A Sudden Wave of Hunger!
In the villa's living room, Jiang Yitong stood fully dressed, feeling angry, frustrated, ashamed, and even a tiny bit guilty.
After all, she was an educated woman. She couldn't twist the truth and pin all the blame on Lin Baici.
When you got right down to it, this had happened because she'd stripped naked and gone to sleep in Lin Baici's villa.
If she'd had a little more self-respect, this wouldn't have happened. But her mom had said the electricity cost too much and refused to let her turn on the air conditioning.
Jiang Yitong quickly calmed down and started thinking about how to make the most of the situation.
At the very least, she had to protect her mom's job.
Simply explaining why she was here wouldn't work. She had to give her mom credit for her good work.
Once she'd thought it through, Jiang Yitong looked at Lin Baici with a wounded expression and yelled, "You stingy, cheapskate capitalist!"
"I came to visit my mom. I'd arrive in the morning and have to leave by evening. She wouldn't even let me stay the night!"
"And the meals! My mom is descended from imperial chefs, but I went the whole summer without a single fancy meal."
"Wait, I did have one. I dragged my mom out to eat. She works for you, and you're not exactly short on money, but my mom's usual meals are worse than a construction worker's!"
"And your air conditioning—does it run on nuclear power or something?"
"Save, save, save! I said I'd pay the electricity bill, but my mom still wouldn't let me turn on the air conditioning!"
"Oh, and all that gym equipment—could I, a girl, really break it?"
Jiang Yitong rattled off complaint after complaint, barely pausing