Seeing Ling Tianyi ignored her, Xia Xiaoluo kept making up.
“So sorry! It’s my fault, and I shouldn’t sell what you bought for me. Therefore, I cooked a table of dishes to apologize. You won’t be too mean, will you?” Xia Xiaoluo sincerely apologized. Although she was often a stubborn person, after all she grew up in a family like hers, knowing that “beggars can’t be choosers”, and when she thought about it, she realized she did something wrong.
Ling Tianyi was a person who could be persuaded by reason but not be cowed by force. Seeing her sincerity, he was not that angry anymore. Now that the dinner was ready, he had better give it a try. If it were too bad, they could go to the western restaurant he reserved before.
The dishes included Tomato Slices with Sugar, Stir Fried Potatoes with Vinegar, Fried Bean Sprouts, Tiger-Skin Green Peppers, and Chinese Cabbage and Tofu Soup.
Looking at those poor dishes without any meat, Ling Tianyi put on his long face and said, “This is the dinner you cooked? Do you think I’m a rabbit?”
“Actually, vegetables are not bad. I’m quite good at cooking, and these four dishes are absolutely delicious. Just give it a try!” When she said, she gave him a pair of chopsticks.
Ling Tianyi tasted them one by one, and he was surprised that the little girl was talented in cooking. It seemed that he could eat more at home.
“Well, the dinner is OK.” He barely praised her, for it was not easy for him to praise anyone.
“Of course, I’m a great cook!” Xia Xiaoluo immediately became proud of herself, with the dimples on her face.
“Great cook? You’re not modest at all! Great cook can only cook such dishes?” Ling Tianyi said that because he wanted to know how many dishes the little girl could cook on earth, and whether she could cook meat. He didn’t want to be a rabbit every day.
“I’m out of money today. I can’t buy many materials. They cost a lot.” Xia Xiaoluo was very upset.
“Oh? How much did you spend today?” Ling Tianyi was interested in that, for he always cared about the stock price, but never cared about food prices.
“A total of eleven yuan and ninety cents. Today is my treat. The food is bought and cooked by myself. Just take it as an apology. You won’t hold a grudge, will you?” She asked carefully.
“You spent so little to give me a treat? Do you know how much I’m worth?” He said with scorn.
“It doesn’t worth much in your eyes, but it’s all I’ve got. I only have 12 yuan in coin, and it was saved before. I even can’t buy pure water. Cooking for you cost almost all my money, and I only have ten cents left. My sincerity is more precious than money!” Xia Xiaoluo took out a ten-cent coin from her pocket and held it in her hand.
Her careless words made Ling Tianyi moved. Although he had tasted table delicacies from land and sea, this was the first time he had had a treat from someone who ruined all her assets. All of a sudden, he thought those cheap dishes were very delicious. He liked that feeling!
All the dishes were finished. Xia Xiaoluo cleaned up and put away dishes, and sat on the couch in the living room watching soap operas, which started at 8 o’clock.
After dealing with several emails, Ling Tianyi sat down by her side and pulled her in his arms. He took out a bank card, “Take this. I think there is a million in this card. Not so much. It’s just my pocket money previously, and now it’s yours! The code is my birthday.”
“What?” Xia Xiaoluo was surprised.
“What what? If you dare to sell the things I bought for you on the Internet, I’ll punish you.” Recalling the chat history he saw just now, he was mad.
“I’ll never do that again. Do you forgive me?” Taking the bankcard, Xia Xiaoluo asked in fear.
“Seeing you’ve ruined all your assets, I forgive you this time.” Ling Tianyi had eaten the food cooked by her, and he didn’t want to blame her anymore.
Holding the remote control and switching the channels with no purpose, he said slowly, “You have money now. Don’t always buy cheap food. Buy delicious food. Don’t save money for me. Just tell me if you’re out of money, or I’ll ask my secretary to fund tens of millions yuan into this card.”
“Use this money to buy food! When can I use it up?” Xia Xiaoluo said and thought she could never use it up in her life.
“Idiot, I didn’t say you must use all this money to buy food. You’re my wife now, and you shouldn’t look too shabby! You can buy whatever you want when you go shopping, but don’t buy things from street stalls.” He was afraid that she would take his card and buy a ten-yuan T-shirt. If she did that, he would be driven mad.
“The new term is going to begin. Dwichen’s College is a high-level exclusive school, and there are a lot of things you need to pay for there.” Ling Tianyi didn’t like students who make a comparison between each other, but he wouldn’t hope his little wife get teased in the college.
“What? The new term is beginning?” Xia Xiaoluo was extremely unwilling to go to school. She didn’t like to study when she was a child. She thought she could go to work after graduating from high school, but Ling Tianyi changed this plan. She had to go to school reluctantly, and it suddenly became a big matter for her.
Looking at the calendar on his phone, Ling Tianyi said, “You still have a week of freeness. Your school registration is on next Wednesday, and I have arranged Xia Youfeng to take you there.”
