Chapter 14

Zhou Yanming and I are perfectly in sync in every way.

We haven’t told any of our friends about this relationship.

Until one day, Li Qingyi said, “Shaoting said he has a few friends with pretty good qualities. He said he’d check out their relationship status, and if they’re single, he could introduce you guys?”

Zhou Yanming was very confident. With his friendship with Xu Shaoting, he was sure that if Xu wanted to introduce a girlfriend, he’d think of him first.

But he waited and waited, and I’d already received messages from several men, yet Xu Shaoting still hadn’t contacted him.

Li Qingyi said, “Yuanyuan, take a look at these guys-do you like any of them? Honestly, I think his friend Zhou Yanming is good-looking, but Xu Shaoting says his buddy has such a bad temper and a sharp tongue. If he introduces him to you, he’s afraid it’ll cause all sorts of family drama.”

“…”

It’s already caused drama, thanks.

Zhou Yanming immediately picked a fight and scolded his dear friend.

Xu Shaoting: “What did I do to offend you?”

“You guess.”

On the other end came a voice on the verge of collapse: “My wife wants me to guess, now you want me to guess-do I look like I can read minds?”

Zero people care.

Until that night, when I was working overtime, Zhou Yanming drove me home. The building has one apartment per floor, and as soon as we stepped out of the elevator, Zhou Yanming lowered his head, wrapped his arms around me, and kissed me.

He kissed me while walking a few steps, and suddenly I felt something was off.

I pushed Zhou Yanming away and met the eyes of Li Qingyi and Xu Shaoting, who were standing at my door.

Li Qingyi, in her second trimester, sounded a bit weak as she pointed to the bags in her husband’s hands. “I thought you’ve been working late lately, so I brought you some food for the fridge. You can just heat it up.”

“…”

Xu Shaoting pointed at his good buddy: “You, you, you…”

Zhou Yanming looked up: “What, never seen anyone date before?”

Xu Shaoting was quick with his words: “Never seen a dog date before.”

Zhou Yanming raised an eyebrow: “Funny, I have.”

After their bickering, it felt like all four of us had been insulted.

Li Qingyi was very surprised. She asked me privately when things started with Zhou Yanming.

I told her the time, and she fell silent.

“No wonder last time Xu Shaoting wanted to introduce you to his friends, Zhou Yanming made a fuss.”

No, it’s not just that.

The main thing is, none of the candidates Xu Shaoting picked included Zhou Yanming, and that really got to him.