They all want to control me!

Chapter 51 She's a Little Sweet

What a joke! Do you think I'm the kind of person who gets captivated by beauty?

What a joke, I really am.

Lin Ran admitted that Jiang Qiaoqiao was quite pretty now.

There's a saying that goes, "contrast is the most alluring."

Cough cough, no other meaning.

"...These roses were originally a gift from the little girl. I was just joking with you; I didn't mean to take them."

Jiang Qiaoqiao breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but her heart was beating even faster. She lowered her head and fiddled with her nails, thinking about the scene of wanting to spend money earlier. She wished she could spiral into the sky right now and fly to outer space to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Voyager spacecraft.

This extraordinary woman, possessing both beauty and wisdom, one day humbled herself and begged for roses.

I'd rather die.

There's nothing in this world worth staying for.

AWSL...

Just as she was having this thought, something icy cold suddenly appeared in her arms.

Looking down, I saw roses soaking in a mineral water bottle.

Jiang Qiaoqiao touched the petals; the velvety feel was like touching a piece of paper that had been partially sifted through—very comfortable.

"……Thanks."

"No need to thank me. Take good care of yourself. Who knows, I might come back someday."

"..." Jiang Qiaoqiao's expression was stiff, and she said with a forced smile, "So I'm the flower girl who helps you grow flowers. You're so kind to me."

"Good to know. Remember to be filial to me in the future."

"unbelievable……"

Jiang Qiaoqiao had nothing to say.

Lin Ran is a master at ruining the atmosphere; you'll never be bored with him, and you can never expect the atmosphere to become serious.

After being delayed on the road for a while, the two continued walking back.

At the end of the road, a Cullinan could be vaguely seen parked by the roadside. Jiang Qiaoqiao said:

"Wait a minute, I need to buy something."

"Should I come along?"

"I can go in by myself. There aren't many people inside, so don't worry about me encountering any danger. It's inconvenient for me to carry the roses in, so you can take them first."

Jiang Qiaoqiao handed him the mineral water bottle and entered the convenience store by operating the control panel.

Bored, Lin Ran counted how many petals were on the rose.

Suddenly, I heard a quarrel.

"You ask me why we broke up? That's hilarious! Can you give me the life I want? I want to go on vacation to Hawaii this weekend, go to a concert in Seoul with my girlfriends, and see the Eiffel Tower in romantic Paris next year. Can you do that? Even this… this lousy ring isn't even solid gold! My friends almost died laughing when they saw this shabby ring. I wanted to jump out the window and smash myself to pieces so you wouldn't find me and recognize me!"

"Money, money, money, is money all we have between us?"

"Nonsense, what are you going to do with a girlfriend if you don't have money!"

A couple is arguing in front of a flower shop.

There was a cluster of roses on the ground, with petals scattered everywhere. The boy stared blankly at the petals, not refuting the girl's accusations.

Lin Ran never expected to witness such a dramatic scene on the roadside.

While there are examples of love conquering all, most people in the world are ordinary, and it is often material things that break down emotions.

The girl took off the ring from her ring finger, threw it hard on the ground, turned around, and walked away in her high heels.

The boy chased after her, clutching the ring, pleading with her not to break up.

Lin Ran immediately stopped watching.

It's fair to say that both of them have some flaws, no wonder they ended up together.

"Lin Ran, what are you looking at?"

Jiang Qiaoqiao came out of the convenience store and looked in the direction Lin Ran was looking. There was a cluster of flowers lying on the ground, but nothing else.

"A dramatic argument between a simp and a gold digger."

Lin Ran looked away and saw Jiang Qiaoqiao holding a freshly torn bag of spicy strips. He smirked.

"You went in just to buy this?"

She used to use my body to eat spicy snacks, but now she's using her own body. Coupled with her aloof and stunningly beautiful face, something just feels off.

Jiang Qiaoqiao took a bite of the spicy strip, chewing it in her mouth until her mouth was full of red oil.

"Don't look down on spicy strips, they taste much better than delicacies like abalone and lobster."

She took two bites, revealing an expression of enjoyment, unlike that aloof young lady, but rather a little girl you could see anywhere on the street.

Lin Ran subconsciously compared her to the girl from earlier and found that she wasn't without her merits: she was reasonable, didn't lose her temper easily, was good-looking, had a good figure, was smart, and had an interesting, slightly awkward personality... Hmm, how come all the merits just popped up when I summarized them?

Oh no, I've been bewitched without even realizing it!

Qiaozi, I trusted you so much, and you actually...

Jiang Qiaoqiao stretched out her hand, palm up, and shook it.

"What do you mean?" Lin Ran asked.

"Flowers, roses, mine, give them back to me."

She turned her head away, her cheeks slightly flushed, deliberately avoiding eye contact and feigning indifference, but her eyes were constantly watching Lin Ran. If Lin Ran dared to say "no," she was poised to pounce and snatch it away—a domineering statement that once something is in my hands, no one can take it back!

