Wen Zhiyu immediately looked at Li Manzhu. Wasn’t Li Moyuan on a call with Li Manzhu? Why was he contacting her now?
“What’s that noise?”
Li Moyuan stared intently at his phone screen.
Damn it. She was about to be exposed.
Wen Zhiyu hung up the voice call directly.
How was she supposed to explain this?
She didn’t want to blow her cover.
“Hey, big brother hung up.”
Li Manzhu muttered to herself.
Then, Li Moyuan sent a message over, asking who she was having dinner with.
Li Manzhu lowered her head to reply to the message. Wen Zhiyu said a quick goodbye to her, got up, and walked out of the restaurant.
As she walked, she called Li Moyuan back.
Li Moyuan stared at the message Li Manzhu had sent him—”my teacher.”
He answered the voice call.
“Brother, I told you earlier—I’m on my way to have dinner with a friend. I’m rushing to catch a ride, the signal is bad, and it’s not convenient to talk.”
“Alright, I understand.”
Having successfully brushed Li Moyuan off, Wen Zhiyu returned to the table.
The grilled meat and crayfish had arrived, their aroma wafting through the air.
Li Manzhu sat guarding the table full of delicious food, unable to pick up her chopsticks. She waved for Wen Zhiyu to hurry over.
Wen Zhiyu sat down across from her and asked, feigning nonchalance, “What did Brother Li say after that?”
“Oh, he asked who I was eating with.”
“What did you say?”
Wen Zhiyu was panicking internally. A piece of grilled meat got stuck in her throat, and her face flushed red from holding it in.
Was fate trying to kill her?
“My teacher. Aren’t you my teacher?”
Li Manzhu patted Wen Zhiyu on the back and handed her a bottle of beer.
“Right.”
Wen Zhiyu didn’t look at it. After drinking, she realized it was alcohol.
Perhaps it was her guilty conscience—every time she had real-world contact with Li Moyuan, Wen Zhiyu feared he would discover her true identity.
“Manzhu, I’ve been thinking. Maybe my skills aren’t enough to be your teacher. You should find someone more qualified.”
The crayfish in Li Manzhu’s hand dropped to the floor. She stopped eating and walked over to Wen Zhiyu.
“Why? I think your skills are pretty professional.”
Wen Zhiyu shook her head. How could she possibly say the real reason out loud?
“The most, most, most amazing Zhizhi in the world, please be my teacher. Have pity on me.”
Li Manzhu blinked her eyes, pleading with Wen Zhiyu.
“I genuinely don’t have the ability.”
“I… I’ll give you a raise. I’ll give you the full 1500.”
Wen Zhiyu’s heart raced with temptation. She bit her finger.
“It’s not about the money.”
“I know. You’re afraid of my big brother, aren’t you?”
Wen Zhiyu stared at Li Manzhu dumbly.
No way. She was so smart—she could even figure that out.
As expected of someone with the surname Li—they were all sharp as foxes.
Li Manzhu analyzed the situation: “If it’s not about money, then it’s about people. I’m so adorable, so clearly I’m not the problem. Aside from that, you’ve only had contact with big brother. That leaves one answer—big brother is the problem.”
Wen Zhiyu let out a hiccup.
Would she dare admit it? No way.
“I was scared of big brother at first too, but later I found out he’s actually pretty great. I guess it’s what people call ‘a beast’s face with a human heart.'”
Wen Zhiyu couldn’t help but laugh at the thunderous description.
Li Moyuan’s looks were among the best in the entire country—there was no way to associate him with a beast’s face.
“What I mean is, big brother looks intimidating, but he’s actually a good person. Anyway, you don’t need to be afraid of him. No, I’ll make him apologize to you.”
Li Manzhu did as she said, picking up her phone.
Wen Zhiyu hurriedly grabbed her hand. “No need. It has nothing to do with Brother Li.”
“Then will you be my teacher?”
Wen Zhiyu hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Li Manzhu was delighted, then noticed something was missing.
She looked down at her phone and remembered.