“Him? Is he willing to? In fact, I can handle it on my own.” Xia Xiaoluo went to school when she was a child, and Xia Youfeng never took care of her.
“He must.” Ling Tianyi said indifferently. He had commanded Xia Youfeng a few days ago, and he did agree. Through Yao Sheng’s investigation, he had known all about the tragedy she encountered when she grew up. Therefore, he asked Xia Youfeng to accompany Xia Xiaoluo to do the registration.
In fact, if he didn’t have to keep their relationship secret, he might take her there in person. Although he could interfere with her study through the administrative part of the college, they just took her as his relative and would not do an in-depth investigation. However, if he sends and picks up her there frequently, gossips will come out.
“I’ve told principal, and you can study in the Chinese Department. Just study hard. If I hear you misuse idioms again, or your words fail to express what you mean, you know the consequence of that.” He felt embarrassed when he recalled the scene she used a wrong idiom.
“But, I’m born stupid, and I won’t be good at learning.” She hated to go to school. Her study was bad during her growth from a child to an adult, and her family didn’t care about her, in that she just got 250 points in the college entrance examination.
“I don’t care if you’re stupid or lazy. You must do your best because I’ve arranged the best college for you. I’ll keep an eye on your performance. Anyway, you must be careful.” This was his command. He was an excellent student, so he would never allow his wife to be a bad one.
“May I learn some handicraft skills such as cooking and cosmetology, instead of going to that exclusive school?” She had thought about this before: first working to earn a living, and then learning a skill to open a shop and making money on her own.
“I’ve told you, you must go to the Chinese Department of Dwichen’s College. There is no room for discussion.” Pinching her little chin, Ling Tianyi didn’t understand why this little girl always disobey what he said.
“I see.” Xia Xiaoluo clearly knew that there was no way for her to resist.
“Mmm!” He kissed her thin lips. After all, today was Chinese Valentine’s Day, and he didn’t want to have conflicts with her anymore.
“Baby, your dinner is not bad. This is your reward.” He said intimately.
He had prepared a Valentine’s Day gift, but he didn’t take out because he was really mad at her after coming back home.
“What reward?” Her eyes widened.
“What do you want?” Ling Tianyi raised his eyebrows.
“Can you…can you… don’t make me go to that school?” She implored.
“No, you must. If you dare to skip one lesson, I’ll teach you ten lessons on the bed, and after that, you won’t skip anymore.” Ling Tianyi threatened her with a kidding. Was there a way that she could avoid going to school? No.
He took out a delicate blue velvet box, “Take it, this is the gift for you!”
Xia Xiaoluo opened it, and it was a watch. Ling Tianyi squinted at her, “Patek Philippe’s limited edition. Do you like it?”
“I like it!” Xia Xiaoluo said yes but meant no. She didn’t know any brand-name or limited edition. She just knew that everybody used mobile phones to tell time. Who wore a watch now? That expensive Patek Philippe’s limited watch was doomed to be forgotten and put away in the corner by its master.
Time flies. The week soon passed when Xia Xiaoluo could enjoy herself whatever she liked. And it was the time for Dwichen’s College to start soon after the week.Xia Youfeng dared not to violate Ling Tianyi’s order, so he especially and flatteringly drove his Bench to meet Xia Xiaoluo in the early morning. Youfeng Real Estate Company was experiencing a slump and the future of it now completely depended on the hand of his son-in-law. In recent days, Ling Tianyi had helped his company intentionally or unintentionally, making him more aware of the importance of wooing Xia Xiaoluo, though he used to be always taking bad care of her. Due to the indifferent and distant relationship between Xia Youfeng and Xia Xiaoluo, Xia Xiaoluo kept silent all the way, but, by contrast, Xia Youfeng was trying to find some topics to chat with her and flatter her. As the top 1 college for the nobility in City A, Dwichen’s College had enormous excellen
Returning to her apartment, Xia Xiaoluo had mixed feelings. She hated studying. But, after the college started, she would be able to live on campus for five days a week and did not have to see Ling Tianyi’s nasty face. At the thought of this, Xia Xiaoluo felt that the campus life was not that miserable.Her cellphone rung happily. It was Dou Ya.“Hey, You stupid Bean Sprouts! You’re finally willing to call me?” asked Xia Xiaoluo.“Xiaoluo, I have registered for College of Foreign Languages and my student loan has already been approved. Now I made the first call to you as soon as I settled down. But you still complain to me, hum! By the way, how about you? Have you finished your registration?” Dou Ya was in a good mood, for she was finally admitted to her dream college.“I have also finished my registration and now I am at home. Tomorrow morning, I’ll go to attend the opening ceremony,” said Xia Xiaoluo. But she did not tell Dou Ya
“Senior Ouyang is really perfect!”“He’s good-looking, and he also gets excellent results in studying. In addition, he was of outstanding family background.”“It’s said that his family has great influence in Britain. So does in City A.”“Yes! Even when it comes to Ling Tianyi, the president of Huasheng Group, he will have to show respect for Senior Ouyang’s family.”Surrounded by a crowd of girls who were easily infatuated with Senior Ouyang and were jabbering on about him, Xia Xiaoluo did not even hear any word that Senior Ouyang said. But just having a distant glimpse of Ouyang Ziqian’s performance on stage, Xia Xiaoluo could not help being infatuated with him.Xia Xiaoluo sighed to herself that this Senior Ouyang was really handsome. Though it was too noisy around her to hear him, it was a great pleasure simply to look at him.All of sudden, Xia Xiaoluo’s smartphone vibrating, there came a text message.
