Chapter 416: What Era Are We Even In? Things Like This Still Happen?!

Xiao Yanran was stunned—again. She’d lost count of how many times she’d been dazed today.

“M-Meet me?” she asked nervously, stammering as her voice trembled with tension.

Wang Yun nodded casually. “Sit down, don’t get nervous.”

“It’s just Director Zhou’s wife. Their kid is my godson. It’s just a casual meal. If you don’t want to go, that’s totally fine.”

Wang Yun actually regretted inviting Xiao Yanran to dinner at Director Zhou’s home the moment he said it. After all, things between them hadn’t reached that stage yet.

Asking her to dinner out of nowhere? At a senior family member’s house, no less?

Any girl would feel anxious. Let alone someone as pure and simple as Xiao Yanran. But the moment she heard Wang Yun’s words, she quickly waved her hands.

“No, no, I want to go. I’ll start getting ready for it tomorrow.”

As she said this, she looked over at Zhu Xiaoxiao.

Zhu Xiaoxiao understood exactly what she meant the second she saw her eyes. She sighed helplessly and nodded.

“Alright, I’ll just keep playing the good guy. I’ll help you take a day off tomorrow. Anyway, our Team Leader Qing probably dreams of becoming your in-law too. You go prepare for tomorrow properly, but I’ll say this up front, Mr. Wang, our Yanran is just a regular girl. Please take good care of her.”

Zhu Xiaoxiao turned to Wang Yun and gave him a pointed look.

Wang Yun immediately nodded. “Of course. I’ll come pick you up tomorrow, and I’ll handle the gifts. I’ll also help get you an outfit for the occasion. After all, she’s my… sister.”

Wang Yun barely stopped himself from blurting out that last word—“woman”.

Good thing he caught it in time.

Xiao Yanran, hearing that, gave a nervous nod.

Just then, the first course was served. It was a light appetizer. Each person got six small, exquisitely presented plates.

And so, a satisfying dinner officially began.

Later that night, Wang Yun had originally wanted to take Xiao Yanran for a stroll by the seaside, but Zhu Xiaoxiao stayed glued to them the entire time.

With no choice, he politely sent both of them home.

But when he saw that they lived in an old residential complex far from their company, Wang Yun asked Director Zhou for a favor. He wanted help finding them a nicer apartment closer to work.

As it happened, Director Zhou owned a commercial-residential apartment nearby that he had invested in.

He immediately offered to let the two girls live there.

Wang Yun was very grateful and decided that when he visited their home tomorrow, he’d bring some valuable gifts.

The night passed quickly.

Wang Yun had one of the best sleeps he’d had in a while.

Xiao Yanran, on the other hand, didn’t sleep a wink.

It wasn’t until morning that she dozed off for a brief moment.

They’d just had dinner, and now she was already going to meet his family. Even if they weren’t blood-related, that person was still someone very close to Wang Yun.

Did this mean… that her relationship with Wang Yun was growing more and more intimate?

That thought alone had her giggling to herself all night.

“Yanran didn’t sleep well last night. Come pick her up in the afternoon instead.”

That was the message Wang Yun saw from Zhu Xiaoxiao the moment he opened his eyes in the morning.

She even attached an angry dog emoji at the end.

With an IQ of 300, of course Wang Yun got the message.

“Okay. Thank you. She’s very pure.”

Wang Yun’s reply was short and simple, but it conveyed everything he needed to say. And it left Zhu Xiaoxiao with an even better impression of him.

Since Xiao Yanran needed to rest, Wang Yun figured he might as well find something else to do.

While he was happily making breakfast in the kitchen, a call came in from Brother Hu.

Brother Hu didn’t live in Magic City, his home was up north. In a rural county in the northern region.

When the call connected, Brother Hu was on video chat. Behind him stretched endless wheat fields.

“Boss, how’s life treating you? Look at these wheat crops behind me. If city life gets too boring, come harvest some wheat with me,” Brother Hu shouted at the top of his lungs, full of energy.

“I’m doing fine. It’s only been three or four days, and you’re already calling me?”

Wang Yun propped the phone up nearby and continued cooking while chatting.

“Hehe, I just missed you, that’s all. We lived and worked together for a whole month, kinda got used to it. Now, without anyone around, I can’t even sleep well. I keep waking up in the middle of the night thinking the inspector’s here and it’s time to run.”

“Pfft—hahaha!”

Wang Yun burst out laughing. Brother Hu’s nonsense was just too good.

Habits really were the scariest thing.

“Alright, alright, you and that slick mouth of yours. Where’s Xiao Gang? What’s he up to?”

Wang Yun leaned into the small talk.

From what Brother Hu said, Xiao Gang was also at home helping harvest wheat. But he was also going on blind dates.

Apparently, they weren’t going very well. Someone in his village seemed to be picking on him.

That piqued Wang Yun’s interest.

“Boss, you wouldn’t believe it,” Brother Hu said with a furious tone. “There’s a local thug in the village who’s also got his eye on the girl Xiao Gang likes.

“That guy’s got a terrible reputation, so no matchmaker ever dares introduce anyone to her. But because Xiao Gang’s been on TV and got famous, the moment he came home, they rushed to match him with the girl.

“Once that thug heard about it, he couldn’t force the girl, so he went and threatened Xiao Gang. Said if he dared go through with the blind date, his whole family of five wouldn’t have a roof over their heads the next day.”

Brother Hu recounted it with burning rage, his voice full of indignation.

Wang Yun’s brows furrowed slightly when he heard that.

What era are we even living in and stuff like this still happens?