Chapter 91: Chapter 91: The New Neighbor
Li Yifei had originally planned to go to the bar tonight to blow off so steam, but the thought of that girl who had haunted his dreams made him lose all interest. After buying clothes, he went straight ho.
As the elevator doors were about to close, the sound of high heels tapping urgently on the floor rang out. Then, just before the doors shut, a woman squeezed in.
Seeing this person, Li Yifei was gobsmacked. He had absolutely not expected to run into this woman in the elevator.
"What’s the matter? Don’t recognize ?" Su ngxin teased Li Yifei with a wink.
Li Yifei cracked a smile and said, "What brings you here?"
"I live here, ah. I’m on the sixteenth floor. Which floor do you live on?"
"The sixteenth floor?" Li Yifei’s eyes widened even further.
Su ngxin imdiately exclaid in surprise, "Yeah, don’t tell
you also live on the sixteenth floor?"
Li Yifei looked at Su ngxin, then cracked a wry smile and said, "Miss Su, I’m lucky it’s you. If it were soone else, I’d suspect you were deliberately looking for ."
Su ngxin laughed and said, "Oh, so you an you live on the sixteenth floor too? Doesn’t that make us neighbors?"
Li Yifei nodded and ventured, "Miss Su, may I ask you a question?"
"Sure, go ahead," Su ngxin replied, her face always adorned with that signature smile of hers, both noble and extrely affable.
Li Yifei saw that although Su ngxin was surprised, as a super special forces soldier, he had already regained his normal rationality and had analyzed the likelihood of Su ngxin moving in here. Then he asked, "Given your status, you shouldn’t need to live in this kind of neighborhood, right? Not to ntion staying in a five-star hotel, but at the very least, you should get a villa, no? Why are you living here?"
"It seems I cannot answer you here." Su ngxin pointed to the elevator as it stopped on the sixteenth floor, and the doors opened.
Both of them stepped out of the elevator, and Su ngxin said, "Aren’t you going to invite
to sit at your place?"
"I am truly honored. If others knew that Huaxia’s number one beauty is coming to visit my ho, who knows how many n would want to kill ." While speaking, Li Yifei had already opened the door to his ho and invited Su ngxin inside.
After entering, Su ngxin looked around curiously and then smiled, "Your place is pretty clean, which is quite surprising."
After pouring a glass of water for Su ngxin and inviting her to sit down, Li Yifei took a seat beside her and said, "It’s not bad."
"Mm, it’s pretty good, just a bit small," she remarked.
"It’s already enough for
alone."
Su ngxin took a sip of water and looked at Li Yifei. Her thoughts suddenly flew to the jungle and finally froze on the image of him taking a bullet for her, becoming sowhat dazed.
"Miss Su, what’s wrong?" Li Yifei, made a bit uncomfortable by Su ngxin’s stare, cleared his throat to remind her.
Su ngxin’s body gave a slight shake and she flicked her hair—an action so simple yet carried with the utmost grace as she said, "I was just rembering so things."
Li Yifei looked at Su ngxin, puzzled by her presence, and said, "Miss Su, why did you choose to beco my neighbor?"
"What do you think?" Su ngxin didn’t express any surprise. With her status, she would certainly have investigated who resided in her vicinity in advance, and her bodyguards would definitely settle nearby. Others might not know, but Li Yifei must be very clear about it.
"You don’t still want
to protect you, do you?" Li Yifei looked at Su ngxin with a bitter smile, hoping that wasn’t the answer.
But Su ngxin giggled and said, "You guessed it right."
Li Yifei furrowed his brows and said, "Miss Su, I’m already retired. I’m just an ordinary person now, and no longer have any obligation to protect you."
Su ngxin nodded and replied, "Of course I know. I didn’t co here in my forr capacity either. I’m now just a businesswoman, or you could say pretty much an ordinary person. So I don’t an to force you to protect , but as neighbors, if sothing cos up and I ask for your help, you wouldn’t refuse, right?"
Li Yifei rubbed his nose and mused, "It seems I really do have the right to refuse."
Seeing Li Yifei’s refusal, Su ngxin’s eyes brimd with even more amusent. She liked this Li Yifei even more, as he wasn’t fawning over her for her beauty or her status—the mark of a real man. "Then may I ask you for help?"
Su ngxin’s usual deanor was already devastatingly charming, but now with a touch of coquetry, she was more than any man could resist. Li Yifei turned away and said, "Miss Su, don’t tease . Just speak plainly."
"I really do want to live an ordinary life for a while. I’m tired. But my identity is an issue wherever I go, especially with a bunch of bodyguards following
around everywhere, which makes
very uncomfortable. Being your neighbor, I fully trust my safety won’t be a problem, and it will allow
to have a simple, normal life."
