Li Zhi was already 28 years old this year, ten years older than Shao Heng. But because she took good care of herself, along with the medications she exchanged in the system market, she actually looked like a college student.
Shao Heng was already over eighteen. Sometimes, she felt that his thoughts were a bit unpredictable, and she’s afraid that one day he might slip out of her control.
So, she had to quickly raise her favorability rating, make him fall in love with her, and make it impossible for him to leave her.
The way Gu Wantong looked was something men liked, and Li Zhi was worried that Shao Heng might be captivated by her.
She regretted inviting Gu Wantong over for dinner with her big mouth.
On the other side, Shao Heng had already left the sofa, placed the shoe he had taken off from Wan Tong on the shoe rack, and walked into the kitchen.
Li Zhi sat down on the sofa, and Wan Tong looked in the direction of the kitchen and asked, “Sister Zhi, is that your brother?”
“Well… not exactly.” Li Zhi didn’t introduce Shao Heng, her tone somewhat dismissive.
Wan Tong continued, “He doesn’t look like he can cook.”
“I usually have to work, so he’s the one who does the cooking.”
Wan Tong continued to chat with Li Zhi, asking questions one after another.
During this time, Li Zhi also got to know Gu Wantong’s background. When she found out that Gu Wantong was a live streamer and had fallen off a cliff because of a live broadcast, a hint of contempt and disdain couldn’t help but show in Li Zhi’s expression.
However, she still maintained a polite smile. But when she looked at Gu Wantong’s face and chest, the admiration she initially had disappeared.
—Did she get her face and chest done?
Wan Tong naturally knew Li Zhi’s thoughts, but she didn’t expose them. Anyway, Wan Tong was there to probe the situation.
After just half an hour, Shao Heng brought out three dishes and a soup.
“Sorry, these are just ordinary dishes,” Li Zhi smiled and invited Wan Tong to the dining table.
Today, she had bought a lot of ingredients, but she wasn’t willing to use them to treat an unpleasant woman, so she had kept them in the refrigerator. She took out the leftovers from yesterday, and there was no trace of the meat’s smell.
However, once they were at the table, Li Zhi’s smile froze as she quickly glanced at Shao Heng, who had a calm expression.
On the table, there was not only a soup with fresh white clams and shrimp, but also two meat dishes and one vegetarian dish.
“I think it’s already quite abundant,” Wan Tong took the initiative to sit down opposite Shao Heng.
They were all dishes the original owner liked!
Li Zhi was frustrated but could only force a smile.
After enjoying a meal with them, before leaving, Wan Tong hesitated and said, “Because of my injury, I’ll be staying at home for a while. Sister Zhi, I wanted to ask, can I continue coming over for meals in the future? I can cover the cost of the food and all.”
Upon hearing this, Li Zhi’s expression changed slightly, “Well… I sometimes get off work very late.”
Normally, most people would understand this as a polite refusal.
However, Wan Tong pursed her lips and hesitated, “Then, couldn’t you come home just for dinner? It’s also fine with just me and A’Heng, I can buy groceries online.”
Li Zhi : “…” She had never seen such a shameless woman.
And yet, she couldn’t just outright reject her.
In the end, Wan Tong got her way.
After returning home, Wan Tong couldn’t help but smile when she thought of the distorted expression on Li Zhi’s face.
Li Zhi didn’t have a business mind, and she didn’t have a high education. She could only work in a cafe.
But she wasn’t short of money because Shao Heng’s paintings had sold for a lot of money. She was just pretending to be poor.
On one hand, she acted like she was good to Shao Heng, but on the other hand, she was exploiting him. This kind of schemer was even more detestable than other Raiders Wan Tong had encountered before.
After taking a shower, Li Zhi was still upset about Wan Tong trying to freeload a meal. She applied her skincare products in front of the mirror, looked at her fair complexion, then suddenly stood up, posed in front of the mirror, and unbuttoned one of the buttons on her pajama collar, revealing a bit of skin below her neck. Then she walked out of the room.
She knocked on Shao Heng’s door, and after a while, she heard the voice of a young man, “What’s the matter?”
“A’Heng, I want to discuss something with you,” she said.
Shao Heng quickly opened the door.
He had just finished showering, and he was wearing the black silk pajamas she had bought for him. His short hair was still dripping wet, and a towel was draped over his head, making him look somewhat cute.
Li Zhi was very satisfied with the boss she had raised. She looked at his face and reached out to take the towel from him, saying, “A’Heng, why don’t you dry off first? Don’t catch a cold.”
But Shao Heng didn’t let her touch the towel. Instead, he took it off himself, stepped back, and asked in a low voice, “What does Sister Zhi want to discuss?”
The young man’s slightly hoarse voice was very seductive, especially when paired with his handsome face. Li Zhi felt her heart race, and she couldn’t resist the temptation.
“It’s like this, it’s that Gu Wantong who lives across from us. She said she’s coming to our place for dinner in the near future. But you know our financial situation, if she keeps eating like that, we might not be able to afford it. I’ll tell her tomorrow that you don’t want to cook and she should order takeout. If she asks about it when she sees you, just tell her what I said.”
