Deities Are All Just My Food

They entered the lobby and took the luxurious elevator upstairs.

"How is it? Are you getting used to living here?"

Lin Baici was somewhat curious; he hadn’t been in such a large flat before.

He lived in a big villa, though he had visited Kim Myungjin and Xia Hongyao’s homes, but both lived in villas too.

Hua Yue Yu’s flat was large, but not as good as this.

Thinking of this, Lin Baici began to feel guilty again, wondering if he should get Hua Yue Yu a new apartment.

Although the one she has is already more than adequate for her.

"In such a nice house, if I’m not used to it, according to my mom, I should be struck by lightning!"

Ding!

The 32nd floor arrived, the elevator doors opened, and Lin Baici saw a wide corridor.

"Though this is a public area, the building has one apartment per elevator landing, so once you step out of this elevator, this place is ours!"

Jiang Yitong introduced to Lin Baici: "You can store things here!"

Jiang Yitong saw women complaining on a social app, about finding disgusting liquid in their shoes the next day.

Their shoe cabinets and racks were placed at the staircase entrance.

Jiang Yitong figured that was because they lived in a cheap community, with multiple households per elevator, and a staircase accessible to all, which was of course unsafe.

In this case, with one apartment per elevator and without an entrance card, you can’t access other floors.

But Jiang Yitong didn’t need to place a shoe cabinet in the staircase; her home shoe cabinet had sterilization and deodorization features, top-notch.

"Isn’t the house big enough to store things?"

Lin Baici noted Jiang Yitong’s choice of words, ’ours’, though he had given the house to Jiang Yitong, hearing this made him feel she remembered her roots.

At least she wasn’t the type to take everything and not acknowledge it.

"I’m just saying!"

Jiang Yitong inherently wanted to utilize all space, a frugal character.

As Jiang Yitong entered the password and opened the door, she suddenly smiled and remarked, "I’ve checked, there are no cameras in the hallway!"

"Hmm?"

Lin Baici was puzzled, thinking you should be concerned about safety and talk to the property management?

But why did you smile?

Wait...

Was she hinting at me...

Lin Baici was not a naïve chick anymore, especially after being enlightened by the boss lady and Ji Xinyan, he understood so much, so after hesitating a bit, he grasped the underlying message in the campus belle’s remark.

Thus, as he walked through the door, Lin Baici instinctively paused, turned, and glanced at the staircase.

Jiang Yitong was willing to play along with such scenes?

Lin Baici closed the door.

"Have a seat, watch TV, browse your phone, kill some time while I make dinner!"

Jiang Yitong handed Lin Baici a pair of slippers before entering the master bedroom.

"If you get bored, there’s a computer in the study, I’ve downloaded a few movies and games, unsure if you’d like them?"

"No need, I’m fine just sitting!"

Lin Baici felt a bit numb.

This is just too considerate, isn’t it?

Jiang Yitong, what exactly are you trying to do?

I feel like I’ve stumbled into the Silk Cave!

Luckily, I’m not a helpless Sanzang!

When Jiang Yitong came out again, she was wearing light blue yoga pants and a T-shirt.

Lin Baici couldn’t help but glance.

One has to admit, the curve of the hips accentuated by tight pants was beautiful.

"I’ve placed your housewarming gifts on the sofa!"

Lin Baici placed two boxes down.

Besides a desk lamp, there was a Chanel bag.

Lin Baici didn’t bother to pick out carefully, he just bought luxury goods, since Jiang Yitong liked them anyway.

Then as the dishes were served, seeing the exquisite dishes filling the table, Lin Baici felt a bit self-conscious again.

The campus belle clearly put thought into this dinner, even the plating was beautiful, while he just casually bought gifts to make do.

"Have a seat!"

Jiang Yitong carried over an ice bucket filled with ice cubes and a bottle of champagne.

"Thanks for preparing so many dishes, it’s a lot of work!"

Lin Baici brought over the red wine he brought: "It’s for you."

The wine from Nangong Shu to Lin Baici were collectibles.

