Beautiful CEO's Super Expert

Su Chen still clearly remembered that previously, when he was in Jianghai, although this little girl spent evenings in the same manor as him, she never once gave him a good look.

How come after not seeing each other for a while, she seemed like a completely different person, at least much warmer towards him.

For the moment, Su Chen couldn't figure it out and just followed her.

"By the way, I'm not familiar with this area, do you have any good recommendations?"

After they left Rainbow Mansion, Xu Xinran looked at Su Chen and asked.

"There's a Hunan cuisine restaurant nearby that's pretty good,"

Su Chen said, recalling the one he and Pei Man went to last time which he thought was okay.

"Alright, let's go for Hunan cuisine then."

Xu Xinran wasn't picky about food, so she nodded at the suggestion.

Since it was close by, the two of them walked straight there, found a spot inside, and sat down.

Returning to this place, Su Chen couldn't help but recall the scene when he teased Pei Man here the last time, a wicked smile forming on the corner of his mouth.

"Are you reminiscing about some bad deed you pulled off again?"

Xu Xinran, who was looking through the menu, looked up and saw his expression, blurting out the question.

"Nonsense."

Su Chen retorted dismissively, thinking to himself, how come this little girl knows me so well?!

"Cut it out, as if I don't know you,"

Xu Xinran said disdainfully, continuing to bury her head in the menu.

"What do you mean by that?"

Su Chen asked, feeling annoyed.

"Figure it out for yourself,"

Xu Xinran couldn't care less about his reaction, handing over the selected menu to the waiter.

Su Chen was left a bit embarrassed, but at the moment, Xu Xinran did seem somewhat familiar to him.

Xu Xinran, looking at him, was also feeling a tumult of emotions. She said she came to visit Qiuru, but who she really came to see was probably clear only to herself.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that Su Chen opened the door just as she was passing by?

Xu Xinran had been angry with him before because when he came back that day, he looked like he'd been mingling with a woman.

Yet this scoundrel, seeing her angry, didn't care at all, leaving her in a bad mood for quite a while!

During the days Su Chen was away, Xu Xinran thought about this guy almost every day, wanting to call him several times but not knowing what to say if she did.

She had always hoped that he would take the initiative to contact her, but he hadn't even sent a message, let alone a phone call.

This time on her vacation, she couldn't stand it anymore and flew to Yandu. Of course, she had a good excuse—visiting her cousin!

"By the way, why didn't Qiuru come down to eat with you?"

Su Chen asked casually.

"She's such a busy person, where does she have the time? I'll pack some food to take back to her later."

Xu Xinran replied, then gave him an ambiguous look:

"It seems you and my cousin are getting along quite well, aren't you? Calling each other so affectionately?!"

"Don't overthink it—we're just good friends,"

Su Chen quickly clarified.

"Are you even a man? My cousin is such a great woman, and you just let her be. You're really a fool!"

Xu Xinran said contemptuously. Even from her perspective, Xia Qiuru was the epitome of a perfect woman!

With a delicate face, a slim figure, a gentle personality, and competent to boot—where could you find such a woman?

Deep down, Xu Xinran truly hoped that Su Chen and Xia Qiuru would end up together; it would alleviate some of her guilt.

After all, in her heart, she had always regarded Su Chen as her cousin's man.

It was just that she couldn't control herself and had fallen for the man her cousin liked!

"Our friendship is pure; don't start having weird thoughts,"

"Give me a break, can you swear that you don't want to sleep with my cousin?"

At these words, Su Chen suddenly found himself at a loss for words.

Did he want to? Of course, he did! If he didn't, he'd doubt he was even a man!

Su Chen certainly knew how wonderful Xia Qiuru was, but it was precisely because of her goodness that he couldn't bear it.

Because he couldn't give her any proper status!

Could he really let Xia Qiuru be his lover for a lifetime? Su Chen couldn't stand to wrong her in that way!

"See, you're out of words now, aren't you?"

Xu Xinran curled her lips and said.

"Alright, let's focus on the food for now."

Right then, the server came with the dishes, and Su Chen quickly changed the subject.

"If some other man snatches your cousin away, you'll have nowhere to cry."

Xu Xinran looked at Su Chen with disdain:

"You were never a good man to begin with, so why act like one now?"

Although Xu Xinran said this, she knew Qiuru's attitude towards relationships; for her to fall in love with another man would be incredibly difficult.

"Eat your food, will you? You're more anxious than the Emperor's eunuch."

Su Chen replied, visibly annoyed and disturbed.

Xu Xinran didn't say anything further and continued eating.

"By the way, haven't you been busy lately?"

After eating for a while, Su Chen asked:

"You're not busy catching thieves, so what brings you to Yandu?"

"We police officers are humans too, and we need rest, okay?"

Xu Xinran retorted irritably:

"Do you think we're mules or horses or something?"

"I was just asking casually. Why are you getting as worked up as if you're on your period, so hot-tempered?"

At that moment, Su Chen seemed to have returned to his time in Jianghai, a very familiar feeling.

Xu Xinran also realized that she had planned to use this visit to Yandu to get along with him.

But for some reason, after just a few words, she became annoyed again, as if they were naturally incompatible!

The two of them fell silent and continued eating, each focused on their own food and drink.

Suddenly, as if Su Chen remembered something, his eyes lit up and he looked up and said:

"Officer Xu, there seems to be a promise you haven't kept, right?"

"What promise?"

Xu Xinran asked blankly.

"You once promised to wear that for me to see, remember?"

Su Chen's eyebrows twitched slightly as he spoke with an ambiguous tone.

Upon hearing this, Xu Xinran blushed fiercely.

That's when she remembered that she had indeed promised to show him the purple lingerie.

It was just that so much time had passed that she had forgotten about it, and to think that he still remembered!

"Didn't you already see everything that one time when I was drunk and you helped me undress?"

Xu Xinran whispered, her face as red as a ripe apple.

"But what you wore that time wasn't the set I mentioned."

Su Chen indeed remembered helping her undress. She had been in a terrible mood over a case involving a missing girl, got drunk on the street, and was taken back to the mansion by Su Chen, where she refused to leave.

That night she had been sick everywhere, and Su Chen had no choice but to help her out of her jacket.

"It's all lingerie, isn't it the same?"

Discussing such a topic in a public place made Xu Xinran feel exceedingly embarrassed!

"How can it be the same?"

Su Chen shook his head earnestly and seriously:

"If it's all the same, why would designers create so many different styles of lingerie?"