CH 12.3

Chapter 12: Come Here To Your Older Brother’s Side (3)

A few years ago Li Che saw the luxury goods market in the UK. He invited Harry to partner up and established a brand together. It was an instant hit, and now, there were more than 100 flagship stores around the world, with a quarterly sales of a billion.

This was the first billion that Li Che made. A few years ago, he liked to engage in business.

Ye Yuqing emptied the bag she had bought for the cups, and prepared to put her dirty clothes. She returned from the bathroom and saw Li Che picking up a glass and looking at it.

“This seems to be different from the one you sent me last time.”

“Of course it’s different, I did mention it, the one I gave you is unique.” After a while, she said: “This is a new pattern for your friend. She got married recently, I drew two bunnies hugging each other. Isn’t it very cute?”

“It’s okay.” Li Che pressed the corner of his mouth and put down the glass.

Ye Yuqing walked to the other side and asked, “Do you use the set of cups I gave you?”

“No.”

Ye Yuqing didn’t take it seriously. “Oh, that must be because the cup is too beautiful. You are afraid of dropping it, so you don’t use it.”

“——”

Li Che turned his head and walked upstairs, his voice came from far away.

“Let me change my clothes, then we’ll go back.”

“Okay.”

Ye Yuqing eventually grew bored holding her clothes and waiting, she went to the yard to see the koi being raised in the pond.

“What are you looking at?”

Hearing the voice behind her, Ye Yuqing turned her head and looked at him steadily.

“You, how come you suddenly appear out of nowhere every time, you make no sound.”

Li Che put one hand in his pocket. “It’s you who aren’t aware of your surroundings.”

“I’m not stupid, I’m looking at that fish.” Ye Yuqing pointed out the beautiful fish that she had been watching for a while. “It’s that one, the one with a snow white body with red spots on it.”

Li Che saw the fish and followed it for a while,then he raised his eyes and asked, “You want it?”

As pay for today’s work.

Ye Yuqing thought about it seriously, and lowered her head. “No, this fish will die in my fish tank. It’s good here, free.”

Li Che laughed loudly after hearing that.

Ye Yuqing turned towards him; the other party laughed for the second time today. The thoughts in her mind turned, a beautiful fish might not be able to survive if it was given to her. If you are that beauty… I could make money and try it to raise you.

She only dared to think about it and not speak boldly, after all, she had been brave long enough for today. Some people had difficulty stopping once they started, like it was natural. She had never thought about it before, she had never dared to be as bold as she was now!

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Today Li Che drove an Audi A8. After Ye Yuqing sat in, she was amazed that he had so many friends with cars. It was a different car every time.

But that’s right, the guests in the clubhouse were all rich people.

The night of autumn was a little chilly, and Ye Yuqing’s bare legs had a layer of goosebumps. She lowered her head and glanced at him. She was about to take out her wet neckline dress and cover it but the person next to her turned on the air conditioner.

The hot wind blew out slowly, instantly warming her up.

She turned to look at him. At first, she didn’t dare to look at him, but later she only watched him secretly.

Now… She was straightforward, when their eyes met, they stared at each other for a few seconds before looking away again.

She was still thinking about how to converse with him, but leaning back on the chair, she was awash with fatigue after a day of labor. She slept for five minutes thinking about it, and when she woke up, she found that the car had already reached the city.

The outside view was completely different. They were still a block away from her house.

She rubbed her eyes, picked up the phone and checked the time, 5:45. She was a little regretful, her voice still a bit sleepy with a mellow tone. “Older Brother*, if you want to plant a tree next time, you can still call me.”

[* She says Gege, a diminutive used by women for older males and just not their older brothers.]

Li Che was taken aback, a strange feeling filled his heart. “What did you call me?”

“Older Brother.” After a pause, Ye Yuqing thought for a while before saying, “Do you want me to call you… Uncle instead?”

“——”

“I don’t think this is good.”

She had heard that Jason went on to a postgraduate school after graduation. So she felt that the other party should be a little older than her.

Li Che’s mind turned slightly. “You… Call me by my name next time.”

In a confined space, he smelled the vanila from the shower gel familiar to him all the way.

He once had a younger sister. Many years ago, his father was drunk and pushed his mother who was four months pregnant downstairs. That little girl failed to come into this world.

Li Che certainly knew that she wasn’t his sister. He thought it was very strange why this person was so enthusiastic that she kept approaching him carefully.

Looking at her crystal clear eyes, he suddenly thought of the man who had been drinking all day. His eyes turned cloudy.