Love Has Fireworks - Chapter 62

Chapter 62: Can You Be a Little Jealous?

In late September, the hotel celebrated its anniversary. The hotel executives issued invitations, asking the people from both securities firms to join the celebration together.

The revelry was split into two parts: first, a dinner party, followed by a trip to a nightclub. The first part was restricted to the project team members, while the second part was much more casual. Each project team member could bring up to three friends along to join the fun.

Since Yao Jingjing was not around, Qian Fei brought Xiao Yuan and two of her closest girlfriends to the nightclub.

Li Yifei went as well. Zhao De, feeling drained because of the alcohol he drank during the dinner party, had gone home to lie down.

Inside the nightclub, Li Yifei was highly sought after. Plenty of heavily made-up young ladies and young wives carried their wine glasses over to tease and flirt with him.

He sat on the sofa, remaining calm and unfazed in the face of wave after wave of shifting makeup compacts and perfume bottles trying to entice him.

He sat with his legs crossed, holding his wine glass, flanked on both his left and right by a dark-skinned beauty clad in hot pants.

When the beauties struck up a conversation with him, he didn't utter a word, nor did he stand up to avoid them. He simply held his glass and squinted, his gaze fixed unswervingly on Qian Fei, who was not far away.

He thought to himself rather unhappily, Why did she take off her jacket?

Then he counted up the numbers; she had looked over at him a total of three times. These three glances had all been forced upon her, as the three girls by her side kept grabbing her by the shoulders and twisting her toward his direction. When they twisted her, they seemed to be muttering something as well.

Because his attention was entirely occupied by looking at her, his silent and cold attitude neglected the beauties in hot pants beside him. Feeling snubbed, the beauties whimpered a complaint before both stood up and left.

He followed suit, setting down his wine glass and rising from the sofa.

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Inside the nightclub, Xiao Yuan asked Qian Fei, "Why did you come to a place like this dressed like a respectable married woman? How enticing would it be if you wore that tube-top mini-dress underneath? Instead, you wrapped a jacket over it—neither fish nor fowl! Take it off, quick!" As she spoke, she stripped off Qian Fei's jacket. Qian Fei's shoulders were suddenly exposed to the air.

Qian Fei called out helplessly, "What are you doing? Forcing a respectable girl into prostitution?"

Xiao Yuan completely ignored her remark. She grabbed Qian Fei by the shoulders to make her look backward, saying, "Feifei, I noticed that the handsome sponsor representative seems to be looking at you."

Qian Fei glanced over as the opportunity presented itself, spotting that pretty boy Li Yifei wedged right in the middle between two dark-skinned girls in hot pants, his styling resembling a piece of Oreo.

She twisted her head back and said, "You saw wrong. He has two young ladies sitting right next to him, why would he look at me?"

Girlfriend Number One also grabbed her by the shoulders, forcing her to face Li Yifei. "No, Qian Fei, look at him, he really is looking at you. Trust me, my eyesight has been excellent lately, a whopping 2.0. The further away something is, the clearer I see it!"

Qian Fei twisted her body back, looking at Girlfriend Number One with a face full of pity. "You poor thing, you're starting to get presbyopia already!"

No sooner had she spoken than Girlfriend Number Two came over to grab her shoulders again, forcing her toward Li Yifei.

Qian Fei turned back in irritation and asked her, "What now?"

Girlfriend Number Two said, "I feel bad for the handsome guy across from us! He stared for so long and only got to see your back. I'm helping him out by showing off your face for him to see!"

Qian Fei began to regret bringing these two second-rate youth ladies out to play.

During this time, two men walked over to strike up a conversation with Qian Fei, but she politely snuffed out their desires to converse further.

Xiao Yuan muttered resentfully from the side, "I'm never coming out to play with you again. Tell me, when did you start turning into such a temptress? All the guys come looking for you and completely ignore me!"

Qian Fei lowered her head to sip her drink, ignoring her.

Xiao Yuan suddenly poked her hard. She asked impatiently, "What is it now?"

Xiao Yuan pointed behind her and said, "The handsome sponsor representative is coming over!"

