Come Sit At My House - Chapter 7

Chapter 7

As Luo Qingmeng came down from the building, with a jangling keychain-wielding Qiu Shuxue following her, she couldn’t help but wonder, “Was I tricked?”

Qiu Shuxue drove her to the supermarket.

The drive was quite long, leading them directly to the biggest mall on the commercial street. As soon as they entered the kitchenware section, Luo Qingmeng’s eyes lit up. She wanted to buy everything. Every time she learned to cook online, she would get so envious seeing other people’s cute and clean kitchenware.

Qiu Shuxue said, “Sister, buy an apron.”

“Why would I buy this?” Luo Qingmeng thought. An apron was so cheap.

Qiu Shuxue held a pink apron with a little bear on it and said, “If you cook for me, your clothes will get dirty. If you don’t need it…”

Luo Qingmeng thought, it’s not my money anyway. She immediately threw it into the shopping cart.

The supermarket really did sell everything. Luo Qingmeng pushed the cart and grabbed things all along the way. In just a few minutes, it was full. As she was grabbing things, she was estimating the price in her head. Then, Qiu Shuxue threw three boxes of finger cots into the cart, and Luo Qingmeng’s calculations were all messed up. Were these for Qiu Shuxue or for her?

On the other side of the supermarket were private items. Qiu Shuxue threw in two thin black lace underwear sets. Just as she was about to stop her, Qiu Shuxue threw in a 1200 yuan set of toner and lotion. Luo Qingmeng pursed her lips. This was for her.

Luo Qingmeng also grabbed a 599 yuan non-stick pan. She had been eyeing it for a long time and wanted to buy it but couldn’t bring herself to. Qiu Shuxue looked at her, and she raised her eyebrows. “The dishes I’m going to cook have to be made with this pan.”

“Okay,” Qiu Shuxue nodded.

Luo Qingmeng also grabbed a blender. “I need to use this too.” She then threw in a purple clay pot, a hot pot, and an oven, all in one go.

She would only buy the most expensive ones.

“I can use all of them.”

“Are we having a big feast?” Qiu Shuxue licked the corner of her lips. “I’m a little impatient now, sister.”

“Then you’ll just have to wait.” Just you wait and see.

Luo Qingmeng bought and grabbed. She even got the top-of-the-line pots, bowls, and plates. Of course, she didn’t get the most expensive ones for these; she preferred the cute ones. She got bowls and plates with little bears and pandas, and strawberry spoons. She was happy just thinking about how they would look in her kitchen. Really, her favorite places were the kitchen and the bedroom. Living alone in the city and seeing that even eating and sleeping were done in a way she liked made her feel so happy.

She tentatively grabbed some bedding and saw that Qiu Shuxue just looked at her without saying anything, so she threw it into the shopping cart. She carefully calculated the price in her head, but she still felt it wasn’t enough, just a little over ten thousand yuan.

Luo Qingmeng laughed.

Ten thousand yuan. I even used the word “just.”

It’s really nice to be rich and not have to think about the price.

After filling a large cart, she went to buy groceries. Although Luo Qingmeng cooked, she had only eaten a limited amount of high-end ingredients. She wanted to buy them, but wouldn’t it be a waste if she didn’t know how to cook them?

Her frugal nature took over, and she didn’t know what to do.

Qiu Shuxue looked at the fish swimming in the tank and said, “Sister, you know how to cook everything. Did you learn it online, or did you figure it out yourself?”

That’s right, she could learn it online.

Buy, buy, buy!

Luo Qingmeng went up to the boss and said, “Give me a whole box!”

They bought so much that even two carts couldn’t hold everything. A supermarket employee kindly came over to help them with a third one.

At the checkout counter, Qiu Shuxue asked her, “Is there anything else you want to buy?”

Luo Qingmeng looked at what they had bought and was shocked. They had bought so much, and she wanted to buy more?

She wanted to ask Qiu Shuxue, “What do you do for a living?”

“Are you that rich?”

Qiu Shuxue held a card between her fingertips.

