Financial freedom begins with meeting wealthy women.

Chapter 57 The Ringing Sound

After running around the hospitals, it was already 3 p.m.

Ye Jingyao's bones are fine, but she has multiple soft tissue abrasions and contusions. The doctor said she needs to rest well.

I took some anti-inflammatory medicine and a bottle of iodine solution, and then prepared to leave the hospital.

Don't be stingy about the money you spend on the checkup!

Looking at the girl resting on the bench, Su Jie laughed and said, "I was preparing a seafood feast at home for lunch, but I don't even know if it will be ready when I get back."

Ye Jingyao was a little embarrassed. "I'll treat you to seafood later."

Su Jie listened intently. "Don't speak, what did I just hear?"

Ye Jingyao was slightly taken aback. "What was that sound?"

"Clang, clang, clang—"

Seeing that the girl was listening too, Su Jie blinked and said, "The sound of being penniless."

Ye Jingyao blushed and said, "I said I'd treat you to seafood, so I'll treat you to seafood."

"Are you treating me to seafood?"

Su Jie shook his head. "I was really hurting when I spent several hundred yuan just now."

Ye Jingyao's voice was somewhat stubborn, "Although I haven't eaten seafood many times, I know it's not very expensive."

Su Jie took out his phone, opened his payment history, and said, "Take a look."

Upon seeing the payment amount of over 8,700, Ye Jingyao fell silent.

If a few hundred yuan makes her feel the pinch, then more than eight thousand yuan is like taking her life!

"Not going to say anything?"

Seeing the girl looking down, Su Jie couldn't help but tease her, "Weren't you going to treat me to seafood?"

"Please go ahead!"

Ye Jingyao gritted her teeth, her heart bleeding, "I'll treat you to seafood!"

"never mind."

Su Jie shook his head. "I know it's not easy for you to earn money, but don't come crying and saying I'm bullying you later."

Ye Jingyao felt even more embarrassed, "I'll treat you when I make money in the future."

"The poor are easy to cheat, but hard to earn."

Su Jie slowly took a sip of water. "Don't give me empty promises. If you're going to treat me, treat me today. Any talk about tomorrow is just bullshit!"

The man's words pierced her heart. Ye Jingyao said angrily, "Now I finally know why Shen Ruoxuan pursued you, but you kept refusing to agree."

"She's pursuing me, so I'll just say yes?"

Su Jie rolled his eyes. "If you pursue me, should I say yes or no?"

Ye Jingyao blushed, "I would never pursue you."

"Oh--"

Su Jie chuckled. "I won't agree, so pursuing me won't change anything!"

Ye Jingyao gritted her teeth, "I never said I wanted to pursue you!"

I said—

Su Jie nodded, deliberately drawing out his words, "Even if you pursue me, I won't agree."

Ye Jingyao was speechless. "You're so narcissistic!"

Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

"See, I only said a few words and you can't stand it."

Su Jie chuckled. "The other day, you kept nagging me to be nicer to Shen Ruoxuan. It was driving me crazy."

"She told me that you two are dating."

Ye Jingyao remained silent for a moment, then said, "I'm her best friend, of course I want you to treat her well."

"Don't interfere in my business with her."

Su Jie said calmly, "If we say too much, no one will be happy."

Ye Jingyao nodded. "I won't say it again."

Looking at his phone, Su Jie asked, "What are you planning to do?"

Ye Jingyao said, "Just take me to Rongcheng University, I'll go back to my dorm by myself."

Su Jie asked, "I heard from Shen Ruoxuan that your dorm is divided into two groups, and you don't get along very well?"

"They've all moved out."

Ye Jingyao nodded, "It's just me and Shen Ruoxuan in the dorm."

Su Jie asked a question: "If you go back to school, who will take care of you?"

Ye Jingyao pursed her lips slightly, "I can manage on my own."

Su Jie was too lazy to say more, "Come stay at my place for a few days first, and leave when you can take care of yourself."

Ye Jingyao didn't want to trouble others, so she said, "I'm not going."

"Then you should be hospitalized and a caregiver should be hired to take care of you."

Su Jie said, "I just asked for you, it's two hundred yuan a day."

