Chapter 48: The Less You Want It, the More I Want to Buy It for You
Chapter 48: Chapter 48: The Less You Want It, the More I Want to Buy It for You
"For the jacket, I think this one suits you perfectly... For pants, let’s go with this pair... You’ll definitely look sharp in this shirt. Oh, right, and a tie! Let’s get this tie, the style matches well..."
Carrying a basket full of clothes, Zhang Yan headed to the fitting room.
Today, he was once again a young man at the mercy of someone else’s styling. After all, when looking at girls, he could easily tell if an outfit looked good or not. But when it came to menswear, his vocabulary was limited to "not bad," "pretty handsome," "close enough," and "they all look the same."
As soon as he stepped out, fully dressed, his junior’s eyes lit up and she hurried over.
"Senior, you look incredibly handsome! Ah, don’t move just yet. It’s a bit crooked here."
Looking at his junior standing so close, earnestly adjusting his clothes, Zhang Yan couldn’t resist sneaking a quick kiss.
"Oh, stop moving... There, all done. Go look in the full-length mirror. If there’s anything you don’t like, I’ll pick out something else for you."
Zhang Yan struck a few poses as instructed. He felt pretty good about the look.
A handsome guy looks good in anything!
"I’ll take them all."
"Sir, the outfit your girlfriend picked out for you truly suits your vibe. Please come this way to pay," the saleswoman said.
"Ah! I’ll pay!"
Seeing Zhang Yan instinctively reach for his card, Chi Xinyue hurriedly stopped him.
The saleswoman shot her a surprised look, noting inwardly that the girl’s financial situation was clearly much worse than the boy’s, yet she was actually fighting to foot the bill. She thought that girls like this were rare these days. Turning to her with a warm smile, she said, "Of course, miss. Please follow me this way."
Chi Xinyue was actually feeling a little anxious. If the final total was too expensive and she couldn’t afford it, her own embarrassment wouldn’t matter, but it would be terrible if it caused Zhang Yan to be looked down upon.
Zhang Yan had transferred fifty thousand yuan to her, claiming it was her pocket money, and had casually asked her to buy him a suit with it. However, he hadn’t mentioned a word about how much this suit should cost; it was entirely up to her discretion.
For a brief moment, Chi Xinyue had wanted to save as much of the money as possible. After all, just for her father’s conservative medical treatment, they still had to pay ten to twenty thousand yuan out of pocket each time after insurance deductions. Right now, she couldn’t bear to waste a single cent.
But in the end, she decided to buy the best suit she could afford for Zhang Yan. He had already given her so much, while she had given him far too little in return.
While picking out the clothes, she had only glanced at the tags to make sure there wasn’t an absurdly high price she truly couldn’t afford. Because she had been so intensely focused on matching the outfit, she hadn’t had time to calculate the grand total.
When the final price was rung up, it came out to forty-five thousand yuan. She let out a long sigh of relief, though she felt a twinge of shame for ultimately "embezzling" the remaining five thousand yuan.
"Senior, do you think you need a new wallet?" she asked, secretly determined to spend the entire fifty thousand yuan on him.
Zhang Yan saw right through her intentions, but he couldn’t explain that she really was spending her own money on him this time. However, seeing how guilty and uneasy she felt when her boyfriend spent money on her, Zhang Yan only wanted to spend more on her.
In stark contrast was a certain someone who sent Zhang Yan an "artistic photo" every few days and then posted on her Friends Circle about wanting a new designer bag. If that girl thought she could squeeze a single dime out of him, she was sorely mistaken.
For that type of girl, he wouldn’t give her a dime of return unless he had already "invested a few hundred million" in her first.
"I don’t like the style of the wallets here. There’s no need."
As he led the distracted junior away, she was still hung up on the remaining money. "Senior, what else are you missing? For example, isn’t one tie too few? We should buy you another one!"
Seeing how uncomfortable she was at the prospect of not spending every last cent on him, Zhang Yan grew even fonder of her. So, he led her straight into Van Cleef & Arpels.
"Senior, are you buying new jewelry again?"
She instantly looked as if she were facing a formidable enemy. After all, a single piece of jewelry here cost several thousands at the bare minimum. She had no idea if her little bit of remaining cash would hold up.
"Welcome back, sir! What are you looking to buy this time?"
The saleswoman here actually remembered him. He wasn’t sure if it was because their handsome-guy-and-beautiful-girl pairing was too striking, or because he had just dropped a hundred and ten thousand yuan here a few days ago.
"Get me the couple’s matching version of the bracelet I bought last time."
The saleswoman enthusiastically brought out four comparable styles: one was a yellow gold, malachite, and diamond piece matching Zhang Yan’s; another was rose gold with mother-of-pearl and diamonds; the third was white gold with onyx and diamonds; and the fourth was simply yellow gold and diamonds.
Realizing that Zhang Yan wasn’t buying for himself, but was getting something for her again, she repeatedly tugged at his arm. "Senior, you really don’t need to buy me anything else."
Now, every additional cent Zhang Yan spent on her added to her inner guilt—with him treating her so well, how could she ever have the nerve to ask him for more money later?
"What, you don’t want to wear matching couple’s bracelets with me?" Zhang Yan asked, feigning a scowl.
"No, no, that’s not what I meant!"
Seeing her flustered expression, Zhang Yan stopped teasing her and smiled gently. "Just accept the things I buy for you with peace of mind. I wouldn’t buy them for anyone else even if they wanted me to! Be good, baby."
Perhaps it was that last term of endearment that did the trick. She finally accepted it, wrapping her arms even tighter around his arm, almost as if she were afraid he would run away.
Because she was holding on so tightly, the pressing sensation Zhang Yan felt against his arm became much more pronounced.
He thought to himself, "She always seems a bit small when standing next to her best friend, but she’s actually quite well-endowed. Based on the feel from last time, she should be around a D-cup."
He placed all four bracelets on her wrist to compare them. Watching her look so cute as she fell into the dilemma of indecision, Zhang Yan couldn’t help but tease her. "How about we just buy them all?"
Taking him seriously, she only needed a single second to finalize her choice, pointing at the yellow gold and diamond one. "This one. I like this one. Please put the rest back."
Expenditure: 129,000. Credited: 129,000.
As soon as they stepped out of the store, noticing that Zhang Yan seemed to want to keep shopping, she hastily tugged hard on his arm.
"Senior, it’s getting late. Let’s hurry to the aquarium! It gets super crowded there, and who knows how long we’ll have to queue!"
Helpless, Zhang Yan let himself be dragged out of the commercial district’s central hub. Honestly, the gravitational pull of that "Grand Canyon" was simply too strong.
Once caught in its orbit, he had absolutely no power to resist. He was merely savoring the soft sensation for a moment, but by the time he snapped out of it, he had already been dragged over a hundred meters away.
"Alright, alright, we’ll go to the aquarium I promised you right now. But there’s no need to rush, there’ll definitely be tickets available."
Brimming with confidence, Zhang Yan led her to the wildly popular, internet-famous aquarium.
For Chi Xinyue, it felt as if a bolt of heavenly lightning had struck her heart.
"How could this happen!?"
Staring at the sign that read "Temporarily Closed for the Day," the girl, who had been looking forward to this all day, felt as if her entire world had just collapsed.