Age of Legends

Chapter 356 Why Aren't You Laughing
After the dinner, on the way home, in Han Zhouxuan's car, Qin Chao was talking to her husband: "I didn't expect Ning Wenjing to be waiting for me here..."

She was still unhappy, feeling that Ning Wenjing had stolen the spotlight today.

Moreover, Ning Wenjing wasn't surprised that Shen Nuoyi had revealed the existence of her boyfriend, which likely meant she already knew beforehand. The news was released today to wake them up.

Han's father glanced at her and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's really nothing, it's just that I felt Shen Nuoyi's boyfriend's essay was well-structured, but the theme was a bit too exaggerated. These days, the exam-oriented education in China teaches essay writing to be all empty and grandiose. They insist on grand themes, always bringing up integrity and social responsibility..."

Mr. Han said, "That's good too. Isn't that the main point of education? We can't teach people to get stuck on trivialities. Although I haven't met that young man, it's still good. It's quite rare to be in the newspaper. How many people in the whole country get published in the newspaper every year?"

"I don't think so. People who always have grand principles on their lips might be unreliable." Qin Chao curled his lips with a hint of sourness. "If this were your daughter's boyfriend, what would you think?"

Han's father glanced at Han Zhouxuan through the rearview mirror and said, "What's the point of her dating now? She should focus on her studies. You insist on sending her abroad. What will happen in the future..."

"What do you know! Things are more advanced abroad, the perspective is more international, and the content in the English-speaking world is more than ten times that of the Chinese-speaking world! She will meet a lot of outstanding people in the future, and I definitely know my daughter. Zhouzhou is smart, she won't learn anything bad from abroad, right, Zhouzhou!" Qin Chao turned his head to look at her.

"Ah."

Han Zhouxuan nodded. She was already somewhat indifferent. Her parents had argued countless times about her studying abroad, but she felt that her father was just rigid in his thinking, and most of the time she didn't even want to talk to him.

From this perspective, she still somewhat agrees with some of her mother's views.

Having satisfied his desire to talk, Qin Chao felt somewhat better. He then looked in the rearview mirror and said to Han Zhouxuan, "Anyway, let me tell you, Zhouzhou, when you find me a boyfriend in the future, don't give me that artsy young lady act. I don't know how many young girls will be fooled."

Her words implied that she looked down on Shen Nuoyi's boyfriend. But Han Zhouxuan knew her mother's personality very well; she was only pretending not to care because others already had him. If others didn't have him, she would definitely brag about it again.

However, at this point, it seems that Qin Chao still has his own subjective judgment.

"Of course, our family still wants to find someone who is a good match. I think someone like Pei Yan would be quite nice."

"Even if it's not Pei Yan, it can't be worse than Pei Yan."

Inside the car, facing her parents watching her through the rearview mirror, Han Zhouxuan said softly again, "Of course I know."

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"So, you just ate like that, without saying anything at the table?" Shen Nuo returned home and mentioned the family dinner that day. The fact that she didn't report anything surprised Zhang Chen, and he was also a little disappointed.

But then he thought, what is there to look forward to? He didn't really know what he was looking forward to.

"Hmm..." Shen Nuoyi was probably munching on a crisp peach while talking on the phone with Zhang Chen. Her voice was clear and she was chatting casually, but then she changed the subject, "But..."

"But what?"

"It was as if Qin Tangxi took out a few newspapers that seemed to have you on them at the dinner table and showed them to everyone."

Zhang Chen was stunned. Shen Nuoyi's lazy words seemed to be about something trivial, such as "it seems like," "it seems like you're here," but this was clearly a big event.

Zhang Chen finally realized that this girl was playing games with him, trying to trick him in different ways. Was she asking for a beating?
“You…” Zhang Chen said on the phone.

"Huh?" Shen Nuoyi continued to act cute.

"You want me to spank you, huh?" This kind of thing is something childhood sweethearts might say often, but Zhang Chen and Shen Nuo were only half childhood sweethearts; they hadn't reached that level of familiarity before, and they'd never dared to tease each other like that. But now they could, and it seemed they could go beyond just teasing.

"Come on," Shen Nuoyi said in a clear, confident voice as she munched on a peach. She seemed nonchalant, as if she were watching from the sidelines.

Zhang Chen was seething with anger. "So… your family saw my report? Oh dear, how embarrassing… Qin Tangxi didn't 'coincidentally' reveal my identity, did she?" Zhang Chen knew his expression must be laced with sarcasm, his words revealing a smattering of information gleaned from the Shen Nuo family dinner. This concerned him, and as his official girlfriend, Zhang Chen was naturally extremely interested in everything the Shen Nuo family did; it would be a lie to say he wasn't concerned. After all, the development of their relationship involved both families. Besides, Zhang Chen secretly enjoyed showing off in public.

As a result, Shen Nuoyi's infuriating words came through the phone again.

"Oh...no, not at all."

Zhang Chen was so disappointed.

Well, nothing lasts forever, and I have no intention of revealing my identity to her family right now. This is a preemptive measure, so that when I make a grand entrance in front of her family later, I can show off my true identity.

Just as Zhang Chen was about to praise Shen Nuoyi for telling him the information and information she had provided earlier, Shen Nuoyi's lazy voice came through again.

"but……"

"I said that."

Zhang Chen on the other end of the phone almost stumbled and fell.

I almost slammed the phone down.

"Are you making fun of me?" Zhang Chen laughed in anger.

It turns out that from beginning to end, my information was the talk of the town among her family, but afterwards she acted as if nothing had happened in front of me, and just now she said on the phone that it was "nothing special".

However, the more you delve into the conversation, the more she'll drop bombshells on you, like a rabbit throwing out a blind box gift.

I just didn't realize it before. Back in high school, Shen Tu had the title of "female knight-errant," and she seemed so pretty and righteous.

As a result, after graduating from high school, he began to reveal his true nature and let himself go.

Zhang Chen was the number one victim in the case.

However, Zhang Chen cleverly replied, "Heh, I don't believe you. You think you can fool me? Little girl."

Shen Nuo paused for a moment, then her voice came softly: "Hmm...you're quite clever."

"Heh." Zhang Chen chuckled. That's more like it. He had probably been completely swayed by her the whole time. The truth was probably just as she had said: "Nothing happened today," "Nothing extraordinary."

This whole thing was made up to fool him.

Zhang Chen felt that Shen Nuoyi was becoming more and more like a little fox, unruly, and it seemed that he would eventually have to follow the family rules and discipline him.

However, as their relationship grew closer, this relaxed atmosphere became more frequent, and Shen Nuoyi, for the first time ever, revealed her true self to him. She was, in fact, like this: hidden beneath her chivalrous exterior, she would tease those closest to her, revealing her girlish side.

After finishing his long phone conversation with Shen Nuoyi, Zhang Chen felt relieved and went out of his room to see Zhang Zhonghua coming out of the study and talking on the phone.

My dad was quite enthusiastic on the phone: "Oh, Mr. Shen, you even called all the way here. Yes, you had dinner today and heard about Zhang Chen. Well, it's not that I'm keeping it a secret, it's just that he only achieved some minor successes, nothing to brag about. But your daughter, I heard from Zhang Chen, got into Tsinghua University—that's amazing!"

"Yes, yes, I thank you on his behalf... Congratulations to you too."

Zhang Zhonghua hung up the phone and faced Zhang Chen, whose smile had vanished, with a smile on his face: "Shen Nuoyi's father called me and said they heard about your situation today and praised you."

"Hey, shouldn't you be happy? Why aren't you smiling..."

(End of this chapter)