Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 721 - 695: The Top-Student Couple Join Forces Again

The sky had no Fugui passing by, yet legends of Fugui remained in the world.

"As the saying goes, people laugh wildly, cats meow wildly, donkeys smack their lips, little dogs run wildly until they break their legs, little brothers can’t go wild, so they can only nibble on chicken legs." Yu Minglang recited a folk jingle to Mai, who was silently venting his anger on the food.

Mai almost choked on his chicken leg, frantically chugging water to swallow the food down.

Though he didn’t quite understand the meaning of the jingle, seeing Yu Minglang’s expression, he guessed it wasn’t anything nice.

"This jingle fully describes the reactions of animals during mating season, like how cats meow for mates, and dogs run around like crazy. Dogs in mating season are most likely to get lost and even bite eggs randomly." Mr Chen explained to everyone.

Yu Minglang felt comforted and patted her on the head, "Wifey, you’re amazing, you got it all right! That’s exactly what the jingle means!"

Yeah, right! The first few lines about animals were fine, but the last line Mai clearly felt himself silently included!

Qian and Yu Minglang once they had enough of fooling around, started lovingly feeding each other again. Watching this made Mai uneasy, Xiaoqiang could grill fish, so what? He could eat, too!

"Little brother, go flip the fish. The small one should be almost done."

Qian instructed Mai to check the grill, where her small fish was still cooking.

Reluctantly, Mai got up and walked to the grill. Everyone else was chatting and laughing in the shade, picnicking, while he stood in the scorching sun, feeling aggrieved as he endured the smoke and heat.

On the grill were two foil-wrapped fish, the small one was what Qian had put on last, wrapped by herself. Mai didn’t really want to take it over because he knew that even if he did, Qian and Xiaoqiang would still laugh at him, stabbing him in the heart.

Grabbing the wire mesh handle, he tried to dump the foil package onto a plate, but his anger made him extra rough. Under the force, the spot Yu Minglang had deliberately loosened earlier couldn’t hold, causing the soup to spill over and scald Mai’s other hand holding the plate. The pain made him loosen his grip, and the plate with the hot grilled fish crashed onto his shoe...

"Ah!!!" yelled Mai in pain, hopping a few times before sticking his foot into the fish bucket beside him, squashing a big fish, which ended up flopping onto the lawn. Its mouth opened and closed as if asking the grilled fish lying nearby on the grass.

What happened, man? Got grilled?

Qian’s first reaction was to look at Yu Minglang, who spread his hands, signaling it wasn’t his fault. Who could blame the weak foil?

"Mei, my darling, I’ve discovered you might have an unknown dark side."

"Oh?"

"When you draw your sword, blood must shed! My Mei only lets dishes come out of the pot by knocking one down, you’re imbued with dark skills, a dark persona, unrivaled!"

That’s the kind of boldness needed!

Being unrivaled means there’s no one else like me. It describes someone who dares to take responsibility.

Qian squinted at him, then whispered a similar four-character phrase in his ear, making Yu Minglang instantly lose his composure.

The first character is the fourth tone of the word ’shelter.’ The second character stays the same, the third changes to a homophone of ’ride,’ and the last changes to ’you.’

Seeing Yu Minglang blush publicly made Qian feel secretly delighted. Ha! Trying to play with her? He’s still a bit too green!

Who would have thought that the always authoritative Qian, whose professional quotes could fill several psychology textbooks, would occasionally drop a suggestive remark? The unintelligent wouldn’t understand, while the intelligent would question their sanity—how could such a professional psychologist say such things?

Logically, it’s unlikely, so if Qian "didn’t say" it, did they hear wrong?

Yu Minglang truly thought he misheard because, after Qian spoke, she was calm, eating as she enjoyed watching Mai’s pained grimaces. So he tentatively asked.

"Wifey, just now—"

"Let me just ask you, who else but me?"

"Me! It has to be me!" Ride quickly, ride home!

Not far away, still basking in the heavy blow of his burnt foot, Mai weakly called out in his heart, isn’t anyone concerned about the scalded me...

That meal was deeply unsatisfying for Mai. Not only was his self-esteem crushed, but he also doubted his intelligence thanks to Qian and finally got injured by Yu Minglang’s little prank. After getting scalded, he no longer pretended to be the dutiful bodyguard, sitting silently under a tree, seemingly contemplating his next move.

After the meal, Liumei wanted to go back to see her peculiar family. Yu Minglang held her back, warning that he’d break her legs if she dared to go!

The scenery at the fishing spot was nice, and it was cool. Qian simply had Yu Minglang buy some poker cards, using the excuse of cooling off to keep everyone there.

Qian was playing Fight the Landlord with Shui Xian and Liumei, while Yu Minglang lay back against a tree with a stalk of grass in his mouth, watching Qian play.

Liumei’s bag and those of Qian and Shui Xian were under the tree. Liumei’s phone started ringing.

Liumei focused solely on playing cards, not noticing someone calling her.

Yu Minglang took out Liumei’s phone, Ma Lv’s name flashing on the screen.

Yu Minglang answered the call, and Ma Lv’s angry voice came through from the other end.

"Yu Liumei, what do you mean by this?"

Yu Minglang stayed silent.

"My parents are getting old, how could you leave them in the mall? What were you thinking?!"

This barrage of questioning made Yu Minglang narrow his eyes.

Yu Minglang knew about Qian calling Liumei back.

A slightly thoughtful man would call to see if there was any major emergency with the woman’s family, rather than immediately blaming Liumei.

"How many times have I told you, my parents worked hard their whole lives, finally getting to visit the big city, and you treat them like this?! Yu Liumei, speak up!"

Dissatisfied with the continued silence, Ma Lv urged.

"Liumei can’t talk now, I’m her brother. Liumei’s grandma is sick in the hospital and needs 200,000. Can you lend some?"

Liumei’s grandma passed away half a year ago.

After Yu Minglang spoke, the other end fell silent immediately.

"I’ll go back and discuss it, then call Liumei back."

Ma Lv left this sentence and hung up quickly, afraid that if he continued, Yu Minglang would ask for money.

Yu Minglang smirked. With that character, he still dreams of marrying a daughter from the Yu family? Dream on!

Deleting the call record, Yu Minglang didn’t plan to tell Liumei about this either.

Qian kept winning, sitting facing Yu Minglang. The other two were facing away, only Qian saw Yu Minglang’s actions clearly.

Though she couldn’t hear what Yu Minglang said, she could guess who the call was from.

Well done. Qian mouthed to Yu Minglang.

Absolutely! Yu Minglang mouthed back to Qian.

Without the permission of the scholarly couple, no one can steal the sprouting little cabbage of the Yu family!