Xia Xiaoluo was staring angrily at Fang Ruichen, who sat next to her: you were just good at playing damn basketball; how could you be that arrogant? Fang Ruichen was not easy to deal with, and he was staring at her as well, without admitting he was defeated. They fought with each other through their stares for over three hundred rounds. As for what their class teacher Xue Jingxi said, they did not hear a single word.Eventually, the class was over. Xia Xiaoluo pushed Fang Ruichen and said, “Hey, excuse me, let me through!”“No way!” Fang Ruichen was like a bad guy, looking at her in a provocative way.The rice noodles Xia Xiaoluo had at noon were so spicy and hot, and she took many cold drinks; therefore, she wanted to go to the washroom. However, now there was a wall on her right side, and Fang Ruichen blocked the left: she couldn’t get out at all. Fortunately, she sat in the first row, so she simply jumped over the table and left.
The cab could not enter the neighborhood, so Xia Xiaoluo got off at the gate of Desa’s Garden. While thinking about how to take so many books back to the apartment, a Maybach stopped in front of her, and she naturally moved to the side and made way for the car.“Idiot, don’t you know my car?” Getting off, Ling Tianyi carried the bag full of books with one hand and threw it to the back of the car, and then he threw Xia Xiaoluo, who was stunned, to the co-driver seat, driving all along to the parking spot underground in Desa’s Garden.Ling Tianyi held Xia Xiaoluo’s book in one hand, dragging the dazed Xia Xiaoluo with the other one, and entered the elevator of the underground parking lot.“Isn’t your car a Lamborghini?” Xia Xiaoluo finally came to herself and asked.“Your husband is the richest man in City A. Shouldn’t he have many cars? Besides the Lamborghini and this Maybach, your husband also has Ferrari, Cayenne, and Bentley. It
Inside the study, they made love on the desk, in the chair, and on the couch...After which, Xia Xiaoluo unexpectedly found many of the new books she took home were messed.Sweat and body fluids made them dirty, and she would be embarrassed to go to school with such kind of books.“Well, they are really not suitable to take to school.” Flipping through the books with an evil smile, Ling Tianyi enjoyed looking at such an ending, which meant the love they made just now was very real.“It’s your fault. What should I do?” Xia Xiaoluo was very worried.“What do you think?” Ling Tianyi asked back.“Then, I won’t go to school; I have no book to use anyway.” She had hated books since her childhood, and she finally found an excuse.“If you don’t go to school, I’ll be your teacher. Let’s go to the bedroom!” Saying that, Ling Tianyi was about to hold her up.Xia Xiaoluo pinched his shoulders
After dealing with the emails, Ling Tianyi stretched himself. Catching a glimpse of the little woman by his side, he found that the shiftless girl was playing games on the iPhone he bought for her.“Xia Xiaoluo, you don’t listen to my words, do you?” He was furious at once. Why should it be this difficult to ask her to study and write?“I’ve finished the six pages, as well as the preview. Look, I left some marks when I do the preview.” She showed the textbook marked with several wave lines which didn’t take her over a minute.“What about the six-page characters?” Ling Tianyi questioned her, for he knew she couldn’t finish it at her slow pace.“Done.” Xia Xiaoluo said in a low voice without confidence.“Bring it to me.” Ling Tianyi reached his hand out, and he wanted to see what tricks the little girl was playing.Xia Xiaoluo reluctantly handed the six pages of A4 paper to Ling Tianyi, and groaned, “I did f
The convenience store in the housing estate was rich in goods. Xia Xiaoluo bought instant noodles and a shopping bag of snacks, for she was reluctant to do the cooking due to the hurt in her bum. Instant noodles would do, which were both convenient and delicious!In ease and leisure, Xia Xiaoluo walked towards home with a shopping bag in one of her hands and an ice cream in another. She bought it before she left the convenience store and ate it while she walked home, feeling extremely pleasant. Pressed the button, Xia Xiaoluo was waiting for the elevator while licking her ice cream. When the door of the elevator opened, however, she was stupefied. Ling Tianyi was reclining on the wall of the elevator, glaring at her. Ling Tianyi had told her not to go out, but she did that anyway. This little woman dared to turn a deaf ear to his warning. “What are you waiting for? Come in!” Ling Tianyi said in a cold voice. A sudden chill ran o