Chapter 73 Eunuchs

"......"

For a moment, all three people at the table focused their attention on Cheng Jia's face.

Cheng Jia was the one who had the least say in the room.

He couldn't afford to offend any of the three people.

Whether you say you'll marry her or not, you'll offend people.

Just as he was about to speak after hesitating several times, his wrist was pressed down by the man on his left.

Shi Qingci was running out of patience: "Cheng Jia can't marry anyone. He has health problems and can't have children or have marital relations. I should keep this secret for him, but there are no outsiders here, so I'll just say it directly. Cheng Jia won't blame me, will he? Old classmate."

"Miss Tan, you may need to find another husband." Shi Qingci smiled politely at Tan Ying.

Cheng Jia: "......"

Tan Ying: "......"

Zhou Minghe: "Hehe."

"Mr. Shi, you," Cheng Jia couldn't help but blush, her face and ears were red, "How could I, uh..."

Shi Qingci grabbed his wrist to prevent him from arguing.

My wrist pulse is beating very fast.

“Cheng Jia, I was saying that so many people have been interested in you at Jinhe these past two years, why didn’t you go for any of them? You’d rather go into debt and work hard to pay it off than accept a benefactor’s help,” Zhou Minghe said with a sudden realization and a look of pity in his eyes. “So young, tsk.”

Tan Ying forced a smile and said, "...Actually, it doesn't matter. As long as you're handsome, we can still get married. I don't need children. In short, I can't marry you, Zhou Minghe."

She didn't pressure Cheng Jia to marry her again.

They've clearly given up.

"Whatever, I'm not going to ask you to marry me. After all these years, you treat me like a mortal enemy. Have you forgotten all the friendship we had when we grew up together?" Zhou Minghe smiled, picked up his teacup, took a couple of sips, put the cup down, and said, "I don't understand what I did to offend you."

Actually, they were quite close when they were in school.

After graduating from high school, Tan Ying suddenly stopped contacting him.

When we meet, we immediately start arguing and picking fights with him.

Zhou Minghe tried to reconcile with Tan Ying many times, but Tan Ying refused to communicate, and to this day he still doesn't know what he did to offend Tan Ying.

Many years ago, I still had a youthful crush on Tan Ying.

Now.....

I'm too lazy to mention it again.

The engagement was left to happen naturally.

He would marry Tan Ying if she was willing.

If you don't want to, then forget it.

As long as Tan Ying doesn't find some poor marketing guy to annoy him, that's fine.

Find someone of equal social standing, someone who can treat Tan Ying well.

Zhou Minghe bid farewell to his youth.

At the dinner table, when Tan Ying heard Zhou Minghe bring up their past grievances again, she said with a mocking expression, "If you don't understand, it's best you never understand. You don't lack people around you, so what relationship do you have with me to talk about?"

“Okay, whatever you want,” Zhou Minghe replied.

Nobody needs anyone else.

"......"

During the rest of the meal.

Zhou Minghe was unusually taciturn. Occasionally, when he saw Tan Ying serving food to Cheng Jia, he would glance at her with annoyance. Otherwise, he would only talk to Shi Qingci.

Shi Qingci was also unhappy and chatted with Zhou Minghe casually.

Yu Guang kept focusing on the interaction between Cheng Jia and Tan Ying.

Cheng Jia is really charming. He even called Cheng Jia a eunuch, but this girl still won't give up. She even serves food to Cheng Jia? What kind of flattery is that?

Tan Ying was genuinely sorry for Cheng Jia: "Sales office? You must be very tired. I've been to the sales center my dad developed and walked around the offices. Some of the salespeople had the microphone wrapped around their ears and were constantly dialing numbers. The pace was fast and the pressure was immense."

“Sister, it’s not hard to not have a job.” Cheng Jia ate the four-happiness meatballs that Tan Ying had put on his plate and chatted casually. “I’m doing well. I have sales targets in half a month, and they’re huge sums of money, all thanks to President Shi’s strong support.”

Tan Ying leaned down slightly to glance at President Shi: "Him? Oh, you're old classmates."

