Chapter 232: 232, my boyfriend can form a group (three updates in one night)

Chu Chen reached up to catch her fist, a rogue smile curling at the corners of his lips, "Why are you getting so angry?" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

He closed his laptop and glanced over at her with a sidelong look, sizing her up before deliberately saying, "Anyway, there’s not much to see."

Gu XaXinuoi Nuo’s face turned dark instantly as she grabbed a piece of orange peel from the table and flung it at him, "Chu Chen, you have the guts to say that again to this missy."

Not much to see?

Her figure was considered standard, but in his mouth, it became ’not much to see’. His sharp tongue was simply asking for a beating.

Chu Chen picked up the orange peel that had fallen on him leisurely and tossed it onto the table, his gaze toward her now laced with teasing, "Am I wrong?"

Gu Xinuo stood up abruptly, straightened her spine, and huffed, "My figure is very standard, okay? You blockhead wouldn’t understand anything, and there are plenty of people chasing after me."

Chu Chen raised an eyebrow, his tone playfully challenging, "Someone is chasing after you? In your dreams?"

"..."

This was intolerable.

Gu Xinuo grabbed a cushion and threw it furiously at him, "Chu Chen, what’s with that look? You think no one’s chasing after this missy?"

Did she look that undesirable to him, that was his gaze?

Chu Chen didn’t dodge, letting the cushion hit him.

He asked calmly in return, "So, you’re saying someone is chasing after you?"

"Nonsense." Gu Xinuo, barefoot, climbed onto the couch with the air of a boss, "I’ll go find someone to show you right now, you just wait."

She had been kind not to mock him for being single from the womb, and yet he dared to tease her.

It was simply too much.

Throwing down the cushion, she put her feet down and slipped on her slippers.

"Where are you going?" Chu Chen’s gaze turned slightly stern as a warm hand caught her wrist.

"To the harem to pick a concubine for your viewing pleasure." Gu Xinuo shook off his hand, her chin slightly raised, "This missy has the figure and the looks; I can form a group with all my boyfriends, have fun envying this single dog."

A harem?

Boyfriends enough to form a group?

Chu Chen gazed at her piercingly, his tall frame suddenly rising like an imposing mountain.

"Who told you I’m a single dog?" he asked in a deep voice.

The conversation took an unexpected turn, and Gu Xinuo was momentarily baffled, forgetting she was still bickering with him, and leaned in closer, gossiping with curiosity, "Could it be that you’ve taken a liking to someone?"

They often traveled in different directions, especially after the K organization was established, meeting seldom and parting often, it was really hard to say whether he had a girlfriend or not.

"Really? With your unromantic demeanor, which girl with poor taste has taken a liking to you?" Gu XaXinuoi Nuo pressed.

Chu Chen glanced down at her, his eyes hinting indifference, "So what if I have one, Ajiu has one too."

This tone, did he really have a girlfriend? Gu Xinuo was shocked, patting his shoulder, "Come on, Chu Chen, that’s not cool. Such big news as having a girlfriend and you don’t tell us? Looks like Ajiu is more considerate."

"Aqian knows," he said softly.

"What? So you tell Aqian but not me or Ajiu, that’s too much," Gu XaXinuoi Nuo protested.

Chu Chen gazed at her, with a trace of helplessness and loss in his eyes.

"Not good enough, you’ve got to tell me who she is." Gu Xinuo looked at him with shining eyes, her voice urging, "Who is it? Do I know her?"

Chu Chen shifted his gaze away, "Not telling you."

"Chu Chen, do you have to be that petty? Who is it?" Gu XaXinuoi Nuo elbowed him playfully, coaxing, "Come on, tell me."

Chu Chen remained silent, sat back down on the couch, and continued processing emails on his computer.

Suspecting he was irritated by her recent comment about being a "single dog", Gu Xinuo grumbled, "Such a petty ghost, fine, I’ll go ask Aqian."

Chu Chen ignored her, replying to emails with a poker face—whether he actually absorbed the content was known only to himself.

...

As the clock neared nine, the plane finally arrived in Country Y.

Getting off the plane, Ye Jiuliang stretched languidly, feeling good to be back on familiar ground.

Exiting the airport, the two of them found someone already waiting outside.

After settling into the car, Ye Jiuliang took out his phone to text Li Mochan.

Beside him, Ji Mingqian, unable to restrain his envy, griped, "Ye Jiuliang, you’re hopeless, completely devoured by Li Mochan."

"Just admit you’re jealous," Ye Jiuliang retorted as he typed out a reply.

Ji Mingqian huffed and turned his gaze to the window.

Half an hour later, the car stopped in front of a villa in the suburbs.

Ye Jiuliang keyed in the gate code, while Ji Mingqian followed lazily with his backpack in tow.

The moment they opened the gate, warm light spilled from the house.

The next second, a shadow lunged at them—or more precisely at Ye Jiuliang.

"Little Liangliang, I’ve missed you to death," Gu Xinuo clung to Ye Jiuliang, her wine-red hair brushing against her face.

"Tsk, still as unladylike as ever," Ji Mingqian commented with a touch of disdain as he looked at her and walked into the house with his backpack.

Glancing at the living room, he didn’t see Chu Chen.

A fragrant hot pot base aroma wafted from the dining room; he put down his backpack and made his way to the kitchen.

"Anuo, if you don’t get down soon, I’m going to be squashed to death," Ye Jiuliang complained, struggling to move under the weight of the person clinging to him.

Gu Xinuo hopped down and landed firmly, pulling Ye Jiuliang along as she muttered, "Ajiu, I’ve got a secret to tell you."

Ye Jiuliang looked at her suspiciously, "What?"

What kind of secret could she possibly have?

"Achen has a girlfriend," she whispered mysteriously into his ear.

Ye Jiuliang tugged at his lips, mumbling meaningfully, "Oh? Who is it?"

"I don’t know; that stingy Chu Chen won’t tell. But Aqian knows, we’ll ask him later."

Suppressing a laugh, Ye Jiuliang asked, "How did you find out he has a girlfriend?"

Gu Xinuo replied, "He let it slip himself, must have been because I made him mad this afternoon."

"How did you make him angry?"

"I just called him a single dog. I didn’t even know he had a girlfriend, was there a need for him to be that mad?" Gu Xinuo pursed her lips, "He was sulking all afternoon, making me feel like I owed him money or something."

It seemed like some amusing events had taken place that afternoon.

The smile on Ye Jiuliang’s lips grew more intriguing. He glanced towards the kitchen. It seemed Achen must have been fuming inside.

In the kitchen, Ji Mingqian had arrived at an inopportune moment, and as soon as he entered, Chu Chen had him washing vegetables.

"I’m saying, how come it’s taking you so long to seal the deal?" Ji Mingqian slowly washed the vegetable leaves, one by one, at a snail’s pace.

Chu Chen, slicing meat, pressed his lips together and kept silent.

"See, in this regard, you can’t compare to Li Mochan. Just look at how fast he moves; in such a short time, he’s made off with our cabbage and has got her completely wrapped around his finger."

"Ah, humans are all different, why such a big gap, huh? You should speed things up a bit. By the time Li Mochan and Ajiu’s kids are out buying soy sauce, you..."