I have ten trillion licking dog gold

It's said that we should focus on the issue, not the person.

But Qinggege's approach is a bit biased towards the person rather than the issue.

Such an overreaction?

She clearly loves to eat.

Jiang Chen stood there, frozen, holding a piece of fish belly with his chopsticks.

"Give it to me."

Just when he was at his wit's end, a bowl appeared, giving him a way out.

Taking advantage of the situation, Jiang Chen let go of his chopsticks and put the fish into his girlfriend's bowl.

With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?
There's a reason why Li Shurui dared to stand up to Lan Peizhi.

Gentlemen, if you encounter such a virtuous person, would you have the heart to let him down?
"Don't always just think what you like. Just because you liked something before doesn't mean you'll like it now. People's tastes change."

Li Shurui smoothed things over with a teasing tone. Without Li Shurui giving her a meaningful look, Fang Qing realized that she had overreacted and silently put down the bowl.

It's not that he's being temperamental or still sulking.

It's purely a conditioned reflex.

She was already doing her best to endure the smell floating in the air; if it were in her own bowl, she was afraid she would vomit.

This guy, of all people, insists on eating stinky mandarin fish.

People change.

He strongly agreed with this view, but Qingmei's reaction just now didn't seem like a simple change of taste. Jiang Chen sat down again and silently sized up Fang Qing.

Li Shurui didn't give him enough time. She immediately picked up the bowl of stinky mandarin fish and handed it to him, saying, "Take this and go eat outside."

"what?"

Jiang Chen was confused, his train of thought interrupted.

"You like to eat, so it's all yours."

Li Shurui kept giving him meaningful glances.

Jiang Chen pursed his lips, feeling that Qing Gege probably still had some distance between them, so it would be good to have Li Shurui mediate.

So he actually picked up the bowl and a plate of stinky mandarin fish, got up and walked out of the restaurant.

"What are you doing."

After shooing him away, Li Shurui let out a long sigh of relief, glancing irritably at the startled pregnant woman opposite her.

"I'm sorry. I couldn't control myself."

"..."

The words of complaint stuck in her throat. Li Shurui looked helpless and sighed, "I almost gave myself away."

"Sister Fang Qing, aren't you being too optimistic? If we do it a few more times, he'll definitely start to have doubts."

"You promised me."

Fang Qing picked up her chopsticks.

Li Shurui was silenced, and said with a wry smile, "I can't always be the one to come to the rescue, can I? I can't always get there in time. How about... I just tell you the truth?"

"Can't you handle even the slightest pressure? You promised to keep my secret, and you're going back on your word so quickly?"

Fang Qing's tone wasn't shrill, but it stung Li Shurui's face, making her feel somewhat embarrassed.

“I’m not going to back out, I just feel that it’s better to tell him myself than to let him find out in the end.”

"Good? What's good about it?"

Fang Qing quietly chewed her rice, holding chopsticks in one hand and a bowl in the other, without looking up. "Tell him now, make things difficult for him, and make things difficult for me too."

"Does that mean things won't be difficult anymore?"

Fang Qing paused for a moment, then said, "If one is patient, things will go smoothly; if one is hasty, things will be resolved."

Tsk.

No wonder they're childhood sweethearts.

Even their thinking and philosophies are surprisingly compatible!

Li Shurui naturally had no idea about the conversation between that guy and Cao Jinse, but she understood the meaning of those eight words.

The monkeys' cries on both banks could not stop the light boat from passing through ten thousand mountains.

What I once thought was the most important thing in life, I now realize is just another experience.

What should you do if you get pregnant?

Li Shurui picked up some food with her chopsticks and asked the most pointed question in a calm tone.

Fang Qing is currently in the early stages of pregnancy, and due to her individual physical condition, her belly is not very noticeable yet, but it will definitely show around four or five months.

Then we won't need to use stinky mandarin fish as a prop anymore; we'll be able to spot the trick at a glance.

"Can't you control him?"

"what?"

"You're his official girlfriend, can't you stop him from coming here?"

Li Shurui was taken aback, then spoke bluntly, "You think too highly of me. Did I allow him to come today? He came secretly. Sister Fang Qing, don't you even realize your place in his heart? Even if I cut off his legs, he would crawl to see you."

"Then I'll distract him. I only need six months."

How to transfer?

"If you get pregnant, he won't have the energy to take care of me."

"..."

Li Shurui's expression was stiff.

hiss.

it hurts.

It touched a raw nerve.

"Do you think I don't want to? Do you think every woman is as fertile as you? Getting pregnant on the first try?"

"Can you speak more politely?"

Fang Qing stared at her, her brows furrowing slightly.

"Excuse me."

