Qi Yuge looked down at the pile of Perler beads that had rolled on the ground.

Then she looked at Li Yaoyao, who was squatting on the ground picking up beans with her puffed-up cheeks.

There was a fleeting, subtle change in his expression.

Having lived this long, every woman who hasn't been grateful and clung to him after he's given her a little kindness has been incredibly devoted to her.

And yet, when he kisses the top of her head, she complains that he's being a smart aleck.

Qi Yuge: ...

After picking up the beans, Li Yaoyao sat down again and looked back to see that he was still sitting there without moving.

She got even angrier, looked up at his chin, and started giving him orders.

"Don't just stand there, help me fix it! I spent ages piecing that piece together!"

Qi Yuge had no choice but to pick up the tweezers without complaint.

It was almost 9 p.m. when the Perler bead painting was finally completed.

The design features Qi Yuge wearing a black casual tracksuit, with Yan Yan standing on his arm with outstretched wings.

The portrait was very difficult, and Li Yaoyao was the main person in charge of the work at first, carefully working on every single bean.

The part about Yan Yan was done by Qi Yuge.

However, he was surprisingly steady and put together a very skillful piece.

Later on, Li Yaoyao started to get distracted and lazy, sometimes lying on the carpet in a daze, sometimes checking the time on her phone.

In the final finishing stage, Qi Yuge did almost all the finishing touches by himself, even adding the gradient color to the background piece by piece.

"This is hardly a gift from you."

Qi Yuge held the two corners of the Perler bead painting and examined it for a long time.

"They're clearly treating me like a laborer."

Li Yaoyao came over to take a look at the finished product and nodded in satisfaction.

"Anyway, I feel a great sense of accomplishment!"

She glanced out the window.

The night was already so dark that it was impossible to see any darkness. She had spent the whole day here, and her mission should be almost complete.

She got up from the carpet and brushed the plastic bean crumbs off her knees.

"It's getting late, I should head back."

"Stay here today."

Qi Yuge said.

"No, no, no..."

Li Yaoyao quickly waved her hand.

Before he could finish speaking, the study door was suddenly pushed open a crack from the outside.

He Ming poked his head in through the crack in the door, as if he had been standing guard outside waiting for this moment.

"I'm also heading home from get off work soon, Miss Li, I can give you a ride!"

Li Yaoyao grabbed the canvas bag and ran towards the door, then slipped away with He Ming without looking back.

Before closing the door, He Ming winked at Qi Yuge.

Qi Yuge: ...

"...What the hell are these things? Am I some kind of demon?"

Qi Yuge remained seated and did not get up.

He placed the Perler bead painting on the coffee table and examined it for a long time.

He then chuckled, picked up the Perler bead painting, and got up to walk to the bookshelf.

He pushed aside a row of hardcover books, revealing a small safe embedded in the wall.

turn on.

Two things were already placed inside.

The box of kidney tonic that was thrown into the bushes and then retrieved by Yanyan, and the little Yanyan keychain.

He carefully placed the new Perler bead painting inside, alongside the other items, and closed the safe door.

Then he picked up his phone, ready to check the time.

He froze the moment the screen lit up.

The screen was filled with missed calls and WeChat messages, dozens of which were marked in red.

When did he turn it off to mute?

He opened WeChat, and at the top was a message from Shen Qiongluo.

It was sent three hours ago.

The message was short, and the wording was restrained and dignified.

"If you're too busy today, there's no rush to arrange a meeting between our two families. Let's schedule it another time."

Qi Yuge leaned against the edge of the desk and replied with a single word using only one hand.

"it is good."

·

He Ming's black minivan drove out of the manor gate.

Li Yaoyao leaned back in the passenger seat and let out a long breath.

The streetlights outside the car window receded one by one.

She took out her phone and glanced at the time; it was already past 10 p.m.

Even if Qi Yuge could fly, he wouldn't make it to the dinner party for both sets of parents at this hour.

The system in my mind suddenly spoke.

[Host, there's something I need to remind you. Qi Yuge has definitely figured it out by now.]

In his eyes, you're probably just a scheming bitch right now.

"It doesn't matter."

Li Yaoyao adjusted her seat back to a comfortable angle and closed her eyes.

"As long as I can preserve the numbers I've worked so hard to accumulate, I can consider it a successful retirement."

She thought for a moment, then asked another question.

"By the way, after what I did today, are they definitely not going to get engaged?"

[Following the plotline, this weekend's engagement is the first minor climax in the development of the male and female leads' relationship in the original work.]

[You've ruined it, so the engagement process will most likely be delayed or even canceled. However, the rest of the story is no longer your concern.]

The system paused for a moment, then switched its tone to one of encouragement.

[Congratulations, host, you are now a qualified troublemaker.]

I hope you'll keep up the good work and go even further down the path of playing the villainous female supporting character.

"...Thank you."

·

Meanwhile, in a high-rise apartment building in the city center of the capital.

Shen Qiong sat down in front of the dressing mirror and removed half of her makeup.

The face in the mirror was still impeccably beautiful, but the dark circles under her eyes couldn't be covered by concealer.

She hasn't slept well for several days.

She should be the most enviable woman in all of Beijing right now.

Qi Yuge's girlfriend, and the future young mistress of the Qi family.

But she felt increasingly uncertain.

Qi Yuge always maintained a perfectly respectful and gentlemanly distance from her.

Forget about sexual intimacy, they never even kissed.

The hickey she showed off earlier was actually drawn on by herself.

She asked someone to subtly inquire about Qi Yuge's recent movements.

The rich guys all say he's never touched any of those promiscuous women.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, Young Master Qi has recently become ascetic as if he's become a monk."

But a young nobleman casually mentioned it.

"Recently, Young Master Qi has been getting quite close to a girl on the top floor of Yujingtai who can play basketball. He even has her play with him. Zhou Huai'an is keeping her like a treasure..."

She took a deep breath and asked in a tone that she tried her best to remain calm.

"Is that woman...fat?"

"fat?"

The young master opposite him sounded surprised.

"She's not fat at all, she's quite a pretty girl. Sister-in-law, don't worry about it. Although Young Master Qi is a womanizer, he never has affairs. Besides, with such a beautiful woman like you waiting at home, what would he want?"

Shen Qiongluo finally felt a little relieved.

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