Chapter 67 I look forward to a future with you (first order please!)
It doesn't make sense!

Chen Yuan stared at himself in the mirror with wet hair. His face was handsome, but there was something strange in his eyes.

The last time, when he had close contact with "Jiang Ning" and was hugging her, he was not so disappointing. At that time, he felt that he had enough self-control and withstood several seductive attacks. His defense was very strong.

Logically speaking, shouldn't this armor become thicker and thicker as it is layered, until it even becomes immune to low-level charm attacks?

Why did he react so strongly today? He washed his face with cold water several times, but his mind was still full of the scene just now. Then his body became hot and he felt itchy all over.

The heat is hard to resist.

It was clearly just a few more glances, but it turned into negative defense. Could it be that... Chen Yuan suddenly realized something very important.

This was the key point why he was hit by the charm attack today.

That is the inequality of status.

Correct!
This is it.

If Jiang Ning was being intimate with him as his girlfriend, she would feel it was normal and her reaction would not be so dramatic. But today was different. She drove all the way to this restaurant from the moment she left school.

Until now, Jiang Ning has never escaped from the identity of "teacher".

Just imagine a beautiful teacher who is usually graceful and elegant in class, exuding an inviolable aura, but in private, she changes her serious appearance and shows her beauty without reservation.

The thrill I feel after feeling guilty is completely different from being with a girlfriend.

Chen Yuan thought it through, his eyes gradually brightened, why should he feel so guilty about his girlfriend? He should watch it.

No matter how many times you watch it, it is a normal intimate activity between boyfriends and girlfriends.

As soon as he thought of this, Chen Yuan's inner restlessness began to subside, and the abnormality in his body also disappeared.

Chen Yuan encouraged himself not to fall for Teacher Jiang's tricks again. He felt that he had revealed Jiang Ning's true face. Getting along with a mature woman was completely different from getting along with girls of the same age.

Jiang Ning would act like a spoiled child, play tricks, be lively and active, be eccentric, and sometimes be a flower on the mountain top. She would deliberately do something similar to teasing, with obvious cunning in her eyes. When he couldn't bear it anymore and deliberately avoided her, she would stop at the right time.

Chen Yuan suddenly felt like... he was being manipulated.

demon!

He took a deep breath and walked out of the bathroom with a firm step.

Even though he has never been in a relationship, Chen Yuan knows that taking the initiative in a relationship is a very important thing. If his mind is taken over by the other party, he will be constrained by his girlfriend in every way.

As an outstanding student ranked among the top in Lanzhou University, a smart student with his photo hanging on the high school honor roll, a former director of the literature and art department, and a main player of the school basketball team.

Chen Yuan doesn't like the feeling of being controlled.

It's just a teacher, so what if I offend you?
……

"You're back?" Jiang Ning saw Chen Yuan lift the curtain and come in. She smiled at him faintly, her eyes bright and clear. As she turned her head, the small string of pearl earrings on her earlobes swayed. Her long legs were together and her voice was soft.

She had already put on the sweater, which covered not only other parts of her body but even her fair neck.

The soft voice that came into his ears instantly made Chen Yuan feel that his defenses were weakened.

He sat down, adjusted his mind, and repeated to himself the thoughts he had just had in the bathroom.

The initiative must be seized.

So Chen Yuan was not restrained at all, and looked at Jiang Ning unscrupulously, not moving away when their eyes met.

"A friend called you, and you didn't come back, so I answered the phone."

"Who?"

"Call Liu Nan, come and have a look."

Chen Yuan raised his eyebrows and picked up his phone to check. Sure enough, there were seven or eight messages on the phone and call records in the contacts.

"He didn't realize it was you, did he?"

"No, I... um, I lowered my voice on purpose so you can't hear it. What does he want from you?"

Chen Yuan swiped the screen and laughed. He looked up and waved his hands, saying, "It's okay. He probably got scolded for flirting with a girl, so he asked me to help him."

"You help him? Classmate Chen Yuan," Jiang Ning blinked and asked in a concerned tone, "Are you good at chatting up girls?"

"No," Chen Yuan held up his chin and smiled at her cheekily, "I'm usually approached by someone."

He had a pair of clear black eyes, and he was wearing an ordinary navy blue down jacket. He looked a little immature when he said this, and his delicate eyes were staring straight at her.

Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses. At that moment, she even felt her heart skip a beat.

Chen Yuan keenly caught her expression and immediately felt that his method was correct.

Being in a passive position and having no choice but to sit and wait for death, he seemed to understand a little bit of the pleasure that Jiang Yao was getting from teasing him deliberately.

