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Chapter 522 Sweet Companionship, Chen Duling
"Dingle bell! Dingle bell!"

Upon hearing the phone ring, Chen Xiu glanced at the road conditions, pulled over, and stopped the car before checking her phone.

Looking at the caller ID on the screen, he paused slightly and replied, "Hello, what's up?"

"Um, I'm at your door, but I can't get in right now."

Chen Xiumei raised a slight look of surprise, followed by a hint of amusement in her eyes.

"Which family am I from?"

"Tan Palace".

"OK, I'm almost there. Wait for me at the door."

"Okay, hurry up."

Before starting the car after hanging up the phone, Chen Xiu wondered why Chen Duling knew her address, and then immediately thought of the time she had come to visit with her parents during the Spring Festival.

Tsk tsk, parents' problems are really hard to solve...

Chen Xiu started the car again, pressed the accelerator slightly, and rushed back to the Tan Palace at a slightly faster speed than before.

When he arrived at the entrance of the residential area, he saw a white figure from a distance.

As the car drew closer, Chen Xiu got a clearer look at Chen Duling's attire.

Two pigtails hung down her narrow shoulders, and her forehead was covered by wispy bangs. She wore a white shirt with a bow at the collar, the style and color of which matched her JK skirt, which was a Scottish blue-purple plaid.

Beneath the skirt were a pair of long, slender, and smooth legs, with black patent leather shoes dangling from her slender ankles, and a bag slung over her shoulder.

The JK girl paced back and forth listlessly, her mask pulled up high, revealing only her eyes and forehead. Against the backdrop of greenery and natural light, she exuded a naive and innocent charm.

In Chen Xiu's eyes, this outfit reminded her of an old friend... It must be because she's been watching too much cosplay lately.

To confirm her identity, he called Chen Duling again as the car approached the JK girl.

When the first "thud" sounded, Chen Xiu saw the JK girl frantically take her phone out of her handbag.

Looking at the incoming call information displayed on the screen, a hint of joy flashed in Chen Duling's eyes. She waited a moment before answering the call.

"Hey, where are you?"

"I'm right next to you."

"Ok??"

Chen Duling looked around and then fixed her gaze on the Aston Martin parked on the side of the road.

After the car came to a complete stop, the driver's side window slowly rolled down.

Chen Duling cautiously craned her neck to look out, and then saw a pair of sunglasses through the crack in the car window.

Sunglasses inside the car window, face masks outside the car window—the two of them together barely make up one face.

"Why aren't you in the car yet?"

"Okay, I'm coming right now."

Chen Duling spoke into her phone, but Chen Xiu, sitting in the car, could actually hear her clearly.

He watched as long legs swept past the car, the passenger door opened, and a whiff of cedarwood perfume wafted out along with the rustling of the seats. Finally, with a thud, the door slammed shut.

Chen Xiu moved her neck slightly, turned to look at Chen Duling, and said with a smile, "Did you come here to cook, or to sleep?"

"Don't talk nonsense."

Being in a confined and narrow space, Chen Duling became somewhat nervous.

Seeing her eyelashes trembling, Chen Xiu pursed her lips and thought to herself: Last time she took the initiative to come and practice her skills by taking advantage of the time difference, but this time she has become reserved and nervous.

Chen Duling realized that her behavior was a bit too different from before, and in order to prevent Chen Xiu from overthinking and causing their relationship to regress, she quickly changed her words.

"I came here to play games with you... and maybe cook a meal or go to bed while I'm at it, that's not a bad idea."

Ah!! How could I have said such a thing?!

Chen Duling felt as if endless heat was emanating from her ears, causing her earlobes and neck to turn red and hot.

Chen Xiu's doubts lessened, and she directly simplified what she said into two words.

"Did you come here today specifically to keep me company?"

"Hmm, that's right! I'll play games with you, didn't I say that before?"

Thinking she had found a legitimate reason, Chen Duling bravely looked up at Chen Xiu, her two slender fingers tightly gripping her handbag.

Chen Xiu met her gaze for two seconds, nodded and looked down, tilting her head to examine the small handbag.

"I don't think you can put clothes in here, right?"

"clothing……"

Chen Duling's eyes began to dart away, looking towards the front of the car, intentionally avoiding it.

"Ahem, there are no clothes in here."

"Oh, then what should we do?"

"I can just wash and dry this set after I change it, or I can buy a set online and have it shipped to me. There are plenty of ways, why are you so concerned about this?"

"Your bag is bulging, I'm just curious what you put in it."

Chen Xiu kept bringing up the topic of the bag, mainly because when Chen Duling put the phone back, she brought up a small detail.

Then, he was very familiar with the material of that thing...

Chen Duling felt her ears were steaming again; no, this time her eyes were steaming too, and it was getting worse and worse.

The ears and eyes spewed out air like steam whistles.

Finally, she closed her eyes, resignedly leaned back in her seat, and a word popped out from under her mask.

"Stockings."

Chen Xiu didn't say anything more, she just kept pressing the accelerator.

...Chen Duling was very thin. Chen Xiu felt that her figure was like that of a hummingbird, the kind that could be easily lifted with one hand.

