Chapter 18 Hotel "Two months have passed, and Designer Bai is still the same..."

Bai Ye could avoid eye contact.

It was embarrassing enough that Yi Sheng saw her like this, but to be so embarrassed and startled, she looked absolutely awful.

She hoped her silence would make Yi Sheng leave.

She hoped Yi Sheng would pretend he didn't see her, like a friend he wasn't close to to begin with, or a competent client who would simply pass by and ignore her.

That way, when she shows up in a more conventional manner next time, they can continue to be friends, taking things step by step.

Ke Yisheng didn't.

"Designer Bai?!" Yi Sheng seemed startled by her sudden tremor.

Bai Yeke's continued silence prompted Yi Sheng to open the car door and get out.

The downpour continued. Yi Sheng didn't have time to open an umbrella. Worried, she took a few steps around the car and ran to Bai Yeke.

"Miss Yi," Bai Yeke said in a very low voice, her gaze fixed on the ground, avoiding direct eye contact.

The rain poured down like pillars, splashing water droplets on the road surface, each droplet reflecting the faint light of the streetlights.

Bai Ye could hear Yi Sheng let out a long sigh, which contained helplessness and a hint of displeasure.

"Get in the car." Yi Sheng's tone was firm, almost commanding.

Bai Yeke shifted her gaze slightly to the Panamera she had once said she liked very much. It was a beautiful car, and the interior and lighting exuded an air of luxury.

"Who are you waiting for?" Yi Sheng asked again.

Bai Ye shook her head. "No."

"Then get in the car."

Bai Yeke shook her head again, "Thank you..."

"I don't need your thanks." Yi Sheng was slightly impatient. People always did what she said, and no one would make her repeat herself like Bai Yeke. "I just need you to listen to me and get in the car."

“But… I’m soaked,” Bai Yeke explained weakly.

"Heh." Yi Sheng seemed to laugh in exasperation. "Do you think all that water you're wearing will turn my car into a flooded car, or do you think that because you've dirtied my car, I can't even afford a full car spa treatment?"

……!

That seems to make sense?

The cost of washing the car after it got dirty is nothing to someone of Yi Sheng's status.

Her coyness only makes Yi Sheng speechless, doesn't it?

What's the difference between this and blatantly mocking Yi Sheng for not even having money to wash his car?

Bai Yeke realized that she was still not fully awake.

She looked up at Yi Sheng, blinked, and as she felt her disheveled appearance was unbearable and wanted to back away, Yi Sheng opened the passenger door for her. "Get in."

This is the fourth time Yi Sheng has said it.

If she refuses again, Bai Ye has reason to believe that this woman will definitely hate her for not knowing how to appreciate kindness.

Not only will we not be able to be friends, but we might also offend the client.

Forced by circumstances, Bai Ye got on the bus without really understanding what was going on.

Yi Sheng quickly returned to the driver's seat. She took out two towels, handed one to Bai Yeke, and used the other to dry her hair and clothes.

"I'm sorry," Bai Yeke apologized instinctively.

"Heh." Yi Sheng said in a flat tone, "After two months apart, Designer Bai still loves getting wet in the rain as much as ever."

"..."

The familiar Yi style.

Bai Yeke even felt that the effect of fighting poison with poison made her mental state a little better.

At least, her sense of apology suddenly lessened considerably.

The next second, Yi Sheng chuckled casually, "He was kind enough to let me get wet too. What a good student who knows how to share good things."

"..."

Bai Ye felt that the last bit of remorse she felt was fluctuating wildly.

"Is there anywhere nearby?" Yi Sheng asked her.

"Ah..." Bai Ye thought that Yi Sheng would go to the city center area, and she thought she could just find a place to drop her off later. Although she didn't have anywhere to go in the city center, it was still a lively and bustling place. She could find a small hotel, but in the remote area, as far as she knew, there was only one big hotel that she absolutely couldn't afford to stay in. "Just drop me off at the bus stop."

Bai Ye thought that it would be the same as before, and it wouldn't be right to ask Yi Sheng to specially take her to the city center. She might be able to hail a cab at the bus stop if she was lucky.

Yi Sheng looked at her, frowning slightly, "Do you know what it's like to be caught in the rain all night?"

"..."

Bai Ye was speechless. Of course, she knew that she would most likely catch a cold and get a fever, but there was nothing she could do about it.

"I'm going to a nearby hotel, come with me." Yi Sheng didn't say anything more to her and started the car. "Don't worry, my room is a suite, so we won't disturb each other."

Bai Ye bit her lip, looking somewhat helpless.

