Chapter 25: You Three Are Living Together!

It was still summer vacation in August, and it was the peak season for going online.

When Chen Fan entered the internet cafe, he saw that it was packed and that many classmates were waiting for others to finish.

Fortunately, Chen Fan already had someone inside the cafe, so he did not have to suffer through the same wait as those others.

Zhang Wanrou reached behind the counter and handed him a bottle of ice-cold cola at the right moment, “Chen Fan, your terminal is number 45.”

“Thanks, Sister Wanrou.” Chen Fan drank the cola and did not hurry to leave, refusing the cigarette pack Lin Qiang offered while leaning toward the counter to ask, “Sister Wanrou, what do you want for dinner so I can go buy the groceries later?”

After Zhang Wanrou sold her house, she naturally moved in to live with Chen Fan.

In other words, for that month Chen Fan was living together with two beautiful young women.

However, Zhang Wanrou always deliberately kept her distance, and since she was in class most of the time she no longer gave Chen Fan any chance to take liberties.

Zhang Wanrou instinctively put some distance between them and, just as she was about to say anything would be fine, she hesitated for two seconds and suddenly changed her mind, asking, “Can I have sour pickled fish?”

“Of course you can, I’ll go buy the groceries in a bit!”

Chen Fan agreed without any hesitation, since Zhang Wanrou had even sold her house for him; it was no longer just about wanting fish… she would do anything for him.

Lin Qiang, listening to the two of them converse so harmoniously and in sync, could not help but have his eyes widen.

“Chen Fan, are you living with Zhang Wanrou?”

Those words made Zhang Wanrou’s hand tremble instantly, and she urgently wanted to deny it.

Chen Fan stopped her and calmly said, “Brother Qiang, don’t say that; my girlfriend has been living with me during this time as well.”

Lin Qiang’s eyes widened even further, “You three are living together?”

“…..”

Brother Qiang, couldn’t you have anything else on your mind besides cohabitation!

Chen Fan could only helplessly explain in broad strokes that Zhang Wanrou had sold her house and was staying temporarily at his place.

Listening to the explanation and then looking at Chen Fan’s apparently oblivious expression, Lin Qiang could not help but let out a heavy sigh.

Zhang Wanrou was even willing to sell her house and borrow money, and Chen Fan could not tell at all?

He had even let his girlfriend live with Zhang Wanrou; was that something a person could do?

And yet that guy, who had even less emotional intelligence than him, somehow had two such pretty girls who liked him.

Is being handsome really that amazing?

Wah…

The angrier he got, Lin Qiang did not want to bother with Chen Fan any longer and quietly went outside to smoke.

After finding terminal 45, Chen Fan logged into QQ as usual, and the editor Orange Cat’s avatar was flashing again.

“Snail Giant, last month’s payment has already been issued; did you receive it?”

“Snail Giant, I have to say I’m sorry, I really underestimated you before and didn’t expect you to update so much every day while still keeping such good quality!”

“Snail Giant, are you really only 18, I feel like you must be using someone else’s ID!”

“Snail Giant Snail Giant, why are you ignoring me again..”

Seeing the editor send another string of messages, Chen Fan only thought that this girl really was a chatterbox.

Indeed, Orange Cat was a female editor.

It was normal for the male channel to have a female editor, so Chen Fan did not think much of it, and when he remembered the manuscript payment that arrived yesterday, the corner of his mouth involuntarily lifted.

My Master’s Wife and Ten Senior Sisters Are Stunningly Beautiful went on sale in mid-July, and with an average update of 20,000 words a day its subscriptions had already grown from the initial 3,000 to nearly 6,000.

That was almost the limit for this small website.

All that hard work had paid off considerably, and with subscription fees plus gift rewards his income over half a month had exceeded 50,000 yuan.

That shouldn’t have brought shame to the reincarnator, right?

But that amount was still a bit small for buying a house, at best enough to buy a 4–5 square meter place near Modou University.

Chen Fan finished reading Orange Cat’s chat log, thought for a few seconds, and sent a message.

“Orange Cat, I urgently need money now; could you help me ask the site to advance next month’s payment?”

