Chapter 55 Chapter 55 Shopping

When Zhao Qingshi entered the room, he heard Zhou Xunyin screaming. He walked into the living room and saw Lin Manshu changing Zhou Xunyin's Band-Aid.

She had just gotten some water and was tearing off the bandage when she said it hurt so much. Zhao Qingshi asked her what was wrong with her wound.

Lin Manshu said she cut herself while cutting vegetables.

He unbuttoned his cuffs: "Mom, what are you doing in the kitchen?"

Squatting down to check her wound, Lin Manshu said she was helping her cut ginger. Fortunately, the wound was not deep and would heal in a few days.

"I'm glad you're okay." He asked, "What about Xiangyi? How is she?"

"She's still asleep. There's porridge in the pot. If she wants to eat something when she wakes up, serve it to her."

"Thank you, Mom." Zhao Qingshi said, "Then I'll arrange for a driver to take you back?"

After seeing the elders off, Zhao Qingshi unbuttoned his shirt as he entered the master bedroom. A single warm light was left on. Under the glow, she lay deep asleep, her eyes closed, her brows slightly furrowed. Sweat coated her nose and forehead, and continued to swelter. Her feet emerged from under the covers. After changing into pajamas, Zhao Qingshi carefully wiped the sweat from her face with a warm towel. He felt her forehead with the back of his hand; it was finally no longer so hot.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, her body temperature, which had just dropped, rose again. Zhao Qingshi continued to cool her down physically using the same method as the first time. He did not dare to relax at night for fear that she would have a fever again. He stayed with her until five o'clock, and only when he saw that she had finally stopped sweating and her body temperature had returned to normal did he dare to hold her to rest.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Zhao Qingshi was suddenly awakened. He subconsciously touched her forehead and found that her temperature was still normal. He breathed a sigh of relief and lay back with his hand on his forehead. He had not slept much in the past two days and his head was dizzy.

After Ruan Xiangyi woke up, she found that he was still asleep. She had been sweating all night and her body was sticky. She carefully lifted the quilt, got out of bed and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

It snowed heavily last night, and the outside was covered with snow. Ruan Xiangyi pulled the curtains completely, and the room instantly fell into darkness. She gently opened the bedroom door and went out.

Cake came to the door early in the morning and waited for her to wake up. When he saw her come out, he stood up and climbed on her legs: Meow~

It was about to use its head to open the door and go in, but Ruan Xiangyi picked it up and walked out: "Be good, don't disturb Daddy's sleep, Mommy will open the can for you."

She carried it back to her own room, but it didn't want to go out to play, so Ruan Xiangyi opened a can of tuna for it. When Cake smelled it, it immediately ran over from the door and devoured it.

Aunt Cui had already prepared breakfast. Ruan Xiangyi didn't eat much yesterday and slept until this morning, so her stomach was empty. She couldn't eat too greasy food after recovering from a serious illness, so she drank a bowl of millet porridge.

Aunt Cui told her about what happened between Lin Manshu and Chou Xunyin yesterday. When she heard that Chou Xunyin had cut her finger while cutting vegetables, she put down her spoon and asked nervously, "Is it serious?"

"It was just a minor cut, and Madam Lin has already treated the wound," Aunt Cui said. "When Madam heard you were sick, she was extremely worried. She rushed over from Mission Hills Villa and stayed until the evening. Madam, she still cares deeply about you."

Ruan Xiangyi curled her lips: "I understand."

At ten o'clock, Zhao Qingshi came down from upstairs, wearing a black sweatshirt and gray casual pants. Ruan Xiangyi helped him put a bowl of millet porridge upstairs. Zhao Qingshi grabbed her hand and asked about her health.

She said she was well, but Zhao Qingshi was worried and took her temperature with a thermometer.

It was New Year's holiday, and Zhao Qingshi didn't have to go to the company recently. She propped up her little face and looked at him: "What are we doing today?"

"rest."

"ah?"

"Yesterday the doctor said that your sudden fever was due to a lack of rest. Why don't you rest well at home today? We can go out tomorrow."

"No." Chinese New Year was only two days away, and she still had a lot of things to buy, and Shen Tingwan had asked her out shopping.

As she was talking, her phone rang. It was Shen Tingwan who asked if she had time today to go with her to get her hair done. Of course Ruan Xiangyi wanted to go.

