Chapter 285 Always Holding Someone Back
After he finished speaking, Qu Jingyou asked, "You didn't lie?"
Lu Zuofan said helplessly, "In your eyes, am I a person who lies all the time?"
"At the very least, you're glib," Qu Jingyou said. "Your words have no credibility."
"I wouldn't lie about something so trivial."
"So you're lying about important matters?"
“It wouldn’t be anything serious.” Lu Zuofan was still puzzled: “So, you’re angry because of the car?”
He realized what was happening: "You thought I bought the car for another woman?"
He died unjustly.
At most, he might ask his assistant to buy a car for the woman, a car that costs hundreds of thousands of yuan, but he wouldn't even look at that little bit of money.
The rich don't get their money from thin air; they won't easily give away cars worth millions or tens of millions.
Besides, even if he were to give it away, what would be the point of him driving it himself now?
He hurriedly said, "This car is really new. There's no other woman with me, only you. Do you want to see the dealership's invoice?"
Qu Jingyou actually believed him after he said that.
"You really know how to charm women," Qu Jingyou said. "Unfortunately, I don't like it."
Lu Zuofan asked, "Then tell me what kind you like, so I won't buy the wrong one next time."
Qu Jingyou has seen all kinds of nice cars, she's just not interested in cars, but her family has quite a few.
She hasn't even learned to drive yet, so she doesn't know what kind of driver she likes.
When she opens her own shop later, she can buy it herself.
She didn't care if Lu Zuofan bought it for her.
"Buy whatever you like," Qu Jingyou said. "If there's nothing else, I'm going out."
“Jingjing,” Lu Zuofan tugged at her arm, “the couple is taking a walk, don’t be a third wheel.”
"Don't touch me!" Qu Jingyou shook him off: "Don't get handsy."
“Okay, okay,” Lu Zuofan raised both hands: “I won’t touch it.”
Qu Jingyou thought about it and realized that she shouldn't be a third wheel.
She sat on the sofa, took out her phone, and scrolled through it randomly, not wanting to pay any attention to Lu Zuofan.
"Tell me what you want to eat next time, and I'll cook it for you." Lu Zuofan sat down at a distance from her. "You can have the driver go back. I'll take you home later."
"No need," Qu Jingyou said. "Don't talk to me. I don't want to talk to you."
Lu Zuofan said, "You promised to meet every day."
"I didn't say I wouldn't see you."
"How can we not say anything after meeting face to face?"
"Who says you have to talk to someone when you meet them?" Qu Jingyou retorted sharply, "Just pretend I'm mute."
"I've never seen such a sharp-tongued mute."
"What did you say?"
Lu Zuofan immediately stopped complaining: "Then... shall I teach you how to drive?"
Qu Jingyou thought about it and realized that having something to do wasn't a bad idea: "Okay, you can change your car, or I'll use my family's car."
"I'll change." Lu Zuofan hadn't expected his flattery to backfire: "What kind do you like? Do you want a more ordinary driving style for practice?"
You can't just start off in an off-road vehicle.
"I already told you to use my car."
Seeing her impatience, Lu Zuofan immediately dared not say anything.
Qu Jingyou thought for a moment and said, "You see, we don't have anything in common, so what do you like about me?"
"How do you know we don't have anything in common if you don't even talk to me?"
"Aren't we talking right now? If you wanted to, we could have talked about several topics!"
Lu Zuofan felt really miserable; at his age, he had fallen for a young girl.
But he actually enjoyed it.
He thought for a moment and then asked, "How about this, if you meet up with your friends sometime, can I come along?"
What are you doing following along?
"I'll do nothing, just stand there, not say a word, listen to your conversation, and see what you're talking about."
"Do you think that's possible?" Qu Jingyou rolled her eyes. "I don't like people eavesdropping when I'm chatting with my friends."
“I wasn’t eavesdropping…” Lu Zuofan was at his wit’s end: “Jingjing, three months will pass quickly. Give me a chance and don’t be so resistant to me, or you’ll be unhappy too.”
"I'm quite happy," Qu Jingyou said. "Teasing people is also part of my life."
“Then I’ve had some value,” Lu Zuofan said. “As long as you’re happy, feel free to criticize.”
"I don't criticize just anyone," Qu Jingyou said. "You think I'll just criticize anyone because you tell me to?"
"As long as you're happy, anything is fine."
"Seeing you makes me unhappy," Qu Jingyou said. "Can we not see each other?"
"I'm afraid that's not possible," Lu Zuofan said. "I can't let you become a person who breaks his word; wouldn't I be guilty then?"
Qu Jingyou could only sulk to herself, after all, she had lost the bet.
She was the one who brought up the bet.
I can only blame myself.
Outside, Pei Muyi pulled Lin Xiyin aside: "Wife, wife, please, give them a chance to talk alone."
Lin Xiyin said, "That's my sister. I won't stop you from thinking about your brother, but don't stop me from thinking about my sister."
"This is our home. Do you think Lu Zuofan is going to do anything we don't want to do?"
"He dares!"
"So, he wouldn't dare. Besides, if something really happened, Jingjing wouldn't let it go. They were really just talking, believe me."
"I won't do that again next time," Lin Xiyin said. "I'm exhausted."
