The phone rang again before Shen Lan could react, and Chen Yan spotted the note on the screen.
Chen Yan, who had already been bombarded once with information, was not doing well after seeing Shen Lan's note.
She looked at Shen Lan with a complicated expression, hesitated for a moment, but still decided to let her eyes selectively go blind.
Shen Lan picked up the phone without a change of expression, "Are you done yet?"
Apparently not expecting such a response, the receiver on the other end paused momentarily before a tremulous male voice came through, "Sa-sister-in-law, Brother Cheng is looking for you. He... he's gone to find you, but left his phone with me..."
Shen Lan rubbed her temples, reining in her anger a bit.
"Does he know where I am before he comes for me? I'll send you my location. Find him, tell him not to wander around, but come straight here to pick me up."
"Okay, okay, right away!"
After hanging up, Xu Tingfeng held up his phone triumphantly and turned to Cheng Yanqing, who sat across the sofa, looking indifferent while reading his newspaper.
"Brother Cheng! Brother Cheng! I got sister-in-law's location! Sister-in-law wants you to pick her up!"
The man, who had previously appeared indifferent, stood up without a second thought, grabbed a suit jacket beside him and began to leave. As he passed Xu Tingfeng, he looked at his eager expressions and slapped the newspaper right onto his face.
"Good job, here's your reward."
Then he took the phone and walked out hurriedly.
"What is this?" Xu Tingfeng curiously lifted the newspaper, "Damn it! It's all in English!"
Xu Tingfeng sighed: Boy, this is a reward I can't handle.
After a while, Shen Lan, who was still answering a myriad of Chen Yan's questions, received a text from Cheng Yanqing.
Cheng Yanqing: I'm at the door.
Cheng Yanqing: Should I come in, or do you come out?
Shen Lan: I will come out.
After sending this message, Shen Lan put away her phone and turned to Chen Yan, "My husband is at the door."
"Tsk!"
Upon hearing Shen Lan's unconscious address, Chen Yan couldn't help but make fun.
More importantly, she understood Shen Lan's decision from her words.
She was planning to rush to her husband's side without bothering to shop!
"Shen Lan, can you calm down a bit?" Chen Yan shook her head helplessly, also worried.
But when she walked out of the mall with Shen Lan and saw Shen Lan walk toward a man wearing a white shirt, Chen Yan finally understood why Shen Lan was acting so irrational!
The man, being over six feet tall, looked stunning in his white shirt and black trousers which perfectly highlighted Cheng Yanqing's figure!
That beautiful face of his was like a carefully crafted work of art.
No wonder Shen Lan was willing to marry him, who was penniless.
It really was... a man handsome enough to cause confusion!
"Such a handsome man, hard to find even with a lantern..."
Chen Yan wrapped an arm around Shen Lan's shoulder and lowered her voice next to Shen Lan's ear, her tone filled with underlying worry,
"Don't tell me it's a scam?"
Her worry mainly came from Cheng Yanqing's appearance, their haste, and - Cheng Yanqing's unclear background.
"No, I didn't spend any money on this marriage," Shen Lan responded softly.
"Have you eaten?"
Cheng Yanqing came up, his lips slightly curling up into a charming smile.
Shen Lan quickly stood upright and swiftly introduced Chen Yan, who was standing next to her, to Cheng Yanqing. "This is my high school and college classmate, as well as my bestie, Chen Yan."
"He is my current husband, Cheng Yanqing."
Her... current...
Chen Yan couldn't help but roll her eyes at Shen Lan's statement.
Does she know how to talk?
She made it sound like there had been a previous one!
However, considering Cheng Yanqing was present, it wasn't appropriate to ridicule. Especially when Cheng Yanqing was already reaching out his hand to her, "Hello."
"Hello." Being polite, Chen Yan shook his hand.
Within a few seconds, they both withdrew their hands, and Cheng Yanqing remembered his unanswered question, "Have you had dinner?"
"We were planning to have dinner after shopping, but then you showed up." Shen Lan took up Cheng Yanqing's line.
Cheng Yanqing grinned notably, "I know of a restaurant that serves great food. How about I take you and your friend there?"
With that, Cheng Yanqing walked towards a white car parked nearby.
Chen Yan noticed it was a white Ford, worth over a hundred thousand in market price.
She initially assumed this man was a penniless 'Phoenix' man, but it turns out he not only has a job and good looks, but also a car!
At this rate, has her Lan Lan hit the jackpot?
Does such good luck really just fall into one's lap?
She felt skeptical.
Considering it's her bestie's lifelong happiness at stake, she simply could not leave it unchecked. She didn't feel secure about it.
"It's a coincidence that we met, so why not? It's about time you two owed me a meal!"
Shen Lan thought nothing more, as she agreed with a smile.
Once they got to the restaurant and during the time when Chen Yan was in the restroom, Shen Lan decided to speak clearly to Cheng Yanqing-
"Don't worry, I won't let you pay for this meal alone. We'll split it—I'll cover two parts, you cover one."
Cheng Yanqing: "!"
This was the first time he was having a meal with his wife and his wife's best friend, and there it was, his wife openly stating they're going dutch. What kind of oddity was this?
"If you don't have money, then let me... I will transfer..."
"Lan Lan?"