Dajun exclaimed, “Damn! Don’t tell me you’ve fallen for a guy!”
Li Yifei reassured him, “Absolutely not. Young master here still prefers long-haired, big-eyed, fair-skinned, beautiful, gentle, and easily approachable girls.” He tossed a peanut into his mouth. “But this woman is quite interesting!”
When Li Yifei returned home after attending the wedding, Qian Fei was in her room browsing Taobao.
Seeing him come back, Qian Fei waved excitedly through the open door, “Come here quickly!”
Li Yifei, while changing his shoes, joked with her: “Why don’t you wave a handkerchief?”
It took Qian Fei a moment to understand what he meant, and then she immediately glared at him, “Get lost! Even if I had a handkerchief, I wouldn’t wave it at you! I’d wave it at rich old men!”
Li Yifei walked towards her room, mocking her: “You’re not like our company’s receptionist, are you? Reading too many CEO novels and dreaming of marrying our CEO every day?”
Qian Fei looked at him seriously, wagging her finger, “No! Compared to the CEO, I prefer the factory manager! Down-to-earth!”
Li Yifei stood in front of her, “What kind of taste is that?” Then he asked, “What did you call me for?”
Qian Fei immediately got excited again, pointing at the computer and saying: “Look! It’s the same as your gold button shirt, the same! It’s only 100 yuan, with free shipping! I’ve already ordered it. I’m a person of my word, when I say I’ll replace your shirt, I definitely won’t pretend to forget! Your little friends don’t have to worry about your shirt not having gold buttons anymore!”
After she finished speaking, she looked at Li Yifei with a grinning face, seeking praise. Li Yifei’s expression gradually twisted in response to her glaring smile.
He took a deep breath and pointed at the clothes on Taobao, “How can I wear such cheap clothes?”
Qian Fei’s smile disappeared, “Damn! Li Yifei, will you die if you don’t pretend? It’s over a hundred yuan and you call it cheap? How wasteful are you usually? Can’t you save some money to buy a house and move out? Even if you can’t afford a big one, buy a small one first!”
Li Yifei gave her a look and calmly said, “I only buy villas.”
Qian Fei couldn’t help but spit at him: “I think you should buy some medicine first! Your young master’s disease needs money to cure!”
Qian Fei’s savior complex flared up, and she tried her best to convince Li Yifei that saving money was more important in life than showing off. The main way to save money was to start by not going to shopping malls and instead buying what you need online.
She moved a chair from the living room and forced Li Yifei to sit next to her, using semi-coercive means to make him face her computer. Then she taught him how to use Taobao step by step. Whenever he turned his head slightly impatiently, she would ask, “Do you not want dinner tonight or do you want to continue washing dishes?”
Li Yifei would then purse his lips and coldly snort at her, “Taking advantage of your position,” and then reluctantly turn back to face her computer.
After teaching the entire online shopping process, Qian Fei told Li Yifei: “This is just the beginning. Because we don’t know each other well yet, you might still be resistant to my great Taobao, but you should trust me. Given time, you’ll love it as much as you love money! You won’t have to spend a fortune buying your high-end replicas like a sucker anymore. Taobao can satisfy all your pretentious and vain requirements at the lowest price!”
Li Yifei scoffed at her, “Did you sell Amway before working in investment banking?”
He got up and left without hesitation.
Although he left decisively, when the Taobao-made gold button shirt arrived at home two days later, his expression changed.
“Damn, except for the gold-plated buttons, it’s almost indistinguishable from mine! What kind of workshop made this? It’s incredible! How can a fake be so real? Don’t the police care about this?”
Qian Fei couldn’t stop groaning beside him: “As if yours isn’t a replica. If the police were to arrest anyone, they’d arrest your supplier first!”
In the following days, Qian Fei noticed that the number of express deliveries at home kept increasing…
They were all clothes bought by Li Yifei!
She was a bit overwhelmed.
From then on, Li Yifei changed into new clothes every day, going to work all dressed up.
He was already good-looking, and with that shameless confidence of “I’m the most handsome in the world,” he captivated several girls at the hotel.
One day, Qian Fei finally couldn’t help but ask: “Young Master Li, wasn’t it you who said Taobao clothes were too cheap to wear? Now why are you buying them endlessly? Can’t you have a firm stance and consistent integrity as a person?”
