Liu Lingxiu and Xiaomai hurried back after buying groceries because they knew that Ye Qiu didn’t like interacting with He Butcher’s family.
When Xiaomai took the ingredients to the kitchen to make lunch, Liu Lingxiu went upstairs. Seeing Ye Qiu still playing on the computer, she sat down next to him and said, "Ye Qiu, I just ran into He Xiaoqing’s parents. Her mother said she’s fine now and asked to thank you for her."
"People like them, stay away whether there’s sothing or not, got it?" Ye Qiu looked at Liu Lingxiu and said.
He really didn’t like people like He Butcher’s family, especially Li Lanfang. He thought she epitomized all human flaws.
Therefore, it made perfect sense for him to usually advise Liu Lingxiu and Xiaomai not to interact with them.
Because in He Butcher’s family’s view, if you’re doing well and have money, they’d cling to you. But if you’re poor or doing worse than they are, their attitude changes entirely.
He could see this from mories of his past self.
"I know," Liu Lingxiu said.
Ye Qiu played gas until Xiaomai finished lunch. Then they went downstairs, the three of them ate lunch together, watched TV in the living room past one in the afternoon, and then the two girls went upstairs to rest while Ye Qiu, having nothing else to do and tired of playing on his computer upstairs, was about to head out when Liu Xia called.
"Ye Qiu, where are you?"
Liu Xia realized that Ye Qiu hadn’t contacted her in a long ti. Although she’d heard that Ye Qiu was in France, she didn’t know if he had returned.
"Xiaxia, I just got back to Jinling."
"Then can you co over?" Liu Xia quickly asked.
"et at the dealership."
Ye Qiu drove to the rcedes dealership.
When he arrived, it was five in the afternoon. Ye Qiu was driving a Land Rover, not the rcedes, so the staff guessed he must be there to see Liu Xia.
However, Ye Qiu was an important guest there, so when the receptionist saw him, they warmly invited him to wait in the VIP room.
After he sat down, the reception staff ca over to pour him tea until Liu Xia arrived.
"Hey, I thought you’d forgotten about ," Liu Xia whispered.
"Of course not."
He was just unsure why Liu Xia had called him over.
"I bought a car."
Recently, Liu Xia obtained her driver’s license from the driving school owned by Ye Qiu. She passed parts two and three easily, and for part four, she studied a bit and passed the test in less than a week.
As an employee there, she gets discounts on cars.
Liu Xia received a 40% discount herself, and luxury cars often have promotions, so she bought the cheapest rcedes model, similar to Ye Xue’s, but her car is red.
All together, it only cost a little over a hundred thousand.
"You bought a car? Why didn’t you tell ? I could have helped with the money."
Liu Xia felt embarrassed spending Ye Qiu’s money, so she definitely paid for the car herself.
"I paid for it myself, and it’s financed, so the monthly burden isn’t heavy."
Ye Qiu knew Liu Xia didn’t want to spend his money anymore.
But it was fine this way; he didn’t want to support soone like a trophy wife.
When Liu Xia took Ye Qiu outside to see it, it was indeed a red rcedes A-Class sedan, without permanent plates yet; it still had temporary ones.
Ye Qiu thought getting the plates might be a hassle.
"If you can’t get the plates, I can have soone help you."
"It should be fine, all the paperwork is complete. It should be okay with the DMV."
Since it wasn’t ti for Liu Xia to get off work, Ye Qiu could only wait in the VIP room.
At half-past six in the evening, when Liu Xia was able to clock out, she and Ye Qiu left the dealership.
"Ye Qiu, should we go ho for dinner, or eat out?"
"Let’s go ho."
The two of them drove to Liu Xia’s apartnt complex separately.
Inside, Liu Xia parked in the space she bought before, while Ye Qiu could only park in an available spot and would have to pay the guard at the gate for parking when he left.
They took the elevator to the top floor duplex, used a key to open the door, and noticed that Xiao Hong wasn’t there.
"Xiao Hong hasn’t gotten off work yet. Since you’re here, I’ll go buy groceries."
Liu Xia went upstairs to change out of her work clothes into sothing more comfortable.
Then she went downstairs to a nearby market to buy groceries, leaving Ye Qiu alone upstairs sitting on a rattan chair looking at the flowers.
After so ti, he heard Xiao Hong’s voice from downstairs.
"Xiaxia, where are you?"
"I’m upstairs," Ye Qiu said.
Xiao Hong ca upstairs but found Ye Qiu instead of Liu Xia.
"Ye Qiu, when did you get here?"
"Just a while ago. Xiaxia went to buy groceries."
"So you’re not going ho tonight? I want you to watch a movie with ."
Without her saying, Ye Qiu knew she must have ant those horror movies. No idea where she got them from, and watching too many might not be good for her.
As for Ye Qiu, watching more didn’t matter to him.
"I’m not going ho tonight, but I think I’ll be with Xiaxia."
"You’re forsaking friends for love."
Xiao Hong went downstairs.
When Liu Xia returned from buying groceries, Xiao Hong joined her in making dinner.
By the ti dinner was ready, it was already past eight in the evening.
When they called Ye Qiu downstairs, he found Liu Xia’s cooking quite impressive, filling the entire table. In the past, when they lived in a rental with Xiao Hong, Liu Xia likely wouldn’t have spent this much.
But it’s different now; Liu Xia’s als have improved a lot as there’s less pressure compared to before.
"Here, have so of my fish," Liu Xia said, giving Ye Qiu so.
"Not bad."
"You don’t even know, lately Xiaxia has been learning to cook after work, probably to make food for soone special," Xiao Hong said.
In the past, Xiao Hong always cooked after buying groceries, but now the roles have switched.
"Soone special? Who’s that?" Ye Qiu asked.
"Right in front of you," Xiao Hong replied.
"Xiao Hong, wasn’t it specially made for you, by Xiaxia?"
"You’re teasing ; I can’t be bothered with you."
After a dinner filled with Liu Xia’s love, the two girls cleaned up, then sat with Ye Qiu watching TV.
It was past ten at night, and Liu Xia asked Ye Qiu, "You’re not heading back tonight, right?"
"No need to."
For so reason, hearing him say that, Liu Xia felt an inexplicable excitent and quickly went to prepare pajamas for him.
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