“This is your Fragrant Lemon Tea, along with an Omelette Rice made with love. Please enjoy~”
Xia Xi placed the customer’s food on the table and offered a sweet smile before returning to the break room.
Before he could even get An Xiaoyu to serve him tea and water, he had to serve tea and water to these otakus. How tragic!
“Xiaoyu, you’ve worked hard. It was so busy this afternoon, and I’m really sorry for making you come help out.”
Liu Jiaying took out a towel and gently wiped the sweat from Xia Xi’s forehead.
Looking at Liu Jiaying’s beautiful face so close to his, Xia Xi felt his face inexplicably flush.
He actually interacted with quite a few girls regularly, but he had almost never encountered a mature, “onee-san” type like Liu Jiaying.
Even Luo Xinyu was just a young girl with a somewhat mature demeanor.
“Pfft, little sister, don’t be shy.”
Liu Jiaying placed a hand on Xia Xi’s cheek and gave it a light stroke.
Xia Xi just felt his cheeks starting to burn.
“Haha, I won’t tease you anymore, Xiaoyu. Rest here, little sister. It’s not so busy now. Later, big sister will take you out for a big meal.”
Seeing Xia Xi stiffen up, Liu Jiaying stopped teasing him, stood up, and walked out of the break room.
It had to be said, among the girls Xia Xi knew, Liu Jiaying was probably the one with the most “capital.” Even wearing a loose maid outfit, the sway caused by her walking wasn’t something just anyone could produce.
“Snap out of it. Look at you, your eyes are glued to her.”
As soon as Liu Jiaying left the room, Liu Yiyi walked in.
The same maid outfit gave off a completely different feeling on Liu Yiyi compared to Liu Jiaying.
To put it in more common terms, Liu Yiyi’s figure in this outfit could be described as “a childlike physique that stirs no desires.” Who could withstand such a “Divine Land tablet”? Even An Xiaoyu at least showed some curves.
“Don’t worry, my sister said that as long as we drink papaya milk diligently every day, we can reach her level too.”
No, I don’t want that.
Xia Xi, being a man, definitely didn’t want a large pair of “assets” for himself. He wasn’t An Xiaoyu, after all.
Liu Yiyi patted Xia Xi’s shoulder and sat down beside him.
“Hey, Xiaoyu, does your brother Xia Xi have any new drafts for that Journey to the West? He only posts a tiny bit every day; it’s never enough to read!”
So that’s why this girl wasn’t out serving customers but instead came to chat with him—she was after the drafts for his novel!
Regarding Journey to the West, Xia Xi updated extremely slowly.
Of course, it wasn’t because he couldn’t write it. His memory was clear; he just needed to transcribe it.
The reason he updated so slowly was because… he was lazy!
Yes, plain lazy.
His book Dragon Raja was already profitable enough; Journey to the West was just the icing on the cake, so his motivation to type wasn’t as strong.
As for why he wrote this new book, it was naturally… who would ever complain about having too much money?
Besides, he usually had nothing else to do. Writing novels and drawing comics helped pass the time.
“No, he doesn’t. Brother Xia Xi is super lazy. Ever since you all snatched and read his drafts last time, he hasn’t kept any drafts at all.”
Xia Xi imitated An Xiaoyu’s manner of speaking.
“Really? You’re not lying because Xia Xi told you not to tell, are you?”
Silly, of course I’m tricking you.
As a literary plagiarist, how could he possibly not have drafts on hand? He just didn’t want to show them to this girl in advance.
His current drafts had already reached the part where Sun Wukong was suppressed under the Five-Finger Mountain. If he let this girl see that, wouldn’t she just start complaining again about him writing a tragic ending or something?
“How could that be? Brother Xia Xi never lies to me~”
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“Alright, alright~”
Seeing that Xia Xi didn’t seem to be lying, Liu Yiyi didn’t press further.
“By the way, do you know why my sister wanted to invite your brother Xia Xi over today?”
Xia Xi looked up at her.
So Liu Yiyi was the gossipy type? He thought she was only good at sarcasm.
“I don’t know. Why?”
“Hehe, let me tell you… Actually, it’s because the family arranged a blind date for her…”
Liu Yiyi looked animated and seemed happy that her older sister had to go on a blind date.
She had inquired about it; the man set up for her sister had excellent conditions and was a great match for her.
As long as her sister got married, then no one could stop her from running over to Xia Xi’s house every day!
Speaking of Xia Xi made her angry. How long had it been since that guy came into her body? What a fickle guy who loved the new and tired of the old!
“Liu Yiyi!”
“Ah! Sis! I didn’t say anything!”
At some point, Liu Jiaying had already appeared at the break room door, hands on her hips.
“Xiaoyu, you can imagine the rest yourself. I’m going out to help!”
Liu Yiyi was clearly afraid of her sister. She vanished in a puff of smoke, leaving Xia Xi alone to face Liu Jiaying.
After a moment of silence, Xia Xi slowly spoke up.
“I heard… Sister Jiaying, you’re going on a blind date?”
“Mm. I was actually planning to tell you just now, but I didn’t expect Yiyi to spill it first.”
Liu Jiaying closed the break room door, sat down beside Xia Xi, and sighed.
“Tell me, why won’t Xia Xi accept me? I pursued him like that before…”
Hearing this, Xia Xi felt awkward and scratched his cheek.
“I don’t know. Maybe… perhaps… Brother Xia Xi just isn’t ready for something like dating?”
Liu Jiaying reached out and patted Xia Xi’s head.
“Sigh, he could have told me if he wasn’t ready. I could have waited… But he never really gave a clear answer, and now the family has arranged this blind date for me. I really don’t know what to do…”
“Can’t you just refuse the blind date…?”
Xia Xi didn’t understand these things very well. He only knew from TV shows that if you felt the blind date wasn’t a good match, you could just refuse directly. There was no need to be so troubled.
“You’re still young. You don’t understand these things.”
Liu Jiaying picked up one of Xia Xi’s pigtails and gently stroked it.
“Do you know about arranged marriages in ancient times?”
“Mm.”
“My situation is actually similar to that. In families like ours, to strengthen relationships with business partners and make collaborations more secure, we often arrange marriages between our children.”
She took a deep breath and continued.
“And besides, the father of this blind date candidate has been friends with my dad for over ten years. I really don’t know how to refuse…”
If the other party’s conditions were poor, Liu Jiaying could find an excuse to refuse. But the other party was from an equally affluent family, and their elders had a long-standing relationship. Refusing would mean disrespecting the elders.
She wasn’t like Liu Yiyi.
Liu Yiyi had run off to Magic City alone, declaring she wouldn’t spend a single cent from the family and that the family shouldn’t interfere with her life.
But she herself was different. She had always enjoyed the family’s wealth, so naturally, she couldn’t disregard the elders’ wishes.
For a moment, Xia Xi didn’t know what to say either.
“Maybe it’s for the best that your brother Xia Xi didn’t come. I probably shouldn’t have dragged him into this. It could easily make others resent him.”
