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"Yes, I'm Hong Jing, you're the Zhou Chen my aunt mentioned, right?"

Hong Jing also greeted politely, her voice clear and pleasant.

"Sit down, what would you like to drink? I'll order it for you."

Zhou Chen waved to the waiter not far away, and Hong Jing said, "Give me a cup of hand-ground coffee, less milk and less sugar."

Zhou Chen ordered two cups of coffee and a few desserts before starting to talk to Hong Jing.

Hong Jing was the kind of person who knew how to dress up. She wore light makeup and looked quite pure. But after Zhou Chen took a closer look at her, he frowned unconsciously, but soon relaxed again.

Zhou Chen took the initiative to ask: "I heard from Aunt Tao that you returned from studying in the United States. I have been to the United States several times. I wonder which city did you go to college in?"

Hong Jing said: "I am in California..."

"?"

When Zhou Chen heard her mention the name of the university, he was confused. There are too many universities in America, and he knew a few of the famous ones. But he had never heard of the university that Hong Jing mentioned.

But he didn't care, maybe he just didn't hear about it.

Hong Jing asked, "I heard from my aunt that you opened your own company? People who can open a company in China are all capable people."

"You're overpraising me. I just run a small company. I'm not that capable."

Zhou Chen dealt with it casually without saying much about it. Instead, he talked about some things in California and discussed them with Hong Jing.

After a while, the waiter brought coffee and dessert, and the two paused their conversation.

As Zhou Chen stirred his coffee, he had already made an evaluation of Hong Jing in his mind, describing her in four words.

duplicity.

Hong Jing looks very pure and has a lot of inner qualities, but the conversation just now showed her cultural background to the fullest. She cannot be said to be uneducated, but she is definitely not as knowledgeable as she says.

This woman is very good at pretending.

Hong Jing was waiting for Zhou Chen to talk to her. During this period, she had been on several blind dates, and every time the man saw her, he would fawn on her in various ways.

But the man in front of her was different. He spoke a few words to her, but most of them were polite words. He also kept talking about the customs and culture of California, which made her almost unable to answer.

Seeing that Zhou Chen was silent and drinking coffee calmly, she became even more dissatisfied.

If Zhou Chen wasn't handsome, had good temperament, and had his own company with good conditions, she wouldn't have wasted so much time.

"Zhou Chen, since we were introduced by acquaintances, I will speak frankly."

Zhou Chen nodded as expected: "Okay, you can just say it if you have something to say."

Hong Jing continued, "I personally don't really like blind dates, but I think you look pretty good and you fit my requirements for a boyfriend. But marriage is different from dating, and some things must be agreed upon in advance."

Zhou Chen showed a meaningful smile, "I have a good impression of you, too. Since you mentioned marriage, then tell me your conditions."

Unlike free love, blind dates themselves have a purpose. Although it is a bit utilitarian to discuss conditions right away, it is not too abrupt.

"First of all, marriage is a matter between two people. If we are going to be together, I don't want to live with your parents."

Zhou Chen asked: "What about your parents?"

Hong Jing: "Of course my parents can come and live with us. After all, they will only stay for a while at most. It's impossible for them to live with us forever."

Zhou Chen did not comment and continued to ask: "What else?"

"The second thing is the house. We must have our own house, fully paid for. I don't want to pay off a loan, and I don't want the house to be in my name, just in our names."

"The house can't be too small. I like to buy clothes, so I have to have a bigger cloakroom. The rooms also have to be big enough. After all, when we have children, they can't live together with us. Well, then it has to be at least 140 square meters."

"Well, what else?"

"As for the betrothal gift, it must be given. After all, it was not easy for my parents to raise me and support me to study abroad. Is one million yuan not too much to ask for?"

"It's not too much. How can the grace of raising a child be measured with money?"

Zhou Chen smiled more and more, but his smile seemed very strange, but Hong Jing didn't notice it.

"Also, I didn't come back from studying abroad to be a housewife. I want to have my own career, so I need a nanny at home. When I have children in the future, I will also need a full-time confinement nanny."

"These are the basic conditions. We will discuss the remaining conditions in detail after we are sure we can be together. What do you think?"

