54: chance encounter

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The slightly sentimental and conflicted emotions Ye Cheng had painstakingly built up were instantly shattered by Jiang Ye's mood-killing words, leaving only utter speechlessness on her face.

The corner of her mouth twitched violently twice. Suppressing the urge to smash the paper bag into his face, she gritted her teeth and said:

"Are you stupid?! What I mean is, you're giving me money and buying me bags now. Even though it's far from the one million a month you boasted about, in fact, you're already... 'keeping' me, got it?"

Only then did Jiang Ye realize, letting out an "oh" as he instantly relaxed.

As long as it didn't affect the cashback, everything was fine.

Scared me to death, thought you'd grown athlete's foot... He scratched his head, silently pulled out his phone, and quickly swiped across the screen.

Ye Cheng was slightly taken aback.

She hadn't even finished speaking, why was he playing with his phone again?

Curious, she leaned over to peek, and immediately fumed with anger!

On Jiang Ye's phone screen was the details page of a nearby high-end hotel—he was selecting a room type: a king-size bed!

"Jiang! Ye!"

Ye Cheng completely lost it. All her touched, conflicted, and solemn feelings went to the dogs, replaced by blazing fury.

She lifted her foot and mercilessly stomped down with her boot heel!

"Holy shit!"

Caught off guard, Jiang Ye grimaced in pain: "Damn! Ye Cheng, are you crazy? Daring to rough up your sugar daddy? Believe me, I'll cut off your allowance right now!"

Fuming, her chest heaving, Ye Cheng glared at him: "You're just too sleazy! I couldn't help it!"

Seeing she was about to explode, Jiang Ye finally put away his phone, his face turning slightly serious:

"Ahem... alright, alright, I'll stop teasing you. So what were you trying to say earlier? The relationship has changed, and then?"

Ye Cheng took several deep breaths, barely suppressing her anger, recomposed herself, and looked at him seriously:

"I'd already made up my mind before I called you yesterday. If you were really willing to buy me this bag today, then... that ridiculous 'one million a month' agreement we had is void!"

"Void?" Jiang Ye was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, void."

Ye Cheng nodded, her tone firm: "That condition was indeed too exaggerated, and I don't want to keep taking advantage of you for free. So, let's make it more realistic. As long as you can consistently give me a hundred thousand yuan every month from now on, I'll..."

Before she could finish, a slightly surprised, somewhat familiar, pleasant female voice suddenly came from behind Jiang Ye:

"Huh? Courier? It really is you? What a coincidence!"

Jiang Ye instinctively turned around and froze.

Holy shit? Yaoyao?

What is she doing here?

Just a few steps behind him stood Su Ning.

Today, she wore a beige short down jacket with jeans and snow boots, light makeup on her face, looking somewhat student-like—a far cry from the sweet-voiced, occasionally risqué "Yaoyao" from the livestream.

"Beauty? What are you doing here?"

Su Ning looked happily at Jiang Ye, then glanced at Ye Cheng beside him, who was raising an eyebrow and sizing her up. She quickly took a small step back, waving her hands to explain:

"Miss, don't misunderstand. I just wanted to ask this courier for a favor."

She turned back to Jiang Ye, speaking a bit faster: "Delivery Courier, I'm so glad I ran into you! Can you help me? It won't take too long for you and your girlfriend."

"girlfriend?" Jiang Ye instinctively turned to look at Ye Cheng.

"Delivery Courier?" Hearing this title, Ye Cheng also widened her eyes slightly, looking at him suspiciously.

Since when did this guy start doing deliveries? And how did he meet such a pretty Girl?

"What kind of help?" Jiang Ye cleared his throat, steering the conversation back.

Su Ning hesitated, seeming a bit troubled:

"I want to buy a gift for my friend, but... ahem... I've never met him in person. You've seen him before, right? The one you picked up the package for last time. I was thinking, could you help me figure out what kind of things he might like based on his previous style and taste?"

She paused, adding somewhat awkwardly: "I wanted to call you, but your phone was off."

