November 20th, 2:00 PM, Feng Bujue’s home.

“Finally… the moment of destiny has arrived…” As he spoke, Feng Bujue stood ramrod straight, hands in his pockets, legs spread apart. He tilted his head at a forty-five-degree angle, his face displaying three parts melancholy and seven parts solemnity, his tone… filled with a sense of resolute determination before a great battle.

“Yes… neither of us has any way out.” Li Ruoyu stood two meters away from Jue-Ge, her face ashen and her voice as cold as ice. Her slender figure stood erect and still; and within her bright eyes, an unprecedented persistence was revealed.

“I really want to see what these two’s kids will be like…” At the same time, Assas, perched on the back of the sofa, stared at the two people in front of him with a splitting headache, and complained inwardly.

“Jue-Ge~ Xiao Ling and I have already seen this movie, why don’t we watch something else?” Two seconds later, Wang Tanzhi, sitting on the sofa, turned his head and muttered.

“Yeah, I don’t want to relive such a terrible movie.” Xiao Ling, leaning next to Xiao Tan, also turned her head in agreement.

“You guys have seen even these obscure movies, it seems like I’ll have to find some domestically produced films next time.” Bao Qing, sitting on the other side, chimed in.

At this moment, Wang Tanzhi, Gu Xiaoling, Bao Qing, An Yueqin, and Ouyang Jian, all five of them, were sitting in front of the home theater in the living room, staring at the screen, eating snacks, and drinking hot tea.

Only Jue-Ge and Ruoyu stood seriously facing each other behind the others…

“Hey!” Hearing the others' words, Jue-Ge immediately turned his head and shouted, “What exactly are you guys here for?”

“Anyway… I’m here to urge you to submit your manuscript.” An Yueqin replied without turning her head.

Bao Qing replied with a puzzled expression, “Eh? Isn’t today the terrible movie marathon?”

“I was just about to ask you…” Then, Ouyang Jian also turned his head, squinting at Jue-Ge and saying, “My work is charged by the hour, hundreds of dollars a minute, what exactly did you call me here for?”

“What terrible memories do you all have?” Feng Bujue widened his eyes, looking at them and saying, “Didn’t I say it last week? Today is the day Ruoyu and I have our bet showdown, I’m challenging knot tying, and she’s using chopsticks… hey~ hey! What are you doing?”

“I’m going back.” As Ouyang Jian said this, he had already stood up from the sofa and quickly walked to the door.

“You can’t leave!” Feng Bujue said, “Also acting as a witness, having a lawyer present makes it much more credible…”

“Feng Bujue.” Ouyang Jian interrupted Jue-Ge while putting on his shoes, “Our friendship isn’t shallow, I’m going to say this, please do me this favor…” He put on his shoes very quickly, then placed a hand on Jue-Ge’s shoulder, and said to the latter with a very serious expression, “You, and Li Ruoyu… if you ever sign a prenuptial agreement, ‘absolutely’… don’t come looking for me, I wouldn’t do that job for any amount of money.”

After this shyster said this righteously to Jue-Ge, he glanced back at everyone in the room, said “goodbye everyone,” and then walked out the door and left triumphantly…

“Hey~ what’s that guy’s deal?” Feng Bujue stood at the door for a few seconds, muttered a curse, and then turned around.

However, as soon as he turned around, he met An Yueqin’s gaze.

“Looks like you’re busy today.” As she said this, she had already put on her shoes, “I’ll come back another day.”

“Hey~ you also…” Feng Bujue just wanted to stop her when Bao Qing also followed closely behind, walking towards the doorway.

“Hey hey hey… Lord Bao!” Jue-Ge couldn’t bother to stop Miss An anymore, he rushed to Bao Qing’s front, “What are you doing?”

“Bujue~ I’ve been there myself.” Lord Bao replied earnestly, “Believe me, I’m doing this for your own good.” He gently patted Jue-Ge’s shoulder, and then followed An Yueqin out.

“Cousin, then we’ll go back too.” At this time, Xiao Ling had already taken Xiao Tan’s hand and walked towards the door, smiling sweetly at Ruoyu.

“Wait…” Ruoyu’s expression changed slightly, and she spoke to stop them, “If you all leave, then who will witness this bet…”

“Ah yah~ you can handle this matter yourselves.” Xiao Ling didn’t let her finish speaking, and pulled Xiao Tan out.

“Jue-Ge, then that’s all for today, we’ll come play again later.” When Xiao Tan passed in front of Feng Bujue, he didn’t forget to leave this sentence behind.

From elementary school until now, almost every time he left Jue-Ge’s residence, he would say this sentence, without even changing the lines…

“Meow~” Dozens of seconds later, just as Feng Bujue was about to close the door, Assas actually meowed and came to the door.

“You’re joining in on the fun too?” Since there was no one else around anyway, Feng Bujue lowered his head and started talking directly to the cat.

“I’m going out for a stroll, I probably won’t be back tonight, meow~” Assas replied, “Don’t leave the door open for me, meow~”

After she finished speaking, she also went out.

In less than five minutes, the room that originally had seven people and a cat was left with only a lonely man and woman.

Feng Bujue closed the door, returned to the living room, and met Ruoyu’s eyes for a few seconds.

“Hmph! It doesn’t matter!” He thought for a moment and said, “Even without witnesses… everyone is a person of their word, as long as…”

“Alright.” Ruoyu didn’t let him finish speaking, “I admit defeat.”

“Huh?” Feng Bujue was stunned for a moment, “What did you say?” He seemed to not believe what he had heard.

Ruoyu didn’t repeat those three words, but continued, “I’m just not good at using chopsticks, and I haven’t practiced at all this week.” As she spoke, she picked up the pair of chopsticks she had prepared, slowly walked to Feng Bujue’s front, and handed the chopsticks to Jue-Ge.

“I’m willing to admit defeat.” Ruoyu pursed her lips, lowered her head, and avoided Jue-Ge’s gaze, “We agreed that from now on, your shoes…”

“Hahaha…” Feng Bujue didn’t let her finish speaking, he suddenly laughed loudly and continued, “That’s great! Actually, I haven’t practiced tying knots this week either!” As he said this, he picked up the rope at hand, randomly wrapped the pair of chopsticks together, and tied a few of the simplest, but very strong, knots, “Since neither of us won, why don’t we just call it even?”

After saying that, he smiled and picked up the pair of chopsticks that were tied with dead knots and could no longer be separated, and handed them back to Ruoyu.

At this time when there was no one else around, these two people who were not good at expressing their inner thoughts… although they were still a little awkward, at least, they had both tried their best to express the feelings they wanted to convey to each other.

“Mm…” Ruoyu nodded slightly after hearing this.

She took the pair of chopsticks wrapped in rope, as if she had received a precious gift, and held them tightly in her palm.

A rare, sweet smile appeared on her face.