"Um... Ni Yue, you should unwrap your own gift. As a single dog, I really don’t want to watch my brother and Qiao Jing flirting anymore.
You have no idea, just now when my brother saw you leaning towards Qiao Jing again, he couldn’t help wanting to separate you two, but Qiao Jing gave him a glare and he didn’t dare to speak.
Even if you don’t care about my brother, please consider the feelings of this single dog here, not to mention, there’s another couple here!"
Ni Yue glanced at Zhan Nanqing, thinking of him as the poor single dog, and reluctantly agreed to go unwrap the gifts herself.
The cued Lin Xiuxiang and Tang Yan looked at each other and simultaneously showed a smile.
Lin Xiuxiang coughed twice and cleared her throat.
"Please don’t drag the innocent into this, we two are definitely not flirting."
She had also noticed the exchanging glances between Qiao Qiao and Zhan Qipei, she had seen all their interactions and couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh secretly.
Hearing this dialogue, Qiao Jing’s temples suddenly throbbed.
All she did was to prevent Zhan Qipei from pulling her away and then arguing with Ni Yue, how did it turn into flirting?
But that’s not the point, it looks like her warning didn’t work.
Zhan Nanqing nodded, frowning as he complained,
"Yeah, you call that not flirting? Then tell me what do you call flirting? ?"
After saying this, Zhan Nanqing began demonstrating "flirting" as if she had started a live drama.
She bumped the nearest person with her shoulder and kept signaling with her eyes.
"? Isn’t my imitation pretty good?"
Zhan Nanqing had just spoken when she suddenly felt disgusted, since the nearest person was Xu Moqian, whose face was now very ugly.
Thinking about how Xu Moqian liked Qiao Jing, she was undoubtedly stabbing him in the heart right now.
Why should she care if Xu Moqian was always teasing her and even liked her sister-in-law?
She enjoyed antagonizing Xu Moqian!
Xu Moqian didn’t show Zhan Nanqing a good expression and stepped back a few steps.
"Like hell, you brat, go stand over there!"
He had felt it inappropriate when he saw Ni Yue close to Qiao Jing earlier, and now he realized that he was competing with another for Qiao Jing’s affection?!
Doesn’t that mean he has an additional rival now?
Just when Zhan Qipei was already enough trouble, now Ni Yue seems to like Qiao Jing too, could this be a dream?
It seems Sister Jing is truly outstanding, appealing to both genders; he could only hope there wouldn’t be so many rivals.
Zhan Nanqing scoffed, pushing Xu Moqian further away.
"You’re the brat here, hey, aren’t you supposed to be a girl? Can’t you speak more elegantly? People like you deserve to be single forever! Besides, I just called the nearest person to me, don’t think I actually wanted to flirt with you!"
Xu Moqian did not reply to Zhan Nanqing, just glanced at her silently.
Finally, he turned towards Qiao Jing and switched the topic.
"Sister Jing, why don’t we go barbecue?"
He was not willing to just let Zhan Qipei stick with Sister Jing.
As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, he could first join forces with Ni Yue to drive away the biggest threat—Zhan Qipei.
Qiao Jing looked at the position of the barbecue grill, and then at Zhan Qipei and Ni Yue.
To avoid letting the two continue arguing over her, she nodded and moved to the barbecue grill.
Seeing this, Zhan Qipei quickly followed her.
Xu Moqian was not to be outdone, directly pulling up a stool and sitting down next to Qiao Jing on the left.
"Sister Jing, teach me how to barbecue? I’ll grill with you."
Zhan Qipei’s face immediately darkened, and he moved a stool to Qiao Jing’s left side, forcibly squeezing Xu Moqian away.
He had just chased one away, and another one came?
Xu Moqian directly moved his stool to Qiao Jing’s right side, and the two switched places.
Qiao Jing looked at these two swapping places and rolled her eyes speechlessly.
"Can you two sit still, what’s with all this moving around?"
Zhan Qipei’s expression grew colder as he coldly glanced at Xu Moqian.
Xu Moqian, not to be outdone, glared back at Zhan Qipei and said cheerfully:
"Sister Jing, you start now, I’ll learn on the sidelines!"
When Lin Xiuxiang saw that the group was about to start barbecuing, she hurried over to help, but before she could get to the grill, Qiao Jing stopped her.
"Xiangxiang, don’t come over here. Just sit over there and rest."
Tang Yan helped Lin Xiuxiang to sit on a chair nearby.
"Right, the smoke is too heavy over there, just rest here, and I will bring you some once it’s cooked."
Lin Xiuxiang frowned, her gaze falling on Qiao Jing.
"What about you, Qiao Qiao?"
It was clear Qiao Qiao was pregnant too, so why wasn’t she coming over to rest with her?
Qiao Jing slightly furrowed her brows, about to say she was fine, but Zhan Qipei jumped in first.
"She can’t just sit around here either."
He paused for a moment, turned his head to look at Qiao Jing, and said in a serious tone:
"You go rest as well, I can handle the grilling."
He considered the fact that Qiao Jing was pregnant and should avoid inhaling too much cooking fumes.
Even if the others didn’t know how to barbecue and ended up burning the food, it didn’t matter—nothing was as important as Qiao Jing’s health.
Qiao Jing pulled a wry smile, slowly opening her mouth:
"No need, I can grill. Besides, don’t you guys not know how to barbecue?"
If they allowed those who didn’t know how to barbecue to do it, the results could be disastrous.
Zhan Qipei didn’t say a word but stubbornly looked at Qiao Jing, his deep eyes filled with resolve.
Qiao Jing and Zhan Qipei stared at each other, neither willing to back down.
After a few minutes of standoff, Qiao Jing, unable to outstubborn Zhan Qipei, sighed in resignation.
"Fine, fine, fine, you guys grill if you want, but I have to teach you how first before I rest."
Zhan Qipei furrowed his thick eyebrows, which were as dense as mist, contemplating the feasibility of this proposal.
If possible, he didn’t want Qiao Jing to teach them how to barbecue since just sitting beside the grill could make someone smell the smoke.
Before he could answer Qiao Jing, she had already put several skewers of beef on the grill.
Zhan Qipei said no more but watched Qiao Jing’s barbecuing hands intently, eager to learn quickly.
After all, he never even let Qiao Jing cook at home—how could he bear to let her barbecue and inhale so many fumes?
In the end, Qiao Jing demonstrated only once before Zhan Qipei sent her away.
"You go rest, I’ve got it."
Xu Moqian, who was standing by, hadn’t even come to his senses. He had just started following along, but while his eyes had learned, his hands hadn’t.
Seeing Qiao Jing about to leave, and realizing not only that he couldn’t interact with her but also hadn’t learned how to barbecue, he grew anxious.
"Sister Jing, could you grill one more time? I didn’t catch it just now."
He had hardly finished speaking when he received a cold glare from Zhan Qipei.