My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 323 Lu Man: Chen Yan, I’m going to face you head-on!

Chapter 323: Chapter 323 Lu Man: Chen Yan, I’m going to face you head-on!

Hearing Lu Man’s words, Chen Yan was taken aback.

How was he supposed to answer that question?

If he said "no," it would seem odd that he, who clearly had better training methods, let them exercise with Zhao Ying.

And if he said "yes"... well, in a few days when they failed to achieve the desired effect, wouldn’t his lie be exposed?

So, Chen Yan ambiguously responded, "Partially. I also did some other exercises."

After that, he added, "You’re a woman, you don’t need to train that hard. How ugly would it be if you had abs?"

As he spoke, Chen Yan pulled Lu Man into his embrace, saying, "I still prefer you soft."

Seeing Chen Yan becoming less and less serious, Lu Man retorted with feigned pride, "But I like being a bit harder!"

"I want to be tough enough to stand up to you! To make you never dare to provoke me again!"

"I’ll develop a mermaid line and eight-pack abs, and crush you to death with just my abs!"

Hearing Lu Man’s words, Chen Yan blinked and decided to fully "bypass" the topic. He flipped over, pinning Lu Man beneath him, and teased, "Mermaid line, huh? Crush me to death, huh?"

"Come here, my little mermaid, let me see how you’re going to crush me..."

Lu Man let out an "aoowu" and, undeterred, once again threw herself into the next battle with Chen Yan.

The two of them fought on for over two hours. By the end, Lu Man was almost too tired to move and finally fell into a deep sleep.

Chen Yan held her almost mushy-soft body, smiled, and then also slowly drifted off to sleep...

[Zhao Ying’s Favorability: 69] (Chen Yan seems to be a martial arts prodigy! So interested! +7)

The next morning, it wasn’t aspirations that woke Chen Yan up, but sunlight...

He and Lu Man had battled too late into the night and forgot to close the curtains...

Chen Yan felt his home’s curtains were just a decoration, they seldom saw use. Might as well burn them...

After waking up, Chen Yan looked at the still-sleeping Lu Man, tiptoed out of bed, and pulled the curtains for her.

Then he donned a robe and tiptoed out of the master bedroom.

After freshening up in the outside bathroom, Chen Yan went to the kitchen to make breakfast for Lu Man: she had a tough night, repeatedly defeated; as the man, he ought to be considerate.

While making breakfast, Chen Yan didn’t forget to message Brother Ying, saying he was too busy with work the previous night and would skip exercising today but would continue tomorrow.

Then, unsurprisingly, he received an eye-rolling emoji from Zhao Ying.

And a frustrated message, "With this attitude, when will you get in shape! If you want to refine your body, do you plan on taking thirty years?"

Chen Yan dismissed it and pocketed his phone.

He had the Constitution Potion; refining his body would take mere minutes. When the time came, Brother Ying better not be surprised and start questioning life...

As he daydreamed about the future, Chen Yan grabbed an egg from the fridge, cracked it into a bowl, added a bit of flour, salt, and chicken seasoning, and began stirring.

After mixing the egg batter, Chen Yan lit the stove, poured oil, and when the oil was hot enough, added the egg mixture.

He intended to make Lu Man an egg pancake. Nutritious and filling.

Perhaps it was a special connection, or perhaps the egg pancake Chen Yan was making smelled just too good.

Halfway through cooking, Chen Yan heard the "tap... tap... tap..." of footsteps.

As he flipped the pancake, he turned to look.

Then he saw Lu Man, wearing his T-shirt, bare legs slender and beautiful, sleepily shuffling over in her slippers, making her way slowly toward him.

She stretched languidly in the kitchen, yawned, and in a single fluid motion wrapped her arms around Chen Yan’s back, nestling her face against it.

She kept her eyes closed the entire time, and on reaching Chen Yan’s back, she sweetly smooched her pouty lips and then brazenly claimed his back for herself.

Chen Yan was both amused and exasperated by her cute yet domineering behavior.

He reached back, patting Lu Man’s perky behind playfully, and said indulgently, "I’m cooking here. Stop messing around~"

With her arms around Chen Yan’s waist, Lu Man rubbed her face against his back coquettishly and whined, "I don’t want food, I want to eat you~"

Hearing Lu Man’s declaration of war, Chen Yan immediately felt a surge of heat.

Perhaps sensing Chen Yan’s reaction, Lu Man suddenly sobered up.

Remembering her failures from the previous night and still feeling a bit sore, she quickly released her hold on Chen Yan and with mock seriousness said, "I’ve thought about it, actually eating isn’t so bad."