Charm...who doesn't know how to be charming?
Chen Yuan successfully turned the tables!

……

The throbbing feeling when secretly in love is a bit like the rainstorm in Lanjing a few days ago, which made the whole city wet. But once the sun shines, the cold rain disappears, replaced by a dust-free sunny day.

Jiang Ning walked down the street with her long legs, feeling more relaxed than ever before.

Under the starry night, her steps were even a little bit joyful, and her coolness from beginning to end was tinged with the joy of a little girl.

After she and Chen Yuan finished their dinner, they did not drive back immediately, but chose to take a walk together along the river.

The two walked along the dilapidated guardrail and looked to the left. The river was sparkling and there was a street lamp every ten meters or so on the road. There were no mosquitoes in winter, only moths flapping their wings and circling in the light.

The wind blew Chen Yuan's hair.

He squinted his eyes and sniffed the fishy and damp smell coming from the water.

"It smells a bit fishy."

"I smell it too, but it's okay, you can cover your nose with clothes, like I did."

Jiang Ning didn't seem to be cold. She had her down jacket zipped up, enjoying the feeling of freedom from the wind. She had never been more relaxed than now, and all her worries were forgotten.

She pulled up a section of her clothes to cover half of her face, and said in a muffled voice: "Then you won't smell the stench."

"Yes," Chen Yuan nodded vigorously, thinking it was a good idea. He took the initiative to move closer to Jiang Ning, and under her strange frowning gaze, he pulled up one end of her clothes and covered her cheek with it. "Not only will it not stink anymore, it will also have a fragrance and can block the wind."

Looking at him, Jiang Ning smiled softly with her hands covering her lips, her eyes sparkling.

The two of them were so close to each other, full of ambiguity. A glance or a gesture could stir up waves in their hearts.

"Are you afraid of the cold?" Jiang Ning tilted her head and asked softly.

"No, it feels like the wind is too strong."

"Oh……"

Jiang Ning suddenly took a few steps forward with her long legs, and the clothes fell out of Chen Yuan's hands. She turned around and stood in front of him, pinching the hem of her down jacket, opening it wide and blocking it in front of her.

If she moved closer, she would touch Chen Yuan's nose when she raised her head.

"This way, you won't feel cold anymore, right?" Jiang Ning said softly and casually. Such a common sentence actually made people feel infinite pampering, like an elder sister caring for a childish child. "Lower your head, the wind won't reach you."

As she spoke, her hair on her shoulders was blown by the wind and swayed gently. Three or four meters away, the street lights illuminated the rusty bench.

Looking back, it was pitch black, as if the darkness had swallowed up half of the city, and further away was a wilderness with few people.

At least, there was no one here now, just the two of them.

It seems as if loneliness has occupied the world and each other.

Chen Yuan truly felt the throbbing in his heart. He felt that Jiang Ning's embrace must be particularly safe at this moment, making him want to hug her.

Just for a moment.

Maybe I will be able to recall it many times in the future.

But Chen Yuan gave up this idea and instead helped Jiang Ning tighten her clothes.

"Okay, it's not cold anymore, and you don't need to catch a cold."

"Then let's keep walking. I haven't come here for a walk in a long time. The last time was a month or two ago. Every time I walk here, I feel very relaxed, especially this time."

"Who did you come here with before?"

"Well... a good friend."

"Male or female?" "Of course it's a female, classmate Chen Yuan. How could I possibly come here with a boy late at night to eat and then take a walk? That's something only couples would do."

"Yes, I think so too. It's something we can do together." Chen Yuan was satisfied with her answer.

"..."

Jiang Ning curled the corners of her mouth imperceptibly, and did not continue speaking. Then she seemed to have returned to her aloof state, walking leisurely in front of Chen Yuan.

After a while, without even turning her head, she suddenly asked, "I'm a little curious, if you didn't come to Lanjing, what if we didn't meet, would we continue to have an online romance?"

"No, we have to meet one day. I can't keep calling you baby on the screen every day."

"What to shout?"

"Baby," Chen Yuan didn't think there was anything wrong, "We used to call you like this every day when we talked on the phone before."

"...I didn't hear it clearly. The wind was a bit strong." Jiang Ning turned around.

"I said, didn't I call you 'baby' every day when we were on the phone before?"

"Uh-huh!"

Jiang Ning nodded, suddenly bent her mouth and walked forward a few steps, not letting Chen Yuan see her expression. If he saw her sweet smile, she would be so embarrassed.

Why did she like this name so much? Jiang Ning herself didn't know.

She is 26 years old, but she actually likes to be called such a cheesy name by a little boy like Chen Yuan.

