Chapter 126: Walking into a Trap

After finishing the call with Qin Zhen, he scrolled through news and short videos for a while, still feeling very energetic.

It could only be said that his body was really durable now.

After all, he had driven for a whole afternoon when he came back.

If he hadn’t gone to the hospital for verification several times, he wouldn’t have believed that he had a terminal illness.

In the past, if he was in good spirits, he could scroll through his phone until midnight.

But now he cherished his body even more, going to bed early, waking up early, and exercising early.

So, after scrolling through his phone until past ten o’clock, he stopped and went to bed.

Although he wasn’t very sleepy, he lay down and insisted on not moving. In a few minutes, he fell asleep.

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The next morning, he woke up automatically at around seven o’clock.

In the past, at this time, he would definitely not get out of bed, especially when the weather was cold. But now, from the initial supervision of Wu Mengting, plus more than a month of traveling around the country, his routine had changed.

He would wake up on his own at around seven in the morning.

In Chen Feng’s view, this was mainly because his body had gotten better.

In the past, his body was in a sub-healthy state. The fatter he got, the lazier he became, and the lazier he became, the fatter he got, forming a vicious cycle.

But now, apart from the tumor in his head, his body had become very good and healthy. Naturally, his routine became regular, he liked to exercise, and then a virtuous cycle was formed.

He got up, washed up, then changed into sportswear and went out for a run.

It was about seven-thirty now, and there were already many people on the street.

Chen Feng started running along the street. He turned left at a crossroads and ran towards the fields and river.

There were fewer vehicles and pedestrians there. The roads were all hardened cement roads. It was very comfortable to run between the fields and the river. Compared to running on the East Lake embankment, it had its own different feelings.

There was still a faint mist in the distance, and the sun could not be seen, but the air still felt very fresh.

Occasionally, someone would ride a bicycle or an electric scooter past Chen Feng. He didn’t meet anyone else who was running like him.

Of course, it was also possible that the timing was off. At this time, most people were at work or school.

He rounded a bend, ran over a small bridge, and then turned left to start running along the riverbank.

The river gurgled, and occasionally fish would jump out of the water. A few wild ducks suddenly darted out from the riverbank. A white egret flew over the river, its shadow casting a beautiful silhouette.

Running in the countryside in the morning was full of wild fun.

After running over a bridge more than ten meters long, he suddenly saw a running white figure in front of him. It was a woman with a ponytail. As she ran, her ponytail swung back and forth behind her.

Just from behind, her figure was also not bad.

Chen Feng couldn’t help but speed up. In a short while, he caught up with this beautiful figure. He accelerated a little more and overtook her. Then he glanced back. It wasn’t Beethoven. She was quite good-looking, with a somewhat cold temperament, and was in her mid-twenties.

At this time, her breathing was rapid, and her forehead was sweaty. Some strands of hair were stuck to it, which looked very moving.

Chen Feng’s mood immediately improved. He rarely took the initiative to greet someone, “Hi!”

The beauty was surprised for a moment, her pace slowed down slightly, but she also smiled and replied, “Hi!”

Her personality was not bad, she didn’t pretend to be cold.

“How about we run together?”

Chen Feng took the initiative to suggest. He actually had no intention of picking her up. It was mainly because running alone was definitely not as comfortable as running with a beauty.

“No, thanks. I run slow.”

The beauty smiled and politely refused.

“Okay. Then see you later.”

Seeing this, Chen Feng didn’t insist. After all, they didn’t know each other. He waved his hand and ran forward with a潇洒 (carefree) stride.

The beauty who was hit on, on the other hand, was stunned for a while after seeing Chen Feng run away like that. She thought to herself, This is really a strange person.

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Unconsciously, he had been running for nearly ten minutes. Chen Feng slowly slowed down and stopped at a place with outdoor exercise equipment to rest. He also used these equipment to relax his body muscles.

A few minutes later, the running beauty appeared again. After seeing Chen Feng, she suddenly stopped and also walked towards him.

“What a coincidence! We meet again!” Chen Feng greeted her naturally.

There was only one road along the river, so it wasn’t really a coincidence.

The beauty just smiled politely and went to the cycling exercise equipment to start exercising on her own.

Chen Feng felt a little snubbed and didn’t try to chat her up anymore. He hadn’t intended to pick her up in the first place. It was just that seeing a beauty, plus the environment here, with only the two of them around, it was a very natural act to strike up a conversation… right?

After exercising for a few more minutes, Chen Feng got up and left, walking towards the town, strolling home.

It was only a few hundred meters from here to the town. In less than five minutes, he entered the main street of the town. He walked north along this main street for a hundred meters, turned right at the crossroads, and his home was about thirty meters away.

