Chapter 78 Chapter 78 Spending Money Day 78
On Thursday, Liu Yue went out to sea on a yacht.
It was already May, and the sun was strong on the sea. She only lay in the rocking chair on the deck for a while before returning to the indoor space to enjoy the air conditioning.
As soon as she entered the room, she became the focus of everyone's attention.
The young people in the living room raised their glasses to thank her for inviting them on board. Liu Yue smiled in response, picked up the wine from the waiter's tray, and clinked glasses with them one by one.
Every time she clinked glasses, she just took a sip. After greeting more than a dozen people in the audience, there was still more than half of the wine left in the glass.
Liu Yue was very satisfied with the guests who came to the scene today. Although she didn’t know most of them, they all looked very good.
Sure enough, Pei Jianing knew very well what she liked.
Liu Yue also met Ye Jiashu. He looked much better in person than in the photo.
When clinking glasses with her, Ye Jiashu seemed very reserved. While others were always nice and obedient, he could only say "You are very beautiful" dryly, then lower his head, looking very embarrassed.
Pei Jianing made up for him: "He hasn't had much contact with girls, so he was a little nervous just now."
Liu Yue didn't quite believe it. It was impossible with his looks.
You know, any man with decent facial features is considered "handsome." Ye Jiashu's looks are truly outstanding among ordinary people. He must have been a school idol.
The two had already walked away. Pei Jianing whispered, "He used to be very fat. It was his parents at the time who couldn't stand it and urged him to lose weight. That's why he lost weight."
"Honestly, if he had always been that fat, my sister wouldn't have thought anything of him when she saw him."
So that's how it is. Then he was quite successful in losing weight.
Turning around, Liu Yue saw Pei Yuan.
Last time, they were at a dinner party, looking at each other from a distance, and she couldn't quite remember what Pei Yuan looked like. This time, on the yacht, she and Pei Yuan had a detailed chat.
I don’t know if it was because of the gossip that Pei Jianing shared with her that caused Liu Yue to have a preconceived impression.
She felt that even though Pei Yuan's look today was gentle, it couldn't conceal her decisive aura. This reminded Liu Yue of another person, He Xi, the mother assigned to her by the system.
In fact, she also fantasized when she was a child that she would become such a strong woman when she grew up, but her talents obviously lay elsewhere.
While chatting, Pei Yuan was also testing Liu Yue's character.
She had heard some of what Pei Jianing said, but words were definitely not as accurate as what she felt in person.
Liu Yue is a very simple person. She is not good at, nor does she need to, hiding her emotions. Although she won't express all her thoughts, as long as you pay attention, you will definitely find them.
Pei Yuan tentatively mentioned several investment projects. No matter whether she talked about making money or losing money, Liu Yue was simply curious and just listened to the story. She had no intention of getting involved at all.
Nine-digit or ten-digit profits could not move her heart.
——Liu Yue was of course calm. The system did not allow her to invest the money given by her, and she did not want to use her own savings to invest.
The purpose of investing is to make money, but Liu Yue can no longer spend all the money the system gave her.
As soon as she opens her eyes every day, she starts thinking about how to spend her money today. How can she have the time to invest?
But Pei Yuan didn't know that she had such an important task. She only sighed to Pei Jianing that Liu Yue's character was really rare.
It's no secret that Liu Yue was adopted before. Everyone knows that she actually never received any education as an heir and never developed an entrepreneurial mindset. These things cannot be made up for overnight.
Pei Yuan put himself in Liu Yue's shoes and thought, if she were Liu Yue, she would probably lose her rationality and judgment and make some wrong decisions because she was anxious to catch up after falling so far behind her peers.
But Liu Yue did not have any signs of this. She was very calm and composed, and she controlled the rhythm of her life.
In Pei Yuan's view, knowledge and ability are only temporary gaps, and there will always be opportunities to catch up in the future. Only a person's character is difficult to change once it is fixed.
If we use the classic line from the upgrade flow to describe it, it would be "This kid will become a great man in the future."
Liu Yue (Dihua version) is eating cake. Today's dessert was ordered by Sang Yu, and the mango mille-feuille is really good.
