Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

Zheng Yanyan shook her head and said she wouldn’t go, claiming that climbing the mountain was exhausting and not fun at all.

"Hey, how about we go shopping? I’m going home tomorrow, and it would be a good chance to pick up some things for my parents," Zheng Yanyan suggested.

Zhou Yuwen said he didn’t mind.

Lu Lin even said it was up to her.

So the two of them ended up accompanying Zheng Yanyan as she shopped, truly just accompanying her. But it was alright, because Zheng Yanyan still maintained some boundaries; she always paid for her own shopping.

Sometimes Zhou Yuwen offered to pay, but Zheng Yanyan wouldn’t let him.

Zhou Yuwen said that the small amount of money didn’t matter.

"I don’t want it. If I really took your money, I wouldn’t know how to turn you down," Zheng Yanyan said with a chuckle.

When Zhou Yuwen heard this, he realized, "Oh, so you never considered saying yes to me?"

Zheng Yanyan said no.

"Just can’t rush it, huh?"

This was actually normal; despite her straightforward way of speaking, Zheng Yanyan was very measured in her actions, having kept herself well-protected over the past eighteen years.

Zhou Yuwen knew this well. Having dated Su Qing for four years in his previous life, he was quite familiar with the affairs of her dormitory; they all suffered from very high standards, and when he divorced Su Qing, several of them still didn’t have boyfriends.

According to Su Qing, ever since she had married Zhou Yuwen, Zheng Yanyan always asked her what it felt like to be with a guy and if Zhou was strong.

Since Zheng Yanyan already made her stance clear, Zhou Yuwen didn’t push her. If she wanted to pay herself, let her pay; he was just there to support her.

The shopping continued as Zheng Yanyan went from shop to shop, trying on a lot of clothes but buying few.

She even tried to buy two pieces of clothing for Zhou Yuwen, pulling him to try them on, and if they felt right, she’d buy them.

During this process, Lu Lin was very quiet.

She simply sat there, waiting.

In fact, both Lu Lin and Zheng Yanyan were similar in physique and appearance, but Zheng Yanyan was the lively type while Lu Lin was quiet.

Lu Lin remembered liking to wear dark clothes, and today she was wearing a pair of slightly flared black jeans, which actually made her legs appear longer than Zheng Yanyan’s.

She wore a black tank top, her slender arms exposed, just sitting there playing with her phone, waiting for Zheng Yanyan to try on clothes.

Zhou Yuwen asked her if she wasn’t going to try on a couple of pieces.

"No need, even if I tried them, I couldn’t afford them," Lu Lin said bluntly.

Zhou Yuwen just acknowledged it and added nothing more.

If that’s how she put it, what else could he add? Continuing the conversation would only make things more awkward.

So, he spent the afternoon accompanying Zheng Yanyan as she tried on clothes and they ended up eating dinner directly in the mall, hosted by Zheng Yanyan at a rather charming restaurant.

Zheng Yanyan had bought a lot of stuff today, spending roughly two thousand.

Zhou Yuwen said, "You’ve spent so much money, how will you manage later."

Zheng Yanyan said half of it was for her mom.

"I’m going home anyway, I will definitely claim a reimbursement from them."

"Yuwen, why don’t you just come home with me?" Zheng Yanyan joked.

Zhou Yuwen replied, "Wishful thinking, huh? You haven’t hooked me up with anything, and you’re already taking me home?"

"What else did you want to hook up?"

"I am a normal man."

Their interaction was quite casual, not minding the presence of others. When discussing this, Zheng Yanyan rolled her eyes at Zhou Yuwen as if to say, ’What are you implying? Lu Lin is still here, you know?’

Zhou Yuwen chuckled, it was a habit he picked up from interacting with other girls in his previous life.

The principle was to clearly demonstrate his needs when interacting with women. While it didn’t need to be too forceful, he had to let them know he was interested in getting more intimate. After a couple of times, they might refuse, but as time passed, and he took them out more often and gave them gifts, it naturally became harder for them to say no, and his requests would then be easier to fulfill.

