The waiter and the head chef were speechless for a moment, but when they saw Ke Meiyu waving and smiling sweetly at them, they said irritably, "Okay."
They all knew that the Ke family was exceptionally powerful, and since there was someone willing to pay the bill, they were prepared for a protracted battle.
During the meal, player number 11 kept talking, recounting his lifelong passion for basketball, his words brimming with innocent silliness.
Ke Meiyu buried herself in her food, finishing one plate at a time. Ke Yuanxia would quietly remove the plate and return it to her, only to bring over a new one shortly after.
In just over an hour, they had already changed tables three times.
Ke Meiyu's stomach was a bottomless pit. She had never experienced what it felt like to be full, but once you eat enough of a delicious meal, you lose the initial enjoyment, and that's when she should stop eating.
After dinner, player number 11 insisted on staying at the Ke family's house.
Qin Yuanjiu said calmly, "I'll give you one lesson a week, and that one lesson will be enough for you to digest for a week."
"I have to teach classes during the week, so I don't have time to teach you."
Yu Xiangyang then pitifully stopped in his tracks. "Master, when do we start the first lesson?"
"Just you wait," Qin Yuanjiu said, then grabbed Ke Meiyu by the collar and headed home.
After washing up, Qin Yuanjiu looked indifferently at Ke Meiyu as she entered the room.
"What's wrong?" Sensing the oppressive atmosphere, she couldn't help but shiver. "Who made our precious Yuan Jiu unhappy again?"
Qin Yuanjiu glared at her helplessly for a moment, but his heart was shaken for a long time.
Those five words were incredibly impactful to him; while they were sickeningly sweet, it was also a first for him in his entire life.
"Do you know Yu Xiangyang?" He didn't beat around the bush and asked directly. "Don't try to fool me, tell the truth."
How do you tell the truth?
Is she going to confess that she had a new core and came from the apocalypse?
If she hadn't gone through this ordeal, she would have slapped anyone who said that to her face.
Are they treating her like a fool?
Even though she enjoys reading various time-travel and reincarnation novels, it doesn't mean she has given up her adherence to materialism.
She didn't want to keep lying one lie after another, so she said sadly, "If I said that I didn't drink the Meng Po soup in this life and that I still have some memories from my past life, would you believe me?"
"Or, would you find it easier to accept the idea that I dream every day about myself in another world?"
Qin Yuanjiu raised an eyebrow. "Go on, what entanglement did you two have in your dreams or past lives?"
“That,” Ke Meiyu said seriously, “is my neighbor’s younger brother, a typical rich but foolish guy. I’ve always been a kind-hearted person and love to stand up for the weak, so I confiscated his pocket money and tore up all the women’s lies, leaving him nowhere to be deceived.”
"His way of repaying me was to shield me from all the bad apples and bastards. We even made a pact that if I didn't find true love, we would continue to pretend to be husband and wife..."
At this point, her voice was very soft, "Really, I truly treat him like my silly younger brother. I have absolutely no ulterior motives. If I did, I wouldn't be so honest with you!"
Qin Yuanjiu said calmly, "I'll believe you for now, but from now on, the two of you are not allowed to meet alone."
Ke Meiyu was displeased. "Why? We're completely innocent, why can't we meet?"
Hearing the woman's familiar rebellious and protesting tone, Qin Yuanjiu pursed his lips, lowered his eyelids, and after a long while sighed softly, "Forget it, not only do I not have the right to interfere with your friendships right now, but even if we become a normal couple in the future, I cannot interfere with your freedom to make friends."
"Because of love, I feel humble."
Ke Meiyu, who had just been stubbornly trying to argue, froze, biting her lip in disbelief as she looked at him, "Are you alright?"
This is so unlike the style of a major villain. At least if it were a big shot, he could justifiably lock her in a room for a week or two, and even have someone monitoring her coming and going.
Ke Meiyu is the kind of person who, even if others are making progress, will stubbornly push forward despite the odds.
However, once others give way, she feels embarrassed to move forward and will immediately take a big step back.
To put it bluntly, she's too stubborn. Regardless of whether she's right or wrong, she'll settle her temper first.
Thinking about the villain's lonely and stubborn life in the novel, Ke Meiyu couldn't help but step forward and say with an awkward smile, "Actually, you can help a little bit. You are my husband, and I am your wife. Shouldn't we be honest with each other?"
"I just feel that I don't have any other thoughts in mind, and I don't need to worry too much. Besides, even if the two of us meet in the future, there will definitely be many people around, and we will just greet each other and talk normally."
Qin Yuanjiu pulled the person into his arms and held him tightly, saying, "I just don't feel safe. I feel like you might leave me at any moment."
This vulnerability and worry are not villainous at all.
Ke Meiyu laughed and hugged him back, "You know my home inside and out, are you afraid I'll run away? Who in this world can be as outstanding as you? With my appetite, not many people can afford to feed me, right?"
Qin Yuanjiu nodded with a light laugh, but there was a hint of lingering fear in his eyes.
He almost felt like he was back in his previous life, wishing he could keep her by his side.
Ultimately, he was fearless and confident in everything he did, except when it came to her; he lacked confidence.
But what he can't stand the most is being provoked by her. No matter how thick a mask he wears, once she's involved, he easily becomes impulsive and forgets the rules he set for himself.
That night, Ke Meiyu wondered if the saying "what you think about during the day, you dream about at night" was true. She had just seen her childhood sweetheart from her past life, and now she was in the dream of a powerful figure.
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