It was already eleven o'clock at night, but there were still quite a few cars on the streets of Jincheng.
He weaved through the other vehicles with a calm expression, eliciting honks from other drivers, which Chen Jiaojiao found incredibly relieving.
"Very good, keep it up, don't stop."
"..." Hu Jiasheng turned to look at her meaningfully.
The car was going fast, and he still had the mood to get distracted?
Chen Jiaojiao cursed at him.
"What? Drive your car properly, why are you looking at me?"
Was it that she was truly so innocent and didn't realize there was ambiguity in the sentence?
Or was she a top-tier master, hiding her emotions so that no one could tell?
Hu Jiasheng found her to be quite an interesting person.
"Miss Chen, besides being beautiful, have people ever complimented you on being interesting?"
"Of course! Beautiful, good figure, good skin, good family background, good personality, I've been praised for everything."
Not bad.
As expected of a girl raised in wealth, full of confidence.
After Chen Jiaojiao finished speaking, Hu Jiasheng nodded silently, not adding anything.
She let out a cold laugh and looked at him.
"Why aren't you talking anymore? Lost for words? Is this the first time you've met a woman as difficult as me?"
Hu Jiasheng smiled faintly again. "You are indeed quite special."
"How many girls have you said that to? It's too ordinary, not interesting at all, it doesn't pique my interest."
"Oh? Miss Chen thinks I'm deliberately trying to get your attention?"
"Aren't you? Mr. Hu, I'm curious, how old are you this year?"
"You don't look very young. Do you have a girlfriend? Are you trying to chase me? Sorry, we're not a good match."
Hu Jiasheng didn't expect her to be so direct, but it was better to be direct.
"Miss Chen thinks I'm chasing you? Is this how you've always been pursued?"
At night, going to someone's doorstep to ask them out, isn't that considered chasing?
Chen Jiaojiao's expression was full of haughtiness.
"Too many people chase me, and they've used too many strange methods, so I'm immune and can't remember them all."
"Especially someone like you, who is so unoriginal and lacks novelty, I can't remember you at all. So you don't need to bother."
Hu Jiasheng nodded.
"I didn't expect to give Miss Chen such a wrong impression, it's my fault. I apologize."
Still not admitting it?
If you like someone and want to chase them, just say it. Why are you so cowardly, not even daring to say it?
Chen Jiaojiao felt a little embarrassed.
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"No."
"Then if you're interested in me, just admit it. What's there to be afraid of?"
"The problem is we just met, and I don't have that kind of intention towards you."
Chen Jiaojiao almost spat out a mouthful of blood, right in his face.
Are you here to apologize to me or to annoy me?
How can there be such an annoying old man in the world?
She didn't want to talk to him anymore and turned her head away in anger.
Seeing that he had made her angry.
Hu Jiasheng paused for two seconds and then smiled faintly again.
With his left hand on the steering wheel, he reached out with his right hand and patted her arm.
"Alright, alright, I was just joking, don't be angry. I admit, I am indeed a little interested in you."
That's more like it!
I, Chen Jiaojiao, am not so lacking in charm that a man would repeatedly confront me.
She haughtily turned her face back.
"You don't need to say anything more, liking me is a testament to your good taste, but as I've told you, we're not a match."
Hu Jiasheng suppressed a smile.
"Is it because I'm older than you? Does Miss Chen like younger men?"
Can't I like someone my own age?
Why must it be either older or younger?
Chen Jiaojiao rolled her eyes at him again.
"So, how old are you really this year?"
Hu Jiasheng played coy and didn't answer.
"I thought Miss Chen was different from ordinary people, but it seems I was mistaken. Since we're not a match, then forget it."
After speaking, he turned the car onto a boundless highway.
He lowered his face, stomped on the accelerator, and sped forward madly.
Although it wasn't a convertible, with the windows down, driving at two hundred kilometers per hour still felt quite thrilling.
Chen Jiaojiao couldn't help but glance at him.
"You've had too much to drink, slow down a bit."
"Are you scared?"
"I'm afraid that if something happens and it's discovered we were drunk driving, we'll be severely criticized by netizens."
Hu Jiasheng slowed down the car.
There was no one around, only the two of them on the road, and he didn't know what was on his mind.
Suddenly, he sharply spun the steering wheel, turning the car around.
Chen Jiaojiao was just getting into the mood and found his actions strange.
"What are you doing? Going back already?"
"It's late. I'll take you back to sleep."
"Just now you woke me up when I was about to sleep. Now that you're full of energy, you want me to go back."
"Then we're not going back. We're changing destinations."
"Changing to where?"
"Is there anywhere in Jincheng you want to go but haven't been? I'll accompany you around."
Isn't this still him trying his best to be good to me?
Chen Jiaojiao's haughtiness returned.
"That's not necessary. I told you, I won't get together with you, and it's useless even if you accompany me to many places."
"Are you that certain?"
"Of course. You're still single at your age, and I don't want to waste your time. Why would I lie to you?"
Hu Jiasheng snorted, and the car sped off again.
Soon, they returned to the city.
Hu Jiasheng looked outside while driving and saw a giant building with flashing neon lights by the roadside, so he drove the car over.
As he expected, it was a bar.
Chen Jiaojiao was dressed in a way that was completely out of place for a bar.
She didn't want to go.
"I didn't realize you liked coming to places like this? But I don't. You can go by yourself."
Hu Jiasheng closed the driver's door, went around to the passenger side, and grabbed her.
"There's a male stripper show inside, with very good physiques. Are you sure you don't want to see?"
Chen Jiaojiao had been in Jincheng for nearly twenty years and had never heard of any bar introducing such a performance.
He, who had just arrived, discovered it?
"How do you know? You like watching such performances too? You're a man, you like watching male models? No wonder you don't have a girlfriend!"
There was ambiguity in her words.
But Hu Jiasheng ignored her and dragged her into the bar.
The lounge seats and the dance floor were crowded, with a DJ on stage spinning tunes. It was lively everywhere, but there was no sign of any male models.
"Didn't you say there were male models? Where are they?"
"Do you like watching them that much?"
"Are you trying to lie to me? What woman doesn't like that? Tall, handsome, well-built, and makes you happy without spending money, why wouldn't you watch?"
Hu Jiasheng pulled her to sit at the bar and ordered her a margarita.
"Then sit here and watch. I'll go call someone out right now."
Saying that, he took off his neat suit jacket, tossed it onto the bar counter with a *thud*.
Chen Jiaojiao thought he knew someone there who could actually call male models out.
She watched his long legs and broad back with anticipation while happily sipping her drink.
As a result, Hu Jiasheng walked into the dance floor, weaved through the bustling crowd, braced his hands on the speakers, and jumped onto the elevated stage.