He lit a cigarette, took a drag, held it in his hand, and zipped up his jacket.
Perhaps because the jacket was black with a stand-up collar, it covered his sharp jawline, leaving only his nose and eyes exposed, making him appear more rugged and spirited.
But he was good-looking and couldn't speak properly.
"You can. Do whatever you want. I'm going to the electronics wholesale street on Baili West Road. I'll go ahead."
After speaking, he turned the key to his electric scooter, and like a nimble snake, he weaved a few times, passed her, and sped off with a dashing figure.
Watching his tall, thin back on the electric scooter, his hair blown by the wind, Tian Tian shook her head.
It was right not to fall in love, right not to be attracted to men. Daddy and Mommy were right!
Even her two older brothers were no good, which showed that there were no good men in this world.
The more handsome a man, the more poisonous he was.
Cherish life, stay away from men. Amitabha.
Fortunately, she was smart and remembered what he had just said. She got back in the car, set the navigation, and drove after him.
She drove stop-and-go all the way, taking half an hour to reach the wholesale market, which was teeming with people.
Various five-seater pickup trucks, seven-seater minivans, electric scooters, motorcycles, old and young, men and women, from the south and from the north. All sorts of vendors with different accents, wholesalers, gathered on this street.
The place was bustling and crowded.
Did she have Chen Dongyang's contact information? She couldn't find him, so how could she contact him?
Tian Tian wandered around in the crowd for a while, knowing she couldn't find him. She casually asked a few shops about the market price of materials, then estimated the size and price of what Wushuang's home would need. She then returned to her car to wait.
Her car was parked in front of a shop. The owner initially disagreed with her parking there, but seeing it was a luxury car and a beautiful woman got out, he didn't say much more.
However, Tian Tian knew the rules and was afraid of affecting their business. Feeling a bit embarrassed, she went into his small supermarket and bought some things.
There was nothing she really wanted to eat. Seeing the chewing gum by the counter, she felt a bit hungry, so she took two packs.
She opened a pack, sat in the car, rolled down the window, and waited leisurely.
A few minutes later, she actually managed to wait for him.
Chen Dongyang emerged from the crowd, weaving nimbly on his old electric scooter.
For some reason, when he rode away earlier, leaving her behind, she felt provoked.
Now that she had successfully caught up and blocked him again, Tian Tian felt a sense of triumphant revenge.
She quickly started her car, honked at him as she drove forward.
Chen Dongyang's attention was drawn, and he turned to look. The first thing he noticed was her car.
Tian Tian had been quite low-key, driving the oldest Bentley her family owned.
It was said that Jiang Nan Fang had started driving it when she was in middle school, and it had been almost ten years.
But in such an environment, it still looked rather unique.
With her attire, the confidence cultivated since childhood, driving such a car, and her always aggressive demeanor when speaking, she gave the impression of a spoiled, arrogant young lady who wanted to show off.
Chen Dongyang sneered inwardly at first glance.
Since entering the renovation industry, he had encountered all sorts of peculiar people. Women, whether old or young, all wanted to flaunt their superiority in front of them. Were renovation workers really that inferior? He was speechless.
He didn't know what the point of Tian Tian honking at him was. He glanced quickly, then turned his head back and rode his electric scooter away.
Tian Tian didn't use the navigation and leisurely followed him back to the residential complex.
They parked their cars one after another. Chen Dongyang hung the items on himself and walked upstairs.
Tian Tian followed him and asked him how much he had bought and how much he had spent.
Chen Dongyang thought to himself: The little bit he saved wasn't enough for her to make two trips for gas. But he didn't say it out loud.
He handed her the shopping list with a blank expression.
Tian Tian picked it up and looked at it. It was roughly what she had calculated. She then put it back into his pocket.
They didn't speak anymore and remained silent until they reached the upper floor.
Chen Dongyang casually threw the wires on the ground, called out to Douya, put on his gloves and mask, and the two of them began to groove and connect the electricity against the wall.
They didn't need to supervise the digging of the grooves themselves; they believed that the person was too stupid to mess up such a simple task.
After standing for a few minutes, she told Douya she would come back tomorrow and then went downstairs.
Back in the car, while waiting for the heater to warm up, she sent Wushuang a WeChat message, asking how her packing was going.
After waiting for a while, Wushuang hadn't replied yet. She saw someone rushing down the stairs again.
A tall figure, with urgent steps, wasn't it Chen Dongyang?
He had only worked for a few minutes upstairs, why was he coming down again?
While she was wondering, he got on that old electric scooter again and rode off outside with a dashing figure.
So unreliable, no self-awareness at all. Did he need to be supervised to work?
The owner had just left, and he was slacking off immediately!
Tian Tian cursed inwardly: Fine. You can dawdle. When I come tomorrow and find the progress unsatisfactory, I won't assign this unprofitable job to you. Expect a contract termination.
She started her car and also left the residential complex.
Wushuang replied to her WeChat, saying she had already packed at home and asked how things were on her end.
Tian Tian said she had finished supervising and there was nothing else to do. "How about we go shopping as planned? I'll come find you now."
Wushuang agreed. She threw her phone back and continued driving. At a traffic light intersection ahead, she saw Chen Dongyang's electric scooter parked on the sidewalk in front of her, having arrived a few steps before her.
He was like a persistent ghost.
She actually saw him here too.
Tian Tian turned left, and unexpectedly, Chen Dongyang also turned left.
She had intended to speed past him to find Wushuang, but as she drove, her curiosity got the better of her.
She wanted to see what this guy was rushing to do.
She slowed down her car and followed him unhurriedly.
After two blocks, the electric scooter stopped, and a woman holding a child, with an anxious expression, rushed out from the roadside.
Chen Dongyang sat on the scooter and didn't get up, but judging by his expression and the woman's rapid speech, they must have been discussing the child.
After a few words, he took off his jacket and wrapped it around the child, then let the woman get on the electric scooter.
Then he turned the vehicle around and drove her back in the direction they came from.
Seeing their familiarity and his haste, Tian Tian's first reaction was that he was married and this was his child.
But then she thought, he looked quite young, he shouldn't be a father so early, right?
No, no, she shouldn't think that.
Weren't Jiang Jingyu and Zhan Jingrui both young? And they were already married with children.
Wushuang, oh Wushuang, you have good taste.
Your first time longing for love, and you've fallen for a man like this.
Going forward another block and entering the residential complex was where Wushuang rented her place.
Tian Tian went up and told her what she had seen and heard. Wushuang was indeed very disappointed.
"Ah, really?"