"Thank you, Chen Yan!"

After speaking, she took advantage of Chen Yan’s distraction to flee with a trail of quick little steps.

Watching Lu Man’s hasty retreat, Chen Yan couldn’t help laughing.

Seeing the little fairy concede was indeed a rare sight...

He must have upheld his manly dignity at last, right?

After finishing the meal, Chen Yan brought the food to the dining table, where the now refreshed Lu Man, the little fairy, followed her nose back.

She giggled and reached out to grab a piece of the egg pancake directly with her hand.

But Chen Yan, without hesitation, tapped her hand with chopsticks, "Wash your hands, use your own chopsticks."

"Aowu~" Lu Man showed her little fangs, half ferocious half playful, yet under Chen Yan’s gaze, she reluctantly pouted and went to get her chopsticks.

While eating, Chen Yan turned on the TV, watching the morning news as they ate.

Lu Man, having a small appetite and watching her diet, finished first.

Afterward, she snuggled up on Chen Yan’s leg, alternately watching the TV and looking up at Chen Yan.

And when Chen Yan looked at her, she would close her eyes, pout exaggeratedly, and demand a kiss.

Chen Yan chuckled as he gently flicked her nose, then gave her a light peck.

Successful in her quest for a kiss, Lu Man was giddy with delight, abandoning her usual ravishing demeanor in favor of looking like an adorable little kitten~

After breakfast and the news, Chen Yan left the living room and kitchen to Lu Man and went to get cleaned up and dressed.

Although it was their first night staying over together, their cooperation was so seamless it seemed as if they had been living there for a long time.

After tidying up the house, both dressed and set off for work together.

With Lu Man having just made such big news the day before, the company would clearly be busy for the next few days.

Arriving at the company, it was indeed bustling.

Everyone was rushing about handling documents or answering phones.

Clearly, the "Sunrise Project" had successfully caught the attention of everyone in the circle. Many dream-filled professionals were seeking information through various channels.

Chen Yan popped into Yang Rou’s office, exchanged a few words to confirm that the project was progressing as planned, then left the media company to return to his gaming company.

As for Lu Man, she stayed in Yang Rou’s office to discuss her upcoming "role" with Yang Rou.

Back at the gaming company and in his office, just as Chen Yan hung up his coat, there was a knock at the door.

"Knock knock knock, knock knock knock..."

Curious, Chen Yan turned towards the door and said, "Please come in."

A moment later, the door opened and Qin Ming walked in.

Upon seeing Chen Yan, he came in smiling and reported, "Brother Chen, I came to talk to you about our new company and the Charity Organization you’re planning to set up."

Hearing that Qin Ming was here on official business, Chen Yan gestured for him to sit down and inquired, "Do you have results?"

Qin Ming nodded and said, "We do."

He explained, "Our new company is all set up. Vacating the premises, opening an account, the usual stuff. It’s simple. The registered office address is still at Fenghua Building, once we have a new office location, we can change it then."

Hearing Qin Ming, Chen Yan was reminded of the three floors at Fenghua Building he had acquired the previous day and said, "No need to change it. Coincidentally, I’ve just bought three more floors of Fenghua Group."

"Let’s have our new company office on the 16th floor, there, and it’s settled."

Hearing Chen Yan’s words, Qin Ming’s mouth fell open in bemusement, "Bought three more floors?"

Chen Yan nodded.

For a second, Qin Ming laughed and teased, "Brother Chen, that’s just shamelessly ostentatious of you, buying a whole floor for a new company..."

Chen Yan just smiled and said, "Not really. Nothing compared to your uncle."

Hearing what Chen Yan said, Qin Ming was about to advise, "Why compare yourself to my uncle? He’s the richest man on Qin Island, and he’s over sixty," but the words were abruptly swallowed back.

Because, at the moment before he spoke, he suddenly realized that Chen Yan’s fortune seemed much less compared to He Ruifeng...

But that was because his companies weren’t listed or hadn’t raised funds, a matter of valuation.

Chen Yan’s net worth had been accumulating through solid assets: real estate and cash all along.

Even so, his net worth still amounted to more than ten or twenty billion.

If his companies were to be valued on the capital market, adding a few more tens of billions wouldn’t be hard.

And his uncle’s fortune was only a little over two hundred billion...

In that case, Chen Yan and his uncle seemed to be on the same level...

Thinking this, Qin Ming’s look at Chen Yan changed: Unawares, the man before him had grown to a level where he was comparable to his uncle?

Was this what it meant to be a favored son of heaven?