“Have you told him that?”
Chen Jiaojiao: “No, I don’t know how to tell him. I feel like he really likes me.”
Chen Jiaojiao sighed.
“There’s no helping it, I’m just someone who likes a challenge. A life that can be seen through at a glance, with a clear end after marriage, holds no interest for me.”
“Can you give me some advice? How can I spend his money with a clear conscience, without him developing those kinds of feelings for me?”
“…”
If she weren’t so familiar with Chen Jiaojiao, hearing her say such things would undoubtedly brand her as a heartless woman.
But Jiang Nan Fang knew she didn’t mean it that way.
She didn’t know how to answer.
“We’ll talk about it when we get home tonight. Help me find my clothes first, I’m almost late for work.”
The call ended, and Zhan Bei Jue immediately pulled her into his embrace.
Jiang Nan Fang was startled.
“What are you doing? Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Why didn’t you answer her question?”
“What question? Didn’t I just answer it?”
“She asked if my physique was good, if I was impressive, why didn’t you say anything?”
“…”
Vain man.
Jiang Nan Fang reached out and hit him.
“What? Am I not enough to appreciate you alone? Do you really need Chen Jiaojiao added to the mix?”
Zhan Bei Jue’s expression was gentle.
“It’s not that, I just wanted to know how I make you feel. Tell me, how am I?”
Jiang Nan Fang felt too embarrassed to say, so she changed the subject.
“I’ve discovered you’re quite heartless. Lu Ming Zhe must be one of your best friends, right? Didn’t you hear what Chen Jiaojiao just said?”
“I don’t have feelings for him and don’t plan to marry him. He’s already in such a miserable state, and you’re still in the mood to joke around? Aren’t you worried about him?”
“What’s there to worry about? He’s almost thirty years old. If he can’t even handle a mere girl like this, then he might as well not live.”
“…”
Zhan Bei Jue steered the conversation back, pulling at her blanket and persistently questioning her.
“Why is it that you just won’t answer my question? How do I make you feel?”
Jiang Nan Fang couldn’t resist his persistence and dodged him, laughing as she answered.
“Alright, alright, you’re great, incredibly great. Happy now?”
“You’re just being perfunctory. It seems you’re not very satisfied with my performance!”
“Would you like to give me another chance to prove myself?”
He leaned in closer again.
Jiang Nan Fang was terrified by him.
“Then what do you want me to say? I haven’t tried with anyone else. Do I need to provide a comparative report and write down my post-experience feelings for you?”
“Okay, stop fooling around, you still have to go to work.”
Zhan Bei Jue buried his head in her hair, his voice muffled, like a child.
“Ah, I really don’t want to go to work. No wonder people in ancient times used to say ‘a warm wife, a child, and a heated kang’.”
“It would be wonderful to be together with you like this forever.”
Despite saying that, work still had to be done.
Zhan Bei Jue went out to get her clothes.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered Jiang Nan Fang’s residential complex, the devoted Lu Ming Zhe also made his appearance.
They met downstairs, and Lu Ming Zhe called out to him enthusiastically.
“Old Zhan, morning, Old Zhan.”
“Why are you here too? How was last night? Hey, I’m talking to you, Zhan Bei Jue!”
Zhan Bei Jue knew that nothing good would come from Lu Ming Zhe’s mouth and intended to ignore him.
After being called a few times, he saw Zhan Bei Jue walking further away. Lu Ming Zhe parked his car carelessly in the yard and ran after him.
“I’m calling you! Are you deaf or ungrateful? You got the girl and now you’re ignoring me, acting all high and mighty?”
Zhan Bei Jue glanced back at him. His hair was slicked back perfectly, and he was dressed smartly.
He was clearly dressed up.
Thinking about how Chen Jiaojiao upstairs had no interest in him, he felt a twinge of sympathy.
“Why are you here so early?”
“To pick up my wife for school. She’s new to this place, just arrived. I can’t just let her take a taxi, can I?”
Lu Ming Zhe said gleefully.
“The security is so bad these days. My wife is so beautiful, what if someone gets ideas?”
Zhan Bei Jue had several things he wanted to tell him brewing in his mind.
But after much thought, he finally raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder.
“Keep it up.”
Lu Ming Zhe thought Zhan Bei Jue was encouraging him and followed him forward with a smug expression.
“You haven’t answered my question yet. Come on, how did you suddenly win her over? Was last night’s battle intense?”
“You look so energetic, walking with such a spring in your step, like you didn’t exert much effort. Couldn’t get it up, could you?”
Zhan Bei Jue felt he shouldn’t have pitied him just now.
Chen Jiaojiao’s judgment was correct.
He was too detestable, too detestable to be a psychologist.
He wasn’t worth liking at all!
“When you can control that mouth of yours, then you’ll be worthy of marriage.”
“Did I hit a nerve? Is that it?”
As Lu Ming Zhe became increasingly outrageous, Zhan Bei Jue interrupted him.
“Alright, alright, stop talking. Anyway, you’ve reconciled, and you’ll never be apart again.”
“Last night was intense, but I just have good physical stamina, what can I do? I’m not tired. Can you be jealous? Satisfied?”
Lu Ming Zhe was deliberately teasing him.
Seeing him get riled up, he found it even more amusing.
“Say, have you been secretly working out behind my back?”
Zhan Bei Jue gave him a sideways glance.
“Working out is working out, I do it openly. Why would I need to do it secretly behind your back?”
“You always seem so busy, always working, yet your physical condition is so good.”
“Naturally. I never mess around, and I have no opportunities to contract any messy diseases, so of course, my health is good.”
“Who are you implying? Who messes around? Who has the opportunity to contract messy diseases? Whose physical condition isn’t good?”
“Whoever it applies to knows.”
The two walked along, bickering childishly. As they talked, Chen Jiaojiao came down from upstairs.
Through the glass door, they quickly stopped talking.
Chen Jiaojiao put some clothes into a bag and walked up to Zhan Bei Jue, handing them to him while sizing him up.
Her face clearly displayed an expression of: “I know you two did something last night.”
Zhan Bei Jue, a grown man, felt embarrassed by her gaze.
What kind of person was she?
In terms of thick skin, Lu Ming Zhe and she were quite a match.
“Thank you. You guys chat, I’ll be going now.”
Zhan Bei Jue took the clothes and turned to leave.
Chen Jiaojiao didn’t hold back and immediately started gossiping with Lu Ming Zhe behind his back.
“I just called Sister Nan Fang, and she admitted they were together last night.”
“Let me ask you a question. Do you think Mr. Zhan, having such a good physique, means that this type of person is usually very capable?”
Zhan Bei Jue almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
Big sister, I haven’t gone far, and my hearing is fine. Can you lower your voice a bit?
Lu Ming Zhe shamelessly chimed in.
“Definitely capable. People like us who pay attention to our physique usually work out a lot, so we’re very capable.”
“…”