Want It or Not

—I'm speechless. Can you stop giving me these weird side quests from now on?

The system didn't reply.

Su Yang cursed silently in frustration, thinking to himself, 'Damn it, it even specified Qianxiang Mall.'

He had originally planned to take the two girls to the trendy street downtown to walk around, grab some food, and then go shopping at a nice nearby mall called Xiao Nan Guo. But now, he had no choice but to silently change the destination on his GPS.

Soon, Su Yang drove up to the outside of Qianxiang Mall.

This mall was a chain found in many cities, and Lincheng happened to have one too.

Seeing that Su Yang had brought them to Qianxiang Mall, Li Muhan turned her head and asked, "Huh? Brother Su Yang, weren't we going to the trendy street? Why are we here?"

Su Yang rolled his eyes slightly and said, "Uh, I put in the wrong address. But it's fine. Since we're already here, let's just look around. They have a lot of stuff here; you can buy pretty much anything."

"But..." Li Muhan stammered, "But the things in this mall are really expensive."

Su Yang smiled and said, "It's fine. I'm the one taking you out to play today, so I'm paying for everything~"

"Ah? That won't do. You've already been so good to us, we... we can't spend any more of your money."

Hearing this, Su Yang had to resort to his old trick: "Are we friends or not?"

"We are."

"Then there you go. Do friends need to be so calculating? Say no more. You don't need to worry about a thing today; just focus on shopping, eating, and having fun."

As Su Yang spoke, he drove the car into the underground parking lot of Qianxiang Mall.

After parking, Li Muhan still felt uneasy. She dawdled, reluctant to get out of the car.

Su Yang walked over to the passenger side and scooped her up into his arms. Seeing this, Xiaowan clapped her hands happily from the side.

However, after clapping a couple of times, she suddenly felt it was a bit inappropriate, stopped immediately, and turned to walk away.

Su Yang set Li Muhan down on the ground and said, "Are you going to listen to me or not? How come you're not even as obedient as Xiaowan?"

"I..." Li Muhan's face was already flushed red.

She sighed and said, "Alright, I'll listen to you."

"That's more like it." Su Yang slammed the car door shut, then took each of their hands and walked toward the elevator lobby.

Li Muhan bit her lip but didn't pull away, simply following Su Yang into the elevator.

Soon, the three of them arrived at the first floor. Looking at the dazzling array of goods, Li Muhan was at a loss for where to go.

The first floor of Qianxiang Mall generally sold cosmetics, jewelry, clothes, and bags.

Growing up, neither Li Muhan nor her sister had ever worn a piece of clothing that cost more than three hundred yuan.

But the items here easily cost thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.

This was simply too expensive for them, making them feel a bit awkward and unsure of where to walk.

Su Yang let go of them, walked forward, looked around, and said, "Come on, let's go look at clothes first."

"Okay," Li Muhan agreed, taking Xiaowan's hand and following him.

Compared to the one in Haicheng, this Qianxiang Mall was newer and larger. It had probably opened not long ago.

There were many shoppers around, making the place very lively.

The three of them walked a little further in and arrived at the luxury brand area.

On both sides of the spacious aisle were stores like LV, Dior, Prada, and Chanel.

Seeing these store names, Li Muhan tugged at Su Yang's clothes. "Brother Su Yang, let's go check out the second floor~"

"The second floor? Have you shopped here before?"

Li Muhan shook her head. "No, this mall only opened last year. I haven't been here."

Although she hadn't shopped at Qianxiang Mall, she had been to other malls before.

She roughly knew that the items on the second floor would be a bit more affordable, like sportswear from Nike or Adidas.

Su Yang didn't overthink it. He just pulled Li Muhan toward the Chanel boutique on their front left. Only by going to these kinds of stores could he possibly spend two million yuan.

"Let's browse the first floor before going up."

Before the two girls could react, Su Yang had already dragged them to the store entrance.

Chen Xiaowan was young after all, so she didn't know anything about luxury brands.

But Li Muhan knew. She was an adult, and even though she couldn't afford them and had never worn them, she knew things from these brands were extremely expensive.

But since Su Yang had already entered the store, she had no choice but to hold Xiaowan's hand and follow him in.

