Forced to Date a Big Shot

14: What Should She Buy Today?

When they were heading downstairs, Ye Li said on purpose, "Old Master wants to fire Auntie Sun but Old Lady did her best to keep her and two years' worth of her salary will be deducted. She can no longer help out in the house but can only work in the back garden."

Xue Xi nodded.

It was odd to place the tea leaves that were meant as a gift in the tea cabinet where the family gets their daily tea leaves from. It must be the old lady's tactics.

After Auntie Sun had been punished, the helpers at home would no longer dare to look down on Ye Li.

While they were having dinner, Xue Xi could sense the evil stares from Old Lady Xue and Xue Yao without even looking at them. However, she had always been slow to react so she did not feel anything much. She quickly finished eating and went back up to do her questions again.

Song Wenman wanted to ask her something but did not have the opportunity to do so.

...

The next morning, before Song Wenman went home, she asked her daughter, "Did you ask Xue Sheng where he bought the tea from?"

Ye Li shook her head. "I didn't mention this over the phone yesterday. I'll ask him when he comes back today."

"Alright."

By the time Xue Xi woke up, Song Wenman had already left.

Since she was going to her maternal grandmother's home during the weekend, she did not care much and alighted at the provision store as usual.

Just as she was about to enter the store, she saw a girl in uniform with pink hair on the street not far away. Her hands were in her pockets as she kicked the stones on the path while she walked.

Qin Shuang?

Perhaps the girl sensed her stare; Qin Shuang looked up. Upon seeing Xue Xi, her eyes lit up and she waved. She wanted to run to her, but she seemed to have seen something suddenly and hurriedly hid in an alley beside the street.

Xue Xi turned her head around while feeling perplexed and saw Old Liu.

He was riding a tattered bicycle. As he stepped on the pedal, the bicycle would give out a screeching sound and wobble as though it was going to break the next second.

The weather was warm and he had beads of perspiration on his head. He was looking for something in the vicinity, and when he saw Xue Xi, he stretched out his leg and stopped. "Xue Xi, have you seen Qin Shuang?"

Xue Xi instinctively looked at the alley and remained silent.

Old Liu seemed to have understood something. He removed a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the sweat on his forehead before saying, "Aye, she skipped class the whole day yesterday and didn't even go home the whole night. I'm worried about her safety, and if you happen to see her, just tell her to come back even if she doesn't want to dye her hair back and stop hiding."

Xue Xi replied, "...Oh."

Old Liu's voice was so loud, so he must have said it intentionally for Qin Shuang to hear.

"He he." Old Liu chuckled and looked at the provision store before saying, "Since it's still early, go buy your stuff and just don't be late."

After saying that, he cycled away.

Qin Shuang appeared from the alley only after Old Liu had vanished. Walking up to Xue Xi, she looked at Old Liu's back. "Old Liu's bicycle has been around for seven, eight years, and I've seen him wearing those clothes since I was a freshman. Our school's salary isn't low, but he is just being stingy. However, his family is quite sad. His wife broke her leg and can't work, so Old Liu is the sole breadwinner."

Her voice got softer as she spoke.

To a family like hers, 500 yuan was merely a meal's worth, but for Old Liu...

Qin Shuang remained silent for a moment and seemed to be in a dilemma.

Xue Xi asked, "You really like pink?"

"Not really."

Qin Shuang wanted to say something, but when she saw Xue Xi's clean face, she swallowed her words. "Forget it, you won't get it even if I say it."

She then turned around to leave.

"Where are you going?" Xue Xi asked.

The girl waved with her back facing Xue Xi. She kept quiet. Only her pink hair was blowing in the wind.

Xue Xi waited until the girl was farther away before going into the provision store.

Breakfast had been prepared, and after entering, she sat down at the dining table naturally. She realized only after finishing breakfast with Xiang Huai and Canine Teeth that it had been merely three days and she was already used to it.

However, Xiang Huai did not raise any other request. Could it be that he had cast a spell on her to make her buy something every day?

Since I bought tea yesterday, what should I buy today?

Xue Xi gave it some thought but realized that she was not lacking anything. After all, Ye Li had been attentive and prepared everything for her.

She decided not to stop being indecisive. Placing a hundred yuan bill on the table, she casually said, "I'll buy a box of balloons."

Xiang Huai was preparing to get up but froze when he heard that.