"Jiang Nan Fang, you truly don't know what's good for you."
Zhan Bei Jue, feeling that his good intentions had gone unrewarded, recalled all he had done for her that day and drove away from the hospital in a huff, holding the car keys.
Back in the car, Lu Ming Zhe, still oblivious, happened to call.
"Speak!" Zhan Bei Jue was furious, his tone naturally unfriendly.
"What's wrong? Who upset you so much? Aren't you with the person who makes you feel something? Did you two fight?"
How dare he pry into his private life?
Zhan Bei Jue gripped the steering wheel forcefully. "Your studio is going bankrupt, are you so bored you've gone crazy?"
"If you have nothing to do, find a construction site and move bricks. Stop bothering me."
Lu Ming Zhe felt quite wronged. "How did I upset you again? 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 cash it in so quickly?"
"I didn't mean that. You're really a fair-weather friend... However," Lu Ming Zhe chuckled.
"I just finished work and I'm bored. If you want to repay my favor, we could have dinner together."
Zhan Bei Jue was very annoyed and had no mood to listen to his nonsense.
Just as he was about to hang up, he had a change of heart; it would be boring to go home.
"Where? Name a place."
Lu Ming Zhe chuckled again and quickly gave an address.
After Zhan Bei Jue left, Jiang Nan Fang left the hospital directly and took a taxi to the place designated by Zhou Jin Xiu.
He was waiting for her at the entrance. When they met, Jiang Nan Fang stuck out her tongue for him to see.
"I had an allergic reaction today and 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 faded, Zhou Jin Xiu believed her.
"How did you get the allergy? Why didn't you tell me you had an allergy? I would have come to see you at the hospital."
"It's nothing, it's not a big problem. I'm fine now, aren't I? Where are your friends?"
"They're waiting inside. Let's go."
He raised his arm to put it around her shoulders and suddenly smiled with a suggestive look.
"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. I didn't know until I paid attention, and I was shocked. I didn't expect your group to be quite so large."
"Especially people like you, tsk tsk, you're very popular in the circle."
He really thought Jiang Nan Fang liked women. According to him, was his friend today also from the circle?
Jiang Nan Fang glanced at him. "You're not going to introduce someone to me again, are you?"
"I originally didn't plan to introduce anyone to you. But since it came up, they're very curious about you."
"I'm just making the connection. Whether there's fate depends on you," Zhou Jin Xiu said, patting her shoulder like a buddy.
"I'm suddenly envious of you, being liked by so many beautiful women. I was really born with the wrong gender."
The two walked and chatted like brothers, but this scene was completely seen by Zhan Bei Jue, who arrived a moment later.
Jiang Nan Fang, not even staying in the hospital, risked everything to come out and meet Zhou Jin Xiu?
They were hugging and acting so intimately upon meeting, were they really together?
Didn't she say she had nothing with him? Men one day, women the next.
Why wasn't she busy to death!
Lu Ming Zhe locked the car and walked over to him.
Seeing Zhan Bei Jue standing still, staring straight ahead with an unpleasant expression.
He followed Zhan Bei Jue's gaze and looked forward.
"Looking at the back, it seems to be Jin Xiu. Did you invite him to come along?"
Zhan Bei Jue said coolly, "Do I like him that much?"
"...That's quite a coincidence."
"He's changed girlfriends again, tsk tsk, changing girlfriends every day, she has a great figure."
Zhan Bei Jue turned his head and gave him a sideways glance. "You're really becoming more and more of a gossip."
The place they chose was called Hua Nan Mansion, a well-known high-end teahouse among the second-generation rich.
The annual membership fee was no less than seven figures, and the interior decoration was naturally of first-class taste.
The hall was divided into four small spaces by subtle screens. In the innermost position by the window, bathed in sunlight, sat a gentle beauty.
It seemed this was their friend. Jiang Nan Fang walked over and extended her hand. "Hello, I'm Jiang Nan Fang. Thank you for your help yesterday."
Jiang Nan Fang had light brown, straight hair, tied back neatly.
She wore the most ordinary white shirt and a dark blue skirt, without makeup.
But her eyebrows were heroic, her features were sharp, her skin was delicate and fair, she walked with a spirited stride, and spoke quickly, always giving an impression of heroic spirit.
The female reporter was instantly captivated by her.
"Hello, my name is Zhang Chu Chu. It's a pleasure to meet you. Sit next to me."
Zhan Bei Jue and Lu Ming Zhe walked in and saw Jiang Nan Fang sitting next to a beautiful woman with a smile.
Wanting to witness firsthand how she interacted with women, Zhan Bei Jue stopped in his tracks.
"Where is the table you booked?"
"The usual place, upstairs."
Lu Ming Zhe followed his gaze and looked over, his face instantly drained of color.
"Holy crap, the person who just came in with Zhou Jin Xiu is actually..."
"I'm not blind," Zhan Bei Jue chose a seat where he could see Jiang Nan Fang. "We're 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 Nan Fang.
Lu Ming Zhe, sitting opposite him, couldn't see anything and couldn't help but feel anxious.
"How is it? Did you do anything?"
"Does your ex-wife really like women? No wonder she's so beautiful and you divorced her."
"I say, could it be that you found out during your marriage? Then you spent three years together? You never touched her, how did you endure it?"
"That's not right. No wonder you were outmaneuvered by her during the divorce. It turns out she's into that! You were used for your seed, Old Zhan!"
So much talking, can't even shut your mouth with tea?
Zhan Bei Jue felt a sideways glance directed at him.
"Are you a psychologist or a gossip? You like prying into other people's private affairs so much. I think you're in this profession just to satisfy your own voyeurism."
"...I'm just trying to understand the situation back then and help you solve the problem..."
"No need. I told you, I have no problems, and the ones I had are already solved."
"I'm just curious, is she bisexual? Does she love both men and women? Otherwise, facing you, a man, she..."
"No, no, I'm too curious. Move over a bit, let me sit there, I want to see too."
Seeing his gossipy demeanor.
Zhan Bei Jue ignored him and remained seated.
Lu Ming Zhe crawled under the table, squeezed next to him, and peered back diagonally.
The woman was leaning on Jiang Nan Fang's shoulder like a little bird, talking to her while smiling sweetly.
The affectionate look was too obvious.
Jiang Nan Fang didn't refuse. She cooperatively picked up a pastry and fed it to her.
The two were clearly in love, it was hard to understand what Zhou Jin Xiu, a grown man, was doing sitting opposite them.
Lu Ming Zhe put his hand to his forehead. "Damn. I used to think you were an unusual person, but now I know your ex-wife is also unusual, and your cousin even more so."
"I'm truly impressed by your family's genes."