After Wang Jiajia walked over, she smiled and said to Qin Xiaoyu, her tone full of gossip.
Although she couldn't be 100% sure.
But no matter how Wang Jiajia thought about it, she felt that the 'brotherly' relationship between Qin Xiaoyu and Chen Kai wasn't quite right.
"Stealing a base?" Qin Xiaoyu looked bewildered; she was too naive and didn't understand what that meant at all.
Wang Jiajia explained it in Xiaoyu's ear.
Qin Xiaoyu's face turned red, "Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, Jiajia, you're too evil! It seems I need to stay away from you, or you'll corrupt me."
Wang Jiajia said, "Xiaoyu, how am I evil? It's just that the comics I often read depict things that way; I'm actually very pure, okay!"
"Xiaoyu, you still haven't answered my question. How are things between you and Chen Kai?"
"Dead Jiajia, how can you still say that! It was all your fault last time, insisting that Old Chen liked me. You were just spouting nonsense!"
"He purely treats me like a brother. I even feel that Old Chen has never even thought of me as a woman."
"Last time I asked him directly, guess what Old Chen said?"
"Old Chen said this to me at the time." Qin Xiaoyu imitated Chen Kai's tone of voice from that moment.
"Jiajia, listen carefully, Old Chen said this!"
Qin Xiaoyu coughed, then began to imitate, "He just looked at me and said, 'Qin Xiaoyu, I treat you like a brother. You spend all day suspecting I like you. What exactly do you mean by that?'"
"Dead Jiajia, do you know how awkward I was at the time! I wished I could dig a hole and crawl into it. It made it seem like I had feelings for Old Chen."
Qin Xiaoyu said very seriously to Wang Jiajia.
"Don't talk nonsense anymore! Old Chen and I are purely good brothers, that's all."
After hearing Qin Xiaoyu's words, Wang Jiajia also felt a bit surprised.
That shouldn't be right! Could it be that her intuition was wrong?
Li Ran, who was nearby, complained, "Come on, Jiajia, with your broken intuition, isn't being wrong normal? If you actually guessed right, that would truly be an exceptional performance."
"Hey, why say that!" Wang Jiajia also pouted, "I was just trying to help Xiaoyu analyze things, after all, in this area, I know a bit more than Xiaoyu!"
"Oh, please, you're all just talking theory. You say it as if you've been in a relationship."
Li Ran advised, "Xiaoyu, don't believe Jiajia. She knows nothing. How dare you believe an armchair love expert like her?"
"Don't you know Jiajia? She reads a few shoujo manga and then pretends to be an expert on love, acting like a master."
Speaking of romance novels, Qin Xiaoyu couldn't help but criticize Wang Jiajia again.
"Jiajia, it's all your fault!"
Wang Jiajia felt like she was being unfairly targeted. Why is it my fault again?
What did I do this time?
"You still dare to talk! Stupid Jiajia, that manga you recommended last time, it was pretty good, but that cover was too scandalous!"
"Last time when Old Chen and I were eating together, he saw the cover and almost misunderstood, thinking I was looking at something inappropriate."
Indeed, with a cover like 'My Husband Spoils Me Every Night,' if you haven't read the content, just looking at the book cover could easily lead to misunderstanding.
"Is it my fault?"
Wang Jiajia shrugged, "I remember back in school, one night, after the dorm lights were out, I told you guys about the manga's plot. I think it was you, Xiaoyu, who listened with great interest and insisted I tell you the title!"
"Now it's my fault?"
Qin Xiaoyu felt a little awkward. Thinking about it that way...
It really seemed like she had asked Jiajia for the title.
With an awkward smile, Qin Xiaoyu quickly changed the subject, "Oh right, Jiajia, weren't we going shopping? Let's go, let's go!"
They arrived at the entrance of a large Shopping mall.
As they walked in and took the escalator, Qin Xiaoyu said, "Let's go to the men's clothing section first. I want to buy Old Chen a jacket!"
"Last time Old Chen bought me some clothes, so I thought I'd buy him something when I had time to go shopping."
"After all, it's about give and take. That's how Old Chen and I can have a long-lasting brotherly relationship, hehe!" Qin Xiaoyu giggled.
Then Wang Jiajia and Li Ran followed Qin Xiaoyu to the men's clothing section.
And picked out a top for Chen Kai.
The price wasn't expensive, actually, just a little over 1000 yuan.
Wang Jiajia and Li Ran, who were nearby, were stunned. Over 1000 yuan for clothes isn't expensive?
"Xiaoyu, you truly value romance over friendship. So many times we've gone shopping together, and I've never seen you buy us anything, but you're so willing to buy clothes for Chen Kai."
Qin Xiaoyu snorted, "What do you mean, 'value romance over friendship'? Can't you two speak properly! Old Chen and I are brothers, how many times do I have to say it? We are brothers, okay!"
Wang Jiajia, who was nearby, had a look that said she understood but wouldn't say it.
Whether Chen Kai had feelings for Qin Xiaoyu, she didn't know anymore.
But Qin Xiaoyu, it seemed, had some feelings for Chen Kai.
