Qiao Liang wanted to cry but had no tears and immediately darkened his expression.
"Xinqing Chu, you should know that our engagement..."
"Okay, okay!" Xinqing Chu laughed and cut him off, "I know you don’t want to get married yet, it’s fine. Anyway, the only difference between us and being married is just a piece of paper, I don’t care!"
What did she mean by just a piece of paper? Their relationship was purely platonic.
Qiao Liang opened his mouth to explain further, "I..."
Xinqing Chu raised her hand and forcefully stuffed a piece of sea urchin sushi into his mouth.
The little imp, he hoped she would choke on it!
While harboring dark thoughts, he still attended to her earnestly.
"Look at you, why eat so quickly? Slow down, don’t choke..."
As he spoke, he kept pushing the sushi into Qiao Liang’s mouth. With a big chunk of sticky sea urchin sushi in his mouth and in front of Gan Yuan, he naturally couldn’t spit it out without looking rude, so he could only chew it slowly, bit by bit.
Seizing the opportunity, Xinqing Chu’s gaze fell on Gan Yuan across from her.
"I thought Miss Gan was single before, but to my surprise, you’re actually Mr. Huangfu’s wife. Xiaotang really inherited both your perfect genes, so handsome..."
She was just talking nonsense but hit the nail on the head.
Qiao Liang was still chewing on the sea urchin, fearing she might blurt out something more inappropriate. He reached over, grabbed her arm, and stood up from the tatami.
"What are you doing? I haven’t finished chatting with Miss Gan... don’t pull me... I still want to ask Miss Gan for parenting advice..."
Qiao Liang didn’t pay any attention, pulled and carried her out of the Japanese-style private room, waved to Gan Yuan and the others while mumbling a vague "see you another day," and hurried away with Xinqing Chu.
At the table, Huangfu Jue maintained an unruffled expression, but his blue eyes curved slightly upward, tinted with a faint smile.
"You never expected Qiao Liang to have such a status, did you?"
"But isn’t that great?" How could Gan Yuan not know what he was thinking? She picked up a piece of sushi, dipped it in vinegar, and looked up with a silly infatuation, "He’s handsome, wealthy, has a great personality... and most importantly, he knows how to cook. Marrying a man like that must be bliss."
He snorted lightly, his tone disdainful, "A gentleman stays away from the kitchen!"
She rolled her eyes, her tone mocking, "If you can’t do it, you just can’t do it. Why spout all that grandiose nonsense?"
Without waiting for Huangfu Jue’s response, she turned her head and sighed softly, glancing at Gan Tang in Huangfu Jue’s arms and added.
"Son, you must learn cooking skills well, or else be careful you won’t find a wife when you grow up!"
The little guy glanced at Huangfu Jue’s stern face and flashed a beautiful set of white teeth.
"Cooking, what’s that? As long as I can make money, I’ll hire four Michelin three-star chefs to cook for Mommy. One for breakfast, one for lunch, one for dinner, and one for dessert and afternoon tea."
Originally, he had a good impression of Qiao Liang and even thought it wouldn’t be bad for Gan Yuan to be with Qiao Liang.
But tonight, finding out that Qiao Liang already had a fiancée, he was inevitably a bit annoyed with Qiao Liang.
The cheeky thing, what country does he think he’s from!
Gan Yuan glared at him, "You’d better make money first before saying that!"
Huangfu Jue immediately came to the little guy’s defense, "Hasn’t our Xiaotang just earned two million?"
Repay kindness with kindness.
If his son helped him, of course, he would speak up for the little guy.
The little guy turned sideways, and both father and son met each other’s gaze, their lips curling up at the same time in identical grins, as if they were carved from the same mold.