Chapter 108: Not Taking the Initiative

After Lin Wan saw Wu Mengting carry the groceries into the kitchen to get busy, she sat on the sofa with a look of complete peace of mind, continuing to scroll through her phone. The TV was still on, but she wasn’t watching it.

Seeing her like this, Chen Feng felt even more uncomfortable and said to her, “Hey, I say, you’re always ordering Mengting around like a nanny. Isn’t that a bit much?”

Lin Wan looked up, blinked her seemingly innocent eyes, and said with a frail look, “I’m really not feeling well today, and I only had a little congee this morning. Otherwise, I would definitely go to the kitchen with Tingting and help her out.”

“You live here for free, eat for free, and you’re still so lazy. You’re going to lose all your friends,” Chen Feng said with a look of disgust.

Lin Wan rolled her eyes and said, “I know you feel sorry for Tiantian. But don’t you know she’s just that kind of giving person? She’s willing to give for the people she cares about, and she enjoys it. It’s like that with me, and it’s the same with you. Don’t you believe that if I did everything myself and didn’t bother her, she would actually feel unaccustomed, even unhappy?”

Her words were a bit twisted, but Chen Feng wouldn’t spoil her. He said with a cold face, “I don’t care how you two get along. I just see that you’re living and eating here for free and not doing a single thing. So, starting today, you’re responsible for cleaning the house and taking out the trash.”

Lin Wan immediately became anxious and protested, “That’s going too far. I’m a guest here…”

“According to you, Mengting is also a guest. How come she’s doing the work of a nanny every day while you do nothing? If you want to continue living here, you have to listen to me.”

“I… I see now. You’ve gotten together with Tiantian, and you find me, the third wheel, an eyesore, don’t you?”

“Say whatever you want. My house, my rules. If you have any backbone, you can just move out.”

Chen Feng’s face was stern, showing no trace of human warmth.

Seeing that he wasn’t joking, and that she was still working for him, Lin Wan could only say aggrievedly, “Then can I clean once every three days? I’ll take out the trash every day.”

“Clean once every two days. If you can’t do it, move out.”

“Alright, alright. You win, I’m scared of you. Who made you my boss?”

Lin Wan was the type who responded to firm-handedness, not soft words. Chen Feng had come to understand this about her personality, so after he put on a stern face, she could only obediently admit defeat.

Only then did Chen Feng nod with satisfaction. “Don’t ask Mengting for help. Clean it yourself. This house isn’t that big. You just need to sweep and wipe upstairs and downstairs, and tidy up the front and back yards a bit. You can get it done in an hour at most.”

Lin Wan rolled her eyes upon hearing this. If she wasn’t afraid of Chen Feng getting really angry, she might have retorted again. An hour at most, my ass.

Anyway, she had made up her mind to just perfunctorily clean once every two days at most. It was impossible for her to truly act as a cleaning lady and clean the house.

Chen Feng wasn’t really trying to make her a cleaning lady, but rather wanted her to restrain herself a bit. He didn’t want her to think it was natural for Wu Mengting to be her nanny.

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He went upstairs to take a shower, and when it was about time, he went downstairs for lunch. Wu Mengting had specially made a weight-loss menu for him, cooking three dishes just for him, one meat and two vegetables. There were four other dishes for the two women to eat.

Chen Feng was a little helpless about this. He had just gotten a girlfriend, and before they had even slept together, she was already starting to control his life.

However, he also knew that Wu Mengting was doing it for his own good. Plus, he himself felt that it wouldn’t be a bad thing if he could successfully lose weight.

Now that Wu Mengting was willing to be his free fitness and weight-loss supervisor, it was actually not a bad thing.

What was gratifying was that the three dishes specially cooked for him still tasted good. And for lunch, the staple food was still rice.

However, for dinner, he couldn’t eat rice. Wu Mengting had told him before. For dinner, he would have a vegetable salad, fruits, two eggs, and a small amount of lean meat.

Originally, he was only allowed one bowl of rice, but under Chen Feng’s insistence, he ended up eating two bowls.

After the meal, Wu Mengting, as usual, made tea for Chen Feng.

This time, Lin Wan was very proactive in clearing the table and washing the dishes, rarely giving Chen Feng and Wu Mengting some time alone.

“I’m planning to resign.”

After Wu Mengting sat down next to Chen Feng, she dropped this bombshell.

After a moment of surprise, Chen Feng asked, “Are you resigning because of me…?”

Wu Mengting shook her head. “Not entirely. Compared to the work of an editor, I find that I prefer writing more. Plus, I’m not very happy working at the company, so I’ve decided to quit.”

Chen Feng knew in his heart that the main reason for her resignation was probably him.

