Chapter 44 I Don’t Like Mangoes
"How about we share a table? This meal is on me." Without caring whether others agreed or not, Xu Zhijian had already sat down next to Wen Nian when he said this.
"?" Wen Nian looked confused and slowly turned towards him.
This person seemed to have dressed up deliberately, and his clothes were completely different from what he had just worn. It happened to be the same style as Chu Yuxuan, a refreshing and casual style.
But their looks couldn't be more different: one is as cool as broken jade, the other as unrestrained as a wild horse. The way they wear them is naturally quite different, but both look great.
The three of them sitting together were really eye-catching.
"What are you doing?" Wen Nian asked.
Xu Zhijian uttered an "oh," his expression unfazed. "I suddenly felt like eating hot pot, too. It's a shame we didn't have a seat. We're such good friends, you probably don't mind, do you?" He then turned to Chu Yuxuan and said, "And you, Doctor Chu. They say doctors have a compassionate heart. You probably won't mind, right?"
He deliberately emphasized the term "you", as if this could distance this person from them.
Xu Zhijian smiled calmly, but in Chu Yuxuan's view, it was a naked provocation.
After staring at him for two seconds, Chu Yuxuan replied indifferently, "If that's the case, Mr. Xu must have forgotten the doctor's advice. You can't eat spicy food right now."
"Oh." Xu Zhijian didn't take it seriously: "It's okay, there's tomato hotpot here, I love tomato hotpot the most."
"Is this specially ordered for me?"
Meeting his smiling gaze, Wen Nian was speechless: "Do you have any shame?"
He said with a playful smile: "Just a joke."
Not funny at all.
It was a bit awkward to chase someone away in public, so Wen Nian said angrily, "We ordered a portion for two, you should go eat somewhere else."
"I can just add some more dishes." Xu Zhijian took out his phone to place an order.
“…”
Seeing Wen Nian's apologetic expression, Chu Yuxuan didn't say anything else. He picked up a beef ball for her and said, "Try it. I heard it's delicious."
Seeing this scene, Xu Zhijian couldn't help but bite his back teeth.
Taste your sister.
"Okay." Wen Nian just picked up the chopsticks, but before he touched the meatballs in the bowl, they were taken away by a knife and fork.
"?you!"
Her blood pressure skyrocketed, and she almost couldn't help but kick him. However, the culprit was still chewing the meatballs comfortably, and even shamelessly commented: "It's just okay, a little old."
"But it's okay." Xu Zhijian looked at Chu Yuxuan, and there was no shame in his tone: "Sorry, I haven't eaten for almost a day."
"By the way, let's add each other on WeChat. We are all friends."
Wen Nian spoke first: "That's enough, Xu Zhijian. If anyone wants to add you on WeChat and eat and drink for free, can you please be less talkative?"
"What? You want to deprive me of the right to make friends? She's not of the opposite sex." He complained, but he felt very happy.
Wen Nian sneered subconsciously.
It's so funny, he talks like he knows her very well.
As if he could hear her inner thoughts, Xu Zhijian immediately said, "Are we unfamiliar with each other?"
These words really shocked Wen Nian.
When he asked, he moved closer to her, his eyes initially focused on her eyes, then slowly moved down, and as she became more alert, he landed just below her collar, "What about you—"
"Shut up!" Wen Nian covered his mouth with his hand, his panic visible.
The sound was a bit loud, and it immediately attracted a lot of attention. Even Chu Yuxuan was a little shocked.
But Xu Zhijian just blinked twice blankly, looking very innocent, and muttered: "I want to say that you have oil on your body."
“…”
Wen Nian's expression froze.
……Oil?
She looked down and saw that two drops of oil had indeed dripped onto her collar at some point.
What was she thinking just now...
Her palm was still in front of his lips, and for a moment, a feeling of guilt surged over her.
It's over. After being with Xu Zhijian for so long, her mind has been polluted.
How could I think of such words?
Ahhh! I really want to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
No! That's not right. He must have done it on purpose.
That’s right, he did it on purpose!
