Wu Pengpeng couldn't help but find it both funny and annoying. What was wrong with this woman?
Unable to bear it any longer, she typed a reply: "That's enough! Are you making up friends again? Besides me, do you have any other friends?"
Caught in her lie, Zhao Bufan wasn't the least bit embarrassed. Instead, she continued shamelessly, "I'm really curious. Just tell me. Consider it a favor for a single dog!"
How could she possibly say such a thing out loud?
Wu Pengpeng glanced at He Qianshan in the rear - view mirror. He was concentrating on driving, looking straight ahead with his lips pursed into a line, looking gentle and sexy.
She subconsciously licked her lips, trying hard to resist the urge to kiss him.
Perhaps her gaze was too intense, for He Qianshan suddenly turned his head and looked at her.
Wu Pengpeng quickly shifted her gaze, and replied to Zhao Bufan crossly, "Why don't you just find someone to experiment on?"
Zhao Bufan sent a pitiful emoji followed by a text message: "Your third uncle won't let me sleep with him!"
Wu Pengpeng thought of her third uncle's thick - headedness. He probably loved his scientific research projects more than anything in this lifetime.
She didn't want her good friend to waste her best years on Wu Ju. So she sincerely advised, "Well, why don't you find someone else?"
Zhao Bufan sent a series of angry hitting emojis to show her rage.
"I only have Professor Wu in my heart. I'm pure both physically and mentally. I'm committed to one person. I'd rather be an old spinster for the rest of my life than find someone else!"
Wu Pengpeng was speechless. "Then go read some pornographic novels!"
Zhao Bufan sent a grinning emoji. "I'm running out of novels to read, so I'm asking you!"
So she was using them as substitutes for pornographic novels!
Wu Pengpeng was both angry and amused. "Get lost! If I talk to you again, I'm your father."
He Qianshan had wanted to talk to Wu Pengpeng several times. Every time he looked over, he saw her smiling tenderly. He wondered who she was chatting with.
He held back for a long time, but finally couldn't help asking, "Is it Zhao Bufan?"
Wu Pengpeng was startled by his voice. Thinking of the content of her chat with Zhao Bufan, she felt extremely guilty.
She quickly put away her phone and shook her head vaguely.
Seeing her strange expression and the look of a guilty person, He Qianshan didn't press on.
When passing by the central square, he accidentally saw a street vendor selling roasted chestnuts. Remembering that Wu Pengpeng hadn't eaten anything today, he parked the car by the roadside and said gently to her, "Wait for me for a while."
Sitting in the passenger seat, Wu Pengpeng watched He Qianshan walk through the bustling crowd towards the street corner. Soon he was swallowed up by the crowd.
A sudden sense of panic welled up in her heart. She quickly opened the car door and chased after him. When she reached the square, she saw He Qianshan queuing up to buy roasted chestnuts at a small vendor. Then she felt relieved.
Just as she was about to walk over, a good - looking boy came over and stopped her with a smile. "Hello, miss. I'm participating in an activity and I need a partner. Could you help me?"
Wu Pengpeng was about to decline when the boy pointed into the distance. "If we win, there will be prizes!"
Do I look like someone who cares about prizes?
Wu Pengpeng scoffed in her heart, but her eyes involuntarily followed his finger. Then she was attracted.
Behind a pile of prizes labeled with various household appliances and cash, there was a little rabbit doll. It was just like a gender - swapped version of "Little Yanshen".
Wu Pengpeng was immediately tempted. She wanted to win this doll and give it to He Qianshan.
"Sure!" She readily agreed.
The boy was happy to see her agreement. He smiled at her and led her towards the activity site.
The rules of the activity were simple. It was a test of the partners'默契. The first round was "You Draw, I Guess". Wu Pengpeng and the boy had no tacit understanding at all. They didn't answer a single question correctly.
"It's okay," the boy comforted her gentlemanly. "We'll do better in the next round."
Wu Pengpeng smiled guiltily. "Okay."
When He Qianshan returned to the car after buying the roasted chestnuts, he didn't see Wu Pengpeng. She hadn't taken her phone either. He was shocked and quickly went to look for her.
When he ran all the way to the square, he happened to see her smiling sweetly at the boy.
The jealousy that He Qianshan had been suppressing all this time suddenly overwhelmed his reason. He took a big step forward and pulled her back. "What are you doing here?"
Wu Pengpeng was startled by He Qianshan's slightly frowned eyebrows. She was stunned for a moment, then pointed at the prize platform behind her and said, "I want that rabbit, but the event organizers won't sell it. So I'm participating in their activity."
He Qianshan lifted his eyelids and glanced at the activity - a tacit understanding test.
