You want it, and you’ll have it.
That sentence thundered through her mind like a roaring storm.
Meng Chu stared at him in a daze.
If this was his blessing, then it was the most sincere blessing she had ever received.
She parted her lips, wanting to say thank you.
But she felt that a simple “thank you” was far too pale.
Yet, at that moment, her gift of speech seemed to hit a pause button, and a flutter of excitement in her heart was mixed with other emotions— ones that were more than just happiness.
Just as she was about to speak, Cheng Jinyu’s gaze suddenly shifted.
“Be careful.”
He whispered this as he reached out and wrapped his arm around Meng Chu’s waist, pulling her into his embrace.
Caught completely off guard, Meng Chu was scooped up without any defense. She had no idea what was happening, only knowing that she was now held tightly in his arms.
Behind her, a female voice sounded: “Sorry, the kid is too naughty.”
Cheng Jinyu’s voice was icy cold: “Be more careful, you almost bumped into someone.”
“I’ve told him not to play with the balance scooter here. Look, you almost hit someone,” the woman whispered as she scolded the child riding the scooter.
The child’s voice was plaintive: “But I’m not playing with the robot dog; I want to see who’s faster.”
The young mother apologized quickly and hurriedly led the child away.
From beginning to end, Meng Chu hadn’t had the chance to turn her head.
By the time she realized what was going on and was about to look back, the other party had already finished apologizing and left.
And when she turned her head, she finally realized just how close she was to Cheng Jinyu.
His breath was so near, warm and hot against her ear, making her earlobe flush with heat.
Her mind seemed to burn and thicken with an almost sticky sensation.
The noisy crowd behind them suddenly felt as if it had been cut off, becoming distant and indistinct.
Meng Chu felt as if the air around them had ignited, rising with heat, and even the oxygen felt thinner.
Just as she panicked, trying to escape the charged atmosphere, she looked up— and met his face directly.
They say that looking at someone up close magnifies their flaws, but in Meng Chu’s eyes, his handsome and sharply chiseled features only intensified the impact.
She clearly saw his thin eyelids trembling slightly, accompanied by long, thick eyelashes fluttering softly.
While women seek to enhance their eyelashes, this man naturally had eyes lined as beautifully as if by makeup.
Meng Chu had always known Cheng Jinyu was good-looking.
But at this moment, she realized he was even more handsome than she thought.
Otherwise, how could her heart be racing faster and faster?
Even she, who was usually calm, felt her senses thrown into chaos by a face this handsome and so close.
Unlike Meng Chu’s slightly confused gaze, Cheng Jinyu’s eyes trembled momentarily before slowly lowering.
They landed on her lips.
Her lips were beautiful— full and round, especially today, when she had dressed up carefully. They looked like soft, juicy peaches— just looking at them was enough to know they were tender.
Suddenly, Cheng Jinyu’s throat tightened, and his Adam’s apple rolled involuntarily.
It felt like feathers were tickling him from within.
Suddenly, without warning, he really wanted to try.
Cheng Jinyu had always been restrained and ascetic.
Even though he had studied abroad in an environment where dating was casual and physical intimacy was treated like eating or drinking, he had never been careless.
Since meeting her again, he had been especially restrained around Meng Chu.
He was afraid that being too aggressive would scare her away.
He wanted to warm her up bit by bit, to slowly dissolve her barriers.
But this was the first time he wanted to speed things up.
“Cheng Jinyu,” Meng Chu finally whispered, unable to hold back.
Their eyes met again. Cheng Jinyu’s awareness snapped back, and he glanced at the noisy crowd behind them, still engrossed in the novelty of various robot dogs and robots.
They had no idea of the intimate and ambiguous moment unfolding in the corner.
Meng Chu’s waist was still tightly held by him—his strength was overwhelming, and she could not break free even slightly.
The atmosphere was right, but the setting was wrong.
Her soft call brought his reason back into focus.
Without a word, Cheng Jinyu slowly loosened his arm, and when Meng Chu felt the pressure around her waist disappear, she stepped back.
The intimate closeness between them was instantly broken.
The suffocating feeling in the air also dissipated quickly.
Meng Chu couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
This sudden breath drew Cheng Jinyu’s gaze.
He looked at her, the corners of his mouth twitching into a slight smile.
That made Meng Chu’s heart, just settled, flutter again.
Suddenly, her phone rang.
Meng Chu answered quickly, probably not catching what the other side was saying.
“No problem, I’ll be there right away.”
Before leaving, she glanced at Cheng Jinyu and pointed toward the stage area, signaling that she was heading off first.
Cheng Jinyu nodded slightly.
Only after she walked away did he let out a soft chuckle.
It seemed he wasn’t the only one affected.
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When Meng Chu left, Jiang Xinya still looked puzzled.
“Meng, you could have just told me where the stuff was. No need to come all the way here.”
Jiang Xinya was searching for a promotional material someone had asked for.
She didn’t know where she had put it and called Meng Chu.
Meng Chu shook her head. “It’s okay, I’ve finished my work anyway.”
Jiang Xinya nodded, then suddenly said, “Meng, are you feeling hot? Should I get you an iced coffee?”
“Ah?” Meng Chu was a little surprised.
Jiang Xinya pointed at her ear and whispered, “Your ear is really red.”
Only then did Meng Chu realize how warm her ear was.
“Oh, right. It’s pretty hot today. How is it still so hot when it’s almost October?” Meng Chu forced a few nervous laughs.
