Chapter 176: Rookies Pecking At Each Other
Ten minutes later, the atmosphere between the three had already returned to normal. Especially the two girls, who were chattering away.
“It’s really your first song? The first one is already this good, amazing!”
“Xiao Xun, you’re exaggerating too much…”
“What about besides original songs? Has Sister Xiao Le done any cover songs?”
“Yeah, look, this is my Bilibili account…”
Wang Heng silently punched the sandbag not far away, merely glancing at the two girls sitting together by the wall looking at the mobile phone with the corner of his eye, feeling slightly gratified.
For now, it seemed they were getting along pretty well. Ye Xun was proactive and friendly, Pei Ningle showed no hostility, and they seemed about to form a best friend-like friendship right from their first meeting. And crucially, both knew he had a girlfriend, already in a taken state.
But upon closer thought, Wang Heng suddenly realized a problem— the fact that Han Yixuan was actually a shield, it seemed Pei Ningle already knew.
Recalling what the hamster said back then, if that little thing wasn’t lying, then Pei Ningle and Han Yixuan did know each other…
Before he could figure out a countermeasure, Ye Xun suddenly said, “Wang Heng Senior, shall we call it a day? It’s almost lunchtime, the three of us can go eat together.”
Pei Ningle asked with great interest, “What are we eating?”
“I need to change clothes first, we can discuss slowly…”
Ye Xun pulled Pei Ningle toward the women’s locker room.
Wang Heng stood in place, steadying the shaking sandbag, falling into contemplation.
As long as Pei Ningle let it slip, then the shield would lose its effect with Ye Xun?
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Ye Xun changed quickly and was soon dressed. But she didn’t go out immediately, instead pulling Pei Ningle to sit on the locker room bench, asking in a low voice, “Sister Xiao Le, have you really met Wang Heng Senior’s girlfriend?”
Pei Ningle was somewhat bewildered. “Yeah, why are you asking?”
A harmless smile hung on Ye Xun’s little face. “Just curious, what kind of girl is his girlfriend?”
Pei Ningle recalled Han Yixuan’s image and gestured. “She’s his high school classmate, a very pretty girl. About my age, about your height, long straight black hair, quite an elegant feeling…”
Ye Xun nodded and asked curiously, “Since you’ve met her, Sister Xiao Le, what do you think, is her relationship with Wang Heng good? Are their feelings very intimate?”
Pei Ningle immediately grew vigilant. “Why are you asking so detailed?”
Ye Xun grinned and touched her cheek. “Because I’m really curious. I’ve known Wang Heng Senior for several days and never heard him mention having a girlfriend. And I’m naturally gossipy, I know quite a bit about romances in the entertainment industry, how could I not want to know about someone close by dating?”
This explanation sounded reasonable, but just as Pei Ningle was about to speak, she suddenly stopped.
The first time Han Yixuan played the shield role was in front of Pei Ningle, and they had even coordinated beforehand. So of course she knew Wang Heng was actually single. But could she reveal this to Ye Xun?
Or rather, could she show even the slightest sign to Ye Xun?
At this moment, Pei Ningle realized a very important issue—if Ye Xun really liked Wang Heng, then Han Yixuan’s existence as a shield should be extremely important. As long as she believed Wang Heng had a girlfriend with a very good relationship, she naturally wouldn’t shamelessly cling to him.
Although her mother criticized her as an emotional idiot, she of course knew that love rivals were definitely better the fewer the better.
Thinking of this, Pei Ningle said, “Wang Heng and Han Yixuan’s feelings are of course very good, extremely good! I’ve seen them eating together with my own eyes, even feeding each other.”
Though Ye Xun still smiled, her mouth stiffened a lot. “Is that so…”
Pei Ningle continued to emphasize, “Of course, Xiao Xuan is also my good friend, so I’m happy for her too. But these two have one annoying thing, they show off their affection in front of me, really annoying!”
“I see…”
Ye Xun’s smile grew even stiffer, and even Pei Ningle could tell something was off.
This made Pei Ningle secretly wonder if she had described it too excessively.
But Ye Xun just lowered her head in silence for two seconds, and when she raised her face again, her expression had returned to normal, saying, “Then let’s go eat, don’t keep him waiting too long.”
