Chapter 13

Yu Haiqiao’s words made me blush, and under the blush, was a deepening sense of shame. Before this shame was about to burst, I calmed down for a few seconds, and then quickly adjusted my mentality. I was just about to act preemptively, asking what nonsense he was saying, and why he was saying such disgusting words…

But before I could even open my mouth, Yu Haiqiao raised his eyebrows at me, and asked with a stern look, “Why?”

“What do you mean why?” I asked reflexively. After I did, I knew I shouldn’t have spoken. I should have remained silent, and firmly prevented the b!tch Yu Haiqiao from saying the following words. I should have suffocated him to death.

Yu Haiqiao stood up from the bed and sat down next to me. Then, he looked down at me with the same cheap look on his face, “Are you very satisfied with this answer?”

I raised a hand and pointed to the door, expressionless, “Get out. You’re disturbing my reading time.”

Yu Haiqiao sat next to me and asked with extreme curiosity, “What are you reading?”

“The Domineering President Fell In Love With Me.” I told him expressionlessly.

Yu Haiqiao froze for half a second, and then gave me a thumbs up with an admiring expression on his face. He got up from the bed and gave me a slightly disgusted look, “I won’t bother you and your domineering president any longer.”

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“……” I locked the door because I wanted to. Why did he have to care so much? I kept silent and cursed at him on the inside.

Yu Haiqiao opened the door, holding a cup of water in his hand. He walked over and placed the cup at the side of my bed, “Brown sugar water.”

I glanced at him, and said in a matter-of-fact tone, “I was reading a book a few days ago, and in the content, a gynecologist revealed that brown sugar water actually doesn’t do anything to help menstruating women.”

Yu Haiqiao didn’t say a word and patted his pants to sit on the bed. I immediately said, “Have you showered? Are you sitting on the bed without showering?”

Midway through bending down, Yu Haiqiao paused, then silently continued to sit and muttered to himself, “Every time the house is dirty, I’ve never seen you say that we should clean the house. I always say this before I get on the bed having not showered.” His voice sounded very aggrieved.

I said loudly, “Why would I have to clean if there is an auntie to do that at home? I’m already paying the auntie to do her job, do I still have to clean myself?!!!”

“…” Yu Haiqiao corrected me after a while, “I’m the one who’s paying.”

” …” I responded, “Oh.”

Yu Haiqiao glanced at me in disdain, and pointed his finger at the cup on the bedside, “Drink this, I’m going to take a bath.”

I said, “Oh.”

After he walked out of the bedroom, I got off the bed and drank the brown sugar water he had made. After putting down the cup, I couldn’t resist getting out of bed and reclosed the door, locking it once again.

**

Xiao Chen sent me a WeChat: “You wouldn’t have forgotten who I am right, Shi Ran?”

Me: “Well, my memory hasn’t been good as of late.“

Xiao Chen: “You are still so funny haha.”

……I didn’t know what this person was laughing at. Every word I told him was so serious that I couldn’t find anything amusing. I rolled my eyes and exited the chat with him, preparing to continue reading that novel with the extremely pitiful main lead.

Before I could read another two hundred words, enough to brew a sad mood, he sent another message: “I am going back to perform in a few days. You probably haven’t left your hometown. Can I send you two tickets for the show?”

I turned my head to start looking up the guy on Baidu¹Baidu is the search engine of China. Counterpart to Google.. What was he going to perform? Was he holding a concert? But I remembered that back in university, he seemed to do poorly in music.

Xiao Chen: “Send me your address, I’ll ask my assistant to send you the ticket.”

I faintly felt that he was being slightly pretentious, but I couldn’t specifically tell where, so I exited the Baidu search box and replied very pretentiously: “I’ll check my schedule.“

Xiao Chen: No matter what, we’re still old friends. Let’s meet up at least once.

I don’t know any old friends who didn’t contact me for seven or eight years. I didn’t know what he was trying to do and was very confused until I suddenly heard the sound of Yu Haiqiao twisting the knob again. After a while, his tired voice sounded, “Shi Ran, are you crazy? Why did you lock the door again?!”

As soon as his voice fell, and the sound of footsteps turning and leaving also sounded, a WeChat notification suddenly rang out, scaring me. Thinking that there was a screw loose in this celebrity’s head, I immediately ended the call. The sound of Yu Haiqiao opening the door with the key then rang out, and the WeChat notification from earlier sounded again. Yu Haiqiao carried a pillow in and threw the key in his hand to the cabinet beside the door. Hearing the noise, he asked, “Who was it?”

I rolled my eyes and ended the call, “A nutjob.”

Yu Haiqiao closed the guest room door and slowly walked over, “Why don’t I have a nutjob calling me?”

“Probably because you are already enough of a nutjob yourself.” I explained.

He walked over and glanced at the cup on the bedside table. Then, he lifted the quilt to get inside the area I had warmed up. I fiercely defended my already warm territory, causing Yu Haiqiao to poke my arm, “Move a little inside, you aren’t paralyzed, can’t you move?”

I threw him an irritated face, “Didn’t you say that you wanted to defend your right to sleep in the master bedroom? Go scram to the master bedroom and defend your rights there.”

Yu Haiqiao lifted the quilt and got in, squeezing me to the other side of the bed with his shameless vigor. He placed his pillow against the head of the bed, and seriously told me. “The weather is cold. Sleeping in two different rooms with air-conditioning is a waste of electricity and money.”

