In Luo Bei’s opinion, it’s ironic if one has to deceive someone to gain affection.
Of course, not every situation requires honesty, but when it comes to something as big as a child, it’s not a good idea to continue deceiving someone who is going to spend the rest of their life with you.
But she had said all that needed to be said, and since Chen Lan didn’t listen, Luo Bei couldn’t do anything about it. After all, it was someone else’s business and she couldn’t interfere.
As for spending the Lunar New Year at Luo Bei’s home, Fang Jingzhou was quite happy about it. Whether it was just him and his mom spending the holiday alone in their rental apartment or going back to their hometown, he wasn’t too keen on either option.
Chen Lan was in a good mood, and although she was only going to stay at her boyfriend’s house for a week, she was quite generous with her care allowance, giving Luo Bei 2,000 yuan. Fang Jingzhou didn’t have a big appetite, so Luo Bei simply took him to the mall and bought him some new clothes with the money.
During this time, Fang Jingzhou often ate at Luo Bei’s house. Chen Lan was busy with her love life, so she rarely ordered takeout and ate out almost every day. Often times, she wouldn’t even come back home. Luo Bei couldn’t bear to see this and would take Fang Jingzhou home to have dinner and sleep. Because of the regular meals and balanced nutrition, he looked a little fatter than before and his complexion was much better.
“Beibei, I want to eat ice cream,” Fang Jingzhou looked at McDonald’s dessert station and said absentmindedly.
Luo Bei was helpless, she ruffled his hair and said, “Call me sister, who told you to call me Beibei.”
Fang Jingzhou refused to change and stubbornly called her Beibei. “Beibei, Beibei!”
“Forget it, I won’t argue with you.” Luo Bei took him to the dessert station and bought two original flavor cones. No matter how many fancy desserts McDonald’s came up with, her loyal favorite was still the original flavor cone.
One adult and one child stood on the street corner, eating their ice cream cones with identical satisfied expressions.
Eating ice cream in the middle of winter seemed a little irresponsible for their health. Luo Bei looked at Fang Jingzhou and couldn’t help but sigh. She thought that she would definitely not be a good mother in the future.
If her child wanted to play games, she might even want to join in with them. If her baby wanted to eat spicy strips, she might even be able to hide in a corner with the child to share this worldly delicacy… Luo Bei couldn’t help but sigh. She lit a candle for her future husband. He would have to worry about so much in the future.
Fang Jingzhou is particularly attached to Luo Bei now.
He would love it if his mother could just throw him to Luo’s house.
Children are very sensitive. He couldn’t feel warmth in the home he was with his mother, but he could feel it at Luo’s house.
This year’s New Year’s celebration was particularly lively for the Luo family, something they hadn’t experienced in several years.
In the past, it was usually just Grandma Luo and Luo Bei, with Uncle Cheng coming over in the afternoon to pay his respects. But he had a wife and child, so he couldn’t stay for long before he had to go back.
Jiang Sihan had received an advance salary from his company, so he didn’t come empty-handed to the New Year’s Eve dinner. Early in the morning, he went to the seafood market to buy crabs and fruit. Zhao Pianpian, on the other hand, had taken Grandma Luo to the mall a few days ago when there were few people around, and they bought some new clothes. As for Fang Jingzhou, his mother has already given two thousand yuan as New Year’s fund, which was quite adequate.
This year, Luo Bei was also going to make her signature dish, fried chicken wings. She wasn’t modest about it at all, patting her chest and promising, “The fried chicken wings and grilled chicken wings I make are definitely tastier than KFC’s. Once you eat them, you’ll want to eat more!”
While she was frying the chicken wings, Jiang Sihan sneaked into the kitchen and saw the boiling oil in the pot, feeling a little distressed. “You’ve used almost half a pot of oil, haven’t you? It’s too wasteful. It would be better to just go to KFC and get some takeaway chicken wings.”
If it wasn’t because she was so sure that Jiang Sihan would become a superstar actor in the future, Luo Bei really wouldn’t believe that this man, who was so thrifty to the point of being stingy, would be so rich.
Perhaps it was because he had experienced some tough times and lived frugally that even though Jiang Sihan now had money in his hands, he was still very thrifty.
Luo Bei didn’t have any opinion on group buying for meals and movies, since most people do it now. Luo Bei also understood the idea of taking leftovers home, since money doesn’t grow on trees and food shouldn’t be wasted.
However, there was this time when Jiang Sihan bought a roll of tissue back and cut it in half with a fruit knife. This was discovered by Luo Bei accidentally. One day, she went to his room to look for him and happened to have a cold and runny nose, so she used his tissue… To be honest, at that moment, Luo Bei was a little disappointed.
