"Mom, you have to eat all the things my friend brought you."

"When stewing bird's nest, add rock sugar. You can also soak ginseng in wine or stew it with chicken. Don't be stingy with it, because the medicinal effects of those things will be lost if they are stored for too long..."

"And you still need to wear the new shoes and clothes I bought you. Your old canvas shoes are all worn down, aren't they slippery in the rain...?"

"It's too hot in summer. Go home when the sun is high. There's no rush for the work in the fields..."

Once she starts talking about these things, she can't stop, rambling on and on.

She was completely different from the little girl who had blushed and stomped her feet when he teased her earlier.

After finishing his mung bean soup, Qi Yuge silently got up and walked to the back of the SUV.

He opened the trunk and took out the supplements he had brought one by one.

He carried the things to the courtyard gate, stacked them under the porch, and then said to Li Yaoyao.

"Could you help Auntie tidy up a bit, and I'll clear the car a little further?"

Li Yaoyao nodded and pulled her mother aside while he turned around.

He lowered his voice and pointed to the pile of gift boxes on the ground.

"I've eaten everything he gave me. He's rich, and the things he gives me are all good. Mom, don't be stingy..."

"Also, summer vacation is coming soon, so I'll come back to see you."

Meng Xia patted her hand with a smile, then mysteriously pulled her half a step to the side and lowered her voice.

"Darling, tell Mom the truth, what's your relationship like now?"

"Someone came all this way just to see you; this isn't something an ordinary friend would do."

"He is my employer."

Li Yaoyao was resolute.

"It's nothing else. His pets are hard to take care of, so he probably had no choice but to come to me personally. Don't overthink it, Mom."

Meng Xia was stunned for a moment, then patted her chest and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Oh, that's good, that's good."

This time, it was Li Yaoyao's turn to be dumbfounded.

She originally thought her mother would say something like, "Oh, what a pity," or "You'd better hurry up and do something."

And this is how her mother reacted?

"What? Isn't Qi Yuge good enough?"

She couldn't help but press for more information.

Meng Xia gently patted the back of her hand.

"It's not that they're bad, it's just that they're too outstanding. You're such a dull girl, how could they possibly be interested in you... Stop dreaming, just find a reliable person."

Li Yaoyao hugged her mother's arm and shook it hard twice, then buried her face in her mother's shoulder and whined in a low voice.

"Why do you always insult me, Mom?! Am I even your biological child?!"

·

As the SUV turned onto the highway ramp, the rice paddies and fishponds outside the window gradually disappeared from view.

Li Yaoyao nestled in the passenger seat.

Compared to the crowded second-class seat on the high-speed train I took here, this is practically first class plus.

"This car is much more comfortable than a sports car."

She patted the armrest of the chair, her tone filled with undisguised envy.

Qi Yuge was steering with one hand when he heard this, and a cryptic smile appeared on his lips.

He glanced at her sideways.

"Large vehicles are indeed more convenient for movement."

He said he couldn't suppress the smile in the corner of his eye.

"Shall we give it a try sometime?"

As soon as Li Yaoyao got on the bus, she felt sleepy and asked blankly.

"Try what?"

Qi Yuge smiled but remained silent.

Li Yaoyao stared at his profile for a long time, becoming more and more curious about what he was laughing at.

She frantically tapped the system in her mind.

"So what exactly is he trying to test?"

The system provides a speechless explanation.

I sent her a GIF of a car shaking wildly.

Li Yaoyao's expression froze for several seconds.

Then she slowly turned her head toward the car window and cursed under her breath.

"Pervert."

Unlike when it took her two days and two nights to arrive.

In the early hours of that night, Li Yaoyao had already landed in Beijing.

He had considered that Qi Yuge wielded immense power.

I never imagined this guy could be so awesome as to own his own private jet!

My first experience in life.

No need to queue at the terminal two hours in advance, no need to walk along long platforms, no need to squeeze into the waiting area and smell instant noodles...

She didn't even have time to feel airsick before the plane landed.

Even now, she still hasn't realized what's happening.

Qi Yuge took her home.

Li Yaoyao yawned.

"You can go now, I'm going upstairs."

Qi Yuge walked past her without stopping, pretending to mishear her words.

"What? You want me to come upstairs with you?"

Li Yaoyao stood there, her expression indescribable.

She carried the canvas bag and walked towards the apartment without looking back.

"...You should go get your ears checked."

·

[Host, how come your life, which was going from bad to good, suddenly started to get better?]

The system's voice carried the satisfaction of an old father looking through his savings account.

Li Yaoyao sat cross-legged on the sofa in her apartment, holding a steaming hot corn cob in her hands.

The corn was sent by her mother from the countryside, and the express delivery box also contained two bags of dried persimmons that her mother had sun-dried herself.

She chewed on a corn kernel and mumbled an "Mmm": "How so?"

[Through your recent relentless efforts, your current career score is 45, beauty score is 70, and money score is approaching 80,000.]

[The days before you were like a fish turning its life around.]

Li Yaoyao took the corn away from her mouth, hummed, and raised the pitch of her voice several notches.

She happily swung her toes.

"Congratulations! Congratulations!"

Then she suddenly remembered something, and her gossipy nature began to stir.

"By the way, what stage are the male and female leads at now? How far have their relationship progressed?"

Let me see.

The system appears to be retrieving information.

Then it fell silent.

Then the system crashed.

[Host, this is terrible!]

Li Yaoyao was startled by its shout, and the corn in her hand almost flew out of her hand.

She joined in the commotion.

"What is it now?!"

[I just checked the timeline... Tomorrow's the weekend, and the Qi and Shen families have arranged to discuss the engagement!]

Li Yaoyao jumped up from the sofa: "What should we do then?"

[Of course, we're going to sabotage them! This is a crucial plot point...]

If they successfully get engaged... your hard-earned stats will likely be halved.

Li Yaoyao slumped into the sofa and let out a long sigh.

"This is so hard for me."

There's no need to go to the eagle enclosure to feed Yanyan today. Zhou Huai'an from Yujingtai said her ear injury has just healed and there's no need to rush to schedule shifts.

She has absolutely no legitimate reason to appear before Qi Yuge now.

She pursed her lips and scrolled through her WeChat contacts, her finger swiping over a particularly offensive profile picture.

She opened the chat box and started typing.

Type it, then delete it; delete it, then type it again.

Ten minutes have passed.

[Host, have you finished editing? Haven't you sent it yet?]

He's so busy he's practically glued to WeChat, why would he be looking at it? Just make a voice call.

"I have social anxiety! How could I possibly make a phone call first!"

Li Yaoyao collapsed and buried her face in the sofa cushions.

"What can I possibly say to him? We can barely exchange ten words in a text message, let alone have a voice call... It's so awkward!"

The screen suddenly jumped as soon as he finished speaking.

Qi Yuge's video call request popped up.

Li Yaoyao was so frightened that her fingers moved faster than her brain, and she pressed the "reject" button.

She stared at the words "rejected" on the screen, her heart pounding.

"What's going on?! Why did Qi Yuge suddenly video call me?"

A second later, the video call came in again.

System notification.

Answer this quickly, just in case something really happens.

Li Yaoyao gripped the overheated knock-off phone tremblingly, took a deep breath, and pressed the green answer button.

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