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Chapter 287 Chatting on the Balcony
Ai Liang, who didn't know what to do for the time being, decided to wash the clothes she had worn in the past two days.

Anyway, I don't have anything else to do right now, so I'm just killing time.

Ai Liang carried his clothes to the sink on the balcony, just as his neighbor was doing laundry.

"After two days of wandering, you've finally decided to come back?"

Ye Qing said while rubbing the clothes.

Ai Liang turned on the tap, filled a basin halfway with water, and then added a few drops of laundry detergent: "On holiday?"

"Well, it's a good thing I don't have to go to evening self-study sessions during the weekend half-day break, so at least I can get some more rest."

Ye Qing diligently rubbed the stains on the cuffs of her supermarket work clothes.

"If you don't want to go to class, you can just ask for leave. Asking for leave from the homeroom teacher should be much easier for you than for me."

Ai Liang stirred the laundry detergent in the basin a couple of times, then left it to lather and started chatting with Ye Qing.

"The suggestion is good, but I'm not confident I can get into the top few."

Looking at the empty laundry detergent bottle beside her, Ye Qing showed a frustrated expression.

I don't know if she was worried about Ai Liang's words or because she forgot to buy laundry detergent.

However, it's more likely the latter.

Ai Liang glanced at the clothes in Ye Qing's basin through the security window: "If you pour some water into the bottle, you should be able to wash the clothes again, right?"

"Of course I know, but I already did it once the day before yesterday."

Ye Qing lowered her eyebrows and pouted, saying, "After finishing my part-time job yesterday, I was busy going home to catch up on my homework, and I forgot to buy laundry detergent before I left."

"If you don't mind, use mine first."

Ai Liang handed her laundry detergent through the gap in the security window: "By the way, have you assigned any new homework these past few days?"

"Thank you, you've been a great help."

Ye Qing also reached out and caught the laundry detergent.

She picked up the bottle and glanced at it: "I've never seen this brand before..."

"I bought it online; it's not something you'd often see in supermarkets," Ai Liang explained.

"Really? That explains why laundry detergent comes in such small bottles..."

After muttering a couple of words, Ye Qing squeezed two drops onto her clothes.

The laundry detergent worked even better than she expected; with just a couple of rubs, most of the stains on her cuffs and arms came off.

Ye Qing exclaimed, "Hey, where did you buy this laundry detergent? It works really well. Could you send me the link later?"

When Ai Liang heard that Ye Qing also wanted to buy the same laundry detergent, she looked at her with a very strange expression: "Are you sure?"

Ye Qing was speechless: "What's there to consider? I just ran out of laundry detergent..."

At this point, she suddenly realized something: "May I ask, this small bottle probably doesn't cost several tens of yuan?"

"That's not it."

Ai Liang shook her head, and before Ye Qing could catch her breath, she continued, "These are bought in sets, two thousand yuan a set, three bottles a set, which averages out to about six hundred yuan a bottle."

Ye Qing nearly choked on Ai Liang's price: "Cough cough cough, what did you say?! Two thousand yuan for three bottles?! Is this stuff filled with gold or something?!"

She picked up the bottle and glanced at the capacity; it was 300 milliliters.

"Over 600 yuan a bottle, 300 milliliters a bottle, that's more than 2 yuan per milliliter on average... Hey Liang, did you get ripped off?"

Ai Liang couldn't stand the way the other person looked at her like she was a sucker, so she looked away and said, "My family has always used this brand of laundry detergent. We're used to the smell and too lazy to change it."

It's not just laundry detergent, but also toothpaste, shampoo, and shower gel.

Recently, Ai Liang has switched to the brands she used to use.

It's mainly because I'm used to it.

In addition, online shopping and delivery are very convenient, eliminating the need to carry bags and run back and forth to the supermarket.

In fact, when Ai Liang was two or three years old, after learning the prices of everyday household items, she reacted much like Ye Qing is now.

He once suspected that wealthy people deliberately chose expensive household items to save face, in order to show off their wealth and so-called style.

But after using it for a while, Ai Liang discovered...

These items, which often cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, are indeed much more comfortable than the ones that cost tens of dollars in ordinary supermarkets.

Ye Qing examined the laundry detergent bottle several times before handing it back to Ai Liang: "Tsk, those wicked rich people, I'll just go to the supermarket to buy some tomorrow night..."

"Oh right, the math teacher assigned a lot of homework yesterday. I was too tired last night and forgot to tell you. Will you be able to catch up tomorrow morning?"

Ai Liang didn't ask how much it would take: "It shouldn't be a problem, it should only take about ten minutes."

Seeing this diligent student completing his homework, Ye Qing couldn't help but exclaim, "You don't even go to class, yet you're so dedicated to handing in your homework. Your personality is really...quite unique."

"Completing homework is a student's duty, what's so strange about that?"

Ai Liang returned to the pool and began washing her clothes.

Do you know that your words can be so offensive?
Ye Qing blinked and couldn't help but retort, "It's only strange to hear you say that, A Liang!"

"Never mind, you're not here to study anyway..."

Ye Qing sighed and continued rubbing the clothes.

Five minutes later, she finished washing her clothes, and Ai Liang on the other side of the balcony got up.

"By the way, are you planning to eat out tomorrow morning or cook for yourself?"

While Ai Liang was still on the balcony, Ye Qing quickly asked.

"They probably ate out... Is there something wrong?" Ai Liang asked after hanging the clothes on the clothesline.

Ye Qing patted her chest and said, "It just so happens that you still have to go to school to finish your homework. I'll get up early tomorrow, and we'll go out to eat together. It's on me."

Ai Liang nodded, without refusing.

Ai Liang rarely refuses Ye Qing's invitations to dinner.

The other party probably wanted to make up for the extra food he gave her in this way.

Despite her seemingly carefree demeanor, Ye Qing is actually very considerate of others' feelings.

Sometimes Ai Liang even felt that Ye Qing cared too much.

"Then it's settled. I'll wake you up tomorrow morning!"

Ye Qing, with an expression that said 'it's settled then, hung her supermarket work uniform on the clothes rack and went back inside to do something else.

Ai Liang didn't pay much attention, hung up her clothes and returned to the kitchen to check the remaining food in the refrigerator.

There was only a few bits of food left in the refrigerator.

They were all leftovers from cooking on Thursday.

If you mix everything together, you can barely make a dish.

But Ai Liang didn't plan to use these ingredients, which had been sitting for several days, for dinner.

He took out his phone and sent a message to Ye Qing: "I'm planning to order takeout tonight."

Ye Qing next door seemed to be playing on her phone as well, replying quickly: "[Okay, I had a big lunch]"

After saying that, he also sent a meme of a panda patting its belly with a contented expression.

Ai Liang replied "Received," then switched pages and randomly ordered fast food.

He returned to the sofa in the living room, reading a science magazine while waiting for his takeout to arrive.

Sorry... I don't know what's wrong with my neighbors, they took an electric drill and drilled from 12:30 AM until almost 3 AM, I just couldn't get into the zone...

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