Even as a "normie," I'm completely oblivious to it.

You should know that Little Lychee has always really liked this taste.

Seriously, it would be worth falling into the lake again!

Ahem, let's not go into the part about how this guy almost got his face pressed against Yu Zhe's hair to smell it, and how Zi Xiao slapped his head back.

Once outside the park, with the trees no longer obstructing the view, the sight suddenly opens up, and the shopping mall a few hundred meters away is particularly eye-catching; it's just one street away from being visible.

"So close?!" Yu Zhe sighed. "This really proves the saying, 'A leaf before the eyes blocks out Mount Tai.' I stay in my apartment all day and didn't even know there was such a shopping mall nearby."

"Actually, there's another shopping plaza in the opposite direction. I'll take my brother to check it out in a few days."

"Okay, then call me when the time comes."

Unlike Yu Zhe Zi Xiao, who is planning to act in a few days.

Now, Little Lychee is looking at the bustling streets around her, all smiles, completely free of the fear she had felt towards the lake and the pain of being slapped on the back of the head by Zixiao.

"Brother Yuzhe, come quick! They're selling candied hawthorns!"

"Okay, I saw it. Don't wander off."

"Good~"

When Yu Zhe went over to take a look, there really were vendors selling candied hawthorns. It seemed that all kinds of things were being sold on the street leading to the shopping mall, forming a complete commercial street.

Good grief, are they trying to steal business from the shopping mall?

Indeed, this brightly lit street is already full of the festive atmosphere of the New Year. At the end of the year, these small vendors are eager to sell their stockpiled goods, so it is not surprising that they set up stalls here.

However, Yu Zhe really didn't plan to buy from the street vendors; he still needed to go to the shopping mall. He knew that the quality of the food from these small vendors' stalls was not guaranteed.

Buying things to play with is fine, like balloons, but food and drinks are a no-go, they're not hygienic enough. Even if Yu Zhe wanted to buy them, Zi Xiao wouldn't agree.

Just as Yu Zhe was looking around at the goods at the roadside stalls, the phone rang.

"Little Lychee! Zixiao, wait a moment! I need to take this call."

Zixiao skillfully caught the bouncy little lychee and waited beside Yuzhe.

"Hello? It's Sister Ye, what's up?"

"Chess competition? Hmm, Zixiao told me about it. Yes, I can participate."

"What?! The competition starts tomorrow?! You guys are incredibly efficient! Wasn't this event just finalized this morning?!"

"Okay... I'll make some preparations. Tomorrow morning at 10:30, right? Yes, I'll be there. Thanks, Sister Ye."

Yu Zhe hung up the phone and told Zi Xiao what Qi Xinye had said on the phone.

Zixiao nodded, giving Qi Xinye a thumbs up in her heart. As the person in charge of this competition, she had finalized the competition process in just one afternoon. It has to be said that she really put her heart into the preparation.

14. You don't buy snacks?

"But speaking of which, it seems this event was organized by Sister Ye?"

"Well, Yu Che said she's been quite busy lately, so she's entrusted Xin Ye with organizing this chess competition."

"Heh, Yu Che isn't busy at all. She's all bark and no bite." Yu Zhe knows her too well, even better than she knows herself. "She's giving Sister Ye a chance to prove herself. She's just started taking over the Qi family. How can she win people over if she doesn't achieve something?"

That's the truth. At this stage, Qi Xinye urgently needs an opportunity to establish her authority within the Qi family.

The task of facilitating the renewed cooperation between the Qi and Su families is undoubtedly the best opportunity for Qi Xinye.

"Oh, I see."

Zixiao suddenly realized: "No wonder Yuche kept declining to take the lead in this event when he talked about it at the company. He was giving Xinye a chance. Wow... Yuche's personality is still the same as before. He never says what he means directly."

Yu Zhe nodded in agreement with Zi Xiao's words.

He added, "Well, besides that, Yu Che also has her own considerations. It would be beneficial for the Su family if Sister Ye had a say in the Qi family."

Yes, the benefits are considerable. For example, if you need to sign a contract, you can just make a phone call and that's it.

While they were discussing this, the three of them had already arrived at the supermarket inside the shopping mall.

Little Lychee pushed a small cart loaded with goods and listened to Yun for a long time.

They were still confused by the conversation when they finally came to their senses.

"Huh?! Is Brother Yuzhe participating in some kind of competition tomorrow?"

Your reaction time is way too slow! Weren't we just talking about this outside?

"Well, it's a chess competition, so we probably can't stay home tomorrow. It'll be at the biggest stadium in the city. Little Lizhi, do you want to stay home by yourself, or come with us?"

"Follow me!"

Without hesitation, Little Lychee answered, "Hmm... Although I don't know much about chess, I'd like to watch Brother Yuzhe play chess!"

"Okay, I'll call you tomorrow."

Since Yu Zhe agreed, Zi Xiao would definitely have to give Xiao Lizhi a lot of advice next.

