CHAPTER 401: CHAPTER 360 BECAUSE I’M SMARTER THAN YOU

Soon after, the bathroom door opened, Zhuo Yuqing turned her back to him, hugged the blanket pretending to sleep, feeling his breath slowly approaching, she was so nervous she almost curled up into a hedgehog.

"Zhuo Yuqing." His husky voice suddenly sounded, startling her.

She forgot she was pretending to sleep and foolishly replied: "Huh?"

Behind her came Bai Chengxi’s low chuckle: "Hand over the blanket to me."

Just when she thought he was asleep, unexpectedly, she heard his rich husky voice: "Go to sleep,

When he turned on the overhead shower, he felt it was odd, as it had been a long while since he had such a vivid dream, and it was also so thoroughly purged.

After the shower, he realized that Zhuo Yuqing was no longer in the bedroom, he was buttoning his pajamas as he walked out, only to hear a ’bang’ from the kitchen, and he hurriedly rushed over.

Zhuo Yuqing squatting on the ground picking up broken pieces of a bowl, her hand slipped while scooping rice earlier, resulting in a bowl of scalding porridge spilling all over the floor, with rice scattered everywhere.

"Zhuo Yuqing." A harsh shout came, and immediately she was yanked up from the floor, "Are you silly? Care about your hands first, why bother about the rice?"

He grabbed her hand and held it above the sink,

"What are you looking at?" He dried her hand and fetched some burn ointment from the room, "Apply it yourself."

"I’ll apply it later, let me serve the porridge first." Zhuo Yuqing tried to stand up but was pushed back down by Bai Chengxi.

He frowned, looking at her disapprovingly, "From now on, as long as I am at home, you don’t have to cook."

She looked down feeling very wronged,

"Then why is the food you cook so delicious?"

"Because I’m smarter than you."

Zhuo Yuqing felt a sense of defeat, as if she was outsmarted: "Does that mean I’m still dumb?"

Bai Chengxi lifted his head and smiled at her, "Good that you know."

"Bai Chengxi." She was annoyed and bit her teeth, it’s self-deprecation when she calls herself dumb, but she feels very unreceptive when he calls her dumb.

Bai Chengxi ignored her small fury, went to the kitchen to tidy up the mess on the floor, then stood by the counter to start making breakfast,

Zhuo Yuqing had nothing to do but sit there and watch him cook, standing at 185 cm, even though the kitchen was spacious enough,

Turns out a man cooking in the kitchen can be so handsome.

Zhuo Yuqing sneakily ran back to her room to grab her mobile phone, and then secretly took several pictures of him from a hidden spot.

"Time to eat." Bai Chengxi served the dishes on the table, turned around, and saw Zhuo Yuqing hurriedly putting away her phone, "What are you photographing?"

"Nothing much." She walked guiltily to the dining table, "I wanted to take pictures of the food you made, may I?"

"Sure." He placed a spoon in her bowl.

Zhuo Yuqing adjusted her phone to take several pictures from the right angle of the dining table, then just sat there fiddling with her phone.

"Play with your phone after finishing the meal."

"I’m almost done, almost done." Zhuo Yuqing edited a moment on her social circle and posted it, then put down her phone and obediently began to eat, "By the way, I’m going shopping with Liu Lian later, I won’t be back for lunch."

"Hmm."

After the meal, Zhuo Yuqing went to wash the dishes, Bai Chengxi picked up her phone and checked her social circle updates, he had many friends on WeChat from the entertainment industry, he usually didn’t have the habit of checking social circle updates, and often muted those who posted too much.

Zhuo Yuqing indeed posted a picture, which showed the beautified simple dishes looking very appetizing, and she had also added a caption: ’Love breakfast, thank you!’ followed by a picture of a joyful laugh.

Bai Chengxi stared at those words for a while and suddenly felt delighted, he spoke to Zhuo Yuqing who was drying her hands after washing dishes: "Where are you going shopping? I’ll drive you there."

Zhuo Yuqing got out of the car at the shopping district, closed the car door and bent down saying: "Thank you."

