Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life-Chapter 823 - 812: The Honest Man Being Used

There were only a few dishes on the table: garlic water spinach, spicy fried spinach stems, homemade tofu, egg soup, salted duck egg, and the marinated dishes they bought. Luckily, they bought marinated dishes, otherwise everyone would have finished with just two chopsticks each.

However, before everyone started picking up the food, Shen Huan grabbed the marinated dish plate and pulled it over to himself, taking nearly half of it in one go. Was he reincarnated from a starving ghost?

Ye Qiu opened his mouth, but seeing that Shen Xiu didn’t intend to reprimand, he just shook his head gently and sighed.

Everyone felt uncomfortable, increasingly believing Shen Xiu was not suitable for their professor. Even with the child acting like this, she still saw no problem? If she doesn’t teach him, probably the professor as a stepfather will struggle even more, otherwise he wouldn’t be in such a helpless state.

Seeing the child so possessive over food, everyone chose not to eat the marinated dishes and reached for other dishes instead. As soon as they tasted it, they were amazed; they didn’t expect the professor’s cooking to be so delicious!

The brat had no taste buds, only knew to eat marinated dishes, unaware that these vegetables and tofu were even tastier. The portions were somewhat small, eventually leaving not even any soup behind.

Ye Qiu looked apologetic: "It’s my oversight, next time I’ll prepare more before inviting everyone to eat."

Just as everyone was about to politely decline, Shen Xiu suddenly said: "Then don’t ask me to buy groceries, I have no money. The living expenses you gave me were just enough for household necessities."

The restaurant fell silent, and after a while, Ye Qiu managed a smile and said: "You go to the living room for some fruit, I’ll clear the dishes first."

"No need, professor, I still have coursework to finish, I need to hurry back."

"Me too, my thesis needs more research, and the library will close soon."

Li Hao patted Ye Qiu’s shoulder: "I’m heading back to the institute, will you come later?"

Wasn’t their experiment winding down?

The students looked at the two professors and suddenly felt enlightened; Professor Li must want to have a heart-to-heart with Professor Ye! Staying in such a family is indeed stifling.

"Okay, I’ll head over after cleaning up, I won’t keep you. Head back, and stay safe on the way."

"Goodbye, Professor!"

"Goodbye, Ma’am!"

Ye Qiu smiled as he bid them farewell, but Shen Xiu seemed indifferent, turning away with no expression.

"What was with you today? Bringing so many people back suddenly?" As soon as the crowd reached the staircase, they heard this angry shout, and their faces turned dark.

Figuring that the crowd was probably out of earshot, Ye Qiu’s face also darkened: "You’re blaming me? Do you know how embarrassed I was today? They were my colleagues and students, couldn’t you buy a single dish?"

"Buy, buy, buy — with what money? Did you give me any?" Shen Xiu was full of anger; would she willingly appear stingy in front of others? Isn’t it because he’s too frugal?

"Didn’t I give you living expenses?"

"One thousand yuan a month, how is that enough?" Shen Xiu’s disdain was clear, "Do you know how expensive groceries are outside?"

Ye Qiu frowned: "You’re just one woman, how much can you eat? Three hundred yuan a month is enough for me."

"So you think I’ve spent too much?" Shen Xiu was furious, "I eat less, but there’s also Xiao Huan!"

"Xiao Huan is still young, and he eats breakfast and lunch at school, he can’t eat that much."

"So that’s your reason for not giving more living expenses?"

Ye Qiu remained stubborn: "I’ve given the living expenses."

"You..." Shen Xiu was truly infuriated, feeling she couldn’t communicate with Ye Qiu, "What about the other expenses? You say groceries can be covered in a month, but what about other costs?"

"What other costs?" Ye Qiu looked puzzled, "I pay for the water, electricity, and gas in advance every month. The school provides laundry detergent, rice, and oil quarterly. What other costs are there?"

"Don’t I need to buy clothes? Even if I don’t, Xiao Huan is growing, his old clothes are too small. Shouldn’t we buy new ones?"

"That’s indeed my oversight." Ye Qiu showed an apologetic expression, and Shen Xiu thought he would hand over his salary, but instead he said, "But Xiao Huan usually wears a school uniform, a couple of casual sets are enough. I remember Sister Sun’s grandson downstairs is two years older than Xiao Huan, I’ll ask if they have any clothes he used to wear."

Shen Xiu’s eyes widened: "You want my son to wear clothes others don’t want?"

"Why are you so surprised?" Ye Qiu was puzzled, "Kids grow quickly, no need to buy new ones. Sister Sun’s grandson’s clothes are not worn out, just wash them and they’re fine."

"No way, I absolutely disagree." Shen Xiu took a deep breath, feeling she really couldn’t communicate with Ye Qiu, "I only have one son, and I won’t let him wear second-hand clothes. What will his classmates think?"

"Why are you so stubborn?" Ye Qiu’s gaze turned impatient and disappointed, "Xiao Xiu, you weren’t like this before. When we were students, you didn’t look down on me being an orphan, always wearing old clothes. Why have you changed now?"

Shen Xiu choked, back then she wasn’t mocking him only because she wanted his notes, his grades were always top-notch, others paid high prices for her to take his notes out. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been nice to him!

"How could now be like before? I don’t care, I won’t let my son wear clothes others don’t want." Shen Xiu turned away, wanting to see what other solutions Ye Qiu had.

"Fine, I’ll go borrow two hundred yuan from Li Hao later, you’ll have to manage with it."

Shen Xiu felt she was about to explode with rage, how did she end up marrying such a stingy and petty man?

"Two hundred yuan? Are you treating me like a beggar or what!"

"Xiao Xiu." Ye Qiu’s face also sunk, "Xiao Huan is still young, he shouldn’t develop a vain and competitive mindset. Two hundred yuan for clothes? Clothing these days isn’t expensive, you can buy two good sets." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Shen Xiu sarcastically eyed Ye Qiu’s nicely styled shirt: "Then why don’t you wear clothes that cost tens of yuan?"

Ye Qiu was helpless: "My clothes are provided by the school, they don’t cost anything."

"Oh, your school is so good, not only providing essentials but clothes too? How come I don’t get any?"

"You’re not an employee, of course you don’t!" Ye Qiu said matter-of-factly, "If you had accepted Dean Chen’s offer for the library job, you wouldn’t need to buy clothes."

"You..." Shen Xiu pointed at Ye Qiu with a shaking hand, feeling she was going mad, "I warn you, next month you must bring the entire salary home, otherwise we’ll divorce. I’m not living like this anymore."