33: Instant noodles - 2

"???"

Hearing that sour tone, Jiang Ye tilted his head to look closely at Ye Cheng's tense profile and immediately felt amused.

"Hey, with the way you're talking... you aren't jealous, are you? Thinking I'm giving to her and not to you?"

"Jealous my foot! I just think you men are really unreliable! You talk a big game, but when it comes to actual actions, it's all empty promises! Fine, do whatever you want. When those Female Streamers scam you until you don't even have your underwear left and can't even afford instant noodles, then you'll be happy!"

After saying that, as if to prove she "didn't care," Ye Cheng continued to lower her head and take big bites of the noodles, though her chewing was clearly full of spite.

Jiang Ye looked at her puffed-up, angry face, then looked down at the help message Yao Yao had sent on WeChat. After a moment of hesitation, he set his phone aside for now.

He lowered his head to take a bite of noodles as well, using his peripheral vision to quietly observe Ye Cheng beside him.

This reaction... she's probably jealous, right?

But you can't entirely blame me for this!

Wasn't my social media hint obvious enough?

If you had realized sooner and taken the initiative to "show some appreciation," would I have been stingy with a bit of pocket money? We might even be staying in a presidential suite right now.

Jiang Ye smacked his lips, feeling like he needed to ramp up the intensity of his hints.

Just posting on social media didn't seem to be working; he needed something more direct.

He stealthily reached out his right hand, using his thumb and index finger to carefully pinch the edge of the Bare Leg Artifact on Ye Cheng's leg, and gave it a gentle pull.

The highly elastic stocking instantly stretched out and then snapped back with a "thwack," kicking up a tiny bit of dust.

Ye Cheng, who was buried in her noodles, was startled by the sensation on her leg. She looked up with her chopsticks still in her mouth, raising an eyebrow at Jiang Ye with an inquiring look in her eyes:

"?"

Jiang Ye withdrew his hand with an "innocent" look, gave a light cough, and asked with feigned curiosity, "Cough... so, I was just curious, what you're wearing... is it pants or stockings? The elasticity is pretty good."

Ye Cheng: "..."

She silently took the chopsticks out of her mouth, staring at Jiang Ye's "I'm just curious" face, a vein seemingly throbbing on her forehead.

After staring at him for a full five seconds, Ye Cheng gave an annoyed huff, set down her bowl, and stood up to walk straight into the bedroom.

A moment later, she came back out carrying a small transparent plastic bag and tossed it directly into Jiang Ye's lap.

"I've really had it with you! Take them, take them! Stop bothering me! You stinky Pervert!"

Jiang Ye looked down and was instantly overjoyed!

The plastic bag contained several pairs of socks, both long and short. They all looked like they had only been worn a few times, and there was even a pair that hadn't had the tags removed yet!

He quickly sent a sliver of consciousness into the system space.

【System Account Balance: 7,480 Yuan】

A new income record appeared: 【Received a gift from Ye Cheng: A bag of mixed cotton socks. System appraised value: 748 Yuan. Triggered 1,000% cashback, obtained 7,480 Yuan.】

Hahahaha! I've struck it rich!

This bag of socks is actually worth 748!

As expected, women's items are pure profit!

Jiang Ye couldn't control the ecstatic grin on his face. Looking at the skyrocketing balance in his system account, he was overjoyed.

Seeing him grinning like an idiot while holding the plastic bag, Ye Cheng couldn't help but roll her eyes again. She walked over to the sofa, sat down, and held out a fair palm toward Jiang Ye, saying righteously:

"Give me pocket money!"

"Huh? You want money?"

Jiang Ye was shocked and instinctively clutched the plastic bag tighter to his chest. "Aren't these socks a gift? Why do you want money again? I already said I wasn't buying them..."

"Who said I'm selling you socks? I'm saying—give me pocket money! Purely, pock-et! mon-ey!"

Ye Cheng curled her lip and shook her palm again. "Since you have so much money to tip those untouchable Female Streamers online, you might as well give some pocket money to your potential 'kept woman'! Otherwise, if you just expect me to wait for you to save up a million, why should I just wait around for nothing? I should at least get some 'waiting fees,' right? Otherwise, I'm losing out!"

Jiang Ye looked at the Girl's expression—a mix of coquettishness and entitlement—then looked down at the socks worth "7,480" in his arms, quickly doing the math in his head.

This wave of cashback was already a massive profit. A Girl this savvy really should be given some pocket money; otherwise, if she ran out of money and ended up taking a "part-time job," wouldn't he lose out big time?

He smiled, picked up his phone, tapped a few times, and then jerked his chin at Ye Cheng, signaling her to look at her phone.

Ye Cheng suspiciously picked up her phone and opened WeChat. When she saw the amount Jiang Ye had transferred, her eyes widened in shock.

"5,000?! Holy crap, you actually gave it?! No, Buddy... what exactly is your deal?"

She looked up at Jiang Ye, her eyes full of disbelief. "Even... even if you give me this much money, I won't... I'm warning you, this is pocket money. I won't agree to any excessive requests! I..."

Ye Cheng was about to solemnly state her position when she saw Jiang Ye reach out those two wicked fingers again. He pinched the Bare Leg Artifact on her leg once more, and this time with quite a bit of force, making her body sway.

After the pinch, he withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened, placed it by his mouth, and cleared his throat, his gaze drifting.

"Cough... so, I'm still a bit curious, what you're wearing... is it pants? Or socks? It's really elastic..."

Ye Cheng: "..."

Looking at Jiang Ye's "obsessed" and lecherous appearance, her eyes almost rolled all the way to the ceiling. She was completely speechless.

Giving him a harsh glare, Ye Cheng didn't say a word. She turned around again and stomped back into the bedroom, the sound of the door closing even louder this time.

Less than two minutes later, she walked out with bare legs. In her hand was that Victorias Secret Bare Leg Artifact worth over four hundred yuan that Jiang Ye had been pining for. She crumpled it into a ball and threw it right in his face.

"Stinky Pervert! Take it, take it! Stop thinking about it! I've really had it!"

The Bare Leg Artifact, carrying the Girl's body heat and a faint scent of laundry detergent, fluttered onto Jiang Ye's face. A scent mixed with sunlight, clean fabric, and Ye Cheng's unique girlhood fragrance instantly flooded his nose.

This scent was completely different from those strong artificial perfumes; it was more natural, more private, and more... of a warm sensation that made one's heart race.

Cough, it was even a bit sweet.

Jiang Ye suppressed his inner excitement, hurriedly took the "trophy" off his face, and carefully put it away along with the previous bag of socks.

He quickly glanced at the system account again—

【System Account Balance: 11,680 Yuan】!

【Received a gift from Ye Cheng: Victorias Secret Bare Leg Artifact. System appraised value: 420 Yuan. Triggered 1,000% cashback, obtained 4,200 Yuan.】

As expected!

The balance had become 11,680!

This wave was a massive profit!