Chapter 400 - 259: "Bully" Lin Chu

Chapter 400: Chapter 259: "Bully" Lin Chu

"Ah!"

She suddenly let out a shy shriek.

Turns out, Lin Chu had already given her a swat on the butt. "Hurry up! What are you just standing there for? You go on ahead, and I’ll follow."

Jiang Ya took a deep breath, her face already flushed bright red. After hesitating repeatedly, she finally gave in to Lin Chu and hurried ahead.

Lin Chu, for his part, followed behind her, strolling at a leisurely pace.

He couldn’t help but shake his head and smile as he watched her, like a frightened little deer, glancing back every few steps.

The Gold and jewelry counters on the first floor.

Jiang Ya thought for a moment and went straight there.

"Hello, I’d like to look at some diamond rings."

she said, blushing. They had already gone down two floors, but her face was still burning hot. She even felt a little like a thief.

At the same time, she was starting to feel anxious.

’Three hours, and several minutes have already passed.’

’One million!’

’How am I supposed to spend all this?!’

"Of course, ma’am."

"Are you looking for a wedding ring?"

the salesclerk asked with a polite smile.

Jiang Ya froze for a moment, lightly biting her lip. She was a little shy, but still nodded.

After looking for a while, she chose one—a wedding ring priced at 24,000. Gritting her teeth, she took out the card, entered the PIN, and paid for it.

Lin Chu watched from behind her.

’Speechless.’

’So naive!’

’Aren’t diamonds just a total rip-off?’

’But, she’s just a kid. Since I’m the one who made the rules, I might as well let her do what she wants.’

Holding the diamond ring, Jiang Ya suddenly felt a rush of happiness. It was pure joy. She glanced back uneasily at Lin Chu, who wasn’t far behind. When she saw he was just watching her with a grin, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

’Onward!’

Next door was a Victoria’s Secret. She stood at the entrance and hesitated, gazing at the sexy, beautiful lingerie. Jiang Ya took a deep breath, her face turning bright red, but ultimately, she couldn’t bring herself to go inside.

On to the next store.

It was a clothing store. Even though it was a major brand on the first floor, the most expensive item was only a little over three thousand.

Lin Chu stood at the entrance and didn’t even come in.

Jiang Ya looked around but couldn’t bring herself to buy anything. ’It’s too expensive,’ she thought. ’How could I ever deserve to wear clothes like this?’

’What’s the point of buying it?’

She hurried on to the next store.

Lin Chu just watched leisurely from behind.

’I have to admit,’ he thought, ’this girl is pretty amusing. She can’t even bring herself to buy slightly more expensive clothes. She looks around, agonizes over it, and ends up walking out, completely forgetting she has a million-dollar budget to play with.’

She couldn’t bear to buy anything, yet she had a mission to spend money.

As time ticked away, she visibly grew more and more anxious.

"What size suit do you wear?"

She had gone into a designer suit store, looked around, and then hurried back out to ask Lin Chu.

Lin Chu waved his hand lazily and chuckled. "Don’t buy anything for me. That would be against the rules. You can only buy things for women."

’Just adding a quick patch to the rules.’

Jiang Ya: ...!!!

Her face flushed as she hurried to the next store.

"Hey, hey, you could buy a few of those cheongsams. They’re quite nice."

Lin Chu suddenly said with a smile as they passed a high-end cheongsam shop.

Jiang Ya pressed her lips together, took a deep breath, and glanced at him. In the end, she didn’t refuse. She went inside, quickly picked one out, and bought it. The 4,600 price tag made her heart ache as if it were bleeding.

After offering that one suggestion, Lin Chu didn’t interfere again.

He watched as she darted from one store to the next, trapped by analysis paralysis. The habit of saving money was ingrained to her core, yet now she was being forced to spend a million in three hours.

"You take your time. It’s lunchtime, so I’m gonna go grab some fried chicken. I’m starving."

Lin Chu had been following her for about half an hour and was starting to get impatient. He told her with a smile before heading over to a KFC on the other side of the mall.

Jiang Ya watched his retreating figure, sighed again, and then continued into the next store.

It was as if her fighting spirit had suddenly been ignited.

...

Lin Chu was sitting in KFC, scrolling through short videos on his phone. He hadn’t waited anywhere near three hours—it hadn’t even been one—when he was surprised to see Jiang Ya returning.

She was carrying a mere four or five shopping bags.

She peeked her head in furtively, and only after spotting him did she walk in, looking hesitant.

"Well, that was fast. Finished already?"

"What did you buy?"

Lin Chu watched her with a grin.

She sniffled, sat down across from him, and looked at Lin Chu nervously as she pulled out several receipts.

After one look, Lin Chu was speechless for a moment, then burst out laughing.

Other than the diamond ring, the cheongsam, a ladies’ watch worth tens of thousands, and a pair of high heels, everything else was, astonishingly, various pieces of Gold jewelry and even Gold bars.

The various Gold items alone accounted for over nine hundred thousand of the budget.

"Oh, so you’re cheating, are you?"

"This doesn’t count."

"Who told you to play like this?"

"Why didn’t you just buy everything at the Gold store right from the start? What, is the saleswoman there your aunt or something? Trying to give her business a boost?"

Lin Chu teased with a smile.

’Unbelievable!’

Jiang Ya sat ramrod straight, pouting as she gave Lin Chu a pitiful look. She didn’t argue. ’Whatever you say. I’m done with this game. I can’t do it anymore.’

’It’s exhausting.’

’The worst that can happen... is just getting my butt spanked!’

’Even that would be better than this!’

"I... I don’t know how to spend money... It’s too much trouble, and... and a lot of it doesn’t feel worth the price..."

When Lin Chu heard this, he stared at her for a few seconds. A smile crept back onto his face as an idea struck him. "Alright. Now for task number two: take everything you just bought and return it all."

Hearing this, Jiang Ya was, once again, completely dumbfounded.

’Is he even human?’

’This is... this is insane.’

"Just hit me... If you want to hit me, just say it. You don’t have to make up excuses."

"I’m not going to return them. It’s too embarrassing."

"You’re bullying me..."

She stood there stunned for a full thirty seconds, the rims of her eyes turning red. Suddenly, tears began to fall like pearls from a broken string.

Lin Chu: ...

Uh.

He pulled out a chair and sat down beside her, reaching out to gently wipe away her tears. "Hey, hey, don’t cry. I was just teasing you."

"Alright, these are all yours now."

"Of course, if you do want to return them, go ahead. It’d be good practice for your courage. Besides, any money you get back would be yours to keep, too."

Jiang Ya looked at Lin Chu with teary eyes.

Suddenly, she couldn’t cry anymore.

’He...’

’He!’

Pouting, she sniffled and still shook her head.

"Alright, alright, stop crying. If you keep it up, I’ll really spank you... Go get something to eat, and then we’ll head home."

Lin Chu patted her head and said with a smile.

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