Xin Yu's heart leaped with joy.
Why did she love Qiu Zhi's witty remark so much!
Seeing Gao Min's face flush and pale by turns, well, what girl could accept being called ugly?
Especially when the other person was such a handsome guy!
Xin Yu didn't say anything. Gao Min was always bothering her; she just wanted to pay the bill and leave.
"Waiter, don't you have any matcha red bean?" Nan Ya's voice rang out, tinged with feigned gentleness and doubt.
Xin Yu's clear black eyes flickered. She hesitated, wondering whether to give her a piece, when she saw Qiu Zhi simply take out his money and pay the bill. "Keep the change."
He said it so readily; it seemed he also wanted to leave.
"Xin Yu, can't you give us two pieces?" Gao Min forced herself to speak. She knew that if she didn't speak up now, Nan Ya would definitely scold her later.
"Here you go." After hesitating for a moment, Xin Yu decided to give them two pieces, feeling it wasn't worth making enemies over this.
After handing them over, she glanced at Qiu Zhi. Although his face was sullen, thankfully he didn't say anything.
"Miss, would you like to try our new cake?" the waiter enthusiastically introduced. "This is a new creation by our boss. If you buy ten pieces and share it on WeChat Moments, you can also enter a prize draw."
"Really?" Xin Yu's eyes lit up immediately. She calculated that even if she bought ten more, she could still share them; she wouldn't be as wasteful as Mu Yichuan.
Gao Min snorted softly, exchanging a cold smile with Nan Ya. What an idiot Xin Yu!
She actually believed the waiter's sales pitch!
But, she wondered if Xin Yu was trying to show off in front of her, buying ten pieces?!
Won't she be afraid of overeating?!
"Okay," Qiu Zhi agreed before Xin Yu could, and paid.
Xin Yu smiled happily at him, took out her sketchbook from her bag, and began to draw.
"What's this?" Qiu Zhi asked, puzzled by the little girl's behavior, tilting his head to look at her.
"Weren't we going to post it on WeChat Moments?" Xin Yu replied without looking up. "If you draw it beautifully, maybe you can win a big prize!"
Qiu Zhi's brow relaxed, and a smile curved his cherry-red lips. Xin Yu was probably the only one around him who could be so innocent and adorable.
However, he himself didn't even notice how intently he was watching her draw.
What she drew was actually very simple, sketched in just a few strokes: a girl holding hands with a boy, both looking ahead, leaving behind sweet silhouettes.
Gao Min also craned her neck to watch, her eyes filled with disdain. She dared to show off such a small skill!
Aren't they afraid of being dazzled?
Xin Yu didn't care what others thought. She placed the drawing in the center of the cake, took a picture, and showed it to the waiter.
Experiencing a different life every day—how wonderful! "Miss, your drawing is so beautiful." The waiter's eyes gleamed with amazement as he pointed to a box beside him, densely packed with dozens of colorful lollipops. "Please choose any one and see what prize is inside."
Xin Yu squinted at Qiu Zhi. "Which one of these two do you think you should choose?"
"The blue one." He pulled it out directly.
Xin Yu unfolded the slip of paper and froze.
"What's wrong?" Qiu Zhi noticed her stiffness.
Her dark eyes sparkled like diamonds as she exclaimed, "Wow! Look!"
Xin Yu flipped the slip over for Qiu Zhi to see. "My god! A top doctor's hands are truly amazing!"
It was a round-trip ticket for two to Country S!
How could fate be so kind to her!
She was really thinking about Mu Yichuan from Country S!
Qiu Zhi raised an eyebrow, then frowned. Really? Xin Yu pouted, looked at the waiter, and waved the slip of paper in her hand. "Is this real?"
"Of course it's real! Congratulations!" The waiter was taken aback at first, then quickly resumed her sweet smile.
Unexpectedly, someone actually won the only grand prize!
Hearing this, Xin Yu felt embarrassed; she had only bought about ten cakes.
And Qiu Zhi had paid for them.
Gao Min, standing nearby, stared wide-eyed. How could Xin Yu have such incredible luck!
God was so blind!
She looked angrily at the two matcha red bean cakes in her hand. If she hadn't let Xin Yu give them to her, wouldn't the trip for two to S country have been hers?!
At least not Xin Yu's!
Gao Min glared resentfully at Xin Yu, who was leaving her contact information. She was laughing so brazenly!
Feeling the cold glare from Qiu Zhi, Gao Min quickly lowered her head and left the shop.
She handed the cake to Nan Ya, who had followed her out, barely daring to breathe!
She knew what kind of person Nan Ya was. She pretended to be innocent and pure in front of outsiders, but in reality, she was a ruthless person!
Sure enough, Nan Ya picked up the cake and smashed it on the ground!
"Bitch!" Nan Ya's tone was vicious, and she wanted nothing more than to tear Xin Yu apart. She was still alive!
She stood at the corner, her eyes narrowed coldly as she looked at the warm little shop bathed in sunlight. How could Xin Yu be alive?!
Could it be that Cheng Che went down to rescue her after she left?
No, impossible!
If he dared, she…!
"Stay away from Nan Ya from now on." After the two got into the car, Qiu Zhi, completely ignoring Xin Yu who was still immersed in surprise, warned her.
