Girls Understand Girls Best

After exchanging a few words, Aleia and her daughter got back into the car, turned around, and drove away.

Qingxia went to open the door. Just then, Li Yuanying ran over to Su Yang and gave him a playful wink. “Su Yang, didn’t you notice anything?”

“Notice what?” Su Yang asked, bewildered.

Li Yuanying watched the car disappear into the distance. “Didn’t you notice that Aleia’s daughter was looking at you a little differently?”

Hearing this, Su Yang laughed. “Differently? I thought she seemed perfectly normal.”

“Not normal at all, okay? You have to trust me. I’m a woman, and women understand women best. The way she looked at you just now, along with the unconscious expressions she made while talking to you, all subtly revealed that she’s a little interested in you.”

“Really?” Su Yang turned and asked with a frown.

“Yes. If you don’t believe me, ask Sis Mie.”

Yoshie walked over to them with a smile. “Ask me what?”

Li Yuanying repeated what she had just said. Yoshie nodded. “Yes, I got the same impression.”

“See?! I told you women understand women best. There’s no way to hide things from us!”

Su Yang thought to himself, “Damn, she’s good. I didn’t even pay much attention, but apparently women are born with a system for this sort of thing. You think you’re hiding it well, but they’ve already seen right through you. Impressive.”

“All right, whatever. It doesn’t matter. Let’s not talk about this anymore. Let’s go inside and make dinner.”

The group carried the bags into the house.

That evening, Su Yang made a simple Chinese-style spicy hot pot, and everyone gathered around the dining table.

The hot pot steamed in the middle of the table. They hadn’t planned on drinking, but eating hot pot without a couple of ice-cold beers just didn’t feel right.

The four of them opened several bottles and chatted as they ate.

By the time dinner was over, it was already nine-thirty. Since they had eaten hot pot, the smell was especially strong. Their clothes and even the air were filled with the spicy aroma.

Su Yang opened the floor-to-ceiling balcony doors to air the place out, while Li Yuanying and Qingxia went upstairs and downstairs respectively to take showers.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Su Yang and Yoshie returned to the bedroom to play games together.

Their time management skills were becoming more and more polished.

…

After that, no one drank any more alcohol. They all lay on the sofa and watched a movie. At half past twelve, they returned to their respective rooms to rest.

In his room on the second floor, Su Yang lay on the bed playing with his phone. He had no intention of sleeping that night.

For one thing, he was excited about seeing his friends soon. For another, even going two or three days without sleep would no longer have any effect on him.

A Constitution of 99 was no joke. At this point, he could only be described as terrifyingly strong—he had already surpassed the limits of an ordinary human being.

Everyone had been going to bed late these past few days, so the three people downstairs had already fallen asleep.

Su Yang lay in bed playing with his phone until 3:15 a.m., when his phone rang.

“Hello, Bella.”

“Hello, Mr. Su Yang. Are you already awake?”

“I never went to sleep. Did you get enough rest?”

“Yes, I rested well. I went to bed at eight tonight. I’m coming over to pick you up now.”

Su Yang thought for a moment. “This early? Didn’t we say we’d leave at four?”

“Oh, well, I thought about it and decided it would be better to leave a little earlier, just in case we were delayed and you couldn’t pick up your friends,” Bella said with a laugh.

“That works too. Sorry to trouble you. Do you drink coffee? I can make you a cup while we still have time.”

“Sure, thank you~”

“You’re welcome.”

After hanging up, Su Yang got up and went to the bathroom. Once he had used the toilet, he washed his hands and hurried downstairs to the dining room. He turned on the lights and made two cups of coffee at the counter, pouring them into takeaway paper cups.

He had barely finished when the sound of a car engine reached his ears.

“Fast work,” Su Yang muttered, glancing at the time. It was 3:25.

Since she had already arrived, he didn’t dawdle. He picked up the coffee, turned off the dining-room light, and walked out the door.

As soon as he opened the front door, a dazzling beam of white light shone over from the darkness in the distance.

Su Yang closed the door behind him and walked out. He had just reached the gravel path when Bella drove over in her mother Aleia’s car.

The car window rolled down, and Bella leaned over to look at Su Yang by the roadside. Waving, she smiled and said, “Hello, Mr. Su. Good morning—well, good middle-of-the-night.”

“Hahaha, good middle-of-the-night to you too.”

Su Yang walked over, opened the front passenger door, and got in.

“Here. Coffee.”

“Wow, thank you. I don’t think I’ve ever had coffee at three or four in the morning before.” Bella took the coffee and had a sip with a smile.