He had a terminal illness now, and his time was short. Wu Mengting certainly wanted to spend every moment with him during his final days.

Chen Feng didn’t try to persuade her otherwise.

Because he had money now and could fully support her.

Besides, she had said she wasn’t very happy with her job, so she might as well quit.

Also, since she liked writing, based on the performance of her previous two novels, her income was actually no worse than her salary. At worst, when her novel was put on the shelves, he could create a few alternate accounts to support her, giving her a few “Golden Alliance Leader” awards or something.

“Then you decide for yourself. I will definitely support any decision you make 100%.”

“I knew you would support me,” Wu Mengting smiled happily.

“So you’re planning to start writing a novel again, right? Do you have an idea?”

“Yes. I have an idea. I plan to write a modern romance this time.”

“Have you thought of a title for the novel?”

“Yes, for now, it’s called ‘Falling for the Steel Man’.”

Chen Feng said with a smile, “Is it that simple and crude? It doesn’t seem very literary.”

Wu Mengting also smiled and said, “The market for literary works is not as good as the market for simple and crude ones now. After all, there are more new readers than old ones. Of course, I will try to find a balance between literary and commercial. However, making money is still the primary goal.”

“Okay, when will you upload it? I’ll definitely follow it.”

“In the next few days. After I resign, I’ll start uploading.”

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The two started chatting about web novels for a while, having found a common topic.

It wasn’t until Lin Wan came out from washing the dishes that Wu Mengting went upstairs with her.

Chen Feng also went upstairs a little later to catch up on sleep. After sleeping for over an hour, he got up, then went out to Red Villa Bay to absorb the energy from the calligraphy and paintings he had acquired.

He kept most of his calligraphy and paintings there.

After he was done, Chen Feng went to open his shop.

Not long after, Wu Mengting also came to the shop to chat with him.

Since he was now her boyfriend, Chen Feng was very perceptive. He immediately went to the small shop across the street and bought her a lot of snacks, mainly sunflower seeds.

Originally, the two of them cracking sunflower seeds and chatting, with tea to drink when they were thirsty, felt very nice.

But Wu Mengting wouldn’t let him eat the sunflower seeds, so it ended up with Chen Feng watching her eat.

Before dinner time, two customers came to the shop, but unfortunately, they brought so-called antiques, which had no special qualities and didn’t meet Chen Feng’s requirements at all.

So, Chen Feng closed the shop before five o’clock and went home with Wu Mengting.

Wu Mengting had indeed prepared a vegetable salad, an apple, a small piece of lean meat, and two boiled eggs for his dinner.

Chen Feng had already felt very hungry in the afternoon. Eating so little for dinner, one could imagine how hungry he would be at night.

If it weren’t for his strong willpower, and the fact that he didn’t want to disappoint Wu Mengting and also wanted to try losing weight himself, he would have already secretly eaten something.

As expected, only two or three hours after dinner, Chen Feng felt very hungry and could only keep drinking water.

He held out until ten-thirty at night. After saying goodnight to Wu Mengting on WeChat, Chen Feng finally managed to control his mouth with his strong self-control and forced himself to sleep.

After falling asleep, he woke up the next morning at six-thirty.
He was woken up by hunger.

He went to the bathroom, washed up, and went downstairs. Wu Mengting was already busy in the kitchen, truly the model of a good wife and mother.

Seeing Chen Feng get up so early, she smiled with satisfaction and praised, “Very good. You got up so early on your own. Keep it up in the future.”

Chen Feng smiled bitterly, “I was woken up by hunger.”

“Then come and have breakfast now. Yogurt, oatmeal, and dried fruits. I’ll add more oatmeal for you.”

What could Chen Feng complain about? As long as it was food, it was fine.

After breakfast, he rested for a few minutes, waiting for Wu Mengting to finish her work. Then he went out with her to start exercising again.

But this time, the weather was not cooperative. The two had just been walking for a few minutes when a light drizzle began to fall from the sky. The two could only run back home.

“It seems we can only exercise at home today. Let me teach you a set of fitness and weight-loss exercises. You can just follow me.”

The living room on the first floor was quite large. Wu Mengting began to teach Chen Feng a set of relatively simple fitness exercises, guiding him by hand.

This went on for more than ten minutes. It had to be said, it was very effective. After doing it for so long, Chen Feng was sweating all over.

“These movements are too troublesome to do, and there’s no sense of accomplishment after finishing. I think it’s better to just run. When the rain stops, I’ll go buy a treadmill.”

Wu Mengting nodded. “That works too. Also, I’ve already bought you vitamin supplements online. They should arrive today. From now on, you have to properly supplement the balanced nutrition your body needs every day.”

“Okay. I’ll listen to you.”

