Thirty-Nine, Not Understanding Romance (1)

  After turning around seven or eight clothing stores, Ouyang Xiao found a white short-sleeved sweater and a black short skirt with white spots.

  "How's it?" Ouyang Xiao smiled brightly in front of the floor mirror outside the dressing room.

  "Very beautiful," I smiled and nodded.

  "Alright then, this one it is," said Ouyang Xiaoxiao with a smile.

  Ouyang Xiaoxiao beckoned to a nearby salesgirl, who walked over.

  "This is it," said Ouyang Xiaoxiao.

  The female salesclerk smiled and said, "Alright, please come this way to pay."

  Ouyang Xiaoxiao walked over, and I followed her too.

  "This one is 345, this one is 496, adding them up, it's a total of 839." The girl at the cash register said with a smile.

  "839?" I was taken aback.

  "Okay, um, can you get me a garment bag? I'll put this cheongsam in it," said Ouyang Xiaoxiao as she handed over her credit card.

  "Here you go," said the girl at the cash register, handing over a beautifully designed handbag.

  All I saw was two letters "H&M" written on the handbag.

  "How expensive! I think if we were at a small stall, two pieces would be just 70 yuan," I said as soon as we left the store.

  Ouyang Xiaoxiao smiled, "This isn't expensive at all, it's an H&M specialty store after all. Hmm, guess how much this cheongsam in my bag costs."

  "Shouldn't it be around 700 or 800 RMB?" I glanced at the handbag Ou Yang Xiao Xiao was carrying.

  "More than three thousand," said Ouyang Xiaoxiao with a smile.

  "What?! I was shocked, "The clothes I bought in a year are not worth one of your clothes."

  "Last summer, I bought a T-shirt for over 8,000 yuan. In the winter, I also bought a windbreaker for 17,000 yuan." Ou Yang Xiao Xiao said nonchalantly.

  "You're really rich," I shrugged helplessly. "Hmm, you won't be the coal boss's daughter or anything?"

  "Go, go, go, you're the daughter of a coal boss," Ouyang Xiaoxiao glared at me, "My profession, you know better than anyone else. When I meet someone with money, they get excited and casually give me 300,000 or 500,000 yuan. Isn't that reasonable? Besides, do you think it's hard for me to make money with my looks?"

  "You, you, you won't be taken care of by some rich person for a long time, will you?" I almost stuttered out this sentence.

  "Hmph, you don't have to worry about it anymore. Anyway, I won't make a living by relying on 200 yuan per night and 6,000 yuan per month. If that's the case, I'd rather not do it, since I'd be exhausting myself for a whole month just to earn less than two bottles of cosmetics." Ouyang Xiaoxiao said with disdain.

  "Oh, I won't ask then," I nodded, "Hmm, where are we going now?"

  "I know that next to this big market, there is a shop selling ice porridge. Their ice porridge tastes especially good. Why don't we go try some now?" said Ouyang Xiaoxiao.

  "Alright, anyway it's you who's paying, I'm not spending a dime, so let's just go," I said with a smile.

  Ouyang Xiaoxiao smiled slightly.

  Before long, we arrived at the elevator entrance again.

  "Right, what were you thinking about just now? You were so focused, the elevator arrived and you didn't even know it. If it weren't for me, you would have fallen over," asked Ouyang Xiaoxiao.

  "Well," I said, pretending to think about it, "I'll see how my mood is later. If I'm in a good mood, I'll tell you. If not, then I won't say anything."

  "Cut it out, give you some sunshine and you'll be radiant, I don't even care to know," Ouyang Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes.

  "Are you sure you don't want to know?" I smiled mysteriously.