Chapter 24 - I
Although Xie Qi felt a little guilty, it wasn’t much.
Compared with the expensive sneakers given by Yao Wenzhu, some of the gift boxes given by Qin Yizhi were cheap and some were expensive – but not particularly expensive. The most expensive one was an Apple mobile phone, which sold for $13,000 on the official website.
Xie Qi felt that such a gift, containing his heartfelt wishes, should be returned in kind.
But he didn’t have much money, so if the gifts he gave were shabby, there was no need to give them anymore.
Xie Qi thought for a while, and then he simply found a bakery after school at noon the next day and paid some money to make some handmade biscuits – it took his time and energy to make them, but compared with the cheap gifts that could be bought with money, the handmade biscuits seemed a little more sincere.
Since it was easy for a person to fail, he also asked Li Siwen for help. Li Siwen was very clever and had made great achievements in this area, otherwise, she would not have been able to hand-knit bracelets and sell them at the night market.
Li Siwen guided him from the side. After the guidance, she couldn’t help but say: “There shouldn’t be any shortage of maids in his family, right? You are so busy studying now; do you still have time to do this? He doesn’t consider that you are still a high school student, should he treat you like his wife and ordered you to do this and that?”
Xie Qi looked calm. Hearing what she said, he replied: “No, it’s just that I wanted to do this.”
Li Siwen said, “I’m so anxious, it’s still two months before the college entrance examination but you are still doing this. I blame it all on your parents. Teacher Hou is young and not wake yet. But isn’t your mother already waking up? She is almost forty years old. What are they going out for in the middle of the night back then? Something happened to them and you got implicated. If these adults can’t take care of themselves, they will also drag down their children.”
Xie Qi said: “Okay, stop talking.”
Li Siwen said: “You still talking back every day, and stop talking when you encounter something you don’t want to hear. Am I wrong in what I said?”
Xie Qi paused, and in turn, comforted Li Siwen and said, “You are right, but the matter has come to this, and there is no need to complain. Don’t worry, I will take care of my own affairs. You don’t have to worry about me.”
Li Siwen said, “Can I not worry? I don’t even know what his family is like. I’m afraid that the vegetative person is really gay and wants to attack you.”
Xie Qi said, “Just let it be, as long as it’s not during the college entrance examination.”
“…” Li Siwen said, “Then your mood is too stable. Well, that’s your chastity!”
Xie Qi remained calm, “Then what can I do? Introduce an iron welder to weld me some iron underwear?”
Li Siwen: “…”
Li Siwen said angrily: “That’s what you think? I’m just worried about your virginity. Do you know that I’m worried about you?”
Xie Qi: “I know, but there’s nothing I can do now. I can’t let Teacher Hou die for the sake of this virginity, right? Teacher Hou doesn’t have a family either. If something happens, I’ll be the one to collect the body. It’s a human life and I think it’s worth it, so it doesn’t matter.”
Li Siwen: “…”
She had nothing to say.
Xie Qi patted her shoulder, “Don’t worry, it won’t affect my study. I know it myself.”
He could accept having sex. Although he was afraid, he could only grit his teeth and get over it. It was okay. And seeing how Qin Yizhi liked him, he would probably be willing to listen to whatever he said, so that would be fine, the man was already pretty good.
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After making the cookies, there was still time for baking, so Xie Qi made an appointment with the boss to pick them up after school in the afternoon.
After school in the afternoon, Xie Qi took his schoolbag and hurried towards the bakery.
Because his back injury was much better, Xie Qi could already ride a shared bicycle by himself.
Fan Qingyue drove a small electric scooter with Li Siwen behind him. Looking at Xie Qi’s retreating figure, he couldn’t help but sigh and said, “What is this?”
Li Siwen said, “He asked me to help making his woke vegetative husband some cookies. We were talking about him losing his virginity.”
“Well, that shouldn’t have happened,” Fan Qingyue said. “I know Qizi, he is really a bit frigid, even if he lost his virginity he wouldn’t think much. Well, I think it’s hard to break his heart. He’s different from us, we’ve been hanging out with him for about five years but I feel that he is truly indifferent person. Honestly, we only really got to know each other during our sophomore year in high school. Didn’t you notice when we first met? He came out of the house smiling sweetly with his mother. As soon as he saw us, his face immediately turned serious. When I asked him later, he said he loved to laugh, quite lively, but he only do it with those close to him, it’s difficult to get close to him. It took us five years. Let’s focus on solving the current dilemma first. Then he finds an opportunity to make that person show his true thoughts toward Qizi.”
Li Siwen said, “I’m afraid he won’t be able to control himself and will be swayed by other people’s sugar-coated words and won’t be able to figure them out.”
Fan Qingyue said, “That’s not possible. Don’t you believe Qizi? He also was a second rich generation kid. How can he be easily swayed by sugar-coated words? He’s more worldly-wise than us. If this matter were on me, I might really bend, I can’t resist without bending, but for Qizi, just throwing money at him won’t evoke any feelings.”
Li Siwen felt better now, “Well, when I think about it, he didn’t pay much attention to me before, so I was the only one reaching out to him. He would answer when I spoke to him, but rarely make the small talks. Only when he warmed up, I realize that he wasn’t as cold as he appeared on the surface. He is indeed as lively and vibrant. But not so easy to get close to.”
Fan Qingyue said, “Don’t worry, this matter will not affect his exam. He can clearly distinguish what is good and bad.”