Gloria's clothing style often carries a pink, cute, and innocent vibe, which Lin Hai thought should suit Xiao Yixuan.

Just upon entering the store, Xiao Yixuan was captivated by the clothes in front of her, her adorable eyes seemingly sparkling with little stars.

Before long, Xiao Yixuan picked a pink little dress. After putting it on with some sheer stockings and cloth shoes, there was an innocent and fresh feel to the look, which made even Lin Hai's eyes light up, and he nodded slightly in approval.

"Does it look good? Brother Lin." Xiao Yixuan twirled her dress around, asking.

"It looks great, just this one. Change into it directly," Lin Hai said with a smiling nod.

Soon, Xiao Yixuan had changed into the new clothes.

"Want to pick a few more?" Lin Hai asked.

Xiao Yixuan bashfully shook her head and whispered, "No need, these are already expensive enough, 780 yuan. That's enough for a whole month's living expenses for me."

"Don't worry, Brother Lin is paying today. You pick another one," Lin Hai said with a smile, suddenly feeling that the little gangster girl wasn't so bad after all.

"No, really, I don't want more, Brother Lin, I appreciate your kindness, thank you," Xiao Yixuan said, her eyes filled with gratitude.

In the past, her little gangster girl style was always disliked by others. Over time, she developed a rebellious mentality, becoming even more defiant the worse people treated her.

But then, someone was genuinely kind to her without any ulterior motive, which made her feel uneasy and even afraid that doing something wrong might cost her that kindness. Thus, she became unusually treasured and was afraid that buying another item would make Brother Lin think she was greedy.

Walking out of the store, Xiao Yixuan felt like she had been reborn after changing her clothes.

"It's still early, how about I accompany you to buy some other things? You'll meet the president officially tomorrow," Lin Hai said after a moment's thought.

Xiao Yixuan blinked her eyes and suddenly suggested, "Brother Lin, how about I treat you to milk tea and play pool?"

"Huh? Why did you suddenly think of these?" Lin Hai asked with a smile.

"You bought me such expensive clothes, and I feel bad about it. But I only have a little over thirty yuan on me, so I can't treat you to anything else," Xiao Yixuan admitted somewhat embarrassingly.

"Haha, no problem at all. Let's go get milk tea first, and then play pool," Lin Hai agreed with a laugh.

"Hehe, just so you know, I'm pretty good at pool. Be careful, or I might thrash you, Brother Lin," Xiao Yixuan said playfully.

They bought two cups of milk tea from a roadside stall, with Lin Hai specifically asking for no tapioca pearls, as he didn't like that plastic stuff.

As they headed towards the pool hall, they chatted along the way.

"Xuanxuan, why did you stop going to school so early?" Lin Hai asked, feeling from their interaction that the little gangster girl wasn't strictly a bad girl.

"Wuu, my family is poor, and they couldn't afford my education. Besides, my grades weren't good. I planned to work as a hostess at KTV, but the manager there insisted on sleeping with me. So, I ended up not finding that job and have just been idling around," Xiao Yixuan pouted as she explained.

Lin Hai nodded in understanding. Some of the thugs who ran the KTVs were quite despicable. Bald and Scar, formerly under Xiao Jiba, used to be quite arrogant, but after being subdued by Lin Hai, they had now virtually become model students.

Though they called it a pool hall, it was located in a rather remote area in the old city district of Huadu. The government had virtually stopped developing this area, focusing the economy on the new city, so over time, it became a place where the poor and the third-rank folks and idlers lived.

Entering the pool hall, they were greeted by the smell of smoke and the noise, which made Lin Hai frown.

"Brother Lin, sorry about this; this is the KTV I frequently visit. The bigger ones are in the new district, and I can't afford those," Xiao Yixuan said with great embarrassment.

Lin Hai let out a relieved smile: "It's nothing, it's very nice. I used to be quite poor myself, even for playing pool it was roadside stands for me. Something of this scale was only a dream when I was little. I should be thanking you for making my childhood dream come true."

Hearing Lin Hai say this, the little gangster girl also laughed, her eyes filled with a touch of gratitude.

"Hey? Xuanxuan, how come you're here today?"

"What? Xuanxuan brought her boyfriend?"

"Tsk tsk, black suit, what a handsome guy."

A group of avant-garde little girls with hair dyed in all sorts of colors and jeans intentionally designed with a few skulls started chattering and surrounded them.

Today, Lin Hai had deliberately changed into the casual suit and shirt that Su Wanjing had picked out for him last time, making him look particularly dapper. His vibe seemed to have stepped up a notch, no wonder these young ladies were dazzled.

"Aiya, Linda, Brother Lin is not my boyfriend," Xuanxuan blushed, fearing the sister-like friends might say something wrong and upset Lin Hai.

"Hey, handsome guy, are you trying to hit on our Xuanxuan? Let me tell you, Xuanxuan is not like us, she's still a virgin," said the little gangster girl named Linda, giggling.

Lin Hai wiped the sweat from his forehead. Was it really necessary to be so forward right off the bat?

"Hehe, look, the handsome guy is getting shy, and I bet the handsome guy is a virgin too," Linda said with a laugh.

Xuanxuan pretended to be annoyed and said, "Linda, you're talking nonsense again. I'll get mad and ignore you if you continue."

"Wow, Xuanxuan's got a boyfriend and she's all protective now, tsk tsk, don't be stingy, it's just a joke. Come on, let me touch and check the goods, see if he can provide you with a 'happy' life in the future."

Saying that, Linda's flexible little hand swiftly reached for Lin Hai's crucial spot.

Lin Hai hadn't expected this at all, had no time to prepare, and by the time he did react, it was already too late.

Linda was about to smirk triumphantly when she suddenly went still.

"Handsome guy, don't tell me you're hiding a fire extinguisher there?"

"Ah, you're awful, Linda. I can't deal with you anymore." Xuanxuan was beyond embarrassed, surprised and angry. She would never act coy like this under normal circumstances.

Linda smirked with a hehe, retracted her hand, and looked at Lin Hai with an unmistakably seductive gaze.

Lin Hai coughed dryly, pretending not to have seen it.

"Handsome guy, add me on WeChat?" After Linda and a few sister-friends whispered to each other, a group of girls immediately started chattering and asking Lin Hai to add them on WeChat.

"Damn, what's this all about? Is it like, an invitation?" Lin Hai's eyes popped wide open, but he didn't want to hurt their feelings, so he just told them his WeChat ID.

Before long, he received requests from several nicknames like: "Call me 'MA' when you see Sister Lin", "My surname is Wang, and my heart is gone", "Didn't realize the value of rice in youth, only to yearn in age with tears", "Armed to eliminate you siren sisters", and so on.

But the most explosive nickname was "Really wanna eat hotpot 20 times a day".

Lin Hai made a quick calculation, one hotpot equals 12 rounds, 20 hotpots equals... damn, he didn't dare to continue the thought.

"Eh? Handsome guy, didn't realize you're quite narcissistic, your profile picture is actually Daniel Wu."

"Whoa? So many girls? Got a date yet? How about tonight? Tsk tsk." A frivolous and shrill voice suddenly rang out.

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