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 someone 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 women 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 lifetimes."

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 moment, 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 women put it this way, Chu Ge had no response. At this moment, he was thinking about another matter, something about a man he casually glimpsed earlier.

With these thoughts in mind, Chu Ge said to the two women, "You two... can't you stop bothering me 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 somewhat 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 women showed surprise on their faces again. Chen Jiatong blinked, "So, Young Master Chu means..."

Facing Chen Jiatong's puzzled gaze, Chu Ge said, "I mean 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 home? Right?"

Chen Jiatong was taken aback. She really couldn't accept Chu Ge's statement, 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 someone else, they'd be thinking about taking a romantic bath or something."

Chu Ge turned his head and laughed, "Miss Xu, there you go praising me again. What's different about me, but I must correct you on one point. I would never say something like that to you, because that saying is always problematic for me, as mandarin ducks represent loyal love, and placing it here seems inappropriate."

The two women were slightly taken aback, then quickly understood the underlying meaning 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 me."

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 women'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 meaning 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 women 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 something?"

"Play something?" Chen Jiatong and Xu Jingyuan were even more bewildered. What... what was this situation?

Chu Ge nodded naturally with a smile, "Play chess or some poker, do you have these things at home?"

"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 some 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 games and a deck of cards had been laid out.

"Um... Young Master Chu, is there any special twist to our landlord game?"

"Twist? What twist? It's just regular landlord."

Chen Jiatong waited for two seconds. Seeing Chu Ge said nothing more, she hesitantly asked, "I mean... do we win something?"

"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 meaning. The so-called "winning something" 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 meant. After shuffling the cards a few times, he smiled at the two of them, "Come on, I haven't played in a long time, not even sure if I still know how, don't gang up against me, 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 some 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 immediately 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 someone 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 someone would definitely come.

On the way to take the two women home, he'd noticed a man acting strangely, eyeing the car and the two women 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 me. 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 come 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 women finished speaking, the door was pounded again.

"Tongtong, Yuanyuan, open the door, it's me, I'm Zhang Baoquan." Following that, a man's voice came 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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