After finally comforting myself, I remembered my hand. When I was about to withdraw it, my palm suddenly felt wet and slightly itchy.
The person in front of me pretended to have clear eyes, but a cunning flashed across his eyes.
Before the rage came the shame. Wen Nian felt a surge of hot blood rushing to her temples, her entire face burning. She pushed his face away in a panic, "Eat yours!"
Xu Zhijian smiled, then looked up to meet Chu Yuxuan's cold gaze. With a startled expression, he pretended to have almost forgotten he was there, and pushed his phone. "Call me, doctor?"
There was silence for a few seconds, like a silent standoff.
In the end, Chu Yuxuan still swept it away. Even though the inexplicable fire in his heart was so strong that it was about to overflow, his calm and forbearing nature prevented him from losing his composure.
Just at this moment, the waiter came to serve the dishes, which were the ones Xu Zhijian ordered later.
"Eat with confidence. Don't be polite to me. If it's not enough, order more."
As he spoke, he placed the only mango pudding he ordered in front of Wen Nian, "Don't you like to eat something cool and sweet when you eat? Here."
Wen Nian was stunned for a moment, but before she could speak, Chu Yuxuan spoke first, "She doesn't like mangoes."
“…”
The air condensed instantly.
Ignoring him, Xu Zhijian propped up his head and looked at Wen Nian, "I remember you like mangoes very much."
After two seconds of silence, Wen Nian took a breath and ignored it: "No need, I really don't like mangoes."
It was as if a bolt from the blue struck him. Xu Zhijian's hand was still on the pudding plate. Although she didn't look at him, Wen Nian knew that his expression must be very ugly at the moment.
Mango... She really doesn't like it.
I showed my love for food before because he liked it.
After an unknown amount of time, he pulled the plate back and said, "Oh, I'll eat it myself then."
The tone that was originally smiling suddenly became dull and a little stiff.
As someone who can never hide his anger, he was a bit emotional and the pudding was gone in just two or three bites.
The three of them finally had a quiet meal.
Near the end, Chu Yuxuan said to Wen Nian, "There's a commercial street nearby. Let's go shopping together later."
This commercial street is very long and well-known. Wen Nian has never been there, but since she is here, she might as well take a look around. Besides, Chu Yuxuan is new here, and as a fellow villager, she can't just have a meal with him and leave.
"good."
What's good about it!
The marginalized Xu Zhijian gritted his teeth, unable to bear it any longer, and suddenly hissed.
The two of them cast their eyes at him.
Seeing him holding his arm in pain, Wen Nian thought he was going to do something weird again and asked impatiently, "What are you going to do?"
"My arm hurts. Maybe the wound has relapsed." As he said this, he was about to lean on her shoulder.
"Hey!" Wen Nian pushed his head, but the man was too heavy. "Get up, don't get close to me."
"No, no! It hurts so much! I feel a little dizzy, don't move."
He looked half dead, rubbing against her, and said in a muffled voice: "Please, take me back, I feel a little bit unwell, ouch..."
"Xu Zhijian." Wen Nian tried his best to suppress his anger: "Try to pretend for me again."
"I'm not pretending. It really hurts."
“…Let you eat hot pot again!”
"Let me take a look." Chu Yuxuan said calmly.
Xu Zhijian shuddered and slowly opened his annoyed eyes: "You? Come on, you can't even prick a needle."
He sighed loudly: "You'd better send me back, Wen Nian. I feel like I should be fine after a good sleep."
Chu Yuxuan was stopped by him just as he stood up. Thinking of something, he actually agreed: "In that case, why don't you send him back first, and we can go shopping another day."
Xu Zhijian thought this was very pleasing to the ear and considered him sensible.
"It just so happens that I'm free next week."
?
...Fuck.
What a weird idea.
While Xu Zhijian was cursing in his heart, Wen Nian was also a little surprised.
Still want to make an appointment?
The number of times was too much. In her opinion, they were just two familiar strangers. Normally, they would see each other once or twice a year, not once or twice a week.
To be honest, I still feel a little uncomfortable with him.
But she couldn't refuse in this situation. It was immoral to stand someone up.
