Can I Like It

The three entered the house and placed the bags in their hands on the living room floor.

The house was cleaned very thoroughly and felt refreshing, with great natural light. However, it was very empty, especially the living room—large, spacious, and completely bare.

"Damn, we don't even have a single chair in the house. It's fine, the people from the furniture mall will bring the stuff over in a bit. There are lounge chairs in the yard, so you two can go sit outside for now while I tidy up these things."

"Okay."

Saying that, Su Yang carried the bags to the kitchen and started organizing the pile of things they had bought. Since the refrigerator hadn't arrived yet, he could only put away the dry goods, drinks, and alcohol for now.

Watching the busy Su Yang, Shen Yixue tugged at Pan Ning beside her and pouted, "Look at Su Yang, he's so hardworking and can do anything. I really envy you."

Pan Ning followed her gaze and asked, "Do you like him?"

"What?"

"I said, do you like this type of guy?"

"L-like... hehe, am I allowed to like him?" Shen Yixue rolled her eyes playfully and giggled.

"If you really want to like him, I can't stop you. That's your own business. But... liking him is fine, just no taking action."

"Tch, that's no fun. I guess I won't like him then."

Pan Ning smiled and said, "Then don't just stand there, go help him."

"Why are you bossing me around? Why don't you go help? That's your man."

"I'm the female owner of the house, so I need to take a tour first and familiarize myself with my territory," Pan Ning joked, a rare occurrence for her.

Shen Yixue pouted, "Hmph, what kind of hostess are you, making the guest help while you slack off?"

"You're my best friend, so you're not a guest. And since you're not a guest, why should I stand on ceremony with you?"

"You... fine, fine, you win. Since I'm not a guest, can I be the second female owner?"

"What?"

"You're the first female owner, and I'm the second."

Hearing this, Pan Ning rolled her eyes at Shen Yixue speechlessly. "Whatever you want."

Shen Yixue took off her white chiffon cardigan, hung it by the door, and laughed, "In that case, from now on, I am the second mistress of this place."

"Could you phrase that differently? Why does it sound so awkward?"

"It's fine, it's fine." Shen Yixue smiled and walked toward Su Yang.

Su Yang, who was busy organizing things, naturally heard their conversation. He shook his head with a smile and continued his work.

"Su Yang, let me help you," Shen Yixue said with a chuckle as she approached him.

"No need, go rest. It's not that much stuff, I can handle it myself."

"This is a lot of stuff, how is it not much? Just let me help," Shen Yixue said, bending over with her hands resting on her knees.

Su Yang, who was squatting on the floor, turned his head and subconsciously let his gaze land on some places he shouldn't be looking at.

He hastily looked away. "Right now, there's only one favor you can do for me, and that is to go sit in the front yard and play on your phone."

"That would be embarrassing. I'm the second female owner now."

Su Yang scratched his head and laughed, "Since you're an owner, why don't you go patrol your territory?"

Hearing this, Shen Yixue froze for a moment, then gave an awkward smile. "Uh... you heard everything we just said?"

"You guys were so loud, I couldn't not hear it even if I tried."

Shen Yixue thought back to her conversation with Pan Ning and immediately blushed. She babbled a few random excuses and quickly ran off.

Watching Shen Yixue run away, Su Yang muttered to himself, "She's really got something going on."

He shook his head, chuckled, and stopped thinking about it. He continued sorting the items, taking out all the alcohol and drinks and arranging them on the cabinet next to the kitchen.

Then, he took out a bunch of snacks and dry goods and put them in the cupboards.

The meat, fish, vegetables, and other ingredients they needed for tonight were temporarily placed on the kitchen counter.

In less than half an hour, he had everything organized.

After that, he went into the bathroom and washed his face. "Mmm, that feels good."

By this time, the two girls had already toured the entire house from top to bottom.

The interior of the house was divided into three floors. Like most houses, the first floor consisted of a living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, and a large terrace.

The second and third floors were the residential areas. The second floor had three bedrooms, and aside from the bedrooms, there was also a small gym, though the fitness equipment hadn't been purchased yet.

The third floor had two bedrooms, plus a rooftop garden balcony.

Outside, in addition to the front yard, there was a modestly sized backyard. Su Yang planned to set up a ping-pong table back there so he could play a few rounds with friends when he had free time.

That was the general layout of the house. At the moment, the two girls were resting on the lounge chairs in the front yard.

Su Yang grabbed two bottles of water, walked out to the yard, and handed them to the two girls.

"Here, you two female owners, have some water."

Seeing that Su Yang was still teasing them about the female owner thing, Shen Yixue said awkwardly, "Stop talking about that!"

"Hehe, so you guys are allowed to say it, but I'm not?"

"We were just joking around~"

"But I took it seriously," Su Yang said with a smile, walking to the side and squatting down.

"Why are you squatting here?"

"There are only two lounge chairs in total, and you guys are sitting in both of them. So I can only squat, right?"

"Oh my, you're making me feel bad. Come on, come on, I'll let you sit." Shen Yixue said as she started to get up.

Su Yang pressed a hand on her shoulder to stop her. "Just sit. I'm a grown man, squatting for a bit won't hurt."

"Alright then."

After the three of them chatted in the yard for a while, the sound of vehicles came from outside at five in the afternoon.

Su Yang walked to the entrance and opened the main gate. He saw several small delivery trucks carrying furniture pulling up to the yard one after another.

"Oh, they're here. That was pretty fast."

At this moment, the two girls also got up and walked over.

Su Yang directed the drivers to back their trucks up to the gate and park.

Then, he helped the men unload things like the sofa and beds from the trucks.

"Boss, you don't need to trouble yourself, we can handle it," a man in a blue uniform said with a smile, taking out a cigarette and offering it to Su Yang.

Su Yang took the cigarette and said, "It's fine, I'm just idling anyway. It'll go faster if we all move things together."

"You're a really nice guy, boss."

"It's nothing, just lending a hand."

After watching from the side for a while, Shen Yixue spoke up again, "Look how great Su Yang is. He spent money and doesn't even need to do this, but he still helps out. If it were Zhang Ziming, he would never do that."

Pan Ning tilted her head and said, "Everyone has a different personality. Su Yang is just the type of person who loves to help others."

"Right? I just love people with this kind of personality."

"But you can only like him."

Shen Yixue didn't reply, simply staring at Su Yang as he helped out.

Pan Ning added, "Stop staring and go help him."

"Me? How could I possibly lift any of these things with my small frame?"

"Is your frame small? Why do I feel like you've gotten chubbier than before?"

"Who said I'm chubby?!" Shen Yixue quickly defended herself.

Pan Ning smiled, "If you're not going to help, I will."

"Can you even lift anything?"

"I can help carry some of the lighter stuff."

"Fine, I'll go too." Saying that, the two girls walked toward the gate.

Su Yang was carrying a waist-high cabinet and turned to walk into the yard. Seeing the two girls approach, he asked, "What are you two doing?"

"Helping out!"

"What could you possibly help with? You'll just end up dropping things on yourselves. Go have fun."

"We girls can help too!" Shen Yixue said with a smile.

"There's nothing here you can carry. Why don't you go take a walk by the lake? Come back once we're done setting everything up."

Pan Ning glanced at the pile of stuff on the vehicle. They were all bulky items, each weighing at least several dozen pounds.

They really wouldn't be able to help much.

Pan Ning said, "Alright then. Come on, let's go for a stroll by the lake."

"I thought we were going to help?"

"We can't lift any of it, so forget it."