Li Yifei raised his eyebrows and said to her: “The clothes are a bit rough, but there’s no helping it. Who told the young master that I was born with a good figure? I look handsome in anything, stylish no matter what I wear!” In the end, he even ran his hand through his hair and squinted at her coolly, “Do you know what it means to be too handsome to have friends? That’s me!”
Qian Fei looked at him and almost threw up.
In the morning on the way to work, in the subway, Qian Fei originally wanted to tentatively talk to Li Yifei about finding another place to live and moving out. But she received a WeChat message from Hu Zining. She forgot about it after reading the message.
Hu Zining told her that he had returned from his business trip and asked if she had time for dinner that evening. He also said he missed her.
Qian Fei replied okay.
After replying, she looked up and saw Li Yifei lowering his head to look at his phone.
She was a bit displeased, “Why are you looking at me!”
Li Yifei didn’t answer directly, “Then what am I going to eat for dinner?”
Qian Fei rolled her eyes at him, “We’ve barely started living together and you’re already dependent on me? At this rate, when you move out someday, won’t you starve to death?”
Li Yifei looked at her and said, “Why don’t you take me along for dinner tonight? I can help you see if he misses you or not!”
Qian Fei almost choked, “I suspect you’ve fallen for my boyfriend! Go home and make instant noodles yourself!”
Li Yifei glanced at her sideways for a while but didn’t say anything.
During dinner that evening, Qian Fei felt something was a bit off between her and Hu Zining. She thought it might be because they hadn’t seen each other for many days.
Hu Zining seemed quite happy though, saying he went to Malaysia and brought back a small gift for her.
Qian Fei opened the gift, it was a pretty sweater chain with the design of the Petronas Twin Towers. But when she looked closely, she found “Made in China” engraved on the bottom of the back of the twin towers.
She didn’t think much of it at the moment, found it quite interesting, and laughed while pointing it out to Hu Zining, “My colleague once said that China has taken over the world’s small commodity market, and I didn’t believe it. Now I do! This is a perfect example of going abroad and selling back to China!”
She couldn’t help but laugh after saying this, but when she looked up, she saw Hu Zining’s face looking very unpleasant.
It was as if something snapped in her head, that thick nerve broke…
Hu Zining looked at her and asked, “Feifei, do you suspect that I bought this in China?”
Qian Fei hurriedly explained: “Zining, don’t overthink it. I didn’t mean anything else, I just thought it was funny that it was made in China and sold back here!” To dispel Hu Zining’s doubts, she directly put the chain around her neck and asked, “How does it look?”
Hu Zining’s face gradually returned to a normal color, he looked at her and smiled, “Beautiful!”
Qian Fei felt that Hu Zining’s control over his facial muscles was truly remarkable, the transition between expressions was effortless and natural.
She thought this was good, at least it wouldn’t be troublesome to appease him.
After dinner, the two walked along the street. Hu Zining held her hand.
“Feifei,” after walking for a while, Hu Zining called her, “I want to tell you something, help me make a decision. Our department is selecting a new supervisor, and I and another colleague are candidates. It’s not clear which of us will get it. Feifei, you’re helping our hotel with the IPO and can usually contact our hotel’s senior management. Can you find an opportunity to help me lobby for it?”
Qian Fei met Hu Zining’s eager gaze, she felt like she was almost being steamed by this look.
When someone harbors the most fervent hope, she couldn’t bring herself to do something as cruel as pouring cold water on it, especially since this person was now her boyfriend.
Qian Fei answered Hu Zining: “Then I’ll try tomorrow!”
Hu Zining happily kissed her on the cheek.
The next day, Qian Fei tactfully brought up Hu Zining’s matter to the securities representative. The securities representative happened to also be responsible for human resources work and usually got along well with Qian Fei. After knowing about her relationship with Hu Zining, he readily agreed to this matter.
Qian Fei expressed her gratitude profusely, saying she would repay the favor heavily in the future. The securities representative smiled and told her: “Don’t thank me yet, it’s no problem on my end, but the final decision still lies with the chairman! Wait until everything is settled before you thank me!”
In the evening, Qian Fei told Hu Zining this news, and Hu Zining was overjoyed, smiling from ear to ear while calling her baby and kissing her repeatedly.