Pei Muye said, "When you messaged Jingjing, you already mentioned that Lu Zuofan would be coming, but Jingjing still came. This shows that she doesn't mind, so don't overthink it."
Hearing this, Lin Xiyin was also a little surprised: "Given Jingjing's temper, she shouldn't have come today, but she came as soon as I mentioned it."
Pei Muye didn't know what was going on either.
All he could say was, "Is it possible that Jingjing doesn't actually dislike Lu Zuofan that much?"
Lin Xiyin glanced at him: "You wish."
"Don't worry, if Lu Zuofan really becomes our brother-in-law, I will definitely keep an eye on him for Jingjing and make sure he doesn't do anything to betray her."
"You're watching him? Don't end up colluding with him and covering for each other. No, what are you thinking? Jingjing won't like him. What brother-in-law? Don't talk nonsense."
After a while, Lin Xiyin was still worried and insisted on going back.
When the two went inside, they saw Qu Jingyou and Lu Zuofan sitting at a distance from each other on a corner of the sofa, not saying a word, just like strangers.
Pei Muyi couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
The opportunities have been prepared for you, but you still don't seize them.
He glared at Lu Zuofan, then subtly glanced at Qu Jingyou.
At this moment, the aunt started setting out the food: "Time to eat!"
Pei Muye quickly said, "Let's eat, let's eat."
At home, Yan Chengyu usually sits in the main seat.
Since no one was sitting today, Pei Muyi and Lin Xiyin sat on one side, Qu Jing sat down first, and Lu Zuofan sat directly next to her.
Qu Jingyou didn't want to do this, but she felt that there was no need to be so particular about eating with four people, so she put up with it.
At the dinner table, Pei Muyi took care of Lin Xiyin while she ate.
Lu Zuofan was very envious when he saw it.
His previous girlfriends all took care of him, peeling shrimp for him, removing bones for him, and serving him food.
But now, he wants to do these things for Qu Jingyou, but he's afraid that Qu Jingyou won't give him face.
Pei Muye glanced at the person opposite him and gave him an encouraging look.
Lu Zuofan picked up the serving chopsticks and placed a piece of beef on Qu Jingyou's plate.
"Thank you." Qu Jingyou didn't say anything else.
Lu Zuofan was relieved and quickly said, "Eat more."
Lin Xiyin looked at this and that, then quickly found a topic to chat with Qu Jingyou.
Lu Zuofan took the opportunity to serve Qu Jingyou several dishes.
But he soon discovered that Qu Jingyou hadn't eaten any of the dishes he had picked up.
While Pei Muyi and Lin Xiyin were talking, he leaned over and whispered, "Why aren't you eating?"
Qu Jingyou said, "I'm sorry, I don't like any of the ones you picked up."
How could that be?
He clearly saw her pick up some food and eat it herself.
She wouldn't eat what he picked up.
He was using serving chopsticks, not his own.
She doesn't eat any of them.
Lin Xiyin looked over and sighed helplessly, "Jingjing, don't waste food."
Qu Jingyou said "oh" and then obediently ate.
Seeing her reluctance, Lu Zuofan had no choice but to take the serving chopsticks and put the remaining dishes from her bowl into his own.
What are you doing?!
Qu Jingyou looked at him speechlessly.
"Don't force yourself if you don't like it," Lu Zuofan said. "I'll eat it."
Qu Jingyou muttered under her breath, "Crazy."
After dinner, Qu Jingyou followed Lin Xiyin to her study.
Pei Muye poured Lu Zuofan a cup of herbal tea and said with a hint of schadenfreude, "This isn't working. I don't see any progress. Forget it, don't make things difficult for yourself or make others uncomfortable."
Lu Zuofan said, "Do you even have a friend like you? Not only do you not cheer me on, but you also constantly sabotage me."
"These things are all about mutual consent," Pei Muye said. "Look at Jingjing, does she seem to like you?"
"The hardest part is going from zero to one. Going from one to one hundred is much easier."
"You also said that going from zero to one is the hardest," Pei Muye said. "How do you plan to achieve that breakthrough from zero?"
“I don’t know,” Lu Zuofan said. “The methods we used before are completely ineffective on her, and I don’t want to use them either.”
"Then you'd better pray for yourself, there's nothing I can do to help you."
I don't expect anything from you.
When the two were about to leave, Qu Jingyou got into her own car.
When she got home, she received a message from Lu Zuofan on her phone.
He asked: "Do you want to practice driving tomorrow? Or would you like to go somewhere else?"
Qu Jingyou replied: Driving practice. My driver will drive there; you can just wait for me there.
This means he can't even accept any connections.
But what could Lu Zuofan say?
However, the next day, at the agreed time, Lu Zuofan was already waiting outside the Qu family's house.
Qu Jingyou went out with the driver, and not long after, the driver said, "Someone is following us."
Qu Jingyou turned around and saw a car she had never seen before.
The really expensive kind.
She said, "Don't worry about it."
When they arrived at the agreed-upon location, the car stopped, and sure enough, the person who got out of the car was Lu Zuofan.
Qu Jingyou walked straight over and said, "Aren't you bored? I told you to wait here, what are you doing at my house?"
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