Chapter 2 "Sister, can you tell me about my mother?"
Qi Ying yawned as she came downstairs. After making herself a cup of coffee, she sat down at the desk and began to look through the custom requests from the customer yesterday. A couple came last night and wanted to make a set of heavy-duty wedding dresses for their wedding day. Qi Ying chatted with the bride for a while that night and sent a few pictures for reference. The style was temporarily determined and she was going to make a sample today for the bride to see.
After finishing his coffee, Qi Ying pulled out a tape measure and started to get ready to work.
The studio she rented has two floors. The first floor is the working area. The front window is used for display, and the back is her design studio. Upstairs is a small attic, which is only half the size of the first floor. It is used as Qi Ying's dormitory. After work every day, she goes upstairs to sleep directly, and comes down to work directly after waking up. She can also watch the store at the same time, which saves a lot of trouble.
Qi Ying picked out a piece of wood pulp kraft paper to make a sample first. The bride wanted an ingenious yet eye-catching wedding dress, so Qi Ying decided to make a combination of crystals and flowers, and add a long train to create a gorgeous and grand wedding dress.
Just as Qi Ying was drawing enthusiastically, the cell phone next to him rang.
She picked it up and took a look at it, and found that it was a hint for the game.
[Hello dear designer, your Xing Xiaochu is about to be discharged from the hospital. Should I bring a bouquet of flowers to visit her? ]
Qi Ying paused, then she remembered that she seemed to have inexplicably entered a game world last night, in which she rescued a little Omega. Now the system prompted her that this little O was about to be discharged from the hospital.
It seems like I should take a look at her.
Qi Ying glanced at the draft he had almost finished and felt that it was time to take a break.
When she appeared in the hospital again, Qi Ying had a bunch of lilies in her arms. The fresh lilies seemed to have just been picked, and there was a faint fragrance. The snow-white petals were covered with moisture, making them look particularly delicate.
Qi Ying took the flowers to Xing Xiaochu's ward last night. When she opened the door, she saw the little girl folding the quilt with her back to her, still wearing yesterday's clothes.
"Why are you wearing this dress again?" Qi Ying asked her from the doorway, "Did you do it?"
When Xing Xiaochu turned around and saw Qi Ying, she was stunned. She hurriedly folded the quilt and put it aside. Her beautiful eyes stared at her, and she kept pinching the corner of her clothes nervously.
"It's dry." Xing Xiaochu said in a low voice: "I asked the nurse when I woke up yesterday, and borrowed the hospital's laundry room to wash my clothes. They dried after being left to cool overnight."
She looked at Qi Ying, her face flushed with nervousness: "Thank you for yesterday."
Qi Ying smiled and said, "You're welcome."
She came over, handed the flowers to Xing Xiaochu, and said softly, "These are flowers for you. Are you going to be discharged from the hospital today?"
It was probably the first time that Xing Xiaochu received flowers. She held the bouquet for a long time before she realized that Qi Ying was asking her. She nodded and said, "Yes, the nurse will come and ask me to go through the formalities in a while."
Qi Ying nodded: "Okay, I'll do it later, you sit down and take a rest, have you had breakfast?"
Xing Xiaochu shook his head slightly.
Qi Ying said, "I'll go buy some for you."
After buying a bottle of eight-treasure porridge and a bag of bread from the vending machine, Qi Ying found Xing Xiaochu still holding the bouquet of flowers when she returned to the ward. She poked the white and tender petals with her hand curiously, then leaned forward and smelled them carefully. She seemed to smell a very fragrant scent, and her brows relaxed.
Xing Xiaochu's skin is very fair. When she got close to the lilies, Qi Ying couldn't tell for a moment whether the flower or the girl was prettier. Her long black hair was neatly groomed, not sticking to her cheeks like it was yesterday. Coupled with her beautiful pair of eyebrows and eyes, she looked particularly pure.
At this moment, Xing Xiaochu was sitting on the hospital bed in a skirt. The long skirt covered her knees, leaving only a pair of round and slender calves. The dress was a little white from being washed, outlining her particularly thin waist.
Qi Ying opened and closed her hands impatiently, feeling like her occupational disease was acting up. Seeing such a thin waist, she wanted to measure it with her hands to see how long it was.
It was Xing Xiaochu who discovered her first.
"elder sister?"
Xing Xiaochu felt a little embarrassed holding the flowers, and called Qi Ying timidly. Only then did Qi Ying come to her senses, take the breakfast into the house and put it on the cabinet next to her.
"Let's eat first." Qi Ying said to her, "I'll handle the discharge procedures for you later."
The procedures were not complicated. The nurse was very patient and even took Qi Ying to the payment counter in person. While waiting, the nurse smiled and said to Qi Ying, "You two have a really good relationship as a couple. This is the first time I've seen an alpha come here to handle procedures."
Qi Ying blinked and asked her, "Is it strange?"
"That's quite unusual." The nurse said, "Alphas are usually reluctant to do these chores. You are really nice to your girlfriend."
Qi Ying smiled and did not refute.
Although they had only been in contact for a short while, Qi Ying also understood the background of this society. Alphas had a high status and dominated all power over life and death, while Omegas had a very low status, a bit like the lower-class women in feudal society, and were not allowed to go out to work except to give birth to children for alphas.
