"Oops, can't take it out? It's okay."
Qin Xiangxiang gave a charming smile, her eyes undisguisedly mocking. "I'm not a difficult person. I know that little Li has always been living on the subsidy. Now that she suddenly lost five thousand yuan, she can't even make ends meet, let alone compensate for the perfume?"
She raised her slender eyes, her tone arrogant to the extreme. "It's okay, little Li. Just keep this debt for now. Pay me back when you have the money..."
"Tomorrow."
Ji Xiaoli suddenly spoke up.
"What?"
"I said," Ji Xiaoli smiled, her eyes curving like crescent moons. "I'll pay you back tomorrow."
Tomorrow? Would she have the money by tomorrow?
"It's too late today. The mall is already closed."
Ji Xiaoli said slowly. Then she turned around, yawned, and lay down on the bed. She looked up at Qin Xiangxiang innocently with her eyes.
"Xiangxiang, you're so rich. You can't even wait one night, can you?"
"Humph, what a joke!" Qin Xiangxiang sneered. "I'm just afraid that you're trying to act tough when you can't afford it."
Ji Xiaoli's smile became even more sly, her eyes like a fox's.
Ding! Another text message from Wei Yanlan came: "Baby, are you asleep?"
Ji Xiaoli's smile took on a hint of coldness. As if thinking of something, she turned off the screen, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.
Maybe the impact of the day was too great. Before long, Ji Xiaoli fell into a dream.
In the dream, she was dressed like a little girl, with two braids. She was crying loudly, looking for her mother.
"Mom... don't leave me..."
Her eyes were red from crying. She looked blankly at the people hurrying on the street.
Mom...
Where was her mom?
This one wasn't her mom, and neither was that one...
What should she do? She couldn't find her mom or her home!
What should she do...
"Hey, you're not going to sleep through the whole day, are you?"
The shrill voice pierced her eardrum, instantly waking Ji Xiaoli up.
Qin Xiangxiang was already dressed neatly and standing beside her bed with a smile.
"Little Li, you're not trying to avoid compensating me for the perfume by sleeping, are you?"
"Of course not."
Ji Xiaoli yawned. Rubbing her eyes, she said lazily, "I'll not only compensate you, but also buy you an identical bottle."
Huh? Her Dior perfume cost 1480 yuan. Could Ji Xiaoli afford it?
— Who would believe that!
Three hours later, Qin Xiangxiang was standing in the mall's counter, still in a daze looking at the Dior perfume in her hand.
Ji Xiaoli...
She actually bought a bottle to compensate her!
"I remember it was this one from the J'adore series, right?"
Ji Xiaoli raised her eyebrows and asked with a gentle smile.
"Yes... it's this one." Looking at the luxurious perfume bottle in her hand, Qin Xiangxiang still hadn't snapped out of her daze.
Yang Xiaoyang, who came with them, was even more shocked with her eyes wide open. "Wow! Ji Xiaoli, have you struck it rich? How can you afford this!"
"Why can't she afford it?" Tao Tao laughed and hooked Ji Xiaoli's arm. "I've already told you that the woman in the Maybach last night was Xiaoli's real mom. Why don't you believe it?"
"Damn! Damn! Damn!"
After a series of shocked exclamations, Yang Xiaoyang finally came to her senses.
She looked seriously at Ji Xiaoli and then sincerely advised her, "Xiaoli, even if you've become a rich second - generation, you can't waste your money like this! Qin Xiangxiang was the one who bumped into you and knocked over the perfume. Not only did she not apologize to you, but she also asked you to compensate? — What for?"
Ji Xiaoli still smiled gently.
Yes, what for?
She, Ji Xiaoli, was not someone who would swallow an insult.
"Xiangxiang, I remember I said I'd buy you an identical bottle, right?" Ji Xiaoli blinked her eyes innocently.
Qin Xiangxiang felt confused. "Identical? Isn't this it now? — Hey hey hey, what are you doing!!"
In Qin Xiangxiang's shocked gaze, Ji Xiaoli actually opened the perfume cap and poured it into the trash can.
"Ji Xiaoli!"
Qin Xiangxiang screamed and rushed over.
But it was too late.
Gurgling sounds could be heard as the pink perfume flowed into the dirty trash can...
What filled the air was not the expensive perfume, but the sound of Qin Xiangxiang's heart breaking...
At this moment, at the escalator, a young man in a casual jacket was listening to heavy - metal rock music in his earphones. He was bobbing his head and stepping off the escalator.
Aunt Wei should be arriving soon, right? He had been abroad for so long and didn't know which restaurant was good here. He'd have to ask Aunt Wei about her taste later...
Suddenly, the young man frowned. The strong fragrance caught his attention.
What puzzled him was that the fragrance seemed to be coming from the trash can!
WTF?
Zheng Nanfeng stared with wide eyes and saw a bright - eyed and white - toothed girl pouring perfume into the trash can. She said slowly, "Xiangxiang, I remember when you returned it to me, there was only a small half - bottle left. If I want to return it to you exactly as it was, I have to pour some out myself."
"Oops." Looking at the empty perfume bottle, Ji Xiaoli pouted her pink lips and said very innocently, "I accidentally poured it all out."
Thud! Ji Xiaoli let go of her hand and threw the perfume bottle into the trash can. Then she raised her chin and said, "It's okay. I'll buy another bottle to compensate you."
This time, not only Qin Xiangxiang but also Zheng Nanfeng was shocked.
"Xiaoli, you..." Yang Xiaoyang swallowed nervously. "You did what I've always wanted to do but never had the courage to do..."
"Buy one, pour one out..." Tao Tao, who was equally shocked, added.
Tao Tao and Yang Xiaoyang glanced at each other and both showed expressions of "great minds think alike".
Just then, Zheng Nanfeng's phone rang.
"Nanfeng, are you there? What are you doing?"
Wei Yanlan's enthusiastic voice brought Zheng Nanfeng back to his senses. After taking a deep breath, he replied seriously, "Aunt Wei, I'm watching a spoiled rich second - generation waste money!"