The Dual Gate of My World
Chapter 18

Having Fun

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I didn't know why, but I suddenly felt a little uneasy.

I hurried back to my room alone, grabbed some clothes, took a shower, and lay down on the bed to sleep. Before falling asleep, my thoughts were a mess.

What did Lin Shiyu mean? Actually, he had already sensed something when she first went out for barbecue with him.

From the time she got off work and returned home to the walk to the barbecue restaurant, Lin Shiyu had been more intimate and considerate with him, intentionally or otherwise, than she usually was.

While eating barbecue, she had even taken the initiative to drink. After getting drunk, she had told him about such private matters. Combined with the question she asked when he sent her home, her purpose was obvious.

To be honest, even if he had wanted to sleep with Lin Shiyu just now, he would have had the chance. But he had some concerns. What if, after sleeping with him, she became single-mindedly determined to marry him? That would be troublesome.

He didn't want to get married so soon.

However, if it was something else, he could consider it.

For example, keeping her.

Li Yang silently thought to himself. His mind was filled with such impulses, but then he wondered: what if all of this was merely wishful thinking on his part?

So... he would endure for now. Once she sobered up, he would have a serious talk with her while she was clear-headed. There would be plenty of time to make a move after they reached mutually satisfactory terms.

Before bed, Li Yang's thoughts were a complete mess. He thought about many things, until the splashing sound of water came from the bathroom. After waiting until Lin Shiyu's door closed again and the light outside went dark, he slowly drifted off to sleep.

"..."

"Ring ring ring..."

The alarm clock woke Lin Shiyu from her sleep. She immediately turned it off and glanced at the time. There was still an hour and a half before work, so she flopped back onto the bed and rolled around. After dozing for a while, she opened her eyes again.

"Whew~"

She let out a soft breath. The effects of the alcohol she had drunk yesterday had finally faded. Recalling what had happened the previous night, Lin Shiyu couldn't help pursing her lips. She then got up and carefully dressed herself. After finishing, she looked at her slender waist and curvaceous chest and hips, nodded in satisfaction, composed her expression, and thought for a moment. Instead of hurrying to work, she gritted her teeth and went to Li Yang's door.

"Knock knock knock. Li Yang, are you there?"

She knocked, but there was no response at all. Lin Shiyu sighed helplessly. He had actually gone out. She pursed her lips, turned around, picked up her bag, and went to work.

Liu Lili (blind date): You picked up an Audi A6?

Liu Lili (blind date): Why didn't you tell me after picking up the car? Didn't you know I'd agreed to let you pursue me? Don't you need my approval before picking up any car?

Liu Lili (blind date): I don't like the Audi A6. If you want to drive this car to take me around, you'd better give up on that idea now. I won't ride in it.

Liu Lili (blind date): I advise you to get your money back for the car as soon as possible and buy a BMW I like instead. Audis are so ugly. If you buy a car like this, I won't even be able to take a picture and show it to my besties.

"..."

In the hotel room, Li Yang had already returned the clothes and was waiting for Chen Qian to finish putting on her makeup when his phone suddenly vibrated. When he took it out and looked, he found that the messages were from Liu Lili, the woman he'd met through a blind date. After reading them, he was speechless.

What a moron. Who did she think she was?

Li Yang was speechless. He immediately blocked her on WeChat. Just as he was about to delete her, he paused, returned to the chat page, and took screenshots of her bizarre remarks. After all, it was his first time encountering such an absurd woman in real life, so he had to preserve the memory. Only then did he decisively tap delete.

After deleting her from WeChat and blocking her phone number, Li Yang contentedly opened his own Moments. He looked at the photo he'd just posted of himself in a suit, sitting in front of the Audi A6, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

He checked the number of likes. In that short while, he had received another six likes and three comments, which made him even happier.

"What are you looking at? Why are you smiling so happily?"

As he checked the activity on his Moments, a lively, clear voice came from beside him. Li Yang turned his head and saw Chen Qian in a bright yellow, glittering shirt and tight black jeans, her long hair flowing loose. The lively, adorable girl with her alluring pale legs from yesterday had suddenly transformed into a pure, innocent beauty.

Fortunately, her legs were still beautiful and alluring in the tight jeans.

"I forgot to block Liu Lili yesterday. Let me show you what she suddenly sent me just now."

Li Yang chuckled. He reached out, grabbed Chen Qian's little hand, and pulled her into his arms to sit down. He affectionately wrapped an arm around her shoulders while showing her the screenshots he had just taken.

"Damn, how could she say something like that? What kind of brain does she have?"

Chen Qian obediently sat in his lap, following Li Yang's pull. After glancing at the phone screen, she couldn't help blurting out her complaint. Then she looked at Li Yang with a beaming smile. "Big brother, did you delete her this time?"

"Of course I did. Why would I keep such a brain-dead woman around?"

Li Yang switched the phone screen to his blacklist and showed it to her. "I blocked her on both WeChat and the phone."

As he showed her, he looked at her and squeezed her soft little hand, the corners of his mouth curling upward.

To be fair, he had been a little impulsive when he entered the hotel room with Chen Qian last night and immediately pressed her petite body onto the bed.

But now that he thought about it, being impulsive hadn't seemed so bad. At the very least, after their intimate contact yesterday, holding her hand, hugging her, and kissing her today all came naturally, without any psychological resistance.

If not for what had happened yesterday, the most they would have done today was hold hands at the zoo.

How could that compare to how comfortable things were now?

"Pfft, forget about them. Let's go have fun. I'm all ready."

After Chen Qian finished speaking, she covered her mouth and giggled. Then she rose onto her toes and said impatiently, "This is my first time coming to Linhai City for fun. If we can't finish looking around in the morning, can we go back in again in the afternoon?"

"I bought two annual passes. We can enter twice on the same day. It's fine."

Li Yang waved his hand, marveling inwardly at the power of money.

From paying in full for the Audi last night to accidentally sending her a screenshot of his bank balance that morning and letting her see it, everything had gone so smoothly, almost by coincidence.

How much of Chen Qian's current enthusiasm was because of what had happened in the hotel last night, and how much was because she had witnessed his financial strength? That remained open to debate.

But... whatever the reason, as long as he was comfortable, that was all that mattered, wasn't it?

"That's great! But won't it be a bit wasteful?"

Chen Qian's eyes lit up, and she was in a very good mood. But when she thought about how expensive an annual pass was, she couldn't help adding, "We won't be able to visit the zoo that many times. Buying an annual pass seems like a bit of a loss."

"It's nothing. Convenience is what matters."

Li Yang shook his head indifferently. His spending habits had transformed overnight after becoming wealthy. In his eyes, this amount of money was no different from the one or two yuan he used to spend.

Chen Qian immediately smiled brightly and didn't say anything more. She got up and went with Li Yang to have breakfast in the restaurant on the hotel's first floor.

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