Damn, How could my family be so wealthy?!-Chapter 343 - 342: Mastering a Set of Skills

"Is that okay? Wouldn’t it be too embarrassing?"

Hearing the beautiful woman say they could just take it, the three girls felt somewhat embarrassed.

Isn’t that the same as just taking something for nothing?

Originally, they had asked the handsome guy to help them win a doll, and now it had turned into the beautiful woman giving them one outright.

Suddenly, everyone didn’t know whether they should accept it or not.

It seemed a bit like taking advantage of someone.

"Right, how about we still ask the handsome guy to grab one for us, we all have Game Coins."

One of the girls pushed the Game Coins she was holding forward to prove she wasn’t there just to get something for free.

"Yes, we all have Game Coins, it would be too embarrassing to just take your doll, so please could the handsome guy help us grab one."

Jiang Xinxuan looked at the three girls whose faces were slightly red with amusement.

With such thin skins, how could they have the nerve to ask for help?

However, Jiang Xinxuan didn’t want to make it even harder for them to back down.

How should she put it? With Xiao Qing as a contrast, Jiang Xinxuan thought these three girls were quite cute.

"It’s alright, I can’t carry them all anyway; these dolls are for you."

"My boyfriend and I have something else to do, so keep your Game Coins and play a little longer."

Jiang Xinxuan gently declined the girls’ request, waving the doll in her hand at them.

Jiang Xinxuan held a doll in her left hand and looped her right arm through Su Mu’s, ready to leave with him.

"Thank you so much, beautiful lady."

One of the girls reacted quickly, realizing that the beautiful woman and handsome man weren’t going to help.

After thanking Jiang Xinxuan, she immediately picked her favorite doll from the top of the claw machine.

"Thank you, then I’m not going to be shy."

"I’ll take one too, thanks a lot, beautiful lady."

Seeing their companion had already gotten one, the other two girls naturally didn’t want to be left behind.

Almost simultaneously, they stepped forward and each chose their favorite doll.

Initially, they wanted to take more, but these were gifts from the beautiful lady.

At first, they had only wanted to ask the handsome guy for one as a favor, and that would have been enough.

If they took more now, they would appear too greedy.

But having one was great too; after all, it was personally won by the handsome guy, which made it special.

"Beautiful lady, with so many dolls, could you give me one?"

In the crowd of onlookers, a bold girl had overheard the conversation between Jiang Xinxuan and the three girls.

Seeing that Jiang Xinxuan was really going to leave after taking just one doll, the girl stepped forward to ask.

The girl clutched a few Game Coins in her hand that were now useless.

When those three girls had asked Jiang Xinxuan to let the handsome guy help them, the bold girl had already made preparations.

Having exchanged her money for Game Coins in advance, the bold girl was ready to ask the handsome guy to help her after seeing the three girls succeed.

If the handsome guy was willing to help, the bold girl thought he probably wouldn’t mind getting another one for her.

Now the situation was clear; the handsome guy was not going to help.

Even though Jiang Xinxuan was preparing to leave after taking just one doll,

Since the dolls belonged to the beautiful lady, the bold girl thought she should at least greet the beautiful lady, so she could comfortably get one for herself.

"Sure, you can take whichever you want."

The dolls put on top of the claw machine were ready to be given away, no matter who received them.

Of course, Jiang Xinxuan didn’t mind.

"Thank you."

The girl was bold but also very polite.

After thanking Jiang Xinxuan, the girl went over to the claw machine to pick out a doll she liked.

"Beautiful lady, can you give me one too?"

"Beauty, I want one too."

"Beauty, me as well, give me one."

...

The crowd, seeing that the beautiful girl really intended to give away those dolls, almost simultaneously cried out.

Since there were so many people who wanted a doll, the number that Su Mu could grab was limited, no matter how many she managed to catch.

Everyone was no longer concerned with how the beauty would respond.

Under such intense competitive pressure, people were verbally seeking the beauty’s consent while their feet were already moving toward the claw machine.

At this moment, it was all about speed.

Whoever reacted fastest could get the dolls that the handsome guy caught.

The early bird catches the worm, while the latecomer suffers.

Of course, no one would actually suffer.

But being slow meant that you might end up with no dolls to take home, which was true.

Jiang Xinxuan was somewhat surprised seeing several people rushing forward to scramble for the dolls Su Mu had caught.

There were about seven or eight dolls that Su Mu had caught in total.

Excluding Jiang Xinxuan and the four girls who each took one earlier, there were just a few left.

Seeing the number of people rushing for them, Jiang Xinxuan knew these dolls were definitely not enough to go around.

