Chapter 18 (1/2)

NPT C18No Protection TonightChapter 18: Car

I quickly walked over and reprimanded her, ”What are you doing here? You should be resting at home.”

”Your Tangge tricked me, he said he was going on a business trip but went back to your hometown instead. He's bringing back your Tangshu, so we're having lunch at a restaurant today,” Tangsao explained.

My heart fell upon hearing about his return. Our happy days had just started, is this the farthest they were gonna go?

”Feng, this is?” Tangsao's gaze s.h.i.+fted to Liu Jie.

”Oh, I'm Liu Jie, one of Zhuang Feng's good friends.” It was clear that she was a bit nervous, but why did she add a ”good” before ”friends”?

”Oh, I'm his Tangsao, Li Chunmei.” The two women shook hands.

”Wow, Mei-jie, are you kidding me? You don't look a day over twenty, how could you be his Saozi?” Liu Jie's eyes widened.

*The prefix -jie is the same as -ge, except feminine.

”You're a cutie yourself. I sure wish I was twenty, but I'll hit thirty in a couple of years. I'm getting old, too old.” Her laugh was bright and cheerful.

”Ah, Mei-jie has great skin, an excellent body, and killer looks. You really caused an uproar at the cla.s.sroom door, many of my cla.s.smates thought of you as their dream idol.” Liu Jie's compliments earned Tangsao's favor.

”Here, get in the car. I'll give you a ride home on our way back.” Tangsao was natural and relaxed, but I felt the opposite. It was as if my personal life was being exposed.

I got in the front pa.s.senger seat, but she gave me a dirty look and said, ”Feng, sit in the back.”

”Ah, why?”

”We're picking up your Tangge and Tangshu, and you still want to sit shotgun?” Tangsao's tone held a sliver of complaint.

If Tangge was going to come, it would be weird if I sat at the front. I stumbled out and sat with Liu Jie.

They were really able to chat freely with each other, and their topics ranged from which clothing stores had the most discounts to relations.h.i.+ps and marriage. It wasn't surprising though; Tangge didn't often spend time with her, and I've never had any experience with the subjects she liked to talk about, being from the countryside. Meeting Liu Jie was a relief.

”Ah, I think we pa.s.sed my house already,” Liu Jie suddenly said.

”This is a one-way street. It'll be a ha.s.sle to go back to where we were. Would you like to just eat lunch with us?” Tangsao invited. Jesus, this was only their first day of meeting, and they're already going to share a meal together?

”Wait, Saozi, her family is probably still waiting for her. Turning around at the next block shouldn't take too much time, right?” I didn't want to bring Liu Jie along. What kind of idiocy is that?

”Nah, my parents are usually super busy, and they always eat by themselves. I'm more afraid that I'll bother you guys while we eat,” Liu Jie mumbled.

”No no, I reserved an eight-person course meal anyway. We'll need an extra mouth to finish it.” Tangsao smiled happily.

In no time at all, we arrived at the bus station and met up with Tangge and Tangshu. They looked bewildered at the sight of Liu Jie.