CHAPTER 547: CHAPTER 304: THE UNLUCKY SONG ZE_2

Usually, when handled coldly like this, the other party will understand. Especially since the other party is a beauty.

But Du’er wasn’t so easily dismissed. Early the next morning, she sent him messages again, starting with some selfies taken by the window. And I gotta say, the beauty filter did make her look quite pretty.

After a while, seeing that Chen Feng hadn’t replied, she sent another message, proactively inviting him to join her for lunch and even introduced the restaurant’s specialties.

Chen Feng was really impressed by how much of a fangirl she was acting.

Besides, she’s Jin Xinyan’s close friend, and Jin Xinyan introduced him as her boyfriend. Is it really okay to steal your friend’s man like that?

So, despite Du’er’s sweet and cute appearance, Chen Feng’s impression of her was really just average.

To her proactive invitations, Chen Feng didn’t even bother to reply.

Eventually, she sent a few picture emoticons—some questioning, some acting cute, some angry—but Chen Feng still didn’t respond.

By the afternoon, she couldn’t hold back any longer and directly sent Chen Feng a video call.

Thinking it over, Chen Feng simply pressed decline. A moment later, she called again, and Chen Feng declined again.

These two declines clearly indicated Chen Feng’s attitude.

Finally, Du’er didn’t try for a third time. Peace at last.

So, another leisurely day passed by.

A little after eight in the evening, Liu Ying unexpectedly sent him a WeChat asking him to drop by.

And so, Chen Feng openly went over there, telling Wu Mengting beforehand that he was going to Liu Ying’s place.

A few steps later, he arrived at Liu Ying’s villa, took out his key, and opened the door to find Liu Ying sitting alone at the dining table.

At the moment, both the living room and kitchen lights were off, but on the dining table were several candles lit—large, thick western-style candles that brightly illuminated the table.

"What’s this? A candlelit dinner?"

Chen Feng was just slightly surprised by the scene before naturally walking over, making a teasing remark.

"Yes indeed." Liu Ying said with a natural smile, "We’ve been together for a while, yet haven’t had an official candlelit dinner. I thought we should try it."

Chen Feng casually shrugged and sat down across from her.

"Alright then. Did you cook all these dishes today?"

Chen Feng observed the five or six dishes on the table, including grilled goose liver and pan-seared steak.

"Yes, indeed. I lived abroad for a few years, so I can make some basic western dishes. Please, have a taste."

While talking, Liu Ying picked up a bottle of red wine and poured some for Chen Feng.

Even though dinner had already been eaten, having a bit more now wasn’t a big deal.

Chen Feng stood up, took the glass of red wine, clinked glasses with her, and they both took a sip.

The two settled back, Liu Ying looked at Chen Feng smilingly and said, "Have you ever thought of having a candlelit dinner with me like this?"

Chen Feng thought to himself, "No way," and honestly shook his head, "Never thought about it."

Liu Ying was slightly taken aback, then jokingly rolled her eyes at him, "How can you be so straightforward? Can’t you just go along with what I say?"

Chen Feng said innocently, "I really haven’t thought about it. Back when we were freshmen, things were really unpleasant between us, so how could I have thought about having a candlelit dinner with you?"

Liu Ying found it hard to accept and inquired further, "Before things got unpleasant between us, there were two or three months, right? You remember you said when you first pursued me that you fell for me at first sight when school started. During that time, didn’t you think about any romantic things happening between us?"

Chen Feng laughed and nodded, "I did think about romantic things, but certainly not this candlelit dinner detail."

"Then tell me what romantic things you thought about back then," Liu Ying looked at him with eager curiosity.

In fact, she’d arranged all this tonight to try to reignite Chen Feng’s past affection for her.

This time, Chen Feng cooperated quite well, saying with a smile, "Indeed, at first, I was quite infatuated with you and fantasized about things we might do together in the future. For example, walking around the campus with you, riding a bike with you sitting on the back seat and holding my waist, just like many couples did at school back then. Also, having meals and going shopping together. What I thought about the most was going to a hotel with you; I even specifically looked into the details of going to a hotel and checked out the hotel prices around the school."

Liu Ying was initially listening quite happily, but when Chen Feng mentioned going to a hotel, it completely ruined the mood. She felt a surge of anger, but couldn’t let it out.

"I knew you had no good intentions for me back then." Liu Ying said while holding back her anger.

Chen Feng shook his head, "How can that be called no good intentions? Young men admiring love, it’s perfectly normal."

"Seems like you had lustful intentions for me early on, no wonder when we reunited this year, you were so eager and impatient."

Chen Feng thought to himself, "Weren’t you the same? You were the one who contacted me first."

"Alright, let’s not talk about the past. Come on, let’s drink and eat."

Chen Feng didn’t want to bring up their college days, but Liu Ying insisted and chatted about many things from school, their class, and some female classmates, many of which Chen Feng wasn’t aware of, and found interesting.

Finally, Liu Ying said, "This May Day, some classmates from our class are talking about having a gathering. Do you want to join?"

Chen Feng immediately shook his head, "I won’t go. You know, I don’t have many close friends in the class, it wouldn’t be fun."

"If you don’t go, I don’t think I’ll go either. It really wouldn’t be that interesting. Still, when we were studying, I had quite a good relationship with some female classmates in our class. If there’s a chance, I’d like to meet them."

"Are they not in Xiu Zhou now?" Chen Feng asked with some curiosity.

"Most of them aren’t in Xiu Zhou. Our class didn’t have many girls to begin with, and I’m the only local in Xiu Zhou. As far as I know, only two stayed in Xiu Zhou. These two have an average relationship with me. One lives in the suburbs, quite far from here, and the other has landed a government job, passed the national exams, and now works in a provincial department. However, she was always introverted, and didn’t socialize much with classmates back then. Very few people can reach her."

"What’s her name?" Chen Feng casually asked.

"Jiang Shasha, remember her?" Liu Ying asked back.

Chen Feng thought for a moment, nodded, "Of course I remember. Her name is so memorable, how could you easily forget? But back then, she was indeed very low-key. Her grades were consistently good and she always sat in the front rows."