Love Has Fireworks - Chapter 21

Chapter 21: He is Not Suitable For You

Da Jun twitched. "Damn it! Don't tell me you've taken a fancy to a bro!"

Li Yifei gave him a reassuring pill. "Taking a fancy to her is absolutely out of the question. This young master still prefers little beauties who have long hair, big eyes, fair skin, and are beautiful, gentle, and easy to push over." He picked up a peanut with his chopsticks, tossed it into his mouth, and added, "But this older sister is truly quite interesting!"

When Li Yifei returned home after attending the wedding, Qian Fei was currently on her room's computer surfing the grand website of Taobao.

Seeing him return, Qian Fei waved her hand toward him with excitement across the open room door. "Hurry up and come over, hurry up and come over!"

While changing his shoes, Li Yifei bantered glibly with her, "Why don't you pinch a handkerchief in your hand?"

Qian Fei reacted for a moment before understanding what he was saying, her brows instantly slanting and her eyes glaring. "Beat it! Even if I pinched a handkerchief, I wouldn't wave it at you! I'd wave it at a wealthy old master!"

Walking toward her room, Li Yifei ridiculed her, "You couldn't be just like our company's front desk receptionist, could you? Watching too many CEO novels, dreaming every day of marrying our CEO?"

Qian Fei looked at him with a face full of seriousness, wagging her finger at him. "No! Actually, compared to a CEO, I prefer a factory director! Honest and simple!"

Li Yifei stood firm in front of her. "What kind of flavor is that?" Then he asked her, "What did you call me for?"

Qian Fei immediately grew excited again, pointing at the computer and saying to him, "Look! An identical item to your gold buttons, exactly the same! It only sells for one hundred yuan, and it even includes shipping! I have already placed the order. As a person who keeps her word like a bronze tripod, when I say I'll compensate you for a piece, I will absolutely not pretend to have amnesia! Little companions no longer have to worry about your shirt lacking gold buttons!"

Having finished speaking, she looked at Li Yifei with a beaming smile. Within her piercing smile that practically begged for praise, Li Yifei's expression gradually twisted.

He took a deep breath, raising his hand to point at that piece of clothing on Taobao. "How do you expect me to wear such cheap clothing?"

Qian Fei's smile vanished. "Crap! Li Yifei, would it kill you not to put on airs! It has reached three digits and you still call it cheap? Tell me, how much of a spendthrift must you usually be! Can you not spend a bit more sparingly, save some money, buy an apartment, and move out? Even if you can't buy a large one, buy a small one first!"

Li Yifei shot her a white eye, saying with a completely unruffled mind, "I only buy villas."

Qian Fei couldn't resist spitting at him with a pui. "I think you should buy some medicine to take first! This young master sickness of yours requires a lot of money to cure!"

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Qian Fei's holy mother sickness flared up, and she tried with all her might to convince Li Yifei that in this life, saving money was far more important than putting on airs. Furthermore, the main method of saving money was first to start by not going to shopping malls, and using online shopping for whatever was needed.

She dragged a chair over from the living room, pressed Li Yifei down to sit beside her, and used semi-forceful methods to make his face confront her computer screen, before teaching him Taobao step by step. If he turned his head away with even a shred of impatience, she would ask him, "Do you not want to eat dinner tonight, or do you want to continue washing dishes?"

Li Yifei would then curl his lips, let out a cold snort of "a petty person achieving success" toward her, and turn his face back with utter reluctance to keep confronting her computer screen.

After teaching the entire online shopping process, Qian Fei told Li Yifei, "This is merely the beginning. Because you don't understand each other yet, perhaps you are still filled with resistance toward our grand Taobao. However, you must believe me—in due time, you will fall in love with it just like you love the Chinese yuan! You will never have to spend a massive amount of money to buy your high-quality replicas like a sucker waiting to be fleeced anymore. Taobao can satisfy all your requirements for putting on airs and displaying poor vanity at the lowest price!"

Li Yifei scoffed at her, "Before you entered investment banking, you must have sold Amway products, right?"

He raised his backside and straight up left.

Although his departure was without a shred of hesitation and absolute, when that Taobao-manufactured gold-buttoned shirt was delivered to the house two days later, his expression changed.

"Except for the fact that the buttons are gold-plated, this fucking thing has practically no difference from mine! Exactly what kind of workshop manufactured this? It simply defies heaven! For a fake to be this genuine, do the police uncles not care?!"

On the side, Qian Fei couldn't stop herself from breaking out into bursts of haha laughter. "As if that piece of yours wasn't a replica. Even if the police uncles were to make arrests, they would arrest that shop of yours first!"

Over the next few days, Qian Fei discovered that the express deliveries at home continuously increased...

They were entirely clothes bought by Li Yifei!

She was a bit broken down.

From then on, Li Yifei changed into a new outfit every single day, heading off to work looking bright and beautiful every time she saw him.

His looks were already good to begin with, and when paired with that shamelessly brazen confidence of "I am the most handsome under heaven," he completely charmed several of the young girls at the hotel.

