Chapter 16

He didn’t say exactly what he regretted, but both of them knew.

“I’m a scumbag. What right do I have?” Chen Jing waved his hand carelessly.

Zhou Zhou and Cheng Yanran were the same kind of people when it came to love — they wouldn’t settle, they wanted the real thing.

But Chen Jing couldn’t stand long loneliness. He liked excitement and fun. From college until now, he didn’t know how many girlfriends he’d had or how many girls he’d been with.

Simply put, in both body and soul, he didn’t deserve her.

He knew this about himself, so he never said it.

Because of this, when he saw her, the first thing he did was tell Cheng Yanran.

Because he understood that Cheng Yanran was more suitable.

More suitable than him, and more suitable than any other man.

“If we’re still brothers, I hope this is the first and the last time,” Cheng Yanran said, closing his laptop and standing up.

Chen Jing stood up too, laughing. “Don’t worry, I know my limits.” Then he patted Cheng Yanran’s chest, “Qiao Na’s waiting for me at the hotel. I gotta go.”

Cheng Yanran smiled, “At least control yourself a bit, exercise more, don’t always…”

Before he could finish, Chen Jing interrupted, “What’s wrong with me? What’s wrong? I’m going to exercise right now!”

Cheng Yanran was speechless.

“Sex counts as exercise too…”

He ignored Chen Jing, walked to the door, then turned back to say, “Lock the door when you leave. Also, thanks!”

Thanks for telling me in time.

Thanks for your honest help.

After Cheng Yanran walked away, he didn’t hear Chen Jing mutter to himself, “I’m not thanking you. I just can’t bear the thought of someone else being with her.”

At least, with you, she could live a peaceful, worry-free life.

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Zhou Feng really wanted to cancel the high-end car upgrade.

Cheng Yanran told him as Zhou Zhou said: the money was already paid and could not be refunded. Then he tried to persuade him: “Zhou Zhou didn’t tell you because she wanted to surprise you. It’s her way of showing filial love. If you insist on canceling, she’ll be sad.”

Then he put on a pitiful look, “Uncle, if you really say no, Zhou Zhou will scold me when she comes back.”

Zhou Feng looked doubtfully at the young man and said firmly, “You’re just classmates. She won’t scold you.”

Just classmates…

Classmates…

Cheng Yanran silently spat a bit of blood in his mind and continued to persuade, “You know we are classmates, she entrusted this task to me, so I have to do it properly. Otherwise, how can I keep asking her for help later?”

Then he opened the car door and introduced the car, “Look, this upgraded car has over 90% leather seats and electric seat adjustment all around, with heating and ventilation. Winter is coming. Zhou Zhou said you have a sore back, so it even has massage function. You have kids, it also has a tablet for them to watch videos.”

Manager He also tried to persuade, “Mr. Zhou, if my daughter was that thoughtful, I’d be so happy I’d laugh in my sleep.”

Well, 20,000 yuan wasn’t a big deal for Zhou Feng.

He didn’t want people to look at his daughter strangely just because of 20,000 yuan.

It made him happy to know his child cared about him so much.

The next steps went smoothly. Luckily, the car registration office was nearby, and Cheng Yanran stayed with Zhou Feng to finish all the paperwork. It was already noon when they finished.

Cheng Yanran invited Zhou Feng to lunch, but Zhou Feng said he had to go pick up his granddaughter and insisted on leaving.

Cheng Yanran stayed at the dealership for a simple meal before returning to the company.

He sent Zhou Zhou a picture of the car pickup ceremony and got a “Well done!” emoji from Director Zhou, which made him smile happily like the cartoon in the emoji.

He thought about these last two days with Zhou Zhou — like a dream — and didn’t notice Cheng Anzhi watching him from the second floor.

Not a formal occasion, so he didn’t wear a suit today. Just a light blue shirt and a gray casual jacket.

The autumn sun made the car hot. When he got to the office, he took off his jacket and rolled up his sleeves, showing his strong forearms.

At the front desk, Yun Duo saw him come in and sweetly said, “Hello, Director Cheng.”

After he walked away, she dared to send a message to the group chat: “What to do! Director Cheng is at a new level of handsome today!”

The group started buzzing.

Admin Xiao Yu: “Wasn’t Director Cheng not here today?”

Finance Cai Hong: “He came in the afternoon. I saw him at the stairs. He looked really happy.”

R&D Xiao Li: “I saw him too, he was smiling the whole time.”

Admin Xiao Yu: “Did he go on a blind date?”

Front desk Yun Duo: “Who does blind dates in the morning for half a day? I just like clean guys like Director Cheng. He doesn’t even smoke. How many men don’t smoke nowadays?”

Finance Cai Hong: “I still like Jing Zong’s wild style.”

Front desk Yun Duo: “Speaking of which, Jing Zong looked exhausted this morning, eyes dark and tired…”

Finance Cai Hong: heartbroken emoji

R&D Xiao Li: “Director Cheng isn’t very handsome, but his skills are great, and he has a good personality. I wonder if he even likes women.”

R&D Foxy: “Skills are super handsome~”

Front desk Yun Duo: “No! I heard Jing Zong talking about chasing a goddess and going on dates yesterday. I think he likes someone but hasn’t won her yet!”

R&D White Rabbit: “What!!! Love but can’t have?”

R&D Foxy: “What!! Goddess! Who?! @Front desk Yun Duo, have you booked flowers or hotels for Director Cheng?”

Front desk Yun Duo: “Only for Jing Zong. Director Cheng travels less, sometimes he books his own stuff. They say his family is rich. He probably doesn’t care about that.”

R&D White Rabbit: “Such a good man but can’t get love! I really want to know who the goddess is!”

R&D Foxy: “+1”

Front desk Yun Duo: “+1”

Finance Cai Hong: +1
R&D Xiao Li: +1

Cheng Yanran was in a good mood and worked very efficiently. He is a tech expert. He doesn’t manage the company operations, he just focuses on the technology. There were several computers in his office.

After checking the progress of the two projects he was working on, he looked up and saw that it was already dark outside.

He picked up his phone and saw it was past 7 p.m.

He thought for a moment, looked out the window again, then closed his computer, grabbed his car keys, and left.

For some reason, he suddenly really wanted to see her.

He went home and switched to his electric car. He had bought it recently, and it was more low-key. Then he drove toward Emerald Bay.

The highway was busy with cars, but he felt happy. Even though there was some traffic, he didn’t feel annoyed.

When he got to the place where he parked last time, it was almost 8 p.m. He went to a Cantonese dim sum shop for dinner. The owner remembered him and greeted him.

After that, he walked around the nearby flower market and bought a bouquet of yellow bubble flowers. He put the flowers in the car.

The yellow flowers were bright and warm, lighting up his eyes and his heart.