Zhou Weiming fell into deep thought.
Outside, Liu Qing, who had dragged Gu Lingling out, was also pouring out her grievances.
"Heās the hot commodity in our family now," Liu Qing said mockingly. "I donāt even know what my cousin told Grandfather, but the familyās attitude now is: let him choose, whoever he likes, heāll marry into that branch."
"Isnāt that ridiculous? So Iāve become Chinese cabbage now, just waiting for him to pick?"
Gu Lingling had heard Yang Yunhai mention the childhood engagement between the Zhou Family and the Liu Family, and sheād even heard Liu Qing complain a bit about some of the shady stuff in the Liu Family.
She just hadnāt expected it to be this... complicated.
"Of all the people he wonāt smile at, he has to smile at my cousin. Great, now sheās taken a fancy to him," Liu Qing said with a faint smile. "Usually he pretends to be a walking iceberg."
At first sheād been strongly against the arranged marriage, but later sheād gradually accepted it.
She just hadnāt expected that after he came to her house once, so many things would happen.
Clearly knowing that that brat Liu Yan didnāt get along with her, he actually still talked to her.
"Iām actually really wronged here," Zhou Weiming was telling Yang Yunhai about this. "Isnāt she her cousin? She talked to meāwas I supposed to just ignore her?"
That wouldāve been very rude.
"Liu Qingās cousin, huh?" Yang Yunhai ordered Zhou Weiming to peel him an orange. "Is Liu Qing close to her?"
"No idea." Zhou Weiming peeled a segment and popped it into his own mouth. "So sour."
"I never told you to eat it." Yang Yunhai snatched it from his hand and put it in his own mouth. The sweet-and-sour taste was great.
"And what were you greeting her for, even chatting?" Yang Yunhai rolled his eyes at him, feeling a bit thirsty again, and ordered Zhou Weiming to pour him some water.
As expected, people who rarely talk shouldnāt talk too muchāthey get thirsty.
"What if Liu Qing doesnāt get along with her?" Yang Yunhai was truly speechless at this icebergās EQ; it was even more offline than his own.
Ah!
No wonder!
Zhou Weiming instantly got it.
No wonder after that, Liu Qingās attitude toward him had gotten even worse, even turning impatient.
If he hadnāt forced himself to come along today, he probably still wouldnāt know what she was mad about.
Thinking of this, he actually felt a bit of admiration for Yang Yunhai.
That glass of water was worth pouring!
Emotional expert Yang Yunhai was feeling quite pleased with himself.
Back in the day, it was thanks to this very intuition that heād managed to win his girl over.
Gu Lingling, however, ran into someone outside.
"What are you doing here?" Tao Yanxuan was carrying a fruit basket, looking at Gu Lingling in surprise. "We really do have a lot of fate between us."
Gu Lingling gave a dry little chuckle.
She had zero desire to be "fated" with him in a place like this.
She gave a faint smile.
Tao Yanxuan didnāt linger. "Iām here to visit a patient. See you."
"Who is that?" Liu Qing tugged on her and asked. "Heās really good-looking."
As soon as Zhou Weiming came out, he heard this sentence, then saw the lovestruck expression on Liu Qingās face. The little burst of joy heād just had instantly vanished.
He was good-looking too, so why couldnāt she look at him with that kind of gaze?
Unfortunately he hadnāt seen that manās face from the front; otherwise he would definitely have to compare carefully and see who was actually more handsome.
But judging from the back, the guyās figure was pretty goodālooked like someone who trained.
When Liu Qing turned around, she saw Zhou Weiming standing there with a dark face, and her smile disappeared too. "Forget it, Iām going back."
She didnāt want to stay here with Zhou Weiming.
Lest she get so pissed she wouldnāt be able to eat later.
"Iāll walk you out." Gu Lingling smiled, then went in to say a word to Yang Yunhai.