Volume 10: Pro and Con
Chapter 29: The Annoying Ghost
An Baili seemed to be serious. While eating breakfast, she was still going on about this matter, recounting the details of that girl’s life. Lu Li impassively swapped his portion of rice noodle rolls with Chen Jianing’s. He took a bite; the chili powder dissolved in the soy sauce, an indescribably salty and spicy taste.
The girls also chimed in intermittently.
“A lot of people are chasing after her,” An Baili said, chewing on her chopsticks. “There are a lot of boys from every school, every grade, chasing after her.”
Wen Hupo asked casually, “Then what’s her attitude?”
“Snobbish?” An Baili wasn’t sure. “Or maybe she’s just stringing them along? I don’t really understand.”
“Is she that pretty?” Chen Jianing said. An Baili gave the little shorty a strange look. Could the little shorty actually handle spicy food so well?
“It’s not a matter of whether she’s pretty or not, but that her family is really rich. Maybe even richer than Hupo’s family!” An Baili glanced at Hupo, and seeing that she wasn’t angry, she breathed a sigh of relief and continued, “If Lu Li can win her over, Changle Company won’t have to worry about not being able to grow!”
Lu Li’s neck was flushed red from the spiciness. He choked a few times and finally managed to say, “You don’t think this house is noisy enough, do you?” In recent years, sports equipment had indeed been a hot commodity internationally. What An Baili said about her being “rich” might indeed be true, but to think that one could be richer than the Amber family just by selling sports equipment was still a fantasy. Besides, no matter how rich the Amber family was, it wasn’t Wen Hupo’s money. Lu Li counted; the number of people with inheritance rights ahead of Hupo was in the triple digits.
The Little Tiger also stood on Lu Li’s side. “Exactly. Why should we let Lu Li get close to other women…” Her thoughts were very simple. She had finally broken through with Lu Li and wished she could be with him every day. How could she bear to send him away to accompany other women? At worst, she would just work more overtime and do more work.
Hupo also expressed her opinion. “I, on the other hand, think this girl you’re talking about doesn’t seem very proper.”
Seeing that no one supported her, An Baili huffed and puffed and went back to eating her rice noodle rolls sullenly.
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Lu Li had thought this matter was temporarily over. Who would have thought that on the first day of October, An Baili would be waving an invitation in front of him. Lu Li took the invitation and saw that it was an invitation from the Yuan Shuai Mountain Ski Resort in Beijiang. The opening read: “Dear Mr. Lu Li, Ms. An Baili…”
“What is this?”
“It’s an event organized by the Mulan University ski club. I signed us both up. Will you go with me, please?” An Baili was being clingy and coquettish with him again. Lu Li sighed helplessly. “Do you know how far Beijiang is from Mulan? From Mulan airport, it’s more than a three-hour flight. It’s freezing cold over there. Can your little body handle it?”
He suspected An Baili’s motives were impure and asked again, “What was that rich girl’s name again…?”
“Fu Li.”
“Right. Is Fu Li going too?”
“Hehe.” She started playing dumb.
It seemed that was the case. An Baili hadn’t given up yet. This girl had a stubborn streak in her bones; once she set her mind on something, she wouldn’t change it even if it killed her. Lu Li rubbed his eyes. When would he finally cure Baili of this bad habit, just as he had once cured the Little Tiger?
Speaking of which, after confirming their relationship with the Little Tiger, he would wake up every day to see Chen Jianing sitting by the bed, cupping her face and looking at him. Yesterday, she had even dozed off by the bed. Usually, when he wanted to touch or hug her, she would only resist symbolically. As long as Lu Li’s hand didn’t slip into her clothes, she wouldn’t resist fiercely.
Chen Jianing was petite and exquisite, her body more delicate than the other girls’. She was truly a girl made of water. In the past, he was always ridden by Yameng. It was the first time Lu Li had experienced such intimate contact with such a petite girl. The first time he went online, he had heard a saying that lolis had three good points: a delicate body, a soft physique, and easy to push over. It was only when he actually put it into practice that he discovered these three points were summarized with incisive precision, and the fun of it was beyond words.
