21: Chapter 21 Luxury Car Arrives

Jiang Li glanced at Zhang Tong, who was still burying her head in her salad across from him, and his gaze landed on her empty wrist. An idea formed in his mind.

"Zhang Tong, seeing how empty your wrist is, let me take you to buy a little accessory in a bit."

Zhang Tong was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

She didn't think much of it, assuming Jiang Li was talking about some small trinket like a silver accessory worth one or two hundred yuan.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the third floor of the mall, in a small shop specializing in affordable luxury.

Chen Lingling was sitting by the window, across from a man wearing a garish, flashy shirt.

If Jiang Li were present, he would recognize at a glance that this was the "rich second-generation" heir from Yuan Yan's photos.

"Brother Song~" Chen Lingling rested her chin on her hand, her voice sugary and coquettish, "You said you'd buy me gold jewelry these past few days, when are you going to buy it?"

Fang Song winced as he listened, complaining bitterly in his heart.

After rolling back to the county town in disgrace from the big city, he had been pretending to be a rich second-generation heir, just wanting to experience the women in this small county town.

Chen Lingling had indeed taken the bait, accompanying him to eat, drink, and chat, calling him Brother Song with a voice sweeter than honey.

But the biggest problem was that he couldn't actually get anywhere with her!

She spent all day hanging out with that best friend of hers called Du Aoting, and he had no idea what kind of disgusting things she had learned.

This is just too damn slow-burning!

But if he gave up now, the sunk costs would be just too high.

He could barely afford to renew the rental fee for that Audi A6 he'd rented, and he had already sunk tens of thousands into treating her to meals, buying flowers, and gifts.

If he gave up now, all that money would go down the drain.

Switch targets? His credit card wouldn't allow it!

What was even more ridiculous was that Yuan Yan had somehow seen him with Chen Lingling, even filmed a video of it, and was now making a scene about their divorce.

If he couldn't land Chen Lingling, it would be even harder to land other women in the future.

Fang Song gritted his teeth.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. If he spent another ten thousand, it should work, right?

"I'll take you to buy a ring after we finish eating." Fang Song squeezed out a refined and gentle smile.

Chen Lingling beamed with joy and grabbed Fang Song's arm: "You're so good to me, Brother!"

The two left the restaurant and headed straight for the gold shop on the first floor.

Chen Lingling, in her high heels, held Fang Song's arm, already calculating in her mind what style of ring she should pick that would be worthy of her.

However, just as she reached the entrance of the gold shop, her steps came to a sudden halt.

Inside the glass display window, two familiar figures were standing in front of the counter.

Jiang Li!

And right next to Jiang Li was a very pretty girl.

Chen Lingling's brow furrowed immediately.

Others might think Jiang Li was wealthy because he ran a small luxury goods shop, but she knew better.

Jiang Li's inventory payments were basically all dependent on revolving loans; while he wasn't losing money, he definitely couldn't be called wealthy.

How could someone who commuted by shared bike afford to come to a gold shop?

And he even had such a young, pretty girl with a great figure by his side?

...

Inside the gold shop.

"Do you like this one?" Jiang Li pointed at an ancient-style gold bracelet with carved patterns in the counter and turned to ask Zhang Tong.

Zhang Tong looked in the direction he was pointing and froze.

It was a pure gold bracelet, intricately crafted, emitting a warm, gentle luster under the lights; it looked to be at least twenty grams.

"This... this is too expensive, right?" Zhang Tong quickly waved her hands, "Brother Jiang, let's just buy a silver one. I think that silver one over there is quite pretty..."

Jiang Li was just about to persuade her to accept the gift when a sarcastic, snide voice suddenly came from the side.

"Don't be like that, little sister. Let him buy it for you and see if he's actually going to pay for it."

Chen Lingling walked into the shop in her high heels, arms crossed, a mocking sneer on her lips, "This guy looks rich, but in reality, he's a poor wretch relying entirely on loans. Don't let him fool you."

Jiang Li turned around, saw Chen Lingling's mean-spirited face, and cursed his bad luck internally.

Why do I run into such filth everywhere?

Beside Chen Lingling, Fang Song also grinned.

He had been struggling to win over the slow-to-warm-up Chen Lingling, and he hadn't expected to run into her ex-boyfriend today.

Wasn't this an opportunity dropped from the heavens?

If he performed well today and rubbed Jiang Li's face in the dirt, wouldn't landing Chen Lingling be a matter of minutes?

Fang Song had originally intended to spend ten thousand to buy Chen Lingling a ring, but now it seemed he had to bump up the budget.

Let's raise it from five thousand to ten thousand!

Fang Song felt that this level of spending wasn't low at all in a small county town.

After all, gold prices were skyrocketing now, and few people bought a lot of gold unless they were getting married.

Fang Song adjusted his shirt collar, feigning a refined and gentle appearance: "Lingling, let's ignore them. Let's pick our own things. I think this ring is quite nice."

"Please take this bracelet for me first, then you can assist them." Jiang Li didn't want to deal with the two of them and planned to leave as soon as he finished his purchase.

He wasn't looking to slap anyone's face or anything; he just wanted to complete the system mission.

Zhang Tong bit her lip on the side; she had originally wanted to refuse this expensive gift, but the current situation was different.

If she declined now, Jiang Li would definitely be mocked by these two, right?

Thinking this, Zhang Tong had no choice but to accept.

At worst, she could return the item to Jiang Li later; it should be returnable, right?

Seeing Jiang Li hand over his bank card so decisively, the shop assistant's eyes lit up.

She had read quite a few web novels and knew about many urban face-slapping plotlines.

These two groups clearly knew each other, and the atmosphere was not very harmonious.

Jiang Li had just bought a twenty-gram ancient-style gold bracelet; the other group would surely buy something more expensive, right?

It's a matter of pride!

She was going to get a huge commission today!

With a "beep" from the POS machine, the receipt printed out.

Transaction successful.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the mission [The Wealthy Man's Reward]. The BYD yangwang u8 reward has been issued. The vehicle has been parked in the parking lot, the license plate number has been entered into the system, and all documentation is complete!"