Upon hearing Chu Ge say this, Chen Jiatong and Xu Jingyuan felt a surge of joy in their hearts. They never expected that Chu Ge, who had just rejected them, would now agree to their request.
It seems Chu Ge is indeed a man of feelings and righteousness. It turns out their initial approach was wrong; to get closer to Chu Ge, they must play the emotion card.
Even though Chu Ge didn't put on a sworn stance, through their few interactions with him, they sincerely felt that Chu Ge was soone who kept his word. After all, if he wanted to deceive them, there was no need to reject their request just now.
With overflowing joy, the two won each grabbed one of Chu Ge's hands, and Chen Jiatong softly said, "Young Master Chu, you're really kind. Let Tongtong accompany you well. Knowing Young Master Chu is truly Tongtong's greatest fortune in three lifetis."
Xu Jingyuan softly said, "And there's Yuanyuan too. It's tiring for Young Master Chu to send us back. If we don't properly thank Young Master Chu, how can we justify ourselves?"
Chu Ge remained silent, his expression unchanged.
At this mont, Chen Jiatong softly continued, "Young Master Chu, although Tongtong is truly grateful, she has no intention of trading with such matters. She simply wants to make Young Master Chu happy and would never trouble you because of this."
Xu Jingyuan softly said on the other side, "Young Master Chu, as long as you're happy, you can have us do anything you want."
Even though these two won put it this way, Chu Ge had no response. At this mont, he was thinking about another matter, sothing about a man he casually glimpsed earlier.
With these thoughts in mind, Chu Ge said to the two won, "You two... can't you stop bothering with these useless things?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiatong bit her lip and stood aside, looking sorrowful, and said, "Young Master Chu, do you still look down on us, thinking people like us aren't worthy to be with you?"
Chu Ge rolled his eyes, thinking to himself that her imagination was truly vivid.
Before Chu Ge could speak, Xu Jingyuan also stopped her actions and stood aside, "Young Master Chu, I'm sorry..."
Chu Ge looked at Chen Jiatong, then at Xu Jingyuan, feeling sowhat defeated by them. What was this all about?
Looking at their sorrowful gazes, Chu Ge smiled with a smirk, "You two are really overthinking it. Since you are so sincere, how can I bear to disappoint you?"
Hearing this, the two won showed surprise on their faces again. Chen Jiatong blinked, "So, Young Master Chu ans..."
Facing Chen Jiatong's puzzled gaze, Chu Ge said, "I an that from now on, we're all friends. Helping each other is what friends do, isn't it? Talking about anything else is a bit pointless. If I didn't consider you as friends, why would I ask you to help at such an important occasion as my friend's wedding? And why would I send you two ho? Right?"
Chen Jiatong was taken aback. She really couldn't accept Chu Ge's statent, saying that he regarded the two of them as friends? Is it true?
With a heart full of doubt, Chen Jiatong said, "Young Master Chu, are you saying we're all friends?"
Xu Jingyuan then said, "Tongtong is right; Young Master Chu is truly different. If it were soone else, they'd be thinking about taking a romantic bath or sothing."
Chu Ge turned his head and laughed, "Miss Xu, there you go praising again. What's different about , but I must correct you on one point. I would never say sothing like that to you, because that saying is always problematic for , as mandarin ducks represent loyal love, and placing it here seems inappropriate."
The two won were slightly taken aback, then quickly understood the underlying aning of Chu Ge's words. The subtext was: "When necessary, you can ask for my help, be friends, but that's the maximum I can accept. The two of you shouldn't bring love matters into this, let alone think about marrying ."
As the saying goes, it's better to say the unpleasant words upfront. However, Chu Ge's words weren't hard to hear; rather, they were more of advice.
The unnaturalness on the won's faces was fleeting, soon replaced by a smile. After all, Chu Ge treating them like this already made them very grateful. They weren't people who didn't know how to appreciate kindness or overreach.
Just that, they still couldn't quite tell how true Chu Ge's "friends" were.
Noticing the subtle changes in Chen Jiatong and Xu Jingyuan's expressions, Chu Ge knew they understood the aning in his words. He couldn't help but secretly praise them, thinking it's comfortable dealing with smart people like them, although unsure if they would try any tricks again.
After finishing, Chu Ge laughed heartily and sat down in a carefree manner on a chair.
"Young Master Chu, what is it..." The two won exchanged glances, not knowing what Chu Ge was laughing about, so Chen Jiatong asked curiously.
