Chapter 96: Are You Free?

The next day, Su Ruan spent most of her time working on her article and discussing the freelance contract with the editor from Blue Media group.

After writing for a while, Su Ruan finally took a break and looked at her phone. Surprisingly, there were a few unread notifications.

Su Ruan scrolled through her notifications and paused when she saw the message from Long Fei. She quickly clicked on his message.

"Are you free? Should we meet today?"

Su Ruan stared at his message and hesitated. In the end, she recalled that she had agreed to get to know him yesterday and quickly replied that she would be free in the evening.

"Then, I'll pick you up in the evening."

Su Ruan was about to agree when she remember the places that he had taken her to previously. A faint smile curled to her lips and Su Ruan typed, "Are you going to treat me to something delicious?"

On the other line, Long Fei could not help but chuckle when he read her question. "Sure." Then, a few seconds later, the smile on her lips suddenly froze.

Was this a date then?

As the thought came to her mind, Su Ruan quickly shook that thought away. They had only agreed to get to know each other.

It was still too early to call this a date, right?

The two of them exchanged a few words and made their arrangement to meet tomorrow. 

Su Ruan looked at the time and suddenly recalled that she needed to inform her mother that she was going out later. 

After tidying up her desk, Su Ruan went out to look for her mother. She asked around and heard that her mother was in the warehouse to look at the stocks.

When she arrived, Su Ruan saw that her cousin, Ma Yu Xi, and a group of the staff were arranging the boxes. She watched them work for a while before coming over.

Ma Yu Xi's expression lit up when she saw her cousin. "Sister Ruan!"

Su Ruan peeked into the boxes and saw that there were a few bottles of processed cherries. "What are you guys up to? Why did it seem that everyone is busy? A big order is coming?"

Ma Yu Xi laughed softly. "That's not it. In a few weeks, there will be a carnival in the town center. Our orchard will take part and sell a few products at the farmer market." 

"Oh. That carnival."

"Sister Ruan, do you know about the carnival?"

Su Ruan recalled how she was walking in the street with Long Fei when a little girl came over and handed her the flyer.

Later… Long Fei had asked her to go to this carnival together with him and she had agreed.

Thinking about this made her feel a little shy.

Sensing Ma Yu Xi's gaze on her face, Su Ruan quickly recovered her mood. "Mmm… I accompanied my mom yesterday to the town center and a little girl gave me a flyer. It looks fun."

Ma Yu Xi nodded enthusiastically. "Sister Ruan, you have to go. This carnival is once a year event in D Town. There will be a lot of fun activities and good food. That's right."

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Su Ruan suddenly thought of something and a teasing smile curled on her lips. "Are you going to see that boy? Sun Cheng?"

Her eyes widened upon hearing the name. Ma Yu Xi looked around the warehouse and finally breathed in relief when no one was paying attention to their conversation. "Sister Ruan, don't speak loudly. I'll be embarrassed."

Su Ruan laughed. It seemed that this girl was planning to meet the boy she liked at the carnival. "What are you afraid of? There's no one around." 

Ma Yu Xi suddenly heaved another breath. This time, there was a hint of disappointment in her sigh. "I heard that he will be on duty on that day."

"That's also fine, right? You can visit the bakery and find an excuse to talk to him."

"Sister Ruan, you don't understand. Each year, the bakery will offer a big discount on this day. He will be too busy in the kitchen to talk. Sister Ruan, when the time comes, you have to accompany me. I will take you to look around and introduce you to a few delicious things."

Su Ruan smiled. She had already promised to go to this carnival with someone else. However, it would be too awkward to tell this to Ma Yu Xi now. "I'll think about it." Seeing the girl pouted, Su Ruan could only laugh softly. "That's right, have you seen my mother?"

"Second Aunt? She should be in the back with grandpa." Ma Yu Xi glanced in a direction where she had last seen her aunt and grandpa.

After exchanging a few words with Ma Yu Xi, Su Ruan went to look for her mother and saw that she was discussing some matters regarding the stocks with her grandpa.

Not wanting to disturb them, Su Ruan stood at the door and waited for them to finish their discussion.

However, a minute later, Ma Hao Dong looked up and meet her gaze. A wide smile curled on his lips when he saw his granddaughter. "Su Ruan!"

Ma Zheng Zheng halted her report and followed her father's line of eyesight. A hint of surprise flashed on her expression when she saw her daughter. "Su Ruan, why are you here? Didn't you say you were going to work on your article?"

"En. It's done. I got bored and decided to look around," Su Ruan said. "I met my cousin, Ma Yu Xi and she said everyone is busy preparing for the carnival."

"That's right. I forgot to mention this carnival to you," Ma Hao Dong said. "On that day, almost everyone in this town will attend the carnival. You should go as well. I will ask your cousin to bring you around."

Su Ruan listened to her grandpa talking about this carnival with much enthusiasm and smiled. A while later, a staff called her grandpa over to check on something. Once her grandpa was farther enough, Su Ruan turned to her mother and spoke, "Mom, I'm going out in the evening."

"In the evening?" 

"I'll probably be having dinner outside as well."

Ma Zheng Zheng looked at her inquiringly. "With your cousin?"

"No. With a friend."

The frown on her face deepened. "Which friend?"

Her daughter only arrived in this town not too long ago. Each time that she goes out, it would be with her cousin, Ma Yu Xi. Ma Zheng Zheng could not remember if Su Ruan had any friends here.

"That…" Su Ruan hesitated. "It's that young master… Long Fei."

"Is this related to your work?"

Su Ruan was prepared to explain to her mother about her arrangement. But hearing her mother's words, Su Ruan decided to go along with it. "Uh-huh." She did not dare to meet her mother's gaze, afraid that her mother would notice her guilt.

"Then, go ahead. Just remember to come back earlier. This town isn't like the city.. It will be too dark in the night."

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