Please Don’t Read It - Chapter 49 Chapter.38. Li Yuan Departure 3

“Xi gege …?”

The voice came from the daughter of the owner of the traditional Xin Lan drinking tavern, Lan Lan.

Lan Lan is just about to leave for her grandmother’s house. It was not too far from Li Yuan’s Apartment.

Xi who just came out to buy cooking ingredients met Lan Lan near to the mini market.

For an obvious reason. The refrigerator in Li Yuan’s apartment did not have enough ingredients to cook. In the refrigerator, there are only a few ingredients that are not enough to be consumed during the week.

After all, a stingy girl is still a stingy girl. She actually left the fridge empty even after she asked Xi to take care of her apartment.

Today is three days after Li Yuan returned to her hometown, Shanghai.

The girl didn’t even leave the ingredients to cook in her refrigerator. Maybe, there are some but it won’t be enough and even some have expired.

Xi has thought that if Li Yuan became a housewife, Li Yuan would truly be a very economical housewife or he could say it to be very stingy than ever.

In the refrigerator, there is only milk, tomatoes and some vegetables that are no longer fresh.

So, when his stomach was rumbling, Xi decided to go out to a mini-market near to Li Yuan’s apartment. Xi has bought some fast food instead of cooking expired ingredients in Li Yuan’s refrigerator.

Shortly before Xi entered the mini market, Lan Lan seemed to be out while carrying several shopping bags.

This might not be strange. Before Xi quit his job at the Lan family’s traditional tavern, Xi heard that Lan Lan’s grandmother lived near to the location of Li Yuan’s apartment. But, Xi doesn’t know for sure where Lan Lan’s grandmother’s house is.

“What are you doing here, Lan Lan Meimei?”

Xi asked.

Lan Lan just sighed.

“I just bought food to bring to my grandmother’s house … Grandma is currently feeling a little unwell, so mom told me to cook and take care of grandma tonight … ”

Lan Lan answered.

Before the girl pays close attention to Xi. Her gaze was like a detective who had many questions in her head.

“What did you do in this place, Xi Gege? Isn’t your rental house located quite far from here?”

Lan Lan asked.

Lan Lan remembers and knows where Xi’s rental house is. However, now the rental house has expired. That might be because Xi prefers to stay in University dormitories rather than spending a lot of money to rent a rented house again. That will make all bills will make Xi a headache.

Xi just shakes his head.

“I don’t live in that place anymore, Lan Lan Mei Mei. Now I live in Zhengzhou University dormitory …”

Lan Lan was a little-confused hearing Xi’s words.

Lan Lan had learned that Xi had previously taken a study at a different university.

“Have you moved from your old university, Xi gege?”

Xi just smiles hearing Lan Lan’s question.

Xi already knew that Lan Lan had not heard about him for a year. So, naturally, the high school girl did not know that Xi had taken a double degree program at Zhengzhou University.

“No … Your Geege is a genius, so your gege studies at two different universities …Praise me… Praise your gege … Hehe …”

Xi boast of himself with a strange and disgusting smile to look at.

Lan Lan just looked at Xi like she had just seen an idiot at the intersection of the streetlights.

-Why do you stay away from me, Lan Lan Mei Mei? Is something wrong?

“If I may know … what are you doing here, Xi Gege?”

Lan Lan asked.

“Oh … I live temporarily in the building …” Xi replied

Xi replied while his index finger pointed at Li Yuan’s apartment building.

It quite surprised Lan Lan.

The girl almost dropped her shopping bags.

“HeH? Since when did you become a rich person, Xi Gege?”

Lan Lan tried to guess wildly in her mind.

Lan Lan finds out about Xi’s background coming from a simple farming family at Shincuan.

“Don’t tell me that you … You …”

Lan Lan further widens the distance from Xi.

The girl even looked more disgusted at Xi. It was as if Xi was an idiot at the intersection of the street lights covered in splashes of pig manure.

An idiot and really smells bad.

Xi just tilts his head and doesn’t know that Lan Lan is guessing wildly at him.

“Don’t tell me that you sold your body to a rich woman, Xi gege …”

Lan Lan’s face turned scared.

Xi almost fell down and hugged the sidewalk.

Xi quickly shook his head as his hands waved at Lan Lan.

“No – You don’t misunderstand Lan Lan mei Mei …”

“How can you think like that to me?”

Xi denies Lan Lan’s accusation.

– Do you think I’m a gigolo?

-Why can you draw conclusions like that?

“Then…?”

“I’m living in an acquaintance’s place …”

“An acquaintance …? Who is that person …?”

Lan Lan asked suspiciously.

Lan Lan has learned that Xi only has a few acquaintances. Xi’s acquaintances are only limited to two people, Yang Jie, and Chu Yana.

Lan Lan had met the two people. Lan Lan thought that Chu Yana was a cheerful and beautiful girl. Whereas, Yang Jie is a handsome and rich man. Even though, Lan Lan kept a distance from the handsome man. Lan Lan felt that the handsome man had several things hidden behind his arms.

“Do you know Li Yuan, I have invited her a few days ago to your tavern?”

Lan Lan nodded.

Then she had a bad expression.

“En … Don’t say that you live in Vixen’s house?”