She raised her phone to take a photo. Wen Zhiyu didn’t want to be in the frame.
“Don’t worry, I won’t show it to big brother.”
Wen Zhiyu relaxed a little.
“Aha, so you really are afraid of big brother.” Li Manzhu confirmed her suspicion.
Wen Zhiyu: …
She couldn’t win against them. She really couldn’t. The Li siblings were playing her like a fiddle.
Both of them were great beauties—any random shot was a gorgeous photo, no filters needed.
After taking the photos, Li Manzhu casually posted them on her Moments.
The caption read: “Who’s having dinner with a fairy? This girl right here.”
She deliberately showed Wen Zhiyu that she had blocked Li Moyuan’s account.
However, Li Manzhu forgot that Li Moyuan had two accounts. She forgot to block the other one.
Wen Zhiyu added her contact information for easier communication.
After dinner, she hitched a ride home in Li Manzhu’s car.
“Hey, you live in Haiyun Xinju?”
My brother lives here too.
Li Manzhu didn’t say the second half of that sentence.
She was afraid that her hard-won teacher would abandon her again out of fear.
“Yeah, just staying here temporarily. I’ll move out later.”
Hearing Wen Zhiyu’s reply, Li Manzhu felt even more certain there was no need to mention it.
With any luck, Zhizhi wouldn’t even run into her big brother.
“Bye-bye.”
Wen Zhiyu closed the car door and waved goodbye to Li Manzhu.
Back home, the big orange cat meowed, rubbing against her feet.
“Mmm, my adorable big orange.”
Wen Zhiyu scooped up her silly cat and nuzzled its soft belly. The cat purred contentedly.
Her cheeks felt a little warm. She reached up and touched her forehead—no fever.
Searching for an electric scooter on a second-hand platform, Wen Zhiyu decided she would commute to and from work on one from now on.
That way, her schedule would be more fixed, and she could sleep in for an extra five minutes.
After browsing a few options, Wen Zhiyu came across a pink scooter with cute cat paw prints on it, and she was instantly smitten.
The seller had listed it at 605 yuan.
Wen Zhiyu contacted the seller online.
“Hi, can you knock a little bit off the price?”
“How much do you want to knock off?” the seller replied online.
Wen Zhiyu had heard that you could haggle, but she had never actually done it before, and she couldn’t help but feel excited.
“Can you do 604 yuan?”
The seller was silent for a long time.
They had expected Wen Zhiyu to pull out a dragon-slaying knife, but it turned out to be a lion’s tiny bite.
Wen Zhiyu panicked.
She wanted to experience the joy of haggling, not ruin the deal.
“Boss, are you still there? It’s fine if you can’t knock off a little, I’ll just buy it at the original price.”
“I’m here. Wow, what a terrifying lion’s tiny bite. How about this, I’ll drop the odd number, 600 yuan, deal?”
“Boss, you’re an angel.”
After the seller adjusted the price, Wen Zhiyu purchased the scooter.
The scooter required self-pickup, and Wen Zhiyu coordinated the pickup time with the seller.
Perfect, from now on she was a person with wheels!
Wen Zhiyu waved the cat teaser wand around, playing with the big orange tabby.
Her head was getting dizzier, and she lay down on the bed, not wanting to move.
Li Moyuan called via video.
She still remembered to adjust the camera so he couldn’t see her, pointing it at the big orange tabby instead.
The big black cat appeared on his screen.
“Are you home?”
“Mmm, your big sis is home.”
Wen Zhiyu let out a beer burp, then sent Li Moyuan a photo of her meal.
“Your big sis ate grilled meat and crayfish. Jealous, aren’t you?”
Li Moyuan almost immediately sensed something was off.
“You drank alcohol?”
“How did you know? I had some beer.”
“How much?”
“One bottle.”
Li Moyuan fell silent.
“I’m not letting you drink anymore from now on.”
“Hmph, Li, your big sis isn’t afraid of you. If you don’t behave, I won’t let you ride my scooter.”
“How do you know my surname is Li?”