Chapter 996: Future CEO’s Wife
Zhao Dingli nodded and said, "What you said makes sense."
"So, CEO, what do you want me to do?" Rui Changhuai quickly changed the topic.
Better not to keep talking about Li Xiaoyun.
Otherwise, who knows what Zhao Dingli might imagine next.
Zhao Dingli said, "I need you to go to... "
Zhao Dingli looked down at his slippers and said, "Go to the Gucci store and buy a pair of women’s slippers. The shoe size..."
Zhao Dingli turned to Li Xiaoyun and asked, "What size shoes do you wear?"
Li Xiaoyun shook her head furiously and said, "No need to buy something so expensive!"
They’re just house slippers, do we really need to spend thousands of yuan on them?
You can just buy a pair for ten bucks on Taobao or at a supermarket!
Besides, I’m only here this once.
Zhao Dingli simply didn’t wait for Li Xiaoyun’s answer.
He walked towards the door with his long strides.
At the entrance, Li Xiaoyun’s shoes were neatly placed.
Zhao Dingli picked up her shoes and saw the size.
He told Rui Changhuai, "Size 38; Gucci shoes run a bit large, so get a size 37."
Li Xiaoyun didn’t expect Zhao Dingli to figure even this out.
"Once you’ve bought them, bring them to my house immediately," Zhao Dingli said.
"Alright," Rui Changhuai said, "I’ll handle it myself."
Rui Changhuai’s serious attitude satisfied Zhao Dingli.
He hung up the phone.
Li Xiaoyun said with a dry laugh, "Isn’t it unnecessary to buy such expensive slippers?"
"They’ll be at home anyway, it’s fine," Zhao Dingli said indifferently.
Li Xiaoyun thought, that’s true.
After all, Zhao Dingli bought them, and they’re staying at his house.
It’s not like they’re exclusively for her to wear.
Others will wear them when they visit too.
She was just being overly self-indulgent.
The shoes were not a gift for her.
Thinking this, Li Xiaoyun felt relieved.
The burden felt lighter.
But the thought that other women might come and share that pair of shoes...
For some reason, it made Li Xiaoyun a bit uneasy.
She rubbed her chest, feeling slightly suffocated, and her mood seemed a bit down.
Zhao Dingli found it strange, unsure why Li Xiaoyun suddenly seemed less happy, even a bit gloomy.
"Rui Changhuai will bring the shoes over soon. In the meantime, you can make do with yours?" Zhao Dingli said.
"I’m fine going barefoot; it’s hot, and the temperature on the floor is just right. Or I can just sit here and not move," Li Xiaoyun replied.
Zhao Dingli slightly frowned, blaming himself for not being thorough enough.
He should have prepared everything at home for Li Xiaoyun in advance.
Even if she wasn’t coming over immediately, he should have been ready.
After all, Li Xiaoyun would visit sooner or later.
It was his oversight, so Zhao Dingli said, "Alright, make yourself at home, don’t be shy."
Very typical words to greet a guest.
But from Zhao Dingli’s mouth, they felt quite different.
Yet, Li Xiaoyun dared not truly treat it like her own home, she just politely acknowledged.
But she also didn’t want to be barefoot and wander around, so she sat quietly on the sofa.
Zhao Dingli asked, "What do you want to drink? We have mineral water, green tea, black tea, Pu-erh tea, oolong tea, and coffee at home."
He didn’t have any juice because he didn’t like sweet things.
"Just mineral water is fine." Everything else requires brewing, which is a hassle.
Zhao Dingli got two bottles of mineral water, opened one, and handed it to Li Xiaoyun.
"What do you usually like to drink?" Zhao Dingli asked.
"Just water is fine," Li Xiaoyun said.
She feared if she mentioned something else, Zhao Dingli would go buy it for her immediately.
Li Xiaoyun truly didn’t want to trouble him.
"Aren’t we friends?" Zhao Dingli said.
"Huh?" Li Xiaoyun was puzzled by Zhao Dingli’s words.
How did the topic change to this?
"If we’re friends, why are you being so polite?" Zhao Dingli raised an eyebrow, "You’re being excessively courteous."
"You won’t even tell me what you like to drink?" Zhao Dingli said, "Afraid of troubling me?"
Li Xiaoyun said nothing.
"If you’re afraid of being a bother, then we’re not genuine friends," Zhao Dingli added.
Li Xiaoyun: "..."
"You seriously only like water?" Zhao Dingli asked again.
It was obvious she couldn’t deceive Zhao Dingli.
Li Xiaoyun said, "I... like sweet drinks."
"Anything with a bit of sweetness will do," Li Xiaoyun finally confessed.
Zhao Dingli laughed, "You’re just like a kid."
"..." Li Xiaoyun waved her hands, "It’s not the same, I don’t love sweets that much."
Zhao Dingli raised an eyebrow and listened to Li Xiaoyun say, "Just a little hint of sweetness, like green tea with a slight sweet taste, or slightly sweetened peach water. I’m not too into really sweet juices, like fruit drinks."
Zhao Dingli chuckled softly, then opened a delivery app and asked Li Xiaoyun, "What do you usually drink?"
Li Xiaoyun hesitated slightly, just enough for Zhao Dingli to notice: "Answer truthfully."
Li Xiaoyun: "..."
"I usually like to drink white peach water, and there’s a white peach powder you can brew. It smells sweet and fills the room with a peach aroma." Li Xiaoyun said, showing Zhao Dingli her Taobao orders on her phone.
"I usually stock up when I’m running low and need more," Li Xiaoyun explained.
After seeing it, Zhao Dingli searched for it on the delivery app.
The nearby convenience stores didn’t have it.
But the more distant import supermarket had plenty in stock.
Zhao Dingli placed an order for some to be delivered.
Meanwhile, observing other items, Zhao Dingli asked her, "Do you like peach oolong tea? I see you quite like peach flavors."
"Yes, I like it," Li Xiaoyun answered without thinking this time, truthfully.
"Alright." Zhao Dingli nodded and added it to the order.
He also bought various snacks he thought a girl might like.
Buying a mix of items meant there would surely be something Li Xiaoyun liked.
At this point, Rui Changhuai and He Haoran met downstairs at Zhao Dingli’s place.
The two exchanged a silent glance.
Rui Changhuai asked, "What a coincidence, what brings you here?"
They knew each other.
He Haoran said, "I was told Mr. Zhao’s friend got hurt, so our CEO asked me to bring some medicine."
"What about you?" He Haoran asked Rui.
Rui Changhuai said, "Our future CEO’s wife is at the CEO’s house, but he didn’t prepare any women’s slippers, so I was asked to specially buy some and bring them."
He Haoran caught onto the words "future CEO’s wife" firmly.