Chapter 25: The Lipstick Rival (Revised)
Gu Yiliu started the lottery.
Before the lottery, she told the system, "I want a bicycle."
The lottery wheel spun three times before Gu Yiliu paused it. The prize was indeed a bicycle.
She saw the small print below and her eyes widened.
Electric bicycle.
It turned out to be an electric bicycle.
"DianDian! Electric bicycles aren't a modern invention, are they?!"
Dian Dian proudly raised her head, "How can it not belong? Electric bicycles have already been invented in places you don't know about, and they seem to sell for 300 yuan. Don't worry, I won't let you take something that doesn't exist in this world out to use."
Gu Yiliu nodded, intending to take the bicycle down, but then she looked at Diandian, "Why can't you take it down?"
"Wait two days and go to the post office to pick it up," Dian Dian said.
Gu Yiliu didn't ask why she needed to go to the post office to pick it up; she happily agreed. With a bicycle, getting around would be much more convenient for her.
The lottery continues. This time, Gu Yiliu didn't say what she wanted; she wanted to see what Dian Dian would give her.
As a result, Dian Dian gave her something she didn't expect.
Lipstick.
It's still a high-end lipstick brand with three letters.
"Tomato red, what do you think? Do you like it?" Dian Dian waited happily for her praise. "I think this color is very beautiful. I spent a long time choosing it."
The lipstick fell into Gu Yiliu's hand. Although Gu Yiliu was very happy, he said, "Don't you even know that you don't look good without makeup and lipstick!"
“You look good even without makeup,” Dian Dian said. “Fine, then I’ll give you a set of cosmetics.”
Gu Yiliu pursed his lips, trying hard not to let the corners of his mouth turn up.
Soon, the cosmetics also reached Gu Yiliu's hands, and as expected, they were high-end brands.
Dian Dian knew what she was thinking and couldn't help but defend herself, "If it's produced by the system, it has to be a top brand, otherwise it's not worth being a system."
"Why did you give me lipstick and cosmetics?" Gu Yiliu happily put the things away.
"Aren't you in a relationship? As your top-notch logistics support, I definitely have to do my job well."
Logistics and supplies?
"Hey, for the third raffle, give me a box of face masks, and I want some snacks, give me two packs of spicy strips!"
Dian Dian made a sound of surprise, "We've used up all our lottery tickets. We'll have to wait until next time."
Gu Yiliu's emotions were in turmoil. "The cosmetics were obtained by using the third lottery draw as a reward?"
Dot Dot said yes.
"Next time something like this happens, make sure you tell me beforehand." Gu Yiliu was very upset, having wasted a chance to win a prize.
After a while, she asked again, "Can I buy it on credit this time?"
Dian Dian: "No."
"If this won't work and that won't work, then what use are you?"
Upon realizing that she had once again displeased Gu Yiliu, Dian Dian quickly cut off contact.
Gu Yiliu watched as the dots disappeared, sighed, and went out to the zoo.
She arrived at the tiger enclosure and asked, "Is there anyone here who needs my help?"
Hu Da asked her, "Officer Gu, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, just boosting sales figures."
Tiger didn't understand the concept of performance. It turned to Tiger Pretty, who shoved it away with a paw. "Idiot, performance is work! Officer Gu wants a job!"
Tiger's eyes lit up after hearing this. "Officer Gu, are you unemployed? If you are, you can come and be my zookeeper!"
"Idiots, all idiots! Officer Gu wants to help us, doesn't he?" The gibbon next to the tiger enclosure ran over and asked Gu Yiliu by the iron cage.
Gu Yiliu nodded at the gibbon, then looked at the nameplate standing outside the cage. This gibbon was named Chang Qiangqiang. "Chang Qiangqiang is right."
Chang Qiang's big eyes were full of expectation. "Can Officer Gu help me?"
"What do you want me to do for you?" Gu Yiliu asked, while at the same time she was also paying attention to the system.
"Officer Gu, could you please tell the zookeeper to help me find a companion to play with? Tigers aren't fun, and the woodpecker next door only wants to eat insects."
As Chang Qiangqiang finished speaking, she also heard the system's distress call.
"Chang Qiangqiang wants to find a companion to play with."
