Epiphyllum Residential Area.
"Hey, Nana, what brings you here?" Zhong Tingyue raised her embroidered eyebrows as she opened the door.
Yang Meina is a news anchor, and her schedule is different from that of ordinary people. She should be sleeping in the morning, not sitting in the living room with her eyes vacant, as if she were deep in thought.
It doesn't match his public image.
Today is a workday, and He Yi is not at work, so she is just sitting in the living room in a daze.
What's going on?
She went into the room and picked up her tabby cat, Lily. Lily snuggled closer to her, meowing sweetly.
"Why do you look like you're about to lose me?" Zhong Tingyue stared at the tabby cat Lily, her eyes clear as water and full of deep affection.
"Um... ...that..." He Yi and Yang Meina looked at each other, nodded to each other, and nodded several times before He Yi thought for a moment and asked, "How about working overtime?"
Yang Meina slapped her forehead.
Oh my god!
"Heh." Zhong Tingyue sat down on the sofa, holding her pet. "Working overtime is bound to be frustrating, what else can you do?"
"Um... I was asking how you're getting along with Chu Fang?"
Upon hearing this, Zhong Tingyue stroked Lily, unconsciously comforting her, and replied, "Not bad, um... very good!"
She could sense that she held a certain place in Chu Fang's heart.
As for whether it's friendship, neighborly affection, or romantic feelings, we'll have to continue getting to know each other to tell.
Upon hearing this, she sensed a sigh of relief from her two friends, as if some suspicion had come true.
Yang Meina sat up straight and straightened Zhong Tingyue as well. She looked at Zhong Tingyue with a serious expression and said softly, "Zhong Tingyue, I have two pieces of news about you, one good and one bad. Which one would you like to hear first?"
"I won't listen!"
"...No, you must listen, it's related to Chu."
Zhong Tingyue frowned: "Bad news."
"Chu Fang has a girlfriend."
!
In an instant, her rosy, peach-blossom-like face turned pale, like snowflakes in winter, cold and poignant.
"I want to sleep," she said in a cold voice.
He Yi glared at Yang Meina, grabbed Zhong Tingyue, and said, "Aren't you going to ask what the good news is?"
"I don't want to ask." Zhong Tingyue's eyes reddened, her eyes sparkling.
Even if it's incredibly good news, she can't bear to listen.
What's the difference between this and the sky falling down?
"Hey, cheer up! Stop crying over a man. Where did that aloof goddess go?" Yang Meina was still making funny faces to cheer her up when He Yi patted her shoulder. "Now I have some good news for you—"
"If there are no mistakes, Chu Fang's girlfriend should be a girl named Zhong Tingyue."
?
For a moment, Zhong Tingyue was stunned.
... ...
Good heavens!
After a long time, Chu Fang finally calmed down.
But then he asked suspiciously, "You're not lying to me, are you?"
Ma Junjie retorted, "I have no reason to lie to you about something like this."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "Ever since Tingyue... Zhong Tingyue joined the company, I've been pursuing her. I know her better than I know myself. And, from the moment you joined the company, I've also understood your inner thoughts."
"Zhong Tingyue is a girl who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside, but beneath that cold exterior lies an even more aloof personality. To put it simply, you can be an ordinary friend with her, but it's difficult to become a good friend, and even more difficult to become her confidant."
"I've known her for three years, but we're still just ordinary friends."
At this point, Ma Junjie gave a wry smile and added, "Perhaps we can't even be considered ordinary friends. Yet you spent less than a month becoming close friends with Zhong Tingyue, achieving something I've never even dreamed of. And I've noticed that the way Zhong Tingyue looks at you is different from the way she looks at us..."
Is it really that difficult? ... ... Chu Fang fell into thought.
Looking back, it seems that what Ma Junjie said is indeed true.
At first, Zhong Tingyue directly or indirectly helped the four new employees, but only once or twice. After the new employees gained experience, she stopped contacting them. She did not contact Cai Guan, Dai Yixin, or Li Fei.
Only the Chu region.
She often tries to help him complete his work, even providing him with ready-made design solutions, without complaint or regret.
At that moment, a phrase flashed through Chu Fang's mind:
I searched for him a thousand times in the crowd, but suddenly when I turned around, I found him where the lights were dim.
So while he was going through all sorts of troubles and trying every possible means to win over Zhong Tingyue, Zhong Tingyue was also racking her brains to get him.
They went their separate ways.
He gradually pulled his wandering thoughts back, but his mind was still unsettled, so he asked again, "Really?"
“I have a good eye for people.” Ma Junjie felt a weight lifted from his heart, but also a sense of emptiness. He answered with a calm tone but an uneasy mind, “The moment I saw you, I knew you liked Zhong Tingyue.”
"Since you also like Zhong Tingyue, why don't you mess with me?"
"If I could win Zhong Tingyue's heart by messing with you, I would have killed you long ago. But that's pointless. What's meant to be yours will be yours, and what's not meant to be yours can't be forced." Ma Junjie tried his best to maintain a calm demeanor.
"And who said I didn't try? When I saw you two, I could tell that you two had a close relationship. But I never told you, hoping to buy myself more time. Unfortunately, it was completely useless. My relationship with Zhong Tingyue stopped at being just ordinary friends."
In real life, there are no such melodramatic plots where someone tries to win a girl's heart by messing with her boyfriend.
Whether it succeeds or not, the girl has already made her choice, and doing more will be in vain.
Ma Junjie is a manager-level person, so he shouldn't be unable to understand something like this.
At this moment, Chu Fang felt deep regret, immense regret.
He regretted not listening to what the chubby Cai Guan said; he should have talked to Ma Junjie more back then.
If they had talked earlier, who knows, he and Zhong Tingyue might already have a child...
"Then why did you take me to social events and drinking parties?"
Ma Junjie took a sip of tea, which was very bitter, and swallowed it down: "First, you are indeed very good at socializing and can drink alcohol; second, I want to help Zhong Tingyue. You just graduated and have no resources or connections, and your salary is only 2,000. If she follows you, she will probably be quite tired."
“I admit I’m a simp, but I only helped her once, and you refused, and she accepted it. Since then, I’ve never asked you to socialize with me again, and I never will.”
Ma Junjie openly admitted to his sycophantic behavior, and as he said, he only had one chance, and once it was over, there would be no more.
Even if Chu Fang begged him now, he would resolutely refuse.
Of course, Chu Fang wouldn't ask him for help. Controlling his emotions, he patted Ma Junjie on the shoulder and said, "You're a good person."
Even though they were on opposing sides, Chu admired the other side.
He continued, "As for helping me, there's no need. You can't help me. If I encounter trouble, you won't be able to help me. I admit you're very good at judging people, but you still need to improve your ability to judge things."
After saying that, he left the office, leaving Ma Junjie completely bewildered.
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