Jiang Ye froze, then remembered his SIM2 card was still in his old phone—he hadn't installed it in the newly bought Mate80 Pro at all.

Afraid he might refuse, Su Ning quickly added: "It won't take long, just browsing around this floor. How about... how about I give you a tip? This is really important to me, please help me out, courier!"

Hearing this, even if Jiang Ye were clueless, he could guess who she was buying the gift for.

Re! ally! Good!

Truly the future TikTok Number One Sister!

Girl, you've taken another solid step on your path to becoming the internet's top influencer!

He couldn't help but show a fatherly, approving smile, waving his hand with a helpful demeanor: "No problem, it's just a small favor, I can accompany you to look... Ouch!"

Before he could finish, a sharp pain shot through his arm as Ye Cheng pinched him hard.

She glanced at Su Ning, snorted lightly, and said irritably: "Weren't we going to eat? I'm starving."

Jiang Ye looked at Ye Cheng's clearly displeased expression, then at Su Ning's expectant face, and couldn't help but laugh.

Oh ho?

Is the jealousy pot tipping over?

He deliberately leaned close to her ear, lowering his voice: "Still hungry after eating so much vinegar?"

"Eat, eat, eat! Eat your head!" Ye Cheng glared at him, adding more force to her pinch.

Grimacing, Jiang Ye pulled his arm back, smiling as he waved to Su Ning: "Helping out is no big deal. Alright, let's go, I'll accompany you to look."

Su Ning clearly sensed that the Delivery Courier's girlfriend seemed jealous, feeling a bit speechless inside.

She couldn't understand—what was there to be jealous about with such an ordinary-looking delivery guy?

This Girl was so pretty and holding a newly bought Gucci bag... hmm, probably wealthy too.

Really couldn't figure it out.

As Su Ning had said, the next part didn't take too long.

The strange trio only browsed around the Versace boutique before wrapping up.

In the Versace store, Su Ning held a few T-shirts and hoodies priced around thirty thousand yuan each, asking Jiang Ye one by one:

"Courier, what do you think of this one? Does it match the style and taste of the gentleman you met last time? Would he like this kind of design?"

Jiang Ye looked at the price tags, beaming with joy, nodding repeatedly, his tone confident:

"Matches! Absolutely matches! Girl, you have great taste. These look very classy—that gentleman will definitely like them! Go ahead and buy them boldly!"

Su Ning said "oh," then turned her gaze to a few shirts priced around fifteen or sixteen thousand yuan nearby, holding them up for him to see.

Jiang Ye immediately frowned, stroking his chin, shaking his head with a look of disdain:

"Tsk, these... look just average. The quality isn't great, the design is plain—doesn't really match that gentleman's level and taste. Not worthy of him!"

After consulting like this twice, Su Ning looked at the few hoodies in her hands, all priced around twenty-seven or twenty-eight thousand but with completely different styles, feeling utterly confused and unable to grasp her big brother's preferences.

However, with Jiang Ye's enthusiastic recommendations, she preliminarily narrowed it down to two or three satisfactory options, planning to compare them carefully on JD.com when she got home.

As they were leaving, Su Ning checked the time—about half an hour had passed. Hesitating slightly, she politely said:

"Courier, sorry for taking up so much of your and your girlfriend's time. How about... I transfer you a tip?"

Jiang Ye, in high spirits now as if he could already see two or three hundred thousand yuan in cashback waving at him, cheerfully waved his hand: "No need, no need. We were just shopping anyway—it was convenient."

Seeing this, Su Ning didn't insist further, just said "mm-hmm," nodded politely to Ye Cheng, then turned and hurried away, her figure quickly disappearing into the mall crowd.

Watching Yaoyao's retreating back, Jiang Ye smiled, stroking his chin, mentally giving her enthusiastic praise:

Look!

What a hardworking Girl!

She even does thorough homework and precise customer preference analysis before gift-giving!

With this kind of dedication, who else would succeed if not her? She totally deserves to make big money!