Jiang Jianian didn't say anything more, seemingly not wanting to pay any attention to Zheng Xuekai.

Zheng Xuekai kept pressing, "Do you really have a girl you like? Or are you afraid you won't be able to get a wife in the future?"

“Don’t let my average looks fool you. Once, when I was giving a public lecture at a university, a girl started pursuing me. She bombarded me with private messages. I’m almost ten years older than her, and this freshman girl said she admired me and was looking up to me. She started subtly asking if I had a girlfriend.” Zheng Xuekai smiled bitterly. “If I were any more of a jerk, I would have taken advantage of this girl.”

Jiang Jianian remained unmoved.

Zheng Xuekai, however, was already lost in his memories of the past, constantly reminiscing about the past. "Let me tell you, my college girlfriend contacted me on her own initiative because of a debate competition. It's quite a pity about us. She was in a hurry to get married. At that time, I had just graduated from college. Although I had some savings because I was relatively smart, her family wanted her to get married quickly through arranged marriages. They looked down on my savings and thought I was a poor guy struggling to do scientific research. Her mother even threatened to kill herself to force her to get married."

“I really like her. She’s so gentle. I’m quite arrogant. I had a really bad temper in college. I thought I was awesome in the college entrance exam. I was arrogant and didn’t respect anyone after I got into Peking University. If I had met a genius like you back then, I might have felt indignant, like ‘Why did Heaven create both Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang?’” Zheng Xuekai paused for a moment.

Jiang Jianian glanced at him expressionlessly, "Our levels are far apart, you shouldn't have such feelings."

Zheng Xuekai: ...This brat.

“Listen carefully to what my senior has to say!” Zheng Xuekai laughed and said, “Sometimes being overly arrogant is actually a sign of inferiority. Although I am smart, my family background is too ordinary. When I was in college, I was running for student council president, but I couldn’t compete with others because those rich kids knew how to get things done and their abilities were not much worse than mine. I don’t know why I couldn’t see their superior abilities back then. I was stuck in a dead end and just thought it was because they were rich.”

“My ex-girlfriend, she was such a gentle person.” Zheng Xuekai smiled bitterly. “I don’t like to reopen old wounds, but I really couldn’t get over it at that time. Plus, her family was well-off, and I’d heard the saying that girls would rather find a rich man than a highly educated one. I don’t know why I couldn’t accept it. We argued, and we almost broke up. Later, I took the initiative to make up, to show weakness, to reveal my vulnerability, and to let her see my fragility. Actually, I was prepared to be humiliated.”

"I didn't expect that girls actually like to show vulnerability appropriately. By some twist of fate, I made her feel sorry for me, and afterwards, she paid more attention to my feelings than before." Zheng Xuekai shook his head. "She's always been so good to me. I'm the one who missed out, right?"

"Hmm," Jiang Jianian responded thoughtfully.

After extracting all of Zheng Xuekai's nonsense, all he heard was: "Girls actually like to show weakness appropriately."

To show weakness?

The car arrived at the research institute. Zheng Xuekai got out first, and then the car drove back towards the Ye family villa.

Ye Zhiwei and the others just returned around that time.

After Ye Zhiwei finished her phone call with Jiang Jianian, she went back to find that Yu Shishu had already left. However, perhaps because of Ye Zhiwei's impolite words, Yu Shishu felt a little guilty and actually planned to shoot another scene with her in the afternoon, allowing Ye Yingying to rest for half a day.

Ye Zhiwei happily brought the green tea girl back.

As soon as she got out of the car, she saw Jiang Jianian standing in front of the door. Her eyes widened in surprise, and she asked, "Jiang... Jiang Jianian?"

Upon hearing Ye Zhiwei's voice, the boy turned around.

"You're back? I thought you weren't coming back today!" Ye Zhiwei continued in surprise, "Jiang Jianian, so you still came back?"

Jiang Jianian looked away and said somewhat awkwardly, "Didn't you tell me to come back?"

Ye Zhiwei: Huh? ? Is that so? ?