What Xu Tingting said was for Fu Ting to hear; Tingting used a metaphor to criticize her.
Anger filled Xie Tiao's eyes. How could she criticize Master Ting like that? He wanted to open his mouth and argue with her.
Fu Pei lazily twitched his eyes and threw the black dress in his hand on the sofa.
His eyes became sullen, and what he said next was rather demeaning. "What? Did you eat breakfast in the bathroom this morning?"
Xu Tingting froze for a moment because she did not understand Fu Pei's meaning immediately.
She touched her hair and summoned her courage to comment, "Did I say something wrong? Brother Fu, a girl's opinion about another girl is the most accurate one. This girl is approaching you with motives, and now she's even asking you to buy clothes for her. Don't be fooled!"
As she said this, she bit her lips and spoke to Fu Ting in a worried tone, "Classmate, don't you know Brother Fu's family conditions aren't good? How can you ask Brother Fu to take you to such an expensive shop for shopping clothes?"
Fu Ting's head tilted slightly; she did not understand. Was it wrong that her father took her here to buy clothes?
Had Xu Tingting never asked her father to buy clothes for her?
She thought that Xu Tingting's brain was ill.
Fu Ting did not want to bother her.
"Are you done yet?" Fu Pei's stare was sharp and cold, and it emitted an aura that scared people. "You're a busybody, that's for sure. How dare you stick your nose into my business? Do you wanna break my record of not beating girls?"
Xu Tingting sniffled in grief. Her friend could not stand it and spoke on her behalf, "B-Brother Fu, Tingting likes you. She really considers your interests. Aren't you grateful for what she's doing? What good is this girl who only knows how to spend your money? Is it because she looks good? Still, her beauty won't bring you more food to eat..."
"Hmm." Cold and arrogant Fu Pei casually nodded and chuckled humorlessly. "You're right. You won't get more food to eat by being beautiful. Nonetheless, a good-looking person is pleasant to the eye, and it makes me physically and mentally happy. I'm willing to spend a little money to improve my mood."
Her friend became silent.
Xu Tingting was just as quiet.
'Ahhh, I finally see Brother Fu being sensitive for once," Xie Tiao mused to himself. "He's so awesome and cool!'
Fu Pei put one of his hands in his pocket. With a sloppy posture, his eyes became fierce, and he began to chide them with intent, "Little Fu Ting can at least make me happy with her good looks. What about you? My eyes hurt just looking at people like you."
He said all that with the intent to slight Xu Tingting, and he glared at her with malice. "Do you understand? You're ugly to me."
As Xu Tingting's pupils dilated, Fu Pei's lips arrogantly curved as he concluded, "So can you get lost now?"
In an instant, the flush on Xu Tingting's pretty face faded. She looked as pale as paper.
"It seems that I haven't made myself clear enough." Fu Pei licked his lips and smiled as though he was a demon. He looked dangerous yet extremely charming. "Wearing the same dress isn't embarrassing, but the one who'll be embarrassed is the uglier one. The same dress is on you, but it looks like you're wearing a big flower jacket to put on a clown show. You shouldn't touch things that don't belong to you, right?"
He clapped back at Xie Tingting with the exact words she had used to ridicule Fu Ting.
Xu Tingting suffered such a great blow that she nearly cried. Her eyes were red, and she was especially pitiful as she held back her tears.
When she saw Fu Pei had finished speaking, she gloomily paid for the bill.
She hesitated for a moment, stepped forward to Fu Pei's side, and raised her head to look at Fu Pei. Under Fu Pei's cold glare, she blushed and shouted, "Daddy!"
Fu Ting was totally dumbfounded. 'I don't have a freaking sister separated from me.'
The salesperson was puzzled as well. Had it become a trend to greet boys as 'daddy' to pursue true love?
Xie Tiao internally cursed, 'Does Brother Fu have a bunch of daughters now?'
After Xu Tingting called him 'daddy', she coyly replied, "Don't you like her to call you 'daddy'? I'll call you 'daddy' now, then. Do you like it? If 'daddy' doesn't work, can I call you 'uncle'?"