The next morning.
The weekend had arrived.
As soon as she woke up, Meng Yue rummaged through her room from top to bottom. She usually wore professional OL suits when teaching classes, so the clothes she had worn in college had all been packed into her suitcase.
Naturally, digging them out at the last minute was a little troublesome.
For convenience, Meng Yue dumped all the clothes from her suitcase onto her bed.
Then she searched through the pile one piece at a time, and finally found the basketball uniform from her memory.
It was a pink basketball uniform, the only one she had bought in college. She remembered buying it because she had signed up for a basketball class in physical education.
Immediately after, Meng Yue took off her pajamas in front of the mirror and looked at her increasingly curvy body as she tried on the basketball uniform in her hands.
“They’ve gotten bigger again?”
Looking at the basketball uniform in the mirror, where the chest was stretched slightly out of shape, Meng Yue sighed.
“Sure enough, squeezing them too much makes them grow…”
Meng Yue looked at herself in the mirror a few more times and ultimately decided to wear this basketball uniform after all. After all, she would need it soon enough.
It was not realistic to go buy another one now.
In other words, Meng Yue was already eager to play basketball with Chen Luo.
After changing, Meng Yue tied her long hair into a high ponytail and deliberately put on a pair of athletic shoes. She immediately looked much younger.
It was as if she had become the endlessly energetic girl from her college days again.
Then Meng Yue walked out of the bedroom to wash up in the bathroom. As expected, Duoduo was also washing up.
When he saw Meng Yue wearing that basketball uniform, he immediately asked curiously, “Auntie Meng, why are you dressed like that today?”
“Because… I want to learn basketball too,” Meng Yue replied with a smile.
“Basketball?”
Hearing that, Duoduo grinned and teased, “I don’t think Auntie Meng wants to play basketball. I think you want to talk to Brother Chen Luo. You have a crush on Brother Chen Luo, right? I like Brother Chen Luo too! Auntie Meng, I support you in winning Brother Chen Luo over!”
As he spoke, Duoduo looked at Meng Yue with a clever expression.
Meng Yue froze.
She could not help feeling a little guilty at being called out so sharply by this sharp little kid.
She immediately put on a stern expression and said, “Brush your teeth and wash your face right now. If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll have the teacher give you extra homework!”
Hearing that, Duoduo immediately behaved himself.
After washing up, it was about 8:30. Meng Yue then sat on the balcony chair in front of her door, pretending to play with her phone while actually waiting for Chen Luo.
She wanted to go teach classes with Chen Luo.
Meanwhile, nearby, Gu Qing was also lying on the balcony chair in front of her own home.
The two exchanged a glance.
The atmosphere instantly froze. Then both of them looked away. As if they had silently agreed on it, one turned her head left and the other turned her head right.
A few minutes later, it was 8:40.
Chen Luo left on time with his backpack. When he reached the courtyard on the first floor, Meng Yue, holding Duoduo’s hand, also arrived downstairs.
“Morning, Chen Luo.”
Meng Yue greeted Chen Luo from behind.
“Morning, Meng Yue.”
Chen Luo answered, thinking to himself that this woman really had set her sights on him after all.
Then the three of them headed across the road. At that moment, Gu Qing upstairs could not sit still any longer either.
“They’re walking together again!”
“Today I really want to see where exactly those two are going together!”
Gu Qing thought to herself.
She bent down and crouched, using the concrete railing on the edge of the second-floor balcony to hide her body. She waddled like a little duck to the stairwell entrance, then followed behind them like a thief.
After Chen Luo and the others crossed the road, Gu Qing crossed after them as well. There were several dozen meters between them.
The square had a wide field of view.
Gu Qing was not worried about losing the three of them. However, after she crossed the road and reached the square, Chen Luo and the other two were nowhere to be seen.
“Where are they?”
“They shouldn’t have noticed me, right? Why did they walk so fast!”
Gu Qing looked around the square, her face full of shock and confusion.
She actually lost them?
Just then, Meng Yue, who had gone into the steamed bun shop, ordered breakfast and was already seated, spotted Gu Qing looking around anxiously in the square.
“That looks like… Gu Qing?”
Meng Yue said.
“Looks like her.”
Chen Luo looked over, confirmed it, and replied.
Then Chen Luo stood up and walked to the entrance of the steamed bun shop. Seeing Gu Qing’s anxious expression, he thought she must have run into some trouble and asked her with a puzzled look, “Gu Qing, what are you doing?”
Hearing him, Gu Qing turned her head toward Chen Luo at the entrance of the steamed bun shop. She was instantly so embarrassed she did not know what to do with herself. After freezing for a few seconds, she replied, “I’m taking a walk!”
After saying that, Gu Qing hurriedly moved her legs, which were so embarrassed they were almost not listening to her anymore, and walked toward the mall.
Chen Luo did not ask any further.
He returned to his seat and sat down to eat his buns, while Gu Qing, who had reached the mall entrance, was so embarrassed she felt almost petrified.
Especially when she thought about her anxious expression being seen by Meng Yue.
That woman must be secretly delighted right now.
“What do I do?”
“They’re definitely going to be even more alert now!”
Gu Qing worried inwardly.
While she was hesitating, a middle-aged aunt came into view. The woman was dragging a garbage bag and rummaging through the trash bin in the square.
Gu Qing quickly walked up to her.
“Auntie, can I trouble you with something? I can give you a hundred yuan once it’s done.”
Gu Qing said.
“What is it?” the aunt asked warily.
“Help me tail someone.”
Gu Qing continued.
“No.”
The aunt shook her head.
Her expression became even more guarded.
“I’m not a scammer!”
Seeing that, Gu Qing said helplessly, “If you don’t believe me, I can transfer fifty yuan to you first!”
After speaking, Gu Qing took out her phone and transferred fifty yuan.
Only then did the aunt believe her.
Gu Qing continued, “See that steamed bun shop? When they come out, I’ll tell you, and then you follow them. I’ll walk behind you and follow you.”
“Okay.”
The aunt agreed.
Before long, Chen Luo and the other two finished breakfast and came out. They walked forward along Huayang Avenue. Gu Qing immediately signaled to the aunt beside her, and the aunt slowly followed after them.
More than ten minutes later, the aunt had followed them to the building of the Chenguang basketball training class.
Gu Qing paid the remaining 50 yuan, then mentally prepared herself downstairs before quietly heading to the second floor.
Then she saw that in a basketball gym, Chen Luo was teaching children how to play basketball. One of the children was Duoduo.
And Meng Yue… was sitting on a chair beside the venue, secretly watching Chen Luo.
For a moment, Gu Qing felt like her chest was going to explode with anger!
This Meng Yue… was indeed up to something behind her back. Good thing she found out in time. Otherwise, with Duoduo as her trump card, it would only be a matter of time before Meng Yue won Chen Luo over, wouldn’t it?
Call in outside help!
I can call in outside help too!
Gu Qing stood at the door and thought for a long time. In the end, she thought of her maternal aunt’s son… her seven-year-old younger cousin.
At his age, it was exactly the right time to learn basketball.