-Vixen? Why did you call Legal Loli as Vixen? Has Li Yuan stolen your boyfriend?

“Yep …”

Xi nodded slowly.

Lan Lan snorted.

“It’s worse Xi Gege … You don’t sell your body to rich women … But you sell your body to rich young women … How do you not know how embarrassed you are … * Humps?”

Lan Lan says taunting Xi.

-Why? Why did you say I sold my body to Li Yuan.

-Was a pig falling from the sky and overtaking your head, so the screw in your head is a bit loose?

***

Lan Lan thought for a while before she looked at Xi.

“Xi gege … Are you interested in going to my grandma’s house? I will cook food for you. Are you interested in joining us for dinner?”

Lan Lan asked while smiling slyly.

However, Xi didn’t notice Lan Lan’s cunning smile. So, Xi immediately has wild thoughts in his head.

-Of course Lan Lan mei mei. You really are the savior angel of my wallet …

-This Your gege doesn’t mind at all.

Xi immediately nodded confidently.

Then he smiled happily.

But,

Lan Lan suddenly extended her right palm towards Xi.

Xi tilts his head.

It confused him about the purpose of the right palm.

“The cost of buying ingredients , Xi gege … Do you pretend you don’t know about ingredients , Xi gege?”She smile.

-Gulp … How? How do you ask people for fees that you have invited to have dinner at your place? Are you a moneylender in a previous life? So you are not generous with this your poor old brother?

Xi can only swallow hard.

He had thought he could save a few yuan from his wallet. However, he was still naive because he never thought that this cute girl was more cunning than a wolf.

Xi forced to spend and give several yuan. Although he was very forced to issue that papers.

Xi thinks that one day he won’t fall for the same dinner invitation trick from Lan Lan.

***

Lan Lan and Xi passed a rather quiet road. It’s around 9 o’clock at night so the houses have long been closed tightly.

This region is not a densely populated area. It looks contrasted from the other side of the crowded city of Zhengzhou and is one of the largest cities in Huaxia.

Lan Lan leads Xi to a wooden two-story building and has a traditional design. A lantern also hung in front of the outside wall of the house.

“This is the residence of my grandfather, Xi gege … My grandmother lives alone in this house after grandfather died a year ago …”

Lan Lan said while recalling a little of her grandfather’s memories.

“Does your grandmother not have a kind of grandchild or child to take care of her …?”

Xi asks curiously.

-I had thought that wasn’t it a little cruel to let an old grandmother take care of herself alone?

Lan Lan shook her head slowly.

“It’s not about that … My grandmother just wants to live here alone. Even though my father and mother have long invited grandma to come to stay with us …”

“My grandmother said this house was her memory with her husband … So, she refused to move with us and left this old house …”

Some people may think the same as Lan Lan’s grandmother. They have to stay alone to remember having been with someone who is valuable to them.

Xi understands that. He appreciates Grandma’s decision. Grandma Lan’s actions were another form of loyalty besides what she had seen Li Yuan.

He felt anxieties thinking about Li Yuan.

-Is the girl alright?

-Why I miss her right now?

***

When they enter the house.

Xi can only feel admiration.

The house is pretty neat. However, in the corners of the room and several sides of the house, there are antiques such as paintings and old jars.

“Is your grandmother a collector of antiques, Lan Lan mei mei …?”

Lan Lan shook her head.

“No … Those are antique items left by my grandfather … Are you also interested in these antiques, Xi gege …?”

Xi actually feels rather interested in seeing the antiques. One thing that most attracted him was the painting of a girl wearing a Hanfu (traditional Han clothing) in white and orchid motifs.

The painting looks exquisite and has high artistic value. The girl smiled sweetly in the painting. Beautiful and in harmony with the view of the river behind the girl.

“Are you interested in the painting, young man?”

A soft and hoarse voice startled Xi.

Xi almost jumped when he realized that an old grandmother had stood half a meter behind him as he was observing the painting.

-Who is this person?

-Is she a ghost?

The old grandmother’s face was indeed thin and pale. She wore white clothes and made her look more like a Zhasikiwarashi.

“Grandmother…?”

Lan Lan replied that her grandmother had unexpectedly appeared and almost made Xi jump.

“Lan Lan, your grandmother does not believe that you have dared to bring a handsome and young man to meet grandma …”

After hearing her grandmother’s words. Lan Lan turned embarrassed. Her face is red like a ripe wine. It’s red and a little intoxicating.

“Wh … What are you saying? … This guy is just a former second-hand worker at my father’s tavern … hahaha ”

Lan Lan, who panicked and held a shame, even pushed Xi from the side.

Xi was pushed almost half a meter and his face hit the wall.

-Why do you panic and why you push me ?!

-What happened to you?

The old grandmother just smiled from behind her wrinkled cheeks.

“What’s your name, young man?”

Lan Lan’s grandmother asked Xi.

Xi just nodded lightly and bow ninety degrees.

“My name is Xi Yang. Nice to meet you grandma Lan …”

***

Author Note:

I actually want to translate the remaining chapters for volume one. However, my energy has been exhausted for other papers in the real world. Maybe for tomorrow, I will update 2 chapters a day.
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