“Pinping, tonight…” Zhao Chenxin tightened her grip on the box, gently placing it in front of Chen Pinping with an apologetic tone: “Could you return this to him? I won’t go.”
“What about tonight?” Chen Pinping was stunned, then covered her mouth and chuckled: “Chenxin, can’t you tell when someone’s just being polite? Once it’s given, just keep it. If you don’t like it, why not sell it and get the money?”
“Heh.” Zhao Chenxin gave a bitter smile and shook her head slightly: “This isn’t right. If you stand him up tonight, do you think he’ll let you off?”
“Standing someone up is a beautiful woman’s privilege,” Chen Pinping didn’t take Zhao Chenxin’s words to heart, making a V-sign: “Seeing but not getting, that’s how he’ll keep spending money. This girl isn’t someone who can be bought for just forty or fifty thousand!”
At this point, Chen Pinping nudged Zhao Chenxin’s arm and pointed out the window: “Look, that fool has been standing there for a while. He doesn’t really think he’ll get to taste swan meat, does he?”
“Hm?” Zhao Chenxin was startled, then turned her head. The moment her eyes met Hao Yunyang’s, her heartstrings trembled, for in his eyes she sensed four words: concern and worry.
“Alas.” Hao Yunyang let out a long sigh: “Daughter, I’m doing this for your own good!”
Chapter Thirty-Five: Free Rein
After buying a pound of mung beans from the market and returning to the rented apartment, Liu Ming was already standing there with a newly purchased pressure cooker, waiting solemnly.
Hao Yunyang changed into a pair of cotton slippers, casually placed the mung beans on the table, then looked up at Liu Ming and asked, “Not going to the shop?”
“Closed,” Liu Ming pursed his lips: “Waiting to drink your mung bean soup.”
“Heh, you’re really something!” Hao Yunyang proudly used the new phrase “something special”, then took the pressure cooker from Liu Ming’s hands and walked to the sink. In just a minute, he washed the mung beans and the new pressure cooker, added about five to six times the amount of water to the mung beans, put on the lid, placed it on the gas stove, turned on the fire, and disappeared.