Li Shurui sighed, poking at her rice with her chopsticks, and said with self-pity, "I've tried everything, I've taken the medicine, but there's still no improvement. What can I do?"

"Increase the dosage."

"..."

Li Shurui was speechless, then laughed and scolded, "Would you die? It's easy for you to say when you're not the one suffering. I think these things really can't be forced; everything will take its course."

"Take him away after you finish eating."

Fang Qing said.

Li Shurui glanced at him, annoyed, "I really owe you something."

hall.

"Why is Mr. Jiang out here?"

Seeing someone come out carrying a bowl and dishes, Aunt Liu, unable to avoid it, could only bite the bullet and greet them.

"It smells strong; they're not used to the smell."

The person also had to save face, so he made up a story, sat down on the sofa, put down the bowl and plate, and invited again, "Aunt Liu, really not going to have a bite or two?"

Aunt Liu quickly waved her hand, "Please eat."

"What do you mean by 'you'? Aunt Liu works here, she should know Fang Qing's personality. I'm just like her. Long live the working people."

"……puff."

Aunt Liu tried to hold back, but she couldn't help it and turned her head away to chuckle.

Jiang Chen pretended not to see it and ate his fish and rice with great satisfaction, praising, "Aunt Liu, your cooking is really good. Fang Qing is so lucky."

"Mr. Jiang and Ms. Fang are..."

Influenced by Jiang Chen's demeanor, Aunt Liu mustered her courage and tentatively asked him a question.

"She and I are neighbors, we grew up together, our doors are right across from each other."

"Childhood sweethearts?"

"That's one way to understand it."

Aunt Liu suddenly realized and quickly said, "No wonder Mr. Jiang and Miss Fang are both so outstanding."

This is typical flattery. Jiang Chen swallowed a mouthful of rice and smiled, "I can understand you saying Fang Qing is outstanding, but I just met Aunt Liu today. How did Aunt Liu see that I'm outstanding? Is it because I'm good at fixing water pipes?"

Aunt Liu was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but chuckle. She covered her mouth, but still burst out laughing. Gradually, she became less reserved.

"Being good at fixing water pipes is an advantage. Nowadays, most young people are not physically active. Let alone repairing furniture and appliances, they can't even wash their own clothes."

"Actually, I also looked up AI."

"..."

Aunt Liu chuckled, no longer trying to hide it. She seemed to understand the meaning behind her daughter's comment on social media: "An interesting soul is one in a million."

Jiang Chen suddenly patted the person next to him, "Aunt Liu, come and sit down."

Aunt Liu hesitated and did not move forward.

"I'm neither your employer nor your client, so why are you being so polite with me?"

Jiang Chen was quite easygoing, even to an extreme degree.

Having said that, Aunt Liu naturally couldn't refuse any longer. She slowly walked over and sat down next to the sofa, keeping at least a body length's distance between them.

Jiang Chen put down his chopsticks. "Aunt Liu, how do you feel about working here? Are you satisfied with your salary and benefits?"

Without hesitation, Aunt Liu nodded immediately, "Satisfied, very satisfied. The salary Mr. Li offered me is very high, more than I used to earn."

"That's good."

Jiang Chen smiled with satisfaction and said in a friendly and familiar manner, "I am also half a fellow villager of Fang Qing and Aunt Liu, so please keep an eye on things for me, Aunt Liu."

"Of course. I would have done it even if Mr. Jiang hadn't said so. Miss Fang is a wonderful person, and it's my good fortune to be able to work here."

"Ah."

Jiang Chen's gaze was unfocused, hovering over a single point, revealing a look of reminiscence. "From childhood to adulthood, she was a very strong-willed person. She got into the University of Political Science and Law on her own merits. From studying to working, she supported herself. Whenever she encountered difficulties or troubles, she would rather bear them alone than trouble anyone else."

"I can tell."

Aunt Liu nodded unconsciously. Even though she had only been working for ten or fifteen days, she seemed to agree with someone's assessment of Fang Qing.

“We’re both in Donghai now, and we’ve been childhood friends since we were little. Her parents have been asking me to look after her…”

Aunt Liu gradually sensed something was amiss, looked at the person who was proceeding step by step, and tentatively asked, "Mr. Jiang... is there something you want to say?"

In the service industry, in addition to one's job duties, the ability to read between the lines is also indispensable.

Aunt Liu is a seasoned veteran who's been in this business for half her life... Well, "seasoned veteran" isn't the most polite term, but it refers to someone who's been in the industry for one or two decades. Of course she's got some shrewdness.

"No."

Jiang Chen smiled wryly, "I was just chatting with Aunt Liu."

"It's really rare that we grew up together and haven't gotten separated. Mr. Jiang and Ms. Fang's relationship is almost like that of family without blood ties."

