Rebirth: My dad is too obedient

Chapter 215 Are You Afraid of Me?

Chapter 215 Are You Afraid of Me?
Baiyun Mountain, Mid-mountain Hotel.

Xu Chen parked the car and turned to Xie Bingran and said:
"Just wait in the car. I'll come find you after I've checked you in."

Xie Bingran couldn't quite understand Xu Chen's actions, but she still said "Oh", and sat obediently in the car with her backpack in her arms waiting.

Xu Chen turned off the car lights, got out of the car with his backpack, and walked towards the hotel lobby.

Xie Bingran looked up at Xu Chen's back, dazed and absent-minded.

She blinked her big eyes and thought that Xu Chen had actually changed a lot in the years since she last spoke to him.

I seem to have changed a lot...

Fortunately, after the two started talking again, the past self seemed to come back...

After Xu Chen's back disappeared, she looked around again. The light around her was dim. There was a street lamp standing under the big banyan tree in front of her. Mosquitoes were flying around it, and the light and shadows flickered.

It's on the mountain and there doesn't seem to be many people in the hotel.

Fortunately it was Brother Bing and not another girl, otherwise she would have screamed in fear.

……

After waiting for a few minutes, Xu Chen came back from a distance.

He smiled, opened the car door, got in, then turned the key and started the car.

"I have booked a room. I guess this hotel is not promoted much, so many rooms are empty."

He turned his head and looked at Xie Bingran:
"I'll go feed you first."

Having said that, he turned the car around and drove out.

……

Half an hour later, the car arrived at Jianshe Sixth Road in the old city.

This is considered the earliest prosperous area in Guangzhou. Before Tianhe City was built nearby, this was also considered the most central area of Guangzhou.

At the same time, many foreigners working and living in Guangzhou also live in this area, and there are many bars run by foreigners around.

After finding a parking lot in the basement of a shopping mall, Xu Chen brought Xie Bingran to the main road.

It was already past nine o'clock in the evening, but many restaurants and bars were just beginning to become lively.

There were many tall foreigners smoking in groups of two or three on the street, and they exuded a strong smell of perfume as they walked by.

There were also some burly black men, hugging each other's shoulders and speaking some unknown language.

Everything I saw gave me a feeling of insecurity, but this place is actually much safer than the area near the train station.

Xie Bingran followed Xu Chen and turned into an alley.

It seems to be a residential area, and there doesn't seem to be a place to eat.

After turning around a few times, Xu Chen sighed:
“That means it hasn’t opened yet.”

It seems that the store he wanted to find had not opened as of 06.

Xie Bingran: "It's okay, we can just go to another place to eat."

Xu Chen smiled and said, "I saw another restaurant just now. It's also a delicious restaurant!"

……

A few minutes later, the two were already sitting in a Yakitori Japanese restaurant.

Business is booming, filled with young men and women looking for a nighttime meal.

Sake, barbecue, and private conversations.

In the background, I could faintly hear the store playing Oda Kazumasa's old songs.

Xu Chen didn't dare take Xie Bingran to eat beef, mutton, and pork outside. The poultry and fish in the yakitori restaurant were still safer.

Chicken with scallions, salt-grilled mackerel, butter potatoes, salmon rice...

I ordered two more bottles of Calpis as drinks.

Xie Bingran pointed at a plate and asked:
"what is this?"

Xu Chen: "The lantern is the oviduct and the eggs in the belly of the chicken. It should burst when you bite it. It all depends on whether the restaurant cooks it at the right temperature."

Xie Bingran was not pretentious. He picked up a bunch and tasted one.

She frowned and chewed. "It's a little weird, but it's delicious."

……

Xu Chen drank his drink and looked at Xie Bingran who was eating with big mouthfuls of food, with a smile on his face.

I remember when I was in junior high school, Xie Bingran was assigned to the same table with me. At that time, she was introverted and taciturn, and was also wary of her deskmate Xu Chen. We sat together for several days without saying a word.

The two began to break the boundary of communication when Xu Chen saw Xie Bingran looking pitiful, without a proper lunch, eating a dry steamed bun without even any pickles.

Xu Chen found it unbelievable and gave half of his food to him.

Xie Bingran's hair was longer then. She lowered her head to eat the food Xu Chen gave her, and used her hair to cover her eyes...

At this moment, Xie Bingran was sitting opposite Xu Chen, also eating with big mouthfuls of food.

Her features still resemble those of the little girl she was back then, but her mood and expression are completely different.

……

Xie Bingran was chewing a piece of salt-roasted wild rice stem. When he looked up, he found Xu Chen staring at him and showed a hint of restraint.

She pursed her lips: "What's wrong?"

Xu Chen: “No…”

Seeing Xie Bingran showing a hint of embarrassment, he smiled and said:

"I like watching you eat."

Xie Bingran swallowed the food in his mouth and said:

“I think I will go to Osaka or somewhere else to compete this year.