But three days later, Qian Fei heard some bad news.
The supervisor position was finally taken by someone else.
The securities representative came to find her privately at noon and revealed the inside story: “Qian Fei, I’m sorry about this. I had promised to help your boyfriend! But the other person is the chairman’s man, I only found out yesterday! Now this matter is settled, the result will be announced in two days. Qian Fei, I’m sorry, I couldn’t help you!”
Qian Fei still thanked the securities representative solemnly. She felt that this wasn’t anyone’s fault, it could only be said that she and Hu Zining had bad luck.
After work, she reluctantly told Hu Zining about this result. As soon as Hu Zining heard it, his face changed. Qian Fei could see that he was very unhappy.
After a moment of silence, Hu Zining asked her with an ashen face: “Aren’t you quite favored by our chairman? Why didn’t you directly ask the chairman about this matter?”
Qian Fei was a bit angry. The chairman had only asked for her business card once, and that Mr. Lin might have forgotten what she looked like by now. How could she presumptuously go to him for favors?
She calmed down a bit and told Hu Zining: “Even if I had asked your chairman, it would have been useless because your colleague got in through the chairman’s connections!”
Hu Zining didn’t say anything more, but his face was still unpleasant. Qian Fei felt that sitting face-to-face like this was quite boring, so she went home without even eating dinner.
The next afternoon, while Qian Fei was organizing documents, the securities representative came to find her. His face looked very unpleasant.
The two went out of the office and walked to a place where no one was around. The securities representative asked Qian Fei with a grim face: “Qian Fei, now everyone in the hotel is saying that colleague got the supervisor position because he’s a relative of the chairman! Only I knew about this, and I only told you! Now I want to know, did it spread from you?”
Qian Fei felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a place to bury her face.
“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry!” She apologized repeatedly, “This must have been accidentally leaked by me! I’m so sorry, representative! Will this have any negative impact on you?”
The securities representative sighed helplessly: “Whether there’s an impact or not, it’s already like this. Qian Fei, I’m not criticizing you, but you really can’t handle things like this in the future. It makes it very difficult for the middleman!”
Qian Fei apologized incessantly, almost to the point of crying.
After the securities representative left, Qian Fei called Hu Zining to ask if he had spread this matter.
Hu Zining was indignant on the phone, “Yes, I said it! Who told him to win unfairly? I had to let people know that he became the supervisor through the chairman’s nepotism!”
Qian Fei was a bit angry, “How could you do this? This will make the middleman very embarrassed!” The two parted on bad terms on the phone.
After work, Qian Fei told Li Yifei that she wasn’t going out to eat tonight and planned to buy groceries to cook at home.
Li Yifei seemed very happy when he knew she was going to cook.
“Today, the young master finally doesn’t have to eat out!” Li Yifei ran his hand through his hair, acting cool, and said, “I’ve found that after getting used to your terrible cooking, I can’t even enjoy the delicacies outside anymore. Isn’t that strange?”
Qian Fei looked at him and fiercely told him: “That’s not strange! It’s called being cheap!”
While eating dinner together in the evening, Qian Fei felt a bit depressed, so she told Li Yifei about what had happened these past two days and asked him: “Tell me, who should be blamed for this?”
Li Yifei put down his chopsticks, and glanced at her sideways, “Blame you, you’re even cheaper than me!”
Qian Fei pouted without saying a word.
Li Yifei looked at her, suddenly feeling a bit annoyed, and said impatiently: “Qian Fei, I beg you to change your goody-two-shoes habit, okay? You’re being such a saint every day, but no one’s giving you a banner for it!”
Qian Fei looked at him sincerely, “Okay, I’ll pay attention to that!”
Li Yifei said impatiently: “Can you stay angry for a longer time and have more personality?”
Qian Fei looked at him sincerely, “Okay, I’ll try hard!”
Li Yifei said impatiently: “Hu Zining is not suitable for you!”
Qian Fei looked at him sincerely, “Okay, I’ll consider it!”
Li Yifei said impatiently: “I see you’re a typical case of remembering the sweet but forgetting the pain!”
Qian Fei looked at him, with sincerity that could withstand the sky falling and the earth cracking, “I’m willing!”