After leaving the shopping district, Chen Hao said to Liu Yan, "Something's come up. I'll pick you up at Blue Light later."
Liu Yan smiled. "Sure, I'll wait for you. Go take care of it."
Seeing how understanding she was, Chen Hao smiled warmly. "My Yan'er is so considerate."
Instead, Liu Yan greeted him with a flying kick. "Who are you calling Yan'er?"
Chen Hao didn't dodge and obediently took the kick, though his shameless mouth kept going. "Ow, that hurts! Hitting means affection, scolding means love. I get it."
Liu Yan was utterly defeated by his cheeky behavior. She rolled her eyes, but her smile was more radiant than a flower. "You're impossible."
He hailed a taxi and saw Liu Yan into it, then flagged down another.
As soon as he got in, Chen Hao was about to pull out his phone to show the driver the address when he looked up and froze. It was that unlucky driver, Hao Chen.
Hao Chen froze at the sight of Chen Hao, too.
For fuck's sake, you again.
The same thought crossed both their minds at once.
Without exchanging a word, they both looked away. Chen Hao got straight out, intending to hail another cab.
But as luck would have it, despite all the traffic passing by, not a single car was willing to stop for him.
Things were even stranger on Hao Chen's end. Damn it, his car wouldn't start. He couldn't leave even if he wanted to.
Perhaps this was fate.
Chen Hao slowly walked back to the car, listening to its rhythmic sputtering as it stubbornly refused to start.
He knocked on the window and said to Hao Chen, "Buddy, how about I get in and give it a try?"
Hao Chen swallowed and glanced at his brand-new