CH 7.1

Chapter 7: The New Boyfriend Is More Handsome And Taller! (1)

Ye Yuqing: “No, there was an accident and the car left first.”

Perceiving the teasing tone in the other party’s words, she was still considering what to say, and the colleague next to her spoke first. The man was simply the savior in her eyes.

“Xiao Ye, is this your friend? Great, he can take us back, right?!”

Ye Yuqing looked at the man in the driver’s seat, and asked with uncertainty, “Can you?”

Li Che leaned his chin on his hand and said, “What do you think?”

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Five minutes later, the Porsche was speeding on the road. There was no monitoring or speed limit on this road, and there were few cars; so he drove fast. The minibus ride had taken more than two hours to traverse the distance from the city centre to the suburban resort, however, Li Chen took, at most, an hour and a half.

Three male colleagues were huddled in the back row while Ye Yuqing rode shotgun.

“Xiao Ye, your friend’s car is not cheap, it’s so cool,” said the male colleague with admiration. A while ago at the company’s team building session, he was the first to bellow and walk away from several impromptu tasks.

Unexpectedly, they were not able to hail a cab but landed a Porsche. Not to mention, her colleagues had been advocating that the man driving the car was extremely handsome.

Ye Yuqing: “…”

Li Che’s voice was calm. “This car isn’t mine, I borrowed someone else’s.”

“You can borrow this kind of car, you are very awesome!” The male colleague didn’t care, and asked, “What do you do?”

The traffic was tedious, these small talks couldn’t have been normal. But thinking of Li Che’s career, Ye Yuqing beat him before the man had a chance to answer. “He is still studying, graduate student!”

The colleague only casually asked and didn’t pursue the subject anymore. Then a few of them spouted off about what happened today. The three men chatted in the back row while Li Che remained silent.

Ye Yuqing was a little nervous, she could smell the other person in the confined space. It was a kind of a woody fragrance. Her back was tightly against the seat, and the air conditioner in the car was a bit cold. She clamped her legs tightly, turned her head, shot a quick glance at the person beside her, and then lowered her eyes. Two minutes later, she peeked again.

Li Che pressed his lips, noticed the other’s sight, and slightly pressed the corners of his lips.

When Ye Yuqing raised her head again, a car was driving on the opposite side. Its lights shone bathing the man’s nose, eyelashes, and collar. She thought back to when they met each other for the first time. He was looking down and wiping his glasses. With such long eyelashes, it was easy to sweep away the lens.

How could this misfortune be too sweet?

As the car passed through the suburbs and into the city, the road became wide and bright.

“Just drop me at the subway station.” Ye Yuqing was embarrassed to let him send her home.

The colleagues in the back row also expressed their gratitude, saying that they could be dropped off at any exit of Metro Line 2. Although Xiao Ye and the owner of the car hardly exchanged any words the whole time, they concluded they were probably just ordinary friends. The fact that the guy could give them a ride today was already very generous.

“You drive so fast. By the way, let’s subsidize your gas bill,” one of the colleagues said. Although the man drove a luxury car, it was still necessary to mention it. The occasional dinners in the office, no matter who drove, they would all share the cost of the gas. Only in this way could they maintain a good relationship.

“No need.” Li Che mused, if Ye Yuqing were to pay, she had actually already paid him extra.

Ye Yuqing was going to take Metro Line 1. So, after her colleagues left, she and Li Che were the only ones left in the car. While waiting at a red-light, Li Che spoke without warning.

“The specific address.”

“Huh?” Ye Yuqing reacted a tad slow and shook her head. “There’s no need to go through the trouble.”

“I’ll drop you off if it’s on my way.”

Ye Yuqing hesitated for a second and told her address. In fact, she wanted to have a longer conversation with him.

“You are lucky, we are in the same direction.”

Ye Yuqing instantly leapt for joy, and added cautiously: “I was quite lucky to have met you today.”

Li Che pursed his lower lip and didn’t speak anymore, the car turned quiet again.

After half an hour, the Porsche stopped at the gate of Ye Yuqing’s neighborhood.

When she got out of the car, Ye Yuqing bent down slightly and thanked him.

She turned around and walked two steps before turning back with a firm mind.

Ye Yuqing took out her phone, opened the QR code, and took a deep breath.

“You said in the afternoon we would add WeChat if we meet again, so now, is it okay?”

Li Che looked at those bright eyes looking back at him. His hands were resting on the steering wheel, the fingers tapped gently. After a hesitation of about two seconds, he took out the phone and scanned her QR code.

Ye Yuqing had spent an hour trying to phrase her words and was even ready to be rejected. After all, this person did not easily add people on WeChat.

Unexpectedly, he really agreed?

By the time she regained her composure, the car had long driven away.

She lowered her head and looked at the other person’s profile picture… Ah, I actually… really added him?

Her favorite comic secondary character was Lu Luxi, actually not a very bright and upright character. Many considered her as someone with a good temper and assumed she preferred the type similar to her. However, that’s not the case at all.

That trash ex-boyfriend wasn’t in the same category as her and she suffered a loss. However, she didn’t think there was any problem with Jason.

———

Monday

Since there was no work in the morning, Ye Yuqing looked at the profile picture in her friend list.

What should I do next, just ask him out? Since adding WeChat, she hadn’t spoken to the other party.

Since Jason’s circle of friends showed nothing, she had no idea what the other person was thinking or what hobbies he had. Unsure as to what to talk about, still she temporarily maintained her image and was cautious. Exiting from her homepage, she sent a message to Xiao Yao.

[Ye Yuqing: Do you know Jason’s precise rates?]

[Xiao Yao: You are very wrong, sister. ]

Ye Yuqing: …

[Xiao Yao: If you keep this up, I will suspect that I taught you poorly.]

[Ye Yuqing: Don’t you know?]