Chapter 569: The Twelve-Word Truth of a Happy Marriage (3)

Upon hearing this, Ai Qing's eyes, seemingly inlaid with stardust, suddenly became radiant. With a voice as deep as the cello's tune, full of vicissitude yet exceedingly pleasing to the ear, he asked her.

"Oh, let's hear it then, what kind of relationship do we have?"

In his eyes, there was half jest, half earnestness.

Grinning mischievously at him and rubbing her own forehead, Lian Qiao stared with teasing eyes, "Damn! You, a man in your thirties, still have the brain of a blockhead? What relationship, you tell me? Friends, of course!"

For the people of Beijing, the words 'damn' and 'dude' most of the time aren't actually insults. More often than not, they can be understood as a kind of modal particle used among friends to indicate a close relationship—just as the word 'fuck' doesn't usually mean to curse at someone; it often serves as a fitting expression of the speaker's emotions.