One day, Qian Fei finally couldn't hold back from asking, "Young Master Li, who was it that loathed Taobao's clothes for being too cheap to wear? Why are you buying them piece by piece without end now? Can a person still possess a firm standpoint and consistent integrity?!"

Li Yifei just raised his eyebrows, saying to her, "The clothes are a bit crude, but it can't be helped. Who told this young master to be born with a naturally good figure? I look handsome wearing anything, and I have style no matter how I wear it!" Reaching the end, he even ran a hand through his hair, squinting his eyes to act cool toward her. "Do you know what it means to be so handsome that you have no friends? It is talking about me!"

Looking at him, Qian Fei nearly threw up.

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While going to work in the morning, inside the subway, Qian Fei originally intended to tentatively mention to Li Yifei the matter of having him look for another place to move out. As a result, she received a WeChat message from Hu Zining. Looking at the WeChat message, she completely forgot about this matter.

Hu Zining told her that he had returned from his business trip, and asked if she had time in the evening, as he wanted to have dinner together. He also said he missed her.

Qian Fei replied to him with an "okay."

Having finished replying, she raised her head, only to see Li Yifei lowering his head to look at her phone screen.

She was a bit displeased. "Why are you looking at my phone!"

Li Yifei did not answer her directly. "Then how am I going to eat dinner tonight?"

Qian Fei shot him a white eye. "This is nothing yet, and you're already sponging off me? Following this pattern, if there comes a day when you move out, won't you straight up starve to death?"

Li Yifei looked at her and said, "How about you take me along when you guys have dinner tonight? I'll help you see whether he truly misses you or falsely misses you!"

Qian Fei nearly choked. "I truly suspect whether you've taken a fancy to my boyfriend! Go home and brew instant noodles by yourself!"

Li Yifei looked at her with a sidelong glance for a while, staying silent.

While eating dinner in the evening, Qian Fei always felt that things between her and Hu Zining were a bit strange. She thought that perhaps it was due to the fact that they hadn't seen each other for many days.

Hu Zining, on the other hand, was quite happy. He said he went on a trip to Malaysia, and even brought back a small gift for her.

Qian Fei unwrapped the gift; it was a sweater chain, quite beautiful, in the shape of the Malaysian Petronas Twin Towers. It was just that when she looked closely, she discovered that the words "made in China" seemed to be carved at the bottom of the twin towers' reverse side.

For a moment, she didn't think much of it either, feeling it was quite amusing, so she smiled and pointed it out for Hu Zining to see. "Before, my colleague said that the small commodity markets of the entire world have been occupied by China, and I still didn't believe it. Seeing this, I believe it! This is the classic example of going abroad and returning for domestic sale!"

Having finished speaking, she even couldn't help but be amused, but upon raising her head, she saw that Hu Zining's face was exceptionally unsightly.

Inside her brain, a snap seemed to resound, and that thick nerve of hers broke...

Hu Zining looked at her and asked, "Feifei, do you suspect that I bought it domestically?"

Qian Fei hurriedly explained, "Zining, don't think too much, I don't have any other meaning. I truly think that going abroad and returning for domestic sale is quite fun!" In order to dispel Hu Zining's misgivings, she straight up placed the chain around her neck, asking, "How about it, does it look good?"

Hu Zining's face gradually restored to a flesh tone. Looking at her, he smiled and answered, "It looks good!"

Qian Fei felt that Hu Zining's control over his facial muscles truly wasn't a joke; the transitions between his expressions truly could be done as his heart desired, deployed and retracted with ease.

She felt that this was fine as well; at least coaxing him didn't take much trouble.

After finishing the meal, the two of them strolled along the street. Hu Zining held her hand.

"Feifei," after walking for a while, Hu Zining called out to stop her, "Let me tell you something, help me make a decision. Our department needs to select a new supervisor, and another colleague and I are the candidates. There is no telling which of us can get the position. Feifei, you are currently helping our hotel do its stock market listing, and the people you can get in touch with usually are all our hotel's high-level executives. Can you look for an opportunity to help me strive for it?"

Confronting Hu Zining's eager gaze, Qian Fei felt as though she was about to be thoroughly steamed by this look.

When someone else harbored the most eager hope, she could not manage to pour a basin of cold water down under any circumstances to perform such a cruel thing. Furthermore, this person was currently still her boyfriend.

Qian Fei answered Hu Zining, "Then I will try and see tomorrow!"

Hu Zining happily planted a kiss on her cheek.

The next day, Qian Fei tactfully mentioned Hu Zining's matter to the securities representative. The securities representative just so happened to be responsible for the human resources part of the work as well, and usually got along quite well with Qian Fei. Upon knowing her relationship with Hu Zining, he very readily accepted this matter.

Qian Fei expressed thousand-fold and ten-thousand-fold thanks, stating that she would surely reward him heavily in the future. The securities representative smiled and told her, "Don't thank me yet. On my end there is no problem, but the one who ultimately slaps the table to settle the case is still the chairman! Wait until the matter is completely settled before you thank me!"

