In the end, Chu Nan compromised. He regarded Qi Rong with disdain, clenching his teeth. "Fine!"
Originally, he and Zhizhi were just going to have a quiet dinner together. Qi Rong, ever the spoiled brat, insisted on intervening at the very end. He made a mental note of this incident!
All Qi Rong experienced was a slight chillyness. Since he was already dead, he figured he might as well ask more questions now.
Hence, after explaining what happened to Chu Nan due to his misogyny, Qi Rong asked Xia Zhi, "I was overseas when you got engaged to Fifth Brother that day. It's a pity that I didn't see how you persuaded Fifth Brother to get engaged to you. Because of this, I haven't been able to eat or sleep well recently. Sister-in-law, look at how pitiful I am. Can you tell me what happened exactly?"
When Chu Nan saw Qi Rong harassing Xia Zhi, his expression darkened. He could not bear it anymore after hearing Qi Rong's question, so he said, "I was the one who took the initiative to approach Zhizhi."
"Zhizhi?" Qi Rong cocked an eyebrow at this and laughed heartily. "I didn't expect you of all people to fall in love at first sight!"
Xia Zhi wanted to deny it.
Unexpectedly, Chu Nan smiled and agreed. "Yes."
Hearing that completely floored Xia Zhi. She immediately began to wonder if Qi Rong was actually Chu Nan's brother. Why Chu Nan would lie to him if it wasn't the case?
The shock caused Qi Rong's eyes to bulge and his mouth to open wide. Subconsciously, he remarked, "Damn, I thought you would be alone for the rest of your life. I never could have seen such a bomb going off!"
Then, with a gleam in his eye, Qi Rong exclaimed, "We must drink to celebrate!"
"No, Chu Nan's my patient. Absolutely no alcohol. "She may not have understood why Chu Nan said that, but hearing about the wine caused her to involuntarily turn down the offer.
After hearing that, even Qi Rong realized that he could not cross certain lines. He shifted his attention to Xia Zhi. "Sister-in-law, let's drink together!"
"No!" It was Chu Nan who turned him down this time.
When Chu Nan didn't continue, Qi Rong and Xia Zhi looked at him, expecting an explanation.
Chu Nan looked them in the eye and explained coolly, "Grandpa said that you'll have a headache if you drink at night, so I know you can't drink. Otherwise, I'll have to tell Grandpa about this when he wakes up."
Xia Zhi realized that she had no choice but to abandon the idea of getting drunk if she didn't want to make the old man angry. But her doubts remained, and she puzzledly asked Chu Nan, "When did Grandpa tell you about this? Why can't I recall this?"
"When Grandpa and I were alone in the room that day."
Qi Rong didn't expect to be discarded just like that. He looked left and right and finally hugged his pitiful self.
After dinner, Chu Nan sent Xia Zhi home first.
Chu Nan only retracted his gaze after she had completely disappeared.
Qi Rong had never expected his fifth brother to be like this. He raised his hand and rubbed the goosebumps on his arm.
Although Chu Nan's gaze had been averted, he was once again lost in thought. His eyes lit up with a happy gleam, and Qi Rong knew he was thinking about Xia Zhi.
However, he did not anticipate that it would still be this way after ten minutes.
Seeing this, Qi Rong could not help but ask, "Fifth Brother, do you really like Sister-in-law?"
Chu Nan snapped out of his reverie and gave Qi Rong a disinterested look. "Didn't I make it obvious? What are you, five?."
In response to Chu Nan's intense stare, Qi Rong hastily remarked, "It's obvious. Most importantly, it defies belief. Even though I've only been away from the country for a short time, your misogyny seems to have fully recovered while I was gone!"
After hearing this, Chu Nan replied in a deep voice, "It's not gone."
Qi Rong froze for a moment and asked in confusion, "What's not gone?"
"My misogyny hasn't recovered." Chu Nan paused for a moment before continuing, "I can only accept Zhizhi."
Hearing this, Qi Rong rubbed his chin and sighed, "That's quite a special case."
Chu Nan did not deny it and nodded in agreement.
"Zhizhi is the person who saved me two years ago."