Chapter 56: Magical and Crude

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Arriving at the hotel, they checked into the best luxury suite available.

The location was very close to the Wudalianchi (Five Great Connected Lakes).

The next morning, after breakfast, the two of them set off.

It was less than a two-kilometer walk to the scenic area, so they didn’t call a taxi. Instead, they walked. Halfway there, they saw shared bikes on the roadside, so they scanned them and started riding.

That day, the two of them rode their bikes around the scenic area, stopping and starting as they pleased. After a full circuit, they felt happy and relaxed.

By the time they returned to the hotel, both were quite tired. After showering, they went straight to sleep.

The next day, they prepared for their next destination.

This time, because the distance was relatively short and there were no flights, they planned to travel by car.

However, just as they had packed their luggage and were about to leave, Sun Xiaorui suddenly received a phone call. After just a few words, her expression changed drastically. She then hurriedly hung up and said she had to go back to her hometown.

Her father had suddenly fainted and been sent to the hospital. It was said to be a cerebral infarction, and he was still in a coma.

With such a thing happening at home, Sun Xiaorui was, of course, in no mood to continue traveling and had to go back immediately.

Chen Feng certainly wouldn’t stop her. He immediately helped her book a plane ticket on his phone. However, the small airport here had no flights to her hometown today.

The nearby Qishi Airport had one, in about five hours.

It was a two-hour drive from here to Qishi.

So, the two of them set off for Qishi together.

Chen Feng had no intention of going back to her hometown with Sun Xiaorui. Although she looked like she needed him by her side right now, Chen Feng was a man of principle. They were not boyfriend and girlfriend.

Moreover, Chen Feng didn’t want to take advantage of her vulnerability and start a romantic relationship with her.

If Sun Xiaorui developed feelings for him because of this, it would be a bit troublesome.

Their current employer-lover relationship was just fine.

Maintaining a certain distance was beneficial for both of them.

Therefore, along the way, besides comforting her and saying that her father was a good man who would be blessed, Chen Feng did not offer to go back with her.

They arrived at Qishi Airport. It had been about two hours, and there were still more than three hours until the flight’s departure.

Walking into the airport, they first went to pick up Sun Xiaorui’s ticket and then headed towards the waiting lounge.

And then… they once again saw Wu Mengting and Lin Wan.

This time, they had changed their clothes, but their expressions were indescribably weary.

Chen Feng really wanted to curse. This clearly couldn’t be explained by coincidence.

As for Sun Xiaorui, because she was worried about her father’s safety, although she was very surprised and curious as to why they were still here, she had no mind to ask.

Lin Wan and Wu Mengting were equally astonished, even shocked. Both pairs of beautiful eyes were wide open.

The four of them had repeatedly met by chance. This was already the third time.

No one would believe it if they told them.

But it was the truth.

If they weren’t so sure that Chen Feng and his companion couldn’t possibly be following them, they would have definitely suspected it.

Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental?

“You… are you guys heading to your next stop?”

This time, Lin Wan took the initiative to greet them and then asked curiously.

Sun Xiaorui, preoccupied with her worries, just shook her head without speaking. Chen Feng had to explain briefly, “No. Something came up at Xiaorui’s home, and she needs to go back urgently.”

“Oh, so that’s what happened.”

Lin Wan nodded with a sense of understanding. After thinking for a moment, she ultimately didn’t press for details. After all, their relationship wasn’t close enough to inquire about each other’s family matters.

“What about you two? Why are you still stuck here?”

Since they had met yet again, Chen Feng asked casually.

Hearing this, both Lin Wan and her friend’s faces immediately fell.

However, the two of them still explained, taking turns.

It turned out that they had waited at Heihe Airport for most of the night without a flight. The next day, which was yesterday, they had to rush to Qishi to change their flight and successfully got tickets.

Both of them thought they would finally be able to return to Xiuzhou this time, but they were just that unlucky.

Yesterday afternoon, just as their flight was about to take off, it suddenly started hailing. Then, as expected, their flight was delayed again.