She couldn't help it and ate the second piece.
She is quite decisive in her actions and eats whatever she wants.
In sharp contrast to this was Ye Jiashu, who was standing next to her, wanting to eat but hesitant and reluctant to reach out for it.
Liu Yue reminded him, "Take what you want. These cakes will be gone once they're eaten. We're on a yacht, so they won't be restocked."
Although she brought a chef with her, she didn't bring a dedicated dessert chef.
“Oh, thank you…”
Pei Jianing was right, Ye Jiashu was indeed very nervous.
He was swallowing subconsciously, and his hands seemed to be newly installed. He gestured in place for a long time before finally resting them on the table.
Ye Jiashu finally ate the cake. As he picked up the fork, he was still muttering about how long he would go to the gym tomorrow.
Liu Yue asked curiously, "Do you lose weight by exercising?"
"It's a bit of both, but the main reason I was able to lose weight is by eating less."
When talking about topics he was familiar with, Ye Jiashu finally stopped being nervous.
He organized his speech normally and explained to Liu Yue the principles of weight loss. As long as humans breathe, they will burn calories every day. Only when the food intake is less than the expenditure, creating a calorie gap, can the body burn fat.
Eating less means reducing intake, while exercising improves the body's metabolism and increases consumption.
In the long run, weight loss combined with exercise is not likely to rebound easily, but the fastest and most intuitive way to see results is to eat less.
Ye Jiashu also showed Liu Yue his old photos, and he was really fat.
"My parents..."
He paused for a moment and continued, "My parents urged me to lose weight, mainly because they were worried about my health. I persisted for a while and was about to give up, but then I suddenly realized that my good friends were laughing at me behind my back, so I gritted my teeth and lost the weight." Ye Jiashu: "In the past few years, I have not only lost weight, but also developed abdominal muscles."
"Really?" Liu Yue said casually, "Let me see."
She could feel that after she said this, Ye Jiashu seemed to become nervous again.
Liu Yue was just about to ask him what was wrong when she saw him lift up the hem of his sweatshirt with an embarrassed look on his face.
Liu Yue: ...
She took a deep breath and said, "Just show me the photos. Haven't we been looking at photos just now?"
Ye Jiashu's face flushed red, and he didn't know whether it was because of shyness or embarrassment because he had misunderstood.
He quickly put down his sweatshirt, explained to Liu Yue that he had never taken a photo of his abdominal muscles, and tried to pretend nothing had happened and continued eating the cake.
When Liu Yue was about to leave, he stood up, picked up the cake plate and followed.
Liu Yue raised her eyebrows: "Why are you following me?"
Ye Jiashu didn't say anything, but his expression looked a little aggrieved.
Liu Yue had a guess in her mind: "It's your sister—oh, Jianing should be your sister. Did she ask you to follow me?"
"No, no."
Ye Jiashu shook his head: "She just said you were her good friend. I've never been to a place like this, and I don't know what to talk to them about. She said you're a very good person and would take care of me..."
From Ye Jiashu's perspective, this is indeed the case.
Everyone knew that he was taken away by mistake, and they all looked at him with strange eyes, trying to find out more details. Only Liu Yue didn't ask about those things, and her eyes were calm when she looked at him.
Therefore, in an unfamiliar environment, feeling that everyone around him had bad intentions, Ye Jiashu, who was very uncomfortable, subconsciously wanted to follow Liu Yue's actions.
Wherever she went, Ye Jiashu followed, which reminded Liu Yue of the automatic following in the game.
Okay, it’s no big deal to take him along. His face is really pleasing to the eye anyway.
"Then let's go fishing." Liu Yue said, "Have you ever fished before?"
Ye Jiashu had never fished before, and Liu Yue was also trying it for the first time, so both of them were novices.
The two met Pei Yuan on the road, and Liu Yue invited her to join them.
Pei Yuan was very good at sea fishing, and she gladly accepted the invitation to serve as their technical instructor.
The fishing gear Sang Yu had prepared for Liu Yue was, of course, top-tier for beginners. Furthermore, they weren't fishing on the yacht, but rather on another fishing boat.