"Su Mu, let’s go,"

Fearing that the people who didn’t manage to get a doll would surround them requesting Su Mu’s help again, Jiang Xinxuan, linking arms with Su Mu, wanted to leave the chaotic scene.

"Okay."

Su Mu also felt the scene was chaotic enough—were they just dolls?

Was it necessary to act as if it was a robbery?

Taking advantage of everyone’s focus on the dolls, Su Mu and Jiang Xinxuan left the chaotic scene.

Indeed, no one noticed the handsome guy and the beauty’s departure.

At that moment, everyone’s attention was fixated on whether they could snatch a doll or not.

Of course, except for one person.

That was Xiao Qing.

When Su Mu and Jiang Xinxuan were there, Xiao Qing certainly wouldn’t have attempted to snatch the dolls Su Mu had caught.

Not to mention whether Jiang Xinxuan would agree to give a doll to Xiao Qing, who was always targeting her.

With Xiao Qing’s earlier arrogance, she couldn’t lower her face to scramble for them.

At the time, Xiao Qing had been showing off her boyfriend’s claw machine skills.

With her boyfriend being so skilled, how could she have the nerve to grab someone else’s dolls?

Seeing the handsome guy and beauty leave, Xiao Qing naturally had no grounds to stop the handsome guy’s departure.

Watching the handsome guy’s retreating figure, Xiao Qing suddenly joined the fray to fight for dolls.

For Xiao Qing, the dolls were minor; what mattered most was that all these dolls had been caught by the handsome guy.

Xiao Qing felt she had no fate with the handsome guy and in the future, she could only cling to these dolls to reminisce.

"Xiao Qing, are you not keeping these two dolls? Why are you fighting with others for them?"

"If you like one, wouldn’t I just put in more effort to catch it for you?"

The boy’s naive sincerity was really something.

Xiao Qing, who didn’t want to attract attention, was thus blatantly exposed by her own boyfriend.

"Yo, isn’t that the person who was boasting about being so great? Now she’s also busy fighting for the handsome guy’s dolls."

"Exactly, did you ask the beauty for those dolls? Did she agree to give them to you?"

"Just by looking at her, you can tell she definitely didn’t get the owner’s consent."

The three girls, already holding dolls, spoke disdainfully while looking at Xiao Qing.

They finally had a chance to vent their spite.

Xiao Qing, already embroiled in the struggle, only paused for a few seconds upon hearing others’ mockery.

Without any hesitation, Xiao Qing devoted all her thoughts to grabbing toys.

Of course, Jiang Xinxuan and Su Mu had already left.

No one here owned the dolls, so no amount of talking was going to stop Xiao Qing’s actions.

The onlookers simply couldn’t stand Xiao Qing and wanted to vent their frustration.

The scene was quite chaotic. The four girls who got the dolls saw that there was nothing left for them and left with their companions.

As for those still fighting over the remaining few dolls, it was going to take a while.

No one wanted to pay attention to the final outcome anymore.

With so many people around, probably no one would end up grabbing a doll in the end.

After all, a doll caught in the hands of several people would most likely end up torn apart.

...

"Su Mu, let’s go see a movie," Jiang Xinxuan said, satisfaction written all over her face as she held her favorite doll in her arms.

"Aren’t we going to shop anymore? We haven’t even really started yet. Didn’t you brag about wanting to browse Wanda Plaza from bottom to top?"

"Wanda Plaza has more than one floor, right?"

Su Mu still remembered Xuanxuan’s initial lofty promises.

Seeing his girlfriend ready to give up before even finishing the first floor, Su Mu asked with amusement.

Su Mu thought Xuanxuan talked big without a second thought.

Wearing high heels to browse through Wanda Plaza?

If Xuanxuan usually wore high heels and had developed a special skill because of it,

Su Mu said he would still believe his girlfriend to some extent.

But the problem was that Xuanxuan, like him, was just a student who had recently graduated from high school and was waiting to go to college.

In high school, the school clearly prohibited girls from wearing high heels to class.

So, Su Mu knew Xuanxuan hadn’t had the chance to practice.

Plus, from their previous dates, Su Mu noticed that his girlfriend preferred sneakers and such.

Even if she occasionally wore leather shoes, she had never worn such high, slender heels.

Su Mu was certain Xuanxuan had not yet mastered the skill of browsing shops while wearing high heels.

With such a perfect opportunity, Su Mu would feel it wasted if he didn’t tease his girlfriend a little.

"I, I don’t want to shop anymore. We’ll find time to do it later," Jiang Xinxuan said.

