Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute

Cheng Feiyang rubbed his forehead, wondering if he was overthinking things.

He really should drink less.

The few girls didn't know how to play mahjong and had no clue about intentionally feeding tiles; they just knew that Li Yue was incredibly lucky.

After about a dozen rounds, with a large number of them won by Li Yue declaring "Hu," He Nan emerged from his room. Cheng Feiyang took the opportunity to excuse himself to the restroom, allowing He Nan to help play a few rounds. To everyone's surprise, He Nan won three times in succession, prompting Li Yue to openly accuse him of being shameless—taking wedding gifts and still aiming to win money.

This had everyone clutching their stomachs in laughter.

Whenever Ruan Yiqian inadvertently looked up, his gaze would meet Li Shiping's. Neither of them said anything, and just as if nothing had happened, they moved their gazes away.

This went on until after 10 p.m., at which point He Nan went straight to bed, while Ruan Yiqian and the others played until past 1 a.m. before going to sleep.

As expected, everyone slept in until around eight or nine before getting up the next day.

Xiaocui stayed in Beijing for a week before leaving. Since Shen Mianmian and Lu Nian's filming was about to begin, she was quite busy. The task of taking Li Shiping to check out the shops fell onto Ruan Yiqian. When Ruan Yiqian came to take Li Shiping to see the shops, she felt really embarrassed.

She said, "Mianmian, why don't I wait until Xiaoyue has time to take me instead? There's no rush with the shop matters, and I should familiarize myself with Beijing's environment first. General Manager Ruan is so busy, I shouldn't trouble him."

Li Shiping thought that it wasn't quite right to waste Ruan Yiqian's time for her personal matters, considering Ruan Yiqian was a big boss with a tight schedule.

Maybe others might just be saying polite words, but she felt it was more appropriate to wait until Li Yue had time to take her to see the shops.

Besides, she always felt a bit awkward and uneasy around Ruan Yiqian.

Before Shen Mianmian could respond, Ruan Yiqian said, "It's fine, I'm not busy these days."

Hearing this, Li Shiping felt it would be rude to refuse again.

"Then I'll trouble you."

"Let's go! The car is parked outside."

Ruan Yiqian turned and walked out.

After greeting Shen Mianmian, Li Shiping followed, lifting her foot to catch up. Ruan Yiqian was very gentlemanly, opening the car door for Li Shiping first. Although Li Shiping intended to sit in the back, she had no choice but to sit in the passenger seat when Ruan Yiqian opened it for her.

Ruan Yiqian closed the car door, got in the car, and said, "You're probably planning to open a mid-to-high-end store, right? I'll take you to the downtown mall to have a look. The rent there is a bit expensive, but the location is excellent, and many wealthy ladies love to shop there."

"Oh! Okay," Li Shiping nodded. "I'm not very familiar with Beijing, so you can just take me wherever you think is best."

Ruan Yiqian nodded and then asked her some questions about her plans for the shop, concluding with some suggestions of his own, which Li Shiping listened to patiently.

After touring the mall, they found a shop that was quite suitable. However, the price was higher than Li Shiping had expected. Coupled with some other factors, she decided to put it on her list of alternatives.

When they exited the mall, Ruan Yiqian glanced at the time and said, "It's almost noon. Let's have lunch first, and then I'll take you to another mall. It's a newly built shopping center that is currently looking for tenants and is expected to open by year's end."

Li Shiping had originally planned to go back, but upon hearing this, she became interested. Plus, considering Ruan Yiqian had been with her all morning, she felt it was only polite to invite him to lunch, so she said.

"Then let me treat you to lunch!"