Liu Yue went out to sea, and there were two small boats following the yacht.
One was for fishing, the other for her wakeboarding and parasailing, and there were several motorboats parked inside the ship.
We're going out to play, so no matter how much it costs, we have to make sure Liu Yue has a good time. These things may not be necessary, but they can't be without.
Perhaps because of the aura of a novice, Liu Yue had just learned how to use the fishing rod, and not long after, she felt a fish was hooked.
She was very excited, but also worried about catching something really strange. After all, the famous saying in the fishing world is that fishermen can catch anything except fish.
Liu Yue collected her rod with excitement and anxiety. Under Pei Yuan's guidance, she successfully brought the fish ashore.
It was a fish, a real fish! And it was one of the few fish she knew!
The characteristic of hairtail is that it is long and thin. Liu Yue had eaten fried hairtail and seen it fresh on ice, but this was her first time encountering such a fresh hairtail.
Liu Yue sighed: "The hairtail fish is so beautiful."
The cutlassfish she caught had a silver-blue metallic luster all over its body. In the sunlight, the middle of its body was flashing red, which was simply beautiful.
Such a beautiful hairtail fish, should we fry it or braise it?
When Liu Yue goes out, she brings her entire team of chefs along so that they can process the fish directly on the boat when they are caught. There is no ingredient fresher than this.
Although she only caught one fish, Liu Yue felt a great sense of accomplishment. Thinking of Xinrongji's golden crispy hairtail, she even felt a little salivating.
Decision made, let’s blow it up!
While Liu Yue was daydreaming over there, Ye Jiashu on the other side also had some gains.
He caught a black sea bream, and Liu Yue praised him a few words. He lowered his head a little embarrassedly.
Then he said, "I think black snapper tastes better than hairtail."
Pei Yuan:......
With that kind of emotional intelligence, if she treated him as her opponent, she would feel like she was bullying a moron.
"Who said that!" Liu Yue complained about the hairtail she caught, "Fried hairtail is especially delicious!"
Ye Jiashu was matter-of-fact: "But hairtail has small bones, while black sea bream doesn't. I got stuck by a fish bone when I was a kid, so I don't like eating fish with bones."
Oh, that makes sense...
However, Liu Yue still emphasized: "This is all your prejudice against hairtail fish. Once you try it, you will know how delicious it is."
"How delicious is it?" Ye Jiashu asked curiously.
Liu Yue savored the taste and described it to him. She saw Ye Jiashu swallow his saliva.
She asked with a smile: "Do you want to eat fried hairtail fish~"
Ye Jiashu nodded honestly: "I do."
"You wish." Liu Yue snorted, "I won't give it to you, just think about it."
Ye Jiashu couldn't believe it: "Why are you like this!"
"That's just me!" Liu Yue put her hands on her hips, "Unless you admit that hairtail is the real delicacy and black sea bream is not tasty!"
“But black snapper is really delicious.”
Ye Jiashu said, "Besides, what if you catch a black sea bream later?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yue felt her fishing rod move.
After I caught it...it turned out to be a black sea bream. Was Ye Jiashu's mouth blessed?
He was laughing with his hands covering his mouth, and Liu Yue stepped on his foot. The two continued chatting and bickering, unknowingly sitting closer and closer.
This is really... Pei Yuan didn't know how to describe it.
All I can say is that the two kids are playing together.
She thought for a while, and seeing that the two men's fishing skills had become more and more proficient, and there was no need for her to guide them, she quietly sat on the other side with the bucket.
The waiting process for fishing was long and boring. Liu Yue and Ye Jiashu talked about her experience of going to the Siberian Tiger Park.
In fact, she just came back from Harbin yesterday.
"The Siberian tigers are really huge. I was riding in a new-model thrill ride with transparent glass. They were lying on the glass, looking at me from very close. It was a completely different experience from what I saw in the video..."
The momentum of a ferocious beast pouncing on you can only be experienced by being there in person. When Liu Yue thinks back on that moment of oppression and excitement, her scalp still tingles.
Tiger Forest Park is fun and she wants to go there again in the future!
