The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

Liang Pingyin was still immersed in her jealousy at seeing Xi Yuanchen being intimate with Yao Yingxi, unaware that her parents and the Zhao couple had already come downstairs. She walked with her head down.

Zhao Zhe's lips curled slightly, a roguish glint in his eyes. No one was around, and he didn't care about his tone or attitude: "Unwilling to accept it?"

Liang Pingyin snapped out of her thoughts and looked up at Zhao Zhe, who was standing in front of her at some point. Seeing that there was no one behind him, she asked, "Where are my parents?"

Zhao Zhe said sharply, "If you go down there and make them wait for you, they probably won't see you for ages."

Liang Pingyin frowned, walked past Zhao Zhe toward the elevator, pressed the button, and stared at the constantly changing numbers.

Zhao Zhe's lips curled into a sarcastic smile, and he walked up to Liang Pingyin with a mocking look in his eyes: "When you saw Yao Yingxi and Xi Yuanchen earlier, weren't you very jealous? Weren't you very envious? What a pity..."

He deliberately dragged out his words, and Liang Pingyin frowned, giving him a displeased look.

Zhao Zhe looked down at her and continued, "Unfortunately, you can only watch, since you have no relationship with Xi Yuanchen now."

"What's it to you?" Liang Pingyin said. The elevator beeped and the doors slowly opened. She didn't look at Zhao Zhe again and walked in.

Zhao Zhe followed behind her, speaking nonchalantly: "How can it not concern me? You are now my future fiancée, and also a used shoe, a used shoe that Xi Yuanchen doesn't want, which our Zhao family will take over."

“You…” Liang Pingyin glared at her angrily. Provoked by him, she thought of something and composed herself, her ferocious expression softening as she retorted sarcastically, “I’m a used shoe, and what are you? A piece of trash who sleeps with used shoes? And your Zhao family is a dumping ground for used shoes?”

Zhao Zhe laughed angrily, nodding, "You're quite self-aware. If you weren't so cunning, trying to corrupt our family, do you think I would want to take on a role with a slut like you?"

Upon hearing this, Liang Pingyin glared at Zhao Zhe with a flushed face, saying angrily, "Who plotted against you? If I had known that this would lead to this situation, I would rather be tormented to death by desire than choose someone as disgusting as you."

Zhao Zhe laughed: "Really? Then why couldn't you resist texting me last time? Did I go out of my way to call you?"

Liang Pingyin frowned. She had heard Zhao Zhe mention this time and time again, but she had never sent him a message. She thought it was just an excuse Zhao Zhe was making for himself.

"Dare to go but not admit it?" She sneered, "I texted you, are you kidding me? I wish you would disappear from my sight."

When Liang Pingyin said this, she gritted her teeth, wishing she could eat Zhao Zhe's flesh and drink his blood.

Just as Zhao Zhe was about to say something, the elevator beeped, interrupting him. As he was about to speak again, the doors slowly opened, and not far from the elevator entrance stood the Zhao family couple and the Liang family couple, chatting happily.

He glared at Liang Pingyin, suppressed his anger, and walked out of the elevator on his own.

Meanwhile, in the car, Yao Yingxi was driving while Xi Yuanchen was looking out the window. Yao Yingxi murmured, "I remember there's a supermarket nearby."

Xi Yuanchen glanced out the window: "They might have moved. Isn't there one near my house?" He had never noticed how many shops had been added or removed from the window each time he passed by, so he didn't know where the supermarket Yao Yingxi was talking about was.

Upon hearing this, Yao Yingxi turned back, glanced at her watch, and replied to Xi Yuanchen, "At this time, the supermarket near my house is probably closed."

"Then take another look. If it doesn't work, I'll use navigation to get there," Xi Yuanchen said.

Yao Yingxi declined, "No need. If you don't have it, just go back. It's on my way, that's why I wanted to buy it."

Xi Yuanchen remained silent, following Yao Yingxi's thoughts.