"Good afternoon, handsome and beautiful ladies. Welcome to Chanel. What would the three of you like to see?" a pretty female sales associate hurried over and asked.

Su Yang glanced at the clothing area not far away and said, "We'll look at women's clothing."

"Alright, please follow me." The sales associate led the three of them to the women's clothing section.

Su Yang turned his head and asked, "Miss, besides adult clothes, do you have anything for little girls?"

The sales associate shook her head and said, "I'm sorry, sir, but our store doesn't sell children's clothing."

Su Yang genuinely didn't know that. He thought for a moment and said, "Alright, let's just look around normally for now. Muhan, we'll buy yours first, and I'll take Xiaowan to look at other things later."

Li Muhan nodded and started looking, but she was just putting on an act and had no intention of buying anything.

After looking for a few minutes, she walked over to Su Yang and said, "Brother Su Yang, I... I don't see anything I like. Should we try another store?"

"Nothing you like? I think these clothes are pretty nice." Though Su Yang said this, he naturally knew what Li Muhan was really thinking.

In fact, he had noticed the look in Li Muhan's eyes when she was browsing. Chanel catered heavily to women, and these clothes and dresses were all beautiful and fashionable. How could Li Muhan not like any of them? She just thought they were too expensive and didn't want to spend his money.

Su Yang couldn't be bothered to argue. Since Li Muhan wouldn't choose, he would choose for her. Otherwise, if he failed the quest, he would lose fifty million.

"What size do you wear?" Su Yang looked at Li Muhan and asked.

Li Muhan didn't immediately understand why Su Yang was asking, so she told him all her sizes for tops and pants.

Su Yang nodded, looked at a rack of clothes to his left, and said to the sales associate, "Hello, for this entire rack, get me one of each in the sizes this beautiful lady just mentioned."

"Ah?" The sales associate thought she had misheard.

Wasn't this the plot from novels and TV shows where a domineering CEO takes his girlfriend shopping?

Was it actually happening right under her nose?

Not just the sales associate, even Li Muhan was stunned.

Su Yang didn't actually like doing this either, but if he didn't, trying them on one by one would definitely take too much time.

Besides, seeing that Li Muhan couldn't pick even a single piece after ages, he figured he might as well get her one of everything. She could wear them slowly over time; clothes wouldn't go bad anyway.

He had never even bought clothes for himself like this before. Today, taking advantage of this quest, he was finally experiencing the aura of a domineering CEO.

However, seeing the sales associate standing motionless after he spoke, he waved his hand in front of her eyes and said, "Miss? Why are you spacing out? Go get the clothes~"

"Sir, are you sure you want one of each? That's quite a lot. It's not just tops, but also skirts and pants."

Su Yang nodded. "I know. Just get them in this lady's size, one of each."

The saleswoman's initially doubtful expression suddenly melted into a bright smile. If he actually paid for all this, she would earn a massive commission. What was there to hesitate about?

"Right away! Please wait a moment," the saleswoman said, beaming as she went to gather the clothes.

It was only as the saleswoman walked away that Li Muhan finally snapped back to reality. She hurried over to Su Yang's side and asked, "Brother Su Yang, what... what are you doing?"

"What do you mean? Since you weren't picking anything out, I decided to do it for you."

"But this is way too much! I should just pick something myself."

"It's fine. We're just getting one of everything. You can take your time deciding once we get home and wear whichever ones you like."

Li Muhan was at a complete loss for words. When she was browsing earlier, she had noticed the price tags. Almost every piece cost ten to twenty thousand, and one white coat was even priced at over seventy thousand.

If they bought one of every item on this rack, there had to be at least forty or fifty pieces. Even if they averaged twenty thousand each, wouldn't the total come out to around a million?

Thinking of that terrifying sum, Li Muhan grabbed Su Yang's arm again and said anxiously, "Brother Su Yang!! These clothes are way too expensive, and there are so many of them! Buying one of each will cost an absolute fortune. I can't accept this!"

Su Yang kept a gentle smile on his face while thinking to himself, 'You have to accept it! If you don't, I won't be able to complete my mission.'

"Muhan, what did I tell you? Are we friends or not?"

"This has nothing to do with being friends! It's just that these things are far too expensive. I really can't take them!"