Pretty Wife Insists I Live Off Her - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Do You Have a Lot of Luxury Cars?

Every time Yue Lei saw Mo Yingxue, the corners of her lips would unconsciously curve upward. It was only when Mo Yingxue got closer that her expression returned to normal.

“You miss me that much, big sister? We only just parted…” Mo Yingxue teased, glancing at her before pulling out her phone to check the time. “…52 minutes ago.”

Yue Lei’s face flushed. She wanted to say that she wasn’t here for her, but with the short break time and so many people coming and going, she had no time to explain. In the end, she just waved her hand and said, “I have something to do this afternoon, so I might not be able to pick you up after school. I’m sorry…”

Hearing this, Mo Yingxue’s smile instantly froze, but she hid it so well that Yue Lei didn’t notice the change in her emotions. Instead, she continued to look up, waiting for an explanation.

Yue Lei let out a heavy sigh. “You know I used to work in the live streaming industry, so I inevitably have a lot of accounts with live stream currency. I’m a bit strapped for cash right now and want to get that money out. Today, I’m asking my friends to help me operate those accounts and send me some gifts.”

Connecting this to the social media post she had just seen, Mo Yingxue had a guess. She lowered her eyes and asked, “Is the salary I offered not enough?”

“No, no, absolutely not! Don’t overthink it!” Yue Lei’s face grew even redder. She wondered if what she just said sounded like a hint for a raise.

Under Mo Yingxue’s curious gaze, she continued to force herself to explain: “It’s just that the money is just sitting there. Instead of letting the platform hold it, I thought I might as well cash it out.” Yue Lei let out a dry laugh. “It was a last-minute decision. I’ve been in the live streaming industry for so many years, but I never thought I would one day go on air myself.”

She thought about how she had only been in the live streaming industry for less than six months in this life, so the phrase “so many years” didn’t apply. She carefully glanced at Mo Yingxue, afraid that she would notice something was off. Thankfully, Mo Yingxue’s expression was calm, and she didn’t catch her mistake.

Yue Lei breathed a small sigh of relief and continued to promise, “But don’t worry, I signed a guaranteed contract. I just need to stream for 20 hours a month. I’ll try to stream while you’re in class. After today, it definitely won’t affect my modeling work.”

She had a reason why she had to stream today, but she couldn’t tell anyone what it was.

Mo Yingxue nodded thoughtfully. She walked to a wooden bench nearby and sat down. Then she looked up at Yue Lei and patted the empty space beside her.

Yue Lei understood. She immediately walked over and sat down beside her, continuing to look at her with hope.

“You should have told me earlier. I was all ready for you to pick me up after school, and now I have to take a cab again.” Mo Yingxue kept an arm’s length away from her, not too close, but intimate enough.

Mo Yingxue asked, “And since time is tight, have you decided what you’re going to stream?”

“I haven’t decided yet. If not, I’ll just stream my daily life and teach people how to do makeup.” Yue Lei shamelessly pointed to her face. “Live streaming is easy. As long as you have a good face, you’re set. But I might need to borrow the bedroom you assigned me. I’ll try my best to clean it up so no personal information is revealed!”

This successfully made Mo Yingxue laugh. She laughed softly and sweetly, like the wind rustling through a field of flowers. When she had laughed enough, she looked up and gave her a suggestion: “Since you’ve decided to be a streamer, you should take it seriously, big sister. For your first stream, you should do something to attract attention.”

Yue Lei had spent a full eight years in this industry, so she naturally knew more than Mo Yingxue. But she still put on an expression that said, “I’m all ears.”

“You came so fast, you probably didn’t go home to practice driving yet.” Mo Yingxue pointed her chin down, her eyes curved. “So you haven’t seen the car keys.”

Yue Lei caught the keywords: “Those? Do you have a lot of luxury cars?”

Mo Yingxue nodded, her expression casual. “Yeah. For a while, I really liked the mechanical beauty of cars, so I bought a few. There are over ten of them in the garage. I’m not obsessed anymore, but I still have two that haven’t even been delivered yet.” After saying all this, she shrugged. “But I don’t like to drive. I just left them there after doing a few sketches of them. Someone comes to maintain them regularly.”

Yue Lei’s mind went blank. When she looked at Mo Yingxue again, her gaze was particularly complicated. Was this the result of the butterfly effect from her rebirth?

Her wife in the previous life was completely uninterested in cars. She invested all her money in priceless jade, antiques, and paintings. Whenever Yue Lei would excitedly show off a new car, she would put on an uninterested expression. Then she would make a series of emotionless or sarcastic comments.

“Using real leather for the interior is so tacky. You’re not a middle-aged man.”

“I don’t know why you customized the glowing ambient lights. It turns a perfectly good car into a street racer.”

“The scent of this air freshener is so strong. Did you have another woman in the passenger seat first?”

Thankfully, forcing her way into her wife’s life and binding her to herself was a motto Yue Lei never spoke in her previous life. So no matter if her wife praised or criticized her, she was happy. Taking her wife for a drive around the city after getting a new car was also one of her favorite things to do.

“You can go the ‘flaunt your wealth’ or ‘car review’ route. You can film everything clearly with just your phone. Although your suitcase is big, it only has your laptop inside, not a ring light or a camera.”

Class was about to start, and the half-open, half-hidden small garden, enclosed by heavenly bamboo and Japanese boxwood, was now empty of other students. Mo Yingxue suddenly leaned close to Yue Lei, resting her head on her shoulder for a few seconds before quickly pulling away. She whispered in her ear.

Yue Lei heard this and was a million times against the idea. She didn’t even have time to think about why Mo Yingxue had suddenly gotten so close to her again. She clenched her hands. “Flaunt my wealth with your luxury cars? I can’t do that…”

Mo Yingxue said teasingly, “But a lot of people like luxury cars, don’t they? I think those cars want to be seen too. With me, they just live in the underground garage and collect dust. You can also promote them during your stream. If you find the right buyer, you can even help me sell them. I don’t like them anymore.”

With Mo Yingxue saying this, Yue Lei couldn’t find a way to refuse. She frustratingly ran her hands through her hair. “Let me think about it again. There has to be a better way!”

The class bell suddenly rang. Mo Yingxue walked toward her classroom and looked back. “Where are you streaming, big sister? I’ll come and support you.”

Seeing that Yue Lei was still sitting there, her eyes narrowed, and her expression became dangerous. “If you don’t tell me, I’m not going to class.”

Yue Lei didn’t dare to make her wife late, so she gave in. “I’ll send you the link. If I do end up using your cars, I’ll pay you!”

Mo Yingxue didn’t say yes or no. She just turned her back and walked toward the classroom, waving her hand.

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