"Little Lychee, it's alright for you to go, but please remember..."

"Don't cause trouble for Brother Yuzhe, I know, Zixiao, waaaah, you always say that, can't you just give me some trust? I usually... haven't I made that many mistakes..."

You've even learned to answer questions quickly? But...

Who just fell into the lake?!

By the way, Xiao Lizhi was pushing the stroller, not because Zi Xiaoyu was bullying her, but because she wanted to push it herself.

As for why she wanted to push it, Yu Zhe guessed—no, there's no need to guess—just look around. Most of these strollers are being pushed by children while adults put things inside. So, the answer to why Xiao Lizhi wanted to push the stroller is quite obvious.

Because of naivety... no, because of innocence.

But after walking around the snack area, there wasn't much in the cart. Apart from some egg yolk pies and dried sweet potatoes, there didn't seem to be much else.

"You two... just put whatever you want to eat in there! If you keep buying New Year's goods like this, we'll probably finish all the snacks before the New Year. What will we eat for the New Year then?"

Zixiao's answer was as expected: "I mainly... don't really want to eat anything, and eating too many snacks can easily make you fat. I think this bag of goji berries I chose is pretty good..."

She even picked up the bag of goji berries and showed it to Yu Zhe.

You're even more particular about health than the elderly!

There was nothing that could be done, as Zixiao had never liked eating snacks since she was a child.

So Yu Zhe turned to Xiao Lizhi next to him and asked, "What about you? Don't you love to eat? I remember you didn't take anything after going around in circles? Didn't I just say that you don't need to worry about spending money?"

"No, Brother Yuzhe," Little Lychee said, puzzled. "Your cookies are a million times tastier than these snacks! Aren't we wasting money buying these...?"

"I can't do that every day, can I?!"

Little Lychee confidently replied, "Hmph, it's okay! Actually, I saved those cookies from lunch! There's still half a plate left!"

"Um...about this..."

Yu Zhe looked away awkwardly: "I thought the rest were things you couldn't finish, and I thought it would be a waste to leave them there, so... I sent them all to Qin Ruoke."

As you can see, the highlight in Xiaolizhi's eyes quickly faded.

"But...but I couldn't bear to eat them, that's why I...that's why I saved them." Little Lychee's tone was no longer calm.

Oh no, Zixiao was already secretly laughing beside her. This little lychee's obsession with food is truly terrifying.

"Sorry..." Yu Zhe turned back, "I'll make you some more in a couple of days, so now you understand the importance of buying snacks?"

"Brother Yuzhe, shall we walk around again?"

Little Lychee turned the loss of that half-plate of cookies into motivation to choose snacks!

Oh dear, if I don't choose anything, not only will I run out of cookies, but I won't have anything to eat for days.

A New Year without snacks is no New Year at all!

After that, Xiao Lizhi entered snack search mode, and the snacks in the cart quickly piled up into a small mountain.

Of course, with Zixiao overseeing things, Xiaolizhi can't just buy anything.

"These potato chips aren't very good."

"This has too much sugar, put it back."

"Just one bottle of Coke is fine, are you here to buy in bulk?!"

Every now and then, Zixiao would put some of the snacks that Xiaolizhi had put in back on the shelf.

In any case, Yu Zhe is quite worry-free. One person is responsible for taking the goods, and the other is responsible for screening them. Yu Zhe only needs to walk around and doesn't have to worry about anything.

Thanks to you two, you are both my wings!

Cough cough, that sounds a bit strange.

After going around in circles again, Yu Zhe saw that the things in the car were almost all put in, so he decided to go pay the bill.

Actually, if possible, Yu Zhe would prefer to use the self-checkout area, but there are too many things to buy, and it would be quite tiring to take them out one by one to scan them. Also, it wouldn't be good to occupy the checkout machine if there were people queuing behind.

It seemed that there weren't many people at the manual checkout windows, so Yu Zhe had Xiao Lizhi push the cart to one of the windows where there were only a few people in front.

But we got to the front of the line in no time.

"Hello customer, do you have a membership card...?"

The cashier at the counter looked up and saw the customer in front of her, and couldn't help but gasp.

When three stunningly beautiful girls stand in front of you, you suddenly feel as if the background has turned gray and white.

That's why Yu Zhe didn't want to go through the manual counter...

Look, this young lady has been stunned for ten seconds now, and there are still people queuing up behind her to pay. Isn't this a hassle?

Having some experience with this situation, Zixiao reminded them, "Could you please settle the bill for us? We're in a hurry, thank you."

"Ah! Sorry! I'll scan the code right away!"

Thanks to this reminder, the sales clerks started frantically scanning the merchandise.

Seriously…

Zixiao wasn't in a rush; she was just very annoyed by this.

Salesperson, who gave you permission to stare at my brother!

Well... but that's just human nature, there's no point in saying anything else, just hurry up and finish shopping and leave.

It took the salesperson longer than usual to scan the code, tear off the invoice, and hand it to Yu Zhe.