Madam, you don't want your sister to be unable to pay the rent, do you?

"..."

Shen Xixi was silent for two seconds.

Lin Yi stared at the other person for two seconds.

"I just want to ask you what toys you like, or what other things you like." Shen Xixi said softly.

"Huh? Why are you asking this? Are you planning to give me a gift? I like you, will you give me one?"

Lin Yi laughed.

"...Seriously, I want to give a boy a gift, so I want to ask what kind of gift you like?"

Shen Xixi blushed slightly and pulled Lin Yi's arm.

"Oh, what kind of gift is it to give a boy? You can just hug him and kiss him and take him right away."

Lin Yi said nonchalantly.

Shen Xixi's pretty face turned even redder, and she glanced at Lin Yi's appearance, "Then you are too lustful."

"Ah? How did you get involved with me?" Lin Yi was puzzled. "If you want to give a gift to the boy you like, then the best gift is you, right? Could it be that the boy you like doesn't like you? That's another matter. Otherwise, if you kiss him rashly, he might be startled and his impression of you might even worsen. If he hates you, he might even hate you even more."

"..."

Shen Xixi fell silent again, and her originally slightly red face was no longer red.

"Then let me ask you, who do you like?" Lin Yi looked at Shen Xixi and said teasingly, "Then let me ask you, then let me ask you, is the boy you like in our class?"

"You really don't know who I like?"

Shen Xixi looked at Lin Yi seriously.

"Who?"

Lin Yi and Shen Xixi looked at each other.

"Don't you really know who I like? Don't you really know?"

Shen Xixi asked back a series of questions and moved closer to Lin Yi.

"..."

Lin Yi was stunned. For some reason, he looked at the upper left corner of his Chinese textbook.

There is a name there.

Shen Xixi.

It appeared in his Chinese textbook for unknown reasons.

He just discovered it today.

Then he saw that there were small words on his other textbooks.

"...Lin Yi, please give me a gift."

Shen Xixi broke Lin Yi's daze.

"Ah, don't you already have someone you like? Why do you still want me to give you a gift?"

Lin Yi suddenly felt uneasy.

"Give me one."

"...Okay, okay, what do you want?"

"Well, I want you to do it yourself."

"Then how about I order you a thousand paper cranes?"

"One is too few. If I really want to fold them, I'd say nine hundred and ninety-nine."

"Oh my god, you treat me like a wishing machine."

"Don't scold me." Shen Xixi stretched out her little hand and pinched Lin Yi again.

"I??, you hit me and you want to ask me for a gift, aren't you playing too much, at least help me with my homework and write my weekly diary."

"I will write all your homework for you from now on." Shen Xixi said quickly.

"……what?"

Lin Yi was stunned again.

"So please give me a gift that will last forever." Shen Xixi looked at Lin Yi with a smile.

"How about I pick up two pebbles for you? Or how about I give you ten?" Lin Yi pondered for a few seconds.

"When you say ten yuan, do you mean ten yuan or stones?"

"It must be Shitou. You said you would help me with my homework, and I believe you? It's more like copying it for me."

Lin Yi waved his hands, totally unconvinced.

……

The scene that had gradually disappeared with time suddenly became clear.

Shen Xixi asked me for a gift before, but I had no idea what she wanted at that time. Now I think it should be something that I can keep for a long time, something like jewelry made by myself.

For example, a shell necklace.

But there is only one hour now, how can I get the shell necklace?

Could it be that I really just pick up a few pebbles as I said at that time?

And after all, eight years have passed now. How can the thoughts from that time be applied to now?

Forget it, I'll just go buy her a necklace.

162 Salty

7 pm.

Shen Xixi returned home, unlocked the door and took off her shoes in the entrance hall.

She took off her socks, revealing five slender legs. She grabbed her slippers and stomped on the ground.

Put the light beer, snacks and cooking ingredients you bought on the table in the living room.

She couldn't drink alcohol, and Coke was her favorite, but this time it was different.

Lin Yi will come home today.

There is a saying that goes, alcohol gives cowards courage.

But she really couldn't drink much, and she was really afraid that she would pass out after a while like last time, so this time she only bought some alcoholic drinks with very low alcohol content.