"Don’t stay out too late, come back early tonight." His concern made her smile and respond softly.

Zhuo Yuqing watched his Bentley drive away, and just as she turned around, she almost ran into Liu Lian, who was also staring in the direction of the Bentley, her face showing a fanciful expression: "Yuqing, Yuqing, such a tall, rich, and handsome man, incredible, how come your husband isn’t a celebrity? With those looks, he could outshine top stars, but then again, with that much money, who needs to be a star?"

"Alright, your eyeballs are going to fall out." Zhuo Yuqing took her by the arm and forcibly turned her head, "We have serious matters to attend to today."

"What matters?" Liu Lian reluctantly shifted her gaze back, "What could be more important than staying home with your husband?"

"His grandmother’s birthday is tomorrow, and it’s my first time meeting his family, I don’t know what kind of gift to prepare." Zhuo Yuqing felt extremely nervous just thinking about visiting the Bai Family tomorrow.

"A future daughter-in-law always has to meet the parents-in-law, what’s there to be nervous about." Liu Lian comforted her, "What does his grandma like?"

"He didn’t say, he just mentioned that grandma likes things that don’t match her age." Zhuo Yuqing found it confusing; that description was too vague, leaving her clueless.

"That means she’s just a kid at heart, owning a young mindset; therefore, gifting her something that young people like would definitely be the right choice."

As they passed by a department store, Zhuo Yuqing spotted a red woolen coat and was instantly drawn to it, feeling that it would look exceptionally elegant on the elderly lady.

Upon entering the store, the salesperson greeted her enthusiastically, saying that her choice was great and that it was the latest model this year.

While Zhuo Yuqing was still listening to the salesperson, she noticed Liu Lian, head bowed, counting the price tags: "Tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands... my goodness, a coat for two hundred and fifty thousand, you sure it’s not a robbery?"

Even though this was a luxury store, it was still shockingly expensive, and Liu Lian usually wouldn’t even dare to step inside.

"Yuqing, are you sure you want to buy it?"

"But I don’t know grandma’s size." Zhuo Yuqing picked up the coat, worrying.

"Call your husband and ask."

Zhuo Yuqing thought for a moment, then took her phone to a quiet corner.

The phone was picked up after two rings, "What’s up?"

"Did I disturb you at work?"

"Mm, I didn’t go to the office today."

"I want to buy a coat for grandma, but I don’t know her size." Zhuo Yuqing nervously tugged at the hem of the coat, "Can you tell me?"

"The old lady is 156 cm tall, not fat, not thin. My mom is 168 cm tall, a bit chubbier than you."

Zhuo Yuqing was stunned for a moment. She had only asked about grandma but he also included his mother’s size. Did he mean she should buy one for his mom as well?

"Got it."

"Wait for me at noon, I’ll come pick you up for lunch."

"But I’m with Liu Lian, we planned to eat Yunnan Rice Noodles on the fourth floor." Zhuo Yuqing, worried he might get annoyed, quickly added, "I will definitely return early tonight."

"Mm, go enjoy your shopping." Bai Chengxi said before hanging up the phone.

Zhuo Yuqing looked at the dimmed screen and smiled. Actually, the time spent with him felt quite nice; at least he was a gentleman, and not very bad-tempered, and most importantly, he really could cook wonderfully.

Back in the store, Liu Lian was playing with her phone, quickly locking the screen when she saw her approaching: "How did it go?"

"Got it, let’s buy it."

"Really going to buy it?"

"They are not an ordinary family, I can’t present cheap things, and since it’s the first meeting, the gift is really important." Zhuo Yuqing told the salesperson the size, then went on to look at a lady’s coat; together, the two coats cost over three hundred thousand yuan.

Zhuo Yuqing grew up amid wealth, so she wasn’t really conscious about money; besides, with her dad’s black card, she could spend as much as she wanted — his money seemed to never run out.

The two then purchased a men’s tie from a boutique, initially intended for Bai Chengxi’s father, but Zhuo Yuqing also found one that would suit Bai Chengxi well and bought it as well.