"Isn't she Commander Nan's family?" Although she said that, Xin Yu also felt that Nan Ya was no ordinary girl.
"What?" Qiu Zhi glared at her menacingly, his words provocative. "Still thinking about Nan Juechen?"
"You're sick!" Xin Yu rolled her eyes in exasperation.
But less than ten seconds later, she switched to a fawning posture, pitifully asking, "How much did you spend today?"
"..." Qiu Zhi continued driving without looking at her.
"I'll give you the money." Xin Yu said, pulling out her wallet.
Qiu Zhi slammed on the brakes, stopping abruptly in the middle of the road, his peach blossom eyes filled with cold light.
Xin Yu flinched. She didn't want to challenge a man's dignity, it was just that the trip to S country for two...
If only she could go with her friend Cheng Yuan!
"Qiu Zhi," a sharp horn sounded from behind the car. Xin Yu blinked and pointed, "Shall we drive?"
"Actually—" Seeing his continued silence, Xin Yu had no choice but to tell the truth.
"Actually, you wanted to leave me behind and go to S country alone?"
...! Xin Yu stared, her face flushed red from Qiu Zhi's bluntness. "I...I just want to go with Yuanzi. You...you want to go too?"
"Please, I'll give the opportunity to your friend."
Huh?
"Dr. Qiu, I finally witnessed divine hands today! Your hands are not only fair, long, and beautiful, capable of saving lives, but they're also born with good luck!" Xin Yu's mouth ran non-stop, racking her brains to pour out all the flattering words.
"Qiu Zhi, you're so handsome! Good family background, rich, and good-looking, and most importantly, young! You're so much better than any eligible bachelor!"
Xin Yu licked her lips and continued her tirade, "Look at you, you're well-educated, rich, and carefree! Unlike me and Yuanzi, we've been poor since childhood. We finally learned a foreign language, and now we finally have a chance to use it abroad."
"You speak S language?" Qiu Zhi finally asked.
She nodded vigorously, rattling off a long string of words in S country's language.
"There's a really popular website online that distributes S country products, did you create it?" Qiu Zhi said, pulling a card from the top cover. "Did you design this?"
Xin Yu took it, looked at it, and indeed it was her design. "You bought anything?"
Qiu Zhi glanced at Xin Yu, then touched his nose. "No, someone gave it to me."
"Oh." She didn't dwell on it, and went on to introduce their website. "Look how pitiful we are, we've been working with them for months, and we haven't even had a chance to go to S country."
"Okay, let your friend have it."
"...Qiu Zhi, you're so kind!" Xin Yu was stunned at first, then realized that she had never seen Qiu Zhi so generous before! "Back so soon?"
Xin Yu was startled by the sudden voice from outside the car window. Turning around, she saw Grandma Qiu standing at the entrance of the Mu family's old house. "Grandma?!"
She quickly got out of the car, unable to hide her joy, her dark eyes crinkling into slits. "Grandma, Qiu Zhi bought us a delicious cake!"
Grandma Qiu breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed her grandson had finally come to his senses, making the little girl so happy!
"Grandma, do you want some matcha red bean? This is super good—"
"Grandma doesn't want any!" Qiu Zhi snatched the cake away, glaring at Xin Yu unhappily. "Go eat it yourself!"
Stuck in a daze, she didn't understand why the man who had been perfectly fine just moments before had suddenly changed!
"You brat, can't you speak properly?" Grandma Qiu was displeased. She had just thought he had come to his senses, but in the blink of an eye, he was acting silly again.
"It's alright, Grandma," Xin Yu roughly guessed the reason. "Qiu Zhi was just worried about you. Matcha and red bean soup are cooling, and he was afraid you wouldn't be able to digest it well."
After chatting for a few more minutes, Xin Yu rushed into the old house and hugged Cheng Yuan without saying a word.
She just kept laughing.
"Ah, Ayu? Are you alright?" Cheng Yuan was quite startled, grabbing her friend's arm and reaching out to touch her forehead.
"Yuanzi, what are you doing? I'm perfectly fine, hehe." Xin Yu tilted her head back and spun around in circles.
Cheng Yuan watched her silently, completely bewildered.
After laughing enough, Xin Yu took out a note and slowly unfolded it in front of Cheng Yuan, watching her friend blink incessantly.
"Yuanzi, we can go to S country! This is the prize we won!"
"…"
"Yuanzi?"
"Ah!" Cheng Yuan finally reacted, hugging Xin Yu and shouting, "Ayu, is this real?!"
Such a good thing could happen! "That's so exciting!"
But then she pouted. "I only have three days off left this year."
She held up three pitiful fingers.
"Three days is enough, plus a weekend," Xin Yu suggested. "If all else fails, I'll go beg Cheng Yao."
"Is that okay?"
"Sure!" Xin Yu said confidently. "Let's go have some fun first!"
And, she could even see Mu Yichuan, right?
She fantasized happily.
"Where are we going?" Mu Yi'ai snatched the note from Cheng Yuan's hand.
"When did you come in!" Xin Yu was startled. This woman was like a cat, walking without a sound!
"I'm going too, count me in," Mu Yi'ai said bluntly.
"So you're paying for it yourself?"