Chapter 784: Practice
"You seem to fear my talents. President Zhou." Lily chortled. Leaning on the couch, Lily started leisurely sipping on her tea. "I am a woman of many talents. So of these talents are obviously scary but my cooking is not one of those."
"That— that is not my point."
Lily responded with another chuckle before shaking her head. "I know. You only want to have my cooking for yourself. That's quite selfish, but I love it." Lily said as she laughed. His adorable reactions every ti she brought this topic up was just…. too cute."I will gift my bags and you gift your paintings. Now… let's talk about the schedule that you just told earlier." Her face turned serious. "I thought you would be accompanying in Luxembourg?"
"I will."
"What do you— "
"I am coming with you. I will also arrive on the fifth. But only you know this."
Lily raised an eyebrow. "What exactly do you want to see?"
"I just decided to only tell you my schedule. Not a big deal." Shrugging, he smiled at her. "No need to worry. I just want to practice unpredictability."
For a few seconds, Lily was silent. Unpredictability, huh.
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For both Lily and Zhou Jingren the Christmas season was one of the busiest tis of the year. It had a lot of events, invitations and sending gifts to companies in collaboration with them. Both had their own companies to handle and both needed to attend so events and functions for the holiday. Aside from this, a lot of magazines had already scheduled so interviews with them to discuss the next year's events and their plans for the company in the coming year.
Soon, Christmas eve ca. With Zhou Jingren's parents, Zhou Jingren, Lily, Qin Yuanfeng, Bei Tian, Yang Mi and Secretary Go enjoyed a sumptuous dinner followed by a joyous exchange of gifts. Each of them had given each other a gift. After that, they had a quiet night with everyone under the huge Christmas tree. Chatting and drinking so alcohol while Lily had so tea.
Two days after Christmas, Fernando and Li Shanshan arrived in Hong Kong for them to spend the new year's with everyone at The Peak.
"You are buying a house in France?" Lily smiled when she heard Li Shanshan's news. "What's wrong?" she asked. "That's not the face of soone who is going to buy a house soon."
"I will be away from you." Li Shanshan pouted in response. "I was originally planning to stay with you while you gave birth and help you take care of the baby."
"But? Is this even about the house?"
"Well… partly. I am going to direct a film, a Hollywood one. I am using the funds for the paynt of the house."
"Wait…wait…. Hold on. Let get this clear. " Lily squinted her eyes as she continued. "Paynt." For a few seconds, Lily stared at her friend's face. "You an… Fernando is not going to pay for the house? That man is loaded! What are you talking about?"
"Hey! Before you chastise , you should hear out!" Fernando chid in from the side where he was drinking with Zhou Jingren and Bei Tian. "That friend of yours insisted that we each pay half the price. It's a mansion located on a hill! It's not cheap. It will eat away everything that she had saved over the years. I told her that I can take care of everything but no… you know how her brain works. You should convince her and just let pay for everything."
"Heh," Li Shanshan took a sip of her juice. "You talk as if I'm crazy. I am an independent woman of the twentieth century! I don't need your money!"
Lily imdiately burst out laughing when she heard the exact words that she once said to Zhou Jingren. "So you are going to spend all your savings for a house because of your pride?"
Li Shanshan imdiately gave her an unamused look. "Don't you dare tell that you haven't uttered those words towards your husband." She said. "We are independent won in the twentieth century. We should— "
"I suggest you let him buy the house and put it in your na." Lily bead as she intentionally made her voice louder. "In fact, he should transfer all of his properties under your na as a gift!"
"You profiteer!" She heard Fernando shot from the side.
"Stop eavesdropping, you dummy!" Lily responded before laughing. "Being independent does not an we should act like n. Shanshan ah, we deserve to be pampered. You— Really…" Lily shook her head. "I don't know what I would do with you. You should ask him for his black card, the slick one! I heard he has so properties in Maldives? Maybe he can transfer those under your na too!"
"You are a bad influence Lily! Stop it. Oi Jingren… tell your wife to stop this nonsense."
"Stingy!" Lily responded before laughing. "I am not telling her to do it. This is only a suggestion. Shanshan… why don't I show you everything that Zhou Jingren gave just for to agree to marry him? He gave a blue diamond. Millions worth of shares among many other things."
"Hey! Oi Jingren… stop her!"
"What can I do?" Zhou Jingren shrugged. "I can't just tell her to lie, can I?" He smirked as he raised his chin.
At Zhou Jingren's statent laughter echoed inside the mansion.
"You n should learn from Zhou Jingren." Lily said while smiling from ear to ear.
"What are you talking about? You should stop comparing everyone to your husband." Fernando said. "I am only happy that Li Shanshan is not a fox like you, ah." For the umpteenth ti, laughter echoed. The group continued talking and joking around until their stomach hurt from too much laughter. Their conversation then shifted to Lily's plan on giving birth in Switzerland and how Fernando and Li Shanshan would definitely visit her after she gives birth to her little one.
Then it shifted to the gender of the baby. Lily said she didn't know but Zhou Jingren insisted that it would be a boy. The discussion soon turned into a debate on which gender was better. It was followed by another banter and laughter.
It was already near midnight when the group decided to end the night so the n could rest as they were scheduled to cook for their new year's dinner the next day. Of course, this was Lily's idea too. After all, husbands should pamper their wives, especially pregnant wives like her. Li Shanshan might not be pregnant now but she would be soon. For which Fernando needed to practice.
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