“These things might look big, but you picked them based on their value, so they probably didn’t cost much.” She placed her hand on the cart. “Just buy what you want. You always ignore me when I ask to hang out. It’s rare that we get to spend some time together.”

“…”

Luo Qingmeng was silent. She felt that Qiu Shuxue was subtly mocking her, as if she was saying that even though someone else was paying, she wasn’t spending much money. But she also felt that Qiu Shuxue was flirting with her. Her heart skipped a beat.

“I still want to buy more,” Luo Qingmeng took a deep breath. “This is just the first round.”

“Okay,” Qiu Shuxue nodded.

It was a shame that they didn’t sell books here, otherwise she would have bought a lot of them. This time, she wasn’t stingy. She bought the best bedding and even a hair removal device. She was embarrassed before, but seeing that Qiu Shuxue didn’t say anything, she was bold enough to just buy it.

She bought Dior, Armani, and YSL lipsticks that she had been reluctant to buy before, then Chanel perfume, and then she went to pick up a handbag that cost ten thousand yuan.

Qiu Shuxue didn’t even say anything.

Luo Qingmeng touched it but put it back. She said, “It’s just average.”

She still didn’t have the courage to get the ten-thousand-yuan bag.

When they were finally done, Qiu Shuxue swiped her card. Two cashiers helped her check out, and it came to thirty-two thousand yuan. Qiu Shuxue didn’t even blink as she entered her password. Luo Qingmeng looked at Qiu Shuxue again. This woman was so charming when she spent money.

The supermarket’s delivery service helped them deliver the items, with a staff member handling the delivery. Qiu Shuxue drove, and Luo Qingmeng sat in the passenger seat, buckling her seatbelt.

She felt a little dazed and remained silent the whole way.

When they got upstairs.

Luo Qingmeng was still silent. Qiu Shuxue directed the staff to send the items to Luo Qingmeng’s door. She looked at Luo Qingmeng. “Open the door.”

Luo Qingmeng entered the password. The staff helped to bring the items into the house. Finally, Qiu Shuxue signed the receipt, the staff left, and Qiu Shuxue closed the door. She said, “Sister, can we start cooking now?”

Luo Qingmeng really wanted to ask if all this was for her, but she felt that saying so would make her seem like a country bumpkin. She wanted to make a big feast for Qiu Shuxue later. She tried to convince herself that she was the victim and this was the compensation she deserved, and she had to enjoy it.

As Luo Qingmeng was organizing the items, the smallest one on top was the hair removal device. This thing didn’t look big, but it wasn’t cheap. It was actually four thousand five hundred yuan. She was struggling to decide where to put it when Qiu Shuxue walked over and said, “Sister, you don’t even have a lot of hair. Why are you getting this?”

Luo Qingmeng was caught off guard by her words. She couldn’t understand. Wasn’t she highly educated, having studied abroad? How could she talk so bluntly and crudely? She said, “Can you please be more civilized?”

Qiu Shuxue paused, looked at her, and smiled. “No, you don’t. It’s very smooth to the touch… What were you thinking?”

Luo Qingmeng realized that she was the one with the dirty mind.

She took the hair removal device and walked into the bedroom, then into the bathroom, and finally put it in the room next door. Qiu Shuxue glanced at that room.

The study had a tatami mat, and there was one master bedroom. Luo Qingmeng was sleeping in the smaller room in the middle, and the second bedroom had a view of the sports center behind it.

A singer was going to have a concert there next month.

Luo Qingmeng didn’t know if she would still be living here then. She had never been to a concert before. Even if she couldn’t get in and just watched from the outside or from home, she would be content.

She tidied up briefly and didn’t see Qiu Shuxue say anything. Qiu Shuxue even helped her clean up the boxes. Luo Qingmeng looked at the time when she was done. It was noon. She went to the kitchen to start cooking.

Qiu Shuxue said, “Rest for a bit?”

Luo Qingmeng said, “Didn’t you say you haven’t eaten breakfast yet?”

Qiu Shuxue smiled. “I thought you were going to say, ‘Eat early and get out early.'”

