As they emerged from the small alley, Qian Fei asked Li Yifei how much money he had spent.
Li Yifei raised an eyebrow. “Why? Can you afford it?”
Qian Fei shuddered, “Is… is it very expensive?”
Li Yifei said, “Forget it. You can’t afford it anyway, so don’t ask.”
Qian Fei said, “Even if I sold myself, I couldn’t afford it?”
Li Yifei looked at her pitiful expression, his eyes sweeping up and down her face and body. He chuckled, “Well if we haggle a bit, you might fetch the price of a few pounds of pork!”
Qian Fei wanted to walk past him and ignore him. But she had forgotten which side of the alley they had entered from…
Li Yifei saw her well-groomed face contort into a constipated expression and couldn’t help but laugh. “Don’t worry about it. I had a card here before with some balance left. Today’s expenses will be deducted from it.” He paused, then added thoughtfully, “It would expire if I didn’t use it soon anyway.”
Qian Fei was skeptical. “There’s a time limit on this?” Weren’t rich people always begging to be served here, even if they weren’t necessarily welcomed? Was such a forced consumption method necessary?
Li Yifei nodded solemnly, “The key is that Steve has a poor memory. If too much time passes, he can’t remember who has tens or hundreds of thousands left on their card. It’s hard to keep track of the accounts!”
As Steve was thrown under the bus, Qian Fei felt that Li Yifei had taken another opportunity to brag and show off.
On the way home, Qian Fei took Li Yifei to the market and bought a large bag of eggplants. Surprisingly, after paying, Li Yifei voluntarily took the vegetables.
Qian Fei looked at him in disbelief: “I can almost guess what you’re going to say to me!”
Li Yifei looked down at her with his chin raised, “What am I going to say?”
Qian Fei snorted, “Definitely something like, ‘Let me tell you, this young master has never carried groceries for a woman before. Don’t take it for granted, this is another first for me!'”
Her imitation was spot on, and Li Yifei laughed heartily.
“You’re right! This is the first time this young master has carried groceries for a woman. Don’t just laugh stupidly without appreciating it!”
Qian Fei rolled her eyes at him and asked, “But why are you behaving so well today?”
Li Yifei said, “I’m afraid you might not know the way, twist your ankle, and drop all my eggplants!”
Qian Fei wished she could poke his mouth with the thin heel of her high heels.
She knew he couldn’t say anything nice.
That evening, Qian Fei cut a large pile of eggplant strips and threw them into the wok to stir-fry.
While she was cooking, Li Yifei paced back and forth in front of her like an impatient cat, constantly asking, “Is it ready? When can we eat? Do you know how starving I am?”
Qian Fei was both annoyed and amused. “How did you manage to grow up safely? With such an impatient mouth, didn’t anyone take responsibility for disciplining you when you were young?”
Li Yifei snorted, “Who would dare?” He leaned against the kitchen doorframe, arms folded across his chest, observing Qian Fei as she wielded the spatula in front of the induction cooker.
“Tsk tsk, if I had known earlier, I would have implemented your makeover sooner! Watching a pretty figure cook is much more pleasant than watching a disheveled yellow-faced woman cook!”
At first, Qian Fei felt flattered by these words, as her focus immediately fell on the phrase “pretty figure.”
But upon closer consideration, she became displeased.
So, only her “figure” was pretty; and that “disheveled yellow-faced woman” seemed to refer to her as well…
Qian Fei turned angrily, brandishing the spatula at Li Yifei, and said fiercely, “If you keep babbling and don’t shut up, I’ll burn all these eggplant strips!”
Li Yifei snorted and walked to the living room with his chin held high.
For dinner, Li Yifei ate a full three bowls of rice. When he wanted to serve himself more, Qian Fei was shocked.
“Brother, have you never eaten before? Are you trying to stuff yourself to death? Aren’t you afraid of turning into a pig and losing your handsomeness?”
Li Yifei’s expression changed when he heard the last sentence, and he put down his chopsticks.
But just a second later, he picked up his rice bowl again.
“I’ll have half a bowl more! I’ll go for a run later!”
He trotted off towards the rice cooker…
Qian Fei watched his trajectory with tears in her eyes.
In her eyes, Li Yifei was now equivalent to a glutton.
After dinner, Li Yifei went back to his room and fiddled with his computer for a while. While Qian Fei was washing the dishes, she shouted, “Didn’t you say you were going for a run?”
Li Yifei mumbled a response.
Just as Qian Fei had finished tidying everything up and was preparing to go back to her room to read a book before bed, someone knocked on the door.
Li Yifei rushed to open it.
Several people in uniforms came in carrying a large object.
Li Yifei greeted them: “Come in, come in, just put it in the living room!”
Qian Fei came over and asked, “What’s this?” Then, looking at the delivery men, she said, “You guys are too accommodating, delivering so late at night. Aren’t you tired?”
The delivery man smiled, “The customer is always right.”
Qian Fei pouted, “But you shouldn’t spoil the customer’s bad habits!”
Li Yifei pulled her aside, “Don’t interfere. Can’t you see they’re installing a treadmill? Be sensible and let them finish quickly so they can go home early.”
Qian Fei was speechless: “Your mouth is truly crooked, able to twist straight things into curved ones! Did you ask me about buying a treadmill? This is my living room! You’re treating this as your own home, aren’t you?”