Zhou Chen kept smiling: "I personally think that it's not a big problem. Marriage is all about getting along with each other. Houses, nannies, etc., are also for family services. Dowry has existed since ancient times, and I will not refuse to give it."

"But since you've made so many requests, I'll also make one that's not too excessive, is that ok?"

Seeing that Zhou Chen was so tactful, Hong Jing felt very proud. She thought that her charm was indeed extraordinary. Such a nice man was completely fascinated by her and would do whatever she said.

"As long as it's not too much of a request, feel free to ask."

Zhou Chen did not say it immediately, but his expression became increasingly weird and he spoke slowly.

"With these conditions, it should be no problem to match a woman who is authentic, has never had an abortion, and is not pregnant, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Hong Jing's expression suddenly changed. She slammed the spoon in her hand on the table and shouted angrily: "What do you mean?"

The angry yell attracted the attention of other customers in the cafe.

Zhou Chen sat up straight and calmly, wiped his hands with paper, and looked at Hong Jing expressionlessly.

"You should know what I mean. I think you look pretty good, but how come you do something so disgusting? Do you really think you are so charming? You don't live with your parents, buy a house, hire a nanny, and the betrothal gift is one million. Do you deserve it?"

Hong Jing stood up angrily, pointed at Zhou Chen and cursed: "I have never seen a man as shameless as you. You have no ability, but you are pretending to be a big shot."

"Humph."

Zhou Chen snorted coldly: "I'm pretending? You're the one pretending, right? Since you have no shame, let's just be frank."

"I heard that you've only been back in China for half a month, and you're already rushing to go on blind dates. You must be anxious to find a father for the baby in your belly, right?"

Hong Jing's face froze instantly and she looked at Zhou Chen in horror.

"Surprised? If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. Do you really think that we men are fools? Let me guess, is the baby in your belly white or black? You can't stay abroad anymore, so you came back to China and want to find a father for your child?"

"Looking for a father if you want, but you still act so high and mighty, asking for a house, a nanny and a confinement nanny. You are a piece of shit that has been played around by foreign friends, do you deserve it?"

"you you you……"

Hong Jing was exposed by Zhou Chen and was humiliated in such a way that she was so angry that her face turned blue. She pointed at Zhou Chen and wanted to curse him, but she was speechless for a moment.

Zhou Chen was too lazy to pay attention to her and stood up directly: "For the sake of our Chinese compatriots, I will treat you this time. You can continue to look for the unlucky guy you want."

After saying that, he ignored Hong Jing who was shaking with anger and walked straight to the cashier, paid the bill and left.

The furious Hong Jing did not leave immediately. It was only after she heard many guests talking around her that she reacted and quickly ran out of the cafe, picking up her bag and covering her face.

"unlucky."

Zhou Chen walked out of the coffee shop and couldn't help but curse inwardly.

As a doctor with decades of experience and inheritor of the Zhou family's traditional Chinese medicine, he naturally mastered the three basic diagnostic methods of Chinese medicine: observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation.

After being in close contact with Hong Jing for a while, he discovered something was wrong. Hong Jing was definitely pregnant, and it was more than a month pregnant.

Considering that the other party had only returned to China for more than half a month, it goes without saying that this woman must have gotten pregnant abroad and returned to China just to find a scapegoat.

To be honest, Hong Jing's outward appearance is pretty good, but it's a pity that her inner self is disgusting.

Damn it, why don’t you look for a buyer abroad, but have to wait until you return to China to find one? Do you really think all Chinese people are honest people?

But on second thought, in today's society, with Hong Jing's appearance, maybe she can really find someone to take over.

But this had nothing to do with him. He just felt disgusted when he thought about having just gone on a blind date with such a thing.

Looking at the busy shopping mall, Zhou Chen did not leave immediately. He had not been to a mall for a long time, so he took this opportunity to take a walk around.

When they arrived at the second floor of the mall and passed by a game hall, Zhou Chen couldn't help but think of the scene in Little Joy World when he watched movies and played games with Qiao Yingzi and others.

So many years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chen missed his wife Qiao Yingzi from Little Joy World even more.

For Qiao Yingzi, he did not leave, but for him, he had not seen Qiao Yingzi for many years.

Looking at the dance machine, although he wanted to move around, but seeing that there were young people all around, he gave up the idea and turned away.

