46: Meng Yu's home

The next day, near noon, sunlight streamed through the window into the dining room.

Meng Yu and Chen Li had just finished a simple breakfast—fried eggs, toasted bread, and milk, along with chicken wings roasted by Meng Yu.

Just then, Meng Yu's phone rang; it was a call from Li Tingting.

"Meng Yu, shall we go buy ingredients together in a bit?"

"Going now?" Meng Yu glanced at the time.

"Yes, let's meet directly at the seafood market."

"Alright, I'll get ready and head out."

Chen Li, who was gnawing on a chicken wing, looked up and asked casually, "Going to buy barbecue ingredients now?"

"Yes."

Meng Yu cleared the plates and turned to look at him. "Hubby, do you want to come along and take a look?"

"Why would I go? I have to head out in a while anyway."

After the meal, Meng Yu efficiently tidied up the dishes, and Chen Li walked over to the sink to help wash them.

With one wiping the table and the other washing the dishes, their coordination was seamless, clearly a natural part of their daily life together.

Once finished, Meng Yu changed into casual clothes, said goodbye to Chen Li, and headed out.

After meeting up with Li Tingting, the two went straight to the seafood market that Su Nian had mentioned.

As soon as they reached the entrance, they saw Su Nian and Wei Jie already waiting there.

"Meng Yu, Tingting, we were just waiting for you." Su Nian greeted them enthusiastically.

Wei Jie's gaze lingered on Meng Yu for a moment before he smiled and added, "Yes, let's go in and start shopping. The other friends are buying other things elsewhere; we'll meet up at the intersection ahead in a bit, then head over to your Villa together."

The market was bustling with noise, and all kinds of seafood were on display at the stalls.

Wei Jie took on almost all the shopping tasks today, while the girls were captivated by the wide variety of seafood in the market.

Although they had eaten plenty of seafood before, seeing species they hadn't encountered in person at the market still made them gasp in amazement.

"Tingting, look at that Lobster, it's huge!"

"Meng Yu, come over and look at this. What is it? I've never seen it before."

"I don't know either. It looks kind of ugly-cute."

The two of them wandered through the market as if they had discovered a new world, exclaiming from time to time.

Su Nian, being more pragmatic, went straight to help Wei Jie pick out ingredients, acting as an advisor on the side.

They didn't really know how to shop, so they just bought whatever looked high-quality and alive, eventually picking out quite a lot of premium items—

plump Lobster, a claw-waving King Crab, imposing Black Tiger Prawns, and lively wild grouper...

Once Meng Yu and Li Tingting had satisfied their curiosity, they came over to help carry things.

The vendor was carefully packing the items and pumping oxygen into the bags to keep the seafood fresh. Wei Jie, being particularly gentlemanly at this moment, refused to let the girls help, smiling and saying that the seafood could easily hurt their hands, insisting on carrying the items to the car himself with the vendor.

Wei Jie was driving a Range Rover, a vehicle that exuded a strong sense of British luxury and was hailed as the king of SUVs.

The spacious cabin was very practical, easily accommodating all the seafood they had purchased.

In no time, the group had bought all the ingredients they needed.

The other friends who had split up to shop were also done, so they all agreed to meet at the intersection ahead and then head to Meng Yu's Villa together.

Following the address Meng Yu had sent, the group drove, chatting and laughing, to Jiuyue Mansion.

Under Meng Yu's guidance, the convoy slowly drove toward the Villa area.

Because parking spaces within the Villa area were limited, everyone parked their cars in the public parking zone outside the Villa.

When Su Nian and the others stood in front of the Villa, everyone was stunned.

This was the place where Meng Yu lived alone?

Just how wealthy was her family to buy an entire Villa for a girl who was still in school?

And not just any ordinary Villa, but one in a high-end Residential Complex like Jiuyue Mansion; looking at this central location, it might even be the premier unit.

Li Tingting was the first to snap out of it and asked in surprise, "Meng Yu, is this your place? This Villa is way too impressive!"

"Yes, everyone please come in."

Meng Yu greeted everyone with a smile. "You can leave the things in the outdoor barbecue area first; all the tools are there, it's very convenient."

Wei Jie was even more dumbfounded; he had completely not expected Meng Yu's family background to be this affluent.

Before, he had wanted his family to buy him an apartment, and they had told him there was no need, yet Meng Yu already owned such a large Villa.

The gap was truly significant. If he could win Meng Yu over, wouldn't this Villa also be... Thinking of this, his affection for Meng Yu grew even stronger.

Su Nian also secretly marveled at Meng Yu's financial strength in her heart.

From the first time he noticed the watch she wore, Meng Yu had been constantly refreshing his perception of her.

This wealth was truly profound; just that watch and this Villa alone meant her personal net worth was at least over twenty million.

Li Tingting and the other girls gathered around Meng Yu, insisting that she take them on a tour of the entire Villa.

Actually, none of them came from poor families and they all lived in Villas, but they were large houses shared with parents and siblings, and in terms of scale, they were at most half the size of Meng Yu's.

Not to mention, for someone like Meng Yu to own such an impressive Villa all by herself at such a young age—this was simply the pinnacle of the rich-girl lifestyle they dreamed of.

"Meng Yu, this bar counter of yours is way too big! Are these... could these all be famous wines?"

One of the girls exclaimed, pointing at the wine bottles displayed in the built-in wine cabinet.

"Look! Is this a private cinema?"

"Oh my god, there's even a dedicated SPA area..."

They exclaimed all the way through, looking like they were visiting the city for the first time.

But this was understandable—this Villa was newly acquired by Meng Yu's family, and from the renovation to the furnishings, it adopted the trendiest high-end designs, so many of the details were indeed things they were seeing in person for the first time.

Meanwhile, the boys took the initiative to take on the task of cleaning the ingredients and preparing for the barbecue.

The seafood needed to be processed, but the imported Wagyu beef didn't need any prep at all, as it was already prepared as semi-finished products.

The ingredients were all high-end, fitting the style of this group of second-generation rich kids.

Everyone chatted while busy with their tasks.

Someone nudged Wei Jie with their elbow and lowered their voice. "Young Master Wei, if you can win this girl over, you'd truly be a winner in life—a powerful union."

"Yeah, living alone in such a big Villa, just how deep must her family's pockets be?"

"Brother Jie, go for it! We're rooting for you!"

Wei Jie said, "Don't talk nonsense, get back to work," but he couldn't hide his smile, and the corners of his mouth kept curling upward.

He was already overjoyed inside, as if Meng Yu was a target he was destined to secure.

As long as he put in a little more effort and won her over, wouldn't all of this—the Villa, this lifestyle—become his as well?