Chapter 385 - 230: Nowhere to Have Fun (2)

Chapter 385: Chapter 230: Nowhere to Have Fun (2)

Chen Xiao said smugly, "What are you afraid of? You’ve got an old pro sitting right next to you!"

"Old pro, watch out for the red light!"

Whoops. Chen Xiao was so busy talking that he ran a red light.

Zhao Xiangjun shot him a look. "You’re trying to teach me how to drive? More like you’re teaching me how to break the law."

Chen Xiao laughed awkwardly but stubbornly retorted, "Running red lights... that’s something only old pros dare to do! I was just demonstrating how a pro can run a red light as smooth as flowing water!"

"Heh heh...!"

Zhao Xiangjun scoffed. "Forget it. I won’t learn. I’m too clumsy, I’d better just play it safe."

After that violation, Chen Xiao didn’t dare let his attention wander while driving. Running a red light was just a traffic violation, but thankfully, there was no accident.

When they arrived at Xiangshan Grassland, Chen Xiao parked the car.

Zhao Xiangjun pointed at the rows of tents on the bare grassy field. "This is what you call a quiet place?"

"I didn’t expect so many great minds to think alike!"

"Xiangjun, we should buy some outdoor gear sometime. It’d be pretty nice to pitch a tent here and spend the day!"

Hmm, Zhao Xiangjun wasn’t against the idea. ’Forget a day, I’d be willing to spend a lifetime cooped up in there with him!’

But then she saw a mischievous look in Chen Xiao’s eyes and instantly knew what he was thinking.

"Chen Xiao, you’re such a pervert!"

’She figured me out!’ Chen Xiao immediately put on a serious face and held up his hands, as if to say he hadn’t done or thought anything.

Zhao Xiangjun ignored him. Having come this far together, they knew each other better than anyone. A single glance was all it took for her to know what he was thinking.

She walked on ahead by herself. Chen Xiao quickly darted forward and scooped up her soft, boneless hand.

Their fingers intertwined, they walked forward hand in hand. Both of them felt as if time had stood still, as if they were the only two people left in the entire world.

The reason they’d come here was because Chen Xiao had looked up a guide online that said this was a good spot for an outing.

Even though he’d lived in Jiangzhou for several years, he really didn’t know where the fun places were.

Back in school, when he went out with female classmates, they would just wander through parks. He’d never driven dozens of kilometers out to the suburbs.

The guide also said the scenery here was beautiful, far from the disputes of the mundane world, and perfect for couples to take a stroll.

’Looks like you can’t trust guides completely!’

They were both people who liked peace and quiet, but it was impossible to find any quiet here.

Where there are crowds of tourists, there will naturally be consumption.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Chen Xiao asked Zhao Xiangjun if she was hungry and wanted to get something to eat.

Looking at the sea of people in the dining area, Zhao Xiangjun shook her head. She’d rather go hungry. She had a phobia of dense crowds with everyone packed together.

"How about this, Chen Xiao, you go buy some snacks, and we can eat them in the car!"

Chen Xiao found her pitiful expression amusing. ’Is lining up for food really that scary?’

In the end, Chen Xiao did as she suggested and went to see what kind of snacks he could buy.

The dining area was packed. Chen Xiao quietly went to the back of a line to wait.

A young woman was standing in line in front of Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao couldn’t figure out what girls these days were thinking. On a day like this, even with the warm sun shining, the temperature was close to 0 degrees Celsius.

’That fur coat, those long boots... aren’t your exposed legs cold?’

’Her bare legs were already turning purple from the cold. Is that really beautiful?’

It wasn’t that Chen Xiao had double standards. People like Gao Yue and Lin Ya also often wore skirts in this weather, but their work and activities were all confined to heated rooms that were like spring all year round.

This was the outdoors. Dressed like that, even Chen Xiao felt cold just looking at her.

’Well, it’s not me who’s freezing,’ he grumbled internally. Bored while waiting in line, he took out his phone to check his messages.

That girl Bai Lu was teasing him again. "Chen Xiao, you free this weekend? Let’s go get an essential oil massage."

"Not going!"

First, he wasn’t going to fall for that again. Second, even if she were serious, he wouldn’t go. He was with Xiangjun today; everything else had to be put aside.

This was probably the first time Chen Xiao had rejected her with such backbone, and Bai Lu wasn’t used to it.

After a long pause, she sent a questioning emoji. "Chen Xiao, have you become a monk?"

"Don’t worry. A man with my exceptional talents is congenitally incapable of becoming a monk. If I really did, I’d definitely be a philandering one!"

Bai Lu didn’t know what so-called "exceptional talents" he was referring to, but when he said he’d be a philandering monk, she couldn’t agree more.

"True. You’d better not go corrupting any young nuns. This dazzling, mortal world is where you can truly show off your strengths!"

"I never realized you understood me so well, Bai Lu. To know what my ’specialty’ is!"

Bai Lu had no idea he was making a lewd joke. She replied, "Of course I know. Your specialty is being especially shameless!"

Chen Xiao was so engrossed in texting that he didn’t notice several small children roughhousing nearby.

One of the children was running, with a few others chasing after him.

Just then, the running child tripped and slammed right into Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao, focused on his phone, was caught completely off guard. He lost his balance and stumbled backward. He instinctively reached out to grab something and accidentally latched onto the fur coat of the young woman in front of him.

RIIIP! The young woman was yanked off-balance, and even more tragically, her fur coat was torn.

A dumbfounded Chen Xiao stared at the fur in his hand—he’d nearly ripped off half a sleeve—and then at the young woman, whose initial shock was quickly turning to anger as she glared at him.

He quickly let go. Chen Xiao was speechless. "I’m sorry. It was an accident. I’ll pay for it."

It was truly an unexpected disaster.

The young woman’s new look was a bit like a one-armed old man, with the sleeve on one arm just dangling there. If Chen Xiao had pulled any harder, he probably would have torn it off completely.