Chapter 26 She Took the Initiative to Ask Me Out

Chen Feng saw Wu Mengting get out of the car, take a warning sign from the trunk, and run more than ten meters behind the car to place it. Only then did she stand by the side of the road and hurriedly make a phone call. It seemed she couldn’t get through.

Chen Feng thought for a moment, then rode his scooter over, parked it by the side of the road, and from across the guardrail, watched her finish her call before shouting to her, “Did you break down again?”

Only then did Wu Mengting see Chen Feng. Her face lit up with joy, then she nodded helplessly, “Yeah. It suddenly stalled again, it’s so frustrating. It wasn’t long ago that it was repaired. I drove all the way from Xiuzhou without any problems, but it broke down again when I got here. I don’t even want this car anymore.”

“Were you calling for roadside assistance?”

“No, I was calling my insurance, but I couldn’t get through.”

“How about I take a look for you first? I’ve heard people say that when your type of car stalls automatically, it’s very likely a loose wire.”

“Really? Then come and take a look. I’m in a hurry to meet up with my classmate.”

Chen Feng went over and opened the hood to check.

His ex-wife Shen Lin had a similar car a few years ago with almost the same problem. At that time, Chen Feng had looked up the cause online. This phenomenon was quite common. Some said it was a loose battery cable, some said it was a software problem, and some said it was a relay problem.
At that time, Chen Feng had reconnected the battery cable and it was indeed fixed.

Now it was Wu Mengting’s turn. Chen Feng gave it a try. He didn’t use any tools, just fiddled with a few wires. Then, he asked Wu Mengting to start the car.

It actually started successfully. What luck!

“Thank you! Thank you! You’ve helped me so much, and twice at that. Brother Chen, I’ve discovered you’re my great savior.”

Wu Mengting was very happy and grateful. She got out of the car again to thank Chen Feng.

Chen Feng thought to himself, it seems you’ve been quite unlucky both times I’ve run into you. If I hadn’t run into you, maybe this car wouldn’t have broken down.

“It was a coincidence. I didn’t expect it to be this problem either.”

“Yeah, it’s really a coincidence, very lucky. Otherwise, I would have had to stand up my classmate today. She’s still waiting for me to try on the dress.”

“Alright, you should go then. Don’t keep your classmate waiting.”

“Okay, then I’ll go first. When I get back to Xiuzhou, I’ll definitely treat you to a meal.”

Perhaps she was really in a hurry. Wu Mengting trotted over to pick up the warning sign and put it in the trunk, then immediately drove away.

Chen Feng watched her car drive far away, then got back on his electric scooter and went home.

He thought he wouldn’t have any more contact with Wu Mengting. But two days later, Wu Mengting took the initiative to call him.

Although Chen Feng was a little surprised, he answered immediately.

“Brother Chen, are you still in your hometown?” Wu Mengting’s voice sounded a little cheerful.

“Yes, what’s up?” Chen Feng’s tone was very calm.

“It’s like this, I want to do some fieldwork in your Linnan County. If you have time, I’d like to ask you to accompany me for a day or two as a guide. I can pay you, three hundred a day, how about it?”

Chen Feng didn’t expect her to make such a request and was stunned for a while.

“How about it? Brother Chen, is it inconvenient? If it’s inconvenient, then forget it.”

“Ah, no, it’s not inconvenient. I don’t have much to do at home, so being your guide is no problem. Speaking of which, I also want to go out and have a look around.”

“That’s great. I’ll come find you now, at the car detailing shop your family opened, how about that?”

“Okay, no problem.”

After they agreed, Chen Feng packed up briefly and went out on his electric scooter.

Chen Feng arrived first. After waiting for more than ten minutes, the familiar Mini drove over.

Chen Rui also saw it and said with an encouraging smile, “She took the initiative to ask you out, you have to seize the opportunity. Be a little thick-skinned.”

Chen Feng smiled wryly, walked forward, and waved at the Mini.

“Get in. How about you show me around here first?”

“No problem.”

Chen Feng sat in the passenger seat, and the car started quickly.

Under Chen Feng’s guidance, the car first drove to a historical site in their Qingpu Town, the Taiyin Palace, which had a history of nearly two hundred years. This was a Taoist palace with local characteristics, covering a large area, and there was even a stage inside.

Historically, the temple fairs were centered around this Taiyin Palace, with stalls set up, and it was very lively. It was held every year on the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month, attracting people from several nearby towns.

When Chen Feng was a child, he looked forward to this temple fair every year, and it occupied a deep memory in his childhood.

There were many Taoist murals in the Taiyin Palace, which Wu Mengting looked at with great interest, taking out her camera from time to time to take pictures.

Chen Feng also sighed with emotion upon revisiting the old place.

This Taiyin Palace had been renovated several times and looked brighter and more dazzling, but he could no longer find the kind of intimacy and familiarity of his childhood.

And since Chen Feng was in high school, the temple fair on the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month had become less and less popular each year, losing its original appeal.

However, there was one place here that had not changed much, which gave Chen Feng a very familiar sense of intimacy.

That was the large open-air well in the center. The mouth of the well was round, with a diameter of more than three meters. A group of bright red field fish were raised inside. People often threw food into it.

This time, although there was a high guardrail around the well, a group of bright red field fish were still raised in the well. When they saw someone at the well, many field fish surfaced.

This surprised both Wu Mengting and Chen Feng, and they watched for a long time.

The two of them stayed in the Taiyin Palace for almost two hours before leaving. It was almost noon, so Chen Feng took the initiative to invite her to lunch.

Wu Mengting did not refuse and accepted with a smile.

The two of them were now considered friends. As the host, Chen Feng should have taken her home to eat, but to avoid misunderstanding from his family and possible embarrassment for Wu Mengting, he chose to eat on the street.

He found a local restaurant, and Chen Feng ordered a few local specialty dishes, including field fish.

Field fish are very similar to koi, and can even be raised as koi, but field fish are mainly for consumption, while koi are for ornamental purposes.

Wu Mengting had never eaten field fish before. At first, she couldn’t bear to look at it and didn’t dare to use her chopsticks. After Chen Feng persuaded her several times, she took a bite and then fell in love with it. The taste was indeed very good.

Wu Mengting was very satisfied with this meal.

Then Chen Feng saw that she was a little tired, so he got her a room in the town’s hotel to rest. He would continue to show her around after she had rested.

Wu Mengting did not refuse and agreed with a smile.

When Chen Feng got home, he was caught by his mother who was watching the shop.

There was no one in the shop, so she asked eagerly, “Your brother said a girl took the initiative to ask you out? How is it going?”

Chen Feng had to explain, “She’s just an ordinary friend. She’s a magazine editor and happened to come here for fieldwork, taking pictures and the like. She asked me to be her guide, nothing else.”

Zhao Xiaolan obviously didn’t believe him and glared, “I don’t care if you’re ordinary friends or not. Since you’re divorced and single now, find a reliable one for me soon. Give me a child soon.”

“Alright, I know.”

Chen Feng gave a helpless, perfunctory reply and quickly ran upstairs.

(End of Chapter)