Chen Yiran’s lips curled up slightly when Li Linlin’s stomach growled. “Let’s go, you can’t be hungry.”

Li Linlin subconsciously kept up with him and asked him from the side, “Why can’t I be hungry? When was I so delicate?”

Chen Yiran smiled, looked at her and said, “I don’t know who it was, but someone managed by Wu Hui made a fuss on TV about changing manager because of food.”

Arriving at this point, Chen Yiran deliberately imitated Li Linlin’s tone, “I only ate a sesame ball and two small biscuits—”

“……Enough, enough.” Li Linlin hurriedly stopped him. “That’s what she calls a management, but she’s abusing her boss and has no regard for human ethics!”

“Yes, yes, yes.” Chen Yiran agreed with her words and led her to where he parked his car. Chen Yiran drove there by himself today. He took out the car key, unlocked the door, and opened it for Li Linlin. “Get in.”

Li Linlin somehow got into the car. When she was fastening the seat belt, she was still saying to herself, just this one meal, she would surely reject him next time!

Definitely next time!

Li Linlin had been to the Japanese restaurant Chen Yiran mentioned. The prices weren’t low but the taste of the food was indeed good.

Li Linlin remembered that when she was in H City, Chen Yiran took her to try out a new private restaurant. It had been so long and she didn’t know if it had officially opened. “Right, is the private restaurant you took me to last time now open?”

Chen Yiran knew which restaurant she was talking about. He held the menu in his hand and nodded. “It is. Why, do you want to eat there again?”

Li Linlin picked up the tea cup in front of her and took a sip, saying insincerely, “No, I just suddenly remembered it so I casually ask.”

Chen Yiran handed her the menu and smiled at her. “I’ll take you there again next time.”

She didn’t know if Chen Yiran’s voice was inherited from Chen Zui, but whatever he said sounded good, and coupled with his somewhat ambiguous words, it made Li Linlin’s heart beat faster. She hid it by taking another sip of tea and pretending to be calm. She changed the subject, “By the way, you should get some stuff toys for Xixi as well. She already has opinion with you only giving them to me.”

Chen Yiran was taken aback. He didn’t expect Chen Xi to be jealous. He chuckled, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea. “I got it.”

After the two of them finished their meal, Chen Yiran drove Li Linlin back to Yinwan. When they arrived, Li Linlin went directly to the 24th floor and Chen Yiran finally stopped following her shamelessly.

Seeing Li Linlin return from outside, Chen Xi asked her while eating the takeaway she ordered, “Where did you go so early in the morning? Wu Hui said you didn’t have work today.”

“I went to the pet expo. I asked you guys before and you said you aren’t going.”

“Oh……” Chen Xi remembered that there was such a thing. “Is it fun?”

“Not bad. The animals are all cute. I even took a lot of pictures!” Li Linlin said as she took off her mask and hat and sat next to Chen Xi. She took out her phone to show her, “Look, look.”

“Wow, I also follow these cats on Weibo. They were there too?”

“Yeah and I also bought their books.” It’s called a book but it’s actually a photo album of the cats and dogs taken by their owners.

“You went alone?” Chen Xi gave her a sideway glance. “Who took pictures for you?”

“A passerby.” Li Linlin didn’t mention Chen Yiran at all.

After looking at the pictures, Chen Xi found that there’s a video as well and clicked on it. “Wow, this Shiba Inu is so cute! It didn’t get angry even when you squeezed its face like that?”

“They’re there to entertain guests and are very professional, okay?” Li Linlin watched the video and felt that Da chaichai was just too cute. “I asked you to go but you didn’t. Do you regret it now?”

Chen Xi initially regretted it a little, but then she heard a man’s voice coming from the video, “Be careful. Don’t step on the kitten behind you.”

Chen Xi: “……”

Li Linlin: “……”

Li Linlin snatched back the phone and closed the video. Chen Xi scrutinized Li Linlin with a faint smile on her face. “That’s the passerby you mentioned?”

“……Err, yeah.” Li Linlin smiled guiltily. “The voice is quite nice, haha.”

“Not only is it nice, but it also sounded like Brother Yiran.” Chen Xi looked at her and smiled warmly. “I say, you wake up early in the morning to run to the pet expo, but it turns out it’s because you’re on a date with Brother Yiran.”

“Don’t talk nonsense! We just happened to meet there!” Li Linlin denied fiercely.

Chen Xi curled her lips and picked up the takeout on the table to continue eating. “Sigh, luckily I didn’t go, otherwise I would have been such a big light bulb^[1]third wheel.”

“I’m telling you, you’re thinking too much.” Li Linlin said as she prepared to withdraw to her room with her phone in hand. She acted tough and didn’t forget to censure Chen Xi, “You should order less takeout. Don’t just eat all these unhealthy foods on your own.”

“……” Didn’t you enjoy eating these with me before? Chen Xi smiled at Li Linlin. “What, are you going to report me to Brother Yiran?”

As soon as Li Linlin heard her mention the words ‘Brother Yiran’, she quickly walked into the bedroom and closed the door.

Chen Xi looked at the door of Li Linlin’s room from outside and shouted, “Linlin, what did you have for lunch? Did you eat it with Brother Yiran?”

“……” Li Linlin gestured a kick towards the door and plopped down on the bed. The building block figure she had gotten from Qi Hao was still on her bedside table. She stared at the little person in the princess dress for a while before reaching out and picking it up.

