"You don't have to pay for it. We are on a date, so, naturally, the guy should pay," Lu Zheng said in a somewhat proud tone.

Li Chunhua resisted the urge to roll her eyes and looked up at him while smiling sweetly. "Thank you, you are so kind. Then let me pay for the meal today."

Lu Zheng's countenance became even brighter when Li Chunhua took the initiative to invite him to eat after the movie. It saved him the effort of asking her out himself.

"No, let me pay for that too. You just need to sit back and enjoy it."

Feeling more courageous after receiving the green light from her, Lu Zheng clasped her hand and pulled her closer. "Then, how about we go in now? The movie is about to start."

Li Chunhua hated it when someone suddenly grabbed her, especially if it wasn't someone she liked. However, to increase the success rate of this mission, she had to swallow all her resentment and follow along with the flow.

"You are right. Let's go." She replied with a smile on her face, further convincing Lu Zheng that he was on the right track.

Throughout the movie, Li Chunhua couldn't concentrate at all. It was because Lu Zheng kept staring at her intensely, which was very burdening. She couldn't wait until the movie finished.

In the end, none of them remembered what happened in the movie. Next, Li Chunhua asked him to follow her to a high-end restaurant. She smirked inwardly, seeing the slightly flustered look on Lu Zheng's face when they stared at the menu.

Who told him to get too ahead of himself? Let this be a lesson for him.

"What's wrong? Do you not find anything you like? I have been here a few times, and the menu was great. I recommend this one if you don't know what to order." Li Chunhua smiled while casually pointing at the most expensive dish on the menu.

Lu Zheng tried to play it cool to not lose face, but she didn't miss the slight twitch on the corner of his mouth.

"If it's something you recommended, I have to try it."

"Yes, this one is very delicious. I want to eat it again, so let's order two portions for us." Li Chunhua raised her hand to call for a waiter, giving no chance to Lu Zheng to change his mind.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet rather than embarrass himself in front of the girl he was pursuing.

"You said you came here often. Is it with your previous boyfriends?"

Another thing she hated was when someone tried to pry her private matters when they didn't know each other that well. Lu Zheng's worth in her eyes increasingly decreased at an alarming rate. But she had to continue this charade.

"Ah, no. I have never had a boyfriend before." Li Chunhua replied awkwardly.

"What? You are joking. There's no way someone as pretty as you has never had a boyfriend."

"No, that's true. I may appear open and friendly to everyone, but it is actually hard for me to get along on a deeper level with someone. Of course, there will be an exception." Li Chunhua lingered her gaze on him like she was trying to imply something but quickly averted her eyes.

Sure enough, Lu Zheng fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

"Chunhua, I promise I will not do anything that makes you uncomfortable. I hope we can get to know each other more and probably be closer." He excitedly said.

"En, I hope so too."

"To be honest, you are the ideal type of many guys out there. I almost couldn't believe it when you asked me out yesterday. Can I interpret this as you want to get to know me better too?"

Lu Zheng looked at her expectantly, the kind of stare which undoubtedly had an ulterior motive behind it. She hid her disdain and replied, "I don't know. I just thought that I wanted to spend some time with you. Is that bad?"

By giving an ambiguous answer like that, she left it to his imagination to think as he liked. She would delete his contact as soon as she got what she wanted from him anyway.

"No. It's not. Sorry, I made you uncomfortable by being too hasty about this, didn't I? I'll stop talking about this, then."

'Men will always be men. How foolish,' Li Chunhua sneered inwardly. 'Let's get this over quickly.'

"Lu Zheng, I actually have something to ask you. This is about your cousin."

Lu Zheng's brows raised in confusion. "You mean Lu Ruan? What's wrong with her?"

Lu Ruan was the name of the leader of the gang who bullied Li Caiyi before. After asking around, she discovered that an aggressive and hysterical girl had a nerdy cousin who didn't stand out.

Not many people knew about their relationship, mainly because Lu Ruan refused to be associated with a nerd like Lu Zheng.

For a guy who was desperate to have a girlfriend, it was easy for Li Chunhua to become his goddess. She just needed to make a 'chance' meeting with him, say some nice words, and he would become putty in her hand.

Her main objective had always been Lu Ruan.

Li Chunhua couldn't help but have a bad feeling about that girl. Even if there wasn't any significant change in Lu Ruan, she still thought Lu Ruan must have something to do with this.

No matter how she had to get her cousin to spill some information about her. Li Caiyi almost died in the mountain, and she would never forgive whoever that scheme against her sister!

"I was shocked when I found out she is your cousin. She is popular, so I assume you will be well-known too."

Li Chunhua smiled gently before faking a surprised look. "Ah, sorry, I didn't mean it like that. I just thought it would be nice if we could meet faster.historical