While standing and grabbing dolls, Jiang Xinxuan had already felt discomfort coming from her feet.

If not for the teachings of elegant ladylike image that had been deeply ingrained in Jiang Xinxuan’s mind since childhood,

she would have wanted to take off her high heels and stand barefoot on the ground right at the claw machine.

Of course, that was just what Jiang Xinxuan thought.

If she were truly asked to take off her shoes in public, Jiang Xinxuan couldn’t bring herself to do it.

Especially in front of Su Mu.

Although their intimacy had reached the highest level,

for Jiang Xinxuan to do something so unbecoming in front of Su Mu was incredibly difficult.

It was, you could say, absolutely impossible.

Jiang Xinxuan cared very much about Su Mu’s opinion of her.

Even if it was a small matter, Jiang Xinxuan hoped to appear perfect in Su Mu’s eyes.

Of course, true perfection was impossible.

Jiang Xinxuan knew the saying, "Nobody is perfect."

She wasn’t that narcissistic.

But to make herself as perfect as possible, Jiang Xinxuan believed she could achieve that.

Since she had bragged earlier, it was embarrassing for Jiang Xinxuan now to tell her boyfriend that she could no longer walk.

Jiang Xinxuan feared Su Mu might laugh at her.

Jiang Xinxuan sneaked a glance at her feet when she felt uncomfortable.

Many girls shopping at Wanda Plaza were wearing high heels.

Compared to those girls, Jiang Xinxuan felt she was too weak.

Of course, this made Jiang Xinxuan embarrassed to admit that the reason she didn’t want to continue shopping was because of the shoes on her feet.

If Jiang Xinxuan was wearing sneakers at the moment, she knew she would definitely drag Su Mu around Wanda Plaza.

Although Jiang Xinxuan hadn’t planned to buy anything, leaving behind intimate traces of herself and Su Mu at Wanda Plaza seemed a very meaningful thing to her.

Unfortunately, it was all wishful thinking.

Now, Jiang Xinxuan simply didn’t have the ability to realize her "dreams."

Her feet were just too weak, and she couldn’t walk any further.

"Is that so? I thought there was some other reason."

He glanced meaningfully at Xuanxuan’s feet.

A smile appeared on Su Mu’s face.

Xuanxuan was quite stubborn, was it really that hard to admit she couldn’t walk in high heels?

But considering girls are often self-conscious, Su Mu felt it was best to not push things too far.

It certainly wouldn’t be fun to really anger his girlfriend.

When Jiang Xinxuan saw Su Mu looking at her feet, she realized he must have figured it out.

She pursed her lips, took a deep breath, and decided to just graciously admit it.

Not being used to high heels was just that, not being used to them.

For a girl who had just graduated from high school, this shouldn’t be something too embarrassing, right?

Jiang Xinxuan thought that if Su Mu liked the way she looked in high heels, she could always practice more later on.

"Let’s go see a movie, what do you want to watch?"

Just as Jiang Xinxuan was about to admit it, Su Mu changed the subject.

Su Mu was just teasing his girlfriend after all.

It wasn’t a big deal, no need for a standoff.

If Xuanxuan hadn’t sounded so assertive at the beginning, Su Mu wouldn’t have thought to tease his girlfriend.

"Huh?"

Caught up in her high heel dilemma, Jiang Xinxuan was taken aback by Su Mu’s sudden change of topic.

She just stared at Su Mu, her brain momentarily crashing.

"What’s ’huh’? Don’t want to watch a movie, want to keep shopping?"

Used to seeing Jiang Xinxuan’s smart demeanor as a top student in school,

Su Mu found her rare bewildered look particularly endearing.

He couldn’t resist the urge to tease his girlfriend again.

Su Mu seemed to enjoy bringing up whatever was less convenient, steering the conversation back to shopping.

To match his words, Su Mu made to stride forward as if to continue shopping.

"I do want to see it, of course, I do, shall we go up now?"

Jiang Xinxuan thought Su Mu was serious about continuing shopping, so she hurriedly grabbed his arm.

She stopped her boyfriend from taking a step.

Jiang Xinxuan and Su Mu were on the first floor of Wanda Plaza.

The cinema was located on the fifth floor, hence Jiang Xinxuan’s talk of going up.

"Su Mu, what movie do you think we should watch?"

Fearing Su Mu’s mind was still on shopping, Jiang Xinxuan kept the conversation firmly centered around movies.

"We didn’t buy tickets in advance, so let’s just go see what movies they have at this hour," Su Mu said.

"Okay, let’s take the elevator then."

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