Zhao Qingshi had no choice but to say, "I'll accompany you."

Xu Jingzhi had returned to Xianglin, so today it was just the two of them, plus two men. Usually, the three of them would go out together.

When Shen Tingwan saw her outfit, he forgot for a moment that she was still a college student and blurted out: "Xiangyi, why are you dressed so student-like when you come out shopping?"

Today, Shen Tingwan wore a leopard-print fur coat, paired with a short black leather skirt and black stockings tucked into thigh-high boots. Warm and stylish, she wore red lipstick, looking like a domineering older sister. Then, she herself wore a black down jacket, a velvet skirt, and ankle boots. Her face was plain, without makeup. The bag she carried was also a small black square box, and the only color on her body was the blue scarf around her neck.

"No, you're a student." Shen Tingwan remembered something, "Xiangyi, shall we get our nails done first?"

"I made an appointment with a manicurist. She does pretty good manicures. Do you want to try them?" Shen Tingwan held up her ten slender jade fingers. "You have such beautiful hands. The manicure will definitely be beautiful."

Ruan Xiangyi had never done her nails before, so she hesitated a little because she was not used to it. "Let me take a look first."

Shen Tingwan: “Okay.”

After arriving at the store, Shen Tingwan didn’t give her a chance to look at it, and directly found a manicurist for her.

Ruan Xiangyi had no choice but to choose the style she wanted. She didn't like nails that were too long and didn't know much about them, so she followed the manicurist's advice and chose a medium oval one.

The two men sat in the rest area nearby. Gu Suyan took Shen Tingwan's coffee and couldn't help but take a sip: "That's how it is when you go shopping with a woman. You have to wait for everything you do."

"How about we go play billiards?"

"I'm not going." He had never gone shopping with a woman before. He used to occasionally accompany Zhou Xunyin to buy clothes, but she rejected him a few times and he never went out again. He felt that it was a good experience to go out with his beloved.

When choosing pictures, Ruan Xiangyi would ask for his opinion, not letting him wait: "Which one do you think looks good?"

Zhao Qingshi was dazzled by the selection. He had no idea how to choose, but he said without hesitation, "I think they're all beautiful, but you have to like them."

Ruan Xiangyi pointed to a nude cat's eye stone, and Zhao Qingshi nodded: "It looks good. Your hands are white, it will suit you very well."

Shen Tingwan on the side: "..."

The manicure would take about two hours, and Ruan Xiangyi said to him, "Why don't you and Gu Suyan go out for a walk?"

Zhao Qingshi: "It's okay, there's nothing interesting for him and I to do."

Gu Suyan: "..."

I'm not deaf! How can you forget your brothers after getting a wife? Have you wasted all the time before?

After getting their manicure done at around one o'clock, the four of them found a western restaurant. During the New Year holidays, there were a lot of people everywhere, and they waited in line for half an hour before getting a table.

Ruan Xiangyi wasn't particularly hungry, so she just ordered pasta. Zhao Qingshi added a side of olive oil-fried shrimp, black truffle mushroom soup, and some chips. The food at the mall wasn't as good as the specialty private dining experience. Zhao Qingshi recalled a private restaurant he'd dined at with a brand last year and asked, "Do you like mushrooms? Next June, I'll take you to a wild mushroom restaurant."

Without waiting for her to speak, Gu Suyan immediately said, "Then I want to go too."

Chen Tingwan gloated and said, "Xiangyi, you must take me with you."

Ruan Xiangyi finished biting a French fry and said, "Okay."

Zhao Qingshi cut off a piece of steak and said slowly, "Okay, you guys pay."

The pasta was too greasy, so Ruan Xiangyi left most of it, but she did finish the French fries.

When a woman goes shopping, she only has three things to do: a manicure, a haircut, and clothes. Ruan Xiangyi wasn't much of a clothes buyer; she wasn't materialistic, and she had enough new clothes at home for a year. While waiting for Shen Tingwan to try on clothes, she grabbed a random hat and put it on. She looked in the mirror and thought it looked pretty good. She turned around to ask Zhao Qingshi if he thought it looked good, but he wasn't there. She had just been there. She put the hat down and turned around to see Shen Huaimeng not far away, helping He Manqi pick out clothes.