Chapter 27 This Fate Can Just Go

After that woman took over the body of Yu Xiangqiao’s sister-in-law, she didn’t stop brainwashing her son, making him treat his own biological daughter well.

Even though the boy was only eight, he was practically like a dog at her side—called in, he came; called out, he went.

If someone didn’t know better, they might think it was the son who had been “adopted.”

The two kids had grown up together, and suddenly having to send one away meant considering the psychological impact on the other. Even if her older brother and sister-in-law were full of resentment, they could only grit their teeth and endure it.

They spent some time laying the groundwork, secretly telling their son that his sister’s biological father had arrived and wanted to give her a “surprise.”

First, they prepared their son mentally for his sister’s departure, and then, without hesitation, they sent the adopted daughter back to her biological father, packing both of them off overseas so they wouldn’t come back to cause trouble.

After ten or eight years, their son might have already forgotten this sister. Even if he hadn’t, with so much time passing, the memory would have faded, and reasoning with him would resolve the matter.

“The real fear is that he’ll be like my third younger brother, a total love-brain, and despite the distance, fate will somehow bring them back together…” Yu Xiangqiao shuddered at the thought of this fate, thinking of Xu Chengyan and Li Tingting.

How to put it?

Earlier, when her mother-in-law said her husband’s second younger brother, Xu Chengyan, was a domineering CEO male lead carrying half the penal code, she thought it was amusing. But when she actually heard Xu Chengyan complain on the phone about somehow running into Li Tingting even when taking a wrong turn, she was genuinely horrified.

Just imagine—originally, you’re just going to a meeting, and the driver who’s been driving for years takes a turn and almost crashes into a suddenly appearing female lead. You’re thirsty, get out to buy a bottle of water, and see the female lead in front of a vending machine.

You get on an elevator to go upstairs, and the moment you step in, she rushes in too.

If that weren’t enough to drive someone mad, there were other close calls—almost hit by a flower pot? She saved you. Almost bitten by a mad dog? She saved you. Ran into a swarm of angry cats? She saved you.

Believe me: the more emergencies you encounter, the more you’ll wish to keep the female lead as far away as possible. You start to realize that every time you face “trouble,” she appears. She seems to “save” you, but maybe she’s actually the “disaster star” itself, waiting to rescue you, so you feel grateful.

Xu Chengyan: “……”

Yes, he was going insane!

Ahhhh… how many times had this happened? Driving into an alley, looking up, and there’s the female lead standing by the roadside.

Isn’t that a ghost?!

Li Tingting saw his car, her eyes instantly lighting up, happily running toward him. She thought he was deliberately looking for her, considering how many times she had “saved” him.

Luckily, she hadn’t moved yet. But as she ran over, Xu Chengyan panicked, backing up like he had seen a ghost, trying to get away.

In his fluster, the car stalled.

Xu Chengyan tried several times, angrily realizing the car wouldn’t start no matter what he did.

Then Li Tingting tapped on the window from outside, softly asking, “Xu Chengyan, didn’t you say you never wanted to see me again? Why are you here? You wouldn’t be following me, right? How else would you know where I live?”

“I don’t know!” Xu Chengyan gritted his teeth.

What did he know? He had just been following GPS; who knew it would even lead him here?

He glanced at the address—it was completely different from where he lived. Even with traffic or recalculating, there was no way it would navigate him here!

“Don’t deny it now; you’re right here. Don’t park anywhere randomly, this road’s so narrow. Your huge car is blocking the way—how can anyone get through?” Her tone carried a teasing sweetness, as if indulgently scolding an immature boyfriend.

Xu Chengyan felt his brain short-circuit.

Did he want to park here?

No. His car had broken down and couldn’t move.

With no choice, Xu Chengyan got out, ignoring Li Tingting’s smile, and immediately called a towing company to have the car hauled away.

Meanwhile, he hailed a taxi for himself.

By now, he had already experienced multiple car accidents, breakdowns, and traffic jams, even installing several ride-hailing apps.

Why several?

Because once used, the next time he tried, the cars would always be busy, and none would come. Only the first use guaranteed a car.

Xu Chengyan: “……”

Was this not a haunting?

To make it worse, people nearby could call cars later than him, and theirs would arrive. Sometimes the drivers would even call them first, asking to cancel because of traffic, yet still, they got a car.

Later, he even paid people more just to release a car for him so he could call another.

Driver: “If I’d known it would clear up so fast, I shouldn’t have asked you to cancel!”

Xu Chengyan dared not argue.

Could it be that the reason it was “always jammed” was because he called the car?

Sure enough, when the tow truck arrived, the driver checked Xu Chengyan’s car—it was fine. Totally drivable.

Driver: “Need me to tow it still?”

“I’ll try again,” Xu Chengyan said.

Huh? It starts?

He waved the tow truck away.

The driver, already paid, left efficiently. Not bad—getting money without work.

But just a few minutes later, the driver got another call: “…Sir, maybe you should come back!”

The driver returned and saw Xu Chengyan standing by the roadside, with the girl next to him.

“Car broken again?”

Checked—it was fine.

Xu Chengyan looked up at the sky, utterly drained. “Maybe I’m just incompatible with this car. Sir, please help tow it back.”

He understood now: today, if he didn’t stay, heaven wouldn’t let him leave.

Li Tingting was practically laughing herself silly. Xu Chengyan’s brain was clearly broken; even though she gave him a way out, he refused and insisted on this ridiculous ordeal. What on earth was the point?

Paying two towing fees and letting her “see” through it.

If he liked her, just like her—why be so tsundere?

“All right, stop torturing your car. I believe it’s really broken. Fine now, right? Come on, come to my place for a bit. My room’s small, but I keep it tidy…”

Indeed, Li Tingting’s room was tiny—just a single room without a bathroom. A bed, a wardrobe, a desk, and a small sofa—barely any space to move around.

Standing at the doorway, Xu Chengyan thought: If I don’t go in, will heaven let me leave? Or must I step inside before I’m allowed out?

“Come in, what are you standing there for?” Li Tingting turned, full of energy, her smiling face still beautiful under the dim light.

But with the dark corridor and the wind moaning outside, Xu Chengyan felt this scene was straight out of a horror movie.

And what he had encountered so far was almost like being trapped in a supernatural maze.