Chapter 88 - Investigating Into Who She Is (1/2)

…“…” Xiao Baoshan still did not know why he was a fool.

Li Hongmei said, “If you want to buy a gift for little Ye, just buy hers. You don’t have to also buy one for Baozhu and I. As little Ye now knows this, she mustn’t feel happy. Look at how much chili she put in this. That’s how she feels now.”

Xiao Baoshan said frankly, “I originally just wanted to buy a gift for her only but I’m afraid that Baozhu and you will be unhappy so I bought yours as well.”

Ye Xiaoxian could not help rolling her eyes towards Xiao Baoshan. “So what’s going on now is that Baozhu and I are also unhappy because you didn’t mean to buy gifts for us.”

Xiao Baoshan sat there in a trance.

Li Hongmei sighed. “I mean, you don’t have to care whether Baozhu and I are happy or not for now. Just remember that next time if you want to bring her a gift, just buy hers and don’t worry about the rest of us. Okay?”

Xiao Baoshan picked up some fish with his chopsticks and ate with sweat streaming down his face.

“Ma, give me a bowl of water and I’ll rinse it before I eat,” said Xiao Baoshan feeling so wronged.

Li Hongmei then pa.s.sed him a bowl of water and asked him. “Have you heard what I just said?”

“Yes, I did,” said Xiao Baoshan.

…The first couple of days when Xiao Baoshan just came back home, Ye Xiaoxian paid almost no attention to him. He was still living with Xiao Baofeng and when Xiao Baofeng went to school in the daytime, Xiao Baoshan would read a book in the backyard.

Inside the room while reading a book he could still smell the very strong fragrance of the dishes. Xiao Baoshan had a good appet.i.te and would feel hungry just from smelling the food.

That day he went to the kitchen and wanted to get some chicken feet to eat. Ye Xiaoxian was cooking and when she saw him coming in she did not even say h.e.l.lo to him but just minded her own business.

Xiao Baoshan then thought, ‘Little Ye seems really mad!’

He wanted to explain to Ye Xiaoxian but did not know how.

As Ye Xiaoxian did not talk to him it was appropriate for him to get the chicken feet on his own since they were made by her.

He finally left with a starving stomach.

Ye knew that Xiao Baoshan had come in and then left silently and she could not help but sigh. It was true that she was unable to communicate with him. They seemed not to be made for each other.

Meanwhile, she was also wondering whether she going to be able to maintain this kind of spousal relations.h.i.+p, which existed in name only, for a whole lifetime? If she was, how tedious the rest of her life would be.

She had either to discuss it and divorce Xiao Baoshan peacefully or leave this family alone without taking any property and get married again. Still, no matter which way she finally had to choose, she would end up suffering a lot from the loss of both time and strength. She just had to make do with it for now.

…Ye Xiaoxian had cooked a dish but neither Little Five nor Li Hongmei came in to take it out. Little Five probably went to the toilet and Li Hongmei must have tended to other business. Dishes in the restaurant were cooked with more oil and once it went cold it would taste greasy, so it had to be served hot. Ye Xiaoxian then just took it out on her own.

These sweet and sour ribs were ordered by the customers at table six where three men were seated. Those three were very conspicuous. One was short, one was fat and the other was skinny.

“Sirs, here are the ribs you ordered!” said Ye Xiaoxian politely.

When she put down the dish and was going to leave Ye Xiaoxian was called by the short man. This guy was only 156cm in a modern metric units and looked ugly also, with protruding eyeb.a.l.l.s and a nasty smile.

“Oh, are you a cook or a waitress?” The short guy asked Ye Xiaoxian. He was checking Ye Xiaoxian out from head to toe.

In order to work conveniently, what Ye Xiaoxian wore was a tight outfit without wide sleeves and with a belt strapped around her slim waist. Once her waist was tightened up her curves were revealed more. A girl of fifteen or sixteen was experiencing physical growth and change so Ye Xiaoxian looked particularly attractive with her feminine elegance.