Spending the Villain’s Money to Extend My Life
chapter-148

Chapter 148 - Dragonfly Dancing around the Lotuses (3)

Another bigger issue was that once she completed the remaining four fans and another painting as a gift for Ling Xiaomei, she probably wouldn’t want to paint anything else for a while.

She had wanted to paint one for herself but that probably wasn’t going to happen either.

King of the Hill would just have to keep on waiting.

Gu Shishi felt somewhat apologetic about it. [My apologies. King of the Hill. You might need to act faster next time.]

She finished responding to King of the Hill before she got back to Chen Kexin. She had always been straightforward when dealing with Chen Kexin.

[MeowMeow, 30,000 yuan each. You can pay me all at once when I am finished with them.]

[But there is a slight problem. The fan mount was made out of silk, so they could be easily damaged during shipping and handling. Do you think you can pick them up in person?]

One her side, Chen Kexin was just about to let out a long sigh of relief after she read the first text when the second message attacked her eyes!

Pick them up in person?!

To her place?

To look for Gu Shishi at Big Brother Huo’s place??

Ugh…

Chen Kexin was wide awake in the middle of the night!

Was she going in the capacity of a guest?

Should she bring any gifts with her??

Wait, whatever happened to keeping a distance from Gu Shishi??

“Ugh, what should I say to her? Do I have to go?”

Should she go and hit up Li YiRu, who had just quit the group chat and ask about what was the situation of Gu Shishi’s place?

“OOOHHHHH, I am going to go insane!!”

Chen Kexin, once again, shrieked while clutching onto her cellphone.

***

Meanwhile, Siyi stood awkwardly inside of Huo Sishen’s study.

He was making a report on the entire conversation during Ms. Li and her father’s visit while looking at the sticky-looking soup sitting on top of the desk.

The soup looked somewhat familiar.

Was it the one that Miss Gu experimented in the kitchen today?

Miss Gu invited him to try it so he took a sip.

Did that mean… Miss Gu turned around and brought some to the boss?

“Alright, I guess the house master of the Li’s still has half a brain,” commented Huo Sishen after he finished listening to Siyi.

“Send someone to let them know that we will not be resuming our cooperation. They will have to do what they need during the bidding. Whether they will land the deal or not will all depend on their ability.”

Siyi immediately acknowledged that, but he still couldn't help but look over at the bowl of soup.

It’s almost midnight already. Did Miss Gu not know anything about the boss? He never ate anything after dinner.

“Boss, should I take that away for you? I can take this bowl of soup back to the kitchen?”

Siyi was deadly worried that his boss would be unhappy again if he so much as saw the bowl of soup for one more second. He’d feel bad for Miss Gu then.

Huo Sishen’s brows stirred a little.

“Dinner tonight wasn’t all that good.”

Holding his left cufflink with his right, he twirled it around.

Siyi was a bit surprised by that. Whatever did that mean?

The boss wasn’t full from dinner?

“Should I have Chef Chen come to prepare something for you then?”

Huo Sishen’s right hand paused mid-motion. Almost unnoticeable, he looked at his employee that seemed a little slow.

“No need. Chen Qi had already brought me the soup.”

“Um… okay…”

Siyi excused himself. He walked outside of the study, closed the door behind him, before he blinked a couple times.

Brought him the soup? Who did? Chef Chen Qi?

Eh…. He distinctively remembered seeing Sier walk Chef Chen out and locking the door behind him.

Plus, he had the same soup. It was definitely made by Miss Gu!

“I discovered my boss’s big secret!” said Siyi.

Sier, Siyi's twin brother, simultaneously said the same thing as Siyi as he excitedly returned to the building outside of the main building where he and his brother lived.

A second later, as the two of them faced each other, they said the same thing simultaneously again—

“You first!”

They both paused together again.

But, quickly, they both started up once again.

“Miss Gu brought a love late-night snack for Boss!”

“Boss had Butler Lin steal soup from the kitchen!”

Siyi was stunned. Then, he rolled his eyes and said, “What? He stole… stole it?!”

Sier, too, was stunned. “What? The soup was made by Miss Gu?!”

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Author’s rambling:

Boss Huo (while defending the bowl of soup in front of him): Mind your own business!

Siyi: ……

Fuyu’s Note: TPE will be continued on Fringe Capybara's new site. The translator for this novel will not be changing. She’s just moving her translations to her new site.