The consequence of tossing and turning without falling asleep until midnight was that, when it was almost twelve o'clock, Qi Shifeng beside her finally couldn't help it.
"Got something on your mind?"
Otherwise, she had been nestled in his arms all this time, looking so troubled.
She was in a daze. Suddenly hearing this, she instinctively replied, "Don't make noise. I'm thinking."
She hesitated for a long time but still couldn't bring herself to ask for money.
How could she put it?
Say she wanted some pocket money?
Asking for a few thousand or ten thousand was just too hard to say.
And asking for hundreds of thousands or even millions, she had no reason for that.
No wonder she got more and more bothered the more she thought about it.
Qi Shifeng let out a low laugh. The gloom that had hung over him all night finally dissipated a bit.
He held her waist, pressed his body close to her back, and planted a kiss on her shoulder.
"Tell me. I'll give you some advice."
Well, since he had offered, she wouldn't stand on ceremony.
"It's like this. Xixi has bought a lot of things for me and the baby. I should return the favor, right?"
"But I'm out of money. Qi Shifeng, could you lend me some?"
Some words seemed simple when she was just thinking about them, but it was really hard to say them out loud.
She still couldn't directly ask him for money. She could only ask to borrow it.
Anyway, she already owed him so much. Adding one more debt wasn't that excessive.
Qi Shifeng tightened his grip on her and fell silent for a long time.
Xu Tingyu thought he was unwilling and felt embarrassed. Her face even blushed.
"It's okay. If you don't want to lend me, it's okay. I'll figure it out myself."
She wasn't very sad.
She had already prepared herself for being unable to borrow the money.
After all, a year ago, when her father asked him for a loan, he didn't lend it in the end.
Where there is love, there is money.
If there is no love, no matter how rich he is, he won't give money away for no reason.
She closed her eyes again and forced herself to fall asleep as soon as possible.
Just when she was trying hard to adjust her breathing, Qi Shifeng behind her suddenly spoke up, "I'll ask the finance department to transfer the money to you tomorrow morning."
Oh, he finally agreed.
However, having the money transferred through the finance department meant it would go through the official account.
On what grounds?
Xu Tingyu felt embarrassed just thinking about it, but finally she let out a soft "um" and said nothing more.
Qi Shifeng didn't notice her abnormal mood. He thought it was kind of funny that she had been so bothered and stayed awake all night just because of such a small thing.
"I'll transfer money to you monthly from now on. I was negligent before."
His silence just now wasn't because he was unwilling. He just thought there were indeed many problems between them.
As his wife, she didn't even have the money to buy gifts for others.
It was his fault.
Xu Tingyu felt even more awkward.
But without money, she really couldn't do anything. Thinking about her future plans, she finally didn't refuse.
But she always felt strange inside, as if something called self - esteem had just broken slightly.
She didn't get a good rest all night.
She didn't even know when Qi Shifeng left the next morning.
She was woken up by Chen Yan's phone call.
"Tingyu, the weather is so nice today. Let me pick you up for a ride!"
It was a Wednesday, a weekday, and ten o'clock in the morning. This guy didn't go to work but called to ask someone to go for a ride!
Xu Tingyu was a bit grumpy from just waking up. And in front of her childhood friend, she didn't try to hide it at all.
"Master Chen, I'm a pregnant woman in my third trimester! Do you even know what you're saying?"
Chen Yan, who was rebuked, wasn't angry at all. Instead, he burst out laughing.
"Of course I know. I'm an excellent driver. I just got a new car. It's guaranteed to be stable and safe."
However, Xu Tingyu never gave him any face.
"The news just reported that you rear - ended someone a few days ago."
This naturally made Chen Yan laugh even harder.
The two of them chatted a few more sentences. Basically, Chen Yan said something and she retorted.
It wasn't her fault. This man was just so annoying. He always deliberately teased her.
"Okay, stop teasing you. I'm calling about something serious. I'm going to visit that Miss Xie this afternoon. Do you want me to do anything?"
"Let me make it clear first. She's really not my type. If you ask me to do something intimate with her and ruin my innocence, that's absolutely out of the question."
This was such a thing to say that Xu Tingyu didn't even know how to respond.
She was silent for a moment and then asked him, "Um, do you still have your innocence?"
"Of course. I'm a man who can flirt with many women but remain untouched. I'm going to save my innocence for my future wife."
Chen Yan emphasized the words "future wife".
But it was really funny that a playboy who changed his girlfriends more often than he changed his clothes was emphasizing his innocence.
Xu Tingyu didn't laugh, nor did she dwell on this issue.
"Chen Yan, I just asked you to be around her more and make Qi Shifeng more jealous. I didn't ask you to do anything to her."
She wasn't a saint who would push her own husband away.
Since she couldn't keep him, she might as well give them a hand. Maybe it would be a win - win situation.
After Xu Tingyu finished speaking, Chen Yan laughed even more wildly.
This phone was bought for her by Chen Chunyao. It looked exactly the same as the one Qi Shifeng gave her.
Normally, she would use the one from Qi Shifeng.
But when contacting Chen Yan, she always used this one.
After all, Chen Yan looked so unreliable. They hadn't seen much of each other in the past few years, so she didn't know if he was really reliable.
After Chen Yan repeatedly promised that he would definitely complete the task well, Xu Tingyu immediately hung up the phone.
She didn't know that after the phone was hung up, Chen Yan still smiled at the phone.
One of his friends came over and joked, "Hey, Master Chen, have you taken a fancy to some girl again? You're smiling so lewdly."
Another friend also joked, "That's not right. You've had so many girls, but I've never seen you smile like this."
The people around them heard this and all gathered around curiously.
They were keen on making bets, betting on which beautiful girl would finally win this playboy's heart.
But they always lost completely.
This man was really generous to his girlfriends, but he never really put his heart into it.
"Are you going to invite a girl to the new car test drive later?"
Seeing that he just smiled, someone asked another question.
He answered this one, "I invited her, but she refused miserably."
Thinking of her angry voice on the phone just now, even his proud and amorous eyes softened a bit.
Sure enough, she still had the same temper as when she was a kid.
When she didn't get enough sleep, she would scold even a passing dog.
It was so good. Xu Tingyu was still the same Xu Tingyu.
"No way, Master Chen, are you serious?"
"Yeah, which girl is it? You're making me even more curious."
"Master Chen invited her for a ride but she didn't give him any face. Is this girl really that beautiful?"
They all knew that Chen Yan was a sucker for good looks. Even when adding ice to his whiskey, he would choose the prettiest ones.
In the past few years, the girlfriends around him were all extremely beautiful.
But he had never said any of them were beautiful. His highest praise was "not bad".
Now, hearing everyone's curious teasing, Chen Yan still smiled. Just when everyone thought he wouldn't answer or would just say "not bad", he spoke up.
"Beautiful. She's the most beautiful person I've ever seen. It's just that her eyesight is a bit poor."