novelraw Chapter 728 : I Missed You, Big Dummy
Chapter 728 : I Missed You, Big Dummy
Chapter 728: I Missed You, Big Dummy
Liu Qianqian didn't know how she made it back to her room.
That night, she barely slept at all.
It was only at this moment that she realized her figure and looks, which she had been so proud of, held absolutely no attraction for Chen Fan.
Why?
She couldn't understand.
She was very afraid, and also a bit worried.
Her all-in gamble had failed.
Chen Fan must be angry.
Would they not even be able to remain friends anymore?
How should she face him in the future?
When she had gone all-in earlier, she never considered the possibility of failure. Now, lying in bed, she grew more and more afraid the more she thought about it.
She drifted off into a fitful sleep until morning.
At around 6 am, while others were still sound asleep, Liu Qianqian had already quietly gotten up and dressed.
She was too embarrassed to face Chen Fan, so she planned to sneak out early.
Standing at the villa's entrance, Liu Qianqian looked back at the building one last time.
She knew she had made Chen Fan angry and would probably lose this friend in the future. She might never have the chance to set foot in this place again.
So she wanted to commit this place to memory one last time, to remember it well.
Letting out a soft sigh, Liu Qianqian turned to leave.
Just then, a car slowly drove up beside her.
Liu Qianqian froze in surprise.
She remembered that this was Chen Fan's car.
Had Chen Fan gotten up early? Was he going to send her off?
The car pulled up and stopped, and the door opened. However, it was a middle-aged man who got out.
Liu Qianqian was stunned.
Feng Pojun spoke politely, "Miss Liu, Mr. Chen asked me to drive you home."
Liu Qianqian was taken aback for a moment, instinctively turning her head to look at the second floor of the villa behind her.
Feng Pojun explained, "Mr. Chen arranged this last night."
Liu Qianqian finally understood and hesitated before saying softly,
"Thank you."
"Please, get in the car."
Feng Pojun helped open the car door, and Liu Qianqian sat in the back seat.
As the car drove out of the club, Feng Pojun asked for the address she wanted to go to.
After giving the address, Liu Qianqian sat in the back lost in thought.
After a while, she took out her phone and, after some hesitation, sent Chen Fan a text message.
"I've left. Thank you for arranging someone to take me home."
"I'm sorry about last night."
After sending the messages, there was no response.
Liu Qianqian stared expressionlessly out the window, not sure if she should feel disappointed or relieved.
......
When Chen Fan woke up in the morning, it was already past 9 am.
When he came downstairs, the remaining few were eating breakfast in the living room.
"Hurry up, we've been waiting for you."
"By the way, what time did you get back last night? I didn't notice," Luo Wenjie asked with a smile.
Chen Fan sat down with a straight face, "I went straight to bed when I got back. You guys drank too much. I'm getting old, I need to take care of my health from now on. Can't drink as much as you guys anymore."
This made everyone laugh.
Chen Fan looked around, "Brother Di left?"
"Yeah. He left after breakfast."
Luo Wenjie teased, "His girlfriend was quite a catch. She was reluctant to leave when they were going."
Chen Fan didn't respond to that, instead turning to Han Xu beside him.
"Old Han, what time is your flight? I'll send you off later."
Then he looked at Guo Shuai, "You two can head back after breakfast."
Guo Shuai's girlfriend Miaomiao nervously glanced at Chen Fan.
Yesterday, Miaomiao had been very reserved from start to finish.
Unlike the others who were Chen Fan's classmates and friends, she was the only one who was Chen Fan's subordinate.
So Miaomiao had kept a very low profile all day yesterday, afraid of saying or doing something wrong to upset Chen Fan.
But now, seeing Chen Fan in a good mood, Miaomiao gathered her courage and asked a question.
"Mr. Chen, may I ask you something?"
Chen Fan was ladling soup while smiling, "When we're not at the company, you don't need to call me Mr. Chen. Just like them, call me by my name, or call me Old Chen."
"Of course, you can also call me Brother Fan like Guo-zi does."
"Oh right, what did you want to ask?"
Miaomiao was delighted and quickly asked, "The studio's band has a music festival performance coming up. Will you be able to come watch?"
