Chapter 169

Chapter 169: Probably a Smiling Little Schemer

Jiang You Nian felt a little awkward. [My dear baby cousin, is it possible this mall is round? The more you walk in the opposite direction, the more likely you are to bump into them!]

But that was just his thought. In reality, Jiang You Nian very honestly took a step back to put some distance between them and that pair.

What a joke. Those two had been officially stamped by their little lucky star as dangerous people who would bring huge misfortune. He had to stay far away, or he might get affected. That would be such an unfair loss.

There was more than one shop assistant in the jewelry store. Seeing more guests come in, another shop assistant quickly walked over to greet them.

“Mr., Ms., is there anything I can help you with?”

“Dear, lately my hand has felt so empty. I’m not used to it.” The woman stretched out her right hand with bright red polished nails, showing off her pale, slender wrist.

The bright red against her snow-white skin created a strong visual contrast, making her wrist look even more slim and smooth.

A trace of obsession flashed in the man’s eyes. He smiled and said: “Buy, buy, buy. Whatever you like, we’ll buy.”

“You said it.” The woman excitedly pointed at the jade bracelet that had just been taken out in front of Du An Rao. “I think that one is pretty good. The color should look great against my skin.”

Du An Rao’s hand, which was holding the bracelet, paused. Jiang You Nian’s face turned black on the spot.

This woman was doing it on purpose!

“Alright, alright, if you like it, we’ll buy it.” President Sun turned and barked at the female shop assistant: “Didn’t you hear what she said? Hurry up and find one just like that bracelet.”

The shop assistant serving them froze for a second, then quickly recovered. Her smile didn’t change as she said, “Sorry, Ms., the material of that bracelet is rather special. The style that lady is holding is the last one in our store. How about you take a look at some other pieces?”

“The last one?” The woman’s eyes rolled. She immediately shook President Sun’s arm and acted spoiled. “I don’t care. I just like that one. I want that one.”

President Sun was already dizzy from all her flirting, and his ego was a bit puffed up too. He pointed arrogantly at the female waiter: “You, go over there and bring that bracelet here.”

Because of Du An Rao’s earlier judgment about the pair, Jiang You Nian hadn’t wanted to bother with them anymore. But he never thought that even when they backed off, these two would still try to push their luck. The fire he had pushed down came roaring back again.

“What do you mean by this? Can’t you see my sister is still looking at this bracelet?”

“Looking at what? Even if you stare at it forever, can you afford it? Aren’t you just wasting the shop assistant’s time? You…” The woman pointed at the female shop assistant. “Go over there and bring that bracelet to me.”

Jiang You Nian’s face darkened, and he was about to explode, but Du An Rao grabbed him again.

“An An…”

Du An Rao smiled at him and shook her head, then took the initiative to hand over the bracelet in her hand.

Jiang You Nian felt so stifled he could hardly stand it, but he kept his parents’ words firmly in mind: in all things, put his little cousin’s wishes first. He could only press down the frustration in his heart for now.

The woman picked up the jade bracelet and examined it carefully. Very soon, she was dazzled by the clear, glowing material. She couldn’t wait to slip it onto her wrist. “Does it look good?”

“It looks great, great. This color really flatters your skin.”

The woman smiled sweetly, her bright eyes filled with affection as she gazed at the man. Her meaning was obvious.

President Sun had never been someone who could resist temptation. He pointed grandly at the female shop assistant: “How much is this bracelet? We’ll take it.”

The shop assistant’s polite smile was fixed in place, and she answered in a professional, standard tone: “You two have excellent taste. The bracelet this Ms. has chosen is made from high ice-grade jadeite. It is very rare and precious, and the price is higher than ordinary jade bracelets. It costs six hundred thousand.”

“How much?”

In their minds, the bracelet would cost at most fifty or sixty thousand. Once they heard six hundred thousand, both of their faces changed.

President Sun simply thought it was too expensive and his heart ached. His little lover beside him was worried he would be unwilling to spend that much money and go back on his word in public, which would make her lose all her face.

Luckily, even though President Sun’s heart hurt, he understood that the two of them were now a community of shared interests. If he really couldn’t pay, the one losing face wouldn’t just be the woman.

“That’s just wonderful. Check out.” The last two words came out through gritted teeth, and the look he gave the woman beside him was like he wanted to eat her alive.

The woman shivered all over in fear. She knew that maybe President Sun wouldn’t do anything to her in front of all these people, but once they got home, that would be another story.

Realizing something was wrong, she finally started to feel a bit regretful.

Originally, Jiang You Nian couldn’t swallow this anger and had been secretly watching the two of them. Now he naturally saw all their little eye contact and changing expressions. His bottled-up resentment vanished in an instant, and he even felt a bit gleeful.

Before he could share his discovery with Du An Rao, his little cousin dropped an even bigger bomb first.

[Tsk, tsk, tsk. Bold enough to embezzle public funds and still show off like this. Is this what they mean by “ignorance is fearless”? Don’t worry, don’t rush! The two of you should be able to spend a few years shedding tears behind iron bars soon enough. Maybe you can even become a pair of prison lovebirds in there.]

Embezzling public funds?! And what was with “prison lovebirds”? Didn’t she actually mean “wild lovebirds”?

Jiang You Nian glanced at the pair in the distance, then looked at his little cousin, who was lowering her head and carefully comparing the quality of the jewels. A wild thought suddenly popped into his mind.

Could it be that his little cousin had already seen what these two were really like, so she deliberately picked out a very expensive piece of jewelry to lure them into grabbing for it, forcing them to buy it in public to save face and eat this loss?

If that was really the case, then his little cousin was probably a smiling little schemer with a belly full of tricks!

Jiang You Nian shivered, then quickly sobered up. Even if his cousin had set this up on purpose to trap them, they deserved it!

They had nothing better to do than look for trouble, mocking them for pretending to be rich. Yet those embezzled public funds weren’t even enough for them to easily buy a six-hundred-thousand bracelet. So who was really pretending to be rich here?

The more he thought about it, the more satisfied he felt, until he couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

This made President Sun, whose mind was already sensitive because of that six hundred thousand, darken his face. He immediately assumed the laughter was aimed at him.

The woman at his side felt things were going wrong and quickly shifted the blame, speaking first like a villain: “What are you laughing at, you classless pauper?”

Jiang You Nian’s expression sank. Du An Rao stepped forward and sneered: “Since when is it a crime to laugh in a jewelry store? Or is it that this lady has her eyes on the pieces in front of me again and wants to use this as an excuse to snatch another one or two?”

The woman’s face stiffened, but she still held on and refused to let go: “Of course it’s not a crime to laugh. But I at least bought a bracelet just now and am an honored guest of this store. I have the right to enjoy the store’s services. You two paupers have been looking for so long and still haven’t bought anything. You reek of poverty and are an eyesore to look at. You lot, throw them out for me. I don’t want to be in the same store as them.”