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Chapter 39: Lu Li, What Are You Doing?

On the pedestrian street, Lu Li walked side by side with Shao Linlin.

Wondering, “Are we on a date…,” Shao Linlin had only meant to treat Lu Li to a meal, yet wandering the street like this suddenly felt like shopping with a boyfriend and that thought made her flush.

“Lu Li, do you want some milk tea?” Shao Linlin scratched the tip of her nose with her finger.

“No, thanks.” Lu Li shook his head; he already felt a bit embarrassed letting her pay for dinner and would feel even worse eating anything else.

“Oh.” Shao Linlin had just started toward the milk-tea shop, then veered back.

“Lu Li, would you like cotton candy?” Shao Linlin rubbed her rosy cheek with her finger.

“No, thanks.”

“Oh.” Shao Linlin walked past the cotton-candy stall in disappointment.

“Lu Li, do you want something…?”

“No, thanks…”

“Oh.”

After this one-note exchange repeated several times, Shao Linlin glanced at Lu Li and tapped briskly on her phone with her head lowered.

The Cutest Linlin in the World: Are you there, are you there?

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: ?

The Cutest Linlin in the World: I managed to invite Lu Li out!

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: Haha, told you the drink offensive this morning would work! (ˉ▽~～)

Hmph, the drinks clearly had no effect; he had dashed away in a flash this morning…

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: You already got him to come out, so why are you still chatting with me?

The Cutest Linlin in the World: Less small talk, I have a situation!

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: What is it?

The Cutest Linlin in the World: Lu Li doesn’t seem to like any particular food, and I think I’m about to fail.

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: ??

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: What does his not having a favorite food have to do with you failing?

The Cutest Linlin in the World: If I buy him something he likes to eat, he will naturally like me.

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: …

Lu Li isn’t that shallow; only a dummy like you would get so giddy just because you ate something you like!

The Cutest Linlin in the World: The atmosphere between us is awful right now, he hardly talks, what should I do?

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: Easy, start with Lu Li’s hobbies.

The Cutest Linlin in the World: What does Lu Li like?

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: ctrl and 47.

The Cutest Linlin in the World: What is ctrl?

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: Singing, dancing, rap and basketball.

The Cutest Linlin in the World: …

The Cutest Linlin in the World: You hater with no lychees or twigs!

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: It’s what Lu Li likes, not me!

The Cutest Linlin in the World: Wow, so Lu Li likes sports; he really is a sunshine boy!

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: ?

The Cutest Linlin in the World: And what’s 47?

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: Switch to 9-key input and you’ll see.

Shao Linlin changed her phone to the 9-key keyboard, typed 4 and 7, then froze, glanced at her own legs, and her cheeks instantly turned scarlet. (TL: PS. These are all keyboard shortcuts that appear on the chinese keyboard)

The Cutest Linlin in the World: You pervert!

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: It’s what Lu Li likes, not me!

The Cutest Linlin in the World: How could Lu Li like that kind of thing!

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: Why don’t you give it a try?

The Cutest Linlin in the World: I won’t try that kind of thing!

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: Maybe you could take Lu Li down in one move, then you can do whatever you want~~.

Do whatever I want~~ Staring at Lu Li’s tall figure, Shao Linlin’s face reddened; she giggled twice and wiped away imaginary drool.

The Cutest Linlin in the World: R-r-really?

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: Absolutely works!

The Cutest Linlin in the World: Then I’ll… give it a try?

Tang Yang Is Not a Nugget: You’ll bag him for sure! 乁( ˙ ω˙乁)

The Cutest Linlin in the World: I’ll… I’ll bag him! (〃▽〃)

Shao Linlin slipped the phone back into her pocket, looked up, and saw Lu Li staring fixedly at a young woman wearing black stockings.

Shao Linlin instantly felt shy; so Tang Yang was right… Lu Li really did like 47!

She placed a hand on her thigh and felt the skin there tingling.

“L-Lu Li, if you like it, I… I can wear black stockings for you too!” Shao Linlin mustered her courage and said, trembling.

“No, thank you. Hm?” Lu Li answered on reflex, then turned his head in surprise and asked, “What did you just say?”

Being looked at directly by Lu Li made Shao Linlin’s forehead burn and she stammered, “N-nothing.”

“Oh.” Lu Li glanced at Shao Linlin’s legs and shook his head.

Had Shao Linlin just said she wanted to wear black stockings for him?

He must have misheard; there was no way such a wonderful thing would happen, that glutton was probably thinking of food again… though her legs were nicely shaped, so she would probably look great in black stockings.

Lu Li shifted his gaze back to the woman in black stockings from before.

She was staring intently in one direction, one hand pressed to her ear, her lips moving slightly as if she were speaking through an earpiece.

Lu Li frowned slightly; if he was not mistaken, she was the policewoman who had taken Chu Zining home last night.

Why was she dressed like this on a pedestrian street?

Scanning the crowd, Lu Li soon spotted two plain-clothes middle-aged men focusing on the same spot, one of whom was the tall, square-faced police officer he had seen last night.

Could there be an operation going on?

Following their line of sight, Lu Li saw a man wearing sunglasses, a hat, and a mask standing in front of a noodle shop, stooping slightly, clutching a silver briefcase and looking around nervously.

It looked like this man was the target, so Lu Li quickly worked out what was happening.

Shao Linlin’s head was spinning; she had actually blurted out that she would wear black stockings for Lu Li, how shameless!

Lu Li must think she was too forward, which was why he had looked so shocked.

She had to salvage her dignity.

Glancing at the nearby noodle shop, inspiration struck her and she said, “L-Lu Li, I just asked whether you wanted shredded-chicken noodles, you didn’t mishear, did you? I suddenly want shredded-chicken noodles.”

With that, Shao Linlin walked quickly toward the noodle shop.

Her movement immediately alerted the masked man, who tightened his grip on the case, bent his knees slightly, and reached into his pocket with his other hand, drawing a short dagger.

The policewoman monitoring him was startled and reported over the comms, “Not good, the suspect is about to attack a passerby; we can’t wait any longer, move now!”

Another officer objected, “But the suspect’s contact hasn’t arrived yet!”

The policewoman replied, “The safety of the people comes first! We can’t wait!”

Persuaded, the other officer prepared to act, though he was inwardly furious; they had spent 3 months luring that cautious contact and now all their effort was about to be wasted!

Just then, Lu Li moved; he stepped forward and grabbed Shao Linlin’s hand.

“Yah!” Shao Linlin yelped, looked down, and her head felt as if it were boiling.

“L-Lu Li, what are you doing?” The hand holding hers felt hot and strong, as if it could melt her.

“I don’t want shredded-chicken noodles!” Lu Li grunted.

“Then what kind of noodles do you want? How about beef noodles?” Shao Linlin asked foolishly.

Out of the corner of his eye, Lu Li saw the masked man slowly heading in their direction…

“I don’t like any noodles; I want something else.”

“What something else?” Shao Linlin asked, still slow on the uptake.

Lu Li wrapped an arm around Shao Linlin’s waist, dragged her toward the nearby hotel, and quickly put distance between them and the masked man.

While tugging her along, he licked his lips with a wicked grin and said, “Silly girl, what else could it be? Of course it’s you!”

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