Capítulo 1453: Chapter 1452: Rebuilding the House

When the waitress left with the menu, Ling Fei and Ye Qiu started talking about Xia Tiantian.

This Spring Festival holiday, Xia Tiantian spent most of her time in tutoring classes, making up for the basics she hadn’t learned before. Now, Xia Lan wants Ling Fei to continue being Xia Tiantian’s tutor, naturally thinking Ling Fei is a good person.

“No wonder I rarely see Tiantian playing games anymore,” Ye Qiu said.

Actually, that time during a male classmate’s birthday scared Xia Tiantian a lot. After that, Xia Tiantian realized she couldn’t be like before anymore.

So, during the Spring Festival, she accepted her mother’s arrangement for tutoring classes to make up the basic knowledge from before.

Now that she’s back in school, she only has time in the afternoon after classes, so Xia Lan wants to hire Ling Fei as Xia Tiantian’s tutor. On the one hand, they’re familiar with each other; on the other hand, Tiantian would have someone to accompany her.

“She probably doesn’t play games much anymore.”

Ye Qiu thought of Xia Tiantian and Xia Lan, and also Jiang Xiyue, as well as the Eiffel Hotel Chain Group. Ye Qiu would soon have Jiang Xiyue released, by which time Xia Lan would handle the matters of the Eiffel Chain Hotel.

Ye Qiu has always been turning Xia Lan into a strong woman, only not knowing how well the latter has learned over this period.

In this regard, Ye Qiu knows that Xia Lan is far behind Jiang Xiyue. Jiang Xiyue’s education in all aspects is more impressive, and her learning ability is stronger too.

However, Ye Qiu knows that he’s only letting Jiang Xiyue help out temporarily at the Eiffel Chain Hotel to train her skills. Eventually, Jiang Xiyue will still need to come out and help him with work.

When the Prince Perfume is launched, the agency rights for Mainland China will definitely be handed over to Jiang Xiyue.

“So what do you plan to do about your parents?” Ye Qiu asked.

“I don’t know. It feels like my mom is still the same, my dad’s changed a bit. But getting those two together seems very difficult.”

“Difficult, certainly not impossible. Of course, it can’t be done in one step; the issues between your parents have been brewing for a long time. Actually, they should have separated for a while to see each other clearly. But those two have been dragging it out because of you.”

“So what should be done next?” Ling Fei asked.

She really didn’t know what was best; she simply hoped that both her parents would live well.

“The next thing is your house renovation. That old house of yours really isn’t suitable for living anymore. Tear it down and rebuild a four or five-story villa so that even if there’s demolition in the future, you would get more compensation.”

Four or five stories?

How much would that cost!

Ling Fei knew her father hadn’t saved much over the years, with an annual income of just thirty to forty thousand, saving twenty thousand at best after expenses.

So, according to Ye Qiu’s plan, they could probably only manage a two-story house at most.

Moreover, her father had no intentions of building a new house.

“My dad doesn’t have much money, and neither do I,” Ling Fei said.

“If I mentioned it, then of course I’ll put up the money first.”

“How can that be!” Ling Fei responded.

Ye Qiu had already helped her many times before, and Ling Fei felt she owed him a lot. She couldn’t believe she would now owe him money too, wondering how she could ever repay Ye Qiu.

“Just over a million would be enough to build something nice.”

Ye Qiu had seen Ling Fei’s old house; the first floor was only forty to fifty square meters, so even four or five stories wouldn’t be as large as one floor of his Peach Blossom Spring Villa.

With over a million, not only could the building be completed, but it could also be beautifully decorated, at least ensuring sunlight.

Otherwise, no sunlight would reach there even during the day now.

Ye Qiu felt that it was likely due to Ling Fei’s parents living in such a place for years that they argued so much. After all, without sunlight, one could easily feel depressed, stressed, and coupled with the toil of work, family conflicts were inevitable.

Now, Ling Fei worried about that money. Ye Qiu smiled, saying, “Are you afraid you won’t be able to repay in the future?”

Ling Fei nodded.

A hundred million plus was not a small amount.

For ordinary people, it was a fortune.

“If you can’t repay it, then you’ll just have to be collateral,” Ye Qiu whispered in her ear.

Ling Fei blushed intensely; how could Ye Qiu say that?

Although she didn’t reject being with Ye Qiu, she worried about whether they could truly be together in the future. After all, there were many beautiful women around Ye Qiu, each not simple, with family backgrounds better than hers.

Now, with her parents divorcing, the news wouldn’t be pleasant if it spread around.

“I… I don’t know,” Ling Fei lowered her head, too shy to say more.

At this moment, the waitress brought over the dishes Ye Qiu had just ordered. Ling Fei had never had such seafood before; she’d only eaten river fish, given their proximity to the Yangtze River.

Unexpectedly, there were so many delicious dishes now, and Ye Qiu said, “Let’s eat first; we can discuss more after. Actually, this is the second step in helping your parents reconcile.”

Ling Fei could only lower her head and eat. The abalone, roast goose, roast duck, roasted piglet—all were so delicious. She definitely had to bring her parents over for a meal next time.

After eating for over an hour, mostly with Ye Qiu watching, as Ling Fei ate slowly while Ye Qiu ate fast, he was already full and just observed her eat.

After they finished, they sat inside for fifteen minutes, and the restaurant served dessert and fruit, which Ye Qiu and Ling Fei ate a bit of.

When Ye Qiu asked the waitress for the bill, the meal cost more than two thousand. After all, the abalone were large and not the ten-yuan ones from the market.

When Ling Fei went to pay, Ye Qiu knew she wouldn’t have enough money, so he took out his own bank card to pay, pulled Ling Fei out of the restaurant and into the car. Ling Fei remarked, “I never thought the food here would be so expensive.”

“Not too bad; the ingredients are pricey.”

Ye Qiu drove towards the Normal University, and while driving, he said, “Ling Fei, about what I just mentioned to you, talk to your dad about building the house today. A bit over a million is easy for me.”

“But I’m afraid my dad won’t agree,” Ling Fei said.

“Anyway, the house will eventually be yours, so what are you worried about? Building it sooner increases your parents’ chances to reconcile sooner so they can start enjoying life earlier. Otherwise, having over a million would be better spent buying a small two-bedroom apartment to live in comfortably. But we need to consider your parents now, understand?”

“I understand,” Ling Fei knew that Ye Qiu did all this considering her parents’ reconciliation, otherwise he wouldn’t have bothered.

After Ye Qiu drove close to the Normal University, he stopped the car and looked at her, saying, “Once your dad decides, we can check for auspicious dates tomorrow, and I’ll design the house plans for you.”