Chapter 138

138 Charging......

Of course, those are matters of many years later; for now let's not talk about them.

Speaking of Tushan Jiu.

After lending the knife to Baoxiao Xing, she took out that kitchen knife again, holding it in her hand and playing with it.

Thinking about returning, she made a note on Baoxiao Xing's name.

【Because it's a child, one cannot wield a kitchen knife; it's dangerous behavior, not advocated.】

Ten minutes later.

Tushan Jiu once again stood in front of the supermarket where she had just called the police.

The boss, separated by the glass door, made eye contact with her.

Tushan Jiu gave him a slight smile, then shook the kitchen knife in her hand.

Don't forget, Tushan Jiu is quite vengeful!

That big male boss looked helpless.

Because the police had just called him, informing him that Tushan Jiu was not an aggressive lunatic, she merely wanted to lend him a knife.

But seeing her smile just now, he felt his heart go all fuzzy!

Still, this guy's feeling is pretty accurate.

The reason Tushan Jiu picked his supermarket right away wasn't because he would face a great calamity before the end of the Gregorian year.

She stepped into the supermarket.

She put the kitchen knife on the counter, not caring whether he was embarrassed, and directly said: "Boss, may I borrow a knife? I'll leave you a prophecy; I'll come for payment only if it comes true—don't worry, the fee will be within your means."

Yang Leiming, who disliked trouble, took the knife from the counter: "Fine, I'll buy this knife. How much per piece?"

Tushan Jiu shook her head: "The knife is the token, the words are the evidence; I only lend, not sell."

Yang Leiming understood: "So you won't take money, right? Sis, my store also has surveillance; I'll copy the footage later as evidence."

Tushan Jiu said indifferently: "That works."

"Alright, then I've borrowed your knife—go on, what prophecy will you give me?"

Tushan Jiu didn't hesitate, speaking plainly: "Before the end of the Gregorian year, you'll return to your hometown for a relative's happy event, and on the way you'll run over a snake with your car."

Upon hearing this, Yang Leiming, who had been examining the knife for any difference, looked up at Tushan Jiu and laughed, saying: "Sis, your knife probably won't earn you any payment."

His hometown is far away; he only goes back once a year, during the New Year.

Besides his parents, his only relative is a younger brother still in college—how could there be any happy occasion!

Even if all that were true, his home is far in the northeast; summer does have snakes, but in winter they hibernate—how could he possibly run over a snake!

But he merely denied these thoughts in his mind, without arguing much with her.

Tushan Jiu just gave a faint smile: "The deal is tentatively settled; when the prophecy comes true, I'll return to collect payment."

Having said that, she turned and left.

Yang Leiming also stood there for a few seconds, then after reacting, he went around the counter, intending to call out to Tushan Jiu to have her take the knife back.

But by the time he went out, there was no sign of Tushan Jiu to be seen.

Here, Tushan Jiu left the supermarket and got into her car.

Today she lent two knives; it's time to change location.

However, she plans to lend again tomorrow; this isn't something that can be finished in a day.

It's about time to get off work.

She took out her phone and sent a message to Xie Shiyu, asking whether he would return to the ancestral home for dinner tonight.

On the other end, Xie Shiyu had just finished a meeting.

His normally weary expression lifted at the corner of his mouth upon hearing that special ringtone.

He replied to her message.

【I still have a video conference with the higher-ups later; I might get home late, so I'll eat dinner at the company. Have you finished your work?】

【Mm, I'm off work; I was thinking of asking if you'd come back to the ancestral home to eat. If you don't come back, I'll go to the company to find you and keep you company for dinner.】

This time Xie Shiyu sent a voice message: "I couldn't wish for more—what do you want to eat? I'll have Assistant Li buy it. Perfect timing for my girlfriend to charge me up; I miss you."

It's said that men who act cute have the best fate.

Especially since Tushan Jiu loves Xie Shiyu's voice so much.

Just hearing "I miss you" made Tushan Jiu's ears go soft.

Knowing he could send voice messages, she quickly replied with a voice note: "I'll eat anything; just wait obediently at the company for me to come charge you up—see you soon."

After sending that, he replied two seconds later: "Jiujiu, you're missing a phrase."

Tushan Jiu naturally understood what he meant.

Just now she was only blushing; now her face is a bit warm, but she remains composed and replied: "I miss you too."

At the Xie Clan Group, Xie Shiyu listened to Tushan Jiu's voice message, and the smile at the corner of his mouth couldn't be stopped.

The time is still early, just past four-thirty.

Xie Shiyu called Assistant Li on an internal line, asking him to go to the restaurant to place an order.

The dishes he mentioned were almost all what Tushan Jiu likes to eat.

After hanging up, his gaze fell upon the stack of documents needing signatures, and the corner of his mouth quickly flattened.

After a brief inner struggle, he picked up his phone again and tapped the voice message once more.

Tushan Jiu's gentle, clear voice came from it: "I miss you too."

Thus he curled his lips again, then resumed work.

Tushan Jiu's location was a bit far from the Xie Clan Group; by the time she arrived, it was just as the employees were getting off work.

Although she doesn't come often, now everyone in the Xie Clan group, from top to bottom, even the logistics cleaning staff, knows her.

From the underground parking garage all the way up, she just nodded and smiled in response dozens of times.

She thought, next time if she comes to find Xie Shiyu, she must avoid rush hour.

After stepping into the private elevator, Tushan Jiu rubbed the corners of her mouth, which had stiffened from smiling.

Suddenly, the elevator slowed and stopped at the first floor.

The elevator doors opened, and Tushan Jiu made eye contact with Xu Aixu, who was holding a lunch box.

"Auntie?"

"Little Jiu?"

"You also came to the company."

"You also came to the company."

"I came to keep my husband company for a meal."

"I came to keep Xie Shiyu company for a meal."

Regarding this inexplicable tacit understanding between the two of them, they both laughed.

Because Xie Shiyu has been busy with those new projects lately, Xie Wenmo also came to help handle the Xie Clan group's usual daily operations.

The elevator reached the top floor.

Tushan Jiu and Xu Aixu then went their separate ways.

Although Xie Shiyu's and Xie Wenmo's offices are not far apart, they are not together.

Everyone is busy; this hard-won time for just the two of them, nobody wants to be a third wheel—this is the right way to get along.

Xie Shiyu's office door was open; at a glance it was clear he was waiting for her.

She knocked on the door, poked her head inside, and saw no one at the desk.

She was wondering, when a hand pulled her in.

The door shut with a bang.

Charging......