CHAPTER 414: CHAPTER 413 EMBARRASSED

Because she spent some time reconciling with Lu Huai, Zhen Yu suddenly changed her mind about unloading the computers that very night!

After dinner with Lu Huai, she went straight back to her place!

The next day, Zhen Yu woke up an hour before her usual jogging time, put on a thick clothes, and topped it off with a long raincoat. Braving the drizzle, she slowly jogged towards the old internet café.

By the time she arrived at the café, the wonton shop had already opened, probably preparing for the breakfast rush. Zhen Yu gave it a cursory glance before unlocking the doors and entering the internet café directly.

"Sss...so close to the Gu Family! This could easily blow our cover..."

Despite her murmuring, Zhen Yu’s hands remained busy without pause. First, she turned around to lock the internet café’s main door from inside, and then methodically began moving all the computer towers and monitors out of storage.

Now, aside from the men’s restroom, the ground floor was almost entirely taken up by the staircase due to the kitchen being removed. Zhen Yu increased the number of computers from 36 to 40. Given the current layout of the computer desks, these numbers seemed workable, so she left 40 computer sets on the first floor.

The bar counter had been moved up to the second floor, right next to the door leading to the outdoor stairs, and on the opposite end from the women’s restroom. Originally, Li Si’er wasn’t in favor of this plan since most guys are lazy and probably wouldn’t be keen on even climbing one flight of stairs to game or pay.

But Zhen Yu insisted on this arrangement without any reasons! Li Si’er had no choice but to concede.

The computers on the second floor were also neatly arranged into 40 sets, which seemed much more spacious than on the first floor. Zhen Yu copied the layout and placed the remaining 40 computer sets in the available space.

After she finished these tasks, she casually took a seat. Pondering over how to fabricate lies to deceive Li Si’er, she also had to make sure the Gu Family would believe it too!

Even though she felt a bit guilty, Zhen Yu ultimately decided to let Li Si bear the brunt of it!

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"Wow! Were these delivered last night in the dark?" As soon as Li Si entered, he exclaimed in surprise.

Zhen Yu, who had already gone out for breakfast and returned to wait for him at the café, promptly nodded along.

Li Si’er rubbed his hands, "Today, I’ll bring those lads over to set up the computers! Shall we aim to open on July 1st!?"

Zhen Yu nonchalantly replied: "Brother Si, do as you see fit! It’s also okay to open on the weekend after July 1st!"

"Great! Great!" As Li Si’er agreed, he immediately approached to start unboxing.

At this moment, Zhen Yu cleared her throat softly, "Ahem! Brother Si!"

Li Si’er, bent over, turned around, "What’s up?"

"Our shop is too close to the Gu Family’s! You need to brief those guys working for you properly!"

"Hmm!" Li Si’er immediately stood up straight, his expression serious, and nodded, "That’s right, I need to let them know! Make sure our net-admins are aware we aren’t on good terms with them and that they shouldn’t be chatting with them at random!"

Zhen Yu persuasively said, "For instance, when did we get these computers in, where did we get them from..."

Li Si’er caught the implied meaning and quickly chimed in: "I’ll tell them, no matter who asks, to say the preparations were made long ago! As for where the computers came from, just say we don’t know! I bet those named Gu wouldn’t dare to question you directly!"

"Right! Let’s do that!" Zhen Yu was extremely pleased with this pretext!

Since the matter was settled, she didn’t want to linger any longer. After bidding Li Si’er a brief farewell, Zhen Yu left the internet café.

In just a moment, Han Mingyue and his brother will be arriving...

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The rain was getting heavier, and puddles were growing on the road surface.

Zhen Yu, though she wore a raincoat, didn’t wear rain boots in her rush to go out earlier. By the time she returned home, not only were her pants soaked through, but her shoes were also filled with water.

The Han Family’s shop hadn’t been renovated yet, with no other utilities in place apart from electricity and water—there wasn’t even a water heater. Fortunately, since she planned to cook at home for the next two months, including heating water for baths, Zhen Yu had specially bought two large gas canisters and a dual-burner gas stove ahead of time!

So, as soon as she got home, she heated some water to soak her feet. After discarding the foot-soaking water, she sat barefoot on the bed with her legs crossed, pondering what delicious dishes to make for lunch to welcome the pair, who were the ’guests’ but original owners of the house.

The old internet café’s refrigerator had also been moved over when they ’moved house’, and Zhen Yu had stocked it with sufficient ingredients. However, she had been too busy around the time of the final exams, so the green vegetables left inside were those bought a week ago and were not very fresh.

But with this dreadful weather, having something to eat was good enough! It was certainly better than the saltwater-boiled noodles she had in her previous life...

Washing, chopping, frying, stewing. As Zhen Yu, wearing an apron, was busy in the kitchen, the Han Family Brothers arrived.

As they entered, they were greeted by the fragrance of food filling the room! Han Jiaoyang immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Brother! Zhen Yu has made us something delicious!"

Without another word, Han Mingyue stuffed the umbrella into his brother’s hand and hurried towards the kitchen entrance!

"Xiao Yu!"

Zhen Yu immediately turned her head to look! Her eyes, filled with delight, landed directly on Han Mingyue’s face! Their eyes met, and they locked gazes instantaneously.

That is until Han Jiaoyang, after putting away the umbrella, also ran over, incessantly asking, "What did you make? What did you make, Zhen Yu? Why does it smell so good?!"

Zhen Yu and Han Mingyue were startled back to reality from their little pink bubble by his shouting, both feeling quite embarrassed and simultaneously lowering their heads.

"There’s hot water in the thermos; you two wash your feet and hands, get cleaned up, then let’s have lunch!"

While bowing her head in that instant, Zhen Yu’s gaze took the chance to scan Han Mingyue from head to toe. The ground by his feet was visibly dampened a bit, seeming like he too had stepped into water earlier.

"Alright, we’ll be quick!" After saying this, Han Mingyue turned and left, evidently eager to tidy up himself. Stimulated by the smell of food, Han Jiaoyang also hurriedly followed without a word.

After lunch was finished and everything was cleaned up, Zhen Yu directly pulled Han Mingyue towards the room she was currently staying in.

In front of his younger brother, Han Mingyue was quite embarrassed! Yet, still, with a blushing face, he obediently followed Zhen Yu inside.

Han Jiaoyang snickered quietly behind them a few times, then quite perceptively crept into another room with a bed. Without a doubt, that must be Zhen Yan’s!

Han Mingyue’s face turned an even deeper shade of red as Zhen Yu closed the room door, involuntarily calling out to her.

"Xiao Yu..."

"...sit down, I have something I want to ask you."

After closing the door and turning around, Zhen Yu noticed that Han Mingyue had somehow turned from a pale-faced scholar into a red-faced Guan Yu. Although she didn’t understand what he was blushing about, well! Zhen Yu thought it’s best to pretend not to notice...