Chapter 706: Li Xiao is Sour with Jealousy

Li Xiao hung up the phone, but he was in no hurry to leave.

Instead, he fished out a cigarette from somewhere.

He rarely smoked; only when he was in a bad mood would he think to smoke one to ease his emotions.

But today, it seemed that even the smoke could not soothe his increasingly restless mood.

Li Xiao simply opened the car window, letting the cigarette between his fingers burn slowly, while his gaze remained fixed in the direction of the building above.

……

Inside the room—although Cai Xiaotang had intended to "sleep away all her worries," after lying there for quite a while, her stomach was growling with hunger.

She hadn't eaten much that morning, and now it was already nearly noon.

After tossing and turning on the bed for a long time, she finally couldn't help but sit up and headed toward the kitchen, looking displeased.

Then she opened the refrigerator and stood there speechless.

Her brother was too careless!

In such a big house, the refrigerator was actually empty!

Did he expect her to live on air alone?

Cai Xiaotang closed the refrigerator and, unwilling to give up, searched through all the cabinets, but only managed to find two bottles of mineral water.

With a bottle in each hand, she fell silent for a long while, finally accepting reality.

It seemed she wouldn't be able to avoid going out to shop...

Since she hadn't changed her clothes yet, she tidied her hair a little, grabbed her bag, and went out.

Downstairs—Li Xiao was staring at the last cigarette in his hand.

He didn't even know why he hadn't left.

He just kept staying downstairs, wanting to look up in that direction a few more times.

The white smoke curled upward, the dark red glow flickering, and it was almost burned to the end.

Time to go.

Li Xiao's gaze flickered for a moment, and he suddenly pulled his hand back. Just as he intended to start the car, his peripheral vision caught a familiar figure flashing by.

He was stunned for a moment and looked over instinctively, truly seeing that it was Cai Xiaotang.

Why did she come down?

Where was she going?

Li Xiao instinctively started the car. Seeing that Cai Xiaotang was just walking forward and had no intention of hailing a taxi, he deliberately slowed down and followed behind her.

Cai Xiaotang was completely unaware, her head lowered as she studied the route on her phone.

"Go through the plaza, walk to the end of the mall, and that's the entrance to the supermarket downstairs..."

She muttered to herself while looking at the distance of only a few hundred meters on the map, continuing to walk forward.

Not long after, she truly arrived in front of the supermarket entrance.

Li Xiao's car was parked across the street; seeing her go into the supermarket, he immediately understood.

So she was hungry...

Unable to stop himself from recalling the satisfied look on someone's face whenever she ate something delicious, Li Xiao couldn't help but laugh.

Abandoning the thought of going home, he simply waited where he was for Cai Xiaotang to come out.

Half an hour later—sure enough, he saw someone walking out unhurriedly, carrying a large bag.

Looking from afar, it was filled with almost nothing but frozen food.

"Tsk... she's just going to eat that stuff?"

Li Xiao frowned in dissatisfaction and hurriedly turned the car around, intending to follow her just as he had on the way there.

If he pretended to run into her by chance... maybe he could help her carry the things up...

Cai Xiaotang had no idea that someone had been "stalking" her for quite a while.

She was planning to return the same way she came, but just as she reached the entrance of the plaza, she saw someone suddenly walking toward her.

"Aze?"

"Sister?"

Cai Xiaotang and Liu Qingze stopped at the same time, both looking somewhat surprised.

"You... are you skateboarding here?"

Cai Xiaotang looked the person in front of her over and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, not expecting to run into him here.

Liu Qingze was dressed in casual attire today, holding a long skateboard in his hand, and with his gray, shoulder-length hair, he looked full of youthful energy.

"Yeah, there's a spot right over there."

Liu Qingze nodded quite naturally, pointing to the park behind him that Cai Xiaotang had just walked through.

Cai Xiaotang suddenly realized: "So that's it. I actually glanced over there earlier, but I must have missed you..."

"Why are you here? To buy groceries?"

Liu Qingze glanced at the bag in her hand.

Cai Xiaotang then explained with a smile: "Yeah, I just moved to this neighborhood today. There's nothing to eat at home, so I'm buying a few things."

"Moving?"

Liu Qingze looked a bit puzzled.

"Yeah, living here will be more convenient for work."

Cai Xiaotang answered truthfully.

Liu Qingze was even more surprised: "You still need to work? Aren't you already married?"

"Do those two things conflict?"

Cai Xiaotang asked back with amusement, then suddenly realized something and couldn't help but reach out to poke Liu Qingze's shoulder: "Little kid, your thinking is very backward. You don't think that just because I'm married, I should stay behind closed doors, never stepping out of the house, and be a housewife who doesn't lift a finger, do you?"

"I didn't mean that..."

Liu Qingze rubbed his nose and couldn't help but retort: "But you..."

He paused for a moment, unable to bring himself to say the words "husband" or "spouse," so he had to settle for second best: "Aren't you married into the Li Family? Shouldn't you be drinking tea and shopping every day?"

"Tsk, what's the fun in that? Just because the Li Family has money, they should support me?"

Cai Xiaotang's expression was somewhat subtle.

A wealthy lady, indeed...

She was about to be a divorcee!

The only one left who could support her was her brother, but she couldn't just spend his money with peace of mind...

Thinking of her "luxurious" bachelor apartment, Cai Xiaotang suddenly felt a headache coming on.

Liu Qingze hadn't expected her to answer like that, and he was stunned for a moment as well.

Then, he suddenly couldn't help but laugh out loud.

These kinds of words... it really didn't seem surprising at all coming from her mouth.

She was truly very interesting!

"What are you laughing at? Am I wrong? You, someone like you who has never lacked for anything since childhood, should come out into society and experience the hardships of the world to know how difficult it is to earn money!"

Cai Xiaotang couldn't help but "lecture" him again.

Then, feeling her hand ache from the bag's strap, she hurriedly said: "I won't talk to you anymore, I have to go home and cook!"

As soon as her voice fell, she felt her hand suddenly lighten.

"Your hand is all red from the strap. Where is your home? I'll help you carry it."

Liu Qingze said as he turned around.

Cai Xiaotang was stunned for a moment and hurriedly followed, but she didn't refuse, only teasing with amusement: "Is the little kid playing Lei Feng and doing good deeds today?"

"Say it one more time, I'm twenty-two, not a little kid!"

Liu Qingze glared at her in annoyance.

"Isn't that just fresh out of college? How are you not a little kid?"

Cai Xiaotang laughed happily.

Liu Qingze had no choice but to stop talking, feeling depressed.

The two walked for a while, and he suddenly asked again: "Why did you come to buy things by yourself? Where is your significant other?"

Cai Xiaotang paused slightly, a flash of unnaturalness quickly crossing her face, before she pretended to be nonchalant and answered: "He... is busy with work and won't be back until tonight."

"Oh."

Liu Qingze acknowledged and didn't ask any further.

Cai Xiaotang, however, was very interested in his skateboard and couldn't help but ask a couple more questions about it.

Behind the two—Li Xiao had already been following them in silence for the whole way, and seeing them talking and laughing, he felt sour and bubbling with jealousy.

Is she really that happy being with that Liu Qingze?