"Aunt Liu is absolutely right."

Jiang Chen looked surprised, seemingly not expecting a nanny to have such insight and perspective. He nodded and said, "She is one of the most important people in my world."

“If it weren’t important, Mr. Jiang wouldn’t have pretended to be a repairman.”

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "So please don't take offense, Aunt Liu. I had a little conflict with her not long ago, and I had no choice but to resort to this."

Aunt Liu exclaimed, "Mr. Jiang is so outstanding, so young, and yet so loyal and devoted to his friends."

This is not flattery; it's a genuine expression of feeling.

Jiang Chen, without any arrogance or boasting, said matter-of-factly, "Men, of course, have to shoulder more responsibility."

Aunt Liu's smile was complicated. She figured that when her daughter brought her boyfriend home in the future, she would inevitably compare him to the man in front of her.

"So Aunt Liu, if Fang Qing feels unwell anywhere, you can tell me."

insidious.

How insidious!

So that's the purpose of this long-winded explanation.

What's most insidious is that he used a declarative sentence, not a question.

It seems the person who came today is indeed not good with words.

Like a sudden, unexpected arrow fired during a casual conversation, it's easy to get caught off guard. Aunt Liu was stunned for a moment, then opened her mouth, "...Miss Fang, I don't feel unwell anywhere."

Jiang Chen remained calm. "Didn't she vomit or have diarrhea?"

Fang Qing has been healthy since childhood, even more so than boys. But people's tastes change and cells change. Last time Tie Jun got married, she drank some wine and got caught in the rain, and she got enteritis.

Perhaps that was a sign?
Unfortunately, I didn't check it carefully at the time.

"Vomiting and diarrhea? No, not at all."

Aunt Liu shook her head blankly and asked in surprise, "Who told Mr. Jiang this?"

Jiang Chen remained silent.

"...In the days I've been here, I haven't noticed that Miss Fang is feeling unwell anywhere."

Aunt Liu said slowly.

Jiang Chen's gaze fell on the plate of stinky mandarin fish that had been served. "Is she not having a good appetite?"

Aunt Liu smiled slightly and said softly, "Girls should pay attention to their figure, so it's normal to eat less oil and meat. My daughter even advocates vegetarianism."

"Aunt Liu's daughter isn't thin either."

The photo I just saw shows a very well-proportioned figure. I'd estimate he's around 1.65 meters tall and weighs at least 110 pounds.

"She's just talking; she doesn't actually have that kind of determination."

Aunt Liu smiled, and then asked, "Mr. Jiang, is there anything else you'd like to ask?"

Jiang Chen wasn't embarrassed. "That's all."

"Mr. Jiang, please continue eating. I'll go check if Miss Fang and the others need anything."

"Ah."

Aunt Liu got up and left. When she entered the restaurant, Li Shurui had already finished eating and was coming out.

"Aunt Liu."

"Mr. Li."

Li Shurui walked into the hall and, without giving the man a chance to continue bothering her, and regardless of whether there was any rice left in his bowl, she dragged him away.

"I'm not full yet."

"Why eat so much? You'll feel bloated if you eat too much."

The noise outside gradually subsided.

Fang Qing sat alone at the dining table, chewing slowly and carefully, and said softly, "What did he say to you?"

"Mr. Jiang is very concerned about Ms. Fang's health and keeps asking me about her health."

Aunt Liu explained everything in detail.

"What did you say?"

“I didn’t say anything.”

Aunt Liu replied quickly.

Although her mind might not be as sharp as it used to be, even a fallen camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how much Zhuge Liang's intelligence deteriorates, he won't become a black Zhang Fei. Fang Qing put down her chopsticks. "Do you think there's something wrong with my body?"

Aunt Liu lowered her head. "I don't know anything."

Fang Qing remained silent for a while, then calmly asked, "How did Aunt Liu find out?"

"I……"

Aunt Liu opened her mouth, then clenched her teeth. "Miss Fang, I've been through this before. And this is the job I do. If I can't even see that, then all these years of work have been for nothing. But don't worry, I know the rules. I didn't say anything."

Fang Qing remained silent.

After much hesitation, Aunt Liu couldn't help but say, "Mr. Jiang said that he and Miss Fang are childhood friends. I think Mr. Jiang can help Miss Fang."

"Can he help me?"

"More people mean more ideas."

Aunt Liu is not only smart but also kind, and she always puts her family first. However, the story she imagines is probably far removed from reality.

"Aunt Liu, my affairs are none of anyone's business, understand?"

"……clear."

Aunt Liu hesitated for a moment, then mustered her courage and said, "Miss Fang, it's good for you to take more folic acid during this time."

Fang Qing picked up her chopsticks again.

"Thank you." (End of Chapter)