Chapter 387: New Discovery

As they entered the city, the traffic grew noticeably heavier. Chen Erbao slowed down and casually turned on the news station.

"A group of female college students has recently gone missing in Binjiang City. It is understood that the five women were on a trip to the suburbs..."

Chen Erbao listened for a moment before switching to a music channel.

"Er Bao, where do you think they could've gone? Do you think they were kidnapped?"

Lin Zhiqing was still dwelling on the news report.

Chen Erbao shook his head.

"Women are already more vulnerable. They should pick safer places to go on the weekends. Even if they're just heading to the suburbs, they should have some guys with them. Who knows what could have happened..."

The two chatted casually, and soon they arrived at the new mall.

Lin Zhiqing pointed at the building, her voice full of excitement.

"The temperature dropped a couple of days ago, and now I have nothing suitable to wear. I'm going on a shopping spree today!"

Chen Erbao thought of Lin Zhiqing's overflowing wardrobe and sighed.

"Good thing I'm making money now. Otherwise, I really wouldn't be able to afford you!"

Hearing this, Lin Zhiqing shot him a look.

"Hmph. Are you saying I'm a big spender?"

"No... and it's fine even if you are! I earn money for you to spend!"

"That's more like it... Hee hee! Look at that giant teddy bear, it's so cute!"

She said cheerfully, pointing to a teddy bear as tall as a person set up on the side of the street.

"You want it?"

Chen Erbao glanced over and saw it was a promotion for a gym. Anyone who could do sixty consecutive push-ups would win the giant teddy bear.

Lin Zhiqing knew Chen Erbao's true strength, so she wasn't worried at all. Instead, she goaded him.

"Win it for me!"

"Watch me!"

Chen Erbao cracked his knuckles, walked up to the gym entrance, and listened as an employee explained the rules before taking off his jacket.

A crowd of young couples had gathered to watch. The women were all urging their boyfriends to participate, but the men were just awkwardly trying to talk them out of it.

"Honey, let's just go to a toy store. I'll buy you an even bigger one..."

"You can't do it, can you? Look at her boyfriend! He's already getting ready to start!"

"I..."

The guy was speechless. He wanted to retort—how could a man ever admit he "couldn't do it"?—but the thought of sixty push-ups made him give up instantly.

In this world, there are two things you just can't fake.

Math problems and push-ups.

An average person who doesn't work out would be doing well to complete thirty standard push-ups in a single set. Only someone who trains regularly could manage sixty.

But as for Chen Erbao...

He was in a league of his own.

You could say he was playing life with cheat codes.

Chen Erbao placed his hands on the ground, his body forming a straight line. At the employee's call of "Start!" he bent his arms and lowered his chest to the floor.

He effortlessly pumped out more than ten, and the people around him were already gasping in surprise.

By the time Chen Erbao hit thirty, the women in the crowd were watching him with feverish gazes, while the men were gritting their teeth in resentment.

'Damn you! Fucking showoff!'

Chen Erbao breezed through all sixty push-ups, got to his feet without any sign of strain, and accepted the giant teddy bear from the employee.

Lin Zhiqing rushed over, cheering gleefully. She threw her arms around Chen Erbao's broad frame, gazed delightedly at the teddy bear, and then, with a twinkle in her eye, she looked up and planted a kiss on his cheek.

The other women in the crowd sighed in disappointment at the sight.

But when the men saw how beautiful Lin Zhiqing was, they couldn't take their eyes off her.

'Damn this guy! How'd he get such a gorgeous girlfriend?!'

Ignoring the resentful stares, Chen Erbao took the beaming Lin Zhiqing by the hand and headed to the second floor of the mall.

"Er Bao, the way those girls were looking at you... it was like they wanted to eat you alive!"

Chen Erbao just chuckled.

"How could they possibly compare to you? I didn't even spare them a glance!"

"Liar!"

Lin Zhiqing scoffed, not believing his nonsense for a second.

Chen Erbao shrugged helplessly. He was actually telling the truth.

Not a single woman in that crowd could hold a candle to Lin Zhiqing. Why would he bother looking twice?

The two of them went up to the second floor and looked around. It was mostly clothing stores.

High-end luxury brands lined the walkways, one store after another in a dazzling display.

The clientele here consisted mostly of high-income earners, the majority of whom were women.

Most of the shops on the second floor were, in fact, for women's apparel.

Lin Zhiqing cheerfully pulled Chen Erbao into a store. She picked out an outfit and went to the fitting room to try it on. Chen Erbao, bored, sat on a sofa and watched the people coming and going, his eyes occasionally lingering on the pretty, stocking-clad legs that walked by.

'I said I'd buy white stockings for Xiaorui last time, but I never got around to it.'

Remembering this, Chen Erbao pulled out his phone, went to a shopping website, picked out a few suitable styles, and bought more than a dozen pairs in one go.

'I'll keep them at home,' he thought. 'That way, no matter who I'm 'exercising' with in the future, they'll come in handy!'

After changing, Lin Zhiqing walked up behind Chen Erbao. Seeing him browsing model photos for stockings on his phone, she leaned over, hugged him from behind, and asked with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes:

"Find anything you like?"

"Yeah... uh, I was just browsing. It's getting cold, thought I'd buy you some... warmer things..."

Chen Erbao had almost let the truth slip and scrambled to explain.

Lin Zhiqing shot him a glare, then glanced at the pictures on his phone. A peculiar glint appeared in her eyes as she leaned in and whispered in his ear:

"So this is what you're into, Er Bao... I could wear them for you, you know."

Chen Erbao froze for a second, then his breathing grew heavy.

He instinctively glanced down at Lin Zhiqing's legs, but she was wearing loose-fitting athletic clothes, so there wasn't much to see.

But he knew from experience how her legs felt—pale and straight. They weren't quite as long as Bai Xiaoqing's, but...

'If she wore white stockings, they would feel absolutely incredible.'

'And Bai Xiaoqing would be perfect in black stockings!'

Chen Erbao's mind raced, imagining the two of them—one in white stockings, one in black—bent over with their rears pointed at him...

'What a magnificent sight!'

Chen Erbao didn't dare to continue the thought, afraid he might lose control of himself right there in public.

"I'll add a couple of pairs for you!"

Chen Erbao said decisively.

"You perv!"

Lin Zhiqing huffed playfully and turned to speak with the sales associate.

Meanwhile, Chen Erbao was engrossed in browsing all sorts of lingerie sets online.

The more he looked, the more agitated he became.

He wasn't sure how it happened, but he clicked a link that took him to an adult novelty shop!

'Holy cow,' he thought. 'How did I never think of this before!'

Looking at the wild and wonderful lingerie on his phone, Chen Erbao could feel himself getting hard. He slapped his thigh in frustration.

'So many interesting things to try! How did I never think of this before?!'

'This time, I'm going to have to try something from every single one of these shops!'

By the time Chen Erbao had spent over a thousand yuan on the shopping sites, Lin Zhiqing had finished her own shopping and returned to his side, bags in hand.

"Er Bao, let's go upstairs. I heard they have a shooting range!"

Chen Erbao thought to himself, 'I acquired a Black Star pistol back on Changbai Mountain. It's just sitting at home. If I want to shoot, I can just go to Bailong Mountain and fire off as many rounds as I want.'