“I owe you a favor. I can’t watch you get fooled, right?”
Jiang Xiaobai disagreed. “How can you be sure that I’ll get fooled before the matter has even started? Besides, even if I get played, it’s not like you’ll help me. Mr. Xiao, this matter is really important to me. If you don’t want to help, then I won’t force you.” After speaking, Jiang Xiaobai turned around and left.
Looking in the direction she was heading, Xiao Su frowned because she walked back to the cafe again. Does she still want to look for that stranger from earlier? Thinking of this, Xiao Su stepped forward and blocked her way. “You’re still going in?”
Jiang Xiaobai glanced at him, but she did not answer.
“You’d rather go look for someone unreliable and take the risk of getting scammed than to go on blind dates?” Xiao Su narrowed his eyes slightly, wondering why Jiang Xiaobai would do this. Is she really so against blind dates?
“Believe me; the chances of me getting scammed is certainly slimmer than the chances of me being forced to marry.” After speaking, she blinked and looked at Xiao Su with her arms across her body. “Mr. Xiao, since you’re standing here and preventing me from going in, does that mean you’ve agreed to become my pretend boyfriend?”
Xiao Su was speechless. In reality, he did not want to choose either of these options. The woman in front of him only had a few ties with him. Even if something happened to her, it would not bother him much as long as he did not find out about it. However, as long as it was in regards to another human, there would definitely be compassion. It was just like how Xiao Su was now. If he did not know that Jiang Xiaobai would resort to these things, then whatever happened to her would be none of his business. However, she was asking him back for the favor that he was unable to fulfill. Moreover, if she was scammed under his acknowledgment, then it would be…
Xiao Su pursed his thin lips and said slowly, “There may be other ways to solve the problem. Since you could think of a way to get me to come over, you should also be able to think of other ways.”
Hearing this, Jiang Xiaobai thought that it was funny and simply stopped to stare at him. “Okay, then why don’t you just think of a better way for me? If you can’t think of a better way, then you’ll pretend to be my boyfriend.”
Xiao Su did not know how he should reply to this. Why did it feel as if he had stepped right into the trap?
“How does it sound? Do you agree to it or not?” Jiang Xiaobai saw his conflicted expression and leaned forward while on tiptoes, watching him up close with her beautiful eyes. It was also because of this action that the distance between the two was instantly shortened.
Jiang Xiaobai did not think that this was a problem at all, but Xiao Su frowned and took a step back. “Let me think about it first.”
Afterward, the two stayed at the cafe while time passed by. Xiao Su was trying to come up with a solution for Jiang Xiaobai while she was waiting by the side. When she started to feel bored, she sat in a chair and ordered a cup of milk tea so that she could sit there and enjoy her drink. While thinking hard, Xiao Su saw that she was drinking milk tea relaxedly with her legs crossed. He then started to feel a faint pain in his temples. He had a headache while thinking about it, but she was drinking milk tea as if the situation did not matter to her.
Seeing him looking over, Jiang Xiaobai stretched out her hand and waved at him lazily like a cat. “Have you thought of a way, Mr. Xiao?”
Xiao Su could not give her an answer. He could only glance at her helplessly. Jiang Xiaobai then shrugged and said, “It seems that you’ve got nothing. Good luck, then!”
He arched his eyebrows. How could there be such a shameless woman?
Five minutes later, Xiao Su walked over to her just as she finished drinking her milk tea. She raised her head, asking, “Mr. Xiao, have you thought of a way?”
Xiao Su did not answer and just said, “Seeing you so relaxed, it doesn’t seem that you’re anxious at all. Maybe you can solve this matter by yourself after all.”
Jiang Xiaobai answered with a smile, “I indeed have a solution since I’m someone who would be fine with the second-best option. If you’re unwilling to help me, then I’ll just get a stranger to help me.”
There was only silence. Xiao Su was having a headache. This woman was not only a little rascal, but she was also stubborn. She knew that she might get scammed, but she was still willing to take the risk. Is she a mindless pig?
“To be honest, you don’t have to be so against it. I’m just asking you to pretend to be my boyfriend. Something fake can’t possibly turn into something real. The other thing is that you feel like doing this is a deception, but I don’t think that way since it’s completely normal for couples to break up. If you’re still struggling, then I can pay you for your time. You can just take it as if you’re doing a job and forget about whether it’s deception or not.” She sounded like a backstreet gangster.
Xiao Su gave her an angry look, then sat down in front of her. “Does your mother know about this personality of yours? Can you be at ease while deceiving your mother?”
“Hehe, why won’t I be at ease? Thinking that I have a boyfriend will make her temporarily relieved while I can be happy.”
Xiao Su was silent after listening to her words. However, she did not have much patience left within her, so she kept urging him, “What do you think about it? If it doesn’t work, then forget it. Time is money. You dragging it out like this won’t be of help either. I still have to go home.”
“Don’t rush me. Let me have more time to think.”
Jiang Xiaobai blinked and suddenly got up before walking to Xiao Su’s side; she grabbed his arm. “Mr. Xiao, do you remember how you pulled my hair off the last time?”
After saying these words, it was as if she was worried that Xiao Su had forgotten about the matter, so she squatted down in front of him and pulled on her own hair. She was leaning a little closer, so when her hair was fanned out, the faint fragrance still wafted into the air. Xiao Su was caught off guard when he watched her pull her hair and reveal a small piece of pale flesh. It had been a while, and new hair had grown on the small piece of pale flesh. The hair that was growing out of it was fluffy—similar to animal hair.
“Look! My hair hasn’t been growing well till now. I have to tie my hair up when I go out. I can’t even dress beautifully now. And it’s all your fault.” Jiang Xiaobai opened her pair of beautiful eyes and seriously accused him, “So, you have to take responsibility.”
Xiao Su’s eyes twitched. “Take responsibility?”
“Yes, you have to take responsibility by pretending to be my boyfriend. I’m making you do this for me now; there’s no longer any element of choice for you to agree to the deception. You’re forced to do it. How about it? Isn’t the plan that I thought of perfect?” After she was done talking, she kept blinking at Xiao Su with her fair little face. She showed a contented expression—as if she was trying to ask for a reward from him.
Xiao Su only felt the corner of his eyes twitching harder, and even the corners of his mouth were doing the same. “What a strong reason.”
Hearing his response, Jiang Xiaobai could not help but laugh out loud. “Right? I think that this reason is very strong too. Then… that means that you’ve agreed, right?” When she said this, she tilted her head. The smile on her face and the light in her eyes were bright, moving the hearts of others. Xiao Su’s lips moved, but he did not say a word.
She obviously had not dressed up nor did she intentionally do anything special, but at this moment, it seemed as if all the sunlight was shining upon her body.