"Achoo!" She sneezed and quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

"Get yourself some paper," Yi Sheng instructed.

Bai Yeke said "Oh," and consciously wiped herself with a tissue. She felt the car speeding up a bit again.

Upon arriving at the hotel, they were escorted to Yi Sheng's room by a staff member. Yi Sheng instructed the staff to prepare ginger soup, and the staff member quickly withdrew.

Bai Yeke stood on the carpet. She wasn't dripping wet anymore, but her summer clothes were soaked and stuck to her body. Fortunately, her long hair was also soaked and covered her up quite a bit. However, her soaked and messy hair made Bai Yeke keep her head down. She felt like a stray dog ​​that had also been soaked by the roadside.

Yi Sheng pointed to a room and said, "Go take a shower first, I'm going to take a shower too."

Bai Ye immediately obeyed and slipped into the room.

The steaming hot water, even a bit scalding for summer, was poured over her head. It took Bai Ye a while to feel a bit better before she adjusted the water to a suitable temperature.

After a quick shower, Bai Yeke came out wearing the hotel's bathrobe and carrying her wet clothes.

"Go wash and dry them." Yi Sheng sat in the living room, changed into her pajamas, and held a bowl of ginger soup in her hand, gesturing to another bowl of ginger soup on the coffee table, "Then come and drink the ginger soup."

"Oh." Bai Yeke finished dealing with her clothes and sat back down on the single sofa on one side.

After drinking the ginger soup, that damp, cold feeling that felt like I was about to catch a cold completely disappeared.

The room was quiet. Bai Ye noticed that Yi Sheng was holding a bowl of ginger soup and drinking it slowly while looking at the TV. There was only a picture on the TV screen, but no sound.

It's a really strange atmosphere.

Moreover, Bai Yeke felt that Yi Shenglin didn't need to drink ginger soup at all for those few seconds of rain.

After Bai Yeke finished drinking the ginger soup and put down her bowl, Yi Sheng, whose bowl still had more than half a bowl of soup left, also put down her bowl.

"I'm going home tomorrow," Yi Sheng said calmly, without looking at Bai Yeke. "The hotel has rooms available, so you can stay for a while."

"ah?"

Does that mean she can stay in a hotel temporarily, and for free?

"I'll find a place myself..."

Even if Yi Sheng's room is empty, Bai Ye has no right to just freeload in someone else's room, especially in such an expensive hotel.

Yi Sheng looked up at her and said, "Whatever you want, do what you think is best."

"OK."

When Yi Sheng returned to her room, she didn't turn around and whispered, "I left some spare clothes here. You can wear those if you don't have time to buy new clothes."

"ah?--"

Bai Ye watched as Yi Sheng closed the door, and all the questions in her head could only be suppressed.

They actually let her stay here, and even made her wear Yi Sheng's spare clothes...

Bai Yeke returned to her room and lay in bed, unable to sleep. So much had happened that night.

She clicked on Xiao Yang's profile picture and sighed earnestly.

Coconut Cola: Your CEO Yi is a really nice person.

Little Lamb, charge! ?

Little Sheep Rush: Why are you suddenly saying this in the middle of the night?

Little Sheep, Rush! Has President Yi given you any special treatment this time?

Little Lamb, dash! Oh my god, at this hour! Did she talk to you?

Little Sheep, Rush! She just got back today. It seems she didn't go home. I don't even know where she is.

Little Lamb, Rush! What happened?

Little Yang's perpetual motion machine is indeed online 24/7.

Bai Yeke was a little speechless as she looked at the flood of comments, but also felt a strange little happy.

But no matter what, she couldn't possibly tell Xiao Yang what happened tonight.

Coconut Cola: I just think she's a nice person.

Xiao Yang, hurry up: ...

At this moment, the exhaustion from a whole night finally washed over her like a tidal wave. With her phone still in her hand, Bai Yeke drifted off to sleep.

When Bai Ye woke up, she glanced at her phone and saw that it was already 9:30 the next day. She hadn't slept until this time in a long time.

After leaving the room, Yi Sheng's room door was open, but no one was there.

On the living room table was an open sandwich with fried sausage, fried egg, and bread slices, served with milk for breakfast; it was clearly meant for her.

After washing up and eating, Bai Yeke changed into her clothes, which she had dried the night before, and went out.

She had already calculated that she had enough money to pay six months' rent and still have enough for living expenses for the next six months. And once Yi Sheng's house was completed, in addition to the design fee and contract share, she would soon receive a substantial bonus, which was information the store manager had revealed to her.

However, before she could even look for a place to live, the argument that happened last night forced her to move up the timeline for finding a place.

