Beloved Bride: Captured by the Top Playboy

"Haoran, I guess it's none of your business anymore, right? You don't need to know!" Turning around, she gently grabbed Ziqian's hand and smiled, "Ziqian, you know I've always been childish. I'm so glad you put up with me. Let's go home!"

"Okay! Let's go home!" Ziqian let go of her hand and instead held her tightly by the shoulders, then with a smile, took the gold card from the cashier, "Wear this dress, don't change it, it looks pretty good!"

"Okay!" Ziqian's tone was doting, and Suxin happily cooperated with a sweet smile.

That smile was dazzling and sweet, making Ziqian feel momentarily deluded, almost unable to take his eyes off her.

The two, arm in arm, walked past Xu Yunhui and Liu Haoran and headed outside.

Finally out of that suffocating mall, Suxin quickly shook off Ziqian's arm that was around her.

"Um...how much?" Suxin asked quietly.

"How much what?"

"I mean, how much do you usually charge for doing something like this?"

"Are you saying... just... just now..." Hearing this, Ziqian was speechless. What did she take him for? If it hadn't been out of pity and because they were under the same roof, he wouldn't have bothered with such nonsense. Besides, when had he ever bothered with such things?

"Hmm... aren't you a professional at this kind of thing?" Suxin looked at him innocently.

"This kind of thing? Which kind?" Ziqian tried hard to calm his anger. He really wanted to see what kind of person she thought he was.

"Aren't you a gigolo?" Suxin blurted out. "Oh...what I mean is..." Suxin pondered about how to find a better phrase since "gigolo" didn't sound very nice.

"Are you saying I'm someone who lives off women?" Ziqian interrupted her, finally understanding what she meant. A gigolo? How did he become a gigolo?

"Isn't it so?" Suxin asked naively.

"Yes! You're absolutely right!" Ziqian nodded vigorously, ready to settle the score since she dared to label him a gigolo, "So, for getting you out of that awkward situation just now, you need to pay me."

"Yeah, that's what I meant." Suxin nodded, unsuspecting. "How much do you usually charge?"

"I'm quite expensive. But since we live together..."

"Live together? What do you mean 'live together'? We just share the same house!" Suxin interrupted him in shock.

"Alright, we just share the house. I mean, considering we live together, I'll give you a discount. That show was worth ten thousand. Also, I offended my client while trying to help you. She stormed off, and I might have lost her for good. That's a significant loss. You owe me thirty thousand for that. And this dress you're wearing, that's twenty-eight thousand. So, you owe me a total of sixty-eight thousand!"

"Sixty-eight thousand?" Suxin's mouth fell open. "Does it have to be so expensive?" Regret hit her hard.

"Why not? Look, everything's priced at the lowest already!" Ziqian said as he started walking ahead.

Suxin followed him closely. "Then give me some more discounts. After all, we do live together, and it was you who came to my rescue without being asked."

"Are you planning to dodge the bill now?" Ziqian reached the roadside and hailed a taxi.

"No, I'm not trying to dodge the bill. I just want you to give me some more discounts, can you give some more?" Suxin said, smiling while making a discount gesture, wearing a pleasing expression. After all, it was hard-earned money, and there was no need to fight over it, especially since she was currently unemployed and didn't know when she'd find a job. Saving money where possible was the best option.

Ziqian looked at her but said nothing, walked forward, opened the front passenger door of the taxi, and got in.

"Jinfeng Garden!"

Hearing those four words, Suxin quickly opened the rear car door and got in as well.

"Miss, this gentleman already took a seat," the driver politely refused.

"Driver, we are together!"

The driver glanced at Chen Ziqian, and seeing him nod, he started the car and drove off.

Throughout the ride, Chen Ziqian kept quiet, and Suxin also kept her mouth shut. Being in a taxi, it was better to discuss such embarrassing matters when they were alone.

By the time they arrived at Jinfeng Garden, it was already eight o'clock, and Suxin hadn't eaten dinner; her stomach was growling. Seeing Chen Ziqian get out of the car and stride towards the residential area, Suxin quickly followed him.

"Um, you didn't mention how much of a discount you were going to give," she said.

Chen Ziqian stopped in his tracks, turned to look at Suxin. He couldn't fathom which nerve had misfired that he had even bothered with this trivial matter. This woman was truly too impulsive. No wonder men cheated on her. How could he have felt she was pitiful and vulnerable in that instant?

"Sir, sir," Suxin stared at Chen Ziqian and shouted. Could this man just make it quick and name a price?

"Ma'am, are you really short of money?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Suxin nodded frantically.

"You don't have money and yet you go to the DIOR store?"

"I didn't know this brand was so expensive beforehand," Suxin made a pitiful face.

"Ma'am, don't you have common sense?" Chen Ziqian was utterly speechless.

"I... I usually don't shop at such high-end stores!"

"So why did you go today? Got a brain freeze?" Chen Ziqian said irritatedly, and walked into his building, pressing the elevator button.

"Exactly, my brain just froze!"

Chen Ziqian was somewhat astonished. Who talks about themselves like that?

"Ding-dong—" the elevator bell rang, and the doors opened. Chen Ziqian stepped inside, with Suxin closely following behind.

Once out of the elevator, Chen Ziqian typed in his passcode and entered his apartment, with Suxin following every step. Chen had planned to go straight to his room, but turning around, he saw Suxin still standing there dumbfounded, as if she wouldn't leave until he responded.

"Fine, just give me the money for that dress!" Chen Ziqian, exasperated by this woman, relented.

"How can that be okay? I drove away your customer, you must absolutely charge me something!" Suxin rejected the idea without even thinking.

"Ma'am, you are really strange, when I charge too much, you want a discount, and when I don't want your money, you refuse," Chen Ziqian observed Suxin with amusement.

"You... your work isn't easy..." Suxin's voice was soft, and she cautiously sized up Chen Ziqian. After all, it was a bit embarrassing for a man to have this discussed openly.

"How about this, to avoid making you feel like I took advantage of you, since I'm hungry now, you can cook me dinner, and we'll call it even with those losses!"