Chapter 205 - 149: The Depressed Young Wife
Chapter 205: Chapter 149: The Depressed Young Wife
"Can you guys come out for a drink with me?"
"I’m in a really bad mood. I feel like I’m getting depressed lately."
...
Sun Lan picked up her phone and fired off a series of messages.
But Gao Yuan wasn’t in the mood to check his phone right then. He was completely stunned by the bowl of chicken noodle soup that Lin Wanyu had placed on the table.
The chicken broth was simmered to perfection; he could tell just by the smell.
But the noodles were what really surprised him.
According to Lin Wanyu, Li Mengqing had mixed the dough herself, rolled it into a sheet, and then cut each strand by hand.
Gao Yuan couldn’t help but give Li Mengqing a thumbs-up.
He remembered they had hired a chef to do it last time, with the girls just cooking the noodles. He never expected Li Mengqing to take on the task herself this time.
’The hands that wield scissors can also handle a rolling pin and a kitchen knife just as masterfully!’
The noodles were not only cut to a uniform thickness, but they were also perfectly chewy. It was hard to believe this was made by someone making hand-pulled egg noodles for the first time.
"These noodles are eighty percent as good as my mom’s."
Gao Yuan was hungry to begin with, so he wolfed down the bowl of noodles in a flash, drinking every last drop of the chicken broth.
Hearing Gao Yuan’s praise, Li Mengqing smiled happily.
She had worked hard all afternoon just so Gao Yuan could enjoy his meal, and now her wish had come true.
"What about me!"
Gao Yuan had only praised Li Mengqing, and Lin Wanyu, who was right beside them, was not pleased.
She was the one who had simmered that pot of chicken soup. And when she was ladling it into Gao Yuan’s bowl, she had deliberately skimmed the layer of oil off the top so it wouldn’t be too greasy for him.
"Do you even need to be praised?"
"From now on, the glorious and great task of making chicken soup in this house is all yours!"
Gao Yuan picked up his empty bowl from the table and handed it directly to Lin Wanyu.
After the two of them finished cleaning up the kitchen and the dining table, the three of them sat leisurely on the sofa to watch TV.
Gao Yuan lay on the sofa with his feet on Lin Wanyu’s lap and his head pillowed on Li Mengqing’s legs, having settled into the perfect position of enjoyment.
Li Mengqing’s hand gently caressed Gao Yuan’s face before settling on his ear, and she started to lightly pinch his earlobe as she watched TV.
In no time at all, Gao Yuan felt his ear begin to burn.
Meanwhile, Lin Wanyu was relentlessly tickling the soles of his feet. Though Gao Yuan felt the tickle, he managed to endure it, his face showing no sign of being unable to take it.
This made Lin Wanyu, who had been sneaking glances at Gao Yuan, a little annoyed.
’This is no fun.’
’No fun at all.’
After watching TV for a while, just before ten o’clock, Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing got up to wash up, and they urged Gao Yuan to hurry up and do the same.
’These two are really proactive about trying to get pregnant!’
Gao Yuan didn’t rush to wash up. Instead, he opened his phone to take a look.
The first thing he saw were messages from Sun Lan, a whole bunch of them complaining about how terrible her married life was and how her mood was getting worse and worse.
It all boiled down to her wanting Gao Yuan to go out and talk with her.
Gao Yuan didn’t believe it was ’just talk.’ If he really went to meet Sun Lan, she would definitely suggest getting a drink, and maybe she’d get ’drunk’ after just one glass.
An old classmate, not bad-looking, and he was rich... it would be perfectly reasonable for something more than friendship to happen.
Gao Yuan didn’t reply. Instead, he saw a message from Yanyan, saying she was going straight back to school tomorrow and that Gao Yuan should call her whenever he missed her.
He could also go visit her at school.
Gao Yuan sent a simple "Okay" in reply.
’Yanyan isn’t a bad girl at heart,’ he thought. ’She just yearns for a better life. I have the means now, so I’m just helping her out a bit.’
Scrolling through, he saw a message from Xiao Xiao, sent sometime after five.
He had just woken up with Yanyan at the time and hadn’t noticed it.
Xiao Xiao’s message asked if he had time to go to Shanghai over the weekend. Gao Yuan thought about it; it had indeed been a while since he’d seen Xiao Xiao, so he replied, "I have time. I’ll head over tomorrow afternoon."
Next, Gao Yuan replied to the other messages on his phone. Just as he was about to put it down, another message from Sun Lan came in.
"Do you think I’m old and boring now?"
When Gao Yuan saw this message, he scoffed internally. ’Old or not, go look in a mirror! Why are you asking me?!’
However, her question suddenly piqued his interest. He was very curious to see what this old classmate was really up to.
"My dear classmate, you’re a good woman, and I’m a player. I don’t want to corrupt you."
"Is it possible that I’m a bad girl now, too?"
Sun Lan had replied with that line the instant he sent his message.
"Is that so?"
"You can try me."
At that moment, his playful side was completely stirred up by Sun Lan. He sent one last line, then shut his phone off and headed for the bathroom.
After washing up, Gao Yuan picked up his phone and glanced at it. Just as he expected, Sun Lan hadn’t sent any more messages.
’Hah. With just that, you want to be a bad girl? Do you even have what it takes?’
Gao Yuan got up, walked to the bedroom, and slipped right into bed, pulling the two women into his arms as he went to sleep.
The next day, he woke up bright and early.
He had gone to bed early last night, so he felt exceptionally great today.
As the three of them went downstairs to work out together, Gao Yuan saw the message Sun Lan had sent last night: "Come out and be with me now, and I’ll do it."
The message was marked as received at midnight.
’This old classmate is really lonely, empty, and cold!’
’Still awake at this hour, mulling over what I said. It took her two hours just to think of that one sentence. She really needs to be taught a lesson!’
Gao Yuan had no intention of replying. When she finally figured it out, she would naturally know what to do.