23: She said all my words!

When Ye Su placed the clothes he had changed out of onto the counter, Chen Xinyi took out her phone to scan the QR code.

"Let me handle it."

"Hmm, if you weren't going to tell me earlier that you were paying, I would have bought clothes for the whole year."

"I'm out of here!" Ye Su made a gesture as if he were about to bolt.

"I was wrong!" Chen Xinyi hurriedly grabbed Ye Su's arm.

This moment delivered a huge shock to Ye Su's little heart, and even the Female Sales Clerk behind the counter stared blankly, with the word [Envy] practically written on her face.

She was so beautiful, had such a great physique, and most importantly, she had such a handsome and considerate boyfriend!

Thinking back to her own boyfriend, a nameless fire of rage inexplicably surged in the Female Sales Clerk's heart!

The clothes Chen Xinyi bought were not expensive. Including the sweatshirt with the [149] price tag that she gave to Ye Su, the total came to only three hundred and forty yuan.

Regarding the stamps sold just a moment ago, after deducting the 1,500 yuan commission transferred to Chen Xinyi, the final sale price was still 500 yuan more than Ye Su had expected.

Since his own piece of clothing was included in the total, Ye Su generously paid for everything.

And Ye Su's perfectly timed gesture undoubtedly caused Chen Xinyi's favorable impression of him to soar once again.

"Let's go, time to eat! We've been shopping for so long, my stomach is almost flat from hunger."

Whether it was a psychological effect or not, being with a university student like Ye Su made Chen Xinyi feel as if she had returned to her own school days, casting all the messy business at her company to the back of her mind.

Dragging Ye Su along like she was acting spoiled, Chen Xinyi led him all the way to a private kitchen restaurant on the fifth floor.

Although she said she was treating Ye Su to a meal, given her appetite, Chen Xinyi didn't eat much at all. In fact, she spent most of the time picking food for Ye Su and asking him to chat with her.

Ye Su didn't mind that at all; of the three dishes and one soup they ordered, he polished off at least eighty percent of it himself.

So much so that for most of the meal, it was Chen Xinyi doing all the talking while Ye Su just listened and stuffed his face.

It was only then that Ye Su finally gained some understanding of Chen Xinyi's basic situation.

She was 25 years old, from the neighboring Hunan Province, and had come to Guangzhou to find work after graduating three years ago. She currently worked as an accountant at a medium-sized trading company, and that was also how she had met Wan Yuanliang.

The information Ye Su revealed was also basically true, though he concealed his family situation, only saying that his family was an ordinary household that ran a small business.

"Let's go watch a movie after we finish eating; it's right on the fourth floor." Chen Xinyi didn't give Ye Su a chance to refuse and waved her phone in front of him: "I've already booked the tickets."

"I'm fine with whatever."

After breaking up with Qin Manyun, Ye Su hadn't stepped into a movie theater again. Since he had a girl for company today, Ye Su felt that joining in the fun would be fine.

After confirming that the movie Chen Xinyi picked wasn't some [Give Up Your Seat for the Public] type of film, Ye Su agreed and lowered his head to continue finishing the remaining food.

He had paid for this, so naturally, Ye Su wasn't going to waste a single bit.

Even Chen Xinyi, upon seeing Ye Su's way of eating, felt she could manage a few more bites, so she picked up her chopsticks and started competing with Ye Su for food.

"Ah—" He let out a comfortable sigh. Only then did Ye Su remember to ask Chen Xinyi: "Are you full? Do you want to order some more?"

Chen Xinyi looked at him with an expression that said [What do you think?], which made Ye Su feel a bit embarrassed.

He had just said he was treating her to a meal, but in the end, he had practically devoured it all himself.

"Hehe." After a dry laugh, Ye Su was the first to stand up: "Let's go then, the movie should be starting soon."

"Mm." Chen Xinyi checked her phone: "There's about half an hour left."

After strolling around the mall for a few minutes to aid digestion and taking care of their physiological needs, the two headed to the cinema on the fourth floor.

"You hold the stuff for a second, I'm going to buy two cups of milk tea."

"Sure."

"What do you want to drink?"