“Li, just go skiing with me. Just once~” An Baili said sweetly.
It was shameful to say, but in the second semester of his third year of high school, he had been overwhelmed by the matter of his breakup with Jingyi. Later, in order to prepare for the College Entrance Examination, he had deliberately kept his distance from Baili. After entering university, he was busy with company affairs again. Indeed, it had been a long time since he had properly spent time with Baili… At this thought, Lu Li’s heart softened considerably. He pinched An Baili’s cheek. “Alright, I’ll go with you. But it’s not for some Fu Li, okay?”
“I want a kiss~” An Baili squinted her eyes in happiness.
Lu Li gave her a peck, and An Baili snuggled into his arms again, sniffing his scent.
Lu Li hugged her, his heart filled with a thousand emotions. This girl truly loved him to her core. Her trying to set him up with that Fu Li, in the end, wasn’t it so that he could win back Jingyi? In fact, this behavior was quite selfish. Fu Li was innocent and shouldn’t have been dragged into this whirlpool of emotional entanglement. But An Baili was just that kind of girl. As long as the people she cared about were happy, who cared if a great flood came after?
Lu Li kissed her forehead. This girl is truly worthy of being from the Mei family… If she hadn’t had her heart stolen by him, Lu Li, so early on, she would have undoubtedly been cast as the female villain in a movie. Lu Li was inexplicably reminded of the little eunuch by the emperor’s side; he was actually somewhat similar to Baili.
“When are you planning to eat the little shorty?” An Baili asked.
“Why are you asking this?” Lu Li felt that it was probably still a long way off. Right now, even Hupo was more open than the Little Tiger. Sometimes when he went to bed late, he would grope his way to Baili’s or Hupo’s boudoir. Baili naturally wouldn’t resist, and Hupo was also surprisingly compliant with him—except for home base.
“When the time comes, I’ll hold her arms down by her side, so she’ll be so flustered she’ll be wailing.” An Baili was extremely petty.
Lu Li imagined the scene: he would be pressing against the petite, soft, and easy-to-push-over Little Tiger from behind, while An Baili teased her with a wicked smile, and the Little Tiger would be both flustered and angry… He felt he had been infected by Baili; he actually found this scene a little interesting.
He shook his head, shaking the wicked thought from his mind. “Don’t bully Chen Jianing anymore. Her personality is rather reclusive. It wasn’t easy for her to open up her heart. Don’t go and anger her away again.” Lu Li was referring to the time in their past life when they were renting together, and the Little Tiger had run away from home, dragging her suitcase. Looking back now, she probably couldn’t stand Lu Li and An Baili showing off their affection back then. No wonder her mouth was always full of “your girlfriend,” “your girlfriend.”
“Hmph, just favoring your new love.” An Baili stuck out her tongue.
Lu Li let go of her and patted her little butt. “I’m just favoring her. Go on, go on. I’m going to go see Jianing. Also, stop secretly sprinkling chili powder on her food in the future. Her stomach is also delicate. If she gets a stomachache, I’ll be the one whose heart aches.”
An Baili let out a few chirps and quickly ran away. Lu Li sighed. Baili was living younger and younger, while he, Lu Li, was living older and older. He turned around and hadn’t walked more than a few steps when he ran into Chen Jianing standing in the hallway with her hands behind her back.
“Ah… you’re here…” Lu Li was a little awkward, not knowing if the Little Tiger had heard his conversation with Baili just now.
The Little Tiger’s eyes sparkled. She suddenly leaned forward and, using the height of the stairs, was finally level with Lu Li. The next second, she lightly pecked Lu Li on the lips, like a dragonfly skimming the water, and then drifted away like the wind, leaving only a clear, laughing voice behind:
“I won’t be eaten by you…”
Lu Li touched his lips. How had he never discovered before that the Annoying Ghost wasn’t actually annoying?
Volume 10 – End
