“I’ve been cooped up at home these past few days, I’m practically moldy! You have to come with me for a proper shopping trip today, I just want to spend money and have some fun.”
After lunch, Peng Jiao insisted that Pei Xi go shopping with her. Pei Xi had nothing else to do at home, so he agreed.
Before, when Peng Jiao went out with Pei Xi, she definitely wouldn’t go to luxury department stores, but now that she knew Pei Xi wasn’t short of money, she picked a large department store that she and her mother often went to.
The things there are beautiful and expensive.
Pei Xi, seeing Peng Jiao’s newly-released-from-a-cage demeanor, retorted.
“It’s only been a short time, not even half a month! She’s only been cooped up at home for a few days, it hasn’t been that long. Could the posts I saw on WeChat Moments have been fake? Who was it? She seems to have just bought a new bag!”
As an unemployed woman, Peng Jiao’s daily life mostly consists of shopping, followed by beauty treatments, dates, and hanging out with friends.
Peng Jiao linked arms with Pei Xi as they walked forward.
“Sigh, you know my family situation. My parents are both busy, and my brother is busy too . Busy with what? Busy making money! And with so much money going to waste, what can we do? Well, I’ll have to do it all! So my hobbies are shopping. Besides eating, drinking, and having fun, I really can’t do anything else!”
Pei Xi glanced at her. What a lucky little girl! Growing up like this at home, no wonder Peng’s family doesn’t approve of her relationship with Xu Haoyang; they’re worried he can’t afford to support her!
“Didn’t your dad ask you to go to work at the company?”
Peng Jiao: “He did, but I didn’t study business management, our majors don’t match! I’m afraid I’ll just cause them trouble if I go. For your sake, my sake, and everyone’s sake, I’ll stay home for now!”
Pei Xi: Excellent! For the first twenty years, your parents will support you; for the next twenty, your husband will support you; and after that, your children will support you.
After Peng Jiao finished speaking, she saw a clothing store ahead and pulled Pei Xi inside.
“Wow, Xiao Xi, the clothes here are so beautiful! They’re practically tailor-made for a fairy like me. You should pick one out too; I think you’ll look great in them.”
Pei Xi wasn’t very interested; she had so many clothes she couldn’t wear them all, and she didn’t want to buy too much.
“You pick one first, I’ll look around some more. Which one do you like? Let’s try it on!”
The weather was still quite hot, so a dress was perfect. Pei Xi would add more clothes when the weather cooled down.
By then, her belly wouldn’t be so noticeable!
Peng Jiao quickly picked out some clothes and handed her bag to Pei Xi, asking her to carry it for her.
“Then I’ll give it a try. You wait for me outside!”
Pei Xi nodded and sat down on a chair to wait.
The waiter poured Pei Xi a glass of water, and Pei Xi thanked him with a smile.
While waiting for Peng Jiao, Pei Xi took out her phone to check.
Then she heard someone calling her.
“Miss Pei!”
Pei Xi looked up and found that it was Guan Xinyue, and two other girls she didn’t recognize.
Pei Xi smiled: “Miss Guan, hello.”
Guan Xinyue looked around and found that Pei Xi was the only one there, so she crossed her arms.
“Miss Pei, all alone! Didn’t Brother Ruohan come with you?”
After saying that, she pretended to touch her temples.
“Oh, I forgot, today is a workday. Someone as self-disciplined as Brother Ruohan is of course at the company now.”
Pei Xi still smiled:
“Yes! Of course, Brother Ruohan is working hard now. Miss Guan, aren’t you at work today?”
Didn’t Si Ruohan say that this person works at his company?
A girl in a black skirt standing next to Guan Xinyue asked,
“Xiaoyue, who is she? Is she a new friend?”
Guan Xinyue tossed her hair before introducing her to her two friends.
“Her? She’s Ruohan’s girlfriend! Ruohan brought her to dinner with us last time.”
The two girls were surprised.
“What? Her? So this is Young Master Si’s girlfriend!”
The two girls’ family backgrounds were, of course, incomparable to those of the Si and Guan families.