She turned her head, coming face-to-face with Li Yifei, whose features were flashing under the flickering lights, making him look almost wickedly handsome.

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Li Yifei stepped up close to Qian Fei and said with concise brevity, "Manager Qian, can we step over there to chat for a couple of sentences?"

Qian Fei shrugged and walked into the corner with him.

"Speak up then, first sentence," she leaned against the corner wall, asking leisurely.

Li Yifei looked down at her and said, "Did you see me sitting over there?"

Qian Fei nodded. "Second sentence?"

Li Yifei stared unblinkingly into her eyes and said, "Then can't you be a little jealous for my sake!"

Qian Fei shrugged once more. "I haven't liked eating sour things lately."

Having said that, she stood up to leave, only to be firmly held by the shoulder by Li Yifei and pressed right back against the wall.

"But I was jealous for your sake!" After dropping that sentence, he abruptly lowered his head and pressed his lips hard onto Qian Fei's mouth, kissing her forcefully.

Qian Fei stared with wide eyes, completely stunned for several seconds. Her lips had already been licked wet by him before she finally reacted to what he was doing.

She began to push him with all her might, but he held her locked tight, and no matter how she pushed, she couldn't budge him at all.

In her desperation, her two hands began flailing about blindly. With an unexpected strike of her right hand, her palm landed with a crisp "smack" across his cheek.

He finally released her.

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Qian Fei stared blankly at Li Yifei's face, which had just been slapped lightly by her own palm.

Although she highly resented Li Yifei suddenly acting like a hooligan, this slap was truly not intentional on her part... Her flailing hands just happened to connect perfectly with his pretty face at that exact split second.

She and Li Yifei stood there, staring at one another with wide eyes.

She didn't know whether she should denounce him first for playing the rascal, or explain that accidental slap first.

While she was caught in her dilemma, Li Yifei spoke up first.

"Let me say a couple of sentences." He actually opened with this line once again.

"This slap felt damn good to take." He rubbed his face, delivering the first sentence in a raspy voice.

"The second sentence is a bit long," he looked down at her, the depth of his eyes turning extremely serious. "My mother passed away early. My old man pitied me for not having a mother, so he spoiled me since childhood, spoiling me into a total handful. I didn't think this was a defect before, but because it caused you to ignore me for such a long time, I now realize it is a defect. However, I don't know how to correct this defect myself, so come and help me change it, alright? To be honest, I didn't really know how to date in the past; I only knew how to put on airs, which made you furious. Give me another chance to properly learn how to date without putting on airs, alright?"

After speaking, he held his breath and concentrated his gaze on Qian Fei, waiting for her answer.

Qian Fei tilted her head up, staring at him unblinkingly. She watched him for quite a while, watching until his heart began to feel anxious, before she finally spoke faintly.

"That second sentence of yours is indeed a bit long."

The breath that Li Yifei had been holding suddenly rushed straight up to his throat.

He felt that he had truly met his match and fallen entirely into the hands of this foe of his.

He coughed twice and asked unyieldingly, "Is it a deal?"

Qian Fei looked at him and said, "I want to consider it for a few days."

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Li Yifei had never been this obedient in his life.

Since Qian Fei said she wanted to consider it for a few days, he didn't cry, throw a tantrum, or pester her, waiting meekly instead. When he felt completely distracted and vexed by the waiting, he went over to Dajun's house to wreak havoc on that chuunibyou young man.

Dajun was harassed by him to the point of utter exhaustion, finally bursting out in loud curses, "Big brother, can you still act like a man? What kind of drama is this, acting like an imperial concubine waiting for her token to be flipped by the emperor!"

Li Yifei didn't take up his remark. Instead, taking advantage of a moment when Dajun wasn't paying attention, he once again gave away a set of awesome gaming equipment that Dajun had just newly purchased.

This time it was given to a female account, whose name was quite charming, called "Thought for Half the Night for a Crappy Name."