“It’s 20 degrees today.” I reminded him.

“15 degrees.” He retorted.

“Who turns on the house heater at 15 degrees?” I said, expressionless.

Yu Haiqiao turned his head to look at me, and chuckled, saying in a disgusting voice, “Aiya, I’m afraid of the cold, you should know this.”

“…” I looked at him.

“…” He blinked at me.

I could feel a headache coming on and coldly turned over to the other side of the bed. Yu Haiqiao, the idiot, actually took out the remote from the drawer and turned on the heating feature of the air conditioner.

“…” I pondered for a moment, and said seriously, “Dog Yu, you’re too disgusting.”

“I’m alright.” He said, humbling himself.

We were both silent for five minutes until he suddenly broke the silence, “By the way, in two days, I might have to go on a business trip for a week.”

“A sh!tty programmer like you is going on a business trip?” I once doubted whether Yu Haiqiao chose his current job because he didn’t need to go on business trips. This guy loved home to the point it made one’s fingers curl. Not going abroad for studies despite his good grades could be ignored. Even if he didn’t want to pursue further studies, it could be ignored. Looking for a local job was fine. Because of his job, sometimes he needed to go to the neighboring cities for a business trip that lasted about 3 days. But in the middle, he would insist on going home. He reached home at 11pm and would fall asleep after taking a shower. The next day, he would take the high speed train at 5 in the morning, heading back to the neighboring city.

This behavior of his was something I couldn’t wrap my head around. I kindly asked him why he tortured himself like this and in the end, this b!tch told me with a serious face that he had found bugs in the hotel room after sleeping for a night. He couldn’t stand it and didn’t want to change rooms as it left a deep trauma on him, so he returned home to sleep.

It was at that time that I had gained a new understanding of how picky this b!tch was.

Yu Haiqiao sighed in distress after I mocked him, “I don’t want to go on a business trip either! The people in the pharmaceutical factories don’t know how to use the new online system so I have to go there and teach in person. It’s so annoying.”

I looked at him, and sincerely said, “It must be hard on you.”

Yu Haiqiao glanced at me, “I think you’re happy knowing that I won’t be at home for a while.”

I opened my sincere eyes and shot him a sincere look, “That’s preposterous.”

Yu Haiqiao said, “Go to your mom’s place for a while for the meals.” He then looked at me, “Do you want the car keys?”

I replied, “I can’t drive.”

Yu Haiqiao hated iron for not becoming steel, “You stupid idiot. You’ve already gotten your driver’s license several years ago and you still don’t know how to drive. I’ve told you to practice countless times!”

I got my driver’s license during summer vacation in my freshman year, and at that time, I had gotten quite tan as I was too young to know the importance of putting on sunscreen. After I had finished the driver’s test, I bumped into Yu Haiqiao on the road. Upon seeing me, he burst into laughter. After he finished, he told me that even though I wasn’t naturally pale, right now, I looked no different to black carbon so he was worried for me. He told me that I would practically become invisible once night came and after hearing this, I raised my tan leg and sent him flying with a kick.

Because I took the driver’s license test early, I hadn’t been able to drive a lot. I drove Yu Haiqiao’s car when he first bought it, but after several times of side parking and reversing into the garage, I left scratches on his car. The second time I drove without paying attention, I almost hit the guardrail by accidentally pressing on the accelerator. Yu Haiqiao was sitting in the passenger’s seat, holding the steering wheel in fright. At that time, he howled, “Stop the car, are you an idiot?!!”

Whenever he called me this, I would usually yell right back but at that time, I was really scared and out of it after being screamed at by him. This b!tch thoughtlessly told me to never f*cking drive ever again. I was frightened to death at the time and he called me a road killer, not knowing what I took the driver’s test for. He asked why I didn’t use the money to go sign up for a class that improved my reaction ability instead.

This b!tch really had such a poisonous mouth. After listening to him, I unbuckled my seat belt and got out of the car with wobbly legs, climbing to the passenger’s seat. When he got to the driver’s seat, he looked serious once again and didn’t talk to me on the road. After being shamed by him, I also didn’t want to talk to him, even telling myself not to mind him in the future. He drove me home and I immediately unbuckled my seat belt and got out of the car. I was about to go around the car to enter my apartment when Yu Haiqiao suddenly honked. I ignored him and continued to walk. Yu Haiqiao honked again twice and I kept my head down. Yu Haiqiao’s voice then rang out from behind, “Shi Ran, you left your bag.”

At this, I froze in place.. I adjusted my expression, turned and walked to the side of his car. His head was propped on the driver’s car window, staring at me. I stood by his window and said, “Gimme.”

He took out my bag from the inside, raised his hand and handed it to me from the window. I reached out and took it. After pulling it for a long time, I couldn’t pry it off from his hand. He put his arm on the window of the driver’s seat, his chin propped on top of his arm. After looking at me for a long while, he suddenly blinked and smiled at me.

It was the kind of coquettish smile that felt like a spring breeze in March, and I stared back at him expressionlessly.

Yu Haiqiao held his chin and asked me slowly, “Are you angry?”

I said, “No. Give me back my bag. I want to go home.”

Yu Haiqiao pulled my bag without any intention of letting go and stared at me for a while, slowly explaining to me, “I was just worried. What if you got into an accident?”

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