Gu Yiliu accepted the report and said, "I'll go tell your zookeeper right away."
Gu Yiliu found the chubby zookeeper, Sister Yu, and told her what Chang Qiangqiang had said.
"Looking for a companion? I'll go to the zoo in the next county and ask around. Maybe I can find a baby monkey for it to raise. If not, then we'll just have to wait for the monkeys that Officer Gu and your team rescued in the mountains," Sister Yu said with a smile.
The next morning, Gu Yiliu heard that Sister Yu had taken Chang Qiangqiang to the zoo in the next county to choose baby monkeys.
Gu Yiliu went there in the morning, and by noon he received feedback from the system: "The positive review rating has increased by 1%."
"Now it's 32%!" Gu Yiliu said happily.
Dian Dian: "No, it's 27% now."
"It's regressed?" Gu Yiliu asked with a serious expression.
"No, the pills I gave you used 5% of their energy."
"?"
"DianDian, I'll fuck your mother!"
Dian Dian ran away in a flash. A host who swears is terrifying.
Two days later, the system, which had been hiding for two days, reappeared and reminded Gu Yiliu to go to the post office to pick up her electric bicycle.
“First-rate, after you get the electric bicycle, I have something to tell you.”
"Is it important?"
Dian Dian hummed in agreement.
Gu Yiliu said "oh" and slowly went to the police station, then called Han Yi to go to the post office together.
When she arrived, Han Yi hadn't left work yet and was taking a statement.
She didn't inform Han Yi in advance that she was coming. Although they had officially started dating, they had been busy with their own things these past few days and hadn't had a proper meal or gone out together yet.
She stood at the office door, watching Han Yi and his female colleague give statements, wondering when he would discover her.
But after watching for a while, I felt something was off.
His female colleague next to him would occasionally look up at Han Yi, then give him a silly, enigmatic smile.
"..."
Gu Yiliu couldn't deny that he felt a little sour at that moment.
"Gu Yiliu, what brings you here? Come in, come in, have a seat!"
Gu Yiliu looked at the person in front of her, taking in his surprise. She remembered this person; his name was quite distinctive: Zheng Hanbao. "Are you very busy today?"
Zheng Hanbao subconsciously looked towards Han Yi's position in the office, and his eyelids twitched when he saw that Xiao Ye and Han Yi were so close together.
"Not too busy. You're here to see Han Yi, right?"
Seeing Gu Yiliu nod, Zheng Hanbao immediately shouted as if chanting a slogan, "Brother Yi, someone is looking for you!"
Han Yi looked up and his eyes lit up when he saw Gu Yiliu. He stared at her face and smiled.
Gu Yiliu shifted his gaze from his face to his female colleague next to him and gave her a smile.
Ye Fan forced a smile and returned Gu Yiliu's polite one. She subconsciously disliked this woman.
"Wait a moment, this is my statement from last night."
Ye Fan turned to look at Han Yi, then lowered her eyes to look at his notes, which were almost finished. She watched him speed up, each word penetrating the paper, but she could still feel his urgency from the cursive strokes.
Ye Fan couldn't help but look at Gu Yiliu again. She remembered that the name Zheng Hanbao had called out earlier was Gu Yiliu.
She saw Gu Yiliu walk into the office and sit down by himself.
Han Yi didn't even look up, but called out to Zheng Hanbao, "Hanbao, could you pour me a cup of tea? I've already brewed it."
Zheng Hanbao responded.
Thanks, I'll treat you to dinner another day.
Ye Fan watched quietly. The tea that Han Yi had mentioned earlier was for Han Yi to drink alone. She didn't understand why there were two teapots in the workplace, one for the workplace and one for Han Yi, and that Han Yi's tea was for himself.
Two days ago, she pretended not to know and poured herself a cup of tea from his teapot. He coldly reminded her not to touch his tea and that if she wanted to drink it, she should drink from the other teapot. Then she saw that he had shared his tea with others, and the next day he drank it himself again.
Ye Fan thought Han Yi was quite selfish, even separating his tea from others', but she liked him just the way he was.
Seeing them exchanging questions and answers, Ye Fan glanced at Han Yi's expression and asked with a smile, "Han Yi, Gu and I are both girls, so Brother Bao might not be attentive enough. I'll go pour some tea."
