Chapter 97: A Picnic

Su Ruan set to meet with Long Fei before her grandpa came home to avoid the others from asking questions. She heaved a breath in relief when she did not run into anyone as she headed out.

However, when Su Ruan saw Long Fei's vehicle parked outside the gate, she started to tense again.

Taking a few deep breaths to calm down, Su Ruan walked closer and watched as Long Fei alighted from the driver's seat and walked around the vehicle.

An awkward smile curled on her lips as their gaze met. In the end, Su Ruan suppressed that feeling and muttered. "Hi."

Long Fei laughed softly as he saw the way she had reacted. Not wanting to make her feel uncomfortable, Long Fe decided not to tease her. "Hi." He pulled the door for her and gestured for her to come in.

Su Ruan lowered her head and scolded herself for her awkward greeting. She slid into the passenger's seat and tried to compose herself.

Once Long Fei was behind the wheel, the awkward look on Su Ruan's face had already disappeared. "Where are we going?"

Su Ruan recalled that Long Fei had once mentioned that he did not like to appear in front of a larger crowd in the town as most people recognized him and would always stare at him.

Then, he shouldn't be taking her to one of the restaurants in the town center, right?

"The town center."

His answer surprised her. It seemed that his answer was different than what she had thought.

The vehicle started to move and Su Ruan looked out the window to enjoy the town's scenery. Finding that the silence between them was too awkward, Su Ruan decided to initiate a conversation.

"The editor from Blue Media e-mailed me last night," Su Ruan began. "I forgot to mention this to you."

Long Fei raised a brow. "How did the discussion go?" Although he was aware of Su Ruan's exchange with the editor, Long Fei decided to pretend that he knew nothing about it.

"It went well. The editor said that I can try and submit my first article next week." Su Ruan paused for a few seconds before continuing. "Your company is quite generous with the payment."

Long Fei laughed. "Mmm… I'm glad you think so."

"It couldn't be that you had to do something with it, right?" Su Ruan's tone had a hint of teasing.

"Of course, not. The moment you agreed, I handed everything to the editor. Since she had offered to pay you generously, then it should be because she thinks highly of you."

Of course, these were all lies. Su Ruan's contract with Blue Media was something that he had personally looked at. However, Long Fei did not want Su Ruan to feel uncomfortable and could only push everything to this unknown editor.

Su Ruan smiled and did not think too much about this matter.

Although Long Fei had said that he was interested in getting to know her, Su Ruan believed that Long Fei was someone who will not pull a few strings for her sake.

After all, they only know each other briefly.

"Long Fei, thank you."

The man glanced at the person beside him and nodded. "You're welcome."

After a while, the two of them finally arrived in the town center.

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Su Ruan had thought that Long Fei was going to take her to one of the restaurants in the town center.

However, she soon found that Long Fei had parked his vehicle near the jetty. The boat that she had boarded previously with her cousin has docked not too far away.

"We're taking the boat?"

"Uh-huh."

"Are we going to Auntie Wang's place again?"

"No." Long Fei saw the puzzled look in her eyes and asked, "What do you think about a picnic? Of course, I promise that there will still be delicious food."

Su Ruan glanced at the boat and hesitated. The last time she had boarded this boat, she was with her cousin. But now that there will be only the two of them, Su Ruan was a little concerned.

"I promised you that we won't be doing anything other than sightseeing, eating, and chatting," Long Fei said.

Su Ruan hesitated. In the end, she decided to trust him a little. "Alright. But I am still not that comfortable with boat riding."

The two alighted from the car and headed to the boat. Once they get closer, an elder man came out of the cabin and exchanged a few words with Long Fei.

After checking that everything was alright, the boat started to cruise on the lake slowly.

Su Ruan sat at the same spot she had sat down the last time she got into the boat. As they get farther away, the orange sky slowly turned darker.

Looking at the dark water scared her a little bit. Subconsciously, Su Ruan tightened her grip on the handle.

After a while, the boat finally slow down. Su Ruan looked around and realized that they were in the middle of the lake. On her left and right were the trees and the mountains.

"We're here."

Su Ruan raised a brow upon hearing his words. "This is the middle of the lake?"

"Uh-huh." Long Fei nodded. He picked up a basket at the side with one hand and extended his free hand to Su Ruan. "Come on."

"Where are we going?" Su Ruan looked at him in alarm.

They were already in the middle of the lake. Where else was he thinking of taking her?

Long Fei chuckled at her reaction. "Let's go upstairs. Didn't I tell you that we're going to picnic? Don't worry. It will be safe. I promise."

Su Ruan could only tighten her grip around the safety jacket on her body. Then, slowly, she placed a hand in Long Fei's and let him lead her to the stairs that headed up.

Long Fei clicked on a switch and suddenly, the boat's surroundings were dimly lighted.

Now that she could see everything around her, Su Ruan finally breathe in relief.

"Sit down." Long Fei motioned towards the picnic mat he had spread earlier.

Once he took out the food from the basket, Su Ruan realized that he was serious about going for a picnic.

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