Li Zhi finished the talk and walked into Shao Heng’s room.
Shao Heng’s room was very clean, and everything was neatly arranged. She never had to tidy up.
On the contrary, sometimes she even had him help her with cleaning.
From a perspective that Li Zhi couldn’t see, Shao Heng frowned slightly, “I want to cook.”
“I know you’re not used to eating outside food. Of course, you can cook, just don’t let Gu Wantong know, otherwise, she’ll come over for free meals again,” Li Zhi said as she sat on the guy’s bed, ran her hand through her long hair, and continued, “You don’t know, she’s a live streamer, doesn’t look very serious. In the future, you should avoid contact with her as much as possible.”
Shao Heng pursed his lips, seeming to disagree with her words, but he neither agreed nor disagreed. Instead, he frowned and said, “What kind of person she is, you can’t judge after just meeting her once or twice. Since you don’t know her, don’t rush to conclusions, Sister Zhi.”
After saying that, he shook his wet hair irritably and entered the bathroom, slamming the door loudly.
Li Zhi had been living with him for a long time and naturally knew when he was angry.
Shao Heng had a bad temper, he was like a silent powder keg. Although she usually tried to establish authority and discipline him, when faced with his temper, she would also back down.
Li Zhi’s face showed a touch of seriousness, and there was a hint of annoyance in her eyes.
She looked down at herself, her shoulders exposed, and she wasn’t wearing a bra under her nightgown. It was easy for others to notice, but Shao Heng didn’t even blush.
Especially Shao Heng was still at such an impulsive age, and he should have been nervous when he saw a girl entering his room. But he actually got angry?
She glared in the direction of the bathroom, got up, and walked out of the room.
The next morning, before Li Zhi left, she told Shao Heng not to pay any attention to the woman living across, and he definitely shouldn’t cook for the woman cook.
As a result, Shao Heng woke up in a bad mood and forcefully pushed Li Zhi out of the room.
Li Zhi left with a stern face and called Wan Tong, disturbing her sleep.
Wan Tong knew it would turn out this way, but she also knew she couldn’t rush things.
She had originally planned to sleep in, but before her alarm clock could go off, the doorbell rang.
She struggled to get to the door and opened it.
Shao Heng stood at the door with a cold expression.
“Good morning, A’Heng.”
Wan Tong smiled at him, but her hair was messy from just waking up, and she hadn’t washed her face, making her look a bit disheveled.
Her drowsy eyes made her look both lazy and charming.
After hearing her greeting, Shao Heng snorted, “Morning? It’s already ten o’clock.”
“It’s still quite early; I set my alarm for ten thirty,” Wan Tong shrugged. “Do you have something you want from me?”
“Breakfast,” Shao Heng replied curtly.
“I don’t eat breakfast,” Wan Tong shook her head. “Also, your sister called me and said you might not be able to cook for me—”
Shao Heng didn’t let her finish her sentence and simply said, “I’ve prepared it. Eat it if you want.”
Wan Tong : “…”
Ten minutes later, Wan Tong moved to the room across.
Li Zhi had gone to work, and Shao Heng didn’t close the door.
Wan Tong walked in with her crutches and found Shao Heng still sitting at the dining table, with clearly two portions of breakfast laid out.
So, he had been waiting for her to come over for breakfast?
Then, what was the deal with the morning phone call from Li Zhi, saying Shao Heng didn’t want to cook?
Wentong originally thought she had no chance of getting a free meal, but Shao Heng would show up at her door on time every day, calling her over with an unhappy expression.
She didn’t like to eat breakfast and wanted to steal a bit more sleep. That’s when Shao Heng would slam the door and leave in a huff, scaring her to the point of hopping over on one foot.
This boss was a bit bad-tempered.
However, the food he cooked was really delicious. If it weren’t for work, she would want to spend the whole day with him. Even looking at his sour expression made her felt comfortable.
Although her injury hadn’t healed, she persisted in live streaming every day, of course, to maintain and attract more fans and followers.
One week later, she started her first live stream on Taobei Live, promoting a domestic skincare brand.
This brand had just started, and they didn’t have many steady customers. Wan Tong had been using their skincare products for the past month, so when she did the live stream to explain the product’s features and shortcomings, she did it without any burden.
Eighty percent of her fans were male, so the people she drew to her Taobei live stream were also from this group. They basically didn’t use skincare products, so during her first live stream, Wan Tong only sold fewer than 20 sets of products.
After the live broadcast, Wan Tong turned the essence of her explanations in the video into vlogs and shared them on Weibo and other platforms, primarily targeting students with relatively low spending power.
Wan Tong’s skin is genuinely good, and in the videos, she doesn’t deliberately promote products. Instead, she focuses on sharing her personal experiences after using the products. Most people find this promotional approach easy to accept. As a result, sales for this brand continued to rise. Each time Wan Tong goes live, more people tune in.
It seems like the agency recognized her potential and provided her with more products. Wan Tong is quite selective in this regard, insisting on trying the products herself before promoting them. Because of this, the agency had some reservations about her, and in the end, they even had Zhang Jiajia come to her.
To teach her a lesson.