"We... we're just looking around!"
Before Lin Chu could speak, Xu Qianqian stepped in first, laughing a little nervously. She had already prepared herself for the worst.
"Alright. If you need anything, please feel free to let me know."
As the sales assistant walked away, Xu Qianqian finally seemed to let out a sigh of relief. Casually picking up a relatively inexpensive shirt, she tentatively asked Lin Chu, "Ge, do you think you'd like this jacquard-blend long-sleeve shirt?"
"It's alright, but I can't really tell just by looking at one piece. Can you put a few outfits together for me?"
"Huh? Pick out a few full outfits straight away?"
Xu Qianqian was a bit dazed. She couldn't help wondering if Lin Chu had even looked at the price tag.
"Yeah, as long as they look good. Prices and stuff don't matter."
Lin Chu made it clear that of course he had seen them—wasn't it obvious? Previously, he might have considered such prices astronomically high. But now? Sorry, he didn't even want anything too cheap anymore.
"T-T-This... well, alright! Since Ge said so, I won't stand on ceremony!"
Seeing Lin Chu's calm expression, Xu Qianqian had nothing left to hesitate about. At that moment, her desire to shop was intensely strong. As someone who had been single up until now, she had often fantasized about picking out nice clothes for someone she liked. Well then, today she would use Lin Chu as her guinea pig!
"Alright, let me know when you're done."
Lin Chu nodded, walked straight over to the lounge area, sat down on the sofa, crossed his legs, and started sipping tea, occasionally glancing at those stunning legs wrapped in sheer black silk. How wonderful! This feeling couldn't possibly be any more satisfying.
After a round of selection, Xu Qianqian walked back carrying several sets of carefully chosen clothes and matching shoes.
"Lin Chu-ge, why don't you try these on?"
"Mm."
Lin Chu got up and walked into the fitting room.
A few minutes later, the fitting room door opened. Lin Chu stepped out wearing a full luxury outfit from LV, instantly making Xu Qianqian's eyes light up as she waited outside.
"So handsome! As expected of Ge~ As expected of my taste~ Hehe."
Xu Qianqian giggled, unable to resist giving a thumbs-up to both her own aesthetic sense and Lin Chu's new look.
"Not bad at all."
Standing in front of the full-length mirror, Lin Chu turned around. The clothes Xu Qianqian picked out for him were relatively minimalist yet retained a low-key elegance: a retro water-wash denim jacket paired with a jacquard cotton shirt, matched with the same tone of denim jeans and a pair of LV White Cement sneakers. Although there were no overly flashy logos or prints, at a single glance anyone could tell he was wearing high-end designer labels. It completely fit modern youth aesthetics and instantly made him look several years younger.
After that, urged on by Xu Qianqian, Lin Chu tried on several other outfits. For a brief moment, he almost wondered if he had become her live-action dress-up video game model.
Visibly, Xu Qianqian's Favorability rose from 33 to 43—a full 10 points. But he had to admit, a beauty like her had quite a great eye. The outfits she picked were spot-on aesthetically; if he had chosen them himself, they probably would have fallen far short.
"Sir, I'm so envious that you have a girlfriend who's so good at picking out clothes! Every single one of these outfits suits you so well!" Even the nearby sales assistant, Xia Lin, couldn't help praising them.
"Alright, I'll take all of them. Let's check out."
"Very well, sir. Please wait a moment while I get the card reader."
Hearing that Lin Chu was buying the whole lot, the corners of Xia Lin's mouth curled upward as she proudly returned to the counter.
"Xiao Liu, don't forget you're treating us to dinner tonight, okay?"
"Xia-jie... you're incredible! How on earth did you know he wasn't a simp?" her colleague couldn't help asking in return.
"That's why I keep saying you're young. Practice more when you're green."
Just before the two of them entered the store, Xia Lin had made a bet with her colleague Xiao Liu. Xiao Liu had thought Lin Chu was nothing more than an accessory to that top-tier beauty Xu Qianqian—to put it bluntly, a walking ATM who could barely manage to cough up some cash. Xia Lin, however, didn't see it that way. Although Lin Chu looked completely ordinary, she could catch a glimpse of an unshakeable poise and quiet confidence about him that ordinary people rarely possessed. This kind of intuition came from the experience she had accumulated working at a Guangdong branch store years ago; the financial strength exuding from Lin Chu was no less than that of those "village heirs" who wore oversized shorts, keychains hanging from their waists, and flip-flops year-round.
"Hello, sir, that comes to a total of 180,000 yuan."
"Eh?"
Before Lin Chu could respond, Xu Qianqian beside him instantly drew a sharp breath, her silk-clad legs beneath her pleated skirt involuntarily crossing.
180,000?
She had figured these outfits might be expensive, but she never imagined they would be outrageously expensive! Her family was an ordinary dual-income household, and her parents' combined earnings barely scraped over 100,000 a year. Good grief, these clothes cost more than her entire family's annual income.
Would he actually pay for it?
At that thought, her heart leaped straight to her throat.
"Fine, let's pay."
Lin Chu calmly pulled out his phone, scanning the QR code to pay in one smooth motion.
"Thank you for your patronage, Mr. Lin!"
At the same time:
"Ding! Detected that the host has changed his fashion style..."
"The system is evaluating... Evaluation complete!"
"93 points!"
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining a 12x cashback reward! The funds have been transferred to your account, please check!"
"【China Merchants Bank】: Your account ending in 9800 received a deposit of RMB 2,160,000 on January 27 at 14:31!"
Hiss!
A full 12 times!
After subtracting what he had spent, he had still netted a profit of over two million. Who would have dared believe that just a few hours ago, he was just a broke nobody?
Hearing the system prompt, Lin Chu's heartbeat sped up a few beats.
Aside from that, he also noticed the Favorability +10 notification flashing above Xu Qianqian's head.
If you asked why? Naturally, because a man is at his most handsome when swiping his card! He could clearly sense the trace of burning adoration and reverence in Xu Qianqian's gaze. Lin Chu's concrete actions had undoubtedly completely shattered any lingering doubts she previously held about him.
"I'll give you an address, just have the items shipped over there."
"Certainly, Mr. Lin. Thank you once again for your patronage. Since you've reached a certain spending threshold in our store, we would like to present you with a small token of our appreciation."
With that, the sales assistant Xia Lin brought over a classic LV women's bracelet and handed it to him with both hands. Even just this single piece was worth over 5,000 yuan.
"For women? Well, I have no use for it. Here, it's yours, Qianqian."
"Huh? Really? Ge, such a valuable item?"
Xu Qianqian froze, instinctively trying to push it back. She hadn't expected that she was merely an "one-day girlfriend" he had paid to hire, yet she was receiving this kind of treatment? What kind of treasure of a ge was this?
"Just take it. I was wondering who to give it to anyway."
"Then... thank you, Ge!!"
"Come here, let me put it on for you."
With that, Lin Chu took hold of Xu Qianqian's delicate, onion-white hand and fastened the exquisite LV bracelet around her slender wrist.
"【Favorability】 +5!"
Suddenly, Xu Qianqian felt her heartbeat quicken a little more.