“Yes.” Cheng Jia nodded.

Tan Ying added, "He's quite handsome, much more handsome than that dead dog Zhou Minghe. Is he married? He looks so young."

"...Not married, and a few months younger than me." Cheng Jia spat out the four-happiness meatballs and wiped her mouth with a tissue.

Tan Ying winked at Shi Qingci through Cheng Jiachao: "Handsome guy."

“I am also a eunuch, Miss Tan,” Shi Qingci replied expressionlessly.

Tan Ying laughed: "There's no need to be so wary of me. I don't fall for every girl I meet. At least for now, I still like Cheng Jia the most. I can't control someone like you."

She has a strong possessive and controlling nature.

If you can't control it, don't do it.

Without even thinking about it.

"That's for the best." Shi Qingci nodded, reached out and took Cheng Jia's chilled pear soup, placed it in front of herself, and said to Cheng Jia, "It's chilled, don't drink it."

Cheng Jia: "?"

He just took two sips.

He had used the straw.

"What are you looking at?" Shi Qingci's thin lips parted slightly, holding the straw that Cheng Jia had used. "I'll take you back after you finish eating. Your roommate should be at work by now."

It refers to Lin Baiyue.

At this time, Lin Baiyue is going to Jinhe to check in.

It means there's no one at home.

Cheng Jia declined, saying, "I'll take the bus home myself; it's not far."

"It's on the way," Shi Qingci said, biting her straw.

Cheng Jia's eyes were fixed on the straw, unsure whether she should take the drink back.

But by the time they got it back, it had already been drunk.

Shi Qingci truly didn't dislike him.

After all, they've already kissed.

"......"

Their interaction wasn't exactly intimate.

Zhou Minghe was a little annoyed: "Hey, let's order another drink. When did you two get so close that you can share a straw?"

Could it be that Zhou Minghe's memory is playing tricks on him?

The last time they met, these two were at each other's throats, exchanging insults.

One insisted that Cheng Jia get out, while the other stood in the corridor cursing Shi Qingci as a bastard.

“We didn’t distinguish between these in college. We often shared cups and clothes,” Shi Qingci said, glancing at the straw with teeth marks on it. She then turned to Cheng Jia and asked, “Are you still drinking?”

How can you drink from a straw that's been bitten like that?

Cheng Jia shook her head resolutely: "I won't drink it, it's bad for my stomach."

"Good girl." Shi Qingci smiled.

Cheng Jia was very well-behaved at dinner tonight.

She cooperated with him very well.

"!"

Cheng Jia was stunned.

Zhou Minghe, a straight man, frowned in disgust: "Yes, you're out of your mind."

Biting the straw, so cute.

It's weird.

"......"

Tan Ying: "?"

She could smell the homoerotic undertones.

Is it what she thinks?

I was abroad for six months when someone stole my property!

Just as the dinner was about to end, Shi Qingci wiped her mouth with a tissue and suddenly looked at Zhou Minghe: "There's something I need to say."

Zhou Minghe looked up: "Speak."

"You said back then that Cheng Jia was earning money to pay off his debts on his own. Where did his debts come from?" Shi Qingci was afraid that Cheng Jia wouldn't tell him the truth, and he suspected that the debts were related to Tan Ying, so he simply asked on the spot, "It's not related to a certain lady he once pursued, is it? Does Miss Tan know about it?"

Cheng Jia: "No! Why did you suddenly ask that?"

What kind of trouble is this person causing now? Cheng Jia didn't understand.

Tan Ying asked doubtfully, "Who has Cheng Jia pursued? How would I know? I don't go to Jin He's place often. Zhou Minghe, tell me, I'd like to hear it too."

“I haven’t heard of him pursuing anyone,” Zhou Minghe replied to Shi Qingci. “However, I don’t know much about the debt. It’s mainly Cheng Jia’s family’s private matter. Aren’t you taking him home later? You can ask him about it privately.”

This concerns Cheng Jia's parents.

It's hard to say about Zhou Minghe.

"......"

"......"