Chapter 37

“Why do you sound like you doubt me? How can I cheat on you, brother? I’ve said a lot of good things for you this time, and it’s your birthday the day after tomorrow, and I invited her to attend.”

If he hadn’t said it, Zhou Qizhen would have forgotten about his birthday: “Did she agree to go?”

Li Yuxuan bumped him with his shoulder in a mean way: “If you can’t seize this opportunity, you’ll be sorry for my efforts in helping you. Also, men need to pretend sometimes. You can’t scold people like you’re a daughter. You have to pretend to be weak, make women pity you, feel sorry for you, and feel sorry for you. You have to use this good reason your dad gave you.” After he finished speaking, he pulled up Zhou Qizhen’s still slightly swollen right hand: “You have to let her know that you’re hurt because of her.”

… 𝓦𝓦𝓦.𝙫𝓞🅳𝙏🆆1.🅲🄲After

Lu Xiaoqiao finished chatting with Li Yuxuan, she began to worry. She couldn’t go empty-handed to help someone celebrate his birthday, but she was now so poor that her pockets were as empty as her face.

When she was chatting in the afternoon, she heard Lin Lin mention her uncle’s birthday: “Xiao Qiao, you have nothing to do tomorrow, can you go shopping with me? I want to buy a birthday present for my uncle.”

“Sure, your uncle helped me a lot a few days ago, so I have to go there the day after tomorrow for his birthday.”

Lin Lin was usually careless, and she focused on the fact that her little sister had to go, and didn’t pay attention to what her uncle did to help her.

“Really? That’s great! You don’t know how boring it is for my uncle every year. They never take me with them to play, and they are all older than me, so we can’t get along. I will be so happy to have you here this year.”

Lu Xiaoqiao smiled, and then pretended to ask casually: “What do you usually give your uncle on his birthday?”

Lin Lin held her chin and thought for a while: “It’s just a tie or a tie clip, these small things for men. In the past few years, I could give a wallet or something, but now everyone uses mobile payments and no one uses wallets, so there are so few choices. My uncle smokes, so this year I was thinking about buying him a lighter? I saw one online a few days ago, and it’s only sold in offline stores.”

Lu Xiaoqiao’s eyes lit up instantly: “Lighter? How much is it?”

I feel that this should be very affordable. If I can let Lin Lin buy something else, she will buy a lighter.

“It seems to be more than 10,000!”

“More than 10,000? So expensive?”

“It’s okay. My uncle has a lighter that costs more than 200,000.”

Lu Xiaoqiao was shocked when she heard it. Are lighters so expensive? She also kept the price of the lighter at one dollar per lighter used by her father. Even if the packaging is better and the brand is added, a few hundred dollars should be enough. I never thought it would be such a price. I really want to compete with them rich people. Why do they use such expensive lighters. There are only two thousand left in my hand, and I have to eat and take the bus. Now I have to buy him a gift.

After thinking about it, there is no need to swell my face and pretend to be rich. It’s enough to show my intention. As for those luxury goods, I can’t afford them. Even if I didn’t lend the money to Momo, their kind of rich consumption is not something she can afford.

After thinking it through, he stopped worrying about it and worked hard the whole afternoon, hoping to get a private order in the near future and try to earn more.

After getting home from work in the evening, he got a call from Secretary Ding just as he was about to eat the noodles. His hands were a little wet after washing, so he switched to loud speaker after answering the call.

“Miss Lu, you must be home now. Mr. Zhou asked someone to send some Huadiao cooked and drunken crabs for you to try. They have been placed at your door. Please go out and get them.”

The phone was loud, so Zhao Jia, who was sitting next to him, naturally heard it. Lu Xiaoqiao said a few words of thanks and hung up the phone. Zhao Jia opened the door and saw an insulated box with a hand bag at the door.

“Xiao Qiao, Mr. Zhou really has nothing to say about you. He thinks of you for everything. He knows that you like to eat hairy crabs, so he often gives them to you. On the other hand, you only gave him hazelnuts once, and you asked for them back.”

Lu Xiaoqiao was so ashamed that she had no place to hide. She said dryly, “I also know that I did something wrong. Now I am trying to make up for it!”

Zhao Jia joked, “How can you make up for it? You can only promise me your body now.”

Hearing her say this, Lu Xiaoqiao’s cheeks became hot, and she said coquettishly, “Sister Jia, what are you talking about? You can’t make such a joke.”

Seeing her face turn red, Zhao Jia just smiled and said nothing more.

At night, when it was almost time to go to bed, Lu Xiaoqiao still sent a WeChat message to Zhou Qizhen.

Lu Xiaoqiao: [Thank you, Mr. Zhou, the cooked and drunken crab is delicious. It’s my first time to eat it. ]

I thought he wouldn’t reply so quickly, but as soon as she sent it, he showed ‘the other party is typing’, and then he received the message.

Z: [It’s good if you like it, but don’t eat too much. Crabs are cold in nature. ] 🅆🆆𝕎.🅅𝙤𝘿𝙏🆆1.🅲𝙘Lu

Xiaoqiao replied with a very obedient emoticon package of ‘hmm’.

Z: [I’m going to spend my birthday with friends outside. When are you free the day after tomorrow? I’ll pick you up.]

Lu Xiaoqiao: [Just send me the location. I’ll go there myself. Why would I ask the birthday boy to be a driver on his birthday?/snicker/]

Z: [I’m free the day after tomorrow. It’s convenient for me to pick you up. I just want my wish to come true on my birthday. I’m happy to be your driver.]

Lu Xiaoqiao: [Then I’ll wish your birthday wish come true in advance/grin/]

Z: [That depends on you.]

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Lu Xiaoqiao: [? ]

Zhou Qizhen didn’t reply. Neither of them mentioned the unpleasant things that happened that day. A few days ago, I was always afraid that he would be angry because of what happened that day and ignore me. Now I finally feel relieved.

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At about four o’clock in the afternoon on Zhou Qizhen’s birthday, Lu Xiaoqiao received a call from Zhou Qizhen. She didn’t expect him to come so early: “Mr. Zhou, wait for me. I thought you wouldn’t come so early.”

“Don’t worry, take your time. People haven’t arrived yet.”

Lu Xiaoqiao took out the clothes she was going to wear today from the closet. She was glad that she bought a set of clothes when the autumn style was just released. It was eye-catching when she saw it. Her roommates also said it looked good. Otherwise, she could only wear a hooded sweater to attend someone’s birthday party today.

When Zhou Qi saw Lu Xiaoqiao coming down the stairs, his eyes were fixed on her. Her long hair was naturally loose today. She was already very fair, but she wore a light purple hollow seahorse sweater, which made her skin look even whiter. She wore a pair of slim jeans that covered her perfect legs, and a pair of black Martin boots. She was dressed very energetically but not as casual as usual. It was obvious that she was dressed carefully.

Lu Xiaoqiao came down the stairs and jumped down from the last step: “Happy birthday!”

Zhou Qi saw her jumping down, so he raised his hands to support her for fear that she would fall. After she landed, he put his hands down with confidence: “Thank you.”

The location was a private club with a membership system. When the two arrived, the others had already arrived.

When the waiter pushed open the door of the private room and invited the two to come in, the noisy private room suddenly stopped, and everyone’s eyes turned to the door.

Li Yuxuan looked at the two people standing at the door. Needless to say, the man was handsome and the woman was pretty. Although there was a slight age difference, the two of them looked surprisingly well matched standing together: “Sister Xiao Qiao is here, come in quickly.”