"Xiaoyu, be honest, do you have feelings for Chen Kai!"
Qin Xiaoyu pouted, "Jiajia, I think you don't need to study economics, and you don't need to apply for any economics major. You should go into the entertainment industry and become a paparazzi! Or an unscrupulous media reporter. Your imagination is so rich, it's a real waste not to fabricate fake news."
This Jiajia, she's really thoughtless. Saying Old Chen liked her was one thing, but actually saying she liked Old Chen?
What a joke!
Given her three-year brotherly relationship with Old Chen...
If it really developed in that direction, it would probably be very uncomfortable, right?
Just imagining that scene made Qin Xiaoyu feel a bit awkward.
How could she possibly like Old Chen!
At most, she just felt a little displeased when she saw him with others, especially with girls other than herself.
This could only mean her possessiveness was too strong; it couldn't prove that she liked Old Chen, right?
This Jiajia, she really talks nonsense.
Qin Xiaoyu warned her, "Classmate Wang Jiajia, if you talk nonsense again, I'll hit you!"
Qin Xiaoyu clenched her small fists, looking fiercely cute as she threatened, using the sweetest voice to say the harshest words.
But it was quite adorable.
Wang Jiajia couldn't help but laugh, Xiaoyu, your threat has absolutely no intimidating power at all.
Ineffective warning.
"Go away, go away, I can't be bothered with you." Qin Xiaoyu took out her phone and sent a few photos to Chen Kai.
"Old Chen, I'm at the Shopping mall with Jiajia and the others right now. I picked out a few clothes for you. Do you think they look good? I sent you the photos!"
Chen Kai had already arrived at the company's office building and was busy recruiting for the company.
Because Chen Kai offered generous salary conditions, even for a new company, many people sent him job applications.
Among them was a lady named Yang Anni, around 30 years old, also from Fengtian, just like Qin Xiaoyu.
She had just resigned from a large internet company in Jing City and wanted to apply for the position of HR Manager. They had scheduled an interview at the company later.
During this time, he happened to see a few photos Qin Xiaoyu sent him.
They were a few men's tops, quite fashionable, and all designer brands, costing thousands of yuan each.
It had to be said, Qin Xiaoyu was not stingy at all when spending money.
She was even a bit overly generous with him.
In Qin Xiaoyu's words, "Hehe, it's fine, we're brothers!"
"Old Chen, hurry up and pick one. See which one you like."
"Second picture."
"Oh, oh, the second picture? Alright, Old Chen, then that's the one!"
After chatting with Chen Kai and confirming which outfit Old Chen liked.
Qin Xiaoyu immediately asked the salesperson to pack it for her.
Then she directly scanned the code to pay.
Although it cost over 1000 yuan, Qin Xiaoyu didn't care. Spending money on her brother didn't hurt her heart!
Moreover, Qin Xiaoyu herself was a little rich girl; her family background was already very privileged.
Spending a thousand or eight hundred was insignificant, barely noticeable.
But of course.
Qin Xiaoyu's generosity was conditional.
For example, with people other than Chen Kai, she was relatively less generous.
But then again, how could anyone else compare to Old Chen!
"Let's go, Jiajia, let's go upstairs. Weren't we here to shop for clothes?"
"I just bought Old Chen a piece of clothing, so that's done. For the rest of the time, we can shop to our hearts' content! Even until dark is fine. If you two aren't in a hurry tonight, I'll treat you to dinner!"
After Qin Xiaoyu finished speaking, she and the sisters Wang Jiajia and Li Ran went upstairs to the women's clothing section.
In the women's clothing section, Qin Xiaoyu picked out a dress that seemed quite nice and went into the fitting room to try it on.
Wang Jiajia and Li Ran, who were sitting outside, chatted for a few moments.
"This Xiaoyu, we say she values romance over friendship, and she gets upset, and she still won't admit she has feelings for Chen Kai! What kind of 'brothers' are they? She gets furious when she sees Chen Kai getting close to others, especially other girls. Is that how brothers act?"
Li Ran, who was nearby, nodded, "Hmm, Jiajia, you've said so much, and finally, there's one thing you've hit the nail on the head with."
"Right! I can't say for sure about other things, but our Xiaoyu definitely has *those* kinds of feelings for Chen Kai."
"I don't know if Xiaoyu is pretending to be confused with us, or if she really doesn't realize she has those kinds of feelings for Chen Kai!"
However, after thinking about it carefully, given Qin Xiaoyu's carefree personality, it was unlikely she was pretending to be confused; she wasn't the type of person who could keep things to herself.
After discussing Qin Xiaoyu, Li Ran changed the subject.
"Oh right, Jiajia, do you know which company owns this Shopping mall we're in right now?"
"Of course I know that. It's the clothing Shopping mall under Qingteng Real Estate Group, the largest real estate group in Jiangbei. In fact, the entire Qingteng Commercial Plaza is owned by them. Hmm, why are you suddenly asking this?"
"Nothing much, I just saw a news report on my phone while browsing local news, saying that an 18-year-old boy fully bought Building 7 of Qingteng Commercial Plaza."
"That's amazing! He seems to be in our same year. I really want to know who this person is!"