, could only cough awkwardly and say, "I’ll handle this. Yu Jiao, if your parents pressure you again, you can just throw them two hundred thousand."
Lin Yujiao said crossly, "Where am I going to get two hundred thousand from?"
Chen Feng laughed and said, "I have it. I’ll give it to you."
After a pause, Lin Yujiao asked, "Then what should I say? Tell them that the two hundred thousand is your betrothal gift?"
Chen Feng smiled and said, "Just tell them it’s a gift from both of us out of respect."
Yujiao looked at him tenderly, her gaze so soft it was as if it could overflow with water.
This made Wu Mengting next to them feel quite uncomfortable, so she deliberately clanged the exercise equipment, creating a loud noise and startling the two.
Chen Feng glanced at Wu Mengting’s slightly stern face, then teasingly said to Lin Yujiao, "Don’t be moved, this money will be deducted from your salary."