They couldn't see what Qi Jingchen was doing because the window on Qi Jingchen's side was out of sight, but the inside could see out.
Therefore, the person being watched is unaware that they have been being watched all along.
However, Qi Jingchen and the others could see that the girls were chatting animatedly, but they couldn't hear what they were talking about.
What do you think they were talking about?
"I don't know, as long as we're having a good time chatting."
Qi Jingchen felt that seeing this vivid face was enough.
"Yixing, you're quite something, you even knew to bring the child along."
"Yeah, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see her."
He didn't dare to show anything at all. Before she found out, the two of them could get along normally, but after she found out, it was very difficult to see each other.
"Hey Gu Di'an, we're looking at girlfriends, fiancées, and ex-wives. What are you looking at? Your sister isn't for you to look at anymore."
Ling Zhiyi turned her head and saw that Gu Di'an was also looking in that direction.
"Just look around, follow your gaze. If you're free, grill some meat. Don't just sit around."
Ling Zhiyi just chats around, saying this and that.
Qin Zifu and her friends, along with the children, picked a lot of cherries, strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, and some eggplants to roast later.
When I got back, the meat had already been grilled.
These are ready to eat.
Ling Zhiyi placed the grilled meat on the table for them to try.
Qin Zifu tried a skewer of mutton.
"tasty"
"Your boyfriend baked it."
This was the first time Qin Zifu had heard this word in front of them, and she had never introduced it to anyone else like that before, so she was a little shy.
She glanced at Qi Jingchen and their eyes met.
Eat more meat.
"good"
"This passionate romance is so sweet! I never imagined that CEO Qi could be such a considerate person."
He seems like someone who shouldn't mess with him or he'll suffer a terrible fate, and he talks about deals worth hundreds of millions as soon as he opens his mouth. But when he's with his girlfriend, all he cares about is whether she's eaten, drunk, or slept well. He doesn't even care if she misses him. Is this what they call a cute contrast?
Tang Shuyu didn't understand, but she wanted to. She wanted to see another person, but she didn't dare to. Sigh.
The four women sat around the table and each ate a skewer. Tuanzi, who had been playing with her toy car, stared wide-eyed at her mother and aunts eating delicious food. What was this? She had never eaten it before.
They even ran over to look, their mouths watering, unable to control themselves.
"Your son is losing control of himself."
"He looks so pitiful. Will he get angry if we don't give him some?"
"Probably not, he'll forget about it in a bit."
"Should we think of a way to give him something to eat?"
Su Nuo couldn't bear to look at her son's adorable face. Just as she was about to get up to get the meat, Zhou Yixing came over.
What do you want?
"I'd like a few skewers without seasoning, with just a tiny bit of salt."
"good"
Zhou Yi walked over and took a skewer of chicken, a skewer of lamb, a skewer of beef, and two shrimp. He then sat down in front of one of the barbecue grills.
"Mom, fireworks..."
"Yes, it's charcoal fire, it's warm."
"Go play, go play with fire with Daddy."
"Tuanzi can't go over there, it's too hot and humid over there."
"No, no, we want to go over there and take a look."
"Playing with fire will cause bedwetting."
Su Nuo looked at him seriously, trying to make him understand about bedwetting, but Tuanzi didn't care. He was someone who slept in diapers, so it wasn't something he needed to think about.
"Mommy, let's go."
After saying that, he grabbed Su Nuo and tried to go over. Su Nuo couldn't resist, so she stood with him to the side and watched Zhou Yixing grill skewers.
Tuanzi wanted to grab the seasoning brush next to him, but Su Nuo blocked him, afraid that he would touch the barbecue grill and get burned, creating a scene of a man grilling skewers while a woman and child accompanied him.
"This family of three seemed quite harmonious, so why did they get divorced? Before seeing them, I always thought that breakups or divorces would be extremely tense, with the couple never speaking to each other again."
Cheng Xingran didn't know much about their relationship. She only knew that Zhou Yixing was secretly married, which Ling Zhiyi told her. At the time, she thought that the two had a bad relationship or that his wife was not presentable.
After meeting Su Nuo, I found that she had a good personality and good looks. Although her family was not in business, they were not as wealthy as Zhou Yixing's family.
But her father is a senior partner at a law firm, a well-known lawyer in the industry, and also lectures at universities. Her mother and she are both university teachers. A daughter-in-law with this kind of family background is sought after by high society. Such a prestigious job is a source of pride.
"Maybe it's just not a good fit; we just can't seem to get along."
"Well, you never know when it comes to relationships."
Cheng Xingran thought again about her unpredictable relationship.
"What, you have relationship problems too?"
"You've all heard about Ling Zhiyi's situation more than once, right? We argue every other day. Today he went drinking, tomorrow he's trending on social media with one of his artists. Our scandals are always dominating the trending topics. Don't you have any dignity, sister?"
"That's not true, is it? Besides, who would dare to laugh at Miss Cheng?"
