20: Chapter 20 All the unreasonable things are the child's fault

With An Xiaonuan's encouragement, Chen Sheng's vanity was greatly satisfied. He waved his hand grandly, "Let's go! Wifey, I'm taking you out for a big meal tonight."

"That's a must." This time, not only did An Xiaonuan not refuse, but she also took the initiative, "Hubby! Wait for me a moment, I'm going to go change my clothes."

Half an hour later, Chen Sheng walked out of the room with An Xiaonuan, who was wearing a creamy white dress and a top knot. With the shallow dimples on her cheeks when she smiled, her actual age didn't match her outfit at all; she looked just like a girl in her early twenties.

On the way to the restaurant, Chen Sheng told An Xiaonuan about the eccentric young woman. It was mainly because she was currently scrolling through TikTok, and as his friend, she would easily come across his video through the recommendation algorithm.

Rather than waiting for her to ask, it was better to explain it in advance.

However, compared to the ups and downs of catching the cat for a bounty, the eccentric young woman seemed dull and uninteresting. Chen Sheng recounted the whole incident to An Xiaonuan as a small episode in life with a calm and indifferent tone.

But after An Xiaonuan finished watching the entire video, she commented with an indignant tone, "This person is too unreasonable."

After speaking, she scolded Chen Sheng for his lack of assertiveness, "Hubby, why didn't you do anything at the time? If I were there, I would have grabbed her hair and slapped her twice, directly making her look at me with clear, watery eyes."

While speaking, An Xiaonuan also waved her hands at the air, as if she were really slapping the young woman from a distance.

"Forget it! The camera was rolling. If I had made a move, I would have been in the wrong even if I were right. It's fine as it is now; posting her online, there will naturally be people to speak up for me."

"Hee hee~" An Xiaonuan had a mental image and gave Chen Sheng a thumbs up, praising, "Hubby! I realized you're quite sly. Sending this video out is even more painful for her than beating her up on the spot."

"What kind of talk is that?" Chen Sheng glared at An Xiaonuan, "I'll allow you to rephrase that."

"Pfft, pfft, pfft~" An Xiaonuan deliberately tapped her mouth lightly with her hand, wearing a sincere smile as she said, "Hubby is the best. When encountering such an unreasonable person, this is exactly the way to deal with her."

"That's right~ Evil is met with its own match." Chen Sheng raised his eyebrows triumphantly.

An Xiaonuan watched the video again, and then she discovered that the follower count on Chen Sheng's account had actually risen to four digits. She was immediately surprised, "Hubby! Your followers are growing so fast, there are already 1,231... Wow! It's still growing, it's already 1,233."

"Hubby! I feel like this video is going to go viral, your account is going to blow up." An Xiaonuan suddenly had an idea and suggested, "Hubby! I feel like you have great potential to be a streamer. Since you're currently unemployed, you might as well take advantage of the video's popularity and switch careers to livestreaming. You might just make it!"

It was worth considering!

It was really worth considering!

An Xiaonuan's suggestion made Chen Sheng feel that it was possible to realize. However, different professions are like different mountains, and he really didn't have the confidence. He smiled and declined, "Let's wait and see! It's still up in the air whether this video can enter the big traffic pool. Plus, the bonus period for livestreaming has passed. If I want to carve out a path in the livestreaming circle, I need to have some specialized skills."

"I don't have any specialized skills, so what would I stream? I can't teach others how to write code, and besides, I'm not qualified to teach coding!"

Those who teach coding online usually hang titles like Red Hat or Black Hat hacker alliances. He, who wasn't affiliated with any 'hacker' groups, really couldn't bring himself to show off.

"I think you can definitely do it, Hubby." An Xiaonuan analyzed seriously, "Why don't you have anything to stream? You can stream your ride-sharing work. Netizens would definitely love to see those eccentric passengers."

At this moment, An Xiaonuan suddenly exclaimed, "Hubby, I've discovered that your luck has been getting really good lately. You won second prize in a lottery, you ran into a bounty cat while driving for ride-sharing, and even meeting an eccentric customer got you more followers..."

"Hehe~ Is that so?" Chen Sheng touched his nose with a guilty conscience. He knew his own situation; it wasn't that he had good luck, it was all thanks to the information provided by the system.

But he couldn't explain it that way!

Pushing his brain's CPU to maximum power, an excellent excuse soon appeared in his mind. Chen Sheng smiled and said, "Maybe it's because you're pregnant. The baby in your belly is a little lucky star, bringing good fortune to us."

"Wow! That's really it."

If calculated according to the doctor's rules, with pregnancy time counted from the woman's period, An Xiaonuan counted on her fingers and compared it with the pregnancy time. She discovered that it was truly as Chen Sheng said; it was only after she got pregnant that Chen Sheng's luck turned around.

After getting this answer, An Xiaonuan subconsciously touched her flat lower abdomen gently, and said in an unprecedentedly gentle tone, "Baby, you really are our lucky star. Mommy will definitely make sure you grow up strong..."

Listening to An Xiaonuan's gentle whisper, Chen Sheng's gaze toward her also became exceptionally gentle. Suddenly, an idea appeared in his mind again, and Chen Sheng suggested, "Wifey, since the baby is our little lucky star, how about we name the baby Little Lucky Star, Little Luck, or Lucky Star? What do you think?"

Chen Sheng was full of joy, waiting for An Xiaonuan's approval and praise. However, what greeted him was a bucket of cold water—the kind that soaks you from head to toe.

An Xiaonuan pouted, her expression full of disdain as she vetoed, "Not good! That sounds terrible."

"How is it terrible?" Chen Sheng expressed his disagreement.

"Oh! Just focus on driving. You don't need to worry about naming things, you big straight-man. I'll think about it properly later." An Xiaonuan chose to skip this topic directly.

This was a summary of blood and tears from years of getting along. After all, one really couldn't expect a tech-savvy STEM guy to be capable of the kind of romance the general public thinks of.

It was all just self-righteousness in isolation.

Of course, one couldn't deny that straight-shooting sometimes really couldn't be resisted, and she was the one who fell quickly under Chen Sheng's straight-shooting offensive back then.

Chen Sheng: Slander! This is absolutely slander! I am a man with both high IQ and high EQ.

The two chatted and laughed all the way to the Western restaurant located in Jinjiang District. Of course, the restaurant wasn't high-end—at least not to the level where it needed to be booked in advance.

The two chose a double table by the window, ordered a steak, a pasta dish, pre-meal soup, vegetable salad, and two pieces of dessert cake.

How should I put it?

It tasted okay, but the price-performance ratio wasn't high. Of course, Western food has always been synonymous with low price-performance ratios. Don't look at how little they ordered; it cost a total of 1,288 yuan, and the worst part was that it included a 10% service fee.

Regarding this, An Xiaonuan, who had just walked out of the restaurant, commented, "If I had known, we would have gone for hot pot. Not only was I not full, but it was also crazy expensive. Hmph! Tomorrow I'm going to go find Wang Yan to settle the score."

"Yeah! Help me vent my frustration too." Chen Sheng rubbed his stomach and agreed, "Actually, I'm not full either! What do you say? Should we go for a second round?"