And they had been waiting ever since, starting from around three o’clock yesterday afternoon.

They had optimistically thought that at most, they would be able to take off last night, but reality was cruel. They had waited until past nine o’clock this morning, and the airline still had no definite departure time.

This result had left them on the verge of a breakdown.

The two had just decided that if the plane still couldn’t take off by one o’clock in the afternoon, they would take the train. Even if it meant a journey of over ten hours, they would accept it.

They both thought it was their own bad luck.

But Chen Feng knew that they were completely caught up in this because of him.

This was the heavens, with its twisted sense of humor, creating romantic opportunities for him again. Regardless of whether it was good or bad romance, the heavens were just magically and crudely shoving it at him.

Previously, Chen Feng had been completely unprepared and had fallen into the trap.

This time, he was on guard, but he still couldn’t avoid it.

But Chen Feng still wanted to try to avoid it as much as possible. For now, it was only three chance encounters, and they hadn’t “coincidentally” ended up in bed. The situation was still within a controllable range.

“You two are indeed quite unlucky,” Chen Feng said sympathetically. “Next time, I think you should try to travel less.”

Both Lin Wan and the other woman nodded in deep agreement.

Wu Mengting said, “After I get back this time, I’m going to focus on my work, read more in my spare time, and work hard to enrich myself.”

Lin Wan said, “After I get back, I’ll just stay at home every day, streaming and playing games. I won’t go out for at least a month.”

Chen Feng smiled, “No need to be so dramatic. Daily outings are fine. It’s just that long-distance travel like this always has a certain degree of risk. You two are beautiful young women; you must be careful about your safety.”

The two women nodded again.

Even Lin Wan, who had previously held a grudge against Chen Feng, couldn’t help but feel a renewed sense of goodwill towards him after hearing his words.

He’s rich, caring, and not bad-looking. He’s actually not so bad.

Wu Mengting suddenly asked, “Brother Feng, are you going with Sister Sun?”

Chen Feng shook his head, “No. I’m not going.”

Hearing this, Wu Mengting’s eyes narrowed slightly, and she pressed on, “Then are you going back to Xiuzhou?”

Chen Feng shook his head again, “No, I plan to continue traveling.”

“You’re traveling alone?” Lin Wan looked at him with confusion.

Chen Feng nodded, “Yeah. Traveling alone isn’t so bad, right?”

“What’s the point of traveling alone? That would be so boring,” Lin Wan said, as blunt as ever.

“Yeah, Brother Feng, it’s really no fun alone,” Wu Mengting chimed in.

This time, Sun Xiaorui suddenly spoke up, “Tingting, why don’t you continue the trip with Brother Feng? I don’t mind.”

“Ah!”

Wu Mengting was instantly stunned, not knowing how to answer.

However, a sudden impulse and expectation arose in her heart. Her eyes lit up slightly as she looked at Chen Feng, waiting for his response.

“Let’s just forget it,” Chen Feng refused without much hesitation. “My next plan is to go to Qiongzhou Island, see the ‘End of the Earth,’ and then go back to Xiuzhou. Without Xiaorui, it’s indeed a bit less interesting.”

Sun Xiaorui said guiltily, “So you’re planning to go straight to the last stop and end the trip early.”

In the travel plan they had made before, they were to travel from north to south, with the southernmost Qiongzhou Island as their final stop.

“Yeah. Let’s just do that for now. We can continue another time when we have the chance.”

Chen Feng had originally planned to go straight back to Xiuzhou, but he was truly afraid of that invisible hand in the dark, determined to pull him and Wu Mengting together.

So, for safety’s sake, he decided to fly to Qiongzhou first to hide out.

I’m deliberately flying to such a faraway place, he thought. Let’s see how you can pull the two of us together now.

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The translation for Chapter 56 is complete. The “coincidences” are becoming more and more unbelievable, forcing Chen Feng to take drastic measures.

Shall we proceed to the next chapter to see if his plan to escape to Qiongzhou works? Or would you like to discuss the theme of fate versus free will as it’s playing out in the story?