"Oh, nothing. Since I'm here anyway, how about we play sothing?"
"Play sothing?" Chen Jiatong and Xu Jingyuan were even more bewildered. What... what was this situation?
Chu Ge nodded naturally with a smile, "Play chess or so poker, do you have these things at ho?"
"Uh..."
"Flying chess, gobang, three-player mahjong, anything will do."
Hearing this, Chen Jiatong and Xu Jingyuan felt as strange as could be, but they dared not ask more. Chen Jiatong nodded, "Since Young Master Chu is interested, I do have so poker here."
Chu Ge grinned, "Alright then, bring it over, the three of us will play landlord."
"Oh... okay..."
A few minutes later, Chu Ge, Chen Jiatong, and Xu Jingyuan sat down around a table in the living room, where a soft mat for board gas and a deck of cards had been laid out.
"Um... Young Master Chu, is there any special twist to our landlord ga?"
"Twist? What twist? It's just regular landlord."
Chen Jiatong waited for two seconds. Seeing Chu Ge said nothing more, she hesitantly asked, "I an... do we win sothing?"
"We don't win anything." Chu Ge picked up the cards, "It's just for fun, if there's money involved, then it's gambling, isn't it?"
Chen Jiatong and Xu Jingyuan's mouths twitched; they certainly didn't believe Chu Ge couldn't understand their underlying aning. The so-called "winning sothing" surely wasn't referring to money.
But yet... But yet... Was Chu Ge really just wanting to play cards with them? No other agenda? Simply playing landlord, that's all?
As it turned out, that was exactly what Chu Ge ant. After shuffling the cards a few tis, he smiled at the two of them, "Co on, I haven't played in a long ti, not even sure if I still know how, don't gang up against , alright?"
"Young Master Chu, you're joking, how could we possibly bully you?"
With a helpless smile, Chen Jiatong went ahead and dealt the cards to Chu Ge, and the three of them indeed started playing poker just like that.
In the first round, Chu Ge was lucky; he drew a big joker, a straight, several pairs, and so high singles, taking the "landlord" position proactively, and his hidden cards were good too—another small joker, a two, and a high card that could form a triplet.
With such good cards, even if Chen Jiatong and Xu Jingyuan didn't hold back, it would be hard to lose. However, his luck didn't hold in the second round, drawing three, four, five, six without a seven, making a very weak hand.
By the third round, there was a sudden knock at the door, loud and urgent.
Chen Jiatong and Xu Jingyuan were both startled, putting down their cards. Xu Jingyuan went to the door, looked through the peephole, and her face imdiately darkened.
"Yuanyuan, who is it?" Chen Jiatong whispered.
"Zhang Baoquan..." Xu Jingyuan bit her lip and turned back, whispering her reply.
"Why is that lunatic here again... it's so annoying, isn't it?" Chen Jiatong's face also turned grim.
Chu Ge, however, showed no special reaction. The reason he suggested playing poker with the two of them was because he anticipated soone might show up looking for trouble, and he had been waiting for it.
Of course, not that Chu Ge was all-knowing; he only suspected, but couldn't be sure soone would definitely co.
On the way to take the two won ho, he'd noticed a man acting strangely, eyeing the car and the two won inside with a fiery, almost crazed look.
"Who is Zhang Baoquan?" Chu Ge asked calmly.
Xu Jingyuan sighed and replied with a bitter smile, "He's a fan of Jiatong and . He knows we live here, always bothering us. He... he's just a lunatic!"
After saying that, she paused, quickly explaining, "Young Master Chu, we really didn't know he would co today, we definitely didn't..."
Halfway through her words, Xu Jingyuan stopped, feeling like the more she explained, the worse it sounded.
Chu Ge chuckled, "I know, and I trust you're not doing it on purpose, open the door."
"This..." Xu Jingyuan hesitated, shook her head, and whispered, "Young Master Chu, let's not. That person is really a bit unstable, what if he..."
Chen Jiatong also nodded from the side, "Yes, Young Master Chu, as they say, a wise man avoids danger, better not to pay him any attention, he really is very crazy."
"Thump, thump, thump!" As soon as the two won finished speaking, the door was pounded again.
"Tongtong, Yuanyuan, open the door, it's , I'm Zhang Baoquan." Following that, a man's voice ca through, sounding shrill, making one's skin crawl.
"Thump, thump, thump!" The door shook again.
"Tongtong, Yuanyuan, you're actually going to turn away your fan? I'm here to give you gifts, open the door!"
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