The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing-Chapter 498 - 286: The First Time_2
"This is the gambling ticket you entrusted to me, I cannot pass it on to others."
Luojia gazed at An Su with a slightly crazed smile that did not match her usual demeanor; she laughed like that and said, "I told you once, I am a bad kid who likes gambling hopelessly, so even if the stock I bought sinks, I will not sell it to anyone else."
As Luojia finished speaking, the air in this world seemed to freeze.
Visibly, the manager's previously servile smirk on his face solidified, and even An Su showed a look of surprise; he had not expected Luojia to act this way at all.
The Little Saintess always goes beyond what's expected of her from her upbringing.
After some thought, An Su concluded that it was only natural, given that the price of eight gold mines was much higher than that of fifty cake shops; with money, one could buy anything.
In their character settings, both Luojia and An Su were orphans originally planning the Sacred Body, and Luojia had even reached the realm of Great Perfection of the Sacred Body plan—she was completely gone, while An Su was at best half a step toward Great Perfection.
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The Little Saintess was adopted by the Monastery Orphanage on the frontier and, before becoming the Saintess, had almost no pocket money to spend; after becoming the Saintess, due to her serious and rigid nature, she refused any bribes or flattery and naturally didn't become wealthy.
Thinking about it, directly aiming for the gold mines is the most justified and reasonable, after all, it saves the middleman's markup. This was inconsequential to An Su, for it did not matter to whom he gave it.
"What do you want this gambling ticket for?" Although he had an anticipation, An Su still asked.
"...You also took away my ticket," Luojia paused but did not directly answer the question, "where is that ticket now?"
"I traded it away long ago." An Su shrugged indifferently and lazily said, "It was just a little bit of money, I spent it on a meal a long time ago."
"So it's like that. Oh—"
Luojia quietly watched An Su, her bright golden eyes clear as amber. She paused, tilted her head slightly, and her snow-white long hair cascaded down over one shoulder. She parted her thin lips and softly said,
"Then I want to do the same thing as you."
An Su felt vaguely uneasy under Luojia's intense gaze; he coughed once and thought to himself that he had assumed this woman was easy to handle and deceive, but she turned out to be quite deep and adept. He thought it over, and since Luojia said she wanted to turn the gambling ticket into money, An Su wouldn't oppose it either; after all, those were eight gold mines, so he nodded, "It's yours."
The manager, who had been watching from the sidelines, felt completely numb; she had been prepared to make a great profit.
You shouldn't play like this.
She felt very awkward, am I just a tool for you to play with?
"Mr. An Su, Miss Luojia." The manager, driven to desperation, scoffed and then slammed the stack of bills on the table, "Since you're not buying the shop now, please pay your bill, our shop does not do credit! That will be three gold coins and ten copper coins!"
An Su did not bring any money, and all of Luojia's money had gone to her studies; apart from that gambling ticket, they couldn't pay the bill.
Yes... how to settle this bill....An Su's expression suddenly became awkward, he had forgotten about this issue, and it was not exactly possible to stay and wash dishes, was it....?
The atmosphere turned awkward for a moment.
"I have..."
In the prolonged silence, the previously adept Miss Luojia timidly raised her hand. She lowered her eyes, her snow-white eyelids fell, and she gently bit her lip, seemingly resolved, she whispered,
"I have."
Under everyone's gaze, the Little Saintess, head hanging like an ostrich, opened her white purse. She counted one by one, counting out three gold coins and ten copper coins, stacking them together and timidly handing them to the manager.
Everyone fell into silence.
"...Where did you get the money?" An Su was silent for a long while before he slowly said, "Didn't you spend it all on your studies...?"
"It's... it's my private cake money." Luojia forced herself to keep her head up, pretending to be calm as she spoke.
She had money and still asked to borrow from me!
She was the one who invited me!
An Su was thoroughly impressed; he had never imagined her thinking could be so meticulous to such a terrifying extent. An Su regretfully admitted he had underestimated Luojia, realizing her background was not inferior to his own...
Yet still, An Su felt puzzled; it was just three gold coins, was it really necessary to play these tactics...?
Moreover, this was very unlike Luojia's usual character; she would not even accept gifts or bribes from bishops or even archbishops. How could she covet these few coins? In the original timeline, the Little Saintess's character was impeccably perfect, upright to the point of rigidity, forever honest, never telling a lie, truly a
"Why would you do this?" An Su asked curiously.
"Because..."
Luojia gently clutched the corner of her clothing. The blush spread from her cheeks to her earlobes as if smearing the color of the rosy twilight into the pure white sky, beautiful to the point of diffusion everywhere. Although she was bare-faced, her blush was more beautiful than countless layers of rouge.
"Mr. An Su once said... from now on... we would be even."
An Su was taken aback. He thought carefully and realized he indeed had said those words.