When "Thought for Half the Night for a Crappy Name" typed out a thank you, Dajun howled and rushed to the front of the computer. Shoving Li Yifei aside, he typed into the dialogue box with trembling fingers: "Beautiful lady, please return the equipment to me! Someone just hacked my account earlier! I actually had no intention of gifting the equipment to you!"

"Thought for Half the Night for a Crappy Name" went gray immediately without any hesitation.

Dajun wanted to call Qian Fei while crying, wishing to beg her to stop considering it—if she kept considering it, he would soon be unable to go on living.

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Two more days passed. Just as Li Yifei was waiting with an unsettled heart, he unexpectedly received a phone call from Yao Jingjing.

Yao Jingjing's voice had completely changed over the phone, "I say, Young Master Li, how can you become so silent when you shouldn't be silent! Where did that thick-skinned, shameless energy of yours go at the critical moment? Why can't it be put to use! Hurry up and go help Feifei!"

Li Yifei hurriedly asked her what happened to Qian Fei.

Yao Jingjing said, "Her dad is sick and needs to come to Beijing for medical treatment. She's currently selling her apartment!"

Holding the phone, Li Yifei was instantly stunned into a wooden chicken.

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By the time Li Yifei rushed over to Qian Fei's home, she was currently refunding the rent to the legendary eldest sister who had occupied the nest like a magpie and traveled on business year-round.

With bloodshot eyes and a face full of exhaustion, Qian Fei was offering her apologies to the eldest sister. The eldest sister waved her hand, chicly dragging two large suitcases as she dashed toward the elevator.

When Qian Fei saw Li Yifei, the first sentence she uttered was not "Why are you here," but rather, "You are quite ungentlemanly. Eldest sister is dragging two suitcases all by herself, yet you didn't even think to give her a hand."

Seeing that she could still crack a joke, Li Yifei felt slightly relieved.

"From this day forward, my gentlemanly behavior is reserved solely for you."

He followed her into the apartment.

He asked Qian Fei, "I heard you are selling your apartment?"

Qian Fei told him, "Yes, my dad is sick. Something went wrong with his liver, caused by his drinking."

Li Yifei asked, "Does your dad not have medical insurance?"

Qian Fei said, "His company's financial performance hasn't been good, so they stopped paying into it long ago. The old man was also muddled and never mentioned this matter to me."

Li Yifei asked, "Where is the old man right now?"

Qian Fei said, "He's still at home, waiting for a hospital bed in Beijing."

Li Yifei asked, "Has the apartment been sold yet?"

Qian Fei shook her head. "Not yet, it's listed with the agency."

Li Yifei asked tentatively, "If I were to tell you that I'll find a way to get the money to lend to you, so you don't sell the apartment, would you accept it?"

Qian Fei shook her head. "The old man's kidneys also have some issues. There's no telling how much money it will ultimately cost to treat these two illnesses. Relying on borrowed money is simply not entirely reliable in the long run."

Li Yifei finally asked one last question: "With an issue this big, why didn't you tell me?"

Qian Fei looked at him and said, "To make you think that I only sought you out because something bad happened?"

Li Yifei's heart trembled.

Which meant that if she were to seek him out, she didn't want it to be because something bad happened, but rather because of something else. He silently interpreted it this way.

That meaningful "something else" truly made the tip of his heart ripple with delight.

He suddenly became very excited, pulling at Qian Fei as he said, "I remember one of Dajun's friends was looking to buy an apartment in this area. You wait, I'll contact them for you right away!"

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In the end, Qian Fei's apartment was sold to Dajun's friend at a price that wasn't low.

On the day the apartment was sold, tears kept welling up in Qian Fei's eyes.

She asked Dajun's friend if she could move out a few days later, because the old man had to come up to Beijing for medical treatment within these next couple of days, and she couldn't spare the time to look for another apartment at the moment.

Dajun's friend simply pointed at Li Yifei and said to her, "You have to ask him about this matter. I've already rented the entire apartment out to him!"

Qian Fei was stunned, looking over at Li Yifei.

Li Yifei squinted at her, the corners of his mouth upturned into a smile: "The tables have turned. This time, it's my turn to be the landlord!"