Han Yi asked the victim a question while writing, and then refused her, saying, "No need, you should learn how to take notes as soon as possible."
A hint of frustration flashed across Ye Fan's face as she responded. At first, she thought taking a statement would be easy, and she even specifically asked Deputy Chief Inspector Zeng to arrange for Han Yi to teach her, a request that was granted. But now she didn't think so anymore; she found taking a statement quite difficult.
Gu Yiliu sipped her tea, the tea soup was still the refreshing Junshan Yinzhen, and she didn't refill it after finishing one cup.
She heard Ye Fan's words and now she was certain that this woman was interested in Han Yi. Judging from her situation, this woman didn't know about her relationship with Han Yi, so she regarded her as a potential rival.
Gu Yiliu smiled, his eyes crinkling.
Sure enough, after Han Yi finished giving his statement, she followed him to her.
"Comrade Gu, is this tea good?"
Gu Yiliu nodded. "It tastes pretty good."
Ye Fan smiled and said casually, "I poured myself a glass to taste last time, and I thought it was pretty good too."
"Is that so?" Gu Yiliu looked at Han Yi with a half-smile. She knew that Han Yi had his own teapot for brewing tea.
Han Yi said coldly, "Last time she poured a cup of tea from my teapot, but I didn't pour it for her."
When was the last time?
Three days ago.
Ye Fan stared blankly as the two talked back and forth. She couldn't help but look at Han Yi, but when she met his cold gaze, her heart skipped a beat.
The two of them seem to have such a similar relationship...
"Let's go." Han Yi reached out to pull Gu Yiliu.
Gu Yiliu obediently let him pull him and followed him.
After the two left, Zheng Hanbao came out and sighed softly, "Xiao Ye, Han Yi likes Gu Yiliu. If you act like this today, Han Yi will think you did it on purpose."
"No way..." Ye Fan retorted instinctively.
“I can tell you did it on purpose, so Han Yi couldn’t possibly not have seen it.” Zheng Hanbao shook his head and walked away.
Ye Fan's heart tightened, and he chased after him to ask, "Why does Han Yi forbid others from drinking his tea? Is it... a rule set by Comrade Gu? Isn't that too selfish?"
Zheng Hanbao: "It wasn't Comrade Gu who set the rules." Han Yi was still single when he came, and Gu Yiliu only appeared in his life later. "Han Yi isn't selfish either. He often shares his good tea with the institute, and he also occasionally treats everyone to meals. How can you say such things about him?"
Ye Fan: "I am..."
Zheng Hanbao: "Don't be like that. It's normal to like him, but don't try anything funny, especially not in front of the woman he likes. He's not stupid."
...
On the other side, Gu Yiliu and Han Yi walked in silence.
Han Yi squeezed her hand. "Are you angry?" He paused, then added, "You look beautiful today."
He pulled her to look at her face. "Let me see."
Gu Yiliu took a step back, not to his liking, "No, I was wondering why you always drink Junshan Yinzhen tea, why don't you drink green tea? Green tea is quite delicious too. You're so good at brewing tea, there should be people scrambling to drink it every day."
"..."
Han Yi curled his lips; he knew Gu Yiliu was jealous.
"I'll only make it for you to drink," he said solemnly, looking at her.
Gu Yiliu raised an eyebrow. "I didn't force you."
Han Yi sighed and explained, "I didn't expect her to touch the teapot. I won't let anyone touch my teapot in the future. I'll replace it tomorrow. Don't be angry."
You know she likes you, right?
Han Yi nodded, "I can feel it."
Gu Yiliu was satisfied. "Don't let me hear any rumors."
Han Yi: "Don't worry! I will remain chaste for you!" Gu Yiliu couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.
The two chatted as they walked to their destination, the post office.
"An electric bicycle? Did you buy it?" Han Yi was quite surprised when he saw the bicycle.
Gu Yiliu nodded, and then Han Yi sighed, "I don't think I've ever given you anything before."
"Then think it over carefully." Gu Yiliu said as she unpacked the package, and Han Yi helped her.
Just as they were about to ride away, a post office worker called out to Gu Yiliu and Han Yi, "Comrades, please wait a moment, there is a letter for you."
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