It would be great if you could come, I’ll take you to eat this kind of food locally…”

Xu Chen: "Okay, then I'll wait for your treat."

Xie Bingran took a sip of the drink and looked very happy:

"Then I'll go back and ask the coach exactly when and where it is."

Xu Chen: "You don't know anything?"

Xie Bingran: "It's all arranged by the coach and the team. I basically don't have to use my brain. I just follow the coach's instructions to do my training every day and participate in the competitions.

I heard Coach Cheng mention it last time, saying that there was another competition in Osaka or somewhere else, but I didn’t ask in detail at the time.”

Xu Chen: "Besides training and competitions, do you usually do anything else?"

Xie Bingran: "There are also some cultural courses. Teachers will come to the team to teach us, but there will be no exams."

Xu Chen: "I heard from Chen Dahai before that there are always cases where the older players in the sports team bully the younger ones..."

Xie Bingran sneered: "I have dealt with it a long time ago."

Xu Chen: “…”

Xie Bingran: "Can you accompany me to find a place to run later? I haven't finished my daily lessons yet."

Xu Chen: "Are there any venue requirements?"

Xie Bingran: "A playground, basketball court, or open space will do."

Xu Chen thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll take you to the University of Technology. It's not far from here. There's a plastic playground there."

Xie Bingran: “Yeah.”…

After they finished their meal, they walked around the street for a few laps to help digest the food.

Xu Chen and Xie Bingran walked side by side:

"Why do I feel like you've really grown taller?"

Xie Bingran said coldly:
"Oh...it seems like he has grown another centimeter or two taller."

"..."

Xu Chen: "Brother Bing, please don't grow taller than me, right? If you do, it will be too embarrassing for me to stand next to you."

Xie Bingran turned around and looked at the top of Xu Chen's head:
"That's not the case."

Xu Chen suddenly showed a trace of alertness:
"Aren't there a lot of tall, strong and handsome boys in your national team?"

Xie Bingran: "Yes, there are many. We even train together occasionally."

Xu Chen narrowed his eyes: "The men's team and the women's team are training together. Isn't the coach afraid that it will affect your performance?"

Xie Bingran: "The supervision is very strict. The coach is actually very afraid of the players falling in love, especially the girls. Once they fall in love, their grades will drop."

Xu Chen: "Brother Bing is so charming, there must be boys in the team who like you, right?"

Xie Bingran showed a hint of disdain: "They are all brainless."

Xu Chen: “Ah?”

Xie Bingran seemed to suddenly realize something and turned to look at Xu Chen:

"What if a boy likes me?"

Xu Chen: “Ah?!”

……

There are many people running at night on the playground of Industrial University.

In addition to students from the University of Technology, there are also some residents nearby, including old men and women who come out for a walk at night.

Xu Chen squatted on the lawn to rest, while Xie Bingran was doing simple running exercises on the track.

She looked inconspicuous, and her speed and intensity were not very high, just some ordinary variable-speed running.

There were people running and strolling at night all around, and they passed by Brother Bing.

They didn't know that this inconspicuous, tall girl had just won a national championship in Yangcheng.

With a population of 1.3 billion, if we count half of them as girls, that’s 600 million.

And she is ranked first among the six hundred million...

If you think about it this way, Brother Bing is really amazing.

Xu Chen couldn't help but smile, he really had found a treasure.

Who would have thought that the pitiful classmate who had to feed himself lunch would achieve such great success later on?
……

……

Xie Bingran didn't train for too long. In less than half an hour, she came over and sat down next to Xu Chen.

Xu Chen handed over a bottle of mineral water:

"Is this good?"

Xie Bingran was a little out of breath, so he took a sip of the water:
"It doesn't have to be very intense, as long as you can maintain your body functions outside."

There was not much light in the playground at night.

Beads of sweat oozed out of Xie Bingran's slender and beautiful neck...

She had already downed a bottle of water and looked very generous.

……

When the two returned to the hotel, it was already past eleven o'clock at night.

After parking the car, Xie Bingran followed Xu Chen towards the light.

The two people's room was halfway up the mountain. After passing through the winding corridor and climbing up two stairs, they reached a gentle slope where there were four or five guest rooms surrounding a pool.

"It's so quiet." Xie Bingran said.

"Because there are no other guests." Xu Chen said with a smile.

"Oh."

"Are you scared?"

"There's nothing to be afraid of here except you." Xie Bingran muttered.

"Are you afraid of me?" Xu Chen gave a wicked smile.

Xie Bingran seemed to think about it seriously:
"Not afraid."

……

When I opened the door of the guest room, it turned out to be a small suite.

Outside is a small living room, and inside is a standard room with two beds.

"You go take a shower first. I'll watch TV outside." Xu Chen said with a smile.

Xie Bingran pursed her lips and suddenly realized that the atmosphere seemed a little weird.