Chapter 1323 - 586: Chen Zhongping, Who Completely Fast-Forwarded My Corner? _2

Chapter 1323: Chapter 586: Chen Zhongping, Who Completely Fast-Forwarded My Corner? _2

Her silky, long black hair cascades smoothly down, without curls at the ends today, moving fluidly with her waving gestures.

Still looking great.

Lin Li drove up next to Chen Yu Ying, stopped, rolled down the window, and with his arm resting on the window frame, said, "Hello, are you a car model?"

"Nope." Chen Yu Ying smiled and shook her head.

"Of course not," Lin Li dramatically wagged his index finger from side to side, producing an exaggerated popping sound: "The car model thing was a shallow judgment from afar, but now that I’m closer, I realize I’m completely smitten by you, darling—"

This kind of compliment no longer breached Chen Yu Ying’s defenses, so she accepted it calmly, humoring him with a few "mh-hm"s while playfully poking Lin Li’s forehead with her finger.

"Lin Li is so cunning, saying things like this while we’re still in his car. Not puking makes you uncomfortable, but if you do puke, a two-hundred fine!" Bai Bufan sneered disdainfully.

Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu nodded in agreement.

Lin Li turned his head: "Bufan, even your jealousy is adorable."

Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu nodded in agreement.

"Damn it." Bai Bufan laughed angrily, now truly at a loss. "I beg you, Lin Li, just torment the class leader, leave me alone."

"Alright, these parking spots are fine. If you don’t want to park outside, the garage is available too." Chen Yu Ying laughed, pointing at the spots beside her.

"Let’s park here then."

Indoor parking spots are usually better than outdoor ones, but during a feast-like scenario, it’s easier to escape with the vehicle parked outside.

"Where are uncle and aunt?" After getting out, Ding Sihan asked.

"Well, it’d be a hassle to change shoes and come out, and they’d feel uncomfortable greeting us, so I asked them to wait inside."

"Good call," Lin Li handed over the gift to Chen Yu Ying, "Just hand this directly to you."

"Sure thing."

Since part of the details were known in advance, all those perfunctory thank-yous could be skipped, and Chen Yu Ying accepted it directly.

"Yesterday you had Ying Bao carry the gift alone to the house, and today have Ying Bao carry it back home. Lin Li, you rascal!"

Ding Sihan didn’t hold back as he started teasing, immediately getting to the point:

"Ying Bao, Ying Bao, what happened yesterday? Lin Li was giggling naively in the car like an idiot most of the time..."

So the three girls chatted ahead, occasionally making Chen Yu Ying blush, while Lin Li and Bai Bufan followed behind.

Chen Yu Ying’s house was quite identifiable because among the rowhouses, only one had its gate open.

"Your garden looks really nice." Upon entering the courtyard without spotting her parents, Ding Sihan’s attention was captured by the plants and flowers, expressing her admiration.

Indeed, it looked beautiful. The garden had a natural, untamed charm with its arrangement of plants and flowers.

Evergreen shrubs dotted with camellia clusters, the deep red petals striking against the bare branches. A few roses in the corners had some buds left, while clumps of winter ornamental grasses swayed with their yellowed tassels in the breeze.

The colors weren’t vibrant, being winter, and having a riot of flowers wasn’t realistic, but it was pleasant to look at.

"My mom planted all this a while ago, and since we hadn’t visited in a while, and didn’t call anyone to trim it, it’s a bit wild. I tidied up a lot this morning." Chen Yu Ying laughed in response.

"You could leave this to Bai Bufan; he’s great at it," Lin Li suggested.

The "three people," including the "dog" himself, turned their eyes towards Lin Li, with no trust, just anticipation of what nonsense he might spout next.

Lin Li’s expression remained unchanged: "Because Bufan is a weed killer."

Bai Bufan understood now, making a face with a tilted mouth, sticking out his tongue to one side, drooling like he was cured:

"Follow 永雏塔菲, thank you meow! Long live the tower! The tower is indestructible! Hatchling Grass Princess is indestructible!

Beginning with 永, ending with 菲, she supports the youth of Hatchling Grass Princess with her 158 cm height. 永雏塔菲 with its 41 strokes is the faith of Hatchling Grass Princess’s life. The four characters 永雏塔菲 look too unique! Read too proudly, write too smoothly, chant too excitedly, dream too beautifully, get fascinated too easily, she’s the best in the world, the most outstanding 永雏塔菲!"

Remember, if you can’t recite the cheers and support words of each family, what right do you have to say you’re a real fan?

