After my divorce, I started to have good luck

Chapter 1239 648: A Straight Man's Slow Reactions

Chen Feng is indeed a straightforward guy. It's not that he doesn't understand romance, but he generally won't engage in romantic activities because, in his opinion, those so-called romantic things are pretty pretentious and fake—completely unnecessary.Besides, romance is reciprocal. Why should it always be the man's job to do romantic things for the woman? Why shouldn't women take the initiative to do such things?

Romance is reciprocal, just like liking and loving someone—they're both mutual.

Whether it's a man or a woman, one-sided efforts are unfair to the other party.

Therefore, growing up, Chen Feng rarely engaged in what most people considered romantic gestures. He's always been a straight shooter.

But that doesn't mean he's bad to women, including his ex-wife Shen Lin. Chen Feng wouldn't say he adored her wholeheartedly, but he believes he was quite decent to her.

Chen Feng also thought he was considerate and good to Guo Mengyao. Apart from not wanting to have a formal relationship or marry her, he usually wouldn't refuse her requests for help.

This is a man's responsibility.

Those who know how to be romantic and often do frivolous things to please women might not be as useful when women need someone reliable to help.

The reason Chen Feng is rushing to see Guo Mengyao isn't entirely due to concern about her being with other men, but rather he doesn't want her to be deceived.

In Chen Feng's view, the men pursuing Guo Mengyao now are basically not pure-hearted, some even harbor bad intentions.

Even though Guo Mengyao isn't dim-witted, she's still a woman and can be quite emotional at times.

If she encounters someone like Zhou Binhui, who's slick and also shares a classmate connection, having been the class monitor in the past, there's a chance she might be deceived.

So, Chen Feng must make this trip to prevent Guo Mengyao from making mistakes.

Chen Feng is just a kind-hearted person.

He said he'd arrive in fifteen minutes, but he got there in about twelve.

The reason being, the location Guo Mengyao sent him was in the new city area, very close to Qingpu Town, at most a ten-minute drive away, and by speeding up a bit, he could get there in minutes.

Chen Feng sped up, and luckily, he didn't run into many red lights, so he arrived quickly.

This is a newly developed residential area. The occupancy rate is low, and the security isn't very strict. Chen Feng just mentioned he was going to a certain building and unit, and the security let him drive in without registering.

Chen Feng found the residential building of over twenty floors, took the elevator, and reached the specified room.

After sending a message to Guo Mengyao, the door opened shortly after.

This private tea room, transformed from a residence, didn't look much different from others from the outside. Upon entering, it revealed a different world, elegantly and exquisitely decorated.

The living room resembled an ancient hall, with couplets on the walls, a large landscape painting, a tea table, grand armchairs, and large vases, giving a sense of time travel.

Chen Feng glanced briefly without examining closely; his main purpose for coming was to prevent Guo Mengyao from potentially making a mistake.

So, when Chen Feng saw Guo Mengyao, he planned to look for the person she was having tea with, but unfortunately, he didn't see anyone in the living room.

It wasn't until Guo Mengyao led him into the tea room she rented that he saw Cheng Yuhuan and Fang Xiaoyue sitting inside, both looking at him with a hint of amusement.

Only then did Chen Feng realize that he'd been tricked by Guo Mengyao earlier, but he quickly understood that it might not have been Mengyao who set him up, but rather Cheng Yuhuan.

The reason was simple: Guo Mengyao was straightforward by nature. In all the years he'd known her, she'd never set him up, nor did she know how to set up a man.

But Cheng Yuhuan was different. He'd heard Mengyao talk about her colorful experiences over the years, and setting up men was her basic skill. She even snagged her current husband through a setup.

While Fang Xiaoyue might know how to set up others, compared to Cheng Yuhuan, she was still far off.

"Chen Feng, this is a private gathering for us three women. What's a big man like you doing here?"

Cheng Yuhuan, as soon as she opened her mouth, turned the tables, and her tactics were nothing short of brilliant.

Most men would back down and say something conciliatory at this point. But Chen Feng wasn't like most men, and he straightforwardly replied, "Alright then, I won't interrupt your gathering."

With that, Chen Feng turned to leave.

Since he now knew he'd been set up, and knowing that Mengyao was with these two women, he was no longer worried. He planned to go home and watch TV.

"Wait." Guo Mengyao quickly stopped him, "You're already here, no need to rush off."

Cheng Yuhuan was speechless. She'd encountered countless men before and had met many straightforward ones, but Chen Feng was the first to be this straight.

Simply put, he didn't regard her, such a beautiful woman, as a beauty, or in the eyes of this straightforward man, there was no concept of giving preferential treatment to beauties or even women.

In front of such a beautiful woman, he wasn't self-conscious, shy, indulging, or servile.

In his eyes, men and women were the same, equal.

This gave her a sense of defeat. Of all the men she'd met before, who hadn't given her special and admiring attention?

High school Chen Feng was a bookworm with no experience in love and didn't understand women's charms; that was forgivable. But now, at their age, Chen Feng had been divorced, he couldn't possibly be unaware of a woman's charm and appeal, nor could he be blind to her beauty.

Yet, in this reunion after many years, Cheng Yuhuan received no special attention from Chen Feng, not even the minimal preferential treatment men often showed women.

This left her feeling uncomfortable inside.

She was used to the special treatment and care men gave her, but Chen Feng gave her none of it.

"Am I interrupting your gathering?"

Chen Feng respected women and, after being stopped by Mengyao, specifically asked Cheng Yuhuan this.

Cheng Yuhuan slightly gritted her teeth, then sweetly smiled, saying, "No, I was just joking with you earlier. Who knew you'd take it seriously?"

Fang Xiaoyue added, "Actually, we were just talking about you. Now that you're here, you can clear something up for us."

"Clear up what?" Chen Feng asked back.

"Have a seat first." Guo Mengyao pulled Chen Feng to sit beside her, with Cheng Yuhuan and Fang Xiaoyue on the opposite side of the tea table.

After Chen Feng sat, Fang Xiaoyue said, "It's about Mengyao saying that you won millions in the lottery last year. Yuhuan and I found it amazing. Is it true?"

Chen Feng nodded frankly, "Of course it's true, I won the 'Super Lotto'."

Cheng Yuhuan laughed, "Your luck really is extraordinary. I used to buy lottery tickets often, particularly welfare '6+1' lotteries. I bought them for several years, but the most I ever won was five bucks, not even ten."

Chen Feng caught the skepticism in her words and directly asked, "What, you don't believe it?"