She is petite, delicate, and seemingly weak, yet possesses surprisingly strong physical abilities.

Having barely regained some strength, Chen Duling felt a surge of shyness when she saw Chen Xiu sitting cross-legged, looking at her with curiosity.

She struggled to sit up, her shirt half-covering her, her collarbone rising and falling, her sweaty hair clinging to her cheeks, her long legs in black stockings fanned out, her back straight, her face turned to face Chen Xiu.

This sitting posture seems pretty good too.

Chen Xiu continued watching without saying a word.

Chen Duling sat for about 5 minutes, then felt her back getting tired from being so tense...

Damn it, are you waiting for me to speak first since you haven't said anything?

When resentment lingers in one's thoughts, it inevitably affects how one speaks, and this is exactly what Chen Duling is experiencing now.

"How long are you going to keep watching?"

"Don't you want me to see it?"

Chen Duling's resentment faltered, and she turned to stare at Chen Xiu, only to find him tilting his head and looking at her with great curiosity.

A little awkwardly, Chen Duling shifted her legs, pouted, and looked down, saying with a hint of grievance, "Sitting like this, my back is a little tired..."

"Yeah, indeed."

What do you mean by "definitely"?

“You’re so thin, you don’t have much muscle to support you, and your strength is normal, but you can last a long time. I think it might be related to your personality. Your stubbornness always gives people the feeling that they want to bully you, but you can bravely endure it.”

Chen Xiu stroked his chin and gave a long list of his own analyses.

Upon hearing this, Chen Duling frowned and thought for a moment. Her expression began to become somewhat strange. She leaned towards Chen Xiu and wrapped her arms around his free arm.

"I didn't expect you to know me so well."

"You were like this in the 'Love O2O' crew, and you haven't changed since. Oh, your acting skills have improved."

Chen Xiu's small act of comfort made Chen Duling's eyes brighten slightly, and she felt a secret joy in her heart, with the corners of her mouth turning up.

She tightened her grip, pressed her face against Chen Xiu's shoulder, and whispered, "Actually, when I first joined the 'Love O2O' crew, I quite disliked you, but I gradually grew to like you..."

"What did you say? I can't quite hear you."

"nothing!"

Chen Duling pressed her face against the muscles on Chen Xiu's back, feeling the coolness there, which was just right to cool her face down.

Chen Xiu could only see the back of her head and asked curiously, "You just said you've won over your parents, how did you do it?"

"what?"

Chen Duling turned her head, her blank little face showing that she hadn't quite reacted yet.

Chen Xiu narrowed her eyes, her hand still resting on Chen Duling's shoulder, but her mind began to race.

A moment later, Chen Duling, who had finally remembered, managed to explain things clearly before Chen Xiu could make a plan B.

“My dad doesn’t interfere in my affairs. My mom just told me to figure it out myself, to treat it like a relationship, and that it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t work out.”

"Oh, Aunt Lin is quite open-minded."

Chen Xiu nodded slightly, her tone normal, but her expression held a hint of something deeper.

Chen Duling didn't notice any changes. She hadn't actually spent that much time with Chen Xiu, and they weren't that familiar with each other yet.

If it were someone like Meng Ziyi or Reba, they'd probably be having second thoughts by now.

However, Chen Duling was also aware that Chen Xiu was wary of her mother's attitude, so in order not to affect the relationship that the two had just taken, she cleverly changed the subject.

"At first I didn't understand why Ziyi and Xiaotian were willing to maintain this kind of relationship with you. After a long time, it turns out that it's because they can't keep up physically."

"No way! They have the stamina to keep up."

"I do not believe."

"They can keep up."

Chen Duling tilted her head back and pouted, still unwilling to believe that she was the worst. Although she had no experience, she shouldn't be that much worse.

Chen Xiu smiled, not bothering to explain too bluntly, knowing that Chen Duling would find out later anyway.

Just as the two were quickly adapting to their new relationship, a series of rumbling sounds from their stomachs began to rang out.

Chen Xiu glanced at the night view outside the window, patted Chen Duling and said, "Ordering takeout will probably take an hour. Let's go downstairs and cook some wontons."

“I can cook.”

Chen Duling raised her hand to show off her core competency, and the words her mother, Lin Hongying, had told her came to mind: If a man is strong enough, then use your cooking skills to win his heart through his stomach!

She used to cook for Chen Xiu and Meng Ziyi often, but from today onwards, the meaning is different.

Chen Xiu looked at her uncertainly: "Can you get up?"

"No problem, I've recovered!"

Chen Duling raised her slender hand and showed off her biceps.

Chen Xiu suppressed a laugh, but kept supporting her as she got out of bed.

Chen Duling smiled, and as her feet touched the carpet, a sudden inspiration flashed through her mind.

"Chen Xiu, will you be attending the company's fifth anniversary celebration in a few days?"

"Well, what happened?"

"I'm thinking of talking to Ziyi about our relationship later."

"Then you should wear more clothes, Sister Meng's hits can be quite painful."

(End of this chapter)