Chapter 69 Who Isn't Someone's Little Darling

Time flew by, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Over these past three days, Cao Kun lived a wonderfully fulfilling life.

Every day, he shuttled back and forth between the Orchid Grand Hotel and his home.

Moreover, Li Wenwen only felt unwell for a single day; after that, she had no problem getting out of bed and walking around.

Consequently, Cao Kun did not simply travel back and forth between the hotel and his home, but also took Li Wenwen out to explore their rundown little county town.

Therefore, he actually spent very little time at home during these three days.

He would only stay at home for three or four hours each day, while the rest of the time was spent together with Li Wenwen.

To this, Wang Shanshan paid no mind whatsoever.

That was because she was currently engaged in a frenzy of physical exercise.

Cao Kun's remark from three days ago—that she was growing fat around her waist—acted like a death warrant, scaring her into working out with absolute desperation.

Wang Shanshan was well aware of what she wanted.

She intended to use her figure, her face, and her own tactics to achieve a class leap through marriage.

She wanted to use marriage to transform herself into a member of the upper class, into a wealthy person!

And to achieve this goal, maintaining a slender figure could be said to be the most basic, bottom-line condition.

Since she had neither family background, nor financial resources, nor capability, if she didn't even have a physique capable of attracting men, why on earth would anyone from the upper class marry her?

Would they marry her for the spare tire around her waist?

Therefore, Wang Shanshan absolutely could not allow any excess fat to appear on her body.

Because of this, over the past three days, Wang Shanshan exercised like a madwoman, completely unconcerned with what Cao Kun was busy doing.

Even during the three or four hours Cao Kun returned home every day, she deliberately chose movements that involved high physical exertion and aided in weight loss.

One could say that for the sake of losing weight, she had reached the extreme of leaving no stone unturned. She let slip not even the tiniest opportunity.

Naturally, the results were extremely evident.

After just three days, Cao Kun could no longer pinch the little bit of belly fat on her waist.

"Safe journey, and remember, if you ever encounter suspicious passengers again, call the train police directly."

In front of the Xia County railway station, Cao Kun offered parting advice to Li Wenwen, who was hugging him reluctantly.

As a rundown little county town, Xia County did not have much to see. After staying for three or four days, Cao Kun had already taken Li Wenwen to every possible place and sampled every local delicacy available.

Originally, Li Wenwen wanted to stay with Cao Kun until he left for college and accompany him to campus for registration.

After all, she had a half-month paid leave, which was more than enough time.

However, just this morning, her mother found out about her harrowing experience on the train and was frightened out of her wits, insisting that she return home immediately so she could check if her daughter was alright.

Upon reflection, since she had half a month of vacation, failing to go back and visit her aging mother would indeed be somewhat unfilial, so she finally decided to make the trip back.

"Mhm, I know," Li Wenwen said, hugging Cao Kun tightly. "You need to take good care of yourself. In three more days, you'll be heading off to college, and I probably won't be able to accompany you to register."

"It doesn't matter," Cao Kun said. "It's just registering for college, you don't need to accompany me. Going home and properly taking care of your mom is what really matters."

"Besides, how convenient is it for the two of us to meet? Aren't you often on the train line passing through Haicheng? Whenever you reach Haicheng in the future, you can just switch shifts and spend a few days playing there."

Li Wenwen smiled and pursed her lips. "Rest assured, I'll be coming to Haicheng to find you every few days. Oh, right."

With that, Li Wenwen glanced at Wang Shanshan not far away, lowered her voice, and said, "That flatmate of yours doesn't look like a good person. You mustn't let her trick you."

Li Wenwen and Wang Shanshan had formally met the previous night.

Since Cao Kun wasn't sleeping at home every night and Wang Shanshan wasn't a fool, she knew there was definitely something fishy going on.

And Cao Kun had no intention of hiding it, admitting to it quite openly and generously.

In fact, he even brought Li Wenwen home last night, and the three of them had a home-cooked meal together.

Of course, the main purpose wasn't for Wang Shanshan and Li Wenwen to become acquainted, but rather for Li Wenwen to recognize the place as his home.

Regardless of what Li Wenwen thought, Cao Kun felt that since she had given him her first time, her second time, and whatever other messes of firsts she had, he couldn't just offer empty promises; at the very least, he had to let her come to his house for a meal and get familiar with the door.

To keep her living in a hotel indefinitely—what did he take her for?

Therefore, he brought Li Wenwen home last night.

And Wang Shanshan, just as she and Cao Kun had previously agreed, firmly maintained that she wouldn't interfere in anyone else's private relationship, claiming she was just an ordinary classmate temporarily staying at Cao Kun's place because her family had some issues and she truly had nowhere else to go.

However, sincere as Wang Shanshan's words were, she had forgotten to throw out the morning's trash.

And consequently, Li Wenwen caught sight of certain items inside the trash can.

Following that, Wang Shanshan appeared extremely awkward.

After all, the ink was barely dry on her claim that she was just an ordinary classmate of Cao Kun's when the trash can sprang up to slap her in the face.

To this, Li Wenwen didn't seem to mind at all. She simply smiled, even taking the initiative to help tidy up the trash can and replace it with a new garbage bag.

In the end, she offered Wang Shanshan some earnest advice, telling her that trash like that should be thrown out earlier because the odor was quite strong and unpleasant.

Overall, last night's gathering of the three of them, aside from a minor bit of awkwardness, had a fairly decent atmosphere.

Hearing Li Wenwen say this, the corners of Cao Kun's mouth curved up slightly. "Why do you say that?"

"A woman's intuition," Li Wenwen said. "Really, trust me, my intuition for whether someone is a good person is exceptionally sharp. This so-called ordinary classmate of yours is definitely not a good person."

"Her moral baseline is extremely, extremely low. In fact, to achieve her own goals, she is capable of doing things you might not even imagine."

"So, just have fun with her, don't actually get your emotions scammed by her, you hear me?"

Cao Kun knew that certain people possessed exceptional keenness regarding specific individuals and matters.

Take him, for instance—he was exceptionally sensitive to danger and could sense murderous intent!

Then there was a fellow inmate from his previous life who was exceptionally sensitive to economic fluctuations.

Despite only having a junior high school education, by reading domestic and international news, he could accurately forecast economic trends for the next half year.

However, he hadn't expected that Li Wenwen would also be such a gifted person.

"And what about me?" Cao Kun asked with interest. "Can you sense what kind of person I am?"

"You?" Li Wenwen gave a sly smile, leaned close to his ear, and whispered softly, "You're my precious, of course."

Hearing Li Wenwen call him "precious," Cao Kun's heart practically melted.

In the past, he had always felt that words like "precious" were meant for women or children.

Applied to a man—especially a man of unyielding backbone like him—it was practically an insult.

Who the hell are you calling precious?

Do you believe I wouldn't hack your entire family to death?!

Yet today, when Li Wenwen uttered the word "precious" to him, the indescribable feeling was something he didn't even know how to describe.

It wasn't an insult!

It was a sort of... indescribable affection and fondness, an expression of love pushed to its absolute limit.

It nearly dragged him down into a river of love and drowned him alive within it.

Of course, the word "precious" carrying such emotion wasn't something just anyone could bring themselves to shout.

At the very least, they had to truly, deeply love him.

For instance, Wang Shanshan; she could shout it ten thousand times and it would be useless.

Because there was no emotion behind it.

Conversely, if a big burly man were to call him precious, the more emotion he put into it, the stronger Cao Kun's urge would be to hack the other person to death.