Ye Jingyao fell silent.

"I'm just doing my part to help others, seeing things through to the end."

Su Jie squatted down, "Stop being so girly, get on up here!"

Ye Jingyao hesitated; she really didn't want to trouble others.

But instead of making her hospitalize and hire a caregiver, it would be better to just kill her.

"Hurry up and get on!"

Su Jie emphasized, "I didn't eat lunch, I'm starving!"

Ye Jingyao carefully lay down, and because of the pulling on her wounds, her facial expression twitched again.

It hurts so much!

But this wasn't the first time she had been on a man's back; besides the pain, there was also a faint sense of peace.

Upon arriving at the parking lot, Su Jie put the girl down and once again carried her in a princess carry into the back seat of the car.

Leaving the man's strong back, Ye Jingyao felt a sense of loss.

If only she could stay on a man's back forever.

In this way, she had someone to rely on and no longer had to suffer injustice.

Su Jie didn't have many feelings about it; he was worried about the seafood he bought that morning, making sure it didn't spoil.

Back home, he first put the girl on the sofa, then went straight to the kitchen. He breathed a slight sigh of relief when he found that most of the seafood was just not as fresh as it had been at first.

Ye Jingyao followed slowly, inching her way over. "Is it still edible?"

"It's still edible."

Su Jie replied, "It's just not as fresh as it was at the beginning."

Ye Jingyao also breathed a slight sigh of relief, "As long as it's still edible, that's fine."

Su Jie said, "Go rest on the sofa, don't fall again."

Ye Jingyao nodded, "Mm!"

Although she agreed, she didn't do anything.

Because my whole body aches when I move.

Standing still actually makes it less painful.

Su Jie didn't bother with it and quickly cleaned and prepared the seafood.

Some were made with garlic, and some with spicy flavor.

An hour later.

When a sizzling sound came from the kitchen, the previously faint aroma of food was instantly aroused.

"Gurgle—"

Ye Jingyao had been peering into the kitchen doorway, and the enticing aroma made her swallow hard.

She only ate one steamed bun in the morning and was already very hungry.

All the seafood was brought to the dining table—eight large plates, all a vibrant red, which looked incredibly appetizing.

Holding two wine glasses, Su Jie asked, "Would you like red wine or juice?"

Ye Jingyao hesitated for a moment, then said, "Let's drink red wine!"

Su Jie smiled and poured a glass of red wine. "Your stomach isn't good, so drink less."

The man was very considerate, and Ye Jingyao felt inexplicably touched.

Seeing that the girl was still standing there without moving, Su Jie went over and picked her up again. "Can you move your hand?"

"My left hand is fine."

Ye Jingyao nodded, "It hurts terribly when I move other parts of my body."

Seafood has no bones, it's all shells, which are disassembled during cooking, making it very convenient to eat.

Su Jie picked up a piece of garlic lobster and placed it on the girl's plate. "This is my first time making it. Why don't you try it and see how it tastes?"

Ye Jingyao put it in her mouth and tasted it, giving a positive answer, "It's delicious!"

Su Jie was in a good mood because his cooking skills were recognized. "If you like it, eat more."

As he spoke, he picked up a piece of garlic lobster, which indeed tasted quite good.

It has a strong garlic aroma with a hint of sweetness and is especially fresh.

"Brother Jie!"

Ye Jingyao raised her glass with her left hand, "I'd like to toast you, congratulations on your housewarming, may your career reach new heights, and may you have a successful work-life balance."

Su Jie smiled and raised his glass. "I was living alone anyway, so it'll be more lively with you here."

Ye Jingyao said, "I'll be bothering you these next few days."

"Don't say anything that might bother you."

Su Jie laughed and said, "I invited you here so I wouldn't be afraid of being disturbed by you."

Ye Jingyao nodded. "Thank you."

At the dinner table, Su Jie would occasionally put some food on the girl's plate.

The girl was initially quite reserved and ate very little.

But Su Jie only said one sentence, and she put aside her reserve and began to eat heartily.

"Eat well!"

"Seafood doesn't taste good when it's cold, and if you can't finish it, it just goes into the trash."

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