Today happened to be a day off, so Bai Ye took the subway to the vicinity of her company to try her luck.

To save time, Baiye directly contacted an agent.

After all, she has to pay for accommodation every day she stays out. After today, she can only look at apartments after get off work. The accommodation fees for the extra few days she stays out will definitely be equivalent to the agency fee. So, it's better to just find an agency directly, which will save her a lot of trouble.

At the real estate agency, the agent showed her several apartments on a computer.

“These apartments all meet your requirements. The renovations are also very new, and they are close to your workplace. You don’t need to take the subway; you can get there in ten to twenty minutes by shared electric scooter.”

It is indeed a very nice house.

The problem is, the price is too high.

Bai Yeke had only roughly searched for nearby house prices beforehand and had a price in mind, but when she actually came to the real estate agent, the price was even more than half again as high.

"Hehe." Seeing her frowning in thought, the agent asked knowingly, "What's your budget?"

Bai Ye hesitated and said, "Around 4000."

After looking at these houses, she had already set a budget, which was the highest price she could accept at the moment.

"Uh..." the agent hesitated slightly, "I see, with this budget, you can find pretty good apartments in places a bit further out, but in this area..."

"I do have a few properties around here, priced around 4,000, but the condition of the apartments isn't great," the agent asked. "Would you like us to look at some further out, or perhaps consider closer options and be a bit more lenient?"

Bai Ye only gets one day off a week, and when she gets home she just sleeps. She thinks that as long as her living conditions are acceptable, that's enough. It would be more convenient to live closer to the company. She has lived in the suburbs for so long, and her house is nice enough. Now she just wants to live closer to the shop.

"Then let's take a look at those apartments you mentioned that are closer to home."

“Okay.” The agent led Bai Yeke out.

It was almost noon, and after they looked at two apartments, it was past 1 p.m. when they came out.

"Let's eat first," the agent suggested.

Bai Ye had gotten up late, so she wasn't hungry earlier, but she was a little hungry now, so she quickly agreed.

A simple fast food restaurant.

"Um, Ms. Bai, we don't charge for showing apartments," the agent smiled. "After the transaction is completed, we'll charge half of the first month's rent."

Bai Ye understood perfectly well that there was no money being paid for showing houses, and who knew what would happen afterward.

If you change tenants, they probably won't talk to you. Whether or not you need to hire a real estate agent to have a meal during a house viewing is not a rule.

Bai Ye was easy to talk to and took the initiative to pay the money for the agent.

Many people think she has a mild temper, but she is just weighing the pros and cons. She needs to rent a suitable house in a short time, and getting the agent to have a good impression of her might improve efficiency.

However, after looking at several houses, Bai Ye still didn't find one she liked.

"Okay, please think about it again." After working as a real estate agent for a long time, one can more or less figure out some of the ideas of customers and has also developed some methods. For example, showing good houses to customers and bad houses to create a comparison, trying to get customers to rent good houses at high prices and bad houses at ordinary prices. Houses with high cost performance are kept in hand for the time being, and only released when encountering really difficult customers.

As evening approached, the agent realized that Baiye was not very willing to accept the poor-quality room he had shown her, so he used a delaying tactic, saying, "Let me look around some more. If I find a suitable room, we can look at it while you rest."

Although Baiye didn't fully understand the agent's tactics, she could guess some of them.

Similarly, she understood that at this point, it would be difficult to find a place to rent today.

She was a little annoyed and tired, but there was really nothing she could do. "Okay."

After a long day of hard work, having treated someone to a meal for nothing, and still not finding a place to stay, Bai Ye went into a convenience store, grabbed a bottle of yogurt, sat by the window, and resignedly searched for cheap hotels nearby on her phone.

A notification popped up at the top of the phone that there was a new WeChat message. Bai Yeke clicked on it and saw that it was from Yi Sheng.

A life of simplicity: Have you found a house?

It seems the hotel informed Yi Sheng that she had left.

Bai Ye didn't reply to the message.

She didn't find it, of course, but she didn't want to take advantage of Yi Sheng's kindness, so staying in a small hotel nearby was a good deal for her.

Although Yi Sheng's free hotel was more comfortable, people's good intentions are precious, and taking advantage of them will inevitably have bad consequences.

Bai Yeke planned to pretend she hadn't seen the message and check into a small hotel before replying. She got up to go check out the hotel she had chosen on her phone when Yi Sheng sent another message.

A life of tranquility: You promised to treat me to dinner when I get back from my business trip, didn't you?

...?!

Bai Ye's heart skipped a beat. How could she have forgotten about this!