"Yes, of course I'll give it to you. I didn't say I wouldn't."

Lin Ran smiled helplessly and handed her the roses in a 3-yuan mineral water bottle.

After Jiang Qiaoqiao received it, she immediately clutched it to her chest, protecting it like a precious treasure, and looked at Lin Ran warily, as if afraid he would snatch it away.

My little rich girl, have you never seen a rose in your life?

It's just a small thing that costs a dozen yuan, yet you're making such a fuss about it.

Your standards are so low, how are those materialistic girls who fantasize about living the life of a rich lady and try to imitate you?

"Are you going to finish eating before you leave, or are you going back now?"

"Of course I finished eating." Jiang Qiaoqiao pouted. "Aunt Zhao definitely won't let me eat spicy strips. She'll scold me if she sees me."

She knew she had been out for a long time, so she quickly finished the spicy snack in big bites.

At times like this, Jiang Qiaoqiao acts like a carefree child. She knows that eating this kind of food is unhealthy and that she will be scolded if she is seen eating it, but she still can't resist the temptation and eats it secretly.

Lin Ran watched from the side.

To be honest, watching a pretty girl eat spicy snacks is quite interesting, with a cute contrast.

Put her in a corner, she's got the perfect female lead setup, and it's a classic storyline.

Such strength is astonishing!

After Jiang Qiaoqiao finished eating the spicy snack, she rummaged through her bag for tissues, and Lin Ran handed her a small pack of wet wipes.

"Use this to wipe it."

"You carry wet wipes with you? Who are they for?" Jiang Qiaoqiao blurted out in an accusatory tone.

She looked Lin Ran up and down as if she were interrogating a criminal.

Lin Ran felt a subtle sense of guilt. It was just a misconception; she'd been staying up late editing videos lately and had damaged her brain.

"Can't I bring some for myself?"

"No. These wipes have a fragrance, not your scent." Jiang Qiaoqiao sniffed the packaging and came to a conclusion, staring at him, eager to know where the wipes came from.

"..."

This pack of wet wipes doesn't actually belong to Lin Ran.

Before going on stage at the welcome party, Tao Zhiyao was so nervous that her forehead was covered in sweat. She took out a wet wipe from her bag, wiped it off, and casually put it into Lin Ran's pocket.

He had only recently discovered a pack of tissues in his pocket.

"Alright, it doesn't matter whose it is, just use it and that's it. Why all the nonsense?"

"you……"

Jiang Qiaoqiao wanted to ask more questions, but Lin Ran had already pushed her to the car door.

The driver's side door opened, and Aunt Zhao got out of the car and took a picture of the two of them. She noticed Jiang Qiaoqiao holding a rose in her arms and covered her mouth with a smile:

"It seems you two are having a lot of fun; Qiaoqiao's face is all red."

"It's hot."

Jiang Qiaoqiao fanned herself with her little hands, her face turning red from eating spicy strips. Aunt Zhao misunderstood it as something else, but Jiang Qiaoqiao was too lazy to explain. The misunderstanding was fine, and she would keep the fact that she ate spicy strips a secret.

She glanced at Lin Ran out of the corner of her eye and knew that the wet wipes were not simple; otherwise, they wouldn't have fooled her. Could they have been given to him by Tao Zhiyao?

Oh dear, why do I care so much about these wet wipes? They're not anything particularly important.

Stop thinking about it!

"Lin Ran, help me up," Jiang Qiaoqiao said.

"Who are you to order me around?" Lin Ran raised an eyebrow.

"..."

Jiang Qiaoqiao remained silent, her eyebrows furrowed.

Lin Ran glanced at Aunt Zhao, who was smiling beside him, and thought to himself, "A good man doesn't fight with a woman. You have the numbers."

Aunt Zhao opened the back door of the car.

Jiang Qiaoqiao held Lin Ran's hand with one hand and supported his shoulder with the other, carefully sitting down.

The car door closed, and the Cullinan headed towards the southern suburbs. Through the car window, Lin Ran seemed to see Jiang Qiaoqiao silently watching him until the car disappeared around the next corner, seemingly reluctant to return to that villa deep in the woods, far from any human habitation.

After watching the car disappear, he raised the hand that Jiang Qiaoqiao had just held, and there was a small packet of spicy strips in his palm.

ding dong~

"Jiang Qiaoqiao: I've tried this bag of spicy strips, it's delicious, I'll give it to you. Thank you for walking with me tonight, I haven't been this happy in a long time, thank you, Lin Ran."

The young heiress gave a rather simple gift: just a bag of spicy strips.

Lin Ran tore open the packaging and ate it in one bite.

He also loved this flavor of spicy snack when he was a child, and the two of them actually have similar tastes.

However, the package that Jiang Qiaoqiao gave me tasted different from the ones I had eaten before.

It's a little sweet.