It was rush hour, and the streets of the magic city were jammed, but Chu Fang was not in a hurry, humming a song leisurely as he drove.
"Ms. Zhong, I don't feel like cooking today. Let's eat out."
"Okay."
"What do you want to eat?"
"Anything."
"Do you have any answer besides 'anything'?"
"Anything is fine."
"Anything else?"
"Whatever."
Chu Fang thought for a moment, "Okay."
Then, he turned the steering wheel and arrived at a special restaurant. Zhong Tingyue flipped through the menu: Fried scorpions, fried centipedes, fried bamboo worms... ...
She raised her eyes, "Are you doing this on purpose?"
"You said anything was fine," Chu Fang shrugged.
Whenever someone says 'anything' or 'whatever' without a clear answer when eating out, he brings them here.
This place specializes in treating people with decision-making difficulties.
Soon, many kinds of fried insect dishes were brought up. Zhong Tingyue looked at the strange-shaped food and said, "I'm not eating this."
"Fine, don't eat it then. See if you can starve yourself."
"Then I insist on eating it."
Zhong Tingyue tasted a fried bamboo worm and was instantly amazed, slowly chewing, with a sandy, egg-yolk-like texture.
Seeing the surprise on his fiancée's delicate face, Chu Fang smiled.
The restaurant you choose will naturally not be bad.
"By the way, what were you chatting about with that pregnant woman earlier?" Chu Fang asked casually.
"Hardware softening engineering, software hardening engineering, a story I must tell with a man, asking an old man why he is obsessed with fishing... ..."
Chu Fang was curious, "Did you get any results from the chat?"
"A man's ultimate destination is impotence!"
Chu Fang: "... ..."
Why did I ask that question?
Zhong Tingyue smiled brightly. She had a headache from thinking about things all day, and now she was finally happy for a while.
The two of them ate various fried insects, which were quite delicious.
Zhong Tingyue did not ask Chu Fang why he didn't want to have children, as the pregnant woman had suggested.
Since Chu Fang didn't say the reason, she thought it would be better to find the answer herself.
... ...
To find the answer, Zhong Tingyue specifically took a day to go shopping with her best friend, He Yi.
The two entered a baby and child supplies store.
"Hey, how do you have time to go shopping with me today? Don't you have to work?" He Yi picked out baby and child supplies.
"I missed you, so I'm going shopping with you."
He Yi glanced at her best friend, "Ever since you and Chu Fang got together, you even choke when you lie."
"Then I'll choke a couple of times." Zhong Tingyue coughed a few times, "Cough cough cough, I missed you, I came to go shopping with you."
He Yi saw a look of obsequiousness on her best friend's face.
He Yi picked and chose, looking at various baby and child supplies. Zhong Tingyue hooked her arm around her best friend's: "You're only a few months pregnant, why are you starting to choose these things so early?"
"I need to buy them early," He Yi said. "Don't wait until you need them to buy them, that would be too late."
"Is it necessary? It's not like you can't buy them."
He Yi said, "It's necessary. When the child comes into this world, we as parents should arrange everything for him... ..."
Her best friend He Yi rambled on and on, all about things related to the child, but Zhong Tingyue listened carefully and seriously. Gradually, a thought flashed through Zhong Tingyue's mind.
She seemed to guess why her husband was against having children.
While the two were shopping, two boys not far away were watching them.
"That girl is so beautiful, the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life, just the way I imagined a girl to be." One of the skinny men looked at Zhong Tingyue, his eyes wide.
"Then go ask her for her contact information." A male companion next to him, wearing a white shirt and round glasses, suggested to his friend.
"I can't."
"Go ahead."
Under He Yi's rambling, Zhong Tingyue increasingly felt that her guess was reliable.
She was excited and kissed He Yi, "He Yi, you are my great benefactor, thank you so much."
He Yi wiped the saliva off her face, "Buy a toy for my child."
"Okay."
Then Zhong Tingyue pulled He Yi into another baby and child supplies store, buying toys.
And not far away, the skinny man was a mess in the air.
The skinny man looked aggrieved, "The world is so wonderful, why does a contact list like that exist?"
"Existence is reasonable," the companion comforted the skinny man. "We can't discriminate against contact lists."
"But I'm heartbroken." The skinny man was discouraged.
The companion hesitated for a few seconds, and finally said, "Brother, actually, I've liked you for a long time."
The skinny man's pupils dilated.
"I think we're very suitable."
"Not suitable!" The skinny man hurriedly refused.
"You haven't even tried it, how would you know it's not suitable? Whether shoes fit or not, you only know after you wear them," the companion said. "I've been with you for so many years, don't you understand?"
The skinny man was silent for a long time, "Go buy me a pack of cigarettes."
The companion went to the supermarket in front to buy cigarettes, and suddenly turned his head, and saw the skinny man running in the sunset, that was his lost youth... ...
Completion Check: All parts of the original text have been translated.
Length Comparison: The length of the translated English text is comparable to the original Chinese text, ensuring completeness.
Confirmation Statement: The translation is complete, accurate, and of high quality.
