Everything she was thinking showed clearly on her face.
Qin Chengyao said with a hint of helplessness, "You said it during your live - broadcast."
"Ooh! Maybe I really did," Ji Siyue said, a bit hazy on the memory. But since he said so, she believed it.
Seeing her confused look, Qin Chengyao let out a soft chuckle. "So can you answer my question just now?"
"What question?"
"Do you want to come to my place and hang out with me?"
Ji Siyue: "… Senior, you probably don't realize that this sounds a bit creepy."
…
In the end, Ji Siyue still declined Qin Chengyao.
The reason was simple. She was busy with a major event.
In the one or two years since she came back to China, she had been living in a rented apartment. When she was hungry, she ordered take - out. She had never cooked by herself. Maybe she was really getting older. She felt that she couldn't just idle around like this anymore, so she decided to buy a house.
With her current savings, she could afford a nice house in City A.
The only thing she needed to worry about was the size of the house. After discussing with Liu Fanghua and getting advice from this married woman, she decided to buy a one - bedroom apartment. After all, it was just for herself, and she had no plans to get married in the short term. A one - bedroom was enough for her.
After deciding on the style, she went and bought a two - story duplex apartment that she could move into right away that afternoon.
Finally, after calling the moving company and getting her new house all set up, she was exhausted.
Collapsing on the sofa, Ji Siyue stared quietly at the ceiling of her house.
To be honest, when she paid the full amount and saw the number in her bank card suddenly decrease, she didn't feel much. It just seemed like a number to her.
Now that she had her own house, she still felt lonely... It was as if no matter where she was, the house was just a house to her.
For some reason, she wanted to call that person.
When the call connected, there seemed to be the sound of gurgling water on Qin Chengyao's end.
For some crazy reason, Ji Siyue flirted and said, "Why did it take you so long to answer the phone? Were you taking a shower?"
Unexpectedly, Qin Chengyao laughed on the other end and replied, "Yes, I just got home and took a shower. Do you want me to turn on the camera?"
Hearing this, Ji Siyue immediately threw her phone aside and shouted, "Don't show me! Are you—"
It took her a great deal of effort to hold back the last two words.
Qin Chengyao laughed and said, "I'm not teasing you anymore. Why didn't you do a live - broadcast today? You've been missing all day. Did you have too much fun at Fang's place?"
"No, I bought a house and moved today. I was a bit busy and just finished."
"En, that's good. You finally have your own house."
"I spent over a million. Senior, usually men would think a woman is wasteful at this time."
The sound of water on the other end suddenly stopped.
After a while, there was a rustling sound, and Qin Chengyao's voice came through again.
"The money is yours. You can spend it however you like. And over a million isn't a huge amount."
Ji Siyue couldn't help but smile.
"Pfft! Our conversation is really crazy. Senior, are you free?"
"What's up?" Qin Chengyao stopped the hand that was drying his hair, as if not wanting any sound to interrupt the person on the phone.
Ji Siyue hesitated for a moment and said rather awkwardly, "I want you to come and take a look at my house!"
After all, it was only the first day in her new house. It would be good to get some advice on what wasn't right.
After a brief silence on the phone, he suddenly laughed.
"Ji Siyue, do you know what you sound like?"
"What?"
"What did you say when I invited you to my place?"
Ji Siyue: "…"
She seemed to have called him creepy.
"Come on! Don't focus on those details! I'm sorry! Please forgive me!"
After some joking, Qin Chengyao still agreed, but his reason was different from Ji Siyue's.
He agreed to come because he was worried that Ji Siyue might be scared being alone in the new house on the first night.
"Where do you live?"
"Room 702, Building 6, Shanghe International." Ji Siyue gave her address.
He fell silent again.
"What's wrong?"
He still didn't answer, but Ji Siyue heard the sound of footsteps on his end.
Strange. Wasn't he holding the phone to his ear?
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Ji Siyue was startled and stared at the door in horror. She nervously said into the phone, "Senior, senior! Can you hear me? Can you? There seems to be a creepy person knocking on my door. I'm too scared to go and check!"
"… Come and open the door for the creepy person," the person on the phone said.
Ji Siyue: "…"
After a moment of mental blankness, she immediately jumped up from the sofa and slid all the way to the door and opened it.
Then, she saw this scene.
Qin Chengyao was standing at the door with his hair wet, water droplets still trickling down. The droplets ran down his deep - set eyes, his delicate face, collarbone, and chest muscles...
He actually came in a bathrobe!
"You you you you…!"
Ji Siyue stammered, holding the phone and staring at Qin Chengyao like a fool.
Qin Chengyao just pushed Ji Siyue's shoulders and led her into the house, then closed the door behind him.
"Did you just move in here?"
"No… Senior, can you teleport?"
"Still don't get it?" Qin Chengyao pointed to the east and said, "I live in 701. I've been living here for two years. Didn't you even talk to your neighbors before you moved in?"
Ji Siyue still couldn't find her words: "I—!"
What kind of strange turn of events was this?
The senior was actually her neighbor? Could there be such a coincidence in the world?
"Senior, were you just on the other side of the wall when you were on the phone with me?" Ji Siyue finally came to her senses and stated a fact.
"Did you just figure that out?" Qin Chengyao finally smiled.
"Wow! What kind of fate is this!"
After she said this, she saw Qin Chengyao's meaningful look.
Afraid that Qin Chengyao would misunderstand, Ji Siyue quickly clarified, "I swear to God that I had no idea you lived here before I moved in. I discussed it with Sister Fanghua today and finally chose this place. It really wasn't because of you."
"En, I know," he replied with a smile.
Ji Siyue: "… You're lying. You don't know! Don't think I don't know what you're thinking about me."