396: Chapter 396 Xiaohong's Initiative (Part 2)

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Standing to the side, Ye Qingyi saw this and her beautiful eyes widened instantly.

A flush of deep red appeared on her exquisite, pretty face.

This action of Xiao Hong's was... simply too brazen!

"Young Master, this is the interest for you. If I borrow money and don't pay interest, word gets out, and I, Xiao Hong, won't be able to make it in the underworld anymore."

"Ten yuan!"

"Just ten yuan, I'll pay you back in twelve installments! I absolutely won't be a deadbeat!"

Xiao Hong stared at Qin Ge with eager eyes, pleading.

Out of the corner of his eye, Qin Ge glanced at Ye Qingyi, whose pretty face was blushing with embarrassment. He knew clearly that because of Xiao Hong's appearance, this future Empress, betrayed by those closest to her, had regained a spark of vitality.

"There's no need to borrow money."

"Whatever you want to eat, just say it, and I'll treat you all."

Qin Ge appeared to be treating Xiao Hong, but in reality, he was just using this opportunity to let Ye Qingyi experience the mundane vitality of ordinary life and improve the relationship between them.

"Young Master, are you serious?"

"You're treating us tonight?"

Xiao Hong excitedly rolled up her sleeves, revealing two large, heavily tattooed arms, and pointed at the convenience store not far away. "Young Master, can I go to the convenience store to buy some things?"

Qin Ge nodded. "Sure!"

Xiao Hong excitedly went and returned, bringing the other two members of the 'Traffic Light Trio' with her, and walked aggressively toward the convenience store. She looked at the owner and said domineeringly, "Boss, give me a pack of Huangshan, and a pack of betel nut, the thirty-yuan kind!"

The owner, who was looking down at his phone, looked up and caught sight of the 'Traffic Light Trio' moving into his store. He rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Pay first!"

He had seen these three delinquent girls many times during this period, and he had even been fooled by them once before.

Little Yellow angrily put her hands on her hips and said, "Boss, what do you mean? Do you think our Big Sister Red doesn't have money?"

"Our Big Sister Red has backing!"

After saying this, the three delinquent girls looked simultaneously at Qin Ge and Ye Qingyi, who had just walked into the convenience store.

Qin Ge smiled and said calmly to the owner, "Give me three packs of brand of cigarettes, and three packs of betel nut."

The three delinquent girls exclaimed,

"brand of cigarettes?"

"And three packs?"

"Young Master, you're just too powerful!"

Before scanning the code to pay, Qin Ge glanced at Xiao Hong and asked, "Is there anything else you want to buy?"

Xiao Hong pulled a box of Durex from the counter and cast a shy, flirtatious glance at Qin Ge. "Young Master, I understand the rules!"

Qin Ge stuffed the Durex back, shook his head, and said, "This isn't necessary."

After paying, they walked out of the convenience store.

The three delinquent girls chewed betel nut, lit their brand of cigarettes, and amidst the clouds of smoke, sighed with satisfaction,

"betel nut and cigarettes!"

"Boundless magical power!"

Little Yellow handed a cigarette to Ye Qingyi. "Want to try?"

Ye Qingyi shook her head and did not take it. She did not like the smell of smoke.

Little Green stepped forward and offered a piece of betel nut. "Try it? It's very refreshing!"

Ye Qingyi did not look at Qin Ge, but instead looked at Xiao Hong, seeing her spit out a piece of betel nut and chew another. Tentatively, she took one from Little Green's hand, put it in her mouth, and chewed twice.

"Cough, cough, cough—"

After chewing for barely two bites, Ye Qingyi was choked, her beautiful eyes filling with tears.

She felt as if one of the bad-tempered old nannies from the Ye family was clawing at her throat.

"Little sister, you're not very good at this!"

Seeing Ye Qingyi's face flushed red from choking, Little Green couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Xiao Hong glanced back and said in annoyance, "What little sister? That's Mother!"

Little Yellow rolled her eyes and said, "How could my mom be this young?"

Little Green chimed in seriously, "My younger brother is older than her!"

Xiao Hong stepped forward, reached out, and snatched the betel nut from Little Yellow and Little Green's hands. "Then don't eat it!"

"Mother!"

"Mother! Mother!"

Little Yellow and Little Green called out to Ye Qingyi incessantly without any hesitation. The calling made Ye Qingyi's face, which had finally returned to normal after being flushed from choking, turn deep red again.

Xiao Hong returned the betel nut with satisfaction, looked at Qin Ge, and asked curiously, "Young Master, what are we eating tonight?"

Qin Ge asked back with a smile, "What do you want to eat?"

"Hot pot, it has to be hot pot!"

"I've been craving that Chuan-Yu hot pot at the end of the street for over a month."

Xiao Hong turned around and pointed to a hot pot restaurant not far from here.

Qin Ge nodded without hesitation.

Little Yellow and Little Green, providing plenty of emotional value, cheered along, "Young Master, you're so powerful!"

"Generous, Young Master's actions are just so generous!"

The five of them went to that Chuan-Yu hot pot restaurant together. After ordering the soup base, the three delinquent girls of the 'Traffic Light Trio' ran to other tables, then returned with plates of leftover meat and vegetable dishes in their hands.

