Ai originally planned to subtly probe Lin Yi with a few questions after he returned.
However, after spending the entire afternoon shopping, her physical hardware simply couldn't support her staying up late.
After sitting on the sofa for only a short while, she became drowsy and couldn't stay awake, so she fell asleep.
When she woke up again, she found herself in bed, and it was already daylight.
"Ooh…"
The comfortable sleep made Ai stretch lazily, her whole body feeling relaxed and comfortable. This sleep had completely rejuvenated her.
Glancing at Lin Yi, who was still sound asleep beside her, Ai was momentarily mesmerized.
Of course, his handsomeness was a factor, but the most crucial thing was, what was the relationship between him and her sister?
Ai was very curious about this question. She increasingly wanted to know why her sister had given her his address.
Despite being very curious, Ai also knew what was important.
They weren't very familiar with each other yet. If he didn't say, there was no way for Ai to force him to talk.
She could only wait patiently, either for him to take the initiative to speak, or to ask him after they became more familiar.
Unable to sleep, Ai tiptoed out of bed, left the bedroom, and went to wash up, taking the shower she had missed last night.
After taking care of her personal hygiene, Ai felt a bit hungry. She opened the refrigerator and saw that it was filled with sandwiches, desserts, and cakes.
"Oh? He went out last night and brought back so much food?"
Ai was slightly surprised. She took a sandwich and made herself a cup of instant coffee.
As she was about to have her meal in the dining room, she noticed a notepad on the coffee table.
"This is…"
Ai naturally picked up the notepad and looked at it.
It had many coffee shop names written on it, along with their addresses.
There was also a small map drawn beside it.
Only three coffee shop names were circled.
Adding to that, the refrigerator was filled with so many sandwiches, desserts, and cakes.
It wasn't hard to imagine that he must have visited many coffee shops last night.
"What did he go to those places for…"
Ai muttered as she took a sip of coffee. Then, she remembered the conversation he had with Mi Yua Yingzi during dinner last night.
"Wait—could it be that this guy wants to buy a coffee shop?"
Ai was startled by her own thought. She didn't bother to drink her coffee and quickly flipped back a page.
She found a row of amounts listed on it, like 23 million, 29 million.
"This guy…"
As clever as Ai was, she immediately understood what was going on.
There was no such thing as jointly opening a coffee shop, nor was there a need for a store manager.
It was obvious that Lin Yi had come up with this on a whim.
He just felt sorry for his girlfriend working two jobs, so he deliberately said that.
After sending her back, he planned to start searching for coffee shops all over the city.
Although he was a pervert, it had to be admitted that this guy was truly devoted to his girlfriend.
Okay, Ai admitted that she was indeed touched by Lin Yi's actions, and even somewhat envied his girlfriend.
But more than that, it was a feeling of disbelief.
Ai was a returnee who had studied in the United States. She didn't know many people, but she had a general understanding of people from various places.
Especially after returning to Japan, her understanding of Japanese people became even deeper.
In a male-dominated society, many chauvinistic guys emerged. Most female workers were looked down upon and couldn't continue working forever.
The biggest goal for them when they joined a company was to find someone to marry.
What Ai found ironic was that not only did men think this way, but even the vast majority of women felt that their destination was to be a housewife.
Even though she was the person in charge of the organization, she could still hear the organization members gossiping about her in private.
Lin Yi's approach of buying a coffee shop for his girlfriend to play around with was out of sync with Japanese society, which really made Ai look at him with new eyes.
Plus, she was in a good mood now, so she gave him another label: "Wife-Dotting Maniac."
"Click."
At this time, Lin Yi came out of the bedroom.
Ai didn't shy away from the fact that she had secretly looked at his notepad. Anyway, she was a child, and wasn't it normal for children to do wrong things?
"Good morning."
Ai said indifferently, deliberately using a cold tone and addressing him without a title, frantically testing Lin Yi's attitude.
"Good morning… You're up pretty early."
Lin Yi scratched his head, then noticed that he had lost a few more hairs. He couldn't help but worry about whether his future would become a bald spot. It seemed that next time, if there was nothing to do, he would have to go to bed earlier.
He noticed that Ai was flipping through his notepad. He said, "You can't just flip through other people's things without permission, you know."
"If it's something important, then shouldn't you not leave it lying around casually, right?" Ai replied indifferently.
This made Lin Yi couldn't help but look at her deeply—so, you don't even want to act anymore?
Facing Lin Yi's gaze, Ai-chan didn't waver in the slightest. She knew she would be living in this place for a long time to come, and she couldn't possibly act cute and pretend to be silly every day, could she?
That would be too tiring. It's better to come clean sooner rather than later.
"What's wrong?" Ai-chan ignored his gaze and said nonchalantly, "Do you want me to apologize to you? If you want, I have no problem apologizing to you."
"… … … … …"
Well, it's confirmed. She doesn't want to keep pretending anymore.
How boring. She's already quitting after only a day or two.
Lin Yi felt a little disappointed. He still wanted to see Ai-chan rolling around and acting cute a little longer.
It seems there's no chance of that.
"Don't you think you need to apologize?"
Since there's no way to see her acting cute, Lin Yi directly confronted her: "You don't even have a proper way of addressing people."
"I thought we were very familiar," Ai-chan put down her coffee and said indifferently, "That we've already reached the point where we can omit formalities."
"We've only known each other for three days."
"But we've taken a bath together, slept together, gone shopping, eaten together… people who aren't close can't do these things, right?"
"… … … …"
I see you just don't want to call me 'Lin-gege' anymore.
But after thinking about it carefully, Lin Yi thought it was actually quite good that Ai-chan was planning to reveal her mature and steady side.
At least he wouldn't have to cook three meals a day from now on. Since you're so mature, you should be able to handle the cooking and everything else, right?
Also, washing dishes and drying clothes.
Using a change in address to free himself from these chores is a very good deal!
Thinking of this, Lin Yi nodded, tacitly agreeing with her statement: "You're right… we're already very familiar."
Saying that, Lin Yi turned around and went into the bathroom to wash up.
Ai-chan picked up her coffee, took a sip, and looked out at the bright sunshine outside the window, feeling that today was another wonderful day.
She felt like she had made a profit.
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