My friend's uncle took a fancy to me

"Why do you sound like you doubt me? Bro, how could I possibly cheat on you? I've said a lot of good things on your behalf this time, and I've invited her to your birthday the day after tomorrow."

If he hadn't said it, Zhou Qizheng would have forgotten about his birthday: "Did she agree to go?"

Li Yuxuan nudged him with his shoulder in a frivolous manner: "If you can't seize this opportunity, you'll be sorry for all the hard work I put into helping you. Also, men need to pretend sometimes. You can't scold others like a daughter. You have to act weak and make women pity you, feel sorry for you, and feel sorry for you. Your father gave you such a good reason, you have to use it."

After saying that, he pulled up Zhou Qizheng's still slightly swollen right hand and said, "Let her know that you were injured because of her."

……

After Lu Xiaoqiao finished talking with Li Yuxuan, she began to worry. She couldn't go to help someone celebrate their birthday empty-handed, but she was so poor that her pockets were almost empty.

While chatting in the afternoon, Lin Lin mentioned his uncle's birthday: "Xiao Qiao, since you have nothing to do tomorrow, can you go shopping with me? I want to buy a birthday present for my uncle."

"Sure, your uncle helped me a lot a few days ago, so I want to go over to his birthday the day after tomorrow."

Lin Lin was usually carefree and focused all her attention on the fact that her younger sisters also had to go, and she didn't notice how her uncle helped her at all.

"Really? That's great! You have no idea how bored I get every year when it's my uncle's birthday. They never take me with them to play anything, and they're all older than me, so we can't get along. I'll be so happy to have you around this year."

Lu Xiaoqiao smiled, then pretended to be casual and asked, "What do you usually give your uncle for his birthday?"

Lin Lin held her chin and thought for a moment. "It's just small things men use, like ties or tie clips. A few years ago, you could give them a wallet or something, but now everyone uses mobile payments and no one uses wallets anymore. The choices are so limited. My uncle smokes, so this year I was thinking about buying him a lighter. I saw one online a few days ago, but it's only sold in offline stores."

Lu Xiaoqiao's eyes lit up instantly: "Lighter? How much?"

I feel this should be very affordable. If possible, let Lin Lin buy something else and she will buy a lighter.

“It seems to be more than 10,000!”

"More than ten thousand? So expensive?"

"It's okay. My uncle has a lighter that costs over 200,000 yuan."

Lu Xiaoqiao was shocked when she heard this. Are all lighters so expensive? She had expected the price of lighters to be one dollar each, the price her father used. Even if the packaging was better and the brand name was added, a few hundred dollars should be enough. She never thought it would be this expensive. She really wanted to compete with these rich people. Why did lighters have to be so expensive?

I only have two thousand left in my hand, and I still have to eat and take the bus, and now I have to buy him a gift.

After thinking about it, she realized there was no need to put on an act. The intention was enough. As for those luxury goods, she couldn't afford them. Even if she didn't lend the money to Momo, her budget was too high for her to afford.

After I figured it out, I stopped worrying about it and worked hard the whole afternoon, hoping to get a custom order in the near future and earn more money.

When I got home from get off work in the evening, I was about to eat noodles when I received a call from Secretary Ding. My hands were a little wet from washing, so I switched to the external speaker after answering the call.

"Miss Lu, you're home now, right? Mr. Zhou sent some Huadiao wine-cooked crabs for you to try. They've been left at your door. Could you please go get them?"

The phone was playing loudly, so Zhao Jia, who was sitting next to him, naturally heard it. Lu Xiaoqiao said a few words of thanks and then hung up the phone. Zhao Jia opened the door and saw an insulated box with a hand bag at the door.

"Xiao Qiao, Mr. Zhou really has nothing to say about you. He thinks of you in everything. Knowing that you love hairy crabs, he often gives them to you. On the other hand, you only gave someone hazelnuts once, and you asked for them back."

Lu Xiaoqiao was so ashamed that she felt she had nowhere to hide. She said dryly, "I know what I did was wrong, and now I'm trying to make amends!"

Zhao Jia joked, "How can you make amends? Now all you have left is to pledge your love to me."

Hearing her say this, Lu Xiaoqiao's cheeks became hot, and she said coquettishly: "Sister Jia, what are you talking about? You can't make such a joke."

Seeing her face flushed, Zhao Jia just smiled and said nothing more.

Before going to bed at night, Lu Xiaoqiao still sent a WeChat message to Zhou Qizhen.

Lu Xiaoqiao: [Thank you, Mr. Zhou. The cooked and drunken crab is delicious. This is my first time eating it.]

She thought he wouldn't reply so quickly, but as soon as she sent the message, it showed 'the other party is typing' on his side, and then he received the message.

Z: [Eat it if you like, but don't eat too much. Crabs are cold in nature.]

Lu Xiaoqiao replied with a "hmm" emoticon that looked very cute.

Z: [I'm going to spend my birthday with friends out. What time are you free the day after tomorrow afternoon? I'll pick you up.]

Lu Xiaoqiao: [Just send me the location, I'll go there myself. Why would you ask the birthday person to be your driver on their birthday? /snicker/]

Z: [I have time the day after tomorrow, so it's convenient for me to pick you up. For my birthday, I just want my wish to come true. I'd be happy to be your driver.]

Lu Xiaoqiao: [Then I wish your birthday wish come true in advance /grin/]

Z: [That depends on you.]

Lu Xiaoqiao: [? ]

Zhou Qizhen didn't reply to the message. Neither of them mentioned the unpleasant incident that happened that day. In the past few days, she was always worried that he would be angry about what happened that day and ignore her, but now she finally felt relieved.

……

On Zhou Qizheng's birthday, at around four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Xiaoqiao received a call from Zhou Qizheng. She didn't expect him to come so early: "Mr. Zhou, please wait a moment. I thought you wouldn't come so early."

"Don't worry, take your time, no one has arrived yet."

Lu Xiaoqiao took out the clothes she was going to wear today from the closet. She was glad that she bought a set of clothes when the autumn style was just released. It was eye-catching when she saw it at the time, and her roommates also said that it looked good. Otherwise, she would have to wear a hooded sweatshirt to attend someone's birthday party today.

When Zhou Qi saw Lu Xiaoqiao walking down the stairs, his eyes were fixed on her and he couldn't look away. Her long hair was naturally draped today. She was already very fair, and she wore a light purple hollow seahorse wool sweater on her upper body, which made her skin look even whiter than cream. She wore a pair of slim jeans on her lower body that wrapped around her perfect legs, and a pair of black Martin boots on her feet. Her outfit was very energetic but not as casual as usual. It was obvious that she had dressed up carefully.

Lu Xiaoqiao came down the stairs and jumped down from the last step: "Happy birthday!"

Zhou Qizheng watched her jump down, afraid that she would fall, so he raised his hands to support her. After she landed, he lowered his hands with relief: "Thank you."

The location was a private membership club. When the two arrived, the others had already arrived.

When the waiter pushed open the door of the private room and invited the two to come in, the room, which was noisy just now, suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes turned to the door.

Li Yuxuan looked at the two people standing at the door. Needless to say, the man was handsome and the woman was beautiful. Although there was a slight age difference, the two of them looked surprisingly well-matched standing together. "Sister Xiao Qiao is here, come in quickly."