“I just couldn’t rest easy. You got fourth place in the 400 meters yesterday. You’re such a competitive person—I was worried you’d obsess over it.”
Lin Shuwen rolled her eyes and grumbled, “Sister Shan, of all the events you could’ve signed me up for, why the 400 meters? I’m not built for running! With my condition, just making it to the finals is already a success. How could I possibly have anything to complain about?”
“Exactly! Sister Shan, when Sister Wen runs, it’s like she’s carrying two weights on her chest. How could she possibly get a good result?” Chen Sichu chimed in.
Hearing the word “weights,” Sister Shan glanced sideways at Lin Shuwen’s chest.
“Cough, cough! Anyway, my flight’s about to be late. I’m off!”
“Sister Shan, next time there’s an event like this, please don’t sign me up for any running events.”
“Got it.” With that, Sister Shan fled Lin Shuwen’s apartment like her life depended on it.
How embarrassing. She’d come all this way to comfort Lin Shuwen, but wasn’t that just asking to be roasted?
Pfft~ Watching Sister Shan in such a sorry state, Lin Shuwen couldn’t hold back a laugh.
The Chen sisters laughed along too.
Just then, Luo Ming pushed the door open and walked out, saying with a hint of teasing, “Sister Shan’s totally socially dead now.”
“Socially dead? President Luo, what does that mean?”
“Uh, socially dead means ‘social death.’ On the surface, it means that to friends and family, you’ve basically died—society has already deemed you dead. In this kind of situation, it means you’ve gone through something incredibly embarrassing, and the people close to you found out about it, so you have no face left to live in this world.”
“Hahaha!” After hearing Luo Ming’s explanation, Chen Sichu laughed even more wildly.
Lin Shuwen and Chen Junmiao couldn’t hold back their smiles either.
“Wenwen, what time is your archery competition today?” Luo Ming asked.
“It starts at 10.”
“I’ll go cheer you on.”
“Don’t bother. I tried it before—I can barely hit the target. My average score at best is a 5 or 6 ring. With that level, I’ll be eliminated in the first round. What’s the point of cheering?”
“So doesn’t that mean you’re free in the afternoon?”
“Nice try. Even if I get eliminated, I still have to cheer for the others from the company.”
“Oh, right. I remember now—yesterday your company people were cheering for you too.”
“But archery should finish pretty early. It’ll probably be done by 3 or 4 in the afternoon.”
“Then how about we go out and have some fun afterward?”
“That works.”
Chen Junmiao had already given up resisting when she saw Luo Ming at Lin Shuwen’s place. She sighed and reminded her, “Sister Wen, remember to wear a mask.”
“I know. Chuchu, help me pack a few extra masks.”
“Okay, Sister Wen.”
At exactly 8, Lin Shuwen and the Chen sisters left together.
Luo Ming freshened up and headed out too.
Even though he’d already decided to go see Professor Wu on Sunday, he could still do some preparation ahead of time.
Luo Ming went straight to the library—he needed to properly prepare for the negotiation with Professor Wu.
He sat in the library all morning. At noon, he went to a nearby Burger King, ate two burgers, and then went back to organizing his materials.
At 3:30 in the afternoon, Luo Ming figured it was about time. He hailed a cab and headed straight to the stadium.
After arriving, Luo Ming called Chen Sichu. A few minutes later, Chen Sichu came to the east entrance and led him inside.
“Chuchu, is the archery competition over?” Luo Ming asked.
“Almost. They’re in the finals now!”
“How did Wenwen do?”
“Sister Wen’s results weren’t ideal—”
“Uh, why does that sentence sound so weird?”
Chen Sichu looked confused. “Sister Wen’s average score is only 4.2 rings. It really isn’t ideal!”
“Never mind, never mind. Just take me over there.”
Chen Sichu nodded and led Luo Ming to the archery venue.
As it happened, by the time they walked over, the competition had just ended. The first-place average score was 8.4 rings—exactly double Lin Shuwen’s.
“Finally, it’s over!” Lin Shuwen said, stretching lazily.
“Sister Wen, President Luo is here.”
“I see him. I’m going to change first. Miaomiao, tell them to wait for me in the parking lot.”
“Okay, Sister Wen.”
The Chen sisters and Luo Ming went to the parking lot together. It was Luo Ming’s first time in a celebrity’s nanny van.
The vehicle looked just like a Class C RV, and the interior was set up much like one too—it even had a small toilet.
“Chuchu, does the toilet in the nanny van also use a black water tank?” Luo Ming asked curiously.
A black water tank is the equipment in an RV used to store waste from the toilet.
The boss at Luo Ming’s second job in his past life had a Class S double-decker RV. Once, during a company dinner, the boss invited the employees to tour his RV.
That time, Luo Ming’s boss specifically showed off the RV’s sewage system, which was how Luo Ming learned how waste was handled in an RV.
Chen Sichu gave a definite answer to Luo Ming’s question: “Yes, President Luo. This nanny van is actually a converted Class C RV, so of course it uses a black water tank.”
“I see.”
“Actually, a lot of celebrities’ nanny vans are converted from RVs—mostly Class B or Class C.”
Click~ Just as Chen Sichu finished speaking, the car door was pulled open.
Lin Shuwen, now changed, climbed into the nanny van carrying a small bag.
“Sister Wen, where are we going?” Chen Sichu asked.
“Luo Ming, what do you think?”
“Let’s find a place with fewer people and drop us off there first!”
“Actually, the parking lot doesn’t have many people. We could just get off here,” Chen Sichu said.
“No! The cars parked here today all belong to celebrities. If we get off here, there’s no guarantee we won’t be photographed,” Chen Junmiao immediately objected.
“Uh, I almost forgot. Then let’s go to the park not far from here! At this hour, office workers are still on the clock, so there shouldn’t be many people in the park. I’ll go drive.”
“That’s more like it. Sister Wen, you should change into another outfit too. You probably ran into people when you came out of the stadium—someone might recognize those clothes.”
“True. Luo Ming, go sit in the passenger seat for a bit. I’m going to change.”
Luo Ming nodded and sat in the passenger seat. Chen Junmiao, still worried, pulled the curtain shut.
Twenty minutes later, the RV parked in a lot near the park. Lin Shuwen had changed into jeans and a lightweight black down jacket. She put on a hat and mask, and she and Luo Ming got out one after the other.
Watching Luo Ming and Lin Shuwen’s retreating figures, Chen Junmiao let out a long sigh.
“Sis, why are you sighing?”
“What do you think it counts as when Sister Wen and President Luo go out together?”
“What does it count as? I guess it counts as a date!”
“You know it counts as a date too! If Sister Shan finds out about this—”
Chen Sichu couldn’t help but shudder. Just thinking about Sister Shan finding out was terrifying.