They never dared to dream of a young master like Si Ruohan before, only secretly admiring him.
But recently, they had all heard that Young Master Si’s new girlfriend was a girl from an ordinary background who had just graduated from university.
These admirers were naturally resentful. Their family backgrounds couldn’t compare to Guan Xinyue’s, but they were still better than Pei Xi!
Unexpectedly, they had lost to the girl in front of them.
They didn’t know where they fell short!
Hearing that the fourth young master of the Si family had always been indifferent to women, if he continued like this, the Si family would probably arrange blind dates for him.
That way, they would all have a chance. Wasn’t their fawning over Guan Xinyue just a way to climb up to a better man?
Unfortunately, someone beat them to it.
Looking at Pei Xi’s delicate face, the girl thought, “Could it be that he’s attracted to your looks? Is the fourth young master of the Si family such a shallow person?”
The woman in front of her did look very beautiful and young; she definitely had an advantage over them.
After greeting them, Pei Xi ignored the three women beside her; she wasn’t familiar with them and focused on waiting for Peng Jiao to come out.
Peng Jiao came out and twirled around in front of Pei Xi twice.
“Xiao Xi, how is it? Pretty, right?”
Pei Xi smiled and looked her up and down, praising,
“This dress suits you very well, you look beautiful in it, it’s great.”
Peng Jiao stood in front of the mirror, looking at herself from left to right, and thought it looked pretty good too.
“I think it’s great too, okay, then I’ll buy this one.”
Guan Xinyue stood to the side, watching Pei Xi talk to Peng Jiao, and heard Peng Jiao buy the dress.
She said, “Miss Pei, this lady bought this dress, you didn’t pay for it, did you?”
Peng Jiao then noticed that three people had come over, and just as she was about to speak, Pei Xi reached out and stopped her.
“Is that not allowed? This is my friend, I’m willing to spend money on her.”
Guan Xinyue smiled and looked down.
“Miss Pei, I’m just trying to be helpful. If Ruohan finds out, he might scold you. He works so hard, and you’re wasting money here. That’s not good.”
“Miss Guan, I think you’re overthinking it. Ruohan won’t care how much I spend; he’ll only care if I spend little. Look! He gave me his black card, so I can use it as I please. I don’t think Ruohan will blame me for spending this little bit on my friend.”
Pei Xi took out a black card from her bag and twirled it in her hand.
“Miss Guan, didn’t Song Shaojin give you a supplementary card?”
Guan Xinyue’s smile froze slightly as she looked at the black card in Pei Xi’s hand.
“I have my own. Why spend a man’s money? We women should learn to be independent too.”
Pei Xi said “Oh.”
“You’re right, girls should be independent, but Ah Han still shoved the card into my hand, I couldn’t refuse. Okay, Miss Guan, my friend and I have made our selections, we’ll go pay now, you two can do as you please.”
After saying that, Pei Xi pulled Peng Jiao to pay, using the black card Si Ruohan had given her.
Peng Jiao had changed out of her clothes and left in them, the clothes the clerk had put in a bag and carried away.
Once outside the store, Peng Jiao immediately asked,
“Who was that arrogant woman? Was she your husband’s ex-girlfriend? Or someone he had a crush on?”
Pei Xi shook her head:
“Neither, she was a college classmate of my husband and her current boyfriend. My husband confessed to her before, but she rejected him and chose her current boyfriend. Because my husband used to be her admirer, now that he’s with me, she doesn’t like me anymore.”
Peng Jiao exclaimed “Wow!”
“That’s quite something! She probably thinks your husband still has feelings for her, and that’s why she’s jealous! Isn’t she trying to have her cake and eat it too? She wants it all.”
Pei Xi shrugged.
“Who knows! Anyway, she’s always looking down on me. Of course, she wouldn’t dare do that in front of my husband, only in private.”
Peng Jiao offered her a suggestion.
“Then you should tell your husband right now. That way, he won’t talk nonsense in front of him.”
Pei Xi shook her head: “No need now. I’ll talk to him when we get home tonight. My husband won’t listen to her!”