Becoming a Billionaire after Divorce

Chapter 843 326: As Calm as a Chrysanthemum, Xia Ruyi

Lu Xueqi tilted her head and said, "Hearing you say that, it really does sound like it. I've always been rushing around just to live, how would I ever think about these things.""Do you think this counts as the kind of feelings you only get when you're full and bored?"

"Probably. Ordinary people hustling in the city barely have a chance to complain about this kind of stuff." Sun Dasheng agreed with her view.

"Yeah, ordinary people don't get to choose." Thinking back on everything she'd gone through, Lu Xueqi couldn't help sighing over how strange the world was.

If she hadn't run into someone like him, what would she be doing now?

She'd probably still be grinding away just to make a living, a single mom with a kid, with who knows how much hardship still waiting for her to swallow.

So she treasured everything she had now even more.

She never felt like any of it was something she naturally deserved.

This little trip out together had more or less deepened their feelings for each other.

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After settling Lu Xueqi in,

Sun Dasheng's next stop was Xia Ruyi.

Xia Ruyi's life was just like her name—more or less going her way.

She didn't feel there was any big issue just because the kid's dad wasn't around.

Maybe it's that she was just born a bit…cold?

To Sun Dasheng, she felt different from other women, and also different from Lu Xueqi, who only looked aloof on the outside but was actually passionate inside.

She was the type who was cold right down to the bone.

She had feelings, but not much.

When you treat her well, she doesn't reject it, but she doesn't respond very actively either.

If you ignore her, she can still live just fine on her own.

People like this look like they're prone to relationship problems, but actually they're the type least likely to have them—their desire index is very low, and it's hard for worldly temptations to sway them.

Her ending up with Sun Dasheng at all was because of an unplanned pregnancy.

If that accident hadn't happened, Sun Dasheng figured she'd just be a passerby in his life, same as the other women in the "wives club," just a brief fling.

But once she actually got together with him, she turned out to be the one he could relax about the most.

From the blank, utterly confused look on her face when Sun Dasheng suddenly showed up, you could tell.

"What are you doing here?" The pampered and well-kept her now had a little more meat on her cheeks, but unlike the other women, she didn't have any body anxiety or appearance anxiety. Instead she just kept peacefully enjoying good food and taking care of the kid, basically just nesting at home.

Oh right, when the "wives club" members asked her out, she would show up; other than that, she had no social life.

"You sit at home all day stuffing your face like this, you're not afraid of getting fat?" Sun Dasheng didn't answer why he'd suddenly come over, instead pointing at the big pile of already-opened snacks on the table.

"It's fine, am I that fat?" Xia Ruyi stood up and twirled in a circle around him as she spoke.

Sun Dasheng walked over and wrapped an arm around her waist, pinching the little "swim ring" at her waist. "All this chub is piling up already, and you still say you're not fat?"

Xia Ruyi said, completely unconcerned, "This is what normal people have, okay? Only those who are way too skinny—so skinny it's unhealthy—don't have any fat on their waist. The fat here protects our uterus, it's super useful."

"Where did you read all this? Since when do you know so many professional facts?" Sun Dasheng sniffed the fragrance in her hair as he asked.

"Just scrolling Douyin when I'm bored. I follow a few professional doctors, and you pick it up just watching their science videos." Xia Ruyi said, looking relaxed and very much at ease with herself.

"Have you eaten yet?" From the moment the "man of the house" came home to now, several minutes had passed; only then did she remember to ask.

"If you haven't, I'll go make you something."

"Oh? You can cook now? What can you make?" Sun Dasheng was a bit surprised, because as far as he knew, she didn't know how to cook. The family had hired a housekeeper with amazing cooking skills, who'd even specially learned her hometown dishes just to make them for her.

"I can cook instant noodles." Xia Ruyi said with an extremely proud face.

"Instant noodles, you call that food?" Sun Dasheng was speechless.

Xia Ruyi pinched his arm. "Say that again and I'll pinch you to death. What's wrong with instant noodles? Don't believe those clickbait accounts online. Instant noodles aren't junk food; they're actually a pretty healthy and hygienic food. At least they're safer than all those other foods that keep having problems."

Honestly, what she said made quite a bit of sense.

These days food safety issues keep popping up, but there don't seem to be many involving instant noodles. There was that one time in the past, but that was a problem with an ingredient—the pickled "old altar sour cabbage."

The noodles themselves were still very clean and safe.

"So, you want some? If you do, I'll make you a bowl. I can even add ham and an egg. Oh right, there's cabbage the auntie just bought in the fridge, I can throw some in for you too."

Xia Ruyi watched him, looking eager, like she couldn't wait to show off her one killer skill for him.

"Alright then, I actually haven't had that stuff in ages, kind of miss it."

As a former corporate drone, instant noodles had once been staple rations. To be honest, he really had eaten them to the point of wanting to puke, so after he started doing well, he hadn't touched a single bite.

"I'll go make it then." Xia Ruyi scampered off to the kitchen in high spirits. At that moment, Sun Dasheng finally saw a hint of a smile on her face.

What a rare sight.

Ten-plus minutes later.

"Tadaaa~~~ it's ready, you can eat." Xia Ruyi came over carrying a huge brimming bowl of instant noodles, and it was even a big soup bowl.

Sun Dasheng looked at her, at a loss for words. "What, you trying to stuff me to death?"

Xia Ruyi showed a slightly embarrassed expression. "My hand slipped and I put too much. If you can't finish it, just leave it for me. I can help you wipe out the rest—promise I won't waste food."

Listen to yourself. In that case, why don't you just go get a second bowl right now and help share the burden.