“Are you looking for me?” This woman’s intuition was very keen. She knew Xiao Bing was looking for her with just one glance. At this time, she came closer. She wore large-framed glasses on the bridge of her nose. She had the style of a queen, or an elder sister.
Xiao Bing held out his hand and smiled. “Hello, I am the owner of the noodle house next door. My name is Xiao Bing. Are you the new owner of this shop?”
“Mmm.” The elder sister, who resembled Ayaka Tomoda, shook hands with Xiao Bing. Then said in a voice that was neither cold nor enthusiastic. “My name is Zhu Liya and I am the new owner of this store.”
Zhu Liya’s hand was slippery but cold, just like herself. Noble and cold. With a whip in her hand, she would be a queen.
“What can I do for you?”
Xiao Bing didn’t care about her attitude. He smiled and said, “Is it convenient to find a quiet place to talk?”
“No.” Zhu Liya refused him without hesitation and didn’t respect Xiao Bing’s feelings. “If you have anything to say, just say it here. I still have a lot of work to do and I don’t have much time.”
In Xiao Bing’s impression, it was the first time that a woman didn’t respect him and was not even willing to offer a smile. Su Xiaoxiao was very cold to him before, but Su Xiaoxiao was full of hostility. Zhu Liya was different. She was completely indifferent to Xiao Bing, as if he were just an ordinary passerby in her eyes.
Seeing Zhu Liya’s attitude, Xiao Bing skipped the greetings and said bluntly, “Then I’ll say it directly. Boss Zhu, before you came, in fact, we also wanted to buy this store. As you can see, the business of our noodle house is very prosperous, but the space in it is too small to seat so many customers. So we had the idea to expand the noodle house, but we didn’t expect you beat us to it.”
Zhu Liya said faintly, “So?”
“I mean, now since Boss Zhu has bought the store, I want to talk to you to see if you can offer me a price and sell it to me? You can definitely offer a slightly high price as long as it is reasonable, and I think you can make a profit by selling it to me.”
Zhu Liya laughed. Xiao Bing realized in his heart that it was not good. She was sneering. As expected, Zhu Liya said dismissively, “Do you think that as long as you have money, you can solve everything?”
Xiao Bing said with a serious face, “I didn’t mean that. I’m asking you with sincerity.”
“That’s good, I’ll also tell you very sincerely. I spent a lot of time observing this store before I bought it. No matter how much money you give, I won’t sell it. Is there anything else? If there is nothing else, I will go back first. There are many things waiting for me at home.”
Xiao Bing secretly sighed, then said with a smile, “It doesn’t matter. We can still be friends with or without the business. Anyway, we will be neighbors in the future, and it’s nice to meet you.”
“Mmm.” Zhu Liya nodded, “We will be neighbors, but also rivals… If there is nothing else, I will go first.”
After Zhu Liya finished speaking, she turned around and stepped on her high heels and slowly left. Her home should not be very far away, because she left on foot. Xiao Bing looked at her back and noticed that the way she walked was also very good-looking, especially that round ass which twisted and moved, which was very attractive but not coquettish.
This woman was really a stunner…
Xiao Bing put away his dirty thoughts and returned to the store. He told Zhang Jing the bad news first, and then he started working together with the others.
In the evening, the students finished school. Yezi’s car drove to the door of the noodle house. Yezi jumped off the car and ran to the restaurant to pick up Xiao Bing.
Xiao Bing said goodbye to the others and got on the car with Yezi.
“How’s Xiaoxiao’s cold?”
“She has recovered.” Xiao Bing said with a smile, “Young people’s physical quality is generally good. Oh, by the way, I really don’t need to buy anything? As someone from the younger generation visiting your home for the first time, I feel like it’s not good to be empty-handed.”
“Just listen to me.” Yezi said, “You are our lifesaver. We invited you to thank you. Why should you buy a gift? What’s more, they all have so much money, why would they need you to give them more?”
When Yezi was finished, she saw Xiao Bing looking at her with a strange smile on his face. She couldn’t help asking, “Why are you looking at me like that?”
“They said that girls favor outsiders. Look how great my wife is. She began to help me before we even got married.”
“Screw you!” Yezi gave Xiao Bing a push and said, “I think you’ve been enjoying too much good luck recently, so you’ve started speaking nonsense.”
“I have not…” Xiao Bing said with a face of injustice, “Where is my luck coming from?”
Yezi looked at Xiao Bing with a strange look, which made him nervous. Then she said with a strange smile, “Don’t tell me you can’t see it. Su Xiaoxiao is interested in you.”
