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Zhang Mu didn’t care what Liu Shixuan was thinking. All he wanted was to get through the plot as quickly as possible and leave.
So, he immediately put on the arrogant demeanor of a spoiled young master and spoke directly to Liu Shixuan, “You’re Liu Shixuan from the Liu family, right? I’ve seen you several times. Name your price.”
“I want the necklace you reserved. Don’t be ungrateful!”
The crowd present was instantly disgusted by Zhang Mu’s audacious words.
“That’s too much! Isn’t this just robbery?”
“Exactly! How can you be so domineering?”
“How could you treat Liu Shixuan like that?”
The male classmates standing behind Liu Shixuan, who seemed to have a crush on her, immediately started to stand up to Zhang Mu, though they felt intimidated by the bodyguards behind him.
But still, they didn’t want to back down in front of their goddess, so they puffed up their chests and confronted him.
But Liu Shixuan herself seemed oblivious to Zhang Mu’s words. She just kept staring blankly at him.
Seeing her reaction, Zhang Mu thought that this innocent campus belle must have been frightened, just like in the original plot.
Growing impatient, he repeated in a harsh tone, “I said, name your price! I want this necklace!”
“Liu Shixuan, are you deaf?”
The classmates beside Liu Shixuan were about to speak up for her again, but before they could, Liu Shixuan suddenly spoke first. “I… I remember you, Zhang Mu. What do you plan to do with this necklace? Are you giving it to someone?”
Zhang Mu frowned.
Liu Shixuan’s response didn’t seem quite right. He remembered that in the previous life, Liu Shixuan had outright rejected his over-the-top demands.
After all, as the eldest daughter of the Liu family, she wasn’t afraid of the Zhang family.
According to the original plot, they had met a few times at family gatherings in the past. This artistic young lady had even looked down on him, mocking him for being uneducated and lazy. They used to bicker and argue, with Liu Shixuan’s favorite pastime being to write poems that subtly insulted him. As someone who loved art and culture, she despised spoiled brats like him.
So, her current reaction seemed a bit off. But it wasn’t a big deal. He was sure she would still refuse him in the end.
Zhang Mu responded with a nasty tone, “What does it matter to you what I do with it?”
Liu Shixuan couldn’t help but ask, “Are you planning to give it to your fiancée, Su Muwan?”
Everyone in the upper echelons of the capital knew about Zhang Mu’s obsession with Su Muwan, to the point of being nearly fanatical.
So, Zhang Mu looked at Liu Shixuan as if she were an idiot and said, “If I don’t give it to my fiancée, who would I give it to? You?”
Unexpectedly, Liu Shixuan’s face turned red, and her heart skipped a beat.
But she quickly composed herself, knowing that Zhang Mu was just saying that.
He definitely wouldn’t give it to her; he would surely give it to Su Muwan. This realization made Liu Shixuan feel a bit jealous.
In her past life, she had decided to give in to Zhang Mu, thinking of it as a way to atone. She had even planned to give up the necklace to him.
But now, she found herself unwilling to do so.
She didn’t want the man she loved most to take a necklace that was supposed to be hers and give it to another woman.
So, despite the longing and joy in her eyes as she looked at Zhang Mu, Liu Shixuan stubbornly grabbed the necklace from the store manager’s hand. With a firm expression, she said to Zhang Mu, “This is a necklace I reserved in advance. I will never let you give it to someone else!”
Hearing Liu Shixuan’s words, Zhang Mu finally felt relieved.
The female lead was finally following the plot properly. Wonderful!
-To be continued!
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Translated & Edited by:
-Tinyvillain
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Translated & Edited by:
-Tinyvillain