If you're not going to marry me, why are you flirting? If you dare run away, I'll sever yo

"Raising favorability is just raising favorability, it's about increasing your favorability towards me."

Xia Ningqi looked at Qi Nan as if he were an idiot.

Even when pursuing someone, it's not that straightforward, especially since there's only grudge between them.

"Are you stupid? I'm a staff member, you can drink milk tea as much as you want!"

"Um...that seems to be true..."

Qi Nan held his head and started muttering to himself, "This favorability rating is so hard to raise! It's even harder than raising Nanshan Nan!"

Oh no, it seems I've really gone mad...

A hint of barely perceptible sympathy appeared in Xia Ningqi's eyes.

"Oh right, that's not the most important thing."

Remembering his business, Qi Nan turned to the girl and asked, "How did your grandmother's surgery go today?"

"Everything went smoothly. The doctor said I can be discharged after about another week of rest."

"That's good."

Qi Nan breathed a sigh of relief.

Xia Ningqi, who was standing next to her, noticed this detail.

Grandma said she wants to see you.

"Why do you want to see me?"

Xia Ningqi said irritably, "What else could I do but thank you in person?"

"Forehead..."

Qi Nan inserted the straw into the milk tea, a hint of surprise in his eyes. "Didn't you tell her about the things I did to you before?"

"no."

Why?

"Don't overthink it. I just don't want her to worry about me."

"oh..."

Qi Nan took a sip of milk tea and casually complimented, "Your skills are pretty good; this milk tea is quite delicious."

"Do I need to tell you?"

Qi Nan pouted, "I was just praising you, can't you be a little nicer? If you're always so guarded, you'll never make any friends."

Xia Ningqi gritted her teeth, "Anyone can say that about themselves, but you're not worthy."

"Who do you think is the person who spreads rumors about me everywhere, causing me to lose all my friends?"

"It was my fault, I'm sorry."

Qi Nan quickly slid to his knees, "How about I become your friend?"

"roll."

Xia Ningqi calmed herself down. "So, what's your decision? Are you coming?"

"It's up to you. If you want me to go, I'll go. If you think I'm not good enough, then I won't go."

Xia Ningqi was still working, so she didn't give a definite answer. After seeing a new order, she returned to the counter.

Qi Nan rested his chin on his hand.

Looking at Xia Ningqi, she had her hair tied in a ponytail today, and her tall, graceful figure was indeed pleasing to the eye.

The only downside is that the clothes are a bit old, with many patches, clearly indicating they've been mended and repaired many times.

A long time passed.

Xia Ningqi glanced over and noticed that Qi Nan was still staring straight at her.

"What are you looking at?"

"You're so beautiful, can't people even take a second look?"

"ill."

Xia Ningqi felt he was being unreasonable, so she turned her head away and ignored him, but her ears unconsciously turned a little red.

...

As dusk fell.

Xia Ningqi's workday was over.

After the person taking over the shift arrived, she took off her apron and walked out of the counter.

In terms of location.

Qi Nan sat there for the entire afternoon.

He does nothing but play on his phone, and occasionally stares at himself.

Seeing that she was about to leave.

Qi Nan also got up and stretched.

"let's go."

"?"

Seeing this, another girl on her shift cast a gossipy glance at them.

"Ningqi, is this your boyfriend?"

"No, I'm not familiar with him."

Qi Nan feigned pitifulness, "You're being too heartless. We're neighbors, after all."

Xia Ningqi was too tired to talk, so she lifted her foot and walked out of the store.

Qi Nan quickly caught up with them.

I'll treat you to dinner.

"unnecessary."

"Why? It's not like you have to spend any money."

"I have no appetite sitting across from you."

Qi Nan rolled his eyes.

This isn't the heroine of a novel! She's clearly a sharp-tongued woman!

He stood in front of her.

Qi Nan threatened, "If you don't let me invite you, I'll go and cause trouble for your grandmother!"

Xia Ningqi's lips twitched slightly.

Because he didn't dare gamble on whether Qi Nan would actually do something monstrous, he could only sigh and agree, "Alright, I'll go with you."

"Why didn't you do this sooner?"

Xia Ningqi: .....

The shopping mall is less than 100 meters away from the milk tea shop.

It took less than ten minutes.

Qi Nan then led Xia Ningqi into a high-end French restaurant called "Ches Newton".

He reached out and handed the menu to her.

"You can order whatever you like from the menu."

Xia Ningqi only glanced at it briefly.

Even the cheapest stir-fried vegetables cost fifty yuan, not to mention king crab and the like, which are generally priced around one thousand yuan.

"This...this is way too expensive..."

You know, she worked herself to the bone all day and only earned a hundred...

In the end, they couldn't even afford one of the dishes here.

Qi Nan clasped his hands together and prayed to Xia Ningqi, "As long as it increases your favorability towards me, this amount of money is nothing."

Upon hearing this...

Xia Ningqi finally couldn't help but ask, "Why are you suddenly trying to increase my favorability towards you?"

"Because I want to atone for my sins."

"baffling."

Xia Ningqi felt that Qi Nan's brain was more like it had been hit and made stupid.

"Let's go to another restaurant. Eating here will only make me feel like it's not worth it, and it won't make me like you any better."

Qi Nan saw hope.

"You mean, if I switch to a cheaper restaurant, you'll like me more?"

Xia Ningqi was speechless.

"Before that, you need to understand one thing: the prerequisite for increasing my liking for you is that I have to like you too."

"No?"

"Yeah, right!"

Xia Ningqi felt that Qi Nan was truly hopeless. Despite having done such outrageous things in the past, he still expected her to have feelings for him. He was adorably foolish.

"Even if you dislike something, there has to be a limit, right?"

"I'm so disgusted I want to turn you into a human pig. You can guess how disgusted I am."

Qi Nan's throat was dry.

I feel terrible.

Grandma, are you really trying to kill me?

"Okay, I'll listen to you, but could you please not turn me into a human pig? Even if you want me to die, at least do it quickly. I've always been afraid of pain since I was a child."

Xia Ningqi remained silent.

She had a vague feeling that Qi Nan seemed to have suddenly become very afraid of her, and it didn't seem like he was faking it at all.

"Then let's change from being a human pig to being slowly sliced ​​to death."

"Huh? Does that count? It's still terrifying..."

Qi Nan sighed.

Well, slow slicing is better than being turned into a human pig.

As Xia Ningqi wished, the two then left the restaurant.

at the same time.

Lin Xiaoxiao was also shopping at the mall with Tang Rou.

Ye Fan's birthday is in a few days, and Lin Xiaoxiao wants to buy him a birthday present as a gift to celebrate their long-awaited reunion.

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