It was just vitamin supplements, not worth much money. Chen Feng accepted readily.

However, Chen Feng then thought that as her boyfriend, he hadn’t seemed to have given her any gifts yet.

So, Chen Feng said to her, “Let’s go to the mall together later.”

“Okay,” Wu Mengting agreed readily.

The two first went back to their respective rooms to take a shower and change clothes before going downstairs. At this time, Lin Wan had finally gotten up and was eating breakfast.

Chen Feng had set her work time for eight-thirty in the morning, which was quite humane.

She had already heard from Wu Mengting that they were going to the mall, so she said to Chen Feng, “Boss, how about I go to the mall with you and be your bag-carrying little sister? There’s usually no one in the shop in the morning anyway.”

Chen Feng refused flatly, “You’d better just stay in the shop honestly.”

Lin Wan pouted at Wu Mengting, who gave her a sweet smile in return. Lin Wan couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

“Alright then. You two have fun.”

“That’s more like it. As a third wheel, you should have the self-awareness of a third wheel.”

Lin Wan ignored Chen Feng and just said to Wu Mengting, “Remember to bring me back some good food.”

Only then did Wu Mengting nod with a smile and say, “Okay. I know.”

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The two naturally held hands as they went out and got into the car.

On the surface, they looked like a couple, but in reality, besides holding hands and hugging, they hadn’t even had an intimate gesture like a kiss on the cheek.

In this aspect, Chen Feng didn’t take the initiative. Wu Mengting, being a virgin and a woman, was of course even less likely to take the initiative.

However, for now, both of them were quite satisfied with this situation.

Chen Feng didn’t lack women now, so there was no need to be in a hurry to mess with Wu Mengting, thinking about getting her into bed or something.

He was a very upright and decent person. He disdained to do such things.

Chen Feng drove Wu Mengting to Delong Plaza.

Chen Feng was more familiar with the mall here, and it was also close, so of course, he brought her here.

Chen Feng didn’t take her directly to the place that sold treadmills, but first took her to the Chow Sang Sang jewelry store.

The quality of the jewelry in this domestic chain store was quite good. The prices were also relatively affordable compared to those foreign brands.

“Do you like bracelets or necklaces?” Chen Feng turned his head and asked Wu Mengting directly.

Wu Mengting was stunned for a moment before she understood. She quickly shook her head, “No need. It’s not necessary.”

But Chen Feng stubbornly shook his head, “It’s very necessary. If you don’t say, I’ll just pick a necklace for you. I see you’ve been wearing a very thin necklace without changing it. I’ll buy you a slightly thicker one to wear in rotation.”

After saying that, Chen Feng asked the sales associate standing in front of them, “Take us to the necklace display case.”

“Okay, this way please, you two.”

The two quickly followed the sales lady to the necklace display case.

After browsing for a while, Chen Feng pointed to the most expensive diamond necklace and asked, “How about this one?”

Although it was said to be the most expensive, it was actually only a little over nine thousand yuan. Compared to the jewelry from foreign brands that often cost tens of thousands, it was relatively cheap.

Wu Mengting quickly shook her head, “Forget it. I don’t like platinum. If you’re going to buy one, just buy me a gold one. It holds its value.”

Chen Feng looked around again, then pointed to a heart-shaped gold necklace that cost over six thousand. “Then this one. 18k rose gold, with small diamonds embedded.”

After staring at it carefully for a while, Wu Mengting didn’t act coy and nodded, “Okay, then this one.”

“Please get this one.”

Chen Feng said to the sales lady behind the counter.

“Okay, sir.”

The sales lady was stunned for a moment before she reacted. It was probably because she had never seen such decisive customers, and two of them at that.

Not only was Chen Feng, the one paying, decisive, but Wu Mengting, the female customer looking at the item, was also very decisive.

Usually, when female customers came to a jewelry store to buy jewelry, which one of them didn’t have to pick and choose, dawdling for a long time?
Like Chen Feng and Wu Mengting, from entering the store to choosing and buying, it took no more than five minutes. It could be considered a new purchasing record.

The salesperson got her commission easily without saying a word, and the smile on her face naturally became much more cordial.

After paying and getting the necklace, Chen Feng personally put it on Wu Mengting’s neck.

Wu Mengting looked at herself in the mirror, and a happy smile finally appeared on her face.

“Thank you for this gift, I like it very much.”

Hearing this, Chen Feng also showed a smile. “As long as you like it.”

Wu Mengting came over and intimately linked her arm with Chen Feng’s, her body pressing against his arm, and walked out of the jewelry store happily.

Seeing her happy, Chen Feng was also happy.

He was about to turn and go to the place that sold treadmills when he came face to face with a few people walking towards them.

Among them was his ex-wife, Shen Lin.