Chapter 38: Big Purchase

The house was settled, and it was such a high-end house.

To be honest, Li Yan hadn't lived in such a high-end complex before, except for hotels, of course.

It was still early when he returned to the hotel.

Li Yan wanted to take advantage of his free time today to buy all the missing daily necessities for the house.

Since the house was large enough and the air conditioning and furniture were well-equipped, he still needed to supplement the bedding, daily reserves in the refrigerator, and some drinks.

Li Yan had always been particular about quality and didn't want to buy cheap things to make do.

Thinking about it, he might as well buy everything that needed to be prepared at once, saving the trouble of running around frequently in the future.

Returning to the hotel to wash, Li Yan changed into another set of LV casual wear, looked at the few clothes in his suitcase, thought about it, and decided he would have to do some more shopping after the house was tidied up.

A Mercedes-Benz E-Class ride-hailing car arrived at the hotel entrance, and Li Yan got in.

"Tianyu Life Plaza"—a comprehensive commercial complex with a high degree of integration, many brands, ranging from home textiles to supermarkets and liquor specialty stores.

This was also the destination of Li Yan's trip.

Arriving at "Tianyu Life Plaza" was about half an hour later, and there were quite a few customers in the mall.

Li Yan went straight to the home textile area on the fifth floor, intending to buy the four-piece bedding set first.

He first visited several big brand stores, compared the styles, feel, and prices of each, and finally chose at the "Luolai Home Textiles" counter.

The styles of bedding displayed in the store were diverse: solid colors, prints, embroidery, silk, blends, etc.

The clerk enthusiastically introduced a long-staple cotton set, with a light gray base, matched with geometric lines, a modern minimalist style.

Li Yan touched it and felt it was soft and breathable; looking at the tag, the price was 1980 yuan, including two pillowcases, a quilt cover, and a bed sheet.

He thought the house was a large unit of over 140 square meters, and the master bedroom had a 2-meter large bed, requiring a slightly larger King Size version; the clerk said the price needed to be increased by about 200 yuan, totaling about 2180 yuan.

Li Yan looked at another solid-color washed cotton four-piece set, the color was off-white, and the tag was 1680 yuan.

Perhaps this spare set was also worth taking back, making it convenient for changing and washing.

As for the pillows and quilt core, the ones left by the landlord weren't easy to use, so he supplemented a pair of high-end pillows and a feather-silk quilt core.

The pillow brand was one from "Tempur," priced at 499 yuan each; he simply bought two.

The quilt core was a high-grade feather-silk one launched by Luolai Home Textiles, priced at about 880 yuan.

The clerk carefully calculated for him:

•Long-staple cotton four-piece set (King Size) about 2180 yuan

•Washed cotton four-piece set 1680 yuan

•Pillows 2 x 499 = 998 yuan

•Quilt core 880 yuan

Totaling about 5738 yuan, plus some discounts and small gifts from the clerk, he finally paid just over 5700.

Li Yan swiped his card readily, and the clerk packed them into two large paper bags: "If it's not convenient for you to take them now, we can ship them to your home for free. They will probably be delivered this afternoon or evening."

Li Yan nodded, left the new house address, and instructed the security guard to receive them.

The clerk agreed properly, and he walked out of the home textile area easily.

After buying the bedding, he took the elevator down to the supermarket area on the basement floor.

This supermarket brand was the flagship store of "Baijiahui" in Shudu, with rich and complete goods.

He pushed a shopping cart to the fresh food area first, picking out several kinds of fruits:

Imported blueberries (about 50 yuan/box), red grapes (about 35 yuan/jin), cantaloupe (25 yuan each), and apples (about 20 yuan/jin), all put into bags and weighed.

On the side, there were strawberries marked at about 60 yuan/jin; he also wanted to taste them, so he took two boxes.

Then he went to the vegetable area and also chose some green leafy vegetables and tomatoes, but considering he rarely cooked, he didn't buy too many.

Looking at the price tags: rapeseed about 6 yuan/jin, tomatoes 4.5 yuan/jin, he took a little of each, enough to eat for the next two or three days.

Then he turned to the refrigerated area, bought some milk and frozen dumplings, and stuffed them all into the cart.

Moving forward was the liquor area—he wanted to supplement some high-end beer and whiskey.

For beer, he first chose two kinds of craft beers: an IPA from the American brand "BrewDog," about 25 yuan per bottle, taking 6 bottles;

A German "Kaiser Stout," about 30 yuan per bottle, taking another 6 bottles.

For whiskey, he saw a bottle of Scotch "The Macallan 12 Years" on the shelf, marked at over 600 yuan, and a more expensive 18-year one at about 1600 yuan; he felt the 12-year version was enough for daily small drinks, so he chose the 12-year one.

Finally, he came to the snack area, where he picked up some nuts and biscuits, like daily nuts and imported cookies; small snacks could be kept at home, for friends to come over or for himself to have a late-night snack.

Pushing the full cart to the checkout counter, the clerk scanned them one by one, and the total price came out to be over two thousand.

These things were enough to initially fill the refrigerator and storage cabinets of his 140-square-meter luxury apartment, and could also make life no longer empty in an instant.

He swiped his card to checkout, requested delivery to his home at the customer service desk, and paid a 50 yuan delivery fee.

The waiter said it could be arranged for a driver to deliver it that night; Li Yan left the house number and contact phone number, instructing the property security guard to sign for it.

After getting it done, he let out a sigh of relief; pushing and pulling the shopping cart wasn't easy, but the result was very rich.

Food, drinks, and the four-piece bedding set were all bought, and there was no need to buy everything at once; Li Yan planned to fill the house bit by bit in the future.

It was already past five o'clock in the afternoon when he returned to the hotel; Li Yan still needed to go to Binjiang Puyan tonight to tidy up the things he had bought.

The four-piece set didn't need to be washed and dried; Li Yan paid extra to let the salesperson help send it to a dry cleaner for urgent processing and then deliver it to his home.

Fruits and frozen things still needed Li Yan to go back and put them in the refrigerator; after all, the security guard definitely couldn't enter the house.

And after tidying up the house these few days, Li Yan actually still had one thing that hadn't been carried out.

This matter concerned Li Yan's status and life enjoyment after entering school; Li Yan already had some drafts in his heart, but the specific implementation still needed to be gradually started.

What was Sichuan University most famous for?

Li Yan didn't know.

But Li Yan knew that there were absolutely many beauties at Sichuan University, and the quality was absolutely high.

After all, it was a well-known top 985 university; the girls who could be admitted to this university, whether in quality or inner self, were absolutely very different from his ex-girlfriends in high school.

Of course, this was also something to be done after buying the car.

Two days later, the morning in Shudu was still gentle, and the daylight slanted in through that floor-to-ceiling window.

Li Yan opened his eyes and stretched on the soft mattress.

The bedroom was over twenty square meters, the walls were light beige latex paint, and the high-end wooden floor under his feet was bright and gentle.

A faint woody fragrance permeated the air; it was a high-end aromatherapy he had bought online two days ago from "Miller Harris," marked at about a thousand yuan, specifically 1280 yuan.

This British niche aromatherapy brand was famous for its mixture of woody and floral scents; he chose their "Forest Wood Language" series, the bottle was light brown, and the taste was between cedar and sandalwood, neither pungent nor lacking a sense of high-end quality. ===== CHAPTER 39 =====