“Now you have.”

“Hahaha, that’s true~”

Su Yang placed his cup in the holder on the center console, then fastened his seat belt. “You’re feeling alert enough to drive, right?”

“Of course. I slept well, so I’m not tired at all.”

“Good. Don’t drive if you’re fatigued.”

“Don’t worry. I won’t. Besides, I’m a pretty good driver.”

“All right, then. Let’s go.”

“Okay. First, we’ll meet up with the other two gentlemen in town.” As Bella spoke, she gently pressed the accelerator and turned the steering wheel, making a U-turn.

The car slowly headed down the hillside through the darkness.

“Mr. Su, what time are your friends landing?”

“They’re expected to land at 5:50.”

“Okay, then we’ll definitely have enough time.”

Bella was wearing a thin black jacket over a tight white bandeau top. With the jacket left open, the impressive curves beneath it were impossible to miss.

Su Yang had noticed them the moment he got into the car. Her bust was about the same size as Qingxia’s.

The car soon reached the foot of the slope. Just then, a beep sounded, and the center console displayed a warning that the left rear tire’s pressure was too low.

Bella froze for a moment and brought the car to a stop. Looking at the screen, she said, “Oh no.”

“What’s wrong?” Su Yang asked, tilting his head.

“It says the tire pressure is too low. It’s only at 130.”

“How did it suddenly drop? Could we have run over a nail?”

“I don’t know. I’ve never encountered anything like this before.” Bella looked somewhat flustered.

Su Yang reassured her, “It’s fine. I’ll get out and take a look.”

With that, he opened the door, got out, and walked around to the left rear wheel. Crouching down, he took out his phone and turned on the flashlight to inspect it.

The tire was visibly flatter than the front tires.

Su Yang shone the light around it and ran his hand over the inner side of the tire, feeling around the areas his eyes couldn’t see.

After checking it, he found no sign that it had been punctured by a nail.

Su Yang tilted his head and called toward the driver’s seat, “Bella, drive forward a little.”

“Okay.”

Bella moved the car forward.

Su Yang watched the tire carefully and called out again, “Okay, stop!”

The car came to a halt. Su Yang remained crouched down and continued checking the section of the tire that had been pressed against the ground.

“How is it?” Bella got out as well and crouched beside Su Yang, helping him shine the light.

Su Yang shook his head. “I’ve checked the whole thing. I even felt around the parts I couldn’t see. I’m certain there’s no nail puncture.”

“Then what do we do?” Bella asked, stunned.

“There are only a few possible reasons for a tire to lose air. Besides being punctured by a nail, the tire could be worn out, the wheel rim could be deformed, or the valve stem could have deteriorated. But I’ve checked all of those, and there’s nothing wrong with them.”

“Ah! What happened?”

Su Yang thought to himself, “Shouldn’t you be the one I ask?”

“It’s nothing serious. Is there one of those portable air pumps in the car?”

“An air pump?” Bella scratched her cheek and deliberately edged closer to Su Yang. “This is my mother’s car, so I’m not really sure. I’ll look for one.”

“Okay.” Su Yang casually supported Bella as he helped her to her feet.

Bella stared at him and lightly bit her lower lip, her expression perfectly natural. “Thank you, Mr. Su.”

“You’re welcome. Open the trunk and let me take a look.”

“Okay.”

Bella quickly opened the trunk. Su Yang bent down to look inside. There wasn’t much in it, but there really was a portable air pump.

He thought smugly, “Heh, I knew there’d be one.”

“Found it.” Su Yang took it out with a smile.

“There really was one?” Bella pretended not to have known.

“Yes. People who drive regularly usually keep one of these in the trunk, just in case. We can top up the tire and be on our way.”

“Got it.” Bella turned on her phone’s flashlight and stood behind Su Yang to help illuminate the area.

Su Yang attached the connector and switched on the pump.

Bzzzzzz—

In the quiet of the night, the noise from the air pump was painfully loud.

“That sound is so annoying,” Bella said from behind him.

“There’s no helping it. Your mother’s air pump is a little old, so it’s louder than usual. Just bear with it—it’ll be done soon.”

“Okay.”

A few minutes later, the tire pressure had reached 240. Su Yang unscrewed the connector and quickly replaced the valve cap.

Once he was finished, he picked up the pump and stood up, preparing to put it back in the trunk.

But just then, Bella suddenly stepped forward and raised her right hand to stop Su Yang.

Then, with her left hand, she yanked open the rear passenger door and used her body to press Su Yang back against the seat.

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