"I fed them a lot of meat," Liu Yue said, gesturing. "Because I went there very early, the tigers probably hadn't eaten yet. They all came running over when they smelled the meat."
She showed Ye Jiashu a video of a group of tigers gathered in front of the car window. The perspective was really thrilling. Even through the screen, Ye Jiashu was shocked.
He asked, "Why are all the tigers crowded on your side? Don't the other passengers feed them?"
"Because I hired a car," Liu Yue said naturally. "I saw a video online saying that where the tiger appears depends on luck. But I think gambling on luck is too unreliable, so I asked my assistant to contact the scenic spot and book tickets for the entire car."
Ye Jiashu opened his mouth slightly. It turned out that this is how rich people played when they went out. He would never think in this direction at all.
He then asked, "Besides Hulin Park, where else did you go when you went to Harbin?"
"Nothing else, I just went to Hulin Park." Liu Yue said, "I left the day before yesterday and came back yesterday."
If it weren't for the fact that feeding the tigers in the morning was a better experience and Shenzhen was a bit far from Harbin, she could even have gone back and forth on the same day.
This is really... equivalent to hitting a flying plane.
Ye Jiashu also shared his recent life with Liu Yue. Just as she knew, his life had undergone earth-shaking changes.
First, Pei Yuan, their company's investor, suddenly became his biological sister. Before he could fully accept this reality, she was taken to Pei Deng's 60th birthday.
He was really confused that day and didn't know what to do the whole time.
He couldn't call Pei Deng "Dad". All the guests were embarrassed and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.
The company boss told him to listen to Pei Yuan. This was his status and he would also have a share in the future inheritance. Why wouldn't he want the money that was delivered to his door?
Although Pei Yuan's methods were rather tough, the outcome of this matter was in his favor - everyone knew about this matter, and even if Pei Deng was reluctant to part with Pei Fang, it was impossible for him to cover up for him.
Moreover, his parents, who had raised him for so many years, also wanted to see their biological son...
After listening to his description, Liu Yue felt that Ye Jiashu really didn't understand the situation. He seemed to think that he, Pei Yuan, and Pei Jianing all had the same biological mother.
This is their family matter, so Liu Yue certainly wouldn't deliberately reveal it.
She only said: "So how do you feel about being in the Pei family? Is Uncle Pei... Uncle Pei good to you?"
After all, Ye Jiashu had just found his biological father, and he might still have a filter for Pei Deng. It didn't seem appropriate to call him "Old Deng" in front of him.
Ye Jiashu hesitated for a moment and just said it was fine.
There must be something behind this, but since he was unwilling to talk about it, Liu Yue didn't insist on asking.
She then asked, "How are things with your adoptive parents?"
When mentioning this, Ye Jiashu wanted to sigh.
His parents wanted to recognize Pei Fang, but Pei Fang refused to accept reality and only wanted to continue to be Pei Deng's son. Their ideal situation of "two families with two sons" was probably impossible to achieve.
Of course, his parents were very sad, and their desire to recognize Pei Fang also hurt Ye Jiashu's heart.
"Am I being too hypocritical?" he said self-deprecatingly. "I've already gone back to see my biological father, but I can't accept that they want to claim their biological son back."
Liu Yue comforted him: "It's not your fault. Don't they also want two sons?"
It is human nature to want to have the best of both worlds, unable to let go of one side and unwilling to give up the other side.
Ye Jiashu lowered his head, still feeling depressed.
Liu Yue thought for a moment and asked him, "Do you think that you want to return to the Pei family partly for the money, and your adoptive parents are only concerned about blood ties and emotions, so you are a little worse than them?"
Ye Jiashu felt a little embarrassed when his heart was touched. He wanted to avoid Liu Yue's gaze, but unexpectedly, he looked into her eyes.
Her eyes were still calm, without the contempt and ridicule he had imagined. She just looked at him normally.
"There's no need to think that way," she said. "Who doesn't like money? I really like money. If you say you're not after money at all, and you're not interested in the Pei family's wealth at all, and you just want to meet your biological parents, I'd think you're hypocritical."
She said this very frankly and clearly without mercy, but Ye Jiashu felt like a gust of refreshing wind blowing through his heart.
