novelraw Chapter 595 : Long-Distance Relationship Syndrome
Chapter 595 : Long-Distance Relationship Syndrome
Chapter 595: Long-Distance Relationship Syndrome
Without his girlfriend by his side, Chen Fan's life seemed to become dull and boring again.
First came an overwhelming sense of emptiness.
During the previous summer break, he had grown accustomed to Su Ruochu accompanying him at home every day.
Suddenly being alone, Chen Fan felt the house instantly become cold and lifeless.
He'd rather spend every day outside alone than stay at home.
Due to his leg injury not fully healed, he couldn't continue his gym routine at the club for now.
These days, he often found himself visiting Ma Xiaoshuai.
The guy's milk tea shop was almost done with renovations. When Chen Fan went there that day, Ma Xiaoshuai and Song Linlin were hunched over a table, studying an old almanac, saying they wanted to pick an auspicious day for the grand opening.
Chen Fan suggested with a smile, "Since when did you two become so superstitious? If you ask me, just open on National Day. There'll be more people during the holiday."
Ma Xiaoshuai's eyes lit up.
"Good idea. We'll go with your suggestion."
Song Linlin also smiled and said, "Chen Fan's business is doing so well, listening to you can't be wrong."
Ma Xiaoshuai then reminded his girlfriend, "If we end up losing money, we'll find him and make him take responsibility."
Chen Fan was both amused and exasperated, "You guys are trying to pin this on me, aren't you?"
"What's wrong? Don't want to take responsibility?"
"Of course I'll take responsibility. If your milk tea shop can't stay open in the future, you can come work as a laborer on my construction site, and as for Linlin, she can be a pretty receptionist at our company."
Ma Xiaoshuai cursed jokingly, "Thanks a lot."
Tossing the almanac to his girlfriend, Ma Xiaoshuai went outside the shop with Chen Fan.
"Did you need something from me?"
Chen Fan shook his head, "No."
"Really nothing?"
Ma Xiaoshuai looked suspicious, "If it's nothing, what's up with you these past few days?"
"What do you mean what's up?"
Ma Xiaoshuai looked at Chen Fan, "You used to disappear for days on end, couldn't even find you if we tried."
"But lately, you've been coming here every other day. Come on, spill it, what's going on?"
Chen Fan laughed helplessly, "There's nothing going on, damn it."
Ma Xiaoshuai looked puzzled, "Then you..."
Chen Fan let out a long sigh towards the sky.
"Ah, brother, I'm just bored."
Ma Xiaoshuai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something.
"Shit. Don't tell me you're missing your wife?"
Chen Fan nodded, "It's too boring being alone. If I'd known earlier, I wouldn't have been so generous in encouraging her to apply for graduate school."
"Serves you right!"
Ma Xiaoshuai gloated.
"You deserve it."
"You have such a beautiful girlfriend, yet you let her go off to grad school alone. I really don't understand what you were thinking. Aren't you worried someone will steal her away?"
Chen Fan shook his head, "I'm not worried about that at all. I'm quite confident in my personal charm."
Ma Xiaoshuai pretended to gag.
After joking around for a bit, Ma Xiaoshuai returned to the main topic.
"Really bored?"
"Yeah."
Ma Xiaoshuai secretly glanced back at the shop, then pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took one out and offered it to Chen Fan.
Chen Fan hesitated for a moment before taking it.
The two sat on the steps by the door, smoking and staring blankly at the female students coming and going on the street, neither saying a word.
After about a minute, a tall beauty wearing a mini skirt, high heels, and a tight-fitting T-shirt passed by in front of them.
Her chest was quivering impressively.
The two guys' gazes subtly followed the beauty's movement, finally watching her disappear at the street corner.
Ma Xiaoshuai sighed, "That's really something. Do you think it's true that small twigs can bear big fruit?"
Chen Fan puffed on his cigarette with a blank expression, staring at the street.
"What do you think?"
Ma Xiaoshuai muttered, "If you ask me, they must be padded."
Chen Fan slowly said, "A kilogram of durian, 700 grams of shell."
Ma Xiaoshuai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing.
He gave Chen Fan a thumbs up.
"Brilliant."
Seeing Chen Fan still looking listless, Ma Xiaoshuai couldn't help but ask with a frown.
"Your condition is typical of long-distance relationship syndrome."
Chen Fan glanced at him, "You have a solution?"
"Ha! Easy. I have two methods that can cure you."
"Go on, elaborate."
"First, find a beautiful woman to release some tension."
Ma Xiaoshuai leaned in secretly and whispered, "I don't have experience in this area, but I'm sure Brother Jie does."
"Why don't you two go to that nightclub again and have some fun?"
"Brother Jie has always regretted not making that female masseuse beg for mercy last time."
Chen Fan's face turned black, "Tell me the second method."
Ma Xiaoshuai chuckled, "I knew you wouldn't choose this one."
"The second method is even simpler, find something to do, distract yourself."
"You have a club and two companies in your hands, aren't you busy?"
Mentioning this, Chen Fan sighed.
"That's exactly the problem. I suddenly realized I'm too damn good. The managers I hired are all experts."
"These past few days, I went to the club, only to find out they don't need me at all. Can you believe that without my presence, the club's performance this quarter actually doubled?"
"Then there's Feifan Technology, it's full of tech nerds who only know how to code all day, there's no fun at all. They don't need me to keep an eye on them."
"Don't you still have a real estate company?"
Chen Fan glared, "Do you really think I'm stupid? Going to construction sites every day for no reason?"
In fact, since discussing with Yan Qing and those second-generation officials last time, the construction of this residential area in Nansu Town no longer required Chen Fan's involvement.
The young masters in their circle all had backgrounds in their families, big and small. Chen Fan had divided the profits among them, and these young masters used their family influences to complete their respective tasks.
Chen Fan had directly handed this part over to Guo Wendong, trusting that he could handle it well.
However, what surprised Chen Fan was that after the concert ended, Yan Qing and Tong Yao suddenly disappeared and didn't contact him again.
Of course, if Chen Fan knew that both of them had been grounded and confined at home due to the concert incident, he might have laughed.
Thinking about how he, a big boss, had ended up with nothing to do, Chen Fan couldn't help but sigh again.
"Ah, life is truly as lonely as snow."
Ma Xiaoshuai laughed.
"Alright, stop sighing. Tonight I'll take you to a good place, give you a chance to relax properly."
Chen Fan became interested.
"Where?"
Ma Xiaoshuai took out his phone and dialed a number while smiling.
"To eat, of course. I'll call Old Wu and Brother Jie out tonight. It's been a while since we all had dinner together."
Chen Fan nodded, "That sounds good."
"By the way, what has Brother Jie been busy with lately?"
Previously, Chen Fan had invited Luo Wenjie to come help him with his business, but Luo Wenjie had politely declined, not wanting to change their relationship into that of superior and subordinate.
Later, when Chen Fan was hospitalized in a coma, he really didn't know what Brother Jie had been up to recently.
Ma Xiaoshuai smiled, "What Brother Jie has been doing lately will shock you when you hear it."
Just then, the call connected, and Ma Xiaoshuai jokingly cursed, "Brother Jie, what are you up to? Not experiencing female masseuses again, are you?"
"Cut the crap, dinner tonight, are you coming?"
"Of course Old Chen is coming!"
"Alright. Wait for my notification."
After hanging up, Ma Xiaoshuai explained to Chen Fan with a grin.
"Brother Jie has been busy with his career lately, he's preparing to open a bathhouse."