Li Linlin didn’t play with these things in the past. If it weren’t for Chen Yiran, she would never spend more than 100,000 to buy a little building block figure.

She looked at the thing in her hand and thought of the woman she met at the pet dating corner that day.

Was this also a trace that Chen Yiran left in her life?

Thinking of this, Li Linlin couldn’t help but let out a laugh. From childhood to adulthood, the traces Chen Yiran left in her life weren’t just this building block figure.

She sighed, put it back in place, and lay down on the bed.

———pr

A few days later, the latest episode of 《Let’s Fall in Love》 aired. The viewers who were enjoying themselves shipping their favorite CP’s and were surprised when program group came up with a challenger guest at the end.

The show immediately became a hot topic. Some viewers refused to tear up their CP’s, while others expressed their anticipation. Chen Yiran still watched the show on time and saw the whole process of Li Linlin and Du Yanwei’s date without missing a second.

Every time the program aired, President Chen would be in a bad mood, so this time, Assistant Wu was secretly groaning inwardly again.

Their President Chen, despite not being a Weifeng Linlin CP fan, his ability to find details was unfortunately even better than one. It’s like he’s looking through a microscope. When he went to work on Monday, President Chen’s face was indeed not very good. Assistant Wu could only hope that next week’s episode would air as soon as possible.

Because it was President Chen’s date with Little Sister Linlin!

President Chen would definitely be happy shipping his and Little Sister Linlin’s CP!

———pr

Before the episode with Chen Yiran aired, Children’s Day arrived first. Chen Yiran had long since stopped celebrating this holiday, so he didn’t notice any difference between that day and yesterday.

Until he discovered that the house opposite his seemed to be lively. 🙂

He walked to the front door and looked out through the screen of the doorbell camera. He saw Li Linlin and the others holding several balloons in their hands and carrying a lot of food. The girls were talking to the guys from next door, and the little one, Lu Yuxuan, was also there.

Chen Yiran opened the door with a click and looked at the men and women across from him. “Xixi, Linlin, what are you doing?”

Before Chen Xi and Li Linlin could speak, Lu Yuxuan said, “Today is Children’s Day. Sisters are coming to my house to celebrate it with me.”

“……” Heh. The corners of Chen Yiran’s mouth twitched slightly. It was another trick he had used before. He had taken advantage of Children’s Day to help his uncle chase his aunt.

He looked at the little boy opposite and smiled at him warmly. “Then Brother will come over and celebrate with you as well.”

Lu Yuxuan immediately hid behind Li Linlin. “Sister Linlin, that uncle is so scary.”

Chen Yiran: “……”

Li Linlin remembered the previous incident where Chen Yiran had scared Lu Yuxuan to tears and quickly raised her hand to touch Lu Yuxuan’s head. “It’s okay, it’s okay, Uncle just looks fierce.”

Chen Yiran: “……”

Why do you have to follow and call me uncle? 🙂

“Xiao Xuan, that’s my brother. He’s actually not fierce at all.” Chen Xi told Lu Yuxuan with a smile.

Lu Yuxuan was still looking timidly in Chen Yiran’s direction, as if he was looking at someone who eats children.

In the end, Lu Yuxuan still didn’t let Chen Yiran go over, and Chen Xi had no choice but to shake her head at him helplessly.

After the girls went to Lu Yuxuan’s house, they began to help decorate the living room and prepare dinner. Lu Ruizhou originally wanted to take Lu Yuxuan out, but Lu Yuxuan said that he wanted to invite Li Linlin and the others to come as well. Considering that it was inconvenient with Li Linlin’s status, Lu Ruizhou changed the location of the dinner to their home.

The preparation was in full swing when a barking sound suddenly came from the door. At first, everyone thought they were hearing things, but Lu Yuxuan ran to the door and saw that there was indeed a dog outside.

“Brother, there’s a dog. Is it lost?” Lu Yuxuan stood at the door while looking at the puppy outside. Lu Ruizhou walked over to take a look and saw a little Shiba Inu squatting in front of the door. It looked like it was only a few weeks old, extremely cute and well-behaved.

In his impression, there were several households raising Shiba Inu dogs at Yinwan, but they were all big ones. This was the first time he saw such a small one. Could it be that some family’s Shiba Inu gave birth to a pup?

“Wow, so cute!” The girls also came over to have a look. Li Linlin’s eyes lit up as soon as she saw the soft little Shiba Inu at the door. “Whose dog is that?”

“It’s mine.” Chen Yiran opened the door of his house and walked over from the opposite side.

The rest of the people were stunned, seemingly not expecting that the owner of this Shiba Inu would be him. Chen Yiran skillfully picked up the little pup on the ground and stroked its back.

The Shiba Inu must have recognized him and rubbed against him affectionately. With a cute pet in his arms, even Chen Yiran appeared much softer and he no longer looked like a villain who would eat children.

“The door wasn’t closed tightly just now so it got out.” Chen Yiran brazenly lied.

Chen Xi looked at him in surprise. She had no idea that he got a dog. “Brother Yiran, when did you start raising a dog?”

“Just two days ago.” Chen Yiran held the little Shiba Inu and gently teased it. “I specially asked the contact information of the kennel owner at the pet expo.”

“Oh……” Chen Xi was aware that he went to the pet expo, but she was still surprised that he would raise a dog. “Then you need to be more careful and don’t forget to close the door next time. What if that little one got lost?”

“Mm.” Chen Yiran nodded, looked at them and asked, “Do you want to pet it?”