My Aloof Husband Can't Stop His Devoted Affection-Chapter 262 - 258: Social Gathering

Chapter 262: 258: Social Gathering
Jiang Baizhou pursed his lips, furrowing his brows with displeasure, giving Lu Xize a ’you’re dead’ look, stood up, and nodded to the two sisters without intending to speak.
He clearly just wanted to repay a favor and help out. How did it suddenly turn into a matchmaking event?
Jiang Baizhou closed his eyes in frustration. He didn’t want to lie to Cen Jin, nor did he want to hide anything from her, but if he told her about this, she would definitely get angry. How was he going to explain this?
After they sat down, Lu Xize very gentlemanly handed the menu to the two sisters, letting them order whatever they wanted. Initially, the sisters tried to decline, but ultimately, they went along with Lu Xize’s suggestion and ordered.
Once the waiter left with their order, the table fell into silence. Song Yuling smiled to break the quiet: "I heard from my mom that Mr. Lu is currently working as a psychologist and has opened his own consulting office, right?"
"Yes, and this is my partner." Lu Xize replied with a smile, dragging Jiang Baizhou into the conversation. After speaking, he gave Jiang Baizhou a meaningful look.
Jiang Baizhou had a cold personality, known for his blunt and sharp tongue. He wasn’t particularly interested in these two sisters, thinking they seemed quite pretentious at first glance. He just wanted to get rid of them, and in times like this, it required someone as straightforward and unyielding as Jiang Baizhou to make them retreat.
"Are you also a psychologist?" Song Yu Yan looked at Jiang Baizhou with keen interest, eagerly joining the conversation and asking.
Jiang Baizhou gave her a faint look and simply responded with a curt ’um,’ without intending to elaborate further, his demeanor extremely cold.
However, Song Yu Yan didn’t feel offended, smiling as she continued to ask, "So what do you like, and what do you enjoy doing usually?"
"Spending time with the wife."
With those three words, the atmosphere at the table suddenly turned silent, tinged with awkwardness, especially Song Yu Yan, whose face went from a slight blush to pale as if it were a dye shop.
Lu Xize appreciatively glanced at Jiang Baizhou, thinking, ’As expected, Jiang Baizhou can crush a conversation in no time!’
Suddenly, he felt that this habit of flaunting his wife was sometimes quite effective, especially at times like this, incredibly good at killing the mood.
"You... you’re married?" Song Yuling, seeing her sister’s stunned look, took a while to come back to her senses, looked at Jiang Baizhou, and asked in a daze.
"Oh, yes! He recently registered with his childhood sweetheart girlfriend." Lu Xize timely interjected, delivering the final blow to the sisters.
After all, he had already said it was a chance meeting, and it wasn’t like he intentionally brought him along. Anyway, they couldn’t find fault with that.
Song Yu Yan, snapping out of her daze, showed obvious disappointment, pouting in dissatisfaction, clutched her clothes with both hands, feeling sour about him getting married to a childhood friend.
Such a handsome man belonged to someone else; she felt a bit unwilling in her heart.
"Mr. Lu, if it’s convenient later, could we all add each other on WeChat? For future contact, just as friends, maybe!" Song Yuling nudged Song Yu Yan gently, hoping she’d conceal her emotions a bit and not make it too obvious to ease the atmosphere. She deliberately said the latter part.
Lu Xize smiled, unwilling to embarrass her: "Of course, that’s fine!"
Seeing Lu Xize agree, Song Yuling took her phone out of her bag and smiled, "Can we add each other now?"
Lu Xize was slightly surprised, not expecting her to want to add him right then, paused for a moment, then took out his phone and scanned to add her as a friend, also adding her sister on WeChat.
"Then... this... Doctor Jiang..." Song Yuling looked cautiously at Jiang Baizhou, and when he looked over with his cold gaze, she smiled, explaining, "Don’t misunderstand, I just think it’s fate to meet here today, just to be friends, nothing more."
Upon hearing this, Lu Xize raised his eyebrows skeptically, thinking: ’No other meaning? The meaning couldn’t be clearer!’
Indeed, he had not misjudged; these two sisters were not as simple as they seemed.
"Not convenient. My wife would mind, and I don’t really like adding strangers." Jiang Baizhou took a bite of his food, speaking calmly and casually.
Song Yuling didn’t expect he’d be so blunt, thinking that by asking Lu Xize first and having him agree, Jiang Baizhou wouldn’t reject her, but unexpectedly, he still refused so straightforwardly, leaving her a bit embarrassed.
"Haha... it’s ok, I’m being too forward, sorry." Song Yuling put away her phone, awkwardly smiled, and glanced at Song Yu Yan beside her.
Song Yu Yan understood her sister’s intentions, trying to help her a bit?
Alas, he didn’t even give her that opportunity. She, who was always pampered, felt uncomfortable. Everything she liked, her family would try to get it for her, and she treated people the same. To be rejected by Jiang Baizhou left her feeling unhappy since no one had ever treated her like that before.
"Don’t take it to heart; Old Jiang is just like that, loving his wife as his life. He’s always been like this and doesn’t mean to target you specifically." Lu Xize, feeling pleased, came forward with a smile to lighten the mood.
But the more Lu Xize said this, the more uncomfortable Song Yu Yan felt, indescribably unwilling, suddenly wanting to see what kind of woman his wife was to have him so head over heels.
Coincidentally, on the other side, Yun Xi, just out of the restroom and heading back to the dining area, flicked her damp hands casually, happening to spot Lu Xize. She subconsciously paused, noticed the two girls sitting across from him, narrowed her eyes, snorted, walked a few more steps to see someone sitting next to Lu Xize, recognized him as Jiang Baizhou, and instantly widened her eyes, bewilderedly looking back and forth at the four of them, blinking in a daze.
"Is... is... this a matchmaking event?" Yun Xi stared dumbfounded at the scene, the word ’matchmaking’ coming first to her mind.
"Oh, you, Jiang Baizhou! Seem nice but full of deceit, daring to cheat on Cen Jin with other women, it’s infuriating." Snapping out of her shock, Yun Xi angrily placed her hands on her hips, quickly returning to her seat in high heels, looking at Cen Jin, who was chatting with Ye Lingran, slammed the table heavily, and angrily asked, "Cen Jin, why isn’t Jiang Baizhou with you today?"