Afterward, Chu Fang accompanied Ma Junjie on a blind date.
It must be said that Ma Junjie's parents were extremely eager for their son to get married, hastily arranging blind dates for him to meet all kinds of girls, from as young as eighteen to as old as thirty, including first marriages, second marriages, and even third marriages with children.
Chu Fang said, "Your parents are really desperate."
But unfortunately, the blind dates still yielded no results.
Women in Shanghai generally have great ambitions and hope to stay in this bustling city, so a necessary condition for blind dates is having a house in Shanghai, which Ma Junjie doesn't have.
"How about I give you a set," Chu Fang said, "As the CEO of Yateng Yige, not having a house is really embarrassing."
"Give me your villa," Ma Junjie said.
"That won't work."
"Tch~~~"
Ma Junjie gave him a disdainful look and then headed to the next blind date location.
... ...
As night fell, Chu Fang had dinner with two friends, Rong Shunji and Wen Xiangbing, eating barbecue.
Nearby, Liu Zhe and Rong Shunji's son were having a heated fight, a physical one, with each child slapping the other, having a great time.
Chu Fang and his friends laughed heartily at the sight.
Eventually, redness appeared on the two children's tender faces, and they looked at each other, pursed their lips, and cried.
Chu Fang and Rong Shunji hugged their children and comforted them.
Seeing his two friends like this, Wen Xiangbing smiled and said, "I didn't expect our gathering to turn out like this."
Rong Shunji shrugged, "There's no way around it, you'll know later."
"Yes, you'll understand the heart of a father in the future," Chu Fang patted Wen Xiangbing on the shoulder, speaking like someone who's been there.
"Is this your son?"
Chu Fang stuck out his neck, "Why isn't he? Although Liu Zhe was born to my cousin and his wife, that doesn't negate the fact that Liu Zhe and I have a father-son relationship."
Wen Xiangbing: "... ..."
Chu Fang was forcibly making a connection, but he felt very happy, comforting Liu Zhe while saying, "Are you thinking about starting a business again?"
Since his company went bankrupt, Wen Xiangbing was depressed for a few days, then changed jobs, earning money and saving a lot with his connections, and now he's thinking about starting a business again.
"Yeah," Wen Xiangbing nodded, "People are always restless, it's boring if you don't stir things up."
"Whatever you want, just be careful and come to me if you need anything," Chu Fang replied.
"Okay."
"By the way, Fangzi, what's been going on with you lately? Why are you always posting EMO snippets on WeChat Moments?" Rong Shunji fiddled with his phone, "Did you get cuckolded?"
Chu Fang replied nonchalantly, "Pretty much."
Hearing this, his two friends' pupils shrank: "Huh?"
Chu Fang sighed deeply, a helpless expression on his face.
These past few days, Zhong Tingyue seemed to have gone crazy, constantly busy with work, getting up at six or seven in the morning and coming home at eleven or twelve at night, then falling asleep as soon as she got home.
And he was busy taking care of Liu Zhe, and the two of them rarely communicated.
Those who know would know they're an unmarried couple, those who don't would think they're just partners living together.
Chu Fang babbled on about Zhong Tingyue's 'bad points' until he felt relieved before letting his two friends leave.
He continued eating barbecue, and nearby was a young couple, talking softly.
"Baby, I'm sorry, you're suffering with me."
"It's not suffering, this barbecue is delicious, as long as I'm with you, I'm happy eating anything."
Hearing this, Chu Fang felt wronged.
That woman Zhong Tingyue is like a workaholic, only caring about work and not considering my feelings at all.
The boy in the couple saw that Chu Fang was alone and holding a child, and thought he had a relationship problem, so he raised his beer to signal to Chu Fang.
Chu Fang calmed down and raised his drink: "I have to drive, sorry."
"Brother, I wish you well in your relationship," the boy sincerely wished.
"Thanks."
The two toasted each other, then went their separate ways.
It was still early, just past nine o'clock, and Chu Fang wasn't in a hurry to go home, but instead went to Zhong Tingyue's studio first.
On the way, suddenly there was a sound of vehicles colliding in front of him, and then he saw that the couple's 'electric scooter' had crashed into a Ferrari 488, their faces terrified, and they were bowing their heads and apologizing: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... ..."
"Ferrari 488, this will cost hundreds of thousands to repair."
"That's a big loss."
"This couple is doomed."
... ...
Hearing the words of the surrounding pedestrians, the couple's faces turned pale, not knowing what to do.
They were recent college graduates who hadn't been working for long, and their salaries were only enough to support their lives, so where would they get the money to pay for the damages?
The couple was at a loss, and the boy said, "I'll pay."
The girl shook her head: "I was driving the electric bike, I crashed into this Ferrari, I'll pay."
The couple argued over who would pay.
"You two pay together," the Ferrari owner got out of the car and leaned against it, "I don't want much, 100,000."
The couple's pale faces turned even whiter, and the girl's eyes filled with tears.
The boy hugged the girl's arm, comforting her softly, then said to the Ferrari owner, "I'm sorry, I don't have that much money right now, can I write you an IOU, I will definitely pay it back."
"No problem," the Ferrari owner said.
Then, the couple began to write the IOU.
