He angled his chin in a direction and opened his mouth as though he was not keen on it. "Tiao, is there a mall selling clothes, pants, and shoes over there?"
"Yeah," Xie Tiao replied with a nod. "Why, Brother Fu? Are you finally going to buy yourself some new clothes?"
"You should be getting new clothes, Dad," Fu Ting earnestly chimed in. "You're outgrowing the clothes in your closet."
"I'm talking about you." Fu Pei had a look of disdain as his elegant finger poked at Fu Ting's sweater. "How long have you been wearing this? If you don't change to a new one, it'll start to smell really bad."
This took Xie Tiao and the others by surprise.
Brother Fu was very bold to have made such a comment. Did he not know that a little girl's face was not thick? He was not afraid that the little fairy would get angry and turn into a Transformer!
Fu Ting had a good temper, so her first reaction was to lower her head and sniff her armpits. With her eyes as bright as glaze, she softly yet earnestly explained, "I'm cute and clean, and I showered every day. Smell it if you don't believe me, Dad."
Fu Pei's face was externally aloof and indifferent, but he was inwardly cursing at himself.
Little Fool should just speak normally. Why was she acting cute?
She was just...a little cute!
Fu Pei maintained his blank face. "I'm allergic to see the same things every time. You've been wearing the same clothes, and now my eyes are hurting."
'Huh?' Xie Tiao and the others simultaneously thought of the same thing. Did they miss something? Why did they not remember Brother Fu had this problem? In their memory, Brother Fu was like a werewolf; he could wear the same two sets of clothes in a year.
"Then you'll have to buy for yourself as well, Dad. Let's buy clothes together." Fu Ting contemplated their current situation... They had a hundred and fifty thousand yuan in their hands at the moment. After calculating their expenses for studying materials in the second half of the year and their cost of living, they still had extra money to buy some clothes.
Fu Pei eyed her haughtily as he slackened his jaw, his sexy and smooth neckline accentuated as he did so. "I'm allergic to wearing new clothes recently. Are you trying to harm me?"
This little prodigal daughter! She was not the one handling the household and had no idea about grocery prices. They did not have much money in hand; it was not enough for them both to buy some clothes.
Considering the amount of food she ate, he believed the money they had was not enough at all. He had to do a proper calculation and place a strict budget.
Fu Ting looked confused. Was her father's body this strange when he was young?
Xie Tiao and the others understood the whole situation and kept silent.
Enough. There was no way they could continue to watch this any longer!
Tiger and Muscles found excuses and left while Xie Tiao stayed to help them carry stuff.
...
Somewhere not far away...
"Tingting, look! Isn't that the school bully, Fu Pei? Who's the girl next to him? Why haven't I seen her before?" A short-haired girl who was drinking a bottle of
Tingting was the girl who confessed to Fu Pei near the amusement arcade the other day.
Xu Tingting's face turned stern as she held back her outrage. "Who knows where that beguiling girl came from," she whined.
She had been liking Fu Pei for a year. Fu Pei had never looked at her attentively before, and she always thought that Fu Pei was the kind of guy that kept a distance from all women.
However, this little girl suddenly appeared from nowhere and effortlessly approached Fu Pei.
How could she?
Her friend became indignant for her. "It's such a shame. Everyone in the school knows you like Fu Pei and confessed to Fu Pei. How can she deliberately snatch your boyfriend to embarrass you? She must've used some dirty tricks. You must find a way to take back what you own!"
"This b*tch really knows how to play the game!" Xu Tingting took a deep breath. A moment later—as though she wanted to vent—she crushed the plastic bottle in her hand. "She was so shameless in calling my boyfriend 'daddy' to grab his attention… He wouldn't bother with her had she not done so. What else can she do? She only knows how to call him 'daddy'! I also can do that, and I can do it better!!"