Chapter 19 Chapter 19 My afternoon is all yours.

19.

Jiang Nian enjoyed the meal very much. In his previous 22 years of life, he only had one friend, Chen Rong, but now he had another one, Lu Zhao.

Jiang Nian felt that he should change his attitude towards Lu Zhao. Shen Rong was a good friend to him, and so was Lu Zhao.

Even if Lu Zhao and Chen Rong ended up together in the future, it would be a marriage between two of his best friends, not a marriage where he treated Chen Rong as a brother and Lu Zhao as his partner. This would be too distant and would be an insult to Lu Zhao's affection for him.

After figuring it out, Jiang Nian felt more comfortable getting along with Lu Zhao.

The change in his mentality made Jiang Nian less worried when interacting with Lu Zhao. After the meal, he said that he wanted to make up for what he owed Lu Zhao.

The two came out of the hotel and headed straight to the mall. Jiang Nian gave Lu Zhao a tie as a New Year's gift.

After buying the gifts, Jiang Nian was about to go back, but when he passed the second floor of the mall, he found a newly opened game city. Young people like this, and Jiang Nian is no exception.

He had played with Chen Rong once a few years ago, but they were pressed for time and didn't have enough fun.

It was still early, and Jiang Nian was a little tempted. He turned to Lu Zhao and asked, "Are you busy this afternoon?"

Lu Zhao smiled gently and said, "My afternoon is all yours."

Jiang Nian loved hearing this. His eyes lit up and his smile became even brighter. "Okay, come with me to the game city."

Jiang Nian exchanged his game coins and dove headfirst into various games. Before he knew it, it was five in the afternoon. Having played all day, Jiang Nian had a blast and contacted a driver to pick him up at the mall.

Lu Zhao escorted Jiang Nian to the car and placed two huge bags filled to the brim. Inside the bags were various dolls Jiang Nian had caught today, as well as capsule toys and other prizes.

Jiang Nian took out a cute little snowman doll from the bag and handed it to Lu Zhao: "This is for you. Thank you for accompanying me today. I had a lot of fun."

Lu Zhao took the snowman toy and said, "Finally, you're not giving me a nice guy card anymore."

Jiang Nian burst into laughter.

Lu Zhao suddenly called him: "Jiang Nian."

Jiang Nian said "Hmm?" and looked up, only to hear Lu Zhao looking at him. His dark eyes were dyed a gorgeous color by the dazzling neon lights of the mall, so gentle that it seemed as if they could drown people.

Jiang Nian heard Lu Zhao say, "I'm very happy today too."

At this time, one of them was in the car and the other was outside the car, one was standing and the other was sitting. The evening breeze blew between the two of them. Jiang Nian's cheeks were slightly red, and he called Lu Zhao's name.

Lu Zhao's gaze swept across Jiang Nian's red ears and cheeks, and the smile in his eyes deepened. He nodded and waited for Jiang Nian to continue.

Jiang Nian said, "You are very good-looking, did you know that?"

If someone else said this, they would probably be shy and ambiguous, but Jiang Nian was not like that at all. His almond-shaped eyes were frank, as if he was just saying something that everyone agreed with.

Lu Zhao chuckled, looking very happy: "So?"

Jiang Nian's face was serious. "So don't exude charm so casually. I know you definitely don't mean to. You are very good-looking and any expression looks good, but you still have to be careful. I am your friend, and it doesn't matter how you behave in front of me. But what if you meet someone with a bad brain? If you look at him, he will think you have a good impression of him. If you smile at him, he will think you like him. There are even more troubles. If you meet a psychopath, he might accuse you of seducing him."

Jiang Nian summarized the various bizarre stories in the novels, movies, and TV shows he had read at home over the years, and said to Lu Zhao, "I know you're not afraid of these things, but it's better to avoid trouble that can be avoided. People are restless these days, so safety comes first."

Lu Zhao: “…”

The smile on his lips was almost unsustainable. Could he say that he was indeed intentionally exuding charm and deliberately seducing Jiang Nian, but who could have imagined that Jiang Nian was so... unromantic.

Under Jiang Nian's serious gaze, Lu Zhao's smile remained unchanged. The doll in his hand was squeezed out of shape. He nodded: "Okay, I understand."

Jiang Nian leaned closer to look at him: "You won't be angry, will you? I'm telling you this because we have a good relationship."

Looking at Jiang Nian's delicate and innocent eyes, Lu Zhao sighed: "I'm not angry."

Jiang Nian felt relieved and waved goodbye to Lu Zhao contentedly.

Lu Zhao stood there, watching Jiang Nian's car merge into the traffic and quickly disappear. He let go of the battered toy doll in his hand, feeling a mixture of helplessness and amusement.

He thought that it was normal for Jiang Nian to be naive and ignorant of worldly affairs since he stayed at home all year round.

It’s okay if you don’t understand romance and love, he can teach you slowly.

This process is also very interesting.

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On the way back, Jiang Nian called Chen Rong: "Are you still busy? My parents and eldest brother will be back very late tonight. Why don't you sleep over at my place? I brought you a gift."

Chen Rong really wanted to know what Jiang Nian and Lu Zhao did today. It was not convenient to talk in detail over the phone, so he immediately said that he would go back in the evening.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Shen Rong entered Jiang Nian's bedroom and looked at the two huge bags on the carpet in the room, speechless for a moment.

Chen Rong: "...How long has this been going on?"

Jiang Nian said, "Not very long, from 1:30 to 5 o'clock."

He looked at the spoils on the table, his eyebrows dancing with joy, very proud, "I caught so many things, isn't it amazing?"

Chen Rong's mouth twitched slightly. Lu Zhao, who made millions every minute, had spent three and a half hours catching dolls in the mall with Jiang Nian. Lu Zhao truly loved Jiang Nian.

Jiang Nian said generously, "You can pick whatever you like from these things, or you can take them all." He had already left gifts for his parents and brother.

Chen Rong's mind was not on the gifts. He randomly picked an ugly but cute Erha doll and asked Jiang Nian if he had fun playing with Lu Zhao today.

"I'm happy." Jiang Nian happily announced his decision, "From today on, Lu Zhao, like you, is my good friend and confidant."

Shen Rong immediately said: "How can he be the same as me."

Jiang Nian treats Lu Zhao as a brother like him, so how can he develop a romantic relationship with Lu Zhao?

Jiang Nian obviously misunderstood, thinking Shen Rong was jealous, and immediately said, "Don't worry, you're my childhood friend. We've been friends since we were little. You'll always be number one in my heart. Lu Zhao is my second best friend."

Chen Rong: “…” Is this what he meant?

Seeing Jiang Nian's happy face, it was obvious that he had a lot of fun today. Jiang Nian also told Chen Rong that the amusement park had many projects and was very fun, and asked him to go there next time.

Chen Rong could see that Jiang Nian was just busy having fun today. As for romance... he guessed that Jiang Nian didn't even realize that Lu Zhao was interested in him.

Chen Rong suddenly felt a little sorry for Lu Zhao. Mr. Lu, who always managed to succeed, was probably going to fall on Jiang Nian first.

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