CHAPTER 17 AFRAID OF POVERTY!
This is not to blame Ye Zhibai for her lack of experience.
Just the living room area alone is probably over 200 square meters, not to mention the rooms situated in the corners of the living room.
What’s even more impressive… there’s a wooden painted spiral staircase in the middle of the living room that leads to the second floor.
This indicates that the second floor also has a living room just as spacious as the first floor!
But Ye Zhibai’s expression remained cold and indifferent, as if saying, “Heh, it’s nothing special.”
In reality… she was completely stunned.
What she didn’t realize was that Ye Zhiyun was even more nervous than Ye Zhibai at this moment.
She looked at Ye Zhibai’s face, which still showed no expression, just staring blankly around.
Unable to hold back any longer, Zhiyun clenched her fists and placed them on her well-endowed chest, speaking up.
“S-Sister!”
“…Yeah?”
Sorry… Ye Zhibai’s response was a bit delayed.
She was still not used to being called sister…
It might take her half a lifetime to get used to it.
Turning her head to look at Ye Zhiyun, her delicate face was now filled with anxiety.
Zhiyun worriedly said, “The decor on the second floor is similar to the first floor. By the way! If you’re not satisfied with the house’s decoration, you must tell us. We can tear it all down and redecorate it according to your ideas! After all… you’ll be living with me from now on. For our home, we must not settle for anything less! It should be perfect!”
You call this settling?!
Ye Zhibai was furious.
She put on a serious face.
Recalling the hardships of her previous life, she uttered two sincere words.
“Wasteful… Be content…”
“I’m sorry!!”
Huh?!
Why are you panicking again… And stop bowing!
Ye Zhibai certainly didn’t understand.
When she spoke the words “wasteful” softly to Ye Zhiyun with a stern face, it seemed like a reproach.
Actually, she just meant to say there’s no need to waste resources!
Of course, Zhiyun took this lesson to heart!
Hehe… and there’s more.
She bowed to hide the excited blush that naturally appeared on her face!
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The exterior living room decor represents the usual living environment.
But the most important part of the house—no doubt—is one’s own room.
When Ye Zhibai was led by Zhiyun to the innermost part of the first-floor corridor and saw the room that belonged to her in this life…
She had only one comment about the room.
This… this is not manly at all!!
Pink walls.
Half the bed filled with fluffy stuffed animals!
And the floral fragrance brought in by the breeze from the windowsill.
No matter how you look at it, this is the room of an incredibly cute girl!!
Oh… I am a girl now.
Well, then it’s fine.
But to be honest… this room has more of a lived-in feel compared to the living room.
A large bed, a row of bookshelves, a set of solid wood table and chairs, wooden floors, and that’s it.
Yes, simple. Ye Zhibai had similar furniture in her past life… perhaps an extremely low-end version. The kind that creaked and seemed ready to collapse at any moment, deserving such a description.
Ye Zhiyun glanced lovingly at Ye Zhibai, then walked over to the curtains. She grabbed the spotless light blue curtains with both hands and pulled them apart!
Immediately, the gentle sunlight streaming in from the large floor-to-ceiling windows made Ye Zhibai squint.
Zhiyun turned around and smiled.
“This is your room, Sister. I clean it every day. It’s very tidy, right? Ah, look, it’s connected to the garden outside. When you want to take a walk, you can just open the door and go out.”
“Connected… to the garden?”
“Ah! Sorry…! If you don’t want it connected to the garden, we can have the garden demolished!”
What the heck, no!
I was just marveling that rooms can be connected to gardens!
Retract my earlier statement, the simple, ordinary feeling of the room disappeared in an instant!
As expected.
Ye Zhibai, wearing her small slippers, walked to the window and stood shoulder to shoulder with Zhiyun.
Looking out with an open view, beyond the window was a delicate, potted plant-filled garden.
Even though it had been neglected for two years, there were no weeds, a row of flowers, a row of plants, and even a patch of sunflowers in the middle, flanked by neatly arranged pebble paths.
Presumably… Zhiyun had been tending to it all this time.
The rectangular private garden, roughly estimated, was about fifty square meters!
Ye Zhiyun suddenly wrapped her arm around Ye Zhibai’s.
“Hmm?!” Ye Zhibai, who had been admiring the garden and marveling inwardly, suddenly felt her arm being hugged, the soft and elastic sensation touching her arm.
She immediately frowned (indicating inner panic) and turned her head!
Just in time to see Zhiyun looking at her with eyes full of anticipation.
“Sister, is there nothing in the house you want to change, or is it fine as it is?”
“Why… change it?”
“Isn’t it because you used to always accommodate my preferences for the decor… you never voiced your own opinions.” Zhiyun said, sounding a bit sulky.
As she tossed her head, her waterfall-like black hair swept past Ye Zhibai’s face.
Zhiyun, pouting and looking angry, looked like a little hamster~
She started explaining her earlier comment.
“When I was little, I was ignorant and always talked about what color I liked for the walls, where I wanted the furniture. You just nodded and agreed. Now that I think about it, you were just indulging me… That won’t do, Sister. You have to voice your opinions. However you want to change the house, it’s up to you! Zhiyun is grown up and sensible now, okay?”
Just now… Ye Zhibai had seen how mature and authoritative Zhiyun was when dealing with outsiders.
But now that they were alone, she was completely unreserved in acting spoiled towards Ye Zhibai.
Perhaps this was her truest self.
As the one being spoiled, Ye Zhibai could only feel honored.
Ugh.
But…!
You’re joking, sister!
I wasn’t nodding because I was indulging you back then; it was because I didn’t know how to do anything else!
But honestly… after spending these few hours together, Ye Zhibai truly felt that Ye Zhiyun was a very heartwarming girl.
Although she still didn’t understand why Zhiyun relied on her so much…
I was just a useless person before.
Fine… if making some changes can make you feel better, then offering some suggestions wouldn’t hurt.
Ye Zhibai slowly raised her finger, pointing to the pink wall, and softly said, “The walls… if painted blue, how about that?”
“Got it! Sister likes blue, right? Anything else?”
Noted in the little notebook in your heart, huh.
Simply making one suggestion actually made her so excited.
While finding it quite amusing, Ye Zhibai suddenly remembered that she forgot to ask the most important question!
It’s not too late to ask now.
“How much would it cost to repaint the walls…?”
“Huh? That… I’m not really sure, but it’s quite cheap. Definitely using completely harmless paint, and if we aim for high cost performance, it can be done for sure in the four-figure range.”
“No need to repaint.”
“Huh?”
“Pink is good.”
“Uh… really? But Sister just said you liked blue…”
“I said, pink is good.”
“Yes! Pink is good!”
Hearing Ye Zhibai suddenly speak firmly, Zhiyun had no intention of arguing back.
Whew…
If you weigh having a room full of pink, brimming with a girly feel, against spending thousands to repaint it,
Obviously, keeping it as is would be the best choice.
Spending money, that’s definitely not happening!
Ye Zhibai, the old penny-pincher.
Remember this.
Even if you have a billion, without restraint, there will come a day when you spend it all.
So, to avoid spending it all, you have to start by saving every penny!
Ye Zhibai knew this well.
Even though she never had a billion.
Afraid of being poor, sob sob!!
I get that this should be admirable to save money, but it is kind of annoying and unrealistic.