The sales assistant had clearly never encountered a man as boring and neurotic as me before. After stammering for a moment, she finally replied, "You must be... extremely rich, right?!"
I gave her a thumbs up, indicating that she had good taste, but I was secretly amused... I didn't have a penny to my name. The truly wealthy ones were Yang Sisi's parents. They were considered rich in Shanghai. Just imagine how rich they were.
I suppressed a laugh and said, "You have great taste. I don't have many good points, but I'm rich... Could you give me a bottle of this skincare lotion?"
"The large bottle?"
"The small bottle is too big; it won't fit in my pocket."
“We have tote bags.”
"If she sees it, it won't be a surprise anymore. I'll hide it in my pocket."
"Uh... okay, but there's no coupon for the small bottle."
"Do I look like someone who cares about vouchers?"
The sales assistant smiled awkwardly again, then handed me a receipt and said, "Sir, your total bill is 1,260 yuan. Please go to the service counter on your left to pay. I'll pack your items for you here."
"Don't bother with the packaging, just give me the bottle later, I want to hide it in my pocket."
The sales assistant finally couldn't hold back and burst out laughing. And amidst her laughter, I strode towards the service counter...
...
After finishing this task, I returned to the movie theater and sat down next to Yang Sisi. She asked me, clearly annoyed, "Where the hell have you been? The movie's almost over!"
I ignored her and focused on the ongoing finale of the drama, but my hand slipped into the pocket of the lotion. I didn't mean anything by it; I just couldn't understand why I'd suddenly become so generous. I'm not a man who can afford to spend like this, so even in the three years I was with Lu Jia, I never gave her such expensive skincare products. Back then, all I knew was how to desperately save money for a down payment on a house.
When Yang Sisi saw that I ignored her, she questioned again, "Can't you at least answer me when I'm talking to you? You're making me lose face!"
I made eye contact with her, then suddenly pulled the bottle of lotion from my pocket, placed it on her lap, and said, "This is for you."
"What?!"
Yang Sisi picked up the bottle, looking at it from all angles, while I deliberately focused on the movie, as if I hadn't done it.
Yang Sisi patted my arm and asked, "Are you sure this is a gift for me?... I've never used such cheap skincare products before."
"Damn it... I'll feed it to the dogs then."
As I spoke, I tried to snatch it from Yang Sisi's hands, but Yang Sisi held on tightly. She looked at me with a smile, and then tears welled up in her eyes. She choked out, "Don't be so good to me, it will touch my heart."
When she cried like that, I suddenly wanted to slap myself. I realized: I had been fooled by that saleswoman and gotten so inflated that I did something so romantic... I can't treat Yang Sisi like this. I have to make her suffer a bit more so that she can leave Dali as soon as possible and live the life she's meant to live.
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