Chapter 15.1: Love from Boyfriend

Title: Baby’s Breath

Translator: System Yaoi

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Chapter 15 Love from Boyfriend

The two returned to Grandfather Cheng’s house. Xue Youka provided cover while Cheng Yu went upstairs to take a shower.

Cheng Yu was in a dishevelled state and was afraid that Uncle Wei and Grandfather would notice and ask questions.

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Xue Youka felt embarrassed. “Uncle already brought me drinks and snacks earlier.”

Cheng Yu noticed a box of Oreos on the table and sat down, imitating Xue Youka’s posture. He lifted one arm and propped up his chin, looking at him with a soft voice, “Where do you want to go tomorrow?”

“I want to go to the arcade tomorrow…” Xue Youka was about to say, but then he remembered, “No, I can’t. Tomorrow is the weekend, and I have to go with my mom to attend an English lecture.”

“Is your English not good?”

“It’s not that bad, but my mom wants me to score full marks.” He sighed.

“I’ll teach you English next time.”

Xue Youka quickly shook his head. He didn’t want to have classes. “No need to teach, it would be a waste of your time.”

Cheng Yu relaxed his brows and said, “Next time, bring your homework, and I’ll help you with it.”

Xue Youka agreed.

Cheng Yu couldn’t make sense of this sudden tenderness, but he didn’t pay much attention to it.

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On the bus, Xue Youka carried a backpack, while He Xiaoyou wore a black sun hat and held a large LV tote bag tightly in her arms.

He Xiaoyou seemed afraid that someone would snatch it from her, holding onto it tightly.

Xue Youka didn’t understand at first why she was holding it like that instead of taking it out to carry it. It wasn’t until they arrived at a luxury store that he realised He Xiaoyou had come to return the bag.

However, the saleswoman at the LV counter didn’t accept it, saying, “Madam, since the bag was not purchased at our store, without a receipt, we cannot process the return.”

“This bag was given to me by a friend who bought it in Greece. It’s brand new, unopened. Don’t you accept it?”

The saleswoman shook her head, probably because there was a child nearby, her tone remained mild. “You can try selling it at a luxury consignment store. If your bag is brand new, you should be able to get a good price for it.”

He Xiaoyou didn’t cause a scene. She asked where the consignment store was, and the saleswoman gave her directions, saying it was nearby.

After leaving the store, Xue Youka followed her and asked, “Mom, why are you selling the bag? Don’t you like it?”

He Xiaoyou shook her head. “It’s not suitable for me.”

Xue Youka wanted to ask if it was because their father had debts outside, so they needed to sell things.

But he didn’t ask.

Soon, He Xiaoyou found a small shop labelled “Second-hand Luxury Goods Store.” Carrying the box, she entered the shop. There were two people inside, a middle-aged male owner and a younger female shop assistant.

Seeing the customer enter with a box in her arms, they knew she was there to sell a bag.

The shop assistant’s gaze first swept over the customer and then glanced at the child beside her.

The child was quite cute, but the mother and child didn’t look like wealthy people.

“Hello, can I sell a bag here? I have a new bag that has never been used, it’s an LV,” He Xiaoyou placed the box on the glass display counter and looked at the store’s arrangement. Various luxury second-hand bags were hanging on the walls.

“Let me take a look.” The male owner opened the box, while the female shop assistant inspected the packaging. The male owner began examining the bag and asked if she had a receipt.

“I don’t have one,” He Xiaoyou explained nervously, “It was given to me by a friend who bought it in Greece…”

The shop owner carefully inspected it. “It’s made in Paris, but it wasn’t purchased in Greece. The label is incorrect. Madam, this is a counterfeit bag.”

The female shop assistant next to him said, “The box is genuine.”

When He Xiaoyou heard the words “counterfeit bag,” her mind went blank, and she couldn’t believe it. “Impossible, how could it be fake!”

“Unfortunately, we have detected that it is indeed fake, so we cannot accept it. If you have any objections, you can try other stores. But I can responsibly tell you that the packaging is genuine, but the bag is fake, and fake bags are worthless.”

Xue Youka, who was standing beside them, remembered the conversation he accidentally overheard that day.

His uncle said the bags were produced in their factory.

“Mom.” Xue Youka tugged at her arm. “Didn’t Auntie say her friend bought it in Greece? Maybe she was deceived?”

He Xiaoyou ignored him and wanted to argue with the shop owner. However, the owner placed the bag back in the box as it was and handed it to her. “Take a look if there’s anything else you need.”

He Xiaoyou angrily walked out with the bag, and Xue Youka hurriedly caught up, saying that his aunt was definitely deceived.

He Xiaoyou was still furious. She took out her phone to call Xue Youka’s aunt and confront her. However, after dialling the number, she hesitated and hung up.

Still feeling dissatisfied, she walked to a pile of trash bins and threw the box away.

Xue Youka had been following her, but when he saw her throw the bag, he turned back and picked it up.

As He Xiaoyou continued walking, she suddenly realised her son wasn’t by her side. Panicked, she turned around to find him and saw Xue Youka running towards her, holding the designer box.

This made her even angrier. “You picked it up after I threw it away! What are you doing?”

Xue Youka held onto her clothes and said, “Don’t throw it away. We can use it at home, even for grocery shopping. Although it’s fake… I’ll buy you a real one in the future, no, I’ll buy you a hundred real ones!”

He Xiaoyou looked at him, then glanced at the fake bag. The anger in her heart inexplicably disappeared.

Xue Youka observed her expression and said, “Let’s go for the lecture!”

He Xiaoyou checked the time. “Are you hungry?”

“Not very hungry.”

They were in the centre of a commercial district, surrounded by various delicious options. He Xiaoyou took him to KFC and stood in line. It was crowded as it was the weekend.

Xue Youka was slightly surprised. He Xiaoyou, who always prohibited him from eating junk food, had actually brought him to KFC.

“Weren’t you always wanting to eat here?” When they reached the front of the line, He Xiaoyou handed him the menu. “Which combo do you want?”

Xue Youka saw that there was an option to add money for a toy with the children’s meal, and he was tempted, but in the end, he settled for a regular hamburger combo priced at 25. He asked He Xiaoyou what she wanted to eat, and she replied, “I can’t eat the food you kids eat. I’ll find a noodle shop after you finish eating.”

The lecture lasted for three hours, and He Xiaoyou listened attentively. There were many things she didn’t understand, but she kept her head down, taking notes on the study methods the teacher mentioned, how to learn phonetics, and the most efficient way to memorise vocabulary. In the end, several children who had purchased the teacher’s materials went up on the stage, and the lecturer tested their exceptional memory abilities, saying, “Only remembering a few words a day in the beginning, to now being able to memorise a hundred words at a glance! It’s all thanks to my memory technique!”

The parents in the audience applauded continuously, and the applause resounded. He Xiaoyou also clapped excitedly. “Mimi, did you see? Those kids are even younger than you, and they’re so amazing!”

Xue Youka couldn’t be bothered to lift his eyelids.

As soon as the lecture ended, He Xiaoyou rushed into the crowd to make purchases and bought a set of materials for 500 yuan.

He Xiaoyou was wearing the sheepskin shoes that Mimi had given her, and she didn’t feel tired even after wearing them all day. She put the materials into the fake Neverfull bag, carried it on her back, and took her son home.

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