"So, this is why we’re browsing the pharmacy now?" Looking at various items for colds, diarrhea, pain relief, inflammation, and even alcohol swabs, Luo Qianqian felt utterly overwhelmed.
"It’s not for you. If you have any issues, just go to the hospital. Don’t overlook a girl’s concerns." Qin Wen glanced at her, rolled his eyes, and didn’t forget to pick up some calcium tablets and ’Oh joy, eating again...’ Lu Simiao, though young, understood gentlemanly behavior and boldly took out the money Luo Qianqian had given him earlier that he had not spent.
"???" Luo Qianqian stared at the neatly stacked bills, and both she and Qin Wen were momentarily stunned.
"I’m buying it for my sister." Lu Simiao’s face hardened with determination.
Qin Wen laughed amusedly at Luo Qianqian, "Even the kids are picking up your tabs. Are you charming young and old alike?" He then turned to Lu Simiao and said, "Don’t worry, I’ll take care of the bill. You don’t need your sister to pay."
Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes, "Don’t treat me like a child, I have money."
"I’m not short of money either, okay, you’re treating us to dinner later." Qin Wen smiled and took out his health insurance card, Luo Qianqian then suddenly realized, oh right, that was also an option.
Lu Simiao righteously put away the money, no longer insisting since it wasn’t his sister paying; after all, that was all he had.
Qin Wen checked the time, "It’s already past one, have you guys eaten?"
Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes, what do you think?
Lu Simiao obediently shook his head.
"There’s a pizzeria upstairs that also makes good desserts, want to go there?" Carrying the bag of medicines, which wasn’t heavy, but to Luo Qianqian, this was an extremely gentlemanly gesture.
A spark of excitement flickered in Lu Simiao’s eyes as he nodded.
Luo Qianqian wasn’t picky about food, so she didn’t mind much; if the two of them liked it, she wouldn’t object.
The restaurant looked exquisite and seemed like a great place for a date. Most of the people there were in pairs, quite unlike their group.
They offered Western meals like pizzas and cakes, sweets, all very well-made. The attractive feature was the swing seats on the periphery and themed seating areas inside. Luo Qianqian saw them and instantly lunged, Qin Wen helplessly smiled, "And you say to not treat you like a child?"
Luo Qianqian blushed slightly, stood up composedly, "Let’s just sit here, shall we?" she said, looking towards Lu Simiao, who nodded. His eyes, however, glanced towards a more secluded and safer spot inside, but seeing Luo Qianqian so excited, it seemed too harsh to dampen her spirits, and as a boy, he really wasn’t much interested in this.
Qin Wen ordered a surf and turf pizza, pasta, cakes for Luo Qianqian and Lu Simiao, milk teas for the duo, and a coffee for himself.
Luo Qianqian cheerfully settled the bill, and Qin Wen did not stop her, only smiling as he watched Luo Qianqian swing her legs, just like watching a mischievous child.
After they finished eating, the lead was taken by Qin Wen and Lu Simiao, who disdained Luo Qianqian’s random suggestions, leaving her in charge of lining up to pay the bill.
It must be said, men’s shopping pace really is much faster than women’s. The queue had only advanced by three people, but these two had already come over with a stack of receipts.
Luo Qianqian stared wide-eyed; bags, trousers, clothes, shoes, she saw items of all the categories one could think of.
Qin Wen didn’t compete with Luo Qianqian to pay the bill. Besides, Lu Simiao was supposed to pay her back, and moreover, the kid wasn’t short of money.
"You guys really worked hard." Looking at the big and small bags they were carrying, Luo Qianqian smirked, "What about the books?"
"Stationery is over there, but we have to go to the Book City for books," Qin Wen pursed his lips. "How about we head to the Book City later?"
"Later? I was planning on buying a house later..." Luo Qianqian said with a face of innocence.
"???" Qin Wen’s face was full of embarrassment. Did it really have to be ? Buying a house and stationery together? Miss, just how wealthy are you?
This was also thanks to Luo Xihan and Li Xiancheng, who gave her dividends after reinvesting. Her stocks were already less than one percent, but the two of them added a little more to stabilize her dividends at one percent.
"I also need a place to deal with the situation where I occasionally go out for fun and can’t make it back to the dormitory late." Luo Qianqian explained.
Qin Wen waved his hand, serious, "You still want to go out that late? Aren’t you afraid someone will get jealous?"
The matter with Xu Tianyi, after being elaborated by Qin Liang and Qin Nuan, was almost fully understood by him.
"I was just saying that. I can’t always make my brother stay in a hotel," Luo Qianqian naturally didn’t think that far ahead, nor did she like wandering around at night.
"Cough cough, I have an apartment near your school, two bedrooms and a living room. You guys can stay there if you don’t mind," Qin Wen said.
At Qin Nuan’s prompting, the Qin Family Brothers had already invested all the available funds into real estate and made some money from the stock market, so compared to the Qin Family Parents, they were not short on money. However, due to their protective nature towards their sister, they hadn’t told their parents.
Luo Qianqian was different; the Qin Family Brothers knew about the secret between her and her sister, which inexplicably made their relationship very good.
Qin Liang had specifically discussed this with Qin Nuan, who dismissed their suspicions with a sentence, "She is the person in this world whom I trust the most, even if my brothers betray me, she won’t."
Therefore, in the eyes of the Qin Family Brothers, Luo Qianqian was like a second Qin Nuan.
"Wow, that’s great, and it saves money too." Luo Qianqian nodded, she already had a property under her name, a gift from Second Uncle, so she didn’t need to buy more, and Qin Wen was a trustworthy person, "Charge me less for rent, considering how good our relationship is." Luo Qianqian said with a smile.
Qin Wen looked at Lu Simiao and nodded, "You see to it, I’ll send you my bank account number later."
Luo Qianqian responded with a smile, and the three of them drove to the Book City.
From textbooks to supplementary materials, Luo Qianqian showed no mercy, sweeping up three to five books with a flick of her hand.
Lu Simiao was not dissatisfied at all, occasionally grabbing a couple of books to hold himself.
Watching the four-figure bill for books at checkout, Lu Simiao woke up from a dream. Was it too much?
When Qin Wen was picking up the books, his face changed color. Why so many and so heavy? "Are you planning to sell them?"
"We didn’t know about his level, did we? From first grade to sixth grade, from books to workbooks, Chinese dictionaries to English–Chinese dictionaries, that’s it." Luo Qianqian had borrowed a cart to help load the books into it and wheeled them to the parking lot.
Qin Wen, looking at the trunk filled to the brim, was speechless.
A moment later, he said, "Send them to my place? Will you check out of the hotel tomorrow and move?"
Lu Simiao nodded, he sure didn’t want to move so many things with Luo Qianqian the next day.
"Shopping is truly frightening," Lu Simiao remarked, looking at the trunk.
Especially with my sister.
Especially with your sister.
Lu Simiao suddenly made eye contact with Qin Wen and understood the meaning in his eyes. He couldn’t help but burst out laughing.