224 Your Fears Will Come Upon You! (1/2)

”Damn that company!” Chen Fan looked up, tapped the back of Wang Bing's head and said, ”Start driving.”

”Alright.” Wang Bing collected his gaze and started the car.

Ping Hu Street was a 20 minutes car ride away from the company. The black BMW slid in between traffic smoothly and quickly, so it took them only 13 minutes to reach the destination.

Upon arrival, Chen Fan did not exit the vehicle. Instead, he remained in his seat, leisurely enjoying the view through the window. It was 11 o'clock sharp, 10 minutes before the appointment.

Shortly, about 5 minutes later, a beautiful girl with a voluptuous figure and an exquisite visage walked out of the entrance of the big building. The hot girl had long blond hair that stretched down till her bust line, and in between her fingers was a small milky-white colored notebook. She was standing in front of the stairs, occasionally looking down both ends of the road.

”Hello, gorgeous!” she heard a frivolous voice in a mish-mash of English and Mandarin. Then, the reckless man came right in front of her, face to face.

”Hooligan!” The girl poked the man's forehead with her green-colored nails. She would've scratched a deep abyss on his face, if her strength had been at a hundred thousand fold!

”Did you miss me?” Chen Fan did not seem to be bothered by her innocuous anger.

”Why would I miss you? There's no point in that!” Wu Ruoyu had her hands on her hips, her pretty cheeks puffed in anger. ”I haven't seen you for days. You were so ambiguous on the phone and online. Even the Kuomintang Spies aren't as evasive as you!”

”Well, I'm here now!” Chen Fan stretched his arms open, hoping to embrace her thin waist, but she pushed him away with no sympathy.

”Hey, we're at the entrance of the office!” Wu Ruoyu pushed him away hard, under the gazes of the passersby.

”Hehe.” Chen Fan laughed drily. He wanted to say something, but was suddenly interrupted by a breathless man who came out of nowhere.

”Brother Chen, Brother Chen. What a coincidence!” the high-spirited man exclaimed in excitement. He was wearing an all-white branded casual outfit, with a Vacheron Constantin watch on his wrist. He was the epitome of a 'golden bachelor'.

”You are?” Chen Fan had a bad memory when it came to men. After thinking long and hard, he raised his eyebrows and laughed. ”Ah! Ah! You are Wei Jie!”

It took him a long time to recall who this man was. Wu Ruoyu once used Chen Fan as a human shield to evade this man. Later, they met again in a restaurant, where the man was tricked into gifting Chen Fan a bottle of Lafite.

”He he…” Wei Jie laughed awkwardly, not really knowing how to react. His humble approach was greeted with a ”Do I know you?”, so how could he feel good after that?

Of course, he had at least a small amount of magnanimity. Maintaining his dignity, he faked a carefree laugh. ”I don't suppose that the both of you have eaten, so why don't I treat you to a meal? I saw a new restaurant on the way here. They had two 40-meters long great white sharks on display. How irresistible!”

As soon as he finished his sentence, Chen Fan had a strange expression on his face, as if he had seen Obama in a local barbeque stall, holding a lamb skewer in one hand and a big draft beer in another. What a confusing thought.

”There's no need for that.” Wu Ruoyu could not help but roll her beautiful eyeballs. Then, she looked at Chen Fan, and was all smiles. ”Cousin dear, you said you wanted to take me to eat Can Can Noodles, didn't you? Shall we go now?” (Can can noodles: a hot and sour noodle, served in a clay pot, similar to Cross Bridge Rice Noodles.)

”Can Can Noodles?” Wei Jie's expression was about to make Chen Fan and Wu Ruoyu truly understand the meaning of one's being thick-skinned.

He was stunned for awhile, then started to ramble on about his interest in Can Can Noodles, as if he was talking about pretty girls. ”That's a fantastic idea. The last time I had Can Can Noodles, it was incredibly tasty. Shall we all go together? I know a place where they make excellent Can Can Noodles.”

”Well…” Wu Ruoyu was speechless, so she only could pass this onto Chen Fan.

Chen Fan caught Wu Ruoyu's anxious gaze, and he stuttered, not knowing what to say for some time. In the end, he managed to stutter, ”The weather, it's too hot to eat those noodles…”

”Why don't we eat something light, then?” Wei Jie was still smiling, as if they'd all agreed beforehand to dine together.

Wei Jie was no fool either. How could he not see that Wu Ruoyu was trying to ignore him? In fact, she probably hated him for being there making conversation. If it had been any other woman, he would have turned and walked away, as cool as a cucumber.

Alas, Wu Ruoyu was not any other woman! The more she pushed him away, the more he itched for her. On top of some other reasons, he just could not leave!

Their story had began last month. He had proceeded with his usual game plan: know yourself, know your enemy. He had employed a classic strategy — hooking up with a female colleague of Wu Ruoyu's. From there, he made discreet inquiries about her personal details.

The poor girl was a typical love-struck fool, who did not realize that the man in front of her was playing this game of substitution. Before she knew it, she was too immersed in her dream of ”the ugly duckling becoming the swan”.

When asked about Wu Ruoyu, whom she was very jealous of, she spilled everything from a to z. She started with how worthless Wu Ruoyu was, and how she had big breasts but no brains, and how she used her family relations to get further in her career.

She also complained that Wu Ruoyu was a bourgeois, who always had Starbucks or dined in western restaurants. She even revealed about Wu Ruoyu's personal life, mentioning that Wu Ruoyu was so vain, that she would always find herself a very rich boyfriend.