Actually, Yang Hao felt that this kind of blind-date model was quite good as well: it was simple, straightforward without dragging things, and it didn't waste each other's time, which was much better than meeting at a fancy restaurant and spending a few hundred more on a meal.
The conversation with Alisa ended.
Yang Hao then received a new message, surprisingly from Li Manshu, asking who the woman at the Prada store was during the day.
Yang Hao couldn't bother to reply and pretended not to see it. If it weren't for the fact that the sender was Xixi's mother and that Xixi still had feelings for her, he would have blocked her long ago.
Close to eight o'clock, Yang Hao descended the stairs with two beauties, one large and one small.
Xixi, who had been drowsy during the English lesson, became energetic as soon as she went downstairs. She jogged ahead to lead her little aunt to see her "big car".
"Little Aunt, here, here!"
Xixi danced in front of the U8 and then pointed to a row of the Peppa Pig Family on the bumper, saying, "Little Aunt, there's also Peppa Pig here, Daddy and I stuck them on together."
Li Manni was taken aback by the size of the U8, as it was so big, five meters three in length, and over one meter nine in height, creating a strong visual impact.
Then she subconsciously glanced at the emblem, not recognizing it.
Just like most girls, Li Manni only knew those brands that everyone was aware of.
It was natural that she didn't recognize a niche model like the U8 that hadn't been long in the market.
However, Li Manni wasn't particularly interested in cars either. She walked over to Xixi's side, patted the little girl's head, and cooperatively admired the Peppa Pig Family stickers on the bumper, even commenting, "Daddy Pig is stuck on a bit crookedly."
"Hehe, Daddy did that..."
Xixi pouted and glanced at her father standing behind her.
"Get in the car, it's quite cold."
Yang Hao stooped down to pick up his precious daughter and rubbed his slightly grown stubble against her chubby cheeks, asking, "Is what Daddy stuck on crooked?"
Xixi, tickled by the stubble, dodged repeatedly while laughing and saying, "It's not crooked at all, not even a bit. Daddy stuck it on perfectly."
"Anyway, it was Little Aunt who said Daddy did it crookedly, you go prick Little Aunt!"
The wheels in Xixi's little head turned quickly, and she even knew who to blame as the instigator.
But upon hearing this, Li Manni's pretty face turned slightly red, thinking how blunt the words of children could be—such things aren't casually uttered!
Yang Hao, on the other hand, thought that his doting hadn't been for naught; she was a filial child!
In the midst of playful banter, Yang Hao placed his dutiful daughter in the back seat, and Li Manni also got into the car.
Li Manni had felt that the car was simply large when outside, but now, as she entered, she realized just how luxurious the interior was, seeming very expensive.
"Brother-in-law, what kind of car is this? It's very beautiful."
Li Manni curiously asked.
"A domestic car, BYD."
Yang Hao only mentioned the brand and not the model, afraid that the price of over a million would scare her.
"No wonder BYD's doing so well, the car really is beautiful!"
Li Manni remarked, noting that there were many different models of BYD in their office parking lot, though it seemed there wasn't the one she was currently sitting in.
However, Li Manni didn't think much of it, considering that domestic cars were flourishing with new varieties constantly seen on the streets—it wasn't strange at all to see models she didn't recognize.
At this time the traffic wasn't bad, and in around forty minutes, Yang Hao had delivered Li Manni to the entrance of her dormitory area.
"Goodbye, Little Aunt."
Xixi waved her hand, somewhat unwilling to part with her little aunt.
"Mm, goodbye Xixi!"
Li Manni kissed the little girl's cheek, but then she suddenly remembered that before getting in the car, Yang Hao seemed to have pricked her cheek with his stubble for a while, also giving it two kisses.
Uh, which side of the cheek did he kiss?
Or did he kiss both sides?
Meaning, I kissed the place he had kissed...
At the thought, Li Manni's cheeks flushed once again, and then she hurriedly scrambled out of the car.
However, she hadn't gone far when Yang Hao's voice suddenly rang out from behind her, "Manni, wait a moment."
"Oh?"
Li Manni turned her head, looking at Yang Hao with a puzzled expression.
She watched as he walked to the back of the car, opened the trunk, and took out a shopping bag to hand to her, "I've been wanting to give you a gift since you started working, but my financial situation wasn't great back then. Now it's better. Here, take this."
"This..."
By now, it was completely dark outside, and the logo on the shopping bag was not at all visible. Mainly, Li Manni wasn't paying attention to it; she just felt it was somewhat unexpected for her brother-in-law to suddenly give her a gift.
"A girl should always have a decent bag. Hurry on back now, it's quite cold!"
After speaking, Yang Hao turned and got into his car.
"Thank you, brother-in-law."
As she closed the car door, Li Manni's words of thanks reached Yang Hao's ears.
He lowered the window and waved to Li Manni, who was still standing there, then drove away.
As she watched the car disappear into the night, Li Manni turned to enter the dormitory area, but she hadn't gone far when her roommate Xu Wenqian caught up to her, running from behind.
"Manni, did you work overtime today too?"
Xu Wenqian worked at a new media company where overtime was the norm. The promised schedule of nine to six turned out to be that she wouldn't leave work until seven or eight o'clock every night.
"No, I went to my brother-in-law's house."
Li Manni answered truthfully.
"Yo, yo, yo, it's the brother-in-law again."
"I seriously suspect you're having an affair with your brother-in-law..."
Xu Wenqian teased as she linked arms with Li Manni. The two weren't just roommates of four years but had also become friends who talked about everything, so making jokes was no issue.
"What are you talking about!"
"I was just helping to look after Xixi," Li Manni quickly denied.
"Huh, did you go shopping?"
Xu Wenqian noticed the shopping bag in her friend's hand and asked nonchalantly.
"Given by my brother-in-law."
"Ah, it's the brother-in-law again. And you say there's no affair!"
Xu Wenqian, acting like she caught onto something, naturally snatched the shopping bag away, "Let's see what he gave."
"Eh?"
"Prada??"
Xu Wenqian glanced at the logo on the shopping bag unconsciously and then exclaimed.
Li Manni hadn't been paying attention, planning to look inside the shopping bag once she got back to her room, but when she heard Xu Wenqian's shout, she too turned her gaze to the shopping bag.
Li Manni, of course, had heard of the brand Prada. Her sister Li Manshu had two Prada bags, colleagues at work carried them, and the girls often talked about the brand during chats.
But Li Manni felt that luxury brands were too far out of reach for someone like her. If it weren't for her brother-in-law's support, she probably wouldn't have been able to focus on her studies in college and would've needed to work part-time like her sister had during her own studies, so she didn't pay much attention to luxury goods herself.
"Manni, didn't your brother-in-law go bankrupt?"
"How could he still give you such an expensive gift? Could it be a fake?"
Xu Wenqian said with a suspicious look.
"It shouldn't be fake. My brother-in-law's financial situation has improved. He even bought a car," Li Manni knew her brother-in-law well. He was down-to-earth and wouldn't buy a fake just to blag her, and there was no need for that either.
"Is that so."
Xu Wenqian curled her lips into a smirk, "Then there must be an affair going on!"
"That's a Prada bag, it must cost at least over ten thousand!"
"C'mon, Manni, give it to me straight! Confess and you'll be treated leniently, resist and face severity!"
Xu Wenqian's gossiping fire was already blazing.
Her sister divorced, and the sister steps in to take the spot!
Just thinking about this plot is thrilling. If the pen were passed to a certain writer like Aunty Yao, wouldn't she write a fifty-episode melodramatic romance drama??