The atmosphere felt melancholic as Su Qiao delivered a "lecture" on the psychology of love to Lu Qingyue.
"And then...." Qingyue was slightly hesitant about this.
"And then if we both fall in love.... What do you think.... What will happen in the early stages?"
"In the early stages of being in love, you can tolerate all of each other's flaws, so Shen Xiao won't mind any mistakes you make right now," Su Qiao said seriously.
"Right now, you and Shen Xiao are in the infatuation stage, you both think everything about each other is perfect. But once the hormones subside, everything will become annoying."
"However, the situation is different during the cooling-off period. Lu Zihao and I are in that period. Otherwise, why would we be together if we fight every day?"
Su Qiao took a long breath.
"Marriage is a long-term commitment. Look at Lu Zihao and me. Do you think we are a match? His family owns dozens of mines. He has dated many people, and I am just one of them."
"Before, he didn't even remember my name. Now that we've made up, he might leave me again once the mission is over."
"Since you already know this, why do you…" Lu Qingyue left her sentence hanging.
"Who knows? Maybe he likes me. I just want to take this chance and try. I fantasize about being the daughter-in-law of a wealthy family," Su Qiao laughed bitterly.
"Everyone dreams of a toad wanting to eat swan meat."
She looked at Lu Qingyue sincerely, and confirmed it once again.
"If you want to avoid regret, just enjoy today as Shen Xiao's girlfriend. After that, just be ordinary friends. As for confessing your feelings, I suggest just giving up, the chance of Shen Xiao rejecting you is 99.999%."
"Well, he's coming down, have fun today. The future is uncertain, and a day like this is very rare."
…
As he walked downstairs, Shen Xiao seemed to be in a good mood.
Even though he paid off Lu Qingyue's debt yesterday, he was not short on cash.
Just in case, he replenished his funds.
When he used his spatial storage magic item earlier, he saw Lu Zihao's greedy gaze and knew this was an opportunity. He could sell it to him.
The system inventory had seven items, which was a bit low.
However, this was only seven out of 1,000 consecutive draws, and he would soon reach 10,000.
Why worry about a few more draws?
After realizing this, he sold one of the long-unused items from his system inventory to Lu Zihao.
This friend was decent enough, giving him a little extra wouldn't hurt.
Moreover, Lu Zihao was a wealthy young master with substantial funds.
That inventory item sold for 300 million, making him a billionaire now.
He had plenty of money, he certainly wasn't going to just let it sit there.
He had prepared 300 million as pocket money for Lu Qingyue, so she could have a great time today.
He wondered if that 300 million could buy 3,000 lottery tickets.
If so, this was equivalent to trading one item from a draw for 3,000 lottery tickets.
He treated today like a date, what would it mean if he just bought groceries and came back?
"Back in the hometown, why bother buying lottery tickets? Today I must take the Empress out for some fun! I don't even mind spending all 300 million!"
"My demands aren't high, I just want to feel the sensation of being in the middle of a sea of lottery tickets."
"Allow me to collect 10,000 lottery tickets today."
"Qingyue, get ready, we're going shopping."
"Okay."
After being stared at by Shen Xiao, Lu Qingyue lowered her head slightly in shyness, turning away and touching her cheek.
"Is there something on my face?"
"No, you dressed up very beautifully today, I want to look at you a few more times."
Even though he met Lu Qingyue every day, he still could never get enough of her.
Without heavy makeup, her face looked perfect, she was beautiful from any angle. The only flaw was her clothes.
Yes, her clothes.
They were nice and looked good on Lu Qingyue, but every time Shen Xiao thought about how Su Qiao had worn them, he felt a bit uncomfortable.
How could he let the Empress wear second-hand clothes or borrow them from someone else?
"Since we're shopping, how about I buy you some clothes too while we're at it?"
"No, yesterday you promised me not to squander money. And I already said I would cover your food and lodging, I will pay for all the groceries today, you are not allowed to spend a single cent, understand? Gas money, including the car's gas money, I will pay if you need it."
"Do you still have money?"
"I... I do."
Lu Qingyue couldn't go on. She was truly running on empty. Yesterday, Shen Xiao paid off her debt, and her conscience was bothering her, so she gave all the money she had back to Shen Xiao, even though it wasn't much.
"But I can borrow some first. My brother got five or six hundred yesterday, can I borrow his now?"
Seeing the debt confession book handed to her, Lu Qingyue took it.
"Don't lie to me, I know you definitely need to borrow money. How about I lend you mine? I will lend you money, as much as you want, and I don't mind when you pay it back."
"Why did you bother preparing this?"
"If you don't want to write it down, I will offer this service for free."
Lu Qingyue thought it made sense.
Borrowing money from anyone was the same as borrowing money, so why not borrow from Shen Xiao?
That way, he could earn interest, which would be a little extra income for him.
She clearly wasn't going to let Shen Xiao spend money today, she was a bit hesitant.
However, borrowing was different, the nature of it was different.
Even though it was still using Shen Xiao's money, it was a loan to herself.
She would definitely pay it back. After careful consideration, she felt it was feasible.
"Alright, I'll borrow it."
"I'll lend you 10,000 first."
10,000?
I've prepared 300 million yuan to make today's date fun, and you only ask to borrow 10,000!
"If it's more than that..."
"Not at all, I'll lend you anything."
Ding!
[Gained Lu Qingyue's support, +100 lottery tickets.!]
Look, look, it's that simple!
My small goal for today is to win at least 3,000 lottery tickets!