As for the beta that no one cares about, it seems like a worker bee in a beehive, working diligently, providing a superior living environment for alpha and omega, and working hard without complaint.
Qi Ying shook his head, fortunately this was just a game.
When she returned to the ward area, she saw from afar that Xing Xiaochu had packed her things. She was standing at the door of the ward holding the flowers that Qi Ying gave her. She was leaning against the white wall and staring at the flowers in a daze. Qi Ying called her, and Xing Xiaochu raised her head. Her eyes lit up and she quickly ran to Qi Ying.
Xing Xiaochu was running a little anxiously, his breathing was a little rapid, and his cheeks were red, which was very cute.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Have you packed your things? Where do you want to go later?" Qi Ying reached out and rubbed Xing Xiaochu's red cheek, and asked her in a low voice.
Somehow, Qi Ying felt that the more she rubbed her cheeks, the redder they became. In the end, even Xing Xiaochu's face turned red. Several young nurses at the nurses' station not far away were also laughing.
Xing Xiaochu's face was very soft and hot, and rubbing it even felt like kneading a steamed bun just out of the pan.
Because the touch was so good, Qi Ying was afraid that he would become addicted to it, so he just rubbed it twice and let go. He didn't care that the nurses behind him were laughing happily, and he held Xing Xiaochu's hand and took her out of the ward.
Xing Xiaochu was holding Qi Ying's hand as they walked towards the elevator. She opened her mouth to say something, but then she looked at their holding hands and remained silent until her ears turned red.
This sister... is so weird.
When they reached the hospital entrance, Qi Ying let go, turned around and looked at the child with rosy cheeks, and asked her, "Where do you live? I'll take you home."
Xing Xiaochu's face turned pale all of a sudden.
Qi Ying looked at her puzzledly: "What? Don't you want to go home?"
If she goes home, her scumbag father will give her to Old A in exchange for a betrothal gift. Xing Xiaochu doesn't want to do that, but if she doesn't go back, where should she go?
She is homeless.
Xing Xiaochu didn't say anything, and Qi Ying felt puzzled. At this time, the mobile phone rang with a "ding". Qi Ying took it out and took a look, and found that the APP interface gave her a house purchase contract.
【Hello dear designer~】
[If you want to cultivate an excellent Xing Xiaochu, you must give her a warm home. She can't go back to the home where she drank and sold her daughter, but fortunately you are by her side! ]
[The new home has been decorated, take your little Chu to have a look~]
Qi Ying clicked on the purchase contract, saw the address of the house, and took another look at the signature on the purchase. It was indeed his name. It was a large flat with a market value of 2 million.
Also giving away a house?
Qi Ying took the phone and glanced at Xing Xiaochu, hesitated for a moment and said, "If you don't want to go back, come to my house."
Xing Xiaochu raised his head and asked weakly, "Is it really possible?"
"Yes." Qi Ying hailed a car and said to Xing Xiaochu, "Let's go, come home with me."
***
The new home is a large flat in a community within the Second Ring Road that looks very expensive. There is one elevator per household, and entry to the community is by facial recognition.
It was also Qi Ying's first time to come to this place. He followed the navigation and searched for a while before arriving downstairs of his home. Before entering the door, he was still worrying about what to do if he didn't have the key, but it turned out to be a fingerprint lock.
"The door is open—"
Pushing open the door, Qi Ying saw the luxuriously decorated apartment. The living room was very spacious and bright. The fully automatic electrical appliances turned on one by one when people entered the house. The curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows also slowly opened, revealing a beautiful city view.
Qi Ying was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw Xing Xiaochu's eyes wide open. She couldn't help but smiled and said, "Come in, this will be your home from now on."
Xing Xiaochu stood at the door awkwardly. After hearing Qi Ying's words, he nodded and followed her into the house.
While Xing Xiaochu was changing his shoes, Qi Ying took a walk around his own 'home'. This flat had a master bedroom with a dressing room and bathroom, two secondary bedrooms, a study, a guest bathroom, and a place that was either a nanny's room or a utility room.
The cloakroom was filled with clothes, as well as a closet full of jewelry and bags. Qi Ying took out a piece of clothing and took a look, and found that they were all her size.
What an amazing game.
After making sure that this was her home, Qi Ying came out of the room and found Xing Xiaochu still standing at the door holding Lily. When she saw Qi Ying, she weakly called her "sister".
"come over."
Qi Ying waved at her and said, "You can stay in the room next to mine. See if there's anything you need to replenish. I'll go out and buy some later."
Xing Xiaochu walked over, looked at the bedroom in front of them, and asked uncertainly: "The whole room... is for me to live in? No one else lives here?"
Qi Ying said: "Of course, this is your bedroom, you will live here from now on."
After saying that, Qi Ying took Xing Xiaochu for a walk around his home so that she could get familiar with the place where she would live in the future.
After finishing a circle, Qi Ying poured Xing Xiaochu a cup of tea, and they sat on the huge and soft sofa in the living room to rest. Qi Ying was thinking that she had to quit the game before lunch, and she also had to finish tidying up her clothes.
Just then, Xing Xiaochu, who was sitting opposite, suddenly spoke.
She seemed to have thought for a long time before asking, staring at Qi Ying with her watery eyes, and asked her: "Sister, you are my mother's friend, so can you tell me about my mother?"
Qi Ying: “…”
Oops, this involves her blind spot of knowledge.
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