“Jiang Nanfang, you truly don’t know what’s good for you.”
Having received no gratitude for his kindness, Zhan Beijue recalled all he had done for her that day and drove away from the hospital, keys in hand, seething.
Back in the car, Lu Mingzhe, oblivious, happened to call.
“Speak!” Zhan Beijue’s tone was naturally sharp, seething with anger.
“What’s wrong? Who upset you so much? Weren’t you with that person who makes you feel something? Did you two argue?”
How dare he pry into his private life?
Zhan Beijue gripped the steering wheel forcefully. “Your studio is going bankrupt, are you that bored you’ve gone mad?”
“If you have nothing to do, find a construction site and move bricks. Stop bothering me.”
Lu Mingzhe felt quite innocent. “How did I upset you again? Just a few hours ago you were asking me to find a doctor for you, and now you’re turning your back on me…”
“What? You think I owe you a favor? Want to collect so quickly?”
“I didn’t mean it that way. You’re really like a rabbit that’s been cooked and then discarded… However,” Lu Mingzhe chuckled.
“I just got off work and I’m bored. If you want to repay me, we could have dinner together.”
Zhan Beijue was extremely annoyed and had no mood to listen to his nonsense.
Just as he was about to hang up, he reconsidered; going home would be boring too.
“Where? Name a place.”
Lu Mingzhe chuckled again and quickly gave an address.
After Zhan Beijue left, Jiang Nanfang directly left the hospital and took a taxi to the place Zhou Jinxiu had specified.
He was waiting for her at the entrance. When they met, Jiang Nanfang stuck out her tongue to show him.
“I had an allergic reaction today. I just came from the hospital. My tongue is still swollen, I can’t even speak properly. You’re not allowed to make me drink.”
Seeing the faint red marks on her arm and cheek that hadn’t yet faded, Zhou Jinxiu believed her.
“What caused the allergy? Why didn’t you tell me you had an allergic reaction? I would have come to the hospital to see you.”
“It’s nothing, not a big problem. I’m fine now, aren’t I? Where are your friends?”
“They’re waiting inside. Let’s go.”
He lifted his arm and slung it around her shoulder, suddenly smiling with an ambiguous expression.
“I have some good news for you.”
“What good news?”
“I didn’t know you liked this before, so I didn’t pay much attention. You really don’t know until you pay attention, and then you’re shocked. I didn’t expect your group to be so large.”
“Especially people like you, tsk tsk, you’re very popular in the circle.”
He genuinely thought Jiang Nanfang liked women. According to him, was today’s friend also from the circle?
Jiang Nanfang glanced at him. “You’re not planning to introduce me to someone again, are you?”
“I didn’t originally plan to introduce you to anyone. But since I mentioned it casually, they’re very curious about you.”
“I’m just making an introduction. Whether there’s a connection depends on you two.” Zhou Jinxiu patted her shoulder like a buddy.
“I suddenly envy you, being liked by so many beautiful women. I was really born in the wrong gender, my friend.”
The two walked and talked like buddies, but this scene was completely captured by Zhan Beijue, who arrived slightly later.
Jiang Nanfang, not even staying in the hospital, risked everything to run out and meet Zhou Jinxiu?
They were hugging and holding each other intimately upon meeting. Was she really with him?
Didn’t she say she had nothing with him? She was with men one day and women the next.
Why wasn’t she busier!
Lu Mingzhe locked his car and walked up to him.
Seeing Zhan Beijue standing still, staring straight ahead with an unfriendly expression.
He followed Zhan Beijue’s gaze forward.
“From the back, it looks like Jinxiu. Did you call him to come along?”
Zhan Beijue said coolly, “Do I like him that much?”
“…Then that’s quite a coincidence.”
“He changed girlfriends again, tsk tsk. He changes girlfriends every day. What a great figure.”
Zhan Beijue turned and glanced at him sideways. “You’re really becoming more and more like a gossipmonger.”
The place they chose was called Huanaonguan, a high-end teahouse famous among the second-generation rich.
The annual membership fee was no less than seven figures, and the interior decoration was naturally first-class.
The hall was divided into four small spaces by subtly placed screens. In the innermost seat by the window, bathed in sunlight, sat a gentle and beautiful woman.
This seemed to be their friend. Jiang Nanfang walked over and extended her hand. “Hello, I’m Jiang Nanfang. Thank you for your help yesterday.”
Jiang Nanfang had light brown, straight hair tied back neatly.
She wore a simple white shirt and a dark blue skirt, with no makeup.
But her eyes were bright and spirited, her features were three-dimensional, her skin was delicate and fair, she walked with an air of heroic spirit, and spoke quickly, always giving people a spirited impression.
The female reporter was instantly captivated by her.
“Hello, my name is Zhang Chuchu. It’s a pleasure to meet you. Sit next to me.”
Zhan Beijue and Lu Mingzhe walked in and saw Jiang Nanfang sitting beside a beautiful woman with a smile.
Wanting to witness firsthand how she interacted with women, Zhan Beijue stopped in his tracks.
“Where is the location you booked?”
“The usual place, upstairs.”
Lu Mingzhe glanced in the direction of Zhan Beijue’s gaze and was instantly horrified.
“My goodness, the person who just came in with Zhou Jinxiu is actually…”
“I’m not blind.” Zhan Beijue chose a seat where he could see Jiang Nanfang. “I’m not going upstairs. We’ll stay here.”
A waiter came to serve tea.
Although he held the teacup to his lips, his eyes never left Jiang Nanfang.
Lu Mingzhe sat opposite him, unable to see anything, and became anxious.
“How is it? Did you do anything?”
“Does your ex-wife really like women? No wonder you divorced her even though she was so beautiful.”
“I say, you must have discovered it during your marriage, right? Then you were together for three years? You never touched her, how did you endure it?”
“That’s not right. No wonder you were outmaneuvered by her when you divorced. It turns out she was into that! You were used for your seed, Old Zhan!”
So much talk, can’t even shut your mouth with tea?
Zhan Beijue felt a sideways glance.
“Are you a psychologist or a gossip? You like to pry into other people’s private affairs so much, I think you do this job just to satisfy your own voyeurism.”
“…I’m just trying to figure out the situation back then and help you solve your problems…”
“No need. I told you, I have no problems, and the ones I had have been resolved.”
“I’m just curious, is she bisexual? Does she like both men and women? Otherwise, facing a man like you, she…”
“No, no, I’m too curious. Move over a bit, let me sit there. I want to see too.”
Looking at his gossipy demeanor.
Zhan Beijue ignored him and remained seated.
Lu Mingzhe crawled under the table and squeezed next to him, leaning forward to look diagonally behind them.
The woman was leaning against Jiang Nanfang’s shoulder, as if a little bird relying on her, talking to her and smiling sweetly.
Her affectionate expression was too obvious.
Jiang Nanfang didn’t refuse, cooperating by picking up a pastry and feeding her a bite.
The two of them were in deep affection, making one wonder what was the point of Zhou Jinxiu sitting opposite them.
Lu Mingzhe put his hand to his forehead. “Damn. I used to think you were an extraordinary person, but now I realize your ex-wife is also extraordinary, and your cousin even more so.”
“I’m truly impressed by the genes of your family.”