His mind racing, Leng Xuan sighed and stood up. He couldn’t fathom the other person’s intentions but already felt a hint of unease, so he said with an indifferent expression, "If there’s nothing else, I think I need to head back." While speaking, he intentionally took out his old Nokia phone, which he had bought for 250 yuan and had been using for over a year, to check the time.
A flash of anger that was hard to detect swept through Luo Shuixi’s eyes but quickly disappeared, as she forced a smile and said, "What’s the matter, is there some kind of emergency?"
"Yeah!" Leng Xuan replied, "That’s right, I’ll miss my appointment if I don’t leave now. Let’s talk another time, bye!" With those words, he didn’t wait for Luo Shuixi’s awkward expression to change and turned around to leave.
Having coffee with Luo Shuixi, if it had been any other guy, even if he was so poor he couldn’t afford a meal, he would have fought to pay the bill, but Leng Xuan didn’t do that. Instead, he thought to himself, ’I didn’t drink any coffee, you ordered it, so you pay for it.’ Passing by the cashier, the beautiful manager even said to him with a smile, "Take care, sir, and welcome back anytime!"
Leng Xuan gave her a smile, but his gaze involuntarily shot to the snow-white skin exposed on her chest for a moment before he walked away without looking back.
The beautiful manager’s smile faded as she muttered under her breath, "Why are all the young guys nowadays so lecherous?" But she didn’t consider that she was dressed so provocatively because men like to look.
Watching Leng Xuan’s retreating figure, Luo Shuixi’s beautiful face had turned as cold as if it had been covered with a layer of frost. The beautiful manager came over to her and glanced at her before asking, "Shui Xi, who’s that cheeky kid?" From the tone of her voice, it seemed they had a particularly close relationship!
Luo Shuixi glanced at the beautiful manager and closed her eyes briefly, calming her emotions before saying, "Sister Shan, he can’t have gone far. Go and give him a VIP card."
"Eh?" The beautiful manager, Chen Shanshan, was momentarily stunned, clearly finding it unbelievable, but she could see that Luo Shuixi looked upset, so she didn’t dare say much, shook her head, and personally took a VIP card and ran after him.
Leng Xuan hadn’t walked far when he heard someone shouting, "Sir, please wait a moment!" He turned around and saw it was the beautiful manager of the coffee shop, so he stopped, surprised, and watched her jog towards him.
"This VIP card allows you to come to our shop for coffee anytime and bring friends along, all free of charge. Please accept it, sir." Chen Shanshan handed the VIP card to Leng Xuan, and she even gave him a suggestive wink—because she knew someone who Luo Shuixi held in such high regard, although not dressed impressively, must be quite significant. Not to make a good impression on him would just be foolish. Little did she know that when she returned to the shop, Luo Shuixi would indeed instruct her to get closer to Leng Xuan, even at the cost of her body if necessary—of course, that was a story for another time...
Carrying the VIP card, Leng Xuan truly felt as if he were dreaming.
This must have been instigated by Luo Shuixi, right?
Why was she being so nice to him? What was she after?
With a wry smile, Leng Xuan had no clue about the catch, but since someone was giving away a VIP card for free, it would be foolish not to take it, so he put the card in a compartment of his backpack and then hailed a taxi and got in.
"To Imperial Scenery Garden," Leng Xuan said to the driver.
The driver spoke in a local accent and replied, "Alrighty, young man, what are you heading to Imperial Scenery Garden for?"