It was rush hour, and the streets of Shanghai were jammed, but Chu Fang wasn't in a hurry. He leisurely hummed a song as he drove.
"Ms. Zhong, I don't want to cook today. Let's go out to eat."
"OK."
What would you like to eat?
"casual."
"Is there an answer other than 'anything'?"
"It will be all right."
"Anything else?"
"Anything is fine"
Chu Fang thought for a moment and said, "Okay."
They then drove to a specialty restaurant. Zhong Tingyue flipped through the menu: fried scorpions, fried centipedes, fried bamboo worms...
She raised her eyes: "You did this on purpose?"
"You said it was fine," Chu Fang shrugged.
When eating out, if someone says something like "anything is fine" or "anything is okay" without giving a clear answer, he will bring them here.
This place is a cure for people who have trouble making choices.
Then a variety of fried insect foods were served. Zhong Tingyue looked at the strangely shaped foods and said, "I don't want to eat them."
"Fine, don't eat then. Go ahead and starve yourself if you dare."
"Then I'll eat it anyway."
Zhong Tingyue took a bite of the fried bamboo worm and was instantly amazed. As she chewed it slowly, she noticed the sandy texture of egg yolk.
Seeing the surprise on his fiancée's beautiful face, Chu Fang smiled.
The restaurant you choose is unlikely to be bad.
"By the way, what were you talking about with that pregnant woman just now?" Chu Fang asked casually.
"Hardware softening engineering, software hardening engineering, a story I had to tell with a man, asking an older man why he's so obsessed with fishing..."
Chu Fang asked curiously, "Did the conversation lead to anything?"
"A man's ultimate destination is yangwei!"
Chu Fang: "..."
Why am I asking this question?
Zhong Tingyue smiled brightly. She had been racking her brains all day, and now she was finally happy for a moment.
The two of them ate various fried insects, which they found quite delicious.
Zhong Tingyue did not ask Chu Fang why he was unwilling to have children, as the pregnant woman had suggested.
Since Chu Fang didn't explain the reason, she felt it was better to find the answer herself.
... ...
In order to find the answer, Zhong Tingyue specially set aside a day to go shopping with her best friend He Yi.
The two entered a baby and toddler supplies store.
"Hey, how come you have time to go shopping with me today? Don't you have to work?" He Yi asked, picking out baby supplies.
"I missed you, so I went shopping with you."
He Yi glanced at her best friend: "Ever since you got together with Chu Fang, you've been choking when you lie."
"Then I'll take a couple of shots." Zhong Tingyue coughed a few times. "Cough cough cough, I missed you, so I came to go shopping with you."
He Yi saw a pathetic side in her best friend.
He Yi picked and chose, looking at various baby products. Zhong Tingyue linked arms with her best friend and said, "You've only been pregnant for a short time, why are you starting to choose these things so early?"
"Buy it as soon as possible," He Yi said. "Don't wait until you need it to buy it, or it will be too late."
"Is it necessary? It's not like we can't buy it."
He Yi said, "It's necessary. When a child comes into this world, we as parents should arrange everything for him/her..."
Zhong Tingyue listened attentively to her best friend He Yi's rambling on about the children, and slowly, a thought flashed through her mind.
She seemed to have guessed why her husband was against having children.
While the two were shopping, two boys were watching them from a distance.
"That girl is so beautiful, the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life, she's exactly the kind of girl I've always dreamed of." One of the thin men stared at Zhong Tingyue, his eyes wide with admiration.
"Then go ask her for her contact information," a male companion in a white shirt and round-framed glasses suggested to his friend.
"I can't."
"Go."
Under He Yi's nagging, Zhong Tingyue gradually felt that her guess was reliable.
She was thrilled and hugged He Yi, giving her a kiss: "He Yi, you are my great benefactor, thank you so much."
He Yi wiped the drool from her face: "I'm buying toys for my child."
"OK."
Afterwards, Zhong Tingyue pulled He Yi into another baby and toddler supplies store to buy toys.
Not far away, the thin man was standing haphazardly in the air.
The thin man looked aggrieved: "The world is so wonderful, why does something like a contact list exist?"
“If it exists, it has a reason,” his companion comforted the thin man. “We cannot discriminate against contact lists.”
"But I've broken up with my boyfriend," the thin man said dejectedly.
After hesitating for a few seconds, his companion finally spoke up: "Brother, I've actually liked you for a long time."
The thin man's pupils dilated.
"I think we're a good match."
"Not suitable!" the thin man hurriedly refused.
“How would you know it doesn’t fit if you haven’t even tried it on? You only know if shoes fit when you wear them,” his companion said. “I’ve been with you all these years, don’t you understand?”
The thin man remained silent for a long time before saying, "Go buy me a pack of cigarettes."
My companion went to the supermarket ahead to buy cigarettes. Suddenly, he turned around and saw the thin man running in the sunset—a silhouette of his lost youth...
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