Please Like Her 21 – Let’s spend every holiday together in the future.
After getting off the roller coaster.
Although Shang Lu was speechless at Chi Yan’s expressionless scream, she still felt like she had a lot of fun, a feeling that swept away her fatigue.
Other than her legs feeling a little weak and her heart beating a bit faster, everything was perfect.
The experience was great; she want to come again next time.
Chi Yan looked at Shang Lu again and asked, “Do you want to go on the ferris wheel now?”
In their itinerary, these two activities were scheduled back-to-back.
Shang Lu waved her hand, refusing, “Next time, definitely next time.”
Even though thrilling activities were quite fun, she was a first-timer after all, so she needed to take it easy.
They reduced some of the thrilling games, and the originally tight schedule became more relaxed.
Until the final activity.
According to the plan, they were now going to have dinner, and after dinner, they could go watch the fireworks.
A very charming themed restaurant with a park-like atmosphere. Although the items inside were a bit overpriced, it was hard to resist due to the cute presentation.
Just after they ordered their meal, they learned that the restaurant had a parent-child activity. One adult and one child could participate in the competition, and the winning team would receive two theme dolls not available for sale.
This activity was held every day, with different competitions. Today’s theme was facial expressions. Participants had to make exaggerated expressions according to the host’s instructions and gain the audience’s approval to win.
Shang Lu’s attention was drawn to the two adorable dolls, and she couldn’t help but keep looking in the direction of the stage. She felt a bit disappointed since she couldn’t participate in the competition; she would definitely be recognized.
Chi Yan & Xiao Mi : “…”
The two exchanged a knowing glance and understood what the other was thinking.
Xiao Mi said, “That competition… sounds really interesting.”
How could there be such a boring competition in this world? As an elementary school student, she couldn’t understand it.
“I agree,” Chi Yan stood up enthusiastically and invited Xiao Mi, “Why don’t we participate?”
Actually, he could have asked Wenren Yan to get one for him, but… he could win it through his own abilities.
Shang Lu: “!”
Shang Lu couldn’t believe it. “You both actually like making-funny-faces game?”
Xiao Mi replied, “Yes, Sister, I find it very fun.”
Chi Yan : “…something I haven’t tried before, it’s quite refreshing.”
The expressions of the two people seemed to carry some degree of ‘self-brainwashing,’ and it was not very convincing.
Of course, without a prize, normal people wouldn’t want to participate in this kind of competition.
Shang Lu laughed and understood as well.
She lowered her eyes and said, “Thank you.”
With Shang Lu’s words, both of them were filled with determination.
They had to win!
Watching Chi Yan and Xiao Mi team up to collect their competition numbers, Shang Lu lowered her head and continued to browse the menu on her phone, hesitating whether to order another dessert.
She wanted to eat cake, but this was dinner.
There should be no regrets when going out! So, should she order another piece of cake or not?
Shang Lu ordered another piece of cake, but suddenly, she saw a woman passing by her who fell to the ground next to her.
Shang Lu quickly got up to help and asked, “Are you okay? Can you get up?”
“Thank you, young lady,” the woman said as she stood up with Shang Lu’s help. She seemed a bit annoyed and added, “I knew I wasn’t cut out for high heels.”
It was only now that Shang Lu noticed that in the cold winter, the woman was wearing a light golden long dress and had stylish light pink hair, but her skin was noticeably loose.
Despite her youthful appearance, the owner of this attire appeared to be in her early forties with deep wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
Shang Lu found it somewhat surprising.
The woman smiled at her and said, “Don’t be surprised, young lady. This is my personal style. My dream when I was young was to age beautifully like this.”
“No,” Shang Lu shook her head, and her main concern was, “Aren’t you cold?”
Most of her skin was exposed, the indoor heating was not very strong, let alone the outside temperature. Just looking at it made Shang Lu shiver, but the woman seemed unfazed.
“Do you want to touch?” the woman replied casually, extending her arm toward Shang Lu.
It was clear that she didn’t shiver or get goosebumps; the woman was genuinely not cold.
Intense curiosity made Shang Lu unable to resist reaching out her hand, and even more astonishingly, the woman’s exposed arm was much warmer than her own hand.
Shang Lu was shocked.
She unbelievably rolled up her sleeves a bit and compared herself to the woman.
Almost the same?! Both have a warm body temperature.
But she’s wearing thermal underwear! Is this woman’s body temperature even human?
Shang Lu couldn’t help but ask, “Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”
The woman replied with a smile, “Don’t worry, it’s just a matter of constitution.”
Shang Lu nodded in understanding.
But… Why is this woman still not leaving?
Seeing the woman still standing next to her, Shang Lu reminded her, “It’s mealtime, and there are hardly any empty seats left here.”
If the woman doesn’t sit down soon, there won’t be any seats available.
What’s more, the woman’s attire in this weather is quite conspicuous, and many customers glanced in their direction.
For Shang Lu, drawing attention to herself in public is troublesome.
And the woman still held a divination ruler in her hand, pointing it in Shang Lu’s direction, muttering, “My son should be here, where is he?”
Shang Lu kindly reminded, “If your son is lost, you can contact the staff to announce it through the broadcast.”
Surely that’s more reliable than a divination ruler.
“No,” the woman shook her head, denying it, and explained to Shang Lu, “I did a divination two days ago, and my son’s Red Phoenix star1 is active recently. I came to check the situation.”
Shang Lu : “…”
She understood. The woman’s son wasn’t lost; he was being followed.
It was clear that this woman was superstitious like the Ou family.
The woman sighed, and after making sure her son wasn’t behind Shang Lu, she said, “It seems the divination ruler is malfunctioning. In that case, I’ll have to use a more scientific approach.”
Shang Lu was curious again and asked, “What approach?”
The woman put away the divination ruler, took out her phone, and smiled, “Of course, it’s to make a phone call.”
Shang Lu : “…”
That’s indeed a very scientific approach.
The woman dialed and raised the phone to her ear.
The next moment, the phone on the table rang. Chi Yan left his phone here when he went to the competition with Xiao Mi.
Seeing the caller ID displaying ‘Mom,’ Shang Lu fell silent.
Could there be such a coincidence in this world?
The woman asked Shang Lu, “Your phone rang. Why didn’t you answer it?”
Shang Lu looked at the woman and asked, “May I ask, what’s your son’s name?”
The woman replied, “Chi Yan, why do you ask?”
Trembling, Shang Lu reached out and answered the phone.
“Son, where are you?”
The woman’s voice simultaneously sounded from in front of Shang Lu and from the phone she was holding up.
The woman lowered her head in astonishment, realizing the reason why the divination ruler brought her here : “It’s because of the residual aura.”
Shang Lu : “…”
- also known as Red Matchmaker, basically symbolizes romance, although it’s also linked to financial stability and joyous occasion. ↩︎