Seeing Xia Yun so mysteriously secretive, Luo Yang had no idea what she was going to talk about.
But her smile was warm and engaging, so it probably wasn't bad news.
As Luo Yang approached, Xia Yun smiled and said, "Niu Zai, I heard from my sister that you can make a particularly effective skincare product, right?"
Luo Yang replied, "Yes."
When she heard the price was 5000 yuan per bottle, the smile on Xia Yun's pretty face froze.
As the sister-in-law of the head of the village who may need her help in the future, Luo Yang smiled and said, "Sister Xia, if you want to buy, I'll give you the first bottle for free. After that, you get a 50% discount."
At his words, Xia Yun's eyes lit up with joy, and she said in a sweet voice, "Niu Zai, I knew you were a generous person. Here's what we'll do, I'll also give two sets of clothes to your girlfriend. Once I've saved up some money, you can pick them up from my store. Your girlfriend is really beautiful."
While speaking, she glanced over at Hong Jiaxin not too far away.
Luo Yang chuckled and took out a bottle of beauty stream water from his backpack to give to her, explained how to use it, then added, "I'll go buy two sets of clothes for her."
After some back and forth, Luo Yang insisted on paying for the clothes, which made Xia Yun's eyes curve into crescent moons with laughter.
"You are a real man, okay, let's do as you say. I'll give you a 50% discount," Xia Yun glanced around stealthily, noticing no one nearby, she stepped closer and whispered, "Niu Zai, I have a way for you to make a fortune, are you interested?"
"Let's hear it," Luo Yang asked.
Xia Yun whispered into Luo Yang's ear, "I have a friend. She might have encountered the same situation as me, where she was set up in a card game and has already lost tens of thousands. Your card skills are so good, as long as you join, you can beat them. And at the same time, you can help my friend see if those guys are cheating, what do you say?"
After speaking, she even lightly touched Luo Yang's hand, and said softly, "You have the ability to earn this kind of money."
Luo Yang thought about Tang Guihua's brother's issue and suspected it might be the same group of people Xia Yun was talking about.
"Alright, I'll play a few hands," Luo Yang agreed.
"Those people have asked my friend to go to the county to play cards this afternoon, are you free?" Xia Yun asked softly.
"I am," Luo Yang replied readily.
After hearing about her brother's plight from Tang Guihua the night before, Luo Yang suspected that Tang Dexing had encountered a scam.
If he could catch those cheaters red-handed, he could help Tang Dexing get justice.
Originally, Luo Yang wanted Tang Dexing to call those card players out for another round so he could find evidence among them.
Unfortunately, with Tang Dexing in debt for hundreds of thousands in high-interest loans, those card players might no longer believe he was there to genuinely gamble and would suspect he was bringing people to look for trouble.
This would make success difficult.
Lu Daji had told him that morning about a group of people who set up card games to scam others; it was possible that the people who cheated Xia Yun's friend were the same ones who swindled Tang Dexing.
If his guess was correct, he could follow the trail and directly find the scammers who conned Tang Dexing and punish them.
After that, Xia Yun went to the ATM to deposit money, and once done, she took Luo Yang and Hong Jiaxin to her clothing store to buy clothes.
Once inside the clothing store, Luo Yang let Hong Jiaxin pick clothes. She refused at first, but under his insistence, she finally began to select the clothes she liked.
"Niu Zai, if your girlfriend wears these, they would match her temperament," Xia Yun recommended personally, picking out the very clothes he intended to buy.
As soon as Hong Jiaxin heard Xia Yun refer to her as Luo Yang's girlfriend, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment, feeling shy, she moved closer to Luo Yang and stealthily reached out to pinch his thigh.
Luo Yang grabbed her hand and smiled silently. After Xia Yun finished introducing, he said, "Let's buy those sets then."
After saying that, he sneakily glanced at Hong Jiaxin and saw her cheeks slightly puffed, her lips pursed, shy and coy with a hint of enchanting charm.
After paying, they stepped outside the clothing store, and Hong Jiaxin said softly with a blush, "Sister doesn't want."
Luo Yang laughed and said, "Class President, don't dawdle. Put them in your backpack. I'm not asking you to wear them for me, so what are you shy about?"
While speaking, he took her backpack and packed everything in.
Carrying them home in shopping bags would have raised questions if An Yuying saw them, possibly making her jealous.
Then, Luo Yang rode his motorcycle with Hong Jiaxin to the kitchen and bath store to buy a bathtub for her herbal baths.
Before opening her governor and conception vessels, he wanted her to soak in a medley of traditional medicines for several days to strengthen her body and reduce the risk of complications.
Having purchased the bathtub, which was due for home delivery, he had to wait for the delivery truck to return from another delivery before delivering his bathtub.
The bathtub was quite large; as they left the store on foot and walked to the nearby bookstore, Luo Yang said with a light laugh, "Class President, that bathtub is big enough for two people to bathe at the same time."
Through his teasing smile, Hong Jiaxin picked up on the real implication behind his words and her face turned red as an apple, casting him an exasperated glance.
"Class President, you can take a medicinal bath tonight. Actually, I also... hehe," Luo Yang teased, tilting his chin upward.
Had he not laughed, she might have let it slide.
But as he chuckled, a surge of embarrassment rose inside her, and she moved closer to give his thigh a casual twist with her right hand.
A pang of pain shot up, and Luo Yang grimaced, quickly catching her right wrist with his left hand, lifting it, then passing his right hand behind his head to grab her wrist, gently tugging her arm to drape it around his neck.
To onlookers, it seemed as if Hong Jiaxin had her arm around Luo Yang's shoulder.
"Let go," she said softly.
"Class President, starting today, I'll tutor you. I'll help you climb to even greater academic heights." Luo Yang said seriously.
Upon hearing this, Hong Jiaxin couldn't help but smile.
After all, he was famously known at Dongfeng Middle School as a poor student, boasting confidently of his position at the very bottom, while she was the genuine top student of her junior high class at Dongfeng Middle School, consistently ranking in the top three on every major exam.
The idea of a poor student tutoring a top student was as absurd as a beggar telling Bill Gates, "I'll help you become the richest person in the world."
Luo Yang had an exceptional memory, which Hong Jiaxin was not fully aware of. In studying, where intelligence levels are relatively equal, memory plays a crucial role in academic performance.
"Class President, I'll tutor you for free. All you have to do is... hehe," Luo Yang winked, suggesting.
His words made Hong Jiaxin grind her teeth in irritation. She wanted to bite him and glared at him without amusement.