"Thank you!"

Jiang Yitong opened the champagne and poured some for Lin Baici: "Come, let’s toast!"

Right now, as night fell and the streetlights lit, the sky outside was not completely dark, otherwise the candlelight dinner atmosphere would be even better.

"Thank you for the gifts!"

Jiang Yitong raised her tall glass with a hint of deep gaze at Lin Baici: "Actually, you just being here is the greatest blessing for me!"

Lin Baici wanted to say, can’t you be less cheesy?

But he knew saying such words would ruin the mood, and besides, women are emotional beings—audience mode was best at such times.

"Come, the first glass, cheers to how we met!"

Jiang Yitong lightly clinked Lin Baici’s glass.

Ding!

The sound was melodious, the champagne bubbles in the glass shimmered with more sparkle.

"Cheers!"

After saying that, Jiang Yitong took a big sip.

"When I officially accepted the house that day and stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside, I suddenly realized, my life was complete!"

"Even if I go slack now, for the rest of my life, I won’t worry about making a living!"

Jiang Yitong’s voice contained a tearful tone, clearly moved, not just trying to talk up: "Thank you, Baichi, for giving me a stable future!"

Working for passion versus working to support a family—two different concepts, with different pressures.

"You overstate it!"

Lin Baici was at a loss for words, choosing to drink instead: "Come on, it’s a good day for you, cheer up!"

Ding!

As he sipped, Lin Baici heard words drifting from across the table.

"If there’s any regret, it’s not having a child, right?"

"Cough, cough!"

Lin Baici was directly choked up.

What the heck?

Want a child?

Are you after status through a child or what?

Lin Baici could give money to Jiang Yitong but never considered marriage, even if she had a child, no way.

Otherwise, what about the counselor, tea girl, and Goryeo girl?

"I’m just musing!"

Jiang Yitong gave Lin Baici a sidelong glance: "Look at how scared you are!"

"We’re only 20 years old, still big kids, it’s the time to play, why worry about a child?"

Jiang Yitong never even thought about having a child before; if the family is poor and can’t offer a privileged life, better not to give birth.

Just like herself, her mom sacrificed so much for her, her life was quite a struggle.

If not for Lin Baici intervening in her life, she couldn’t foresee the future, but at least would still struggle for ten more years. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Once shouldering the mortgage, it would be even longer.

After three glasses, Jiang Yitong served Lin Baici a forkful of squirrel fish: "Taste my cooking!"

"Sweet and sour, the texture is tender,"

Lin Baici gave a thumbs up: "Perfect!"

In reality, it paled next to Wang Fang’s culinary skills, but Lin Baici didn’t want to dampen the mood.

"Then have more!"

Jiang Yitong barely ate, always taking care of Lin Baici, even peeled shrimp for him.

Her slender, fair fingers placed the greasy shrimp in Lin Baici’s bowl, her face creased with joy.

"It would be nice if life could always be like this!"

Jiang Yitong thought.

The dinner was enjoyable for both host and guest!

Lin Baici wanted to do the dishes but was stopped by Jiang Yitong.

"Eat some fruit!"

Jiang Yitong brought over a fruit platter and went back to the kitchen.

Seeing the time hit 9 PM, Lin Baici thought of leaving, but Jiang Yitong hadn’t finished cleaning the kitchen.

Leaving now seemed inappropriate?

Not until 9:30 did Jiang Yitong come out, rubbing her waist, sitting down.

"Let’s not bother next time, we can eat out!"

Lin Baici suggested, two of them and eight dishes, too many.

"But you ate them all!"

Jiang Yitong was surprised: "I didn’t realize your appetite was so big!"

"..."

If not for the Eater God, I couldn’t have eaten that much, but Lin Baici mainly didn’t want to waste food.

Chatting idly, Jiang Yitong noticed Lin Baici restless, occasionally glancing at the entrance, ready to leave.

No way?

Even wearing yoga pants can’t make you stay?

Looks like I have to use the ultimate move!