Chen Yu Ying, Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu: "?"

What is he rambling about?

Why did Bai Bufan suddenly start babbling nonsense?

Forget it, it doesn’t matter.

"Come on in."

"The slippers here are all new, you can wear them freely." Upon entering the villa, Chen Yu Ying had just finished speaking when she exasperatedly tapped Lin Li on the head: "Wearing freely doesn’t mean wearing black on the left and pink on the right, silly."

"Maybe I’m just nervous."

"Nervous my foot~"

Tension might make you break wind, Lin Li thought, looking at Bai Bufan bending to change his shoes, adjusting his stance.

Regrettably, after cultivation, such worldly desires could no longer be acted on at will.

Sigh, that must be one downside of cultivation.

After changing, a few people followed Chen Yu Ying inside.

Just stepping into the foyer, they could immediately feel the temperature difference between indoor and outdoors, with the central air conditioning running overhead.

Chen Yu Ying held her coat in hand, revealing the curves outlined by her sweater.

Lin Li and the others looked around.

It’s neither the opulent style of a newly rich’s mansion nor the exaggerated grandeur of a noble family from TV dramas. Indeed, the decor seemed quite exquisite and had a strong sense of design.

Whether it was the tiles or wall lamps, they were unique, yet not showy.

The clock on the wall looked like it was directly embedded into the glass wall tiles.

Bai Bufan glanced at the clock, saw it was already one-oh-seven, then fetched his phone.

"Dad! Mom! Everyone’s here!"

Chen Yu Ying walked ahead of Qu Wanqiu and Ding Sihan, skipping a few steps and carrying a small gift box as she headed towards the villa, calling out at the same time, her cheerful voice echoed in the spacious foyer.

The short hallway leading to the living room was bright and tidy, and they could vaguely hear Chen Zhongping and Song Xin from inside.

"Hey, here we come."

Tsk, hear the sound before seeing the people, huh.

If it were in their own home, opening the door would give a direct view of the living room and the doors to the secondary bedroom and kitchen.

Perhaps Wu Min had considered that living in a villa meant having to shout to communicate regularly and having to traverse to host guests, so she didn’t buy a villa.

I understand Sister Min.

Beside him, Bai Bufan raised an eyebrow, using his elbow to jab Lin Li’s ribs hard:

"Lin Li, a quiz with no prizes—did my stocks go up or down?"

Lin Li’s mind was still focused on the ultimate test ahead—whether it be Middle Man or Song Xin, Lin Li even felt Song Xin, knowing about it, brought more pressure compared to Chen Zhongping.

Thinking about these, Lin Li’s gaze was also fixed down the hallway toward the living room, not responding to Bai Bufan’s question.

"Hmm? Lin Li?"

"What did you say?"

"I said, guess whether my stocks went up or down."

Feeling Bai Bufan’s repeated elbow nudge and query, Lin Li couldn’t be bothered to look at him, simply responding casually:

"Down."

...

"Dad! Mom! Everyone’s here!"

At the end of the hallway, at the living room’s entrance, Chen Zhongping, having just put down the newspaper, heard his daughter’s clear call and his eyebrows subconsciously relaxed.

—In reality, who even reads newspapers nowadays, having one on hand is specially prepared, in a way, it’s a cosplay for one’s temperament and image.

Today, he’s going to give Lin Li a hard time. Oh right, isn’t there a Bai Bufan as well? Another guy, he gets scrutinized too!

"Hey, here we come."

"Let’s go over."

Saying this, Song Xin straightened up from bending to arrange the fruit platter, signaling to her husband.

Seeing his husband confronting the situation like facing a formidable foe, she just wanted to laugh.

Chen Zhongping nodded and adjusted the cuffs of his dark gray cashmere sweater as he stood up. As he considered himself the head of the household, his aura couldn’t falter.

Walking to the doorway with his wife, naturally, the first thing he saw was his dear daughter smiling happily, surely because those two girls had come to find her to play. The friendship between girls is truly beautiful.

After looking at Chen Yu Ying, Chen Zhongping’s gaze naturally swept forward.

His eyes locked onto and captured Lin Li, who was walking at the front, looking in his direction, considered by him as a serious threat.

It’s time to give him a scare.

Lin Li, prepare to meet your end!

Hehehehehe.

Chen Zhongping opened his mouth, cruel words ready to release!

"Lin——"

But the serious threat standing in his home’s vestibule, at the very moment he appeared, looked at him warmly:

"Dad~"

Chen Zhongping: "?"