After my divorce, I started to have good luck

Liu Ying said calmly, "I've thought it through. Right now, you are the most suitable person for me to date. After all, you liked me and pursued me back then, that's definitely not a lie. And to be honest, I did have some fondness for you back then too. If it weren't for Cao Jun's meddling, we might have been a couple already."

"Perhaps," Chen Feng said with a hint of nostalgia, "But time flies by and cannot be regained; what's missed is ultimately missed."

"That's why I don't want to miss it this time," Liu Ying said, with a determined look. "I want to find someone who genuinely likes me and whom I can also like and accept. Right now, you are the suitable choice."

"Thank you, I'm honored," Chen Feng nodded slightly, with a bit of smugness.

Liu Ying rolled her eyes and said, "Don't be too happy yet; if I find someone more suitable before we confirm a formal relationship, I still have the right to ditch you."

"Alright, I got it," Chen Feng nodded with a smile.

Then, Chen Feng changed the topic, chatting with her about some things from their university days, discussing the status of some old classmates in their class.

Thus, time passed quickly. By the time they finished their coffee, it was more than an hour later.

So, they left the café, and then walked to the East Lake embankment, strolling along the lakeside, facing the evening breeze.

The two talked and laughed; they really seemed like a couple. Anyone who saw them would instinctively feel that they were together.

After walking along the lakeside for about ten minutes, Chen Feng naturally took her hand. She only struggled a little bit, then resigned to letting him hold it.

Thinking of when he pursued but couldn't get her in freshman year, even suffering humiliation because of her, and now finally holding her hand, it had taken ten years.

Time indeed heals everything; though her hand felt good, he didn't feel much excitement and turbulence inside.

He was no longer that naïve teenager!

About another ten minutes later, as they sat hand in hand on a long bench, Chen Feng naturally placed his arm on her shoulder, then promptly pulled her into his embrace.

This time she didn't even pretend to struggle; instead, she very cooperatively nestled into his embrace, even showing a very comfortable and enjoyable look...

When it was almost half past ten, Chen Feng first received a call from Wu Mengting, asking him when he would return.

Chen Feng, facing Liu Ying, said frankly, "I'm not going back to sleep tonight."

"Then you... be safe."

Originally, Wu Mengting wanted to ask what he was doing outside, but ultimately didn't ask. One reason was that she had no right to inquire about his late nights, and another was that she didn't want to provoke him, given he was suffering from a terminal illness.

"Is this woman the cohabiting partner you mentioned before?" Liu Ying in his arms pretended to ask curiously.

"No, she's my god-sister, also staying with me now."

Chen Feng was very honest with her, showing no intention of lying or hiding information.

"God-sister, she seems to care about you."

Liu Ying said with a hint of jealousy but didn't say more. She knew better than to annoy Chen Feng by saying too much.

Before long, Liu Ying's phone rang too; it was her mom calling, also asking when she would return.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ying glanced at Chen Feng, then gritted her teeth and told her mom, "Mom, tonight I'm meeting with a few close classmates. We haven't seen each other for several years, and there are a few female classmates too. We might stay out late, so I probably won't go home tonight."

As expected, her mom went on a tirade, urging her to stay safe and not to drink too much.

It took her a while to end the call, and she let out a long sigh before saying to Chen Feng, "You heard, my mom is really nagging. She's been arranging blind dates for me non-stop. I'm really scared. So, I hope you can be my shield, is that okay?"

Chen Feng shook his head slightly, saying, "You want me to help you just with words, and also to pretend to be your boyfriend? How is that possible?"

"Then what would make you willing to help?"

Chen Feng leaned over to her ear and whispered, "You have to offer some sincerity, give me motivation, don't you think?"

Liu Ying suddenly felt weak, with her face blushing. Although she had already been through childbirth and divorce, she had never flirted with a man like this before.

Very fresh and exciting!

They sat on the lakeside bench until it was about eleven o'clock, then Chen Feng took her arm and walked to the roadside to hail a taxi straight to the nearest hotel.

Yes, Chen Feng took her to an ordinary hotel, a room with a big bed, over two hundred a night.

It's not that Chen Feng was stingy, but to aid her in acting and to satisfy his old dream of taking her to a hotel, besides, of course, due to the location.

The nearest place was this hotel. To go to those high-end luxury hotels would be a bit far, and it was already past eleven; there might not be vacant rooms.

As for Liu Ying, to be honest, Chen Feng taking her to such an ordinary chain hotel made her a bit resistant. But to maintain her image of not being materialistic and not caring about him being poor, she had to endure.

Chen Feng naturally booked a room at the front desk, then naturally led her into that room. After that, Chen Feng naturally asked, "Do you want to shower first or should I go first, or shall we shower together?"

Liu Ying quickly said with a red face, "You go first."

"Okay, I'll go first." Chen Feng swiftly undressed, leaving on his underwear, and went into the bathroom.

This bathroom wasn't designed with frosted glass; closing the door would block view from the outside, avoiding mutual embarrassment.

Chen Feng finished in a few minutes, came out wearing a bath towel. Liu Ying was staring intently at the TV... an ad.

At that moment, her mind was a mess, a battle of reason and emotion. She didn't know how she ended up coming to the hotel with Chen Feng so muddled, the progress was undoubtedly too fast. In her original plan, it would take ten days or half a month, but now just a few hours.

Yet inwardly, she wasn't rejecting it so much either; as she had said, she had been through childbirth and divorce and had decided Chen Feng was a golden catch. What was there to be picky about?

But honestly, this was the first time she did something like this with a man; she was really nervous and a bit excited, and there was an internal conflict.

Worried that if she let Chen Feng win so easily, he might not take her seriously.

But if she didn't satisfy him, it was clear that she might not even have the chance to get involved. Chen Feng was already indifferent to past sentiments.

It seemed now, only by offering herself could she evoke his past affection.

This method seemed a bit pathetic, but it was the only way she could win now.

She had to act swiftly and decisively, as she was not young anymore.