Fortunately, the free period was only 20 minutes. As soon as it ended, Chen Luo immediately plunged back into teaching, and he even cut the latter 20-minute break down to 10 minutes.
Gu Qing and Meng Yue continued exercising on the court for quite a while longer.
Finally.
The Sunday morning lesson was over, and it was 10:50. Chen Luo handed the children back to their parents one by one.
Then he slung his backpack over his shoulder and got ready to clock out and head home.
However.
Gu Qing and Meng Yue, each with a child in tow, walked out of the venue almost in sync with him, one on his left and one on his right like his personal bodyguards.
Once they got downstairs.
Chen Luo already felt a sense of pressure, not only from the two of them, but also from the strange looks of the people around them.
Gu Qing and Meng Yue were both top-tier beauties… the kind who could make people turn their heads 99% of the time when walking down the street. Now the two of them were walking on either side of Chen Luo, each accompanied by a child.
This lineup drew even more attention from passersby.
At that moment, Chen Luo felt like an ant on a hot pan, uncomfortable under the gazes of the people around them. It was not that he was afraid of them gossiping.
He was mainly worried that someone might secretly film them and upload the video to a short-video platform.
In this age of advanced internet connectivity, information spreads extremely fast. If a video accidentally blew up, and then accidentally got seen by that psycho actress…
And then she told that psycho actress…
Would she fly back to Jiangcheng overnight and kill him? By then, Chen Luo could not be sure he still had the same luck he did three years ago.
The moment he thought of that.
Cold sweat broke out on Chen Luo’s back, and he quickly sped up his pace home. Before long, he had reached the mall plaza.
At this point.
Meng Yue spoke to Chen Luo: “Chen Luo, aren’t you going to the supermarket to buy groceries?”
“I still have leftovers from yesterday, so I’m not buying groceries for lunch today.”
Chen Luo shook his head and replied.
“Don’t be like that!”
Gu Qing chimed in when she heard that: “Eating overnight leftovers isn’t good for your health. Let’s go buy some fresh groceries together!”
“That’s right!”
Meng Yue nodded in agreement.
“That makes sense too.”
Chen Luo replied with a smile.
Then.
Chen Luo followed Gu Qing, Meng Yue, and the others into the supermarket.
They headed first to the meat section.
“I want two jin of beef.”
Meng Yue said to the uncle at the meat counter.
“I want two ribs.”
Gu Qing looked it over and said.
Chen Luo stood to the side pushing the shopping cart, looking like the two beauties’ attendant. After buying the meat, they headed to the vegetable section.
Then.
Meng Yue bought a pile of vegetables… potatoes, enoki mushrooms, lettuce, dried tofu, napa cabbage, chives, and so on… and then they went to the seafood section.
She bought a grass carp and a little over a jin of shrimp.
There were so many groceries.
Gu Qing watched from the side with some confusion. The two of them would probably be eating this for several days, so she could not help asking.
“Teacher Meng, can you really finish all this?”
“I can.”
Meng Yue replied with a smile, then asked, “Do you have anything else you want to buy?”
“No.”
Gu Qing replied flatly with a single word.
“Then let’s go check out.”
Meng Yue nodded and said.
Then.
The three of them headed to the supermarket checkout. Chen Luo and Gu Qing had bought very little… basically just enough for one lunch.
Meng Yue, on the other hand, had bought a lot of groceries. By the time she paid, she had spent over a hundred yuan and packed everything into a large bag.
After leaving the supermarket.
Meng Yue was carrying a large bag of ingredients. She glanced sideways at Chen Luo, who was only holding a few tomatoes, and said, “Aren’t you going to help me carry this?”
“As your…”
“I’ll carry it.”
Chen Luo hurriedly cut Meng Yue off before she could finish the second half of the sentence.
“Then I’ll trouble you.”
Meng Yue replied with a smile.
She then handed the large bag of ingredients to Chen Luo. Chen Luo did not say anything else, but Gu Qing standing to the side secretly clenched her teeth.
This woman…
Did she not have hands?
She was actually making Chen Luo carry her things. How did she even have the nerve to ask?
On the way back.
Gu Qing was so annoyed that she did not say a single word. She wanted Chen Luo to help carry her things too, but what she was holding was just too little.
And she did not really feel comfortable saying it out loud.
Fortunately.
Getting back from the supermarket plaza only meant crossing one road.
Otherwise, Gu Qing really would have been furious.
After returning to the small courtyard.
Chen Luo returned Meng Yue’s bag of ingredients to her, then went back to his own home. Only after closing the door did he finally feel much more relaxed.
After sitting for a while.
Chen Luo started making lunch for the day. He washed the tomatoes and cut them into small pieces, then took two eggs out of the fridge and cracked them into a bowl.
He added a little salt and mixed them well.
Then he started the rice cooker, which gave him a little time to relax. He would stir-fry the dish once the rice was nearly done.
Walking out of the kitchen.
Chen Luo sat down on the sofa in the living room, took out his phone, and started scrolling through Douyin beauties. He followed all the big-breasted streamers.
For no other reason than to enjoy the view.
Before long.
The rice was almost done. Chen Luo put down his phone and was about to make the tomato and egg stir-fry when Meng Yue called him through a voice call.
『Thunder God Meng Yue』 requested a voice call. Chen Luo paused for two seconds before answering, speaking in a somewhat irritated tone.
“What do you want now? I’m cooking.”
“Come to my place for hot pot tonight,” Meng Yue said.
“Not coming.”
Chen Luo replied a little arrogantly. “I still haven’t finished the groceries at home.”
“Is it really because you haven’t finished the groceries? Or is it because you’re afraid Gu Qing will see? I bought all this food today specifically to treat you to hot pot. Starting tomorrow, Monday, I’ll be busy and won’t have much time. If you don’t come, I’ll tell Gu Qing directly that the two of us have something going on.”
Meng Yue said this very directly.
Her tone was firm.
Her presence was full of force.
Clearly, if Chen Luo really refused, Meng Yue would really tell Gu Qing about what was going on between them. That made Chen Luo a little troubled.
“…Impulse is the devil.”
Chen Luo said earnestly, “Meng Yue, if you tell Gu Qing about what happened between us, with Gu Qing’s serious personality, she will definitely be hostile toward you from then on. That will make the neighborhood relationship even harder to handle. If you still want to…”
“I don’t care about your devil this and devil that. You’re really good with your mouth. I already fell for your tricks before. Anyway, you have to come over for dinner tonight.”
Meng Yue did not wait for Chen Luo to finish and directly cut him off.
Chen Luo was speechless.
It seemed that Meng Yue had gotten smarter now. His verbal sparring was not working very well anymore.
“Fine, I’ll come.”
In the end, Chen Luo could only give a bitter smile and agree.
“OK.”
Meng Yue nodded and said, “Then I’ll hang up first.”
After saying that, she ended the call.
Chen Luo put down his phone, his expression somewhat troubled. He could only hope that when he went to Meng Yue’s place for dinner tonight, Gu Qing would not find out.
Otherwise, she would probably get angry again.
Chen Luo understood Gu Qing.
She was the kind of person who was not good at expressing negative emotions. She only wanted to show him her best side, while burying all kinds of bad feelings deep inside her heart.
Then, late at night when no one was around, she would slowly process them on her own.
The reason she did this…
Was because she was afraid Chen Luo would think she was no longer being good.