Chapter 93: Strolling the Mall

She looked over, it was Su Yu.

Su Yu smiled at Xie Xin Yi, then looked away.

【Ye Shu really, is his emotional intelligence eaten by a dog? He can't even tell, does that girl want to marry him?】

Su Xi nodded silently in his heart, he really couldn't tell!

As before, Xie Xin Yi held Su Yu's hand, but this time everyone wore masks.

Xie Xin Yi took out her membership card and led Su Yu and the others to a brand store they often visited. Her membership card was high-level, so she didn't need to queue like others.

"Here we have both men's and women's clothing, help yourselves!"

This store is a comprehensive shop, but male and female customers are separated. There's only one comprehensive area, and it's already full of people.

Su Xi wasn't entirely at ease with Su Yu.

"Should I take her outside to wait? She's very mischievous and will disturb your shopping."

"It's fine, I'm just browsing. The membership card has data, they'll fetch suitable items for me, no need to try on. I can keep holding Xiao Yu."

Su Yu was eager to try. Does this auntie know if she's seen her news? Maybe she can trick the auntie into letting her play with her phone?

However, Su Yu thought of Ye Shu again.

【But what about Uncle? How should I tell him, this auntie might really want to be his wife?】

"Auntie Xie, I want to say a few words to Uncle Ye, may I?"

"Of course!"

Ye Shu went over with Su Yu, one crouching, one standing.

"Uncle, that auntie seems to want to marry you, she asked me a question, what should I say?"

Ye Shu's brows furrowed slightly; when Su Xi said that earlier he thought it impossible, but Su Yu also said the same, and moreover Su Yu had spent some time alone with Xie Xin Yi.

"No way?"

Su Yu nodded, "Why don't you just agree, Uncle? After all, you said you can't attract normal girls; maybe this auntie will later dump you on her own!"

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome! Then let's just call off this arranged meeting, okay?"

"She asked me about you?"

It's not that Ye Shu lacks confidence, but he's been through too much. Could a normal girl really look up to him?

"Right!"

Su Yu recalled their conversation, and indeed she had asked about Ye Shu.

【Exactly, she asked me why I was wearing pink, related to you, so she was asking about you!】

Su Yu nodded heavily.

"If she knew I don't actually especially like pink, but like all colors, she'd definitely dump me!"

"To be honest, Ye Shu has no objection to colors, but he also doesn't especially like pink; isn't this deceiving people? This is marriage fraud!"

【Oh ho, is he wanting to develop things further with Xie Xin Yi?】

"Isn't that the ending you want?"

Su Yu tilted her big head, looking puzzled at Ye Shu.

Ye Shu looked at Su Yu, "My hands are itchy, I want to hit the kid!"

"Alright, fickle adults are really troublesome!"

【Tsk, one or two love threatening me this little kid, so low-class!】

"Then you help me say some good things later."

"Uncle, you don't understand the situation! What's the use of me saying nice things? At times like this you should tell the girl, 'I'll wrap up everything you like!', then thoughtfully carry the shopping bags and send her to her doorstep."

【Stingy men can't get a wife!】

"You're so small, how do you know all this?"

"It's not Ye Shu boasting; he's really eaten more salt than this little kid has eaten rice."

【If I didn't think what I did this morning ruined your image, I'd feel a bit guilty toward you—would you ignore me?】

Su Yu was clearly unhappy, and Ye Shu noticed.

"Here, take this card, it has no password, swipe away!"

"Okay!"

【Yo! This three-year-old tyrant CEO can swipe cards for girls!】

Su Xi listening from afar: ……How can I erase those trash TV shows from Su Yu's mind!

Su Yu returned happily with the card.

"Auntie Xie, Uncle Ye said this card is for you to pay, swipe away!"

Xie Xin Yi smiled gently, "Thank you!"

Ye Shu returned with his usual business smile, "You're welcome, it's only right!"

He couldn't calm his heart; when interacting with Xie Xin Yi, his demeanor wasn't as relaxed as before.

Xie Xin Yi led Su Yu to the women's area restroom, "Come clean, what did you say? Otherwise I'll tell your dad that you stole my phone and played with it for a while!"

Su Yu widened her eyes, "You're slandering me!"

"Guess whether he believes you or me?"

Su Yu hesitated not at all, "Believe me!"

Su Yu has this confidence! When she does wrong she admits it willingly, and will do it again next time; everyone at home knows, so Uncle will definitely believe her!

"Then let me let you play with my phone?"

"No! You're slandering others, they're unhappy!"

【Hmph, unhappy, the kind that can't be cheered up even by playing on the phone!】

Su Yu had a stubborn temper, ignored Xie Xin Yi, and sat off to herself, sulking.

"Sorry, it's Auntie's fault—Auntie should have properly asked you!"

Xie Xin Yi moved over, squatted down, and sincerely apologized to Su Yu.

"Well then, I reluctantly forgive you! Don't do that again next time, okay!"

"Okay!"

"May I ask, dear Xiao Yu, can you tell me now what you said to him?"

"I said he doesn't understand the situation, going out with a girl and still making the girl pay!"

【Mmm, saying half of it doesn't count as lying, does it?】

"Just that one sentence?"

"Of course not, do you expect me to recite it line by line?"

【Then I definitely have to lie.】

Xie Xin Yi thought that wasn't necessary either. After pondering for a moment, she said, "I'll give you money; you tell me the truth—are you willing to make a deal?"