Li Yifei lit a cigarette and said, "Miss Su, you can’t just use my labor for free, can you?"
Su ngxin’s eyes narrowed. Li Yifei was definitely the first man to smoke in front of her. The sll of tobacco made her quite uncomfortable, and she couldn’t help but let out a light cough. However, Li Yifei only glanced at her and, without snuffing out his cigarette, took another puff.
"Don’t you know it’s rude to smoke in front of a girl?"
Li Yifei smiled faintly and said, "Aren’t you just an ordinary person? So, I won’t change because of you."
"Then it seems I’ll have to be the one to change."
"As you wish, if you don’t change, there’s nothing I can do."
The more Li Yifei disregarded Su ngxin, the more she took a liking to him. If before, she had been preoccupied with thoughts of Li Yifei simply because he had saved her, because he had shielded her with his body and left her profoundly shaken, now his attitude was what made her admire him even more.
"Fine then, smoke if you want." Su ngxin stood up, and with a smile said, "Wait for
a mont." Then she walked out the door, leaving it open behind her.
This left Li Yifei puzzled. Hearing the door of the adjacent room open and close after a while, Su ngxin re-entered his ho, this ti holding two cartons of cigarettes in her hand.
"Don’t keep smoking those low-quality cigarettes. Here are two cartons of Special Tribute cigarettes. Smoke these instead."
Li Yifei’s eyes sparkled; for a smoker, good cigarettes were definitely attractive. The two cartons Su ngxin brought were clearly hard-to-find, top-quality Special Tribute cigarettes, and he eagerly took them.
The packaging of these cartons of cigarettes was very simple, with nothing but the words "Special Tribute" written on them, and not a single picture; the whole box was just simple white carton. Anyone who didn’t know any better would surely think these were just fake cigarettes.
Li Yifei imdiately opened a carton and pulled out a pack from inside—all white as well, without even the words "Special Tribute" on it.
He removed one cigarette, which looked no different from any regular cigarette, except for a beautiful Little Panda design on it.
"Special Tribute Little Panda!" Li Yifei exclaid in delight, promptly extinguishing his own cigarette. He then lit one of the new ones, took a drag with narrowed eyes, and said in bliss, "Leaders’ cigarettes are indeed different. So satisfying!"
With a snort of laughter, Su ngxin said, "Why does it look like you’re smoking opium when you smoke?"
Li Yifei, shaking his head, replied, "Smoking for a man is like shopping for clothes for you won. You try on clothes you like over and over, basking in vanity. We n, when we get good cigarettes, naturally have to savor them properly."
"Does shopping for clothes make you vain? I’ve never felt that way."
"Oh, right, you wouldn’t feel that way, just like those leaders smoking these Special Tribute cigarettes—no special feelings involved. How can they compare with us ordinary folks?"
Suddenly, Su ngxin sighed and said, "You’re so right. Nowadays, I find very little interest in anything I do. That’s why I wanted to co here and experience the life of an ordinary person, let
get a taste of the joy of shopping for clothes and feeling vain about it."
Li Yifei widened his eyes and said, "I just can’t understand you people with such high status wanting to live the life of us ordinary folks."
"If you don’t understand, then you don’t. Anyway, I just want to experience it. Help
out, will you? I even brought you cigarettes, and you’ve smoked them too. You can’t say no now."
Li Yifei rolled his eyes, surprised Miss Su could be so shaless. He chuckled and said, "You think you can buy
off with just two cartons of cigarettes?"
Miss Su blinked and said, "At most, I’ll keep supplying you these cigarettes, how about that?"
"That offer is quite tempting... but even if I agree, it won’t do much good. To live an ordinary life, others must see you as average. Here in Mile City, if you avoid those social gatherings, it might work, but now that every important person in town knows who you are, living an ordinary life might not be so easy, right?"
"I’ve thought of that already. A few days ago, I returned to Capital City and handed over my business in Mile City to others. My return this ti was in secret; no one knows about it. As long as I avoid contact with those leaders, who then would know about
being in Mile City?"
Li Yifei looked at Su ngxin and said, "I always feel like this is a conspiracy, and it’s specifically aid at ."
"What kind of conspiracy could I possibly have against you?" Su ngxin squinted at Li Yifei.
Li Yifei gave a wry smile and said, "I’m just a poor guy. If you were to have a conspiracy against , it could only be because you’ve taken a fancy to ."
"What do you think?" Su ngxin secretly admired Li Yifei. This man was indeed impressive, but of course, she couldn’t admit it just yet, otherwise Li Yifei would surely be spooked.
Li Yifei rolled his eyes again and said, "You think I would believe that?"
Su ngxin laughed happily, truly looking forward to the day when Li Yifei found out the truth. What kind of expression would he have then?
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