Wasn't this an activity for couples? How could she just play with a random opposite - sex partner?
He Qianshan's eyebrows sank. He pulled her forward again. "I'll play with you."
Wu Pengpeng was suddenly pulled into his arms. Their faces were almost touching. Her heart started pounding uncontrollably.
She really wanted to kiss him. Wu Pengpeng heard a small voice in her heart saying so.
She quickly slipped out of He Qianshan's arms and took a half - step back. "No need. I already have a partner."
This was just a game. It would be bad if things got out of hand.
He Qianshan watched as she walked back to the boy and apologized with a smile. "Let's continue."
A girl nearby saw him standing alone and plucked up the courage to come over and strike up a conversation. "Sir, are you interested..."
"No!" He Qianshan didn't even look at her. His eyes were always on Wu Pengpeng.
The girl was reluctant to let go of such a handsome man. "Actually, this activity won't take you long..."
He Qianshan gave her a cold look. The girl shivered and left awkwardly.
On the other side, Wu Pengpeng had no idea that He Qianshan was almost eaten up by jealousy. She was immersed in the new round of the game.
This round was called "Blushing and Heart - pounding". The two partners had to look into each other's eyes affectionately, and the pair with the highest monitored heart rate would win.
The boy might have been spurred on by the failure in the previous round. He looked at Wu Pengpeng affectionately.
He had a baby - face. Coupled with his affectionate look, he looked a bit funny.
Wu Pengpeng tried hard to hold back her laughter, but finally couldn't help bursting out laughing.
The boy smiled gently at her. "What's wrong?"
Wu Pengpeng quickly waved her hand. "Sorry. I have a low sense of humor."
The boy's smile froze. She didn't laugh because he was good - looking or because she liked him. She laughed because he was funny.
Seeing that the boy stopped smiling, Wu Pengpeng quickly composed herself and focused on the game.
This scene fell into He Qianshan's eyes in the distance. His face darkened even more.
After this round of the game, Wu Pengpeng's heart rate not only didn't increase, but actually decreased a bit.
The third round was still a heart - rate game. The two partners had to bite on each end of a finger biscuit, and the pair with the highest monitored heart rate would win.
After hearing the rules of the game, Wu Pengpeng was a bit disgusted. Weren't they just fake partners? Why play such an intense game?
She was about to say that she wouldn't play when someone grabbed her arm and pulled her back. Then her head was firmly held, and He Qianshan's kiss landed on her lips.
This was a deep kiss full of possessiveness, as if to announce their relationship to the world.
It was not until Wu Pengpeng's heart - rate alarm went off that he let go of her. He looked coldly at the host. "Did we win?"
Without waiting for a response, he pulled Wu Pengpeng out of the crowd.
Wu Pengpeng was so dazed from the kiss that she followed He Qianshan through the crowd in a daze towards the parking space.
He Qianshan didn't say a word all the way. He really couldn't understand why Wu Pengpeng's attitude towards him had changed so completely after that one night.
It was okay that she was no longer enthusiastic about him, but she even seemed to be avoiding him.
Did she dislike his skills?
Wu Pengpeng was pulled to the parking space by He Qianshan in a daze. He walked straight to the back seat, opened the door and stuffed her in.
She subconsciously looked at the surrounding environment. It seemed a bit inappropriate here!
However, before this bold thought could fully form, He Qianshan had already slammed the door shut and walked straight to the driver's seat in the front.
He looked at the confused Wu Pengpeng in the rear - view mirror and pulled his tie irritably.
Couldn't she have a correct understanding of his charm?
He had stuffed her into the back seat because he was afraid that he couldn't control his desires. But she actually looked at him with that kind of look.
He Qianshan shifted his gaze, passed the roasted chestnuts to her, and started the car.
Wu Pengpeng felt like she had been set on fire, and the person who started the fire was not responsible for putting it out. She hugged the bag of roasted chestnuts and sulked in the back seat.
They entered the house one after another and had dinner in silence.
It was not until they reached Wu Pengpeng's door upstairs that she turned her head and glanced at him. "Good night."
After saying that, she pushed the door open and closed it in front of him.
He Qianshan remembered Wu Pengpeng's enthusiasm for him some time ago. He felt like a discarded woman who had been deceived into bed and then abandoned.
But then thinking of what had happened today, he couldn't bear to be angry with her.
He stood silently in front of her door for a while before walking towards his own room.
Just as he finished taking a shower, there were two knocks on the door. Then the door was pushed open.
Wu Pengpeng hugged a pillow and peeked in through the crack of the door. "Yanshen, can I sleep with you?"