Su Yu wasn't blinded by money. Earlier, Liang Lijiang and Mingmeng each gave her a card worth 500,000 as a greeting gift, and her family let her keep it. She now has 1,150,000 in savings—a little rich lady!

"What if it's a question I don't want to answer?"

Money for one's career is never too much. Su Yu also wanted to earn this extra income, but is this side job too hot to handle?

"If you don't want to say, you can skip it—I'll transfer the money to you."

Su Yu was still hesitating, "Will you tell the adults? Say I'm scamming money?"

"I promise I won't!"

"Then swear on it!"

Xie Xin Yi blinked and said, "I swear, if I lie to you, I'll never be able to possess anything pink in this life."

【What a partner, are you testing me? Adults have so many ulterior motives!】

"No way!"

Xie Xin Yi looked puzzled, "How can it not be possible?"

"You can have no pink money, because nowadays currency is all digital—you're playing word games!"

Xie Xin Yi was amused by Su Yu's words, "You really are a little money‑lover! Fine, I swear, if I lie to you, I'll have no money in this life—does that work?"

Su Yu nodded.

"The card is here!"

Su Yu pulled the card from the pocket of her dress and handed it to Xie Xin Yi. Xie Xin Yi took it and then began asking Su Yu questions.

"Does Ye Shu like pink?"

"He says he likes it!"

"Why is it him saying that?"

【He just said that!】

"I don't know if he's lying to people! I don't have a lie detector, Auntie—you can buy one and try it out."

That would be embarrassing, so Xie Xin Yi asked the next question.

"Does Ye Shu know I like pink?"

"No, skip it!"

Xie Xin Yi: "Are you treating this like a quiz game?"

"Did Ye Shu really let you choose a pink watch this morning?"

"It was him who let me choose the watch!"

【Sorry, I played a little word game.】

"Auntie, you don't need to give me money—I can ask you a few questions, okay?"

Xie Xin Yi nodded, "Go ahead."

Su Yu took the card back from Xie Xin Yi's hand and put it back into her pocket.

"Are you supposed to go on a blind date with the uncle, get married, and now you're hesitating?"

Xie Xin Yi nodded, "Yes!"

"Then what don't you like about him?"

"I want to find someone who can tolerate my flaws; if I can't find such a person, I'd rather not marry. I don't know yet whether he's the kind of person who can tolerate my flaws."

Xie Xin Yi didn't treat Su Yu as a normal child. Her IQ is at junior high level, so understanding these things isn't surprising. She answered Su Yu's questions very seriously.

"What flaws?"

"I love pink, I really do! I want a pink wedding, a pink room, and ideally the whole house turned pink."

If Ye Shu really likes pink, he certainly wouldn't mind her turning the house into a pink paradise. If the parents‑in‑law disagree, as long as Ye Shu also insists on renovating in pink, the couple can just move out.

Xie Xin Yi found no prior contact between the Ye family and Su Yu. But since Su Yu has come forward and can speak with the Ye family members, Xie Xin Yi chose to be frank, letting Su Yu act as her messenger.

Su Yu felt torn, "Maybe we should hire a designer to redesign, or buy a new house? Painting everything in the room pink might seem a bit weird!"

【No need for design—just slap on a coat of pink paint; just thinking about it makes my eyes sting!】

Xie Xin Yi smiled brightly, "Don't you think my request is very strange?"

"Why is it strange?"

Xie Xin Yi pressed down the corners of her mouth, "Isn't it strange to ask others to turn their house pink?"

"Why would it be strange to turn one's own house into a favorite color? Wait, who are 'others'? Don't you pay people for their work?"

【It's your own house, you call the shots! You don't look like someone short on money either! Not paying for work is really strange!】

The blind date!

You didn't succeed in the blind date?

If you didn't succeed in the blind date, it's strange that you still let someone turn their house pink.

It worked out; I also told him, and he agreed. But as the wedding approached, he said he thought I was joking then.

Not just one person; every blind date who got to the stage of discussing marriage was like that, the process seemed like copy‑paste, so many that Xie Xin Yi began to doubt herself. Are her demands really too much? Why do they say she's joking, and also say she's being excessive?

So, they said that when they promised you, they were joking?

Good grief, isn't this just how it is when you're dating—you say what you mean, and when you get married, he says what he means? You've met more than one? This is too unlucky!

Xie Xin Yi pondered the meaning of Su Yu's words, nodded, and said, "Yes!"

Then why did you manage to succeed in the blind date with them? Uncle attracts bad peach blossoms—are you just especially bad at judging?

Blind as a bat, mistaking fish eyes for pearls!

My judgment isn't bad; they're all excellent.

It's just that none of those people are suitable for her.

But they promised you things before the wedding, couldn't deliver, and still told you they thought you were joking—does that count as excellent?

No way, is your standard for excellence too low? These are all people who talk nonsense—complete trash!

Su Yu saw that Xie Xin Yi didn't take it to heart, she felt unconvinced, and immediately thought of an example.

Today's update~

Thanks to my dear ones for voting~

Before, Su Yu's father was in good health; Su Xi gave 50,000, and the great‑grandmother gave 100,000.

Mingmeng and Liang Lijiang each gave 50,000, for a total of 100,000.

Everyone added together comes to 115,000.

This chapter is a big chapter of three thousand characters~

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