Pei Ningle: “So what are we eating?”
Ye Xun: “I’m fine with anything… you guys decide.”
The two young girls walked out of the locker room and saw Wang Heng already wearing his jacket and shoes, standing at the martial arts hall doorway waiting.
When they reached him, Wang Heng suggested, “Since we’ll need to shower after anyway, how about hot pot?”
Pei Ningle readily agreed. “Great, great!”
Ye Xun silently followed behind, walking out of the martial arts hall, her lips moving slightly, almost soundlessly muttering to herself:
“No problem, that guy is older, I can outlast her!”
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Although she’d only been in Rongdu for a little over half a year, this nearby hot pot restaurant was already like home turf for Pei Ningle. Even without Wang Heng, she sometimes came alone.
So upon sitting down, Pei Ningle familiarly ordered a yuan yang pot, checked off several dishes on the disposable menu paper, then handed the menu to the girl beside her, saying, “Just check what you want to eat!”
Ye Xun glanced and passed the menu across. “I’m good with anything, Wang Heng Senior, take a look?”
With their seating, naturally the two girls sat on one side, Wang Heng opposite them.
He took the menu paper, scanned it, added two dishes, then handed it to the waiter beside them.
The waiter turned and left, but Pei Ningle was somewhat dissatisfied. “You didn’t order much, is it enough?”
Wang Heng calmly complained, “Don’t forget how you walked out last time we two came? Small appetite but insisting on eating so much, wasn’t the lesson of holding the wall strong enough?”
Pei Ningle was momentarily speechless.
Ye Xun asked, “Sister Xiao Le doesn’t have a big appetite? I thought you were great at eating…”
Wang Heng pursed his lips. “Does she look like a big eater? She’s just greedy, tiny appetite, often can’t finish the dishes she orders. For otaku like us who game a lot, there’s a phrase that fits her perfectly: bad at games but super addicted.”
Ye Xun sized up the petite older sister beside her, who was a size smaller, and couldn’t help but laugh wryly.
By now, Ye Xun’s mood had brightened considerably. She could tell that although Wang Heng had a girlfriend, he wasn’t overly resistant to being friends with other girls. Since they could be friends, there would probably be many opportunities in the future, right?
After all, rules like ‘refusal inevitably leads to dangerous accidents’ were something Ye Xun could never guess.
It wasn’t long before the aromatic pot base and dishes arrived. The three adjusted their dipping sauces, and once the oil boiled, they started eating.
Wang Heng and Pei Ningle were accustomed to Rongdu flavors, and since they ordered mild spice, their chopsticks always fished from the spicy pot. Ye Xun from Lin City hardly touched the spicy pot, sticking to the clear broth side, mainly vegetable dishes.
Pei Ningle finally couldn’t stand it and cooked a slice of fatty beef in the spicy pot, putting it into Ye Xun’s dipping sauce.
“Xiao Xun, the spicy pot is the essence of hot pot!”
Ye Xun picked up the fatty beef slice with chopsticks and sniffed it close. She had to admit it smelled great, but she really didn’t dare eat it.
In Lin City, she rarely ate spicy food, and the coach who taught her combat had long emphasized avoiding overly greasy or stimulating foods. But this fatty beef slice ticked all the forbidden boxes.
Pei Ningle beside her kept encouraging. “It’s a bit spicy, but really delicious, you’ll know once you try!”
Ye Xun hesitated for a few seconds, stole a glance at Wang Heng across dipping tripe, and finally steeled herself, popping the fatty beef into her mouth.
Mmm, it really is delicious…
But just as she swallowed the fatty beef slice, tears welled up in Ye Xun’s eyes.
“So spicy ahhhh!”
The red-eyed young girl downed a glass of tea, but still couldn’t help jumping up.
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Recently, this book’s average subscription has risen to two thousand eight. As promised before, at three thousand we’d add extras—now to clarify, it’s not just one extra chapter at once, but one every other day or so.
Tomorrow is April first, so saying it tonight to avoid you thinking I’m lying.
Also one more thing, about the aluminum package bet for this book entering premium… forget it, better discuss that in the group, otherwise it really affects the image badly.
