Chapter 402 - Fear of the Wolf Pack

When Chen Yang was on the phone with Gao Ya, he made the call in front of Li Han and Wu Kexin.

Wu Kexin and Li Han listened to the entire conversation between Chen Yang and Gao Ya.

So after hanging up the phone, Wu Kexin looked at Chen Yang in surprise, “What do you need the phone number for the temporary factory for?”

While copying Gu Ming’s number, Chen Yang smiled and replied, “It’s for Uncle Niu at the village head.”

“Uncle Niu sensed that his small shop will have business coming in since the mine has started operations.

He wants to open a store next to my house, but he doesn’t have a place to sell, so he asked me to help him get in touch with the temporary factory builders.”

Chen Yang briefly explained Uncle Niu’s plan, which made Wu Kexin nod in realization.

“I never expected that, Uncle Niu has such a business mind?

Even I didn’t think of setting up a small shop for business,” Wu Kexin said, a bit surprised.

Seeing Wu Kexin’s surprised expression, Chen Yang smiled, “Yeah, I was also surprised that Uncle Niu had such an idea.”

After saying that, Chen Yang put the phone to his ear, already having dialed the number that Gao Ya had given him.

The call took a long time to connect, and when it did, there was a lot of background noise on the other end.

It seemed like Gu Ming was partying.

“Hello, who are you?”

As soon as the call connected, Gu Ming’s defiant voice came through.

Chen Yang smiled lightly, “It’s me, Chen Yang.”

“What?

Chen Yang?”

Upon hearing it was Chen Yang, Gu Ming was visibly shocked.

But he quickly regained his composure.

“Chen Yang, why are you calling me?

Where did you get my number from?”

Gu Ming said, not very fond of Chen Yang.

“I’m calling to ask you something, where did you buy your factory materials from?”

“Your number was given to me by Manager Gao.

She asked me to contact you,” Chen Yang knew that if it were just him asking, Gu Ming would never tell him.

So he specifically added that it was Gao Ya who asked him to reach out.

Sure enough, hearing that it was Gao Ya who sent Chen Yang, Gu Ming was less irritable.

Honestly, he told Chen Yang that he bought them in the county town and even gave Chen Yang the exact address.

After noting down the address, Chen Yang nodded, “Alright, I won’t bother you while you’re partying anymore.”

After saying that, Chen Yang hung up the phone.

After hanging up, Chen Yang didn’t make any further moves and just sat next to the two women at the dining table, resting for a while.

About half an hour later, Chen Yang was the first to stand up and began to clear the things on the table.

At this point, Wu Kexin turned to Li Han, “Li Han, are you sleeping at Chen Yang’s house tonight, or are you going to sleep at the village office with me?”

Wu Kexin’s sudden question caught both Chen Yang and Li Han off guard.

At the same time, both of them couldn’t help but look at each other.

Chen Yang of course wanted Li Han to sleep at his house, but since Wu Kexin asked Li Han, he couldn’t speak for her.

Li Han, however, was quite conflicted at this point.

According to her own wish, she wanted to sleep at Chen Yang’s house.

However, their relationship was a secret and Wu Kexin didn’t know about it, if she expressed a desire to sleep at Chen Yang’s house, it would seem rather awkward.

So after thinking it over, she decided to sleep at the village office.

This answer left Chen Yang feeling quite disappointed…

But it was something unavoidable, and he could understand Li Han’s thinking.

“Should we go now?

It’s getting late,” Wu Kexin stood up and said.

“Mhm,”

Li Han nodded, stood up, and prepared to leave with Wu Kexin.

Seeing this situation, Chen Yang thought, how could this be?

Li Han had come all this way, how could he let her go to the village office with Wu Kexin, leaving him alone at home?

So Chen Yang thought for a moment and said, “No, that won’t work, village chief, I’ve eaten too much.

My stomach is too bloated; I can’t take you guys back.”

Chen Yang rubbed his stomach, pretending to be in great discomfort.

Wu Kexin saw Chen Yang with a pained expression on his face and initially believed him.

But then she thought about it: he was fine when he was on the phone and tidying up the desk; it was only when she started to leave with Li Han that he got a stomachache?

He was definitely faking it!

“Hmph!”

Wu Kexin snorted disdainfully and said, “Who needs your escort?

It’s just a short distance through the village, Li Han and I can walk by ourselves.”

With that, Wu Kexin grabbed Li Han’s hand and started to leave.

Although Li Han was reluctant to leave Chen Yang, she had no choice but to follow Wu Kexin.

Just as the two women turned and were about to step out of the door, Chen Yang suddenly said, “No, village chief, it’s unsafe to go out so late.

What if wolves enter the village?

It would be too dangerous if you encounter them.”

Chen Yang continued to bar their way, not wanting the two women to leave.

Wu Kexin knew Chen Yang was just making excuses, so she wasn’t scared at all.

“Pssh, you think I’m a child?

Wolves are very afraid of humans, okay?

Besides, when have wolves ever dared to enter the village?”

Wu Kexin rolled her eyes at Chen Yang, thinking to herself that his lies needed no drafting.

Li Han covered her mouth, snickering, finding Wu Kexin’s exposure of Chen Yang’s intentions hilarious.

Chen Yang was momentarily stunned by Wu Kexin’s words, but then, glancing at the still messy table, he smirked.

“Village chief, you are right in what you say, but did you forget what we did this afternoon?”

“We fought off a wolf, and wolves happen to be pack animals.

With one suddenly missing, do you think a pack might follow the scent to find it?

What if you ran into them?

That would be dangerous.”

Wu Kexin utterly disbelieved what Chen Yang initially said.

But Chen Yang’s latter argument was logical and compelling.

Wu Kexin started to ponder deeply.

Moreover, she had witnessed the ferocity of wolf packs more than once.

The first time was when she was with Chen Yang; the second was witnessing Heipi being mauled…

Recalling the grotesque state of Heipi, Wu Kexin felt a chill in her heart and stood there with her teeth clenched, indecisive.

Seeing his approach was working, Chen Yang hurriedly continued.

“Village chief, why don’t you and Li Han just stay over tonight?

You two can sleep in my bed, and I’ll sleep in the small room, okay?”

Chen Yang said with a smile.

Wu Kexin was scared of the wolf pack and dared not go out.

Hearing Chen Yang put it that way, her hesitating heart settled down.

“Alright then, tonight Li Han and I will sleep at your place, but let’s get one thing straight: you are not allowed in our room.

You’ll sleep in the small room.”

Wu Kexin said.

“No problem, no problem, I’ll definitely abide by that.”

Chen Yang happily agreed.

“Alright, then you hurry up and clean up.

Li Han and I are going ahead to take a shower,”

Wu Kexin said, and then she pulled Li Han into Chen Yang’s room to shower.

After they entered, they slammed the door shut as if afraid Chen Yang might follow them in.

Yet, Chen Yang didn’t seem panicked at all seeing this.

Not go in?

That was impossible.

He had plenty of ways to get in.

Chen Yang smirked twice to himself, already having a plan in mind.

But now was not the right time.

Chen Yang stopped his train of thought and began seriously cleaning up.

Bowls and dishes, pots, bottles of drinks—a whole lot of stuff needed tidying up.

If not cleaned up overnight, the whole house would smell.

Though it was a lot, it only took Chen Yang about ten more minutes to finish.

During those ten minutes, Chen Yang cleaned with great care while eagerly listening for any sound from inside the room.

There were intermittent sounds of running water, indicating that someone was showering.

It was uncertain whether it was Wu Kexin or Li Han.

However, Chen Yang didn’t dwell on it too much, and after finishing, he walked straight to the door of the room and knocked.