Today is the weekend, and Guan Juer and Qiu Yingying are not working. They both slept in until almost noon, then washed up and went out to look for food.

They had just eaten some steamed dumplings and were walking around the mall to digest the food.

Because they were both from other places, they didn't have much money and didn't know anyone, so they had nowhere to go even on weekends.

Unlike her roommate Fan Shengmei, who dresses herself up beautifully and goes shopping and hanging out with people on weekends.

The two of them could only wander around the mall, maybe see some small things that interested them, and spend a few dozen dollars to buy them. As for other clothes, jewelry and so on, at most they could just feast their eyes on them.

The two walked around the mall and felt a little tired, so each of them bought an ice cream and ate it while sitting on a bench in the mall.

"Guan Guan, let's go back later. It's really too much of a torture to just be able to look but not be able to buy."

Qiu Yingying ate her ice cream in big mouthfuls, glanced at the brand-name clothing stores, and said bitterly.

Guan Juer agreed and said, "I think so too. The more I shop, the more uncomfortable I feel. How can we be so miserable? We are so poor that we can't even afford nice clothes."

In fact, she is not that poor. It's just that she is just an intern now and her salary is limited. Her family is a middle-class family, but she doesn't want to ask for money from her family, so she is actually very poor.

"Yingying, I'm talking to you, why are you in a daze?"

Guan Juer found that Qiu Yingying didn't listen to her at all, but was staring blankly ahead, so she pushed Qiu Yingying.

But Qiu Yingying still didn't look at her, but pointed forward.

"Guan Guan, take a look at that man. Is he the handsome Zhou who lives downstairs?"

"Handsome Zhou?"

Guan Juer immediately understood who Qiu Yingying was talking about, so she quickly turned her head and looked in the direction of Qiu Yingying's finger.

She saw a man walking slowly a few dozen meters away from them, and her eyes widened immediately.

"Yes, that's him."

I have a dinner party tonight. If I come back early, there should be one more update. If not, I will make it up tomorrow morning!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 407: Qu Xiaoxiao appears, the low-quality Qu family

After getting Guan Juer's affirmation, Qiu Yingying stood up happily.

"Right? I said they couldn't possibly look that similar. He is handsome Zhou. Guan Guan, let's go over and say hello."

Guan Juer held Qiu Yingying and asked hesitantly, "Isn't it inappropriate for us to go over and say hello like this? Maybe they have something to do."

Qiu Yingying looked around and said, "No, I think he is alone. It's okay. Let's go over there first."

As she said that, she pulled Guan Juer and ran towards Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen stood by the railing, watching the performance on the stage on the first floor below. He didn't know what activity was going on today, but a large group of people gathered there to watch the performance.

"Hey, handsome Zhou, what a coincidence."

Someone tapped his shoulder, Zhou Chen turned around and said in surprise: "Ms. Qiu, Miss Guan, it's you."

While shopping in a mall, he actually met Qiu Yingying and Guan Juer, which really made him feel that this world is really too small.

Guan Juer whispered, "Zhou Shuai, Mr. Zhou, are you here to shop at the mall too?"

Zhou Chen looked at Guan Juer who was speaking in a low voice and felt amused. This girl was really too shy. It was rare to meet girls of this type nowadays.

"I came here for something this afternoon. After I finished my business, I thought about strolling around here. I didn't expect to meet you by chance. It seems that we are really destined to be together."

"Yes, we are really destined to meet each other. We can even meet each other while shopping in a mall."

Qiu Yingying nodded repeatedly, feeling that it was a great fortune to be able to meet Zhou Chen.

"Handsome Zhou, let's go shopping together. We are familiar with this place. If you want to buy something, we can take you there."

After saying that, Qiu Yingying looked at Zhou Chen expectantly.

Zhou Chen is so handsome, stylish and has such a good temperament. She is a bit obsessed with appearance, so of course she hopes something will happen between her and Zhou Chen.

"Do not……"

Zhou Chen was about to speak when the phone in his pocket suddenly rang, "Sorry, I have to take a call first."

"It's okay, handsome Zhou, you answer the phone first." Qiu Yingying pointed at the phone and gestured.

When Zhou Chen saw that the caller ID was his mother, he couldn't help but sigh and answered the call.