Not far behind him, about twenty meters away, the beauty had been following him. She followed him all the way to the crossroads of the main street. Chen Feng turned right, and she turned left.

The beauty couldn’t help but secretly glance at Chen Feng. It wasn’t until Chen Feng entered his house that she showed a thoughtful expression.

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“When did you become so diligent? Waking up so early?”

When Chen Feng got up in the morning, his mother should have gone to buy groceries, so they didn’t meet. She thought he was sleeping in.

As a result, now that Chen Feng suddenly walked in from outside, she was of course very surprised.

“I went for a run. I’m going to take a shower first.”

“You should exercise and lose some weight. It’s hard to find a partner when you’re so fat.”

This was really his own mother. She had no psychological burden in teasing her son.

“I already have a girlfriend,” Chen Feng expressed his dissatisfaction.

“You also said she’s a girlfriend, and you might break up at any time. If she really breaks up with you, it’s also because you’re too fat.”

“…What’s for breakfast?” Chen Feng wisely chose to change the subject.

“There are buns, glutinous rice, and a few boiled eggs. There’s milk in the refrigerator, you can heat it up yourself.”

“Okay.”

Chen Feng said and quickly walked towards the back.

His mother’s familiar recipe made it difficult for Chen Feng to resist.

After taking a shower and eating breakfast, he looked at the time. It was eight-thirty.

Then… Chen Feng started to feel a little bored. He picked up his phone and sent a text message to Qin Zhen, asking when he would be back to his hometown.

Qin Zhen quickly replied: [In another week]

Chen Feng was speechless.

He watched TV in his room for a while and scrolled through his phone, feeling very bored. He went to the small shop in the front, planning to help his mother.

As it happened, a few aunties were chatting with his mother. Chen Feng immediately felt like he had walked into a trap. He wanted to leave but felt it was a bit embarrassing. He had to smile and greet these familiar aunties.

He had basically known them since he was a child.

“Xiaofeng, why are you on vacation so early this year?” an auntie asked curiously.
“Ah, yes, the vacation is early this year,” Chen Feng replied with a smile.

An auntie asked, either intentionally or deliberately, “What about your beautiful wife? Did you bring her along?”

Before the divorce, during the New Year, Shen Lin and Chen Feng would basically come back to stay for a few days every year, so these aunties around had all seen Shen Lin.

But now that she asked this, the scene immediately became quiet.

His mother, Zhao Xiaolan, said with a forced smile, “Xiaofeng is divorced. You don’t know yet, do you? I even asked your younger brother’s wife to help introduce someone to Chen Feng last time.”

“Ah, divorced. Why did you get divorced for no reason?” this auntie pretended to be surprised.

His mother chuckled, “There are many divorces now. My son’s is not the only one.”

An auntie who was on good terms with his mother quickly chimed in, “That’s right, that’s right. There are too many divorces now. The couple in front of me is said to be getting a divorce. They have two children, and they still want to get a divorce. This is really a sin. Fortunately, Xiaofeng hasn’t had any children yet. Otherwise, if they divorced, the children would suffer.”

“That’s right. In our time, we definitely wouldn’t get a divorce for the sake of the children. How can these young people now just get divorced whenever they want?”

Chen Feng was embarrassed. He said to his mother, “Mom, I have something to do, so I’ll go out first.” Then he left in a hurry, took out his car key, pressed the unlock button, quickly got into the driver’s seat, started the car, and drove away.

The few women in the shop saw it. An auntie asked with an envious expression, “Is this car Xiaofeng’s? It looks quite new. Is it also newly bought?”

Zhao Xiaolan nodded with a hint of reserve, “Yes. I bought it in Xiuzhou for over two hundred thousand. Young people now, they can’t do without a car.”

“Tsk tsk, it seems your family has really made it. Each of your two sons has a small car. Is your car wash shop so profitable? How long has it been open?” an auntie said with great envy.

“Not at all. It’s only been open for two or three months. How much can it earn?”

Zhao Xiaolan said modestly, but the smile on her face was even brighter.

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Chen Feng drove to his car beauty shop. The business was indeed very good. At this time, more than a dozen cars were already parked in the open space in front, all waiting to be washed. The three car wash bays were a bit overwhelmed.

Chen Rui, the boss, was personally washing a car.

Seeing this, Chen Feng had no intention of going over to help. He just greeted his older brother and went into the office first.

He flipped through some purchase orders on the desk in the office, feeling a little bored. He could only sit there and scroll through his phone.

After more than half an hour, Chen Rui finally had some free time and came in to ask, “Xiaofeng, are you here for something?”

