Chapter 2078: Stay and Keep Me Company

This girl is too thrifty, unwilling to spend on food or clothes. He bought her clothes once, but forgot to remove the tags. She saw the price and wouldn’t accept them no matter what, saying he shouldn’t buy such things again, and she definitely wouldn’t take them.

At that time, Yaen Chi regretted it quite a bit, wondering why he didn’t ask the staff to remove the tags when he bought them. As a rich heir, he didn’t have a concept of poverty. His clothes were either luxury brands or custom-made. A coat costing tens of thousands bought from a mall seemed cheap to him, thinking surely the girl would have no burden accepting something so inexpensive.

But he forgot what tens of thousands meant to Ye Wanting. She only barely reached that amount with her scholarship and usually saved part-time earnings for half a year to get there.

Besides, Yaen Chi didn’t have a good eye for buying clothes for young girls. When he dated those other girlfriends, they would coax him to go to the mall together; they chose, he paid. Despite frequently accompanying them shopping, looking back, all the clothes they bought were sexy and revealing. When buying clothes for Ye Wanting, he instinctively wanted to wrap her up like a dumpling.

Later, he didn’t dare buy clothes but instead brought two boxes of pastries, a bag of snacks each time he visited. Before leaving, he eagerly met her, bought lots of snacks, told her to eat them and restock once finished, and wait for his return.

She remembered his casual reminder surprisingly well.

Yaen Chi admitted feeling a bit pleased, “You’re quite good. You didn’t get thinner nor fatter. Even if the minister grew taller, it’s the time to grow, so eat more.”

Ye Wanting quietly replied, “I’m not growing taller anymore. I’m already twenty.”

“Twenty is grown up? Your brother’s already heading towards thirty. The person beside me is thirty-one or two. In our eyes, you’re just a kid.”

The person beside, Xu Shu: “…”

Ye Wanting stopped talking.

Yaen Chi circled back to the earlier question, “Don’t you have class today? Not in a rush?”

Ye Wanting shook her head, “No, today’s afternoon is an elective. I’ve already completed the credits for this course this semester, and I’ve pre-studied the content. It’s fine not to go.”

The more she talked, the quieter she became. Her already soft voice grew even quieter because she felt guilty.

She faced Yaen Chi like a child facing a parent, afraid he’d scold her for skipping class.

Yet, Yaen Chi said, “If there’s nothing, stay here and chat with me. I’ll find someone to take you back to school at night.”

Ye Wanting looked up in surprise, exchanging glances with him, then quickly lowered her head, feeling happy inside. Her lips fumbled a couple of times before speaking: “Okay.”

Yaen Chi curled his lips into a smile. Seeing Xu Shu standing like a lamppost beside him, his brows furrowed as he asked, “You’re welcome here, but why aren’t you leaving?”

There was no pause between the two sentences. If Ye Wanting wasn’t here, seeing Xu Shu would make Yaen Chi happy; but with Ye Wanting present, other humans were obtrusive.

Yet Xu Shu didn’t care about Yaen Chi’s unwelcoming demeanor, “I can do many things here that you can’t.”

Yaen Chi raised an eyebrow, “Like what?”

Xu Shu handed a cup of warm water to Ye Wanting, but his attention was on Yaen Chi, “Like pouring water for Wanting. Can you get up?”

“My back was blown up, not my legs disabled. Why can’t I stand up?”