At that point, the manager came rushing in, out of breath. "Second master Lu, we are greatly honored by your presence. My boss has decided to give you all the clothes you have your eyes on for free. Please accept this; it's a form of our sincere gratitude."

Lu Shaoting smiled. Not bad.

He looked at Su Ling. "It's up to her."

The manager turned to Su Ling who was still shocked by what he had just said. "Miss, you should pick all the clothes, shoes and accessoires you like. They are a gift to our most honored customer.

"I.." she was still being shy.

Lu Shaoting pointed at a bag he had seen her secretly admire earlier. Then he pointed at a few more bags, shoes and jewelery.

She couldn't help asking in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Isn't this too much?"

"You are not paying for it so you shouldn't be too modest." he answered.

"It's still too much. I think we should be given discount instead."

Lu Shaoting nodded and told the sales assistant from earlier. "Give her a discount for what she had chosen earlier."

Although it was just 20% discount, the prices made her go speechless. Everything was at least five times cheaper than she had expected. With a smile, she recieved the packed clothes and gestured to Lu Shaoting that they should leave.

In the next moment, she stood there shocked as the sales assistant packed everything that Lu Shaoting had chosen. Hadn't they decided to leave those behind?

"Didn't we agree to leave them?"

"Who said anything about leaving them? They were given to me as a gift so I will gladly accept them."

As they left Southside CC, Lu Shaoting turned to the manager and when Su Ling was not looking, he mouthed, "you did well."

Su Ling felt she had already spent enough for the day and decided to go back home. Lu Shaoting simply tagged along. When they reached her apartment, he also got off the car with the huge bags from the store.

"Where are you taking them?"

"To your house."

"Eh? But...they are for you."

Lu Shaoting almost tripped. "For me? Since when do I wear female clothes?"

"I thought they were for your sister."

"I don't have a sister."

"Then they could be for your girlfriend. You should take them to her." she sounded emotionless.

"Su Ling!"

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Today, Su Ling and Lu Shaoting were not the only ones shopping. Two more pairs were doing the same thing. Little Jia sat on Lu Aotian's lap comfortably as they ordered clothes and toys from an online store.

On the other hand, Wan Jia and Lin Lihua were threatening to strip a certain store of all its clothes and accessories.

"Little Wan, when do you even get to wear all these clothes?" Lin Lihua mocked.

Wan Jia rolled her eyes. "Sis Lihua, when do you get to wear all the clothes in your closet? How is that even a closet? It's big enough for a family of four to live in. I could lose my way out just finding what to wear." she exaggerated.

"I bet on everything I just bought that your closet is larger than mine." Lin Lihua said.

Wan Jia mumbled. "So what if it turns out to be smaller? If my clothes can't fit in, I'll just stuff them into Aotian's."

"Are you still talking about closets? Look at that gown!" Lin Lihua spotted a blue gown.

"It's so beautiful, I want it!" Wan Jia exclaimed.

Lin Lihua retorted. "I saw it first."

"I claimed it first."

Soon, they were bickering playfully like children.

"Little Wan, you're a designer yourself. You should leave such opportunities to megastar-me."

"Megastar Lin, you already have so many gowns. Surely you don't need this little one?"

The store owner burst into laughter watching them argue. "Are the two of you sisters? You love each other so much." He was used to seeing celebrities in his store and was not shocked by Lin Lihua's presence.

"How do we love each other? Sis Lihua won't let me have this gown. Can't you see? It's even blue. It would look perfect on me."

"Who said I can't wear blue? It would look perfect on me too, okay? I even have the aura of a superstar."

In the end, they made an agreement that all black gowns were for Lin Lihua and all blue ones were for Wan Jia. When Wan Jia spotted a beautiful black gown, the store owner had to laugh his heart out as the bickering started all over again.

...

After shopping all morning, Lin Lihua invited Wan Jia to her home for lunch.

Actually, Wan Jia had felt for a while that Lin Lihua had something on her mind today. Although none of the things they had done was out of the ordinary, she had a weird feeling that Lin Lihua was showering her with more love today. It was the attitude of being afraid of losing someone.

She was quite accurate. Lin Lihua was indeed afraid of losing her. Today, she had invited Wan Jia for lunch because Xia Rou was going to reveal herself to her. She was scared of Wan Jia's reaction. What if she got angry and hated her?

As they approached the Lin residence, not even her perfect acting skills could hide her fear.

"Sis Lihua, is something wrong?"

Lin Lihua suddenly hugged her. "Little Wan, if I hid something really important from you before, would you hate me?"