Uh ~
Chen Yuan paused for a moment before realizing that she was a little strange. He had spoken loudly just now, so how could she not have heard clearly?

So he chased after her and carefully looked at Jiang Ning's expression at that moment.

"What's wrong with you suddenly looking at me?"

"fine."

"Hum..."

Jiang Ning curled her lips and quickened her pace again.

She is shy!

She must be shy!
Chen Yuan saw it clearly. It was the first time he saw Jiang Ning's coquettish look.

After walking for nearly an hour, the food in the stomach was completely digested. During this time, Chen Yuan and Jiang Ning talked about many things.

From online dating to reality, and then to school.

I suddenly regained the feeling of having endless topics to talk about when I was on the phone.

This feeling is great. You don't have to disguise your true thoughts at all. You can show everything to another person. She won't dislike you. She will care about and praise your strengths. Even your flaws seem to become cute.

In this era of fast-food love, the probability of meeting someone willing to engage in pure love is unimaginably low.

If it weren’t for Jiang Ning’s identity, Chen Yuan really wanted to show off to his friends that he had met a girl like this.

I'm so happy that I'm bubbling with happiness.

Walking back from the riverside to the street next to the restaurant, it was almost half past nine and they had not yet reached the parking lot. As Jiang Ning walked, her eyes suddenly lit up and she pointed to a place at the corner.

"They sell sugar-roasted chestnuts."

"I'll buy it for you."

Chen Yuan walked straight towards the stall. In the cold wind, the yellow and red "roasted chestnuts" flag was tilted. The stall owner was an old man wearing a leather hat.

"How much is it?"

"20!"

"Give me one portion, freshly fried."

"Okay, don't worry young man, it's definitely hot. I just fried the first pot."

While the stall owner was talking, Jiang Ning also came over. She put her hands in her pockets because the temperature dropped as the night went on and she was so cold that she couldn't open her hands.

The two of them just stood together, shoulder to shoulder.

The old man in the fur hat looked up and said in surprise, "Oh, you two are a couple, right?"

"cough--"

Chen Yuan felt inexplicably comfortable in his heart and coughed lightly. This is what it means to be able to speak well. Like the "stepmother" mentioned in the clothing store, isn't that simply a sign of low EQ?
"A talented man and a beautiful woman!" The stall owner gave a thumbs up and packed up the sugar-roasted chestnuts and handed them over, "Here, my stuff is sweet."

"Thank you, uncle."

Chen Yuan took it with a smile, then pulled Jiang Ning's hand and placed it in her palm.

Jiang Ning's frozen hands suddenly felt a burst of heat. She held the small bag, opened the package and pinched out one, using some force with her slender fingers.

The chestnuts were squeezed open with a "pop", and the golden chestnuts looked extremely tempting.

Jiang Ning peeled it carefully, pinched one and raised it to Chen Yuan's mouth, her movements were indescribably considerate and gentle.

"For you to eat."

"Sure."

Chen Yuan lowered his head and bit it.

"Good~"

What was unexpected was that Jiang Ning actually reached out and touched his head! This kind of action was something that only an older sister would do.

Chen Yuan felt the touch on his head and was stunned.

He blinked, reached out and grabbed Jiang Ning's hand and took it down.

The two also held hands at this moment.

As a result, they stopped talking to each other. She clutched the bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts and walked slowly forward, tacitly agreeing with Chen Yuan's behavior, and he used a little force and held it tightly.

"Your hands are quite soft, Teacher Jiang..."

"Don't talk at this time."

"it is good."

Boom!

Jiang Ning's heartbeat began to speed up. The touch on her hand was so clear. Chen Yuan's hand was warm and strong. She felt a strong sense of security in her heart.

At the age of twenty-six, nine months after her birthday, she achieved the achievement of holding hands with a boy for the first time, something she had never dared to think about before.

Since the online romance began, life seemed to have all kinds of ups and downs, and all of this was brought about by the 18-year-old Chen Yuan.

……

About to reach the parking lot.

This moment.

Jiang Ning raised her head and stared at his profile for a few seconds.

The sign of the riverside restaurant was still lit, diners were walking out of the door, and two stone lampposts stood on both sides, but it was all blurry.

She only saw Chen Yuan in her eyes.

Jiang Ning suddenly wanted to say to him:

Chen Yuan, I am looking forward to the future with you.

But she didn't say anything.

I just smiled and said, "I'm so happy."

……

"I really think so..."

In Fengting Community, Jiang Yao held her mobile phone, unable to accept her sister's near-perfect triumph.

(End of this chapter)