It was already mid-August, and My Master’s Wife and 10 Senior Sisters (Yes, not 9 this time) Are Stunningly Beautiful had maintained a rock-solid storyline and had a chance to break the site’s subscription ceiling.

Chen Fan believed that as long as the site manager was not stupid, they would not refuse his request.

Orange Cat replied quickly, “Okay, I’ll go ask the supervisor in a bit; Snail Giant, did you run into some difficulty, do you need my help?”

“No, thank you.”

Not giving Orange Cat any more opportunity to nag, Chen Fan closed the chat window, uploaded the chapters he had written over the past few days to the site, and scheduled them for release.

He then chatted with some readers for a while and coordinated a meeting with the Modou University broker for the day after tomorrow, completing his online tasks for the day.

A customer who knew Chen Fan had been waiting nearby for some time.

As soon as Chen Fan paid and logged off, that customer immediately sat down, entered the account details, and eagerly dove into the game world.

After tossing the finished cola into the trash, Chen Fan waved to Zhang Wanrou and strolled out of the internet cafe.

It was six in the evening, and the sun was still reluctant to set.

Chen Fan calmly went to the market to buy ingredients, returned home to rest and watch the news for a bit, and then began to cook with care.

He timed it so that the meal was ready at 8:30 on the dot.

Sure enough, a few minutes later there was the sound of the door opening, and Zhang Wanrou, who habitually carried a small bear, walked in from outside.

“Sister Wanrou, you’re just back in time, hurry and wash your hands so we can eat.”

“Okay.”

They had been this taciturn lately, and Zhang Wanrou did not make a fuss; she washed her hands and sat down opposite Chen Fan.

After sitting down, she suddenly felt a bit awkward.

Li Miaoyi used to be at every meal, but today Li Miaoyi had gone home, leaving them as a lone man and woman.

Thinking back to Lin Qiang’s nonsense from the afternoon, she felt even more uncomfortable.

Chen Fan, feeling curious, picked up a piece of fish and put it into Zhang Wanrou’s bowl, “Sister Wanrou, are you okay, are you feeling unwell?”

“No…” Zhang Wanrou quickly shook her head, took a random bite of the fish, and praised, “It’s delicious!”

“…If it’s delicious then eat more, otherwise after I leave for Modou University the day after tomorrow you won’t be able to eat this again.”

Chen Fan saw that Zhang Wanrou was not telling the truth, but he did not press the issue and put another piece into her bowl.

Zhang Wanrou made a small sound of agreement and kept her head down, eating silently.

She really might not be able to eat Chen Fan’s cooking again in the future.

She had been thinking a lot lately, and two days ago she finally resolved that she could no longer muddle along.

Chen Fan already had a beautiful, excellent, and suitable girlfriend, and she could not be the third party who ruined a relationship.

From then on, the two of them would slowly drift apart and gradually become ordinary friends…

After taking a few bites to steel herself, Zhang Wanrou looked up and forced a happy smile, “Chen Fan, I have some good news to tell you!”

Chen Fan, eating a cold Houttuynia salad, asked in surprise, “What good news?”

“The boss gave me a raise today!” Zhang Wanrou put on a suitably excited expression as if she had rehearsed it many times.

Chen Fan, however, put down his chopsticks and frowned.

“Sister Wanrou, didn’t we agree we’d go to Modou University together; are you not planning to quit your job?”

Zhang Wanrou had prepared for this and bit her lip before hesitating, “Chen Fan, I won’t go with you for the time being; the boss was the one who initially gave me this job, and now that he raised my pay it is really hard to leave. Besides, the university will surely be very busy when classes start, and I can’t let you worry about me…”

Chen Fan, hearing this, actually thought there was some sense to it.

Modou University was not stable yet, and bringing Zhang Wanrou there would mean they did not even have a place for her to stay, so they really did need to wait a bit longer.

But on the other hand, “Sister Wanrou, where will you live then?”

“I agreed with Little Cui to live with her; her family happens to have an extra room.”

“Alright then, Sister Wanrou, bear with it for now; once I settle down at Modou University I’ll come get you.”

“Okay…”

Zhang Wanrou smiled in response, but her eyes were dim.

Once Chen Fan left for Modou University to attend university, their fate together would be over…