“That’s impossible!” Xiao Bing became serious when Yezi mentioned Su Xiaoxiao, “Xiaoxiao is Peiya’s sister. I treat her like how an elder brother would treat his younger sister. I want to take good care of her for Peiya. She has some good feelings for me now, but it is only thanks to me helping her mother.”
“Alas, you men, after all, are slower than us women in terms of feelings. Let’s wait and see… and oh, if you don’t have feelings for her, don’t let her fall too deep into it and don’t repeat the tragedy of Sister Peiya…”
Xiao Bing thought about it in his heart. He began to recall the various differences in recent days. “Su Xiaoxiao seems to be really different to me, her attitude has changed a lot. But from this I can’t see that she is interested in me, maybe Yezi thinks too much, girls just love to entertain foolish ideas.”
Yezi smiled and said, “I knew you wouldn’t believe it. Don’t think that I’m jealous. You’ll be mine if you are. I can’t ask for it if you’re not. I’m just afraid that another woman will sacrifice herself for you like Peiya.”
“Don’t worry, I will pay attention to it.”
Yezi gently leaned on Xiao Bing’s arms and placed her face on Xiao Bing’s body. Smelling her faint sweet scent, Xiao Bing reveled in it. He quietly stretched out his hands and carefully held Yezi on her slender waist.
Sweet times always feel shorter. After getting off the car, Ye Tianming and Ye Xinyi both came out and welcomed him. Yezi’s stepmother Liu Piaopiao helped Ye Bancheng, trembling, to come out from the inside. In order to welcome Xiao Bing, they all welcomed him, which showed how much importance they attached to the arrival of Xiao Bing.
Ye Tianming smiled kindly at Xiao Bing, and then stood aside with Ye Xinyi. Ye Bancheng walked to Xiao Bing under the help of Liu Piaopiao. Xiao Bing hurriedly said, “Master, your body is not fully recovered yet. What are you doing out here in such a hurry?”
Xiao Bing acted a bit. When he was in Beijing, even when he was personally received by the superior chief, Xiao Bing had never looked so scared. It could be said that he was acting in front of his future father-in-law. If he was in the entertainment industry, he would get the prize of Best Actor so easily.
Ye Bancheng stood in front of Xiao Bing. His eyes were slightly red and were glistened with tears. After opening his mouth, he finally said firmly, “Xiao Bing, thank you… Thank you… for saving my life.”
Xiao Bing took the initiative to help Ye Bancheng and held his arm. He then said with a smile, “It’s very kind of you to say this. Yezi is my friend and Tian Ming is my good brother. I will not stand by and watch.”
Ye Xinyi was smiling from the beginning. After hearing what Xiao Bing’s words, her smile became slightly unnatural. Xiao Bing talked about Yezi and Ye Tianming, but not her. This made her not very happy. For her, it wasn’t only a matter of unhappiness, she thought more of it.
Xiao Bing and Liu Piaopiao walked on each side of Ye Tianming and helped him walk to the hall. Xiao Bing saw the relationship between Yezi and her father. Seeing Yezi, Ye Bancheng seemed to want to talk to her, but Yezi turned her head around. So Ye Bancheng had to shut his mouth. But from the expression of Ye Bancheng, it seemed that he still cared very much about his daughter.
Xiao Bing then paid attention to the stepmother of Yezi. Liu Piaopiao was dressed appropriately today. But even under such a sensible dress, she was still very attractive. Even Xiao Bing had to admit that compared with all the women that he had seen, Liu Piaopiao was one of the sexiest.
After entering the dining room, everyone sat down. Only Yezi remained standing. When everyone else sat down, she said, “You guys eat first. I’m not hungry. I’ll go back to my room and sleep first.”
Yezi was about to leave when Xiao Bing grabbed her wrist. There was a faint reproach in his eyes, but a smile on his face. Then he said, “Who sleeps at this early hour? I came to your house, you won’t leave me alone, would you?”
While talking and laughing, he gently used some strength to make Yezi sit down on the chair next to him.
Ye Bancheng was looking at them. His eyes showed some light and he smiled more pleasantly when he saw that Yezi was not angry. He pointed to the table full of food and said, “Lil Bin, I have been wanting to invite you for a few days. But I’ve not recovered completely. Today, I specially asked Yezi to call you over and thank you in person. Look at these dishes. Do they suit you?”
“You’re too generous.”
“Well, don’t be shy and help yourself. Let’s start eating together.” Ye Bancheng picked up his chopsticks first and the others followed suit.
Ye Tianming poured Xiao Bing a glass of wine and said with a smile, “My father is in poor health and can’t drink now. I’ll drink with you today!”