He readily admitted, "I'm indeed tempted. Who wouldn't want to be a rich young master?"
It would be a lie to say that a life of luxury had no appeal to him at all.
After saying these words, he felt that all the turbid air in his chest had dissipated, and his shoulders were not as heavy as before.
She is so nice...
Ye Jiashu unconsciously moved closer to Liu Yue. When Pei Yuan looked over there again, there was no gap between them. It seemed like they were snuggling together intimately.
Tsk, look at him.
When he first got on board, Ye Jiashu was still very reserved and wary of everyone; Liu Yue had only spoken to him for a few words when he became completely dependent on her.
Ye Jiashu was indeed in this state at the moment. Liu Yue was interested in him, and he wanted to lift himself up and shake himself, and tell her everything in detail.
Even when Pei Deng hinted at him and secretly sowed discord between him and Pei Yuan, he also told Liu Yue about it.
Liu Yue wanted to laugh when she heard this. Old Deng really got what he sowed.
It seems that his previous unconditional doting on Pei Fang, besides favoring sons over daughters, was actually due to his fear of Pei Yuan. When his mentality changed from wanting his children to live in harmony to wanting to see them fight each other so that he could reap the benefits, he had already lost.
Liu Yue didn't ask him what he thought. She left the Pei family's affairs to them to resolve on their own. She didn't need to take sides.
During the chat, they caught a lot of fish one after another. Although not every time they caught fish, the overall result was good.
Liu Yue counted her results: yellow-legged fish, red grouper, golden threadfin mullet... and some unknown small sea fish. It was quite a rich harvest.
She happily took a few photos and prepared to post them on her Moments later.
At this time, her fishing rod moved again.
Liu Yue thought about going back after catching the last fish, but when she tried to pull it back, she found that the fish might be very heavy.
"It's a big fish!" Liu Yue said excitedly, "Pei Yuan, come and help me, I think I caught a big fish!"
Pei Yuan rushed over after hearing the noise. The two of them were enough to handle the operation. Although Ye Jiashu was just standing there, he was also excited.
What was finally caught was indeed a big fish, a particularly large swordfish.
Pei Yuan weighed it in his hand and it must have weighed about ten pounds.
Liu Yue was very proud and took photos with the razorfish she caught, trying different poses.
Ye Jiashu volunteered to take pictures for her, but when he showed the photos, Liu Yue punched him in the chest and announced that he would be permanently deprived of the right to take pictures for her.
Fortunately, Ren Zhen was also on the boat. Her photography skills were quite reliable, so she didn't waste the big fish that Liu Yue had worked so hard to catch.
How should she eat the fish? Pei Yuan suggested that she fry the head and tail and use them to make soup, while marinating the fish body and eating it with porridge later.
After hearing her say this, Liu Yue understood. It seems that the swordfish will not taste good no matter how it is cooked. Making it into salted fish may be the only way to save it.
"Like attracts like." Liu Yue sighed to Guitoudao, "I'm a salted fish, and you'll be one soon."
Ye Jiashu: ...
Is this metaphor really okay?
He didn't understand, but he had a filter for Liu Yue. Others said it was inexplicable, but when she said it, it was so cute.
Ye Jiashu searched for photography tips online, studied them carefully for a while, and then said that his skills had improved and asked Liu Yue to give him another chance.
Liu Yue was skeptical, and when she returned to the yacht, she made a "yeah" gesture to his phone.
Look at the photo again…the ocean is vast, and her face is in a small corner of the photo.
Liu Yue: "My cat takes better photos than you do!"
"That's impossible." Ye Jiashu said seriously, "Cats don't know how to take pictures."
Liu Yue didn't want to continue discussing this topic with him. She had already handed the fish to Zhu Yan, but it was not time to have dinner yet.
She had just been fishing for so long, and now she wanted to try something exciting, like riding a motorboat.
Ye Jiashu turned on his automatic follow again. When Liu Yue saw him like that, an evil thought suddenly arose in her mind.
"Come on, come on." She said, "I'll take you on a motorboat ride~"
Water adventure, start!
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