"The same as you."

"Then do you want it iced or hot?"

Chen Xinyi glared fiercely at Ye Su: "I can drink iced today! Is that enough for you!"

"It's fine, I didn't say it wasn't..."

Ye Su was confused: If you can drink iced, then you can drink iced—why are you yelling at me?

While muttering to himself, Ye Su bought the two cups of milk tea and then entered the cinema with Chen Xinyi, who had already collected the tickets.

The movie lasted two hours in total, and by the time they came out, it was already nearly eleven o'clock.

After exiting the mall, Ye Su took the bag with the sweatshirt and handed the rest of the items to Chen Xinyi: "It's getting late, I'll head back to school now. You're a girl, so be careful on your way back. Send me a message when you arrive."

Chen Xinyi, however, didn't take the items, but instead looked at Ye Su with a pout.

A woman's temper really does change faster than flipping a book.

But before Ye Su could figure out where the point of anger was this time, a suspicious expression appeared on Chen Xinyi's face: "You wouldn't happen to be gay, would you?"

"What!"

This time, it was Ye Su's turn to be furious.

I accompany you shopping, treat you to dinner, and even watch a movie with you, and not only do I not get a single 'thank you,' but you also pin such a huge accusation on me!

"Slander! I'm going to sue you for slander!"

For the first time in his life, Ye Su pointed his finger directly at a girl, nearly poking it into Chen Xinyi's mouth:

"You can doubt my character, but you cannot doubt my sexual orientation. dude is straighter than the Matterhorn!"

"Oh, you're straighter than that 'Matter-what' mountain?"

Chen Xinyi wasn't happy either. She threw her coat to the sides, put her hands on her hips, and leaned forward:

"So now, we've eaten, we've watched the movie, it's dark out, and you're telling me you're going back to the dorm?"

"Huh?" Ye Su was dumbfounded.

Something felt wrong; those were my lines!

Having been teased by Chen Xinyi all day, Ye Su was feeling quite fired up himself.

Provoked by her like this, if Ye Su could still hold back, he would have to start doubting himself.

"Woman, you are playing with fire!" Ye Su took the initiative to grab Chen Xinyi's hand for the first time: "You're done for. I'm going to book a room right now!"

Ye Su could feel Chen Xinyi flinch when he grabbed her hand, but she still wouldn't admit defeat verbally: "I live alone, do you dare to come?"

"Let's go!"

Chen Xinyi rented a single-room apartment. The two didn't waste any more words and took a taxi directly to the building.

Aside from the girls' dormitory, this was the first time Ye Su had been to a girl's residence.

When she opened the door, Ye Su could see that although Chen Xinyi's apartment was only about thirty square meters, it was kept very tidy, nothing like what people said on the internet about being two different people at home versus outside.

"We've been walking all day, I'm going to take a shower first, you... feel free to sit wherever..."

Although Chen Xinyi acted very open toward Ye Su, in addition to being attracted by Ye Su's conditions, there was also the mischievous desire of an 'older sister' wanting to tease a 'younger boy toy,' and some other reasons she couldn't quite articulate.

But in her daily life, Chen Xinyi's life was actually very simple.

Otherwise, given her conditions, if she lived a loose life, Chen Xinyi would have absolutely no need to work nine-to-six like a beast of burden while also having to deal with the workplace sexual harassment of middle-aged greasy superiors.

According to the current 'market' conditions, she only needed to work a few days a month to earn more than her monthly living expenses.

In the past, when dealing with those 'simps,' Chen Xinyi was purely a 'cyber sea queen.' Stringing them along was fine, but if they wanted to make any overstepping moves, that was absolutely out of the question.

The dynamic of simps sitting at the same table as 'Boiling Sheep' was perfectly embodied by Chen Xinyi.

Therefore, aside from her salary, Chen Xinyi's income came from being a 'positive energy' blogger on short video platforms.

It's just a pity that more and more people are making short videos, and Chen Xinyi didn't have the money to pay for traffic. As of now, her account followers hadn't even broken one hundred thousand, and over the whole of last year, she had only earned a little over thirty thousand yuan.