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Chapter 384: Is This Progressing Too Fast?

In the evening, many couples and some tourist groups came to Haijiao Mountain to watch the sunset. As a result, the mountain path was crowded with people.

Chen Jianhai and Wen Zifan walked side by side on the mountain path. Chen Jianhai pretended to casually look at the scenery on both sides, while Wen Zifan blushed, gently fiddling with the decorative scarf on her bag.

She wanted to say something but didn't know what to say. Not speaking made the atmosphere a bit awkward, making it quite uncomfortable.

As for Qiaokeli and Lin Suyang, the two butterflies, they had no idea where they had flown off to and hadn't been seen along the way.

The path up the mountain wasn't long; it took about 10 minutes to reach the top. 

Many tourists stood in front of the wooden barriers on the cliff, cameras in hand, taking pictures. The vast blue sky was like a giant canvas, filled with golden evening clouds. The green below stretched to the sea, and the houses of varying heights in the distance were bathed in the glow of the sunset.

Upon reaching the summit, Wen Zifan was immediately captivated by the view and walked to the wooden barrier, gazing at the distant sky, unable to help but praise it.

"This place is so beautiful…"

Hearing Wen Zifan's words, Chen Jianhai looked down at her. At that moment, the setting sun made her hair glow a gentle chestnut color. Her curly, soft hair floated in the evening breeze, lightly brushing against Chen Jianhai's arm.

Her amber eyes gazed at the golden horizon, capturing all the tenderness of the sunset.

"Yes…" Chen Jianhai murmured softly, looking at Wen Zifan's profile, "This place is really beautiful."

Wen Zifan raised her head and gave Chen Jianhai a smile. Just as she was about to say something, a sudden gust of wind blew past.

Wen Zifan instinctively closed her eyes. In an instant, her gold-pink eyeshadow shimmered in the sunset light.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

Wen Zifan looked at Chen Jianhai's flushed face with a doubtful expression. His expression didn't seem right.

Perhaps bothered by the wind, Wen Zifan blinked her eyes. Her golden eyelids fluttered, resembling Sun Wukong blinking as he prepared to steal the golden hoop in the Dragon Palace of the East Sea.

Chen Jianhai couldn't help it and burst into laughter.

Wen Zifan was startled at first, then her face darkened, and she fiercely pinched Chen Jianhai's arm.

Take that for laughing at me!

Let's see if you laugh again!

...

"Honestly,"

"Women are petty and hard to please."

During school years, whenever Xu Bo slapped his thigh and sincerely said this to Chen Jianhai and Xiao Lang, they would both feel a mix of pity and frustration, lamenting how their friend seemed weak.

For example, if she dreamt you cheated, you'd get scolded. 

If you didn't give her the last chip, you'd get scolded. 

If she fell asleep with a face mask on and you didn't help remove it, you'd get scolded.

If you didn't adjust the water temperature after your shower and she got hit by cold water, you'd get scolded. 

If she asked you to wash dishes after applying hand cream and you postponed it for a game, you'd get scolded.

In short, all the scoldings Xu Bo should've received in his life, he got from his girlfriends.

Every time Chen Jianhai and Xiao Lang heard such stories, they felt a mix of envy and disdain.

You get scolded, and you still date?

Serves you right! If it were me, I'd have told her to leave long ago.

No way I'd let a girl boss me around!

Not happening, no way!!!

But now, Chen Jianhai wished he could slap himself.

Damn,

So sweet!

...

After a tremendous wail, Chen Jianhai, rubbing his bruised arm, bought two Ferris wheel tickets from the ticket booth. On the way back, he sneakily bought a sausage and a bottle of juice before running back.

"It's windy outside. Let's watch the night view inside the Ferris wheel," Chen Jianhai suggested.

Wen Zifan gave Chen Jianhai a glare, then looked at the juice and sausage in his arms. Her face turned red in an instant.

"I thought you might be hungry, so I bought a sausage and some juice," Chen Jianhai said with a straight face, though clearly feeling nervous.

As he spoke, he raised the sausage, intending to feed it to Wen Zifan like Lin Suyang had done for Qiaokeli.

But as soon as he raised it, Wen Zifan grabbed it from him.

"Let's go."

Wen Zifan said, turning towards the Ferris wheel entrance, leaving Chen Jianhai behind.

Chen Jianhai quickly followed.

...

Although Chen Jianhai and Wen Zifan were officially boss and assistant, Chen Jianhai shamelessly squeezed into the same compartment as Wen Zifan.

Across from them sat a single man with a camera.

The man seemed there to photograph the sunset and night scene, immediately snapping away as soon as he got on.

Chen Jianhai and Wen Zifan sat side by side, about 20 centimeters apart. One held the sausage, the other the juice.

The golden sunset shone on the drifting clouds, turning them golden, and then they slowly dimmed. 

The distant sea turned from blue to gray, eventually swallowed by the night, leaving the city lights to shine brightly.

"Are you thirsty?"

Chen Jianhai scooted closer to Wen Zifan, whispering.

Wen Zifan looked at the juice, recalling how Lin Suyang had fed juice to Qiaokeli and quickly shook her head, saying calmly, "I'm fine, not hungry."

After a pause, Wen Zifan looked at the sausage in her hand and thought she should reciprocate the gesture.

"Are you hungry?"

"Yes," Chen Jianhai immediately nodded, eyes filled with a certain expectation.

He really was hungry.

Except for the meal at the island's jellyfish lake in the morning, he hadn't eaten anything and was starving.

But Wen Zifan misinterpreted his eager look.

Are you serious?

Wen Zifan, feeling flustered by Chen Jianhai's expectant look, shoved the sausage into his hand.

"Eat it."

Chen Jianhai was about to take a bite, but hesitated, looked at Wen Zifan, and courteously offered:

"Why don't you have a bite first, and then I'll eat?"

As soon as he said that, Wen Zifan's face turned red, staring at Chen Jianhai in astonishment.

Isn't this progressing a bit too fast?