Luo Qingmeng couldn’t say such a thing. She had just spent tens of thousands of yuan of someone else’s money. It would be too vicious to say that. She was still too kind by nature. She felt she should be more malicious.

How malicious?

If Li An didn’t pay her back, she would poison him. Poison that son of a b1tch to death.

Luo Qingmeng thought, and took a deep breath. She went to get the apron.

But she couldn’t be so extreme. He wasn’t worth it. It was better to cause a scene, to make him unable to work at a big foreign company, to humiliate him, and make him unable to hold his head up high for the rest of his life.

She tugged at the hem of her skirt and began to tidy up the kitchen counter. She washed her hands, took off her hair tie, and gathered her long hair. She tied it up and then flipped it over to hide the hair tie, creating a bun.

Standing in the kitchen like this, Luo Qingmeng looked very charming. She raised her hands, thinking about which dish to make first.

With just the two of them, she probably didn’t need to make too much.

But then, she bought so much.

Luo Qingmeng’s brows were tightly knit. She turned her head and found that Qiu Shuxue was looking at her. Qiu Shuxue pulled the door open and came in, saying she would handle the rest of the ingredients.

Qiu Shuxue said, “Thank you, sister, for cooking. You’ve worked so hard. Can I help you a little?”

Luo Qingmeng looked at her. She seemed like a person who had never done any housework. The only things she bought were shrimp and fish, which weren’t suitable for her to handle here.

She said, “You can go out. I can do it myself.”

“How can I do that?” Qiu Shuxue shook her head. “How can I eat for free? Let me help you with something.”

When she said that, Luo Qingmeng thought of her own stupidity. She used to cook for Li An, and every time he praised her, she would get all proud. After a long day of work, she would go back and continue to research how to cook.

“If the oil splashes on you, don’t cry,” Luo Qingmeng said. She wouldn’t feel bad for her.

Qiu Shuxue said, “I won’t.”

Luo Qingmeng bossed her around without any hesitation. Luo Qingmeng told her to deal with the shrimp first. She had seen Qiu Shuxue pick out a few when they were buying them, so she probably wanted to eat them, too.

She also said, “Then bring me my apron.”

Qiu Shuxue went out to get the apron for her. She brought it in and asked, “Do you need me to tie it for you?”

Luo Qingmeng wanted to say she could do it herself. She looked at Qiu Shuxue’s clothes and the way she hadn’t done anything. She sarcastically asked, “You don’t even know how to tie an apron, do you?”

“Oh, you found out,” Qiu Shuxue said.

Luo Qingmeng bossed her around. “Come here and tie my apron.”

Qiu Shuxue held the apron and walked over. She gently tied the strings around her waist, making a bow, doing it over and over again.

Qiu Shuxue said, “Sister, why don’t you take off the clothes underneath? It would be a shame to get them dirty. I see them do this on TV.” She raised a leg and pushed Luo Qingmeng against the counter, propping her hand on it.

Qiu Shuxue’s hands didn’t stop. Her hands gently wrapped around her waist, and her fingers went under her apron. Luo Qingmeng couldn’t dodge her and was completely encircled. “What are you doing? Who ties an apron like this?”

“Don’t touch me. What are you watching on TV?”

“The very sweet romantic movies. They always take off their clothes,” Qiu Shuxue said, and then she asked her, “Have you ever watched them, sister?”

Luo Qingmeng felt her getting closer.

She felt like she was about to kiss her again.

She was only focused on dodging Qiu Shuxue’s lips and forgot to dodge her hands.

“I really want to eat the big feast you’re making, sister.” As she said that, her fingers went under her shirt, pinching her waist and then moving to the middle, hooking the V-neck, and slowly pulling it down. Luo Qingmeng turned sideways to push her away and glared at her, but Qiu Shuxue kissed her neck.

“We bought so many things. Please satisfy me, sister. I’ve never seen a naked sister cook before. No one else is as charming as you.”

When she acted spoiled, Luo Qingmeng’s body went soft. She couldn’t even dodge her. “You’re so annoying, so annoying. I’ll do it myself.”