Into the Night, Jiao Jiao Gets Kissed by a Business Tycoon
Chapter 146: Are You Out of Your Mind?

Chapter 146: Chapter 146: Are You Out of Your Mind?

"I don’t like eating fried eggs, can you eat it for me?"

Before Zhou Ming could speak, Jiang Yurou had already moved the fried egg from her bowl to his.

Zhou Ming looked at the fried egg that Jiang Yurou had moved over; his expression changed slightly. She had just taken a bite...

Jiang Yurou stared at Zhou Ming, smiling but not quite smiling, "What, you don’t like it?"

Although Zhou Ming knew it was somewhat inappropriate, he couldn’t just waste food, so he said nothing more and started eating the fried egg.

Because Zhou Ming spent years in the shop repairing cell phones and computers, it was inevitable that his face and body would get dirty with oil, dust, or other substances.

Jiang Yurou looked at a patch of skin on his face that had somehow gotten smeared, and her lips involuntarily curved upwards.

While Zhou Ming was looking down and eating his noodles, she lifted the newly repaired cell phone and took a photo of him.

Hearing the shutter sound, Zhou Ming furrowed his brows, his tone somewhat stern, "Delete it."

Having finally taken a photo of him, Jiang Yurou certainly wasn’t going to delete it so easily, "No way."

"Jiang Yurou!" Zhou Ming called her name.

But Jiang Yurou still refused to back down, "It’s just a photo. What’s wrong with a guy taking a photo?"

Zhou Ming stared at her for a while and finally compromised, "Not again, I don’t like having my photo taken."

"No problem." I’ll just take more when you’re not looking.

The moment Zhou Ming turned his head, Jiang Yurou suddenly reached out, gently touching the dusty area of his skin to wipe it for him.

Zhou Ming, startled by her action, recoiled slightly, looking at her with an uneasy gaze, "What are you doing!"

Jiang Yurou hadn’t expected his reaction to be so intense and paused for two seconds before pointing to his cheek, "You got your face dirty; I wanted to help you clean it."

Zhou Ming opened the camera on his phone and looked at his face; indeed, it was dirty.

"Hurry up and eat your noodles; they’re getting soggy," he said, dropping the subject.

Seeing this, Jiang Yurou smiled triumphantly and astonishingly finished the entire bowl of noodles, even she found it incredible.

After eating, Zhou Ming cleaned up the garbage and took it out to the trash can outside. Coming back, he stood at the door and lit a cigarette, not coming in.

Jiang Yurou knew Zhou Ming smoked but didn’t realize how heavy his addiction was.

Tan Bo and Cheng Yi also liked to smoke; did all men like this habit?

She suddenly wanted to try smoking and see what it felt like.

Thinking this, Jiang Yurou had already walked up to Zhou Ming. She stared at the white smoke for a while, then asked, "Can I have one too?"

"You smoke?" Zhou Ming really couldn’t tell that Jiang Yurou was also a smoker.

Jiang Yurou shook her head, "I see you all enjoy it, so I wanted to try what it feels like."

"You all?" Zhou Ming raised an eyebrow.

Jiang Yurou explained, "I have two older brothers; they also smoke."

Zhou Ming extinguished his cigarette and told her, "It’s not suitable for you."

After saying that, he went into the shop, leaving Jiang Yurou standing outside alone.

Jiang Yurou thought about his words for a long time and didn’t understand what he meant. What did he mean she wasn’t suitable? Smoking isn’t like picking clothes; why did it matter if it was suitable?

Jiang Yurou also walked in, about to ask Zhou Ming what he meant by his earlier words, when her cell phone started ringing frantically.

She didn’t even look at the phone number and answered, "Hello?"

"Where are you?" Tan Bo sounded somewhat anxious.

Jiang Yurou paused for a half-second and said, "Since when do I have to report my whereabouts to you?"

She really couldn’t understand Tan Bo – lately, every two hours, he would call her to ask what she was doing, but he never said why.

He didn’t answer her question, but instead said, "I’m right now at your apartment door."

Jiang Yurou was silent for a few seconds and asked in surprise, "Weren’t you supposed to be talking business?"

Tan Bo chuckled lightly and said, "Finished that."

Originally, he had planned to go singing after the business talk, but he really wasn’t in the mood, so he left as soon as the other party signed the contract.

"Alright then, wait for me at my door. I’m coming back now."

However, Tan Bo said, "Never mind, where are you? I’ll come pick you up."

Jiang Yurou gave him her location.

After hanging up, Jiang Yurou glanced at Zhou Ming and said, "I’m going to go."

He just nodded lightly, "Hmm, heard you."

"I’ll come find you tomorrow."

Zhou Ming didn’t agree or refuse, only asking, "Do you need me to walk you out?"

A hint of joy flashed across Jiang Yurou’s eyes. They had known each other for so long, and this was the first time Zhou Ming had offered to walk her out. Without thinking, she readily agreed, "Yes!"

Zhou Ming locked the valuable items in the store into a cabinet, closed the door, and then said to Jiang Yurou, "Let’s go."

"Okay."

The two walked side by side in the alley, passing a few pedestrians who occasionally looked at them.

They quickly reached the end of the alley, and Tan Bo was already waiting outside. Seeing him, Zhou Ming’s steps faltered momentarily.

When Tan Bo saw Zhou Ming, his expression flickered slightly but quickly returned to normal.

Jiang Yurou waved to Tan Bo, then, grabbing onto the edge of Zhou Ming’s clothing, walked toward him, "Let me introduce you. This is Zhou Ming. Be nice to him from now on, okay?"

Tan Bo merely grunted indifferently, his gaze not even really settling on Zhou Ming.

"Zhou Ming, this is Tan Bo, my good friend since childhood," Jiang Yurou introduced Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming nodded and greeted, "Hello."

"Hmm," he responded, with just a brisk word.

"Since your friend is here, I’ll head back," Zhou Ming told Jiang Yurou.

Jiang Yurou wanted to say something more, but Zhou Ming left quickly.

"Why are you rushing off? I’m not going to eat you," Jiang Yurou muttered quietly.

Tan Bo followed Jiang Yurou’s gaze towards the retreating figure, "Is that the guy you like?"

"Yeah, isn’t he handsome?" Jiang Yurou replied proudly, with a bit of a boastful tone.

Tan Bo, however, dismissed it contemptuously, "Average, not even one-tenth as handsome as me."

Jiang Yurou rolled her eyes at him, not wanting to argue, and prepared to get into the car, "Forget it, I’m in a good mood today, so I won’t fight with you."

"You go ahead, I’ll have a smoke."

Jiang Yurou took a step out but then turned back all of a sudden and called Tan Bo.

"Are you crazy?" Tan Bo looked at her perplexedly.

Jiang Yurou playfully kicked him, "Get lost. Give me a cigarette too, I want to try what it feels like."

Tan Bo thought he had misheard, blurting out, "What are you talking about?"

"I said I want to smoke."

"Is your brain flooded with water?" Tan Bo pointed a finger lightly against Jiang Yurou’s forehead.

"Tan Bo!" Jiang Yurou exclaimed, covering her forehead.

Tan Bo stopped bothering about her and put away the cigarette case he had just taken out, deciding not to smoke either, then pulled Jiang Yurou into the car, "Girls shouldn’t be smoking."