In the evening, Qian Fei told this news to Hu Zining. Hu Zining was happy beyond measure, beaming with joy as he called her "baby" while continuously kissing her without end.

However, three days later, Qian Fei heard a bad result.

The supervisor position was ultimately occupied by the other person.

The securities representative came to look for her privately at noon, giving her the inside story: "Qian Fei, I am quite apologetic about this matter. Originally I had promised you to give your boyfriend a hand! But you see, that other person is the chairman's person; I only found out yesterday as well! Right now this matter is already a settled matter, and the results will be announced in two more days. Qian Fei, ah, I truly let you down, failing to help you!"

Qian Fei still solemnly thanked the securities representative. She felt that this matter couldn't be blamed on others; it could only be said that her and Hu Zining's luck was poor.

Upon getting off work, she steeled her heart to tell this result to Hu Zining. The moment Hu Zining finished listening, his face changed. Qian Fei could see that he was very displeased.

After a silence, Hu Zining said with a grim face, asking her, "Aren't you quite well-liked by our chairman? Why didn't you directly look for the chairman back then to ask about this matter?"

Qian Fei was a bit angry. She had only been asked for a business card by the chairman once; perhaps that Chairman Lin had already forgotten what she even looked like by now. On what grounds could she shamelessly go look for him to go through the back door?

She calmed her emotions a bit, telling Hu Zining, "Even if I looked for your chairman it would be useless, because that colleague of yours went through the chairman's relationship to come in!"

Hu Zining no longer spoke, but his face remained unsightly. Qian Fei felt that sitting face-to-face like this was quite meaningless, so without even eating food, they each returned to their own homes.

The next afternoon, while Qian Fei was organizing data, the securities representative came to look for her. His face was exceptionally unsightly.

The two of them stepped out of the office, walking to a place where no one was around, and the securities representative asked Qian Fei with a dark face, "Qian Fei, right now the people at the hotel are all spreading rumors that that colleague could become the supervisor because he is the chairman's relative! This matter was only known to me, and I only told you! Right now I want to know, did it spread out from your end?!"

Qian Fei felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She was so ashamed she wished she could find a place to bury her face.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" She apologized without end. "This matter must be because I accidentally let it slip and caused it to spread! I'm sorry, Representative! This matter won't have any bad influence on you, will it?"

The securities representative let out a helpless sigh, "Whether there is an influence or not, it has already become like this. Qian Fei, ah, it's not that I want to lecture you, but you truly cannot handle matters this way in the future. Doing this will make it very hard for the middleman!"

Qian Fei apologized without stopping her mouth, to the point that at the very end she was nearly about to cry.

After the securities representative left, Qian Fei made a phone call to ask Hu Zining whether he was the one who had spread this matter out.

Hu Zining was filled with righteous indignation over the phone, "I am the one who said it! Who told him to win by unfair means? I just have to let people know that he relied on the chairman's skirt-and-belt relationship to become the supervisor!"

Qian Fei was a bit angry, "How can you be like this! You doing this will make the middleman very embarrassed!" The two of them parted on bad terms over the phone.

After getting off work, Qian Fei told Li Yifei that they wouldn't go out to eat tonight, intending to buy groceries and go home to cook dinner.

Knowing that she was going to cook, Li Yifei seemed very happy.

"Today this young master finally doesn't have to go out to restaurants!" Li Yifei ran a hand through his hair to act cool, saying, "I've discovered that having grown used to eating the unpalatable dishes you make, I can't grow used to eating the delicacies from land and sea outside anymore. Would you say that's strange or not!"

Looking at him, Qian Fei told him viciously, "This isn't strange for you! It's called being cheap!"

While eating dinner together in the evening, Qian Fei felt a bit depressed, so she related the events that had occurred over the past two days to Li Yifei, asking him, "Tell me, exactly who should be blamed for this matter?"

Li Yifei put down his chopsticks, shooting a sidelong glance at her. "Blame you. You are even cheaper than me!"

Qian Fei pouted her mouth and didn't speak.

Looking at her, Li Yifei suddenly felt a bit annoyed, saying in a displeased tone, "Qian Fei, I beg you to change your flaw of being a good-for-nothing nice person, alright? You are this much of a holy mother every single day, yet no one gives you a prize banner!"

Qian Fei looked at him sincerely, "Okay, I will pay attention!"

Li Yifei said in a displeased tone, "Can you make the time you stay angry a bit longer each time, and possess a bit of individuality as a human being?!"

Qian Fei looked at him sincerely, "Okay, I will work hard!"

Li Yifei said in a displeased tone, "This person Hu Zining is not suitable for you!"

Qian Fei looked at him sincerely, "Okay, I will consider it!"

Li Yifei said in a displeased tone, "I see that you are just a typical case of remembering the food but failing to remember the beating!"

Qian Fei looked at him, being sincere to the point that heaven could collapse and earth could split, "I am willing!"