The two of them shared a bowl of spicy hot pot and finished it quickly. After finishing, Ye Jiu smacked her lips and said, "It's been so long since I've had spicy hot pot. I really miss it. It doesn't look very appealing, but the taste is surprisingly good. It's delicious. I'll come again next time."
Su Qingyue handed her a tissue to wipe her mouth, saying, "You often don't eat well."
Ye Jiu grinned and said, "No, I only eat it occasionally."
Ye Jiu and Su Qingyue got up and walked out of the store. She suddenly asked, "But I took so much from you, are you full?"
"...No." Su Qingyue chose to tell the truth under Ye Jiu's scrutinizing gaze.
"Okay, go to the cake shop later and eat more. A big boy like you can't just eat so little. It's not good for your health if you don't get enough nutrition."
Su Qingyue didn't know what Ye Jiu was up to, so she didn't respond.
The two walked silently to the cake shop.
Beautifully designed cakes were displayed in front of the glass window, and a huge sign on the door read "Couples, buy one get one free!" Perhaps because it was so hot, there weren't many people in the store, and the staff seemed to be getting sleepy.
"Hmm, I saw a lot of people when I was watching videos this morning. Is it because it was too hot in the afternoon? In a way... we got lucky with the timing, hahaha." Ye Jiu went into the cake shop first, and Su Qingyue followed closely behind, closing her umbrella and going inside.
Upon entering the store, the cool air conditioning immediately soothed their restless hearts.
The sales clerk shouted, "Welcome, couples! Buy one get one free! Happy shopping!"
Fortunately, there weren't many people, otherwise Ye Jiu would have wanted to disappear into a crack in the ground. She stood behind Su Qingyue, trying to get him to block her view. "Damn it, how can this store adopt this kind of culture!"
Su Qingyue didn't react much, but he enjoyed seeing Ye Jiu's reaction. With a smile in his eyes, he asked her, "Are you planning to stay hidden behind me forever?"
"Let me catch my breath. See if there's anything you'd like to eat."
Ye Jiu patted her chest to reassure herself that as long as she wasn't embarrassed, no one else would be. It was just a matter of words, and there was no one else in the shop anyway. Ye Jiu, just bear with it, it will pass quickly.
Ye Jiu prepared herself mentally, and Su Qingyue handed her a pair of tongs at the right moment. He was holding a huge plate in his hand. "You choose, I'll help you carry them."
Ye Jiu guessed that Su Qingyue was probably embarrassed, but it didn't matter. She quickly started browsing, and whenever she saw something that interested her, she put it into Su Qingyue's plate, and she put two of them. The store not only had cakes, but also bread and pastries. Ye Jiu saw that the portions were not large, but she put two of this and two of that, and she actually filled the plate.
But Su Qingyue's hand holding the plate was still very steady, and she even handed Ye Jiu a tissue to wipe off the cream that had gotten on her hands without her noticing.
When it was time to pay, the staff packed up the food in a near-assembly line fashion, but in reality, we only received six bags containing twelve different kinds of food.
With these things in hand, Ye Jiu found a coffee shop and sat down to share them with Su Qingyue. "Although I'm not short of money, why not take advantage of any deals I can get? I got carried away with buying so much, haha."
Ye Jiu casually scanned the QR code on the table and placed an order on her phone. "What do you want to drink? Latte? Coffee or something? Never mind, you can decide for yourself." Ye Jiu handed him her phone, and during the handover, Su Qingyue accidentally touched her hand. Ye Jiu's fingers were delicate and slender, causing Su Qingyue to momentarily lose his composure.
"Don't just stand there, hurry up and see what you want to drink," Ye Jiu urged him as she took out the drinks.
What would you like to drink?
"Latte, full sugar, hehe, I hate drinks that are too bitter."
"Then I'll have a latte too."
"Why don't you just add it to your cart yourself?"
Su Qingyue handed the phone back, and Ye Jiu took a moment from her busy schedule to place an order and press her fingerprint to pay.
"I'll try these cakes first."
Ye Jiu had big eyes but a small stomach, and wanted to eat everything. As a result, she was full after just one bite of each. The cake was indeed delicious, and Ye Jiu was still a little unsatisfied even after she was full.
She was also self-aware, so she made a "serving spoon" and used it to cut a piece of each person's food and put it into their own small plate.
"Su Qingyue, um... do you want some?" Ye Jiu was a little embarrassed, just in case he minded. "These cakes don't have any of my saliva on them. Weren't you still hungry? Do you want to try some?"
Su Qingyue smiled helplessly and said, "You're already full before the coffee even arrives. You're something else."
"Thank you for the compliment. But if you don't want to touch these cakes, that's fine. The rest that hasn't been touched is yours. You can eat it now or take it home."
"Hmm." Su Qingyue didn't say much, but silently picked up a spoon again and cleaned up the mess.
Ye Jiu's eyes lit up. "It's so great that you don't mind. Otherwise, I would be a sinner who wasted food."
After Su Qingyue finished eating, she asked, "How was it? Was it delicious?"
"It's alright." Su Qingyue wasn't particularly interested in desserts, but he didn't dislike them either. In the past ten years of his life, he had rarely eaten sweets.
He countered, "But you must have eaten more expensive and tastier desserts, so why do you think this one is good?"
"You get what you pay for. I can't compare it to desserts that cost thousands per bite. It's already great at this price point, and it even has a buy-one-get-one-free offer, so it's great value for money." Ye Jiu didn't care at all whether she was eating something that cost tens or thousands of dollars.
"You're giving me the illusion that you're easy to take care of."
"I'm very easy to feed," Ye Jiu said confidently. "I can eat things that cost a few dollars and things that cost tens of thousands. I'm not that picky."
Su Qingyue's gaze fell on her neck; that necklace cost 38,000 yuan. He would have to work part-time for a year without eating or drinking to afford it.
In the end, Su Qingyue didn't finish all the cakes, but she had already helped finish most of them. The two of them spent the afternoon drinking coffee and munching on the remaining desserts.
Ye Jiu was surprised to see that so much time had passed when she looked out the window and realized that the sky had darkened.
"Su Qingyue, the sun is about to set..."
"I didn't expect we'd stay here for so long."
"Su Qingyue, did you have a good afternoon?" Ye Jiu asked casually as she took out her phone to take pictures of the sunset.
Su Qingyue also took out her phone, but instead of taking pictures of the sunset, she took pictures of herself. Ye Jiu was so focused on the screen on her phone that she didn't notice Su Qingyue's actions.
"I'm happy, I had a very happy afternoon."
"That's good. You can tell me next time you're unhappy, and I can take you somewhere else to play. When I'm unhappy, I like to eat a lot of sweet things, and I hope these desserts can soothe your heart." Ye Jiu looked at him earnestly. "Although I don't know why you're unhappy, being happy or unhappy is still just one day, right?"
Su Qingyue suddenly realized, and her smile became more sincere. "So you figured it out. I hope it didn't affect your mood."
"No, I'm very happy that you're willing to come out for dessert with me. I'll invite you again next time."
"good."
As the afterglow streamed through the window and fell upon Ye Jiu, Su Qingyue, as if possessed, raised her phone again, capturing Ye Jiu's image in the frame before she could react.
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