"I'm broke!" Zhang Xiaohao spread his hands helplessly and said.
"You're driving me insane! I, Cheng Tianxue, must have been cursed in my past eight lives to have met a bastard like you!" Dropping that remark, Cheng Tianxue turned and walked away.
She had only taken a few steps when she saw Zhang Xiaohao still standing there dumbfounded. Gritting her teeth, she said, "Are you made of wood? Why are you still standing there?"
"I'm broke!" Zhang Xiaohao said earnestly, just stating the facts. Was there something wrong with that?
"I didn't ask you to pay! I'll pay!" Cheng Tianxue said, suppressing the rage in her heart.
"Thank you, Xue'er, you're the only one who has a heart," Zhang Xiaohao said with a smile as he walked over.
Cheng Tianxue's face was lined with frustration as she fought the urge to smack him, and she walked to the second floor with a cold expression, without uttering a word.
On the second floor, they entered a Versace men's designer clothing store.
"Come here, try on this blue suit," Cheng Tianxue said, pointing to a suit on the rack.
"Hmm," Zhang Xiaohao made a sound of acknowledgment and was about to pick up the blue suit.
Just then, an oily, plump woman with a gold chain thick as a pinky finger around her neck, shiny gold earrings dangling from her ears, and gold bracelets as thick as thumbs on her wrists strutted over with a fair-skinned pretty boy in her arms.
Snatching the blue suit away, she handed it to the pretty boy in her arms and said with stomach-turning sweetness, "Darling, try this suit on and see if it fits. Don't be like those paupers who have no money and come here pretending to be rich. They try on clothes and then not buy them, claiming they don't fit!"
Zhang Xiaohao's face darkened slightly, about to teach this fat woman a lesson.
But Cheng Tianxue beat him to it, her face cold as she said, "What's wrong with you? Don't you have any manners? Didn't your parents ever teach you how to behave? Don't you know about first come, first served? Being ugly isn't your fault, looking like a pig because you're fat isn't your fault either, and your garish gold jewelry making you look like a nouveau riche isn't your fault! But scaring people like this is your fault! Just looking at your disgusting appearance makes the salespeople hide from you in disgust!"
"You little bitch, who the hell do you think you are talking to? Say it again if you dare!" the fat woman said furiously, pointing at Cheng Tianxue.
"I've seen cheap, but never as cheap as you! Since you want to hear it again, I'll indulge you! You're big and rough, looking like an old hag, and you still have the nerve to scare people in public. Just go home, reincarnate, and maybe you can become a normal person in your next life." Cheng Tianxue said defiantly, puffing her chest out proudly.
"You little bitch, you dare insult me! I'm going to tear that filthy mouth of yours today!" the fat woman roared and, swinging her thick palm, rushed brutally at Cheng Tianxue's delicate face.
"Zhang Xiaohao, get in front!" Seeing this, Cheng Tianxue cleverly dodged behind Zhang Xiaohao and bellowed authoritatively.
"..." Zhang Xiaohao was speechless inside. He even had the attribute of being a human shield?
Seeing the fat woman's ugly palm coming at him, its stench arriving before the hand did, Zhang Xiaohao's face sank slightly in disgust as he lifted his foot and kicked her, sending her tumbling to the ground.
"Bastard! Are you blind? Didn't you see this dog couple bullying me? What are you standing there for? Go and get my revenge, beat them up fiercely for me, this shameless couple!" the plump woman shouted from the ground, pointing at the pretty boy she was keeping.
"I—I can't beat him!" the pretty boy said, cowering.
"Fuck you! Are you going or not? If not, get lost. From now on, don't even think about getting in my bed!" the fat woman yelled angrily.
"I'm going up!" In pursuit of future glory and wealth, Xiao Bai clenched his teeth and roared, "Die!"
He swung his fist, aiming for Zhang Xiaohao's head.
"Look at your fine skin, a good seven-foot man, why do you have to be a kept man? You've thrown all men's dignity away!" Zhang Xiaohao cursed and swiftly kicked out, knocking him to the ground.
"Ah! What are you doing? Stop it, all of you! I've already called the police; they're on their way. If you keep fighting, don't blame me for calling security!" The manager of the Versace store quickly led several attendants over and stood between the two parties.
It wasn't that she didn't want to stop it before; everything just happened too quickly. By the time she reacted, the fight had already broken out.
"You brat, you're dead! Once the police get here, I'm going to charge you with intentional assault! You'll just wait to rot in jail!" The fatty got up from the ground, pointed at Zhang Xiaohao, and said viciously.
"You fat bitch! We were acting in self-defense, and there are cameras here. You started it! When the police arrive, you'll be the one shamed!" Cheng Tianxue mocked.
"Hmph! You just wait, I won't let this go so easily." The fatty, seemingly also afraid of the police coming to trouble her, left a confrontational remark and stormed off, fuming.
"Dear, wait for me..." Seeing the fatty leave, Xiao Bai got up from the ground, shouted urgently, and quickly chased after her.
"Sir, I'm really sorry for the trouble just now. For the items you're purchasing, I will give you a 5% discount!" The female manager said apologetically.
"Thank you!" Cheng Tianxue politely expressed her gratitude and began to pick out suits again.
Without the fatty's disturbance, Cheng Tianxue quickly took a liking to a black suit and asked the attendant to take it down for Zhang Xiaohao to try.
Zhang Xiaohao took the black suit and went into the fitting room.
After a while, Zhang Xiaohao came out wearing the black suit.
And honestly, with his height of 1.82 meters, sharply defined features, and a hint of a devilish smile on his face, the kind that grew on you, he looked like a completely different person in that black suit.
Even his demeanor had completely changed. If the earlier Zhang Xiaohao looked like a country bumpkin, now, if one didn't know his true identity, it would be easy to mistake him as a wealthy young master from a prestigious family.
"Miss, you have good taste, finding such a handsome and charming boyfriend," the attendant said enviously, looking at how Zhang Xiaohao was dressed.
"Hehe." Cheng Tianxue gave an embarrassed laugh, thinking to herself, you don't know his true colors. If you knew that he's a bastard in sheep's clothing, you wouldn't say that.
"Bring me a pair of matching leather shoes!" Cheng Tianxue said, looking at Zhang Xiaohao's worn and whitening sneakers.
With the leather shoes handed over by the attendant, if the previous Zhang Xiaohao was a dragon, these shoes were the eyes that brought it all together, adding the final touch that instantly brought him to life.
Even Cheng Tianxue, upon seeing the Zhang Xiaohao before her, couldn't help but be momentarily stunned, thinking to herself that if he were always like this, spending a lifetime with him might not be so bad.
No sooner had this thought appeared than she extinguished it, reprimanding herself, Cheng Tianxue, what are you thinking? He's a shameless hoodlum; how could he be worthy of you? Your fated prince is destined to be a towering hero, one who rides upon a seven-colored auspicious cloud.
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