Qin Ge asked in confusion, "I'm treating, why are you still going to get these?"

Xiao Hong shook her head. "Save where you should save, spend where you should spend!"

"Young Master is generous, but we can't treat Young Master like a sucker and rip him off!"

"These dishes are clean, others haven't blanched them!"

"Besides, we know Young Master doesn't eat what others have left over. We only took from tables that used serving chopsticks, so there's no saliva."

Qin Ge couldn't help but laugh out loud. "You guys are quite particular!"

Little Yellow patted her flat chest, which was not much different from Yun Qing's, and said smugly, "That's right, who in the underworld doesn't say our three sisters are particular!?"

Little Green tilted her neck and hummed, "When you're out on the streets, it's all about face! If people give you face, you have to carry yourself well! We can't do things that scam people!"

Qin Ge gestured with his chin. "Put it back, order your own!"

"Oh!"

The three smug delinquent girls immediately deflated, like eggplants hit by frost, listless, and returned all the leftovers to their original place.

The feeling of disappointment hadn't even had time to spread before it was replaced by anger.

"Are they crazy?"

"A plate of tripe costs 68 yuan?"

"Why don't they just go rob someone!?"

"I don't even spend 68 yuan in a week!"

"Damn! A plate of beef costs 98 yuan?"

"This is even more intense than robbing!"

"Not eating anymore!"

After reading the menu, the three delinquent girls looked up at Qin Ge in unison, shaking their heads vigorously. "Young Master, let's not eat this, it's too expensive!"

"It's too scary!"

Qin Ge looked at the three young, delinquent girls who could provide emotional value, and for a moment, he felt a bit dazed.

It was normal for a Daughter of Destiny to stand out from the crowd. He hadn't expected, however, that these delinquent girls would be quite particular! They even knew how to save him money.

"Then I'll order."

Qin Ge didn't bother with formalities with the delinquent girls, took the menu, scribbled on it, and handed it to the waiter.

When the table was filled with a dazzling array of dishes, the three delinquent girls, who had previously been complaining about how ridiculously expensive the hot pot restaurant was, immediately went on a photo-taking spree.

Then, they each edited their posts,

"Ran into a generous Young Master!"

"Generous Young Master is awesome!!"

"Generous Young Master is domineering!!!"

The three girls posted to their social media feeds in unison.

After a short while, Little Green looked at Little Yellow. "Why is no one liking it?"

Little Yellow shook her head. "Me neither."

Xiao Hong wondered, "Why can't I see your posts?"

Qin Ge didn't explain. After blanching the beef, he picked some up for Ye Qingyi. "Try it?"

"Thank you, Young Master Qin."

Ye Qingyi nodded and tasted it in small bites.

Before long, Ye Qingyi covered her mouth and nose with her small hand.

"What's wrong?" Qin Ge turned his head and asked curiously.

Ye Qingyi lowered her hand, trying her best to suppress the urge to stick out her tongue. "Spicy, so spicy!"

"Cheers!"

After trying to figure out why their posts weren't going through for less than three seconds, the three delinquent girls decisively gave up, not dwelling on it at all.

They drank big gulps of alcohol and ate big mouthfuls of meat.

Sigh, ah, sigh, ah.

Without any restraint.

"Have some iced beer to relieve the spice!"

Little Yellow poured a glass of beer full of foam for Ye Qingyi.

Xiao Hong spoke up, "Little Yezi can't drink alcohol, maybe she's allergic, I'm not sure, but it goes straight to her face."

Little Green wondered, "Allergic to beer too?"

Xiao Hong shook her head. "I don't know about that."

Ye Qingyi had often heard Xiao Hong say that getting drunk could relieve a thousand sorrows. She didn't know if it was true. Regardless, she was indeed very troubled right now. She simply picked up the beer and drank it all in one gulp.

"Ah... ah!"

"So cold, so bitter!"

Ye Qingyi couldn't help but stick out her delicate little tongue, and a deep flush of red immediately appeared on her exquisite, pretty face. It was unclear whether it was from the beer or from embarrassment.

"Try this."

Qin Ge poured a glass of fruit juice for Ye Qingyi. After taking a small sip, Ye Qingyi's beautiful eyes lit up suddenly, and she immediately took several more gulps, looking at Qin Ge. "So sweet!"

Qin Ge nodded. "If you like it, drink more."

Immediately, he began his feeding mode for Ye Qingyi.

About an hour and a half later,

The three delinquent girls were sprawled out in their seats across the table.

Little Yellow patted her round belly. "So full, I'm stuffed!"

"I feel like I won't starve to death even if I don't eat for a week!"

Little Green tilted her head back, rolling her eyes and hiccuping. "I can't walk anymore, I want to lie down, I don't want to move!"

Qin Ge watched Xiao Hong, who was fishing for beef and stuffing it into her mouth one chopstick at a time, until she felt nauseous, then washing it down with a gulp of beer, only to continue stuffing more in. He couldn't help but remind her, "If you can't eat it, don't!"

Xiao Hong shook her head. "That won't do!"

"The money has already been spent!"