After Jiang Xinya took the promotional material and left, Meng Chu remained alone.
She slowly leaned against the table behind her, silent.
Her mind was still a mess.
She didn’t know if it was the long-lasting hint from Cheng Jinyu that she had some intention toward him, but over time, Meng Chu felt she must have been truly affected.
Her heart really did race when he was close.
Meng Chu took a deep breath, feeling that she was being quite unreasonable.
In her heart, she thought it unfair to put all the blame on Cheng Jinyu.
As if it were all his fault.
She was completely clean.
But she had never handled such matters before.
She had never experienced this kind of disordered heartbeat, not knowing that being close to someone could make her heart pound so fiercely it felt like it might explode.
Before long, someone from the tech department came over to tell her someone wanted to talk to her.
Clearly, this was a very right step for Meng Chu.
The tennis club members weren’t simple.
Not all were CEOs, but at least they had significant influence within their companies.
At worst, there was the tennis promotion director who first contacted Meng Chu, wanting to organize a similar robot performance.
Once Meng Chu got busy with work, she immersed herself in it.
She quickly regained her calm and confident demeanor behind the front desk.
Meanwhile, Cheng Jinyu hadn’t left, sitting quietly in the rest area, watching the robots.
After some time, an unexpected voice rang out.
“Hey, why did you sneak here alone to play tennis?”
Cheng Jinyu looked up to see Jiang Min’an carrying a tennis bag.
He threw the bag on the table and plopped down opposite Cheng Jinyu.
Jiang Min’an took out his phone.
A few seconds later, his phone vibrated too.
Jiang Min’an: [Still not here? Hurry up. You wouldn’t believe who I ran into at the tennis club.]
Cheng Jinyu glanced at the group chat and softly muttered, “Boring.”
Jiang Min’an ignored him.
Someone finally replied.
Liu Bozhou: [Who?]
Jiang Min’an: [It was the rare guest, Yunji Capital’s Cheng CEO.]
The group chat instantly lit up.
After a while:
Liu Bozhou: [I’ll be there in 20 minutes.]
Wei Yuan: [Half an hour for me.]
Jiang Min’an smugly put down his phone but snorted coldly.
“We’re a bunch of fair-weather friends. I call to play tennis and everyone makes excuses not to come. Now that I’m here, everyone’s all enthusiastic.”
Cheng Jinyu sipped coffee calmly across the table, completely unfazed.
But Jiang Min’an really couldn’t stand seeing him so relaxed.
“Well, the most heartless one is sitting right across from me,” Jiang Min’an said with biting sarcasm.
Cheng Jinyu’s calm demeanor, legs crossed and leaning back with a faint smile, showed no concern at all.
Jiang Min’an: “What’s with you today? You’re so happy even when getting scolded.”
Cheng Jinyu raised an eyelid lazily.
“You talking about me?”
Just those few words almost made Jiang Min’an jump up to hit him.
Jiang Min’an didn’t wait for the others to arrive and asked first:
“What’s up with that heart-shaped breakfast you posted last time?”
He was talking about the strange breakfast photo Cheng Jinyu had suddenly sent in the group chat.
And it was a heart-shaped breakfast.
After showing off, Cheng Jinyu said nothing more.
Calling him made no difference — he wouldn’t answer.
He was nowhere to be found.
So when Jiang Min’an ran into him here, he couldn’t wait to post in the group chat.
Cheng Jinyu, with a slight smile, slowly said, “Heart. Shaped. Breakfast.”
“The literal meaning. Don’t you get it?”
Jiang Min’an was almost choked.
Of course, he knew what a heart-shaped breakfast was.
But Cheng Jinyu suddenly nodded as if enlightened and drawled, “It’s normal you don’t get it. Nobody’s ever made you one.”
That made Jiang Min’an laugh bitterly.
He sneered: “I’m in a relationship. My girlfriend not only makes me heart-shaped breakfast but also heart-shaped lunch and dinner.”
“Oh.”
Cheng Jinyu replied expressionlessly.
Jiang Min’an’s words hit a soft spot, making him self-reflect.
He was a successful 30-year-old man but still arguing about heart-shaped breakfasts.
Ridiculous.
“You’re not actually dating, are you?” Jiang Min’an asked suspiciously.
Cheng Jinyu ignored him.
Jiang Min’an sneered: “Yeah, who’d put up with you?”
If anyone knew Cheng Jinyu well, Jiang Min’an would claim he was at least in the top three.
He knew his friend’s love life better than anyone.
Coming from such a family, they’d been surrounded by temptations since youth.
Many had girlfriends since high school, changing them as casually as clothes.
Their families were strict and upright, so they stuck together.
After entering university, they dated normally.
Cheng Jinyu never showed any signs of interest.
At first, Jiang Min’an and others joked about it.
Over time, they just got used to it.
There really were people who preferred being single.
Extremely picky about relationships or completely uninterested.
Especially after Cheng Jinyu founded Yunji Capital and succeeded greatly in business.
Everyone understood that he put all his energy into work.
Although friends teased that it was a bit disgusting, they also admired him.
Because pure focus like that required extraordinary willpower.
Besides, nowadays, being single was quite trendy.
Those perfectionists were destined to be lonely forever.
Then Jiang Min’an noticed Wei Yuan’s arrival, surprised.
He glanced at his watch: “Didn’t you say half an hour?”
“Conservative estimate,” Wei Yuan said coolly.
He sat beside Jiang Min’an, staring straight at Cheng Jinyu.
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