Chapter 386 - 230: Nowhere to Have Fun

Chapter 386: Chapter 230: Nowhere to Have Fun

"Pay me back? This is a fur coat! It cost over ten thousand yuan!"

’For over ten thousand, you bought something of *this* quality?’ Chen Xiao thought mockingly. ’Shouldn’t you be rushing to the seller to demand ten times your money back for selling you a fake?’

’A fur coat? More like it’s made of paper-maché!’

But it was his fault, after all. Leaving a woman with half her arm exposed in the dead of winter was definitely awkward.

The kids who had been fooling around had already run off. Even if they hadn’t, he couldn’t go picking a fight with a bunch of children.

They were at that innocent, carefree age. He’d been there himself. Who wasn’t a little monster as a kid?

"It’s fine. I’ll pay you back. How much is it? I’ll transfer you the money."

Seeing Chen Xiao agree so readily, the young woman gave him a suspicious look. "Hey, handsome, you’re not just trying to get my number, are you? Is this just your way of hitting on me?"

Chen Xiao glanced at her face, caked in a thick layer of foundation. It was the kind of face you’d want to forget the moment you saw it.

Any of Chen Xiao’s female subordinates or colleagues could testify that he was definitely not trying to hit on her. How desperate would he have to be? How low would his standards have to drop to make a move on the woman in front of him?

"You can rest assured, that is absolutely not the case. I’ll transfer you the money, and we can consider this matter settled. All right?"

"Handsome, are you trying to play hard to get? That’s a pretty old trick, don’t you think?"

"Not at all. I know my place. I’m well aware I don’t stand a chance, so I wouldn’t dare to dream. Just give me your QR code so I can pay you."

He’d linked a bank card to his account ever since Zhao Xiangjun had to spot him for the property management fee.

The young woman was expecting him to haggle. She thought he’d at least try to get the price down to under a thousand, but she never expected him to be so direct.

She skeptically pulled up her payment QR code and entered the amount: 10,000.

Chen Xiao scanned the code and paid.

The whole transaction was over in a flash.

After the payment went through, the young woman looked like she was in a dream. It took her a moment to snap out of it, and then she started batting her eyes at Chen Xiao.

"Wow, handsome, I didn’t realize you were so well-off. We could be friends, you know. Let’s add each other!"

A shiver of disgust ran down Chen Xiao’s spine. "No, thank you," he said quickly. "I’m not worthy."

He was borrowing a line straight from Zhao Xiangjun’s playbook for rejecting people.

"Hehe, I didn’t know you were the shy type..."

If he weren’t worried about Zhao Xiangjun going hungry, Chen Xiao would have bolted. The look in this woman’s eyes was utterly predatory.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t resist her; it was that he couldn’t stand the revulsion.

Chen Xiao simply stopped talking. The young woman, however, sized him up with keen interest, growing more and more pleased with what she saw.

"Handsome, do you have a girlfriend?"

"I do."

The young woman paused for a second, then said, "That’s okay. As long as you’re not married, it’s fine. Besides, all that happened before we met!"

Chen Xiao was floored. ’Lady, are you insane?’ he thought. ’Have you been watching too many soap operas?’

"Miss, can I ask you a favor? Could you please turn around? We’re in a line, and you’re walking backward. I’m worried you’re going to fall."

The young woman laughed. "Oh, you’re so shy!"

’It has nothing to do with being shy,’ he thought. ’I’m just scared. A look like that is enough to make a person lose their appetite for three days!’

Thankfully, she turned around, and Chen Xiao breathed a small sigh of relief.

When it was the young woman’s turn, she looked back at him again. "Handsome, what are you getting? It’s my treat!"

"No, thank you. You go ahead."

’How could I dare get involved with her?’ he thought. ’She’s the stuff of nightmares.’

When his turn came, Chen Xiao bought a corn on the cob and some oden.

The food court here only had fast food or stalls like this one. Neither Chen Xiao nor Zhao Xiangjun could stomach fast food, so he just bought something to tide them over.

Carrying the to-go bag of food, he walked briskly toward the parking lot.

Zhao Xiangjun was waiting for him in the car.

"Handsome, are you sure you don’t want my number? Once I’m gone, this chance is gone forever!"

The young woman shouted as she chased after him.

"No, thanks! Opportunity favors the prepared mind!"

Of course, the young woman didn’t understand what he meant. Chen Xiao had a sharp, sarcastic wit. He meant that an "opportunity" like this was for someone who was mentally prepared for it, and his own mental defenses weren’t strong enough to handle it.

With that, he picked up his pace, but the woman, refusing to give up, actually kept following him!

’I must have run into a ghost,’ he thought. ’I definitely should have checked the almanac before leaving the house today.’

No matter how she yelled from behind, Chen Xiao ignored her. Luckily, the car wasn’t parked too far away. A moment later, he reached it, pulled open the door, got inside, and let out a huge sigh of relief.

"What’s wrong? You look like you were being chased by a ghost!"

Chen Xiao laughed out loud. ’Xiangjun is so perceptive,’ he thought. ’Wasn’t I just being chased by a ghost?’

Seeing Chen Xiao get into the car, the young woman grew even more curious. She slowly crept closer for a look and—holy cow, a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen!

Chen Xiao’s image instantly became even more perfect in her eyes. The young woman was practically drooling.

’I have to make my move!’

She wracked her brain, coming up with at least a hundred different opening lines, before finally mustering the courage to approach.

Inside the car, Chen Xiao and Zhao Xiangjun made short work of the snacks.

Zhao Xiangjun said, "Jiajia just asked where I was. I told her you took me out to go roughing it."

Chen Xiao knew she was teasing him. He had described what a beautiful, scenic place it would be, but when they got here, it was nothing but crowds of people and a barren patch of grass.

"There really isn’t much to do in Jiangzhou," he admitted. "Next time, we’ll go on a proper road trip and visit some famous mountains and rivers."

"Forget it. I’m afraid you’d get us lost. You don’t exactly seem like the sharpest tool in the shed..."

"What’s that supposed to mean?" Chen Xiao pretended to be angry.

"You ran a red light, and you picked *this* place for an outing. How smart can you possibly be?"

’Well, there goes my sterling reputation, all ruined in a single day.’

"Give me the trash, I’ll go throw it out."

Zhao Xiangjun took the snack bag from Chen Xiao and got out of the car.

The young woman had finally worked up the courage and was walking over to hit on the handsome guy when, unexpectedly, someone else got out of the car.

She came face-to-face with Zhao Xiangjun. Her Height was 160 cm, and she looked a full head shorter than her.

She looked up and—*mamma mia*, had she just run into the Nine Heavens Profound Lady herself?

How could any woman be this beautiful!

Zhao Xiangjun had just stepped out of the car when she found her way blocked. She paused, surprised, and asked, "Can I help you?"

"Oh! It’s nothing, nothing! I’m just... waiting for my boyfriend around here. He said he’d be here to get me soon!"

"Your boyfriend?"

"Mhm, his name is Peng Yu. He’s a regional director at Wansheng!"