Shen Xixi wiped the lid of the alcoholic beverage a few times, pulled the ring of the can with a bang, and drank directly from it.

Carbonic acid mixed with alcohol flowed through the throat and soaked the whole body, as if washing away some of the dirt that was stuck after being immersed in the mud. The refreshing feeling immediately rushed to the brain.

Unlike beer, soda tastes very strong and has almost no alcohol taste.

"call……"

But Coke is still delicious.

Shen Xixi looked at the ceiling and rubbed her eyes.

Yesterday, the day before yesterday, and throughout the week, she was working overtime at this time.

I have to get up at seven o'clock every morning to go to the company and go home at twelve o'clock at night.

Today was her first early shift.

This is still her internship period.

What if I go to work in the future?

Work is tiring, work is tiring...

She now wanted to disappear, to forget everything, to become an empty shell, and then just lie softly on the sofa and sleep for the day.

Turn into a pool of soft slime and lie there quietly all day.

But not today.

I have already invited Lin Yi to my home. No matter what, I have to take the most important step and let Lin Yi know my feelings, even if it is vague.

Shen Xixi put the drink aside, then picked up the ingredients she bought from the supermarket and went into the kitchen.

Today she is going to cook a big meal to show her best as a woman.

More than an hour later.

It’s almost eight o’clock.

There was a knock on the door.

Shen Xixi came out of the kitchen and couldn't wait to go and see. When she opened the door, it was indeed the person she had been thinking about.

"Am I here too early?"

Lin Yi's smile was still as bright as ever. Just one glance at him dispelled the gloom and pressure that Shen Xixi had been feeling due to overtime work in the past few days.

"How could that be? You can come anytime, come in!"

Shen Xixi felt a warm feeling in her heart, and she quickly came behind Lin Yi, then pushed his wheelchair into the room.

The room she rented was a suite with one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom.

The rent is two thousand five hundred per month.

Lin Yi smelled the aroma of meat in the air, and on the table were cooked ribs and braised pork.

Judging from the aroma, it should taste quite good.

Shen Xixi brought Lin Yi a can of alcoholic beverage and said, "It's hot and humid outside. Come and have a drink to cool down."

"What happened today, Shen Xixi? Why did you suddenly remember to drink? Is there something wrong?"

Lin Yi was a little surprised. Last time he discovered that Shen Xixi was the type who could not drink at all. She would get drunk with just a little bit of alcohol. Besides, she didn't like drinking. Why was she drinking alone today?

"Nothing much, I just feel a little stressed lately..."

Shen Xixi looked at Lin Yi with sincere eyes and continued speaking.

"It's about work. I'm lucky to have one day off a week now. Even though today is Saturday, I just got home from working overtime."

"I'm so busy every day that I don't even know what I'm doing. I want to talk to someone but I don't have anyone. I wanted to find you before, but you were busy... Today I finally have some time to rest, so I want you to come..."

Shen Xixi suddenly poured out all his grievances.

At times like this, even if there is just someone to listen to you complain, you will feel much better.

If this person is the Lin Yi that I have always desired...

After saying that, Shen Xixi picked up the can on the table again, intending to drink it all in one gulp, but Lin Yi grabbed his hand.

"Don't drink anymore, Shen Xixi. You're not good at drinking. Have you forgotten how you got drunk last time?"

Although Lin Yi's tone was still soft, Shen Xixi sensed a hint of command, so she had to put down the jar in her hand.

"Work is work, life is life. If work affects your life, then just quit and find a job you can live with. Otherwise, what will happen if you continue like this?"

Lin Yi said in a deep voice.

No wonder Shen Xixi came alone today. It turned out that the pressure at work was too great and she couldn't hold it back any longer, so she wanted to find someone to vent.

Maybe her roommates didn't have a good relationship with her, so they came to her.

But it’s really not Shen Xixi’s fault. Nowadays, work is hard, shit is hard to eat, and money is hard to make.

As long as the money is easy to make, even if the work is difficult and the shit is disgusting, I will just swallow it.

The key is money. In the eyes of those company leaders, it all belongs to them and should all belong to them.

Paying workers a salary is already a great blessing to them. In the eyes of some of them, workers should even be paid to work, and the jobs they provide to workers are simply God's grace.