After all the calculations, it's all Xu Zhijian's fault.
So annoying.
Wen Nian: "Okay, let's make an appointment another day."
She was still smiling one second, but the next second she looked at Xu Zhijian with annoyance, "Let's go."
He helped her get up reluctantly.
Before leaving, Xu Zhijian looked back at Chu Yuxuan, his eyes full of warning, but the other party still had a cold and calm face.
Oh, dead machine.
Speaking of which, Wen Nian has a driver's license, but he has rarely driven a car because he took the test in college and has almost forgotten many of the skills.
She sat in Xu Zhijian's car and first searched on Baidu to see which was the brake and which was the accelerator.
Seeing that she was still hesitant to light the fire, Xu Zhijian asked hesitantly, "You... don't know how to do it?"
"Who said that?" Wen Nian said firmly: "It will be ready soon, check the gear." He started the car quickly.
However……
Snap——
Two seconds to shut off.
“…”
When Xu Zhijian was about to say something, Wen Nian stopped him: "Shut up, it will be done soon."
He pursed his lips and motioned for her to continue.
Fortunately, the second attempt was successful. Wen Nian breathed a sigh of relief, drove the car out of the parking space, and asked him, "Do you need to go to the hospital?"
"No, just go back."
"good."
Xu Zhijian lay back on the chair, staring out the window, and said slowly, "This is my first time riding in your car, so I'm a little uncomfortable. I hope you have a safe trip."
"Stop talking nonsense." Wen Nian thought he was doing a pretty good job. "Are you not in pain?"
"No, it hurts so much."
Of course it doesn’t hurt, I was just pretending.
"Don't tell me, it's driving okay."
Wen Nian didn't show it on her face when she received his praise, but she was very proud in her heart.
After finally getting quiet for a while, Xu Zhijian suddenly had another idea: "How about this, I can buy you a car, so you don't have to take a taxi to work anymore."
"Or if you're willing, I can take you with me. Even though I quit Xinyu's job, you still have to go to my company to help out every day."
Wen Nian refused firmly: "No need."
"Why not? You have to consider the weather and calculate the time when taking a taxi. How inconvenient."
"I don't need you." After working for a few more years, she would be able to buy one herself.
Xu Zhijian was speechless: "...Okay."
After a while, he asked again tentatively: "By the way, you really don't like mangoes?"
Wen Nian paused: "I don't like it."
"...Is it because I like it that you showed that you like to eat it before?"
Wen Nian didn't say anything.
Xu Zhijian lowered his eyes, his tone a little heavy: "Wen Nian, you don't have to be like this. I agreed to be with you because I like you. I don't need you to tolerate me in everything."
Wen Nian's heart skipped a beat.
Although she doesn't want to admit it, she still finds it difficult to face this problem until now.
No need... Yeah.
Looking back, she was cautious and sensitive in many things, which not only brought pain to herself, but also invisibly brought trouble to him.
When two people have a conflict, how can it be possible that only one person is at fault?
It must be painful to be in love with her.
Xu Zhijian sighed, his mood seeming to improve a lot. "But now I feel relieved. I thought you were siding with that Chu guy and deliberately trying to sabotage me."
Wen Nian took a breath and didn't bother to think about those bad things anymore: "What's the surname Chu? He has a name. Can you be a little respectful?"
"No." He held his chin high, looking like he was owed eight million. "I still haven't avenged you for stabbing me with so many needles last time."
Just as he finished speaking, a sneer came from the side.
Xu Zhijian turned his head and saw half of a smiling face in front of the passing night scene through the car window.
He stopped talking and stared for a long time.
If he had to say why he hated Chu Yuxuan, it was mainly because of her. His man's intuition told him that this man had ulterior motives towards her.
However, Wen Nian obviously didn't know, so he couldn't mention it in front of her, and given his current situation, he absolutely couldn't interfere too much in her life.
The one who endures to the end is the winner.
Xu Zhijian kept this truth in mind, but in the end he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Oh, having a girlfriend who is beautiful and good in every way is really scary.
Every dog passing by would take a second look.
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