Yao Yingxi turned her gaze back to the car window, looking around and searching.

Looking at her, Xi Yuanchen was afraid she might have twisted her neck: "Stop looking, I'll use navigation."

Yao Yingxi ignored them, turned her head and saw a supermarket with its LED sign lit up, and became excited: "Found it, move aside, Mr. Xi."

She pointed to one of the shops outside the window, and Xi Yuanchen followed her gaze and saw it.

He parked the car on the side of the road. Xi Yuanchen was dressed in a suit and his hair was neatly combed. He held Yao Yingxi's hand. The two of them looked somewhat out of place standing at the supermarket entrance.

"You're in charge of pushing the shopping cart and swiping the card, I'll take care of buying it," Yao Yingxi said with a smile as she turned to Xi Yuanchen.

Xi Yuanchen raised his hand and touched his hair, nodding.

When they reached the area where the shopping carts were piled up, Xi Yuanchen reached out and pulled the cart over, while continuing to hold Yao Yingxi's hand with his right hand.

A good-looking couple entered the supermarket, which immediately alerted the cashier who was about to doze off, keeping her eyes glued to the two of them.

After Yao Yingxi and Xi Yuanchen got together, she got used to the way people looked at her, so she didn't care much.

When she saw the rows of daily necessities on display, Yan Jinliang glanced at them and pulled her hand away from Xi Yuanchen's hot palm.

Xi Yuanchen was stunned. When he came to his senses, Yao Yingxi was already standing in front of the shelf, holding a pair of electric toothbrushes for couples: "Don't we need to replace our toothbrushes at home? How about we buy these?"

She originally came here just to buy some snacks, but seeing these daily necessities made her really want to buy the exact same couple's items as Xi Yuanchen.

Xi Yuanchen had originally planned to feign anger because Yao Yingxi had let go of him earlier, hoping she would coax him. But when she picked up her toothbrush and asked him a question, Xi Yuanchen felt as if a tender spot in his heart had been gently touched, a ticklish sensation that stirred his heart.

He smiled and stepped forward, ruffled Yao Yingxi's hair, looked at her with affection, and then said in a deep voice, "Buy whatever you want, as long as you like it."

Yao Yingxi nodded, turned around and picked out a blue and a green electric toothbrush, putting them in her shopping cart.

Xi Yuanchen's gaze fell on her. Yao Yingxi then picked out towels, daily necessities, and fruit. She saw a shelf full of snacks, potato chips, and some spicy strips.

She rushed over, no longer showing the same care she had when looking at daily necessities, and immediately started tossing things into her shopping cart. At the same time, she didn't dare look at Xi Yuanchen, worried that he wouldn't give her any, so she felt guilty.

She hadn't touched these things in a long time. Snacks weren't something she absolutely needed, but seeing them today suddenly made her miss those flavors.

Xi Yuanchen reached out and grabbed her hand as she was about to throw it in: "These are junk food, they're bad for your health."

Yao Yingxi tensed up. She looked up at Xi Yuanchen and tried to bargain, "It's okay to eat it once. I'll just buy it this once, is that alright?"

Xi Yuanchen shook his head, his voice serious and leaving no room for argument: "No."

Yao Yingxi pouted and could only nod, "Okay then." She put the things back in their place with a little disappointment.

Xi Yuanchen reached out and pulled her into his arms: "Go pick some fruit, let's make fruit salad tomorrow morning."

"Want some?" Yao Yingxi looked up at him.

Xi Yuanchen looked down at her and hummed in agreement, then said, "I want to eat." He was just trying to distract Yao Yingxi; he didn't actually have anything he wanted to eat.

Yao Yingxi beamed and ran out of Xi Yuanchen's arms: "Then I won't make it for you, I'll let you try it too, and experience what it feels like to want to eat something you can't have."

The two of them joked and laughed for a while, then bought some more fruit before pushing the cart to pay and returning to the apartment.