“Nothing, just came to have a look.”

“Oh, then feel free to look around. By the way, the account book is in the drawer. You can check it. Brothers should settle accounts clearly.”

“Alright. Do you think I came here to check the accounts? To be honest, I don’t really care about this shop. I can even give it all to you.”

“Hehe, what nonsense are you talking about? Even if you gave it all to me, I wouldn’t dare to take it. If I did, Mom and Dad would definitely break my legs.”

“Anyway, that’s what I mean. I earn no less in Xiuzhou than this shop. I’m not short of money. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have just bought a new car.”

“I know you’re amazing, alright? Then I’ll go get busy.”

After saying that, Chen Rui went to get busy again.

Chen Feng shook his head. He had nowhere to go for the time being, so he just continued to sit in the office and scroll through his phone.

But not long after, Chen Rui suddenly ran in again, pulled Chen Feng, and walked out.

“What’s wrong? What’s the matter?” Chen Feng looked at his older brother with a puzzled expression.

“You’ll know when you come out with me.”

Chen Rui pulled Chen Feng to a red Lamando. Then he saw the driver’s side window roll down, revealing a beautiful melon-seed face.

“This is my younger brother, Chen Feng. Xiaofeng, this is the one Mom told you about last night, Lin Yujiao, who runs a clothing store.”

Chen Feng looked at this woman, stunned for a moment before he reacted. He smiled and raised his hand to greet her, “Hi! We meet again!”

This time, Lin Yujiao chuckled and said, “It’s quite a coincidence. I didn’t expect us to be so fated.”

“Ah, you’ve met?” Chen Rui’s face was full of surprise.

Chen Feng shrugged, “We met once when I was running in the morning.”

“Haha, what a coincidence! You just came back last night, and you met this morning. Okay, then you two can chat. I have to get busy.”

Chen Rui left, leaving Chen Feng and Lin Yujiao staring at each other.

It seemed that this blind date couldn’t be avoided in the end. It started so suddenly.

Chen Feng was a man, after all. Seeing this, he wasn’t being coy. He smiled and said, “How about we go to the office and sit down?”

“Okay,” Lin Yujiao nodded with a smile and got out of the car.

The two of them entered the office one after the other. Chen Feng was quite a gentleman and went to get her a glass of water and put it in front of her.

Lin Yujiao said “thank you,” then smiled and said, “I didn’t expect to see you here again. I just came over to wash my car. Your brother knows me, and then he said you were also here, so I was a little curious and wanted to see you. As it turns out, we’ve already met this morning. This is really a coincidence.”

Chen Feng asked with some curiosity, “Who introduced me to you for a blind date?”

“I know your sister-in-law. Then, your sister-in-law and my aunt are colleagues. My uncle seems to have some kind of relative relationship with your family… Haha, so your mom found my aunt and told her about you.”

“Your uncle is from our town.”

“Yes. He drives a big truck. His name is Ye Liangshan. He seems to be your dad’s cousin. Your grandmother and my uncle’s mother seem to be cousins.”

Hearing this, Chen Feng scratched his head and decisively ended the topic, “Oh, so that’s how it is. Can you tell me why you got divorced?”

Lin Yujiao’s face stiffened slightly. She smiled and asked back, “Shouldn’t I be the one asking you first? You tell me first why you got divorced. It wasn’t you who initiated the divorce, was it?”

“Of course not. It was my ex-wife who initiated it. The reason can be summed up in three words: poor, lazy, and fat. In layman’s terms, not only did I have no money, but I was also lazy, had no ambition, and was not enterprising.”

“Are you really that kind of person?” Lin Yujiao looked at Chen Feng with a smile.

“What do you think?” Chen Feng asked back.

Lin Yujiao slowly shook her head, “I don’t think you’re that kind of person.”

“Why do you say that?”

Lin Yujiao smiled, “It’s very simple. Your mom said that this car wash shop invested more than six hundred thousand, and you took the lead. Most of the money was from you. Would you have no money?”

This was really… his mother had leaked the details of his car shop…

It was just that his mother had obviously underestimated her son’s true financial strength.

But in this countryside, such a car beauty shop that made money every day was already enough to make people envious.

Chen Feng looked at Lin Yujiao with deep meaning and said with a smile, “So, you agreed to go on a blind date with me because of this car wash shop?”

Lin Yujiao smiled and slowly shook her head, “That’s just one reason. The main reason is that I heard from my uncle and aunt that your family is very nice. Your mom and your sister-in-law have a very good relationship. My previous marriage ended because of a bad relationship between my mother-in-law and me.”