My Aloof Husband Can't Stop His Devoted Affection-Chapter 480 - 036: His determination to marry her grew even stronger

Chapter 480: 036: His determination to marry her grew even stronger
After breakfast, Ye Lingran helped clean up the dining table, and while Yun Qi helped wash the dishes, he suddenly said, "There’s a charity gala tomorrow night that I need to attend. Will you come with me?"
"Me?"
"Yes." Yun Qi nodded. "As my girlfriend, isn’t it natural for you to be my date?"
Ye Lingran was speechless, wanting to agree but feeling a bit hesitant: "I’ve never attended such events, and..." She actually preferred quiet and wasn’t good at interacting with people, let alone socializing with celebrities from the business world. Just thinking about it gave her a headache.
"Don’t worry, I’ve got it all covered!"
"Well... okay! What time tomorrow?"
"The donation event starts at 4 PM, and the dinner starts at 7 PM."
"What should I wear? A gown?"
"You don’t need to worry about that, I’ll arrange it."
"Alright, fine!" Ye Lingran nodded, washed the last bowl, shook off the water from her hands, and looked at the clock on the living room wall: "It’s ten-thirty."
"Mm, do you want to go grocery shopping? It feels like it’s been ages since I last ate your cooking, I kind of miss it."
Listening to his slightly pleading tone, Ye Lingran found herself unable to refuse, and smiled, nodding: "Sure, then let’s go to the supermarket now! Measuring sizes can wait until later; what do you want for lunch?"
"Anything, as long as it’s made by you." They chatted while heading towards the door, with Yun Qi even helping her carry her bag and phone. After changing shoes at the entrance, they headed out together, ultimately driving Ye Lingran’s car to the nearest supermarket.
At the supermarket, Ye Lingran grabbed a shopping cart and went to the ingredients section to pick out groceries. Seeing the crabs in the fresh produce area, she couldn’t help but laugh: "Look, these two crabs are fighting in there!"
Yun Qi laughed at what he saw, gazing at her gentle smile, "The spicy crab you made for your friend’s birthday last time was really good. It’s been a while since we had it, any chance we could have it today?"
"Do you want to eat it?"
"Mm."
"Then... let’s focus on seafood for lunch today!"
"Alright."
Ye Lingran glanced at the whole seafood section and thought, "You’ve had my spicy crab before, so today let’s make drunken crab! We’ll also do spicy shrimp, stir-fried squid—those salmon look nice, and clams too. Which ones do you want?"
"Let’s just buy them all! After all, we still have the evening!"
Ye Lingran raised an eyebrow and glanced askew: "Wouldn’t buying so much be a bit extravagant?"
"Do I look like someone who’s short on cash?"
"Not really."
"Then let’s buy them! You’ve seen Yun Xi’s crazy grocery shopping skills, so compared to her, we’re small potatoes."
Thinking back to when they were at Lu Shishu’s house and also Yun Qi’s place, with all the things Yun Xi bought, it truly seemed so. She always feared Yun Xi might buy out the entire supermarket and take all the ingredients home; anyone who didn’t know better would think she was purchasing for a restaurant!
When the two finished picking out groceries and ingredients, Ye Lingran also helped him choose some fruits and bought some drinks. One shopping cart wasn’t enough for everything they got, so Yun Qi went and got another cart; after all, Ye Lingran considered that since his company had a seven-day break, he’d be home every day and couldn’t avoid needing these things.
At checkout, Ye Lingran looked back at Yun Qi because he’d been carrying her bag. Receiving her gaze, Yun Qi chuckled lightly: "I’ll take care of it! Let’s put everything back into the shopping cart and push it to the parking lot later; it’s too heavy to carry."
"Alright!" Ye Lingran stepped forward, making room for him, and put the two large bags the cashier had packed into the cart. But when it came to carrying the box of beer, drinks, and bottled water, she really couldn’t manage.
After finishing the payment, Yun Qi reached out with a smile: "You push that cart, I’ll handle this one."
Returning to the villa, it was already past twelve. Seeing how tight time was, Ye Lingran didn’t dare to delay, carried the two bags of groceries to the kitchen, put on an apron, and started working. As for moving the water, Yun Qi took care of it.
Altogether, there were about four cases of water, and Yun Qi made two trips back and forth to finish. The midday sun was particularly harsh, and once he got into the cool house, he was reluctant to leave. While she busied herself, Yun Qi put all the water into the fridge, then turned to look at her, busy brushing crabs and clams in food preparation.