Chen Fan was stunned, he remembered Tong Yao had asked about this before.
"Hasn't the music festival already ended?"
Miaomiao shook her head with a smile, "That was the previous one. Now Manager Yan has selected the studio's bands, three in total. To train everyone, he's signed us up for quite a few music festivals and other performance opportunities."
"There's even a seaside concert next week."
Chen Fan couldn't help but laugh. This Yan Qing really was going all out for the band.
He had heard before that there were three bands, two of which were very professional, while the third was amateur, purely a small band that Yan Qing had put together for himself using his position, just for fun.
"I have too much work coming up, probably won't have time."
Hearing this, Miaomiao was immediately disappointed.
Everyone at their studio had been hoping that Chen Fan, the big boss, would have time to come watch them.
After the meal, Guo Shuai and Miaomiao left first.
Chen Fan went with Luo Wenjie to send off Han Xu.
"Where's your car?" Luo Wenjie asked curiously.
"I had someone drive Liu Qianqian home in it."
Hearing this, Luo Wenjie smiled, "Actually, I wanted to ask earlier. Liu Qianqian seemed to have left very early."
"I was originally going to ask if I should go send her off."
Chen Fan teased, "Why? Still can't let her go?"
"No, it's not that. It's just that we did date before, regardless of the reason, we can't let a girl go home alone, right?"
"You're quite the gentleman."
Sitting in the back, Chen Fan closed his eyes to rest while taking out his phone to check his messages.
As soon as he opened his inbox, his eyes lit up with excitement.
Su Ruochu.
Ruochu had actually sent him a message.
And not just one, but two.
Chen Fan excitedly opened the first one, which was filled with dense text.
Chen Fan thought to himself, this girl is treating text messages like emails.
Su Ruochu told Chen Fan that she had taken advantage of the weekend to go to the county town to buy books for the children.
She said she wanted to set up a small interest-based library for the children.
The children in the mountains had limited access to the outside world, and she wanted to let them learn as much as possible about the world beyond.
Then she said that everything was fine and told Chen Fan not to worry.
Because the volunteer teaching program was about to end, she felt a bit reluctant to leave. But she didn't want her emotions to affect the children.
Also, the children in her class, especially Yan Ni and Xiao Hai, often asked when they would receive letters from Teacher Chen. Everyone missed him a lot.
Finally, Su Ruochu said that before returning to school after the volunteer program ended, she would come to Yunhai to reunite with Chen Fan for two days.
She also said there was no need to reply to her message, as she would be returning to school that day and wouldn't have signal to receive it.
At the very end, the girl quietly added, "I missed you, big dummy."
Seeing this last line, Chen Fan's mood instantly improved.
It was even more exhilarating than taking a stimulant.
Chen Fan's expression was so obvious that even Luo Wenjie in the front seat noticed.
"What's up? Message from girlfriend?"
Chen Fan was curious.
"How did you know?"
"Come on, brother, you should've seen your own expression just now. Too flirtatious."
Chen Fan glanced at Luo Wenjie.
"You don't know shit."
"This is called the sweetness of love."
Brother Jie shook his head.
"I really don't understand you two. You could be together every day, yet you insist on having a long-distance relationship."
"You could be having good hand-to-hand combat, but instead you're doing this sneaky tunnel warfare."
This made Han Xu in the passenger seat laugh.
But Chen Fan still said the same thing.
"You don't know shit!"
Although Ruochu said there was no need to reply, Chen Fan still sent back a long message.
Chen Fan replied telling Ruochu to take care of herself and not to get too tired. He also said he would contact someone to send a batch of extracurricular books to the school. In addition, he had an idea to buy a lot of stationery, envelopes, and stamps to send over.
He also asked Su Ruochu to give the children the school's address and his own address, so that in the future if the children missed their teacher, they could write letters to him.
After sending the message, Chen Fan was in high spirits.
That's when he noticed there was another message below.
It was from Liu Qianqian last night.
Remembering what happened last night, Chen Fan was silent for a few seconds.
He didn't reply to the message, but instead looked up at Luo Wenjie.
"Do you know what Liu Qianqian's situation is now? Where is she working?"