"Heh, just because I don't show it doesn't mean I don't want to. Oh well, I'm too lazy to think about this awful thing. I'll just make do. If I can't stand it anymore, I'll just let it go."
"No way! Although Ling Zhiyi seems like that, he's not the kind of person who messes around. He definitely likes you. If he didn't, given his personality, he wouldn't have kept you two together for so long."
Qin Zifu has known Ling Zhiyi for many years. His behavior is mostly due to family factors. Sometimes he has to hide his talents and appear carefree, which makes it easier for him to get things done.
"Your CEO Qi is still the best."
"Yeah, things have been alright lately."
I wonder if I'll be able to do well tonight.
Su Nuo came over with several grilled skewers in her hand and Tuanzi.
Tuanzi picked up a skewer and was about to eat it when Su Nuo tested the temperature and taught him how to eat it. Tuanzi learned quickly and knew how to hold it, but he wasn't strong enough to pull the meat off.
"Pfft... Looks like this isn't suitable for him. How about he eats something else?"
"He definitely won't do it; the more he can't eat, the more he wants to eat."
Qin Zifu suddenly remembered a video she had watched before and thought she could help him.
"Auntie and Mom will help you."
Qin Zifu held Tuanzi's head with her hand, while Su Nuo held the skewer.
"Wait, I need to take a picture, it's hilarious!"
Tang Shuyu quickly took out her phone and turned on the camera mode.
"alright"
"Bite down, dumpling, Mommy will help you."
Then Qin Zifu held Tuanzi's head down, and Su Nuo slowly pulled the skewer, leaving an oily mark on Tuanzi's chubby face from the mutton.
"So cute! This is practically a recipe for making me want to have a baby!"
The oily-faced dumpling was oblivious to its current appearance and ate with great relish, enjoying the food for the first time.
"Mom, again! Go Mom!"
"Hmm... Good luck, Tuanzi too!"
Their laughter also attracted Qi Jingchen and his three companions. The four men looked at the woman and child eating and laughing, and their hearts softened.
"Do you want to take the meat off his plate and put it on his plate for him to eat?"
Seeing the child's oily face, Gu Di'an couldn't bear to look at him anymore.
"No, that would take away the fun of eating skewers. We can't deprive children of their right to explore the world."
Tang Shuyu's explanation sounded very reasonable; wasn't it all just a ploy to film a video?
"Fine, you're right, you're right."
If they don't understand this process, then it must be their problem. Doesn't it taste the same whether you eat it skewered or cut it off?
After they finished eating, we cleaned the dumplings, and they ate a little more.
"That's enough, come and eat, that's enough."
"Okay, bring over what you didn't finish, and we'll reheat it."
Qin Zifu and Cheng Xingran took the uneaten skewers from the table back and had them grill them again, including the two shrimp that Tuanzi hadn't eaten.
"Go have some fun, we'll go grab some drinks after we're done grilling."
"OK"
The two of them unconsciously became very affectionate, while Ling Zhiyi and Cheng Xingran on the side were much more normal, which was understandable.
At this moment, Tuanzi took a liking to the musical instrument next to her.
"Wow, a UFO!"
"Tuanzi, that's a handpan, and next to it is an ethereal drum; you can play music by striking it. Auntie will take you to play, okay?"
Qin Zifu took Tuanzi over and first played a few notes on the ethereal drum. Tuanzi was very interested and took it, imitating Qin Zifu's actions by playing a few notes herself. The two played for a while, while Su Nuo and the others watched from the side.
"Nuonuo, your son has a great sense of pitch! This kind of student is so easy to teach."
Qi Jingchen and the others finished grilling and were about to come over to eat when they saw Tuanzi playing there, standing behind them watching.
"Yeah, I noticed that before too. It wasn't for nothing that his mother did all that prenatal education every day."
Is prenatal education really effective?
"I don't know, haha, just saying, maybe it'll work. Anyway, he moves around in my belly when I play music."
"Let's talk about whether it's a genetic factor. You have a good sense of pitch, Mr. Zhou. How's your sense of pitch? Do you sing well? You don't sing off-key, do you?"
Tang Shuyu is out of tune. She seems to have a good ear for music when she dances, but she goes off-key when she sings.
"I don't know about that, I've never heard of it. It's just that I did a good job with prenatal education, and I won't accept any arguments against it."
"I have a good ear for music, I don't sing off-key..."
"Pfft... No need to emphasize that you're not off-key, you were just eavesdropping on other people's conversations and chiming in."
Su Nuo calmly stated the facts, but Zhou Yixing felt a pang in his heart when she said she didn't know or had never heard of her.
He had never sung for her, nor did he know that she did prenatal education every day, or what she did every day, let alone that playing music would make the baby move inside her belly.
He had never touched or heard the baby move. It seemed like the two of them had never done anything intimate like that between a young couple. At that time, Su Nuo probably had no desire to share with him anymore.
At the time, he didn't think much of it and never thought about these things. He also didn't know how other couples got along. But now, he feels like he didn't do enough.
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