Chapter 620 - 277: How About I Exercise My Rights as a Boyfriend Now?

’Chen Xin is in Jiangcheng?’

The realization truly took Xu Yun by surprise.

’No wonder Mom was being so cryptic when we talked earlier. So that’s what she was getting at.’

Xu Yun asked, "When did you get here?"

"I took the high-speed train. I just got here a little while ago tonight."

Xu Yun feigned a bit of anger. "You came all the way to Jiangcheng, but you didn’t tell me, you didn’t let me pick you up, and you’re not staying with me. What are you up to? Are you going on a date with someone behind my back?"

"No, no."

Hearing this, Chen Xin blushed and hurriedly explained, "I was afraid you were busy, so I didn’t want to bother you. Besides, someone was picking me up, and they already arranged a place for me to stay..."

"Who arranged it?"

"The event organizers."

Chen Xin explained, "The Jiangcheng Writers’ Association is holding a writers’ exchange event. They invited me to participate and share creative insights with other authors."

"So where are you right now?"

Chen Xin replied, "The Haoyi Hotel, near Henglong Square on Hanjiang Road."

"Get dressed, pack your things, and wait for me in the hotel lobby. I’m coming to get you."

"Okay." Chen Xin nodded in agreement.

After hanging up, Xu Yun immediately headed out.

Back in her hotel room, after ending the call with Xu Yun, Chen Xin thought about his sudden phone call and decided to call his mother.

"Hello, Chen Xin."

On the other end of the line, Zhang Sujuan asked with a laugh, "It’s so late. You’re still awake?"

"Auntie, I just got off the phone with Xu Yun."

"Oh, really? What did you two talk about?"

Zhang Sujuan said, "That son of mine... I’m surprised he actually took the initiative to call you."

"Auntie, don’t play dumb."

Chen Xin couldn’t help but laugh. "It was you who tipped Xu Yun off that I was in Jiangcheng, wasn’t it? You promised you wouldn’t say anything."

"Now you’re just wronging your poor auntie. I didn’t say a thing."

"Really?"

"Really. I absolutely did not snitch."

Zhang Sujuan asked in return, "What? He knows you’re in Jiangcheng?"

"Yeah, he found out when he called just now."

"It’s better that he knows."

Zhang Sujuan laughed. "You’re cooped up at home writing novels all day. Let him show you around Jiangcheng and have some fun. You need to get some fresh air."

Chen Xin was speechless.

After hanging up, she glanced around—she’d been in the middle of a shower. Thinking of Xu Yun’s imminent arrival, she quickly jumped back in to finish.

Normally, a girl’s shower takes at least half an hour.

But this time, Chen Xin was quick.

After getting out of the bathroom, she changed her clothes, repacked her suitcase, and checked that she had everything. Without even taking the time to dry her hair, she went down to the hotel lobby to wait for a certain someone.

Since the hotel was the designated check-in point for the Writers’ Association, authors were arriving one after another, and there was a sign-in desk in the lobby.

A staff member was manning the desk.

Someone recognized Chen Xin as one of the event’s authors who had checked in not long before. The staffer approached her and asked, puzzled, "Excuse me, didn’t you already check in? Why are you back out with your suitcase?"

"Oh, sorry. My friend found out I was in Jiangcheng and wants me to stay at his place."

Chen Xin said, a little embarrassed, "But don’t worry, I’ll be on time for the event tomorrow."

"Oh, so you have friends here in Jiangcheng."

The staff member, a woman, said, "Well, in that case, just give me your name, and I’ll process the checkout for you."

"Um, I’ve already used the room. Can the booking still be canceled?"

The staffer laughed. "Then probably not."

"How much was the room? I can reimburse you for it."

Chen Xin said awkwardly, "I’m so sorry about this. I didn’t know my friend was going to come for me."

"It’s no problem, really."

The staffer asked, "When is your friend arriving? Is this someone you know in real life, or online? Are you two close?"

"Huh??"

"Oh, please don’t misunderstand."

The staffer explained, "It’s just that as the event organizers, we have a responsibility to ensure the personal safety of all our attendees."

"Thank you for your concern."

Chen Xin replied, "We know each other. We’re good friends, from real life."

Just as she said that, Xu Yun arrived at the hotel and was walking in through the entrance.

He spotted Chen Xin from a distance and quickened his pace to walk over.

Chen Xin smiled and said to the staffer, "This is my friend."

"Alright. Just remember to be on time for the event tomorrow." The staffer glanced at the handsome man who had just appeared, felt an inexplicable wave of shyness, and couldn’t quite meet his eyes.

"I will."

Once they were done talking, Xu Yun naturally took her suitcase and said with a smile, "Let’s go. We’re going home."

"Okay."

In the car, Xu Yun looked at Chen Xin’s still-damp hair and chided her, "It’s so cold out, and you came outside without even drying your hair?"

"I was afraid you’d get here and have to wait a long time for me."

"You still should have dried it first. Aren’t you worried you’ll catch a cold?"

"Okay."

Chen Xin mumbled her reply. When she glanced down, a new pair of black stockings caught her eye.

Instantly, her mind began to wander, and a ten-thousand-word novel plotline materialized in her head.

"What are you looking at? You like them?"

Seeing her expression, Xu Yun knew they must have been left in the car by Su Mu by accident when she was driving earlier.

An idea struck him. "I bought those for you," he said. "Remember to put them on when we get back."

"Huh???"

"If you don’t want to wear them, forget it."

Xu Yun sighed. "I’ve never seen you in black stockings before."

Chen Xin was speechless.

About ten minutes later, Xu Yun and Chen Xin arrived back at his house.

Chen Xin stared at the mansion before her, momentarily rooted to the spot. She exclaimed in amazement, "Your place... it’s like something out of one of my novels. Obscenely rich."