"If I don't finish it, isn't that a waste?"

"A plate of beef is enough to buy my life!"

After eating and drinking their fill, the three delinquent girls lay on the chairs for waiting customers outside the hot pot restaurant, smoking in a rhythmic manner.

Usually, they would be squatting on the curb with their ankles exposed. Right now, weren't they too full to squat down?

Qin Ge looked at Xiao Hong. "Then I'll leave Ye Qingyi in your care. It's getting late, I need to head back."

"No!"

"That won't do!"

"We've smoked the cigarettes, chewed the betel nut, and eaten the hot pot. Now that it's our turn to arrange things, if you leave, Young Master, what does that look like?"

"I'll arrange what's next!"

Xiao Hong gave Little Yellow and Little Green a look. The three of them borrowed money from their sisters on a chat app together. Half an hour later, Xiao Hong looked up and said, "I have three point five yuan here!"

Little Yellow said, "I have two point eight yuan."

Little Green gritted her teeth. "I have five yuan, but adding it all up, it's not enough! It's not even enough for a box of condoms!"

"Forget it! Let's go to my uncle's KTV!"

Little Yellow made up her mind and looked at Qin Ge. "Young Master has spent so much tonight, if we don't arrange something, it would be too rude!"

Little Green reminded her, "Buy some snacks and beer, the things inside are too expensive!"

Qin Ge said with a smile, "Why don't we go to the convenience store from earlier?"

Xiao Hong shook her head. "Young Master, don't worry about it! We'll arrange the rest!"

"But..."

Qin Ge wanted to say that the money the three sisters of the 'Traffic Light Trio' had wasn't enough to buy any snacks.

But when Xiao Hong took Qin Ge to a 'pawn shop' and pawned three packs of opened brand of cigarettes, it still opened Qin Ge's eyes a little.

Arriving at Little Yellow's uncle's KTV, Xiao Hong greeted Little Yellow's uncle, who was working as a waiter, and then immediately led Qin Ge, Ye Qingyi, and the other two into an empty private room.

The singing was like howling ghosts and wolves!

Earth-shattering!!

A sonic attack!!!

Qin Ge couldn't help but stand up and say, "I'm going to the bathroom!"

"Ah, the sky collapses and the earth sinks, the purple gold hammer, ah~ Young Master, go ahead, hammer, ah, hammer~"

Little Yellow, holding the microphone, yelled while also considering Qin Ge's feelings, and replied.

Xiao Hong stood up as well. "Drank too much horse urine, I'm going too."

Little Yellow and Little Green didn't even look.

Ye Qingyi stood up and said with a headache, "I'm going too."

"The bathroom is inside, turn right!"

Fearing that Ye Qingyi wouldn't know the way, Little Yellow hugged the microphone and walked out of the room to point the way for Ye Qingyi. She immediately returned to the room and looked at Little Green. "Why do they all have to pee so badly?"

Little Green turned back. "Ah, ah, ah~"

Little Yellow instinctively echoed, "Black Cat Sheriff~!" ...

On the other side, Qin Ge had just arrived at the men's restroom when he was pushed into the women's restroom by Xiao Hong, who had chased after him. Xiao Hong pinned Qin Ge against the wall, closed her eyes, stood on tiptoe, and proactively pursed her lips.

Qin Ge heard Ye Qingyi's footsteps stop outside the restroom. Looking at Xiao Hong, who was closing her eyes and pursing her lips in front of him, he asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Xiao Hong opened her eyes and asked back, "Young Master, you don't like wearing protection, right?"

"You also know that I'm from the Cangxuan Realm, and I don't have a place to stay here, so let's just do it here and let you have some fun."

Qin Ge shook his head. "I meant, it's not necessary!"

Xiao Hong explained, "Young Master, don't misunderstand, I'm still clean! We delinquent girls are divided into two factions: the 'Train Faction' that drives trains, changing boyfriends three times a day, and the 'Loyalty Faction' where loyalty comes first. The three of us sisters are from the Loyalty Faction, we've never messed around with relationships!"

"Young Master, rest assured, I'm not dirty, I'm very clean!"

"Besides, I won't scam you, Young Master. Whatever you want to do, just do it. I'll buy the medicine myself afterwards. The money for the medicine can be raised by pawning the remaining betel nut."

Upon hearing this, the corners of Qin Ge's mouth couldn't help but twitch. Unbelievable. Xiao Hong's mother, she really was a talent. The key was that he truly had no interest in Xiao Hong. Moreover, Ye Qingyi was still outside eavesdropping!

He pointed at Xiao Hong's large tattooed arms and said, "I don't like this."

Xiao Hong rolled up her sleeve, picked at a protruding edge on her arm, and cleanly and neatly peeled off the tattoo sticker.

Qin Ge's eyes widened. Xiao Hong raised her eyes and teased him with a slight trace of surprise, "Young Master, you didn't think I could afford a large tattoo, did you? A plate of beef is enough to buy my life, two large tattoos would cost hundreds, or even thousands! Would I bet my life to get a tattoo?"

"These are all stickers, and they are second-hand goods discarded by Little Yellow. Apply a bit of water, and they can be applied again next time!"