Chapter 11: The Spoiled Rich Kid
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“Don’t worry about it, Xiaoqian!” Wang Ruo smiled gently, looking at Zuo Xiaoqian’s anxious and slightly flustered expression. “It’s just a piece of clothing…”
Just a piece of clothing? Zuo Xiaoqian pursed her lips. When she had just patted his shoulder, she had clearly felt the soft, fine fabric beneath her palm—it was definitely not something an ordinary family could afford…
And yet he had simply brushed it off as “just a piece of clothing”…
Could it be that this man was incredibly, incredibly wealthy?
“Wang Ruo, you… you’re very…” Zuo Xiaoqian tentatively began, but faltered under the gaze of those clear, dark eyes. “I meant to ask, what do you do for a living?”
God knows, she’d actually meant to ask, “Are you really rich?”
Wang Ruo cleared his throat, a hint of uncontrollable amusement flickering across his gentle features: “A good-for-nothing playboy…”
Huh? Zuo Xiaoqian’s pupils involuntarily contracted. So this strikingly handsome young man standing before her was actually a good-for-nothing wastrel?
But didn’t the image of a wastrel on TV differ vastly from his? What kind of wastrel could be described as “strikingly handsome”? Never mind, whether he’s a wastrel or not, as long as he can help me…
With that thought, Zuo Xiaoqian couldn’t help but curve her lips into a sweet smile. “A playboy is just fine! Not everyone can pull off being a playboy… there’s a certain level of skill required for that…”
The corners of Wang Ruo’s petal-like lips turned up slightly, deepening the smile etched there: “Xiaoqian, are you comforting me or mocking me?”
“Neither—” Zuo Xiaoqian freed her left hand, held up her index finger, and shook it firmly in front of him: “I’m envious…”
“Envious?” Wang Ruo’s delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if he didn’t quite understand.
Zuo Xiaoqian nodded vigorously, her eyes sparkling: “Yes, yes! What I envy most is being a playboy who doesn’t have to do a thing yet still has the means to squander money to his heart’s content…”
The smile on Wang Ruo’s lips froze, looking almost twitchy, before a burst of clear laughter escaped his mouth. He snapped his folding fan shut with a sharp “click”: “I never knew there was such a curious person in this world…”
This woman with such an unusual way of thinking—whoever she was—had already successfully piqued his interest!
“Unusual?” Zuo Xiaoqian gave a couple of foolish giggles. Could this Wang Ruo fellow possibly be treating her like an amusing toy? It was infuriating…
“Wang Ruo, I actually have a favor to ask of you!” Zuo Xiaoqian stared at that exquisite face—one so captivating it could almost make a person lose their senses—and swallowed hard before managing to form a complete sentence.
They say a beautiful woman is a source of trouble, but in Zuo Xiaoqian’s eyes, this man named Wang Ruo was no less of a “source of trouble” than any so-called beauty—especially when he looked at her with such tender eyes. Zuo Xiaoqian felt her heart was about to leap right out of her throat…
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