Chapter 217 - 218 Sneakily
After buying groceries, Li Yifei personally cooked a delicious dinner, drank quite a bit with Xu Zhenguo, and then took his leave. The reason was easy to find—since the living space was small with only two bedrooms, he couldn’t make the old couple go out to stay elsewhere, nor could he drive Xu Shanshan out, so he decided to make do with staying at the company for the night.
Fortunately, while he was having dinner with the Xu Zhenguo Couple that evening, Chu Xiaoyao hadn’t called him, which would have complicated things even further. When he got home, he unexpectedly found Chu Xiaoyao missing. From the looks of it in the house, it seemed Chu Xiaoyao hadn’t returned since she left in the morning.
This made Li Yifei somewhat worried. Now that this young girl was living in his house, if something were to happen to her, he would bear an inescapable responsibility. Responsibility wasn’t what Li Yifei feared, but he couldn’t get past this concern himself. He quickly called Chu Xiaoyao, but her phone was turned off. That only increased Li Yifei’s worries.
Just then, Su Yiyi called him to say that Chu Xiaoyao had been picked up by her parents, who had taken her phone away, and she could only use QQ to notify her online. Su Yiyi had gone out with classmates in the evening, returned a little late, and had just seen the message, so she informed Li Yifei only now.
Now that he knew Chu Xiaoyao was alright, Li Yifei felt relieved and also more at ease. Otherwise, having this young girl around was really getting to be too much for him to handle.
"Brother Li, you... you..." Su Yiyi suddenly started to stammer.
Li Yifei immediately said, "What’s the matter? Just say it, are you running short on money?"
"No, no, not at all!" Su Yiyi quickly denied.
"Then what’s the matter? Are you in some kind of trouble?"
"I... I just wanted to ask you, Brother Li, do... do you miss me?"