Of course, this approach assumed the man was not short on money and had clear intentions, unlike pure love typical of college romances.

Lu Lin caught Zhou Yuwen’s implication but remained silent, continuing to eat her ice cream with her head down.

After dinner, Zheng Yanyan and Lu Lin walked hand in hand ahead, continuing their shopping a little longer while Zhou Yuwen followed, carrying the bags.

By eight o’clock that evening, he had dropped them back at the dorm.

Zhou Yuwen was steering with one hand and holding Zheng Yanyan’s hand with the other.

And Zheng Yanyan, ever so sensible, placed his hand on her leg.

When the car came to a stop, Zheng Yanyan pretended to get out. Explore more at empire

Zhou Yuwen said, "You’re leaving just like that?"

Zheng Yanyan gave Zhou Yuwen a look, "You’re hopeless."

Then she told Lu Lin to take the things up first and that she would accompany Zhou Yuwen for a stroll nearby.

"Mm."

Lu Lin had known this was going to happen all along.

She took the stuff back to the dorm first.

Late, Zhou Yuwen drove the car to a secluded corner by the school’s artificial lake.

The car stopped, engines off.

The lighting here was dim, only the lake’s surface shimmered with a tranquil light.

Zheng Yanyan was bending her head down playing with her phone, seemingly editing photos, brushing up all the pictures taken today before continuing to post on her social media.

Everyone knew the score already, and precisely because of this, Zheng Yanyan was still quite cautious internally.

Zhou Yuwen had been waiting for Zheng Yanyan to finish editing before getting all romantic under the moonlight.

But Zheng Yanyan wouldn’t look up, still snapping pictures of her own legs.

Zhou Yuwen couldn’t do much but wasn’t in a hurry either, she played with her phone.

So he decided to play on his phone as well.

Afterward, without much interaction between them, Zheng Yanyan eventually couldn’t hold back. She leaned her seat back, took off her shoes, shifted her body a bit, and very naturally placed her sock-clad feet on Zhou Yuwen’s legs.

She even wiggled them on his legs.

Zhou Yuwen, one hand on the phone, naturally began to caress Zheng Yanyan’s feet.

In the dim light, Zheng Yanyan’s legs were blindingly white, and her sock-clad feet looked beautiful. Her calves were slim and elegant, and her ankles were also quite nice.

Her toes naughtily poked against the white socks. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Zhou Yuwen caressed them for a while, his emotions stirred by Zheng Yanyan, and he simply plucked off her socks.

She was, after all, an eighteen-year-old girl with flawless, slender feet.

But Zheng Yanyan was a Northern girl with bigger feet than Su Qing. Zhou Yuwen measured her soles with his hand—they were a bit bigger than Su Qing’s, but her toes were well-manicured, lying in his lap like two little rabbits, swinging to and fro.

Zhou Yuwen scratched the sole of her foot, and she pressed her feet down, not allowing him to scratch.

She either intentionally or unintentionally rubbed against Zhou Yuwen’s pants.

At that moment, Zhou Yuwen indeed felt something. When he touched her, Zheng Yanyan clearly felt it too and leaned to the side.

"What are you looking at?"

Seeing her constantly looking down, Zhou Yuwen took the initiative and leaned in.

But she was sitting to the side, so Zhou Yuwen couldn’t quite reach; instead, he wrapped his arms around her legs and pulled.

"Ouch! What are you doing?"

"Come here."

Zhou Yuwen gave a tug, pulling Zheng Yanyan into his embrace.

This way, her jean-clad bottom was perfectly against him.

Zheng Yanyan’s face flushed at once, too embarrassed to speak.

Zhou Yuwen adjusted their position so it wasn’t too constricting.

Damn it, to be young, on normal days you wouldn’t feel a thing.

But now, with a beauty in his arms, Zhou Yuwen genuinely felt himself getting hard.