Now that she has been reborn, the two met in a different way, which revealed a different side of him.

After thinking about it, Tang Xiaoxiao could roughly guess Han Yunqi's thoughts.

She was certain that he had fallen for her.

The look of trepidation and infatuation in his eyes as he glanced at her was too obvious to be concealed.

Although the two had met before, it was only a fleeting glance, and they had never interacted. Moreover, their statuses were unequal; she was a client, a big spender who had just spent hundreds of thousands at his house, while Han Yunqi was a young man who had not yet achieved financial independence and was only helping out at his house for the time being.

It's only natural to lack self-confidence.

Tang Xiaoxiao took a bottle of drink and walked over to Han Yunqi, handing it to him: "Here, thank you for your hard work this time, driving so far to bring it to me."

Han Yunqi hurriedly took it and said, "Of course, you are a customer. The principle of doing business is to try our best to meet the needs of our customers."

Hearing such a formal answer, Tang Xiaoxiao suppressed a laugh and chatted with him for a few minutes. Gradually, Han Yunqi relaxed. He was naturally quite talkative; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to work in sales and become a manager in his previous life. Under Tang Xiaoxiao's deliberate guidance, he quickly returned to his usual level, chatting and laughing while even subtly inquiring about Tang Xiaoxiao's situation. Tang Xiaoxiao pretended not to notice.

"Is this your home? Did you just move in or did you renovate it?"

—Yes, this is about confirming one's identity.

"It's a newly built site, on the land of my old family house. I plan to move here myself."

"Do you live alone? Are your parents comfortable with a young girl like you living alone?"

—This is another attempt to find out if she's single.

“This is my hometown, and I know all the neighbors, so I have nothing to worry about. My parents have another place to live, which isn’t far away. I’m getting older, and it’s not convenient for me to live with them all the time.”

Tang Xiaoxiao answered every question without the slightest suspicion of a stranger.

Han Yunqi was engrossed in his pleasant conversation with his sweetheart, focusing intently on probing her, thinking he was keeping a low profile, and not even considering why she was being so cooperative.

As they were talking, Han Yunqi caught sight of Cheng Yiming not far away, who was taking notes in a notebook. His heart skipped a beat, and he vaguely remembered that Cheng Yiming had been standing next to Tang Xiaoxiao when he got off the bus. He couldn't help but ask, "Who is that...?"

Tang Xiaoxiao saw that he was referring to Cheng Yiming and immediately understood what he wanted to ask. She deliberately said, "He's my old classmate. He designed this villa. He's a very talented person."

Hearing that it was just an old classmate and not a boyfriend, Han Yunqi didn't feel relieved. Hearing the praise in the other person's words, he felt a pang of jealousy and impulsively blurted out, "You admire him a lot?"

Realizing what he had said, he immediately said with some annoyance, "I'm sorry, I was abrupt."

If it were any other stranger, Tang Xiaoxiao would have been impatient long ago if they pried into her life like this on their first meeting. But this was Han Yunqi, whom she viewed through a thick, idealized lens. Plus, she knew he was this impulsive and clueless when he liked someone, so naturally she didn't feel any displeasure. Instead, she smiled slightly and said, "It's okay. We're just ordinary classmates. I admire everyone who works hard and strives for success."

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After unloading for more than two hours, it was already past noon. Everyone hadn't had lunch yet. The two aunties hired to cook for the workers brought out fragrant food. Tang Xiaoxiao invited Han Yunqi and the other two workers who came with her to sit down and have a meal together. Han Yunqi sat next to Tang Xiaoxiao, and he could faintly smell the fragrance emanating from her. He ate the meal without tasting it, and his mind wandered from time to time, as if the group of people around him didn't exist.

He wished it were just him and Tang Xiaoxiao having lunch together forever, so that it would never end.

However, he naturally couldn't get his wish. The group of working men also wolfed down their food, eating a lot and quickly. After more than ten minutes, they all put down their bowls and chopsticks. Han Yunqi lingered for a while longer before reluctantly getting up when he saw that Tang Xiaoxiao had also stopped eating.

After unloading the goods, he seemed to have no reason to stay any longer and had to leave. However, before leaving, he mustered up his courage and said to Tang Xiaoxiao, "If you need anything in the future, just call me. Sometimes the store is busy, and I may not be able to answer the phone immediately. Just call me directly, and I'll be on call 24 hours a day. The number is the one that contacted you before."

Hearing such a high-sounding but lame excuse, Tang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but chuckle and nodded to indicate that she understood.

Han Yunqi reluctantly got into the car and began his return journey.

After seeing Han Yunqi off, Tang Xiaoxiao had nothing more to do. She greeted everyone and then went home.

In the evening, Tang Xiaoxiao, in a good mood, personally cooked a very delicious steamed fish using a bass raised in the lake in her space. The whole fish, weighing more than three pounds, was devoured by Tang's parents, with Tang's father eating more than half of it by himself.

Tang's father liked to eat fish, but Tang Xiaoxiao was only so-so about it, and only took a couple of bites.

But she especially loved seafood; she would eat anything from crabs and oysters to crayfish. Unfortunately, in her past life, she had a weak stomach, and seafood was considered "cold" in traditional Chinese medicine, so she never had the chance to eat to her heart's content.

She's in great health, but her palate has become quite discerning. She's eaten seafood twice and always felt it wasn't quite right. She wanted to raise her own seafood, but there's no ocean in her online space, which is a real shame.

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