Wei Zhiqian raised his eyebrows: "Or, can you represent the entire laboratory?"

"I..." Cheng Xiu Ze was speechless after being asked by Wei Zhiqian.

"Uncle, why are you back?" Tan Mo was surprised.

"The person who said he would watch me leave didn't even know I came back?" Wei Zhiqian raised his eyebrows. This heartless guy, could he be trying to tease him?

Did you actually do what you said before: watch him leave?

Or did you just stop watching after a while and not watch him the whole time?

Tan Moke felt extremely wronged: "I was watching you the whole time. It was only when Senior Brother Cheng came to see me that I stopped looking."

Someone comes to see her, but she ignores them?

How rude!

Wei Zhiqian's heart suddenly shrank to the size of a needle tip, thinking that it was all because of Cheng Xiu Ze.

Could it be that in Tan Mo's eyes, Cheng Xiu Ze is more important than him?

But when he saw Tan Mo, Wei Zhiqian finally spoke some sense again.

After all, everyone is here, and Tan Mo can't ignore them.

Cheng Xiu Ze didn't do anything bad.

You can't just not look at others straight in the eye.

Tan Mo is a polite and good boy.

So after thinking about this matter, Wei Zhiqian decided that he really couldn't blame Tan Mo.

If anyone is to be blamed, blame Cheng Xiu Ze who happened to come over at this moment to distract Tan Mo's attention.

"Why not ask Professor Yue?" Wei Zhiqian had no intention of letting Cheng Xiu Ze go so easily.

"I can't represent the entire lab." Cheng Xiu Ze faced Wei Zhiqian, feeling immense pressure. "I just want to express my gratitude to Tan Mo on my own behalf."

"You're the only one who's grateful, but no one else is?" Wei Zhiqian said dissatisfiedly, "I'd like to ask everyone else in your lab, are they all ungrateful?"

"Mo Mo helped such a big favor, and you even knew to treat them to a meal to express your gratitude, but they didn't even say a verbal thank you?" Wei Zhiqian said again.

"..." Cheng Xiu Ze was not familiar with Wei Zhiqian. He had only heard of his name and had no idea that Wei Zhiqian was such a picky person.

Besides, he didn't invite Tan Mo to dinner for this reason.

This was just an excuse he made.

But Cheng Xiu Ze couldn't say it.

"We in the laboratory are naturally grateful to Tan Mo," said Cheng Xiu Ze.

"If everyone's grateful, why are you the only one treating?" Wei Zhiqian asked again, "If you were the only one wanting to express your gratitude by treating everyone to a meal, you should have invited everyone in the lab. Treating just one person and leaving everyone else out would seem like trying to sow discord."

Cheng Xiu Ze: “…”

Listen, is this human language?

Who is actually sowing discord?

"Other people should have their own ways." Cheng Xiu Ze could only say.

"You deal with numbers all day long, so precision is paramount. You shouldn't use a word like 'should' that's full of uncertainty in this context." Wei Zhiqian continued to nitpick.

Cheng Xiu Ze: “…”

Did Wei Zhiqian minor in Chinese?

It’s quite rigorous!

"Otherwise, how can we feel at ease with you joining our country's aerospace industry?" Wei Zhiqian escalated the matter to an extremely high level.

Cheng Xiu Ze: “…”

Seeing Cheng Xiu Ze's depressed look, he really felt sorry for himself.

Tan Mo quickly said, "Senior Cheng, I know what you mean."

It depends on how Cheng Xiu Ze understands this.

If Cheng Xiu Ze just invited her to dinner to thank her for her help in the progress of laboratory research.

That was exactly what Tan Mo meant.

But Tan Mo felt that this was unlikely.

As Wei Zhiqian said, the laboratory does not belong to Cheng Xiu Ze alone.

Even if he wanted to express his gratitude, Cheng Xiu Ze didn't have to spend any money on it.

Besides, Tan Mo has been in the laboratory for quite a long time.

Not long after she entered the laboratory, her value was demonstrated.

We have already done this to speed up the research progress.

But at that time, Cheng Xiu Ze didn't say he wanted to treat her to a meal.

If Cheng Xiu Ze was using gratitude as an excuse and treating treating her to dinner as the first step in pursuing her.

This is what Tan Mo meant.

She received the kindness.

But there is no need for food.

It's like rejection.

"Thank you, Brother Cheng." Tan Mo said with a smile, "Brother Cheng, please don't spend money. I didn't do anything. I'll ask A Qing to organize it later and we can have a meal together."

So I didn't eat with him alone.

"Tan Mo, you..." He didn't know what Cheng Xiu Ze was going to ask, but he only said these three words. When he saw Tan Mo's smiling face and his slightly curved eyes that were like crescent moons hanging high in the night sky, Cheng Xiu Ze paused.

Tan Mo knew, she knew what he meant.

In those beautiful, smiling and exceptionally bright eyes, there was understanding and also a polite refusal.

"I understand." Cheng Xiu Ze said dejectedly.

He hasn't decided whether to give up yet.

Now that Wei Zhiqian is here, there are many things he is not comfortable saying.

But at least he knew Tan Mo's attitude towards her.

Just as he told Ming Yeqing, he liked Tan Mo, but not to the extent that he had to have her.

This is probably the attitude of most modern men and women.

I like you, but I don’t need you.

If you don't like me, I'll just like someone else.

A few people are so persistent that they feel that their love is moving and as long as they persist, they will succeed one day.

There may be good results, but it may also cause trouble to the other party, causing distress and hurt.

But Cheng Xiu Ze obviously belongs to the majority.

But he thought that there was no need to rush to draw conclusions and give up.

Tan Mo still has to go to the lab anyway.

He and Tan Mo had many opportunities to spend time together.

Try it again slowly.

If they continue to get along and Tan Mo still has no interest, then he will give up.

"Then I'll go first." Cheng Xiu Ze said.

Tan Mo smiled: "Thank you, Senior Brother."

Very good, very free and easy.

There was no persistent pursuit, which maintained the dignity of both parties.

But he is much better than people like Jiang Siyong.

After Cheng Xiu Ze left, Wei Zhiqian said, "This guy is unreliable."

"..." Although he disliked her, Tan Mo thought for a long time and couldn't think of anything bad about Cheng Xiu Ze. "Senior Brother Cheng is a good person."

"He is dishonest." Wei Zhiqian pointed out without any guilt.

Tan Mo: “…”

Where's the dishonesty?

She didn't see it.

"First, he treated you to dinner under the pretext of thanking you, but then, after hearing my questions, he said he couldn't represent the entire lab. Then he became vague and evasive. With this back-and-forth, who knows which of his words are true and which are false?" Wei Zhiqian frowned and said, "He's very unreliable!"

Even if it was Tan Mo, he couldn't go against his conscience and say bad things about Cheng Xiu Ze just to please Wei Zhiqian.

Cheng Xiu Ze is such a good senior brother, and he has a very good relationship with Ming Yeqing.

She could only keep silent.

"Besides, he gave up so easily. Obviously he doesn't really like you." Wei Zhiqian said again.