Pampered by My Ex's Cousin-Chapter 1257 - 1258: I’m a Straight Man (Part 6)

Ji Anning couldn’t help but chuckle, "Slow down when you eat, there’s a pit, don’t choke on it."

She reminded him as she bent over to pick up the fruit platter and then said to Qi Helian, "He’s so stingy, I don’t know what’s up with him. You eat a pear."

In the end...I guess she still gave in to him.

"It’s fine, the pear looks very sweet," Qi Helian smiled slightly at Ji Anning and reached towards the fruit platter unhurriedly, picking up a slice of pear.

His fair and slender fingers made the pear slice he picked up look exceptionally translucent and juicy.

He brought it to his mouth and took an elegant bite.

Then he nodded, "It’s very sweet. Where did you buy it?"

Ji Anning replied, "I went to the supermarket this morning and bought it from one of those fruit carts at the intersection. They’re really fresh, and I also got the dates there. They’re a buck cheaper per pound than at the supermarket or fruit stands."

Nowadays, she’s really into culinary research, making desserts every day, and occasionally whipping up a lavish breakfast or dinner for everyone.

When it’s about food, she’s particularly spirited.

Ji Chicheng looked at the boastful smile on Ji Anning’s face, feeling speechless. Saving a buck per pound made her so happy, even if she bought ten pounds of pears, she only saved ten bucks. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

What’s the big deal about ten bucks? Is she obsessed with money? Isn’t she already a multimillionaire?

Can’t she stop embarrassing herself in front of others?

"Did you pick them out yourself?" Qi Helian finished one slice and immediately picked up another, eating with great relish.

With no pretense about his enjoyment.

Ji Anning nodded, "Yes."

"I didn’t expect you to be so domestic," Qi Helian praised Ji Anning and straightforwardly placed the fruit platter on his lap.

He looked greedy as if saying: These are all mine, don’t fight me for them.

Ji Chicheng: "..."

He suddenly regretted it, wishing he hadn’t allowed him even the pears.

Eat up, eat up, having shared a pear with Anning, you should hurry up and get lost, promptly separate (leave) from Anning.

Ji Chicheng squinted at Qi Helian, who was eating with such enjoyment, with a strange, sinister smile on his lips. Ji Anning noticed and asked suspiciously, "What’s with that look in your eyes?"

"Nothing," Ji Chicheng slowly retracted his gaze, straightening his back and slightly raising his chin.

Full of pride.

Definitely not a petty or childish person.

Qi Helian quietly laughed and shook his head, also completely shifting his focus away from Ji Chicheng, slowing down his pace of eating pears.

Just then, Xiang Yiqing’s phone rang.

His phone was placed on the coffee table. He glanced at the caller ID, frowned, and reached out slowly to pick up the phone, bringing it to his ear to answer.

Before he could speak, the voice of an angry middle-aged man came through the receiver, "Where are you? It’s work hours, why aren’t you at the hospital?"

The caller’s voice was so loud it was a bit jarring. Xiang Yiqing pulled the phone away slightly before answering, "I stepped out for lunch."

"Your grandfather’s here, get your ass back here now,"

The voice on the other end, Xiang’s father, was so booming that even without speakerphone, Ji Chicheng and the others could hear it clearly.

They all looked on with a schadenfreude attitude, with Qi Helian chuckling the most.

As expected... The old man had shown up at the hospital, almost right on schedule as he anticipated.

Once his father’s scolding words finished, Xiang Yiqing whispered, "Tell him I’ve already gone home, have him go home."

Xiang’s father snorted coldly, "You’re afraid of losing face, huh?"

Is it now impossible for him to clear his name, even if he jumped into the Yellow River?