91: Big heart

After bringing the rose back to his rental apartment, Ye Su bought all the necessary tools according to the methods for caring for roses he looked up on the AI.

He carefully cut open the plastic flower pot and transplanted the rose into a large pot filled with nutrient-rich soil.

Choosing a sunny corner on the balcony, Ye Su tied three sticks together, opened them up into a stand, and hung a two-liter bottle of water at the intersection point.

He drilled a small hole in the bottle cap so the water could drip out slowly like an IV drip. Below that, he tied a bottle cap lined with a tissue, which he had also punched a hole in, and connected it with a cotton thread.

After finishing all this, Ye Su placed two boards on the ground, set the rose pot on them, watered the soil first, and then wrapped the cotton thread around the base of the plant, allowing the water bottle to maintain soil moisture without causing water accumulation that would rot the roots.

"Done."

Since the landlady was able to put it out for sale, the time until it bloomed shouldn't be too long.

The weather in Yangcheng during this period was neither cold nor hot, which was perfect for plant growth. Ye Su believed that setting up this stand would be enough to last until the rose bloomed.

"Buddy, you'll have to take care of yourself."

Once it bloomed, this rose could be worth sixty thousand yuan, yet Ye Su was carefree enough to leave it in the rental apartment to fend for itself, thinking that if there was no wind or rain, he wouldn't even bother coming back during the May Day holiday.

After staying in the rental until past five o'clock and confirming that the simple watering device was working fine and his phone was fully charged, Ye Su left the apartment and took a taxi to pick up Chen Xinyi from her office building after work.

Tomorrow was the May Day holiday, and while on the road, Ye Su could clearly feel that the roads were even more congested than usual.

The timing was just right; not long after Ye Su arrived downstairs, Chen Xinyi and her office buddy came out of the office building.

The two of them locked eyes and tacitly waved at each other.

After seeing who Chen Xinyi was greeting, Lin Zhishan said sourly, "Oh, your boyfriend has come to pick you up again."

Chen Xinyi raised an eyebrow. "What, jealous? How about I share him with you?"

Lin Zhishan was not to be outdone. "For real? I won't be polite if you're serious."

"For real, as long as you dare to take him."

"What do I have to be afraid of?"

"Then let's go."

"Let's go!"

Lin Zhishan originally wanted to keep up the bravado, but when she was actually dragged by Chen Xinyi toward Ye Su, she immediately chickened out. "Here to pick up Chen Xinyi from work again?"

"Yes."

"Then I won't disturb your world for two."

Ye Su could only respond with a smile.

As she turned to leave, Lin Zhishan leaned into Chen Xinyi's ear and said through gritted teeth, "Be [safe]."

Then, she received an elbow jab from Chen Xinyi.

After Lin Zhishan left, Chen Xinyi stepped forward and hooked her arm into Ye Su's. "It's rare, Young Master Ye, that you're willing to show your face during these days."

What Chen Xinyi was referring to, of course, was the fact that her period hadn't ended yet.

Ye Su knew what kind of reputation he had in Chen Xinyi's mind, and of course, he could hear what she was complaining about. "How can you say that? You know what kind of person I am. Even if those days hadn't passed, I would still come to keep you company."

"Heh." The sarcasm in Chen Xinyi's eyes was undisguised. "Do you even believe that yourself?"

"Ah!" Ye Su instantly deflated. "Why haven't your relatives left yet!"

"You're annoyed that she hasn't left, but if she didn't come, you'd be the one panicking."

Ye Su had no way to refute this. "Let's go, let's go, let's eat!"

After eating canteen takeout for over a week and with a five-day holiday starting tomorrow, Ye Su naturally wanted to reward himself properly with a good meal to improve his quality of life.

According to Ye Su's consistent consumption philosophy, no matter where you spend the money you earn, nothing is as practical as spending it on your stomach.

As for Chen Xinyi, if she couldn't be a bed partner, being a meal partner was also excellent.

At the very least, eating with a beauty made the food taste a bit better.

"Let's eat, let's eat. After working all day, my stomach is almost flat from hunger."

Chen Xinyi loved seeing Ye Su deflated. Seeing him unable to refute her made her feel refreshed, and she happily pulled Ye Su along.

It seemed there were quite a few people who, like Ye Su, wanted to improve their quality of life tonight.

After choosing a place to eat, it took Ye Su and her fifteen minutes to get a table.

While eating, Ye Su received a transfer of one hundred thousand yuan from Ye Xin.

[Big Bro: All the facial masks are sold out. Some orders have already been received, so I'm transferring one hundred thousand yuan of the payment to you first. If your friend is in a hurry for money, you can transfer it to him first.]

Ye Su didn't stand on ceremony with his older brother, replied with an [OK], and accepted the money.

After upgrading two pieces of intelligence in a row, he had less than forty thousand yuan left. Ye Su had originally intended to keep all one hundred thousand yuan for himself as an emergency fund.

But he felt that doing so wasn't very kind, so he finally decided to split it with Chen Xinyi and transferred fifty thousand yuan to her.

Thinking it was a message from someone else, when she opened it and saw it was a transfer from Ye Su, Chen Xinyi's big, doll-like eyes widened until they almost popped out. "Why are you transferring me so much money?"

Ye Su raised an eyebrow at Chen Xinyi flippantly. "How about it, am I generous or what?"

"Something's not right." Chen Xinyi didn't accept the transfer immediately but looked at Ye Su suspiciously. "A weasel wishing a chicken a Happy New Year—there's definitely something going on here."

Having known him for so long, Chen Xinyi considered herself to understand Ye Su quite well. She knew he wasn't a stingy person; usually, when they went shopping or out to eat, Ye Su paid the bill more often than she did.

But Ye Su didn't seem like the type of person who would just transfer money to a woman, let alone fifty thousand yuan all at once.

"Did you get kept by a rich woman? Is this money she gave you, and you split a little with me out of guilt toward me?"

Chen Xinyi instantly imagined a whole drama in her mind; in a trance, she even seemed to see candles, whips, and steel wool balls.

"With such a vivid imagination, why don't you go write novels on Qiezi?" Ye Su was truly impressed by Chen Xinyi's ability to conjure up scenarios. "Do you want this money or not? If not, give it back."

"I want it! It's what you gave me, why wouldn't I want it!"

Chen Xinyi tentatively prepared to press accept, all the while watching Ye Su's reaction, but found that he had no expression at all and just continued burying his head in his food.

"Forget it. If you want to keep me, wait until you graduate and have a stable job."

Sending a holiday red envelope or buying some gifts was one thing.

But transferring fifty thousand yuan to her all at once, Chen Xinyi was still completely thrown off.

As she spoke, Chen Xinyi clicked on the transaction record, intending to refund the money to Ye Su.

"Alright." Seeing that Chen Xinyi didn't dare to accept the money, Ye Su stopped teasing her. "This is money from the facial masks last time. After the orders were received, part of the payment arrived, so my brother transferred it to me first—one hundred thousand yuan, we'll split it half and half."

"I ni—" In public, Chen Xinyi forcefully choked back a swear word.

"Do you want this money or not? If you don't want it, you can return it, and I'll give it to you when the next payment arrives."

"Nonsense, of course I want it!"

So it was her own money; then what the hell was she hesitating for? Her thumb instantly moved from the small [Refund] button at the bottom of the screen to the green Accept button at the top.

Seeing Chen Xinyi accept the payment, Ye Su also told her the news that all the facial masks had been sold out.

Consequently, the anger Chen Xinyi felt from being teased by Ye Su was immediately extinguished by the joy of making money.