He would go to the supermarket to buy discounted fruit and cut off the bad part before eating it. Even if Luo Bei told him that eating bad fruit was not good for the body, he still did as he pleased.
In the future, Jiang Sihan would be a heartthrob with tens of millions of fans on Weibo. He would become very rich and prosperous. Later, he would also invest in movies as a producer and start his own company. Luo Bei couldn’t help but wonder if he would still be frugal when he became successful?
Of course, he was only frugal with himself, not stingy with others. For example, he would buy good fruit for Luo Bei and Grandma Luo to eat from the fruit shop.
Even Zhao Pianpian praised him for being good at managing his life.
“I’m already frying, so please don’t say that.” Luo Bei calmly put the chicken wings coated with breadcrumbs into the pan.
Jiang Sihan was still feeling sorry, but he didn’t continue the topic and said, “I’ll be going to the set on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Brother Liu said that I’ll be staying there for one or two months, and he doesn’t know if there would be any breaks in between.”
Luo Bei nodded, “That’s good. You can only make money when you’re busy.”
“I also think so, although I may not come back for one or two months, but you should still keep my room for me, and I will still pay the rent as usual.”
“Well, when you have earned money from filming the web drama, you can go live in a nice apartment complex. Why live in a shabby neighborhood? Maybe you will become a star after the web drama is released. Which star would still live in a basement room that costs only five hundred yuan a month?”
But Jiang Sihan had his own economic logic, “You’re wrong. What if I only film this one part and there is no sequel? I still need to save some money. If there is a sequel, then I can’t move out. I spend most of my time on the set, and leaving the room empty still costs money. A basement room costs only five hundred yuan a month, while other single apartments cost several thousand yuan a month. Of course, five hundred is the better deal. And I’m not picky about where I live, as long as I can sleep.”
Luo Bei : “…”
Most people, as their economic conditions improve, would choose a better place to live. But Jiang Sihan didn’t think so. He believed that among the four basic necessities of life – clothing, food, shelter, and transportation – shelter was the least important. Naturally, he would try to spend less money on it.
The current Jiang Sihan was becoming less and less like the person she first met. At first, he seemed aloof and distant, with a temperament that made it difficult for others to get close to him. But now, whenever he spoke, Luo Bei would worry about his future fans. After all, in the novel’s plot, Jiang Sihan was supposed to be a type of high and aloof male god…
On the evening of the third day after the New Year, Jiang Sihan set off for the set, leaving his key to Luo Bei and asking her to help take care of his room when she was free. Luo Bei said that it was no problem, and wished him success in his endeavors.
Luo Bei was starting work on the seventh day after the New Year, and after a week’s break, most of her colleagues at the company were still not in top form, including their female boss. She spent the day in a daze.
Although the national holiday had ended, many office workers were still in their hometowns, so the streets were not as lively as before. Most of the small shops on both sides of the street were closed.
Even in the urban village, it was quiet. Not only tenants, but many landlords also went back to their hometown for the Chinese New Year and haven’t returned yet. Although the tradition of the New Year had become less intense over time, it was still the most important festival for the Chinese people.
As Luo Bei approached her building, she saw a tall man looking around holding a snakeskin bag.
As she took her keys out of her bag, she approached the manand asked, “Excuse me, who are you looking for?”
When she got closer to the man, she finally saw his face.
To put it bluntly, his appearance and temperament didn’t match his outfit at all.
His eyes were deep, his features were well-defined, and his temperament was elegant and noble. He was obviously not an ordinary person. If you were to compare him with Jiang Sihan, who was the kind of male god that girls would secretly adore, this man would be an unattainable noble prince.
However, he was wearing a fake sports suit, a pair of fake sports shoes on his feet, and was carrying a snakeskin bag, a plastic bucket and basin, and a cup and toothbrush in the basin. It was really jarring.
“I’m here to rent a room,” the man said. “But I haven’ bought a mobile phone yet and don’t know how to call the landlord. I can’t even get in through this door. Do you know the landlord?”
Are there still young people without mobile phones these days? Maybe his phone was stolen.
Luo Bei perked up. Every year during the Chinese New Year, one or two tenants would leave to develop in their hometowns, so there were currently several empty rooms available.
“Hello, I’m the landlady. Come this way, please. What kind of room are you looking to rent?” Luo Bei warmly opened the door and led him into the rental building.
The next sentence the man said was even more incompatible with his appearance and temperament.
“I want to rent the cheapest room.”
If this is the ML and the amnesiac CEO? I not sure, bc synopsis mention that her grandmother picked him up.