Chapter 36.1 “Ji Lin, do you think it could be that we won’t be able to keep our baby…..”

With such a thought, Bai Duanduan was in a good mood, so she got back into the queue and continued to wait patiently for the checkout. However, the queue was endless as the supermarket was having a sale that day. By the time Ji Lin had finished his shopping and came out from the supermarket with his cart, there was still a small line of people in front of Bai Duanduan.

However, since Ji Lin had lent her money, Bai Duanduan decided to return the favour. She was just about to wave at Ji Lin and ask him to put his things in her cart to save him the trouble of queuing up. The result was that Ji Lin, who was walking towards the checkout line without looking her way, suddenly stopped. He paused, looked slightly to his left, then pursed his lips and walked towards the section on his left.

Bai Duanduan followed the route he took and saw that Ji Lin was going to the doll area…..

Ji Lin was obviously not aware of Bai Duanduan’s gaze, he just walked with a cold face to the plush toy, which did not match his temperament at all, and looked up slightly at the huge plush bear on the top of the counter, which was displayed as an item on sale. On the side of the plush bear was a deafening promotional slogan—

Huge discount sale, miss this wave, wait another twenty years!

“…”

Ji Lin was standing under the giant plush bear, surrounded by colourful soft and fluffy plush toys. His cold temperament was completely at odds with the warmth of the plush toys, yet the cold man standing among them was creating a wonderful contrast and it made him appear even more handsome and cold.

It was somewhat unique.

Looking at the stuffed animal with such a serious and cold face, it was a bit cute in its indifference, and a bit indifferent in its cuteness.

What stunned Bai Duanduan the most was that, after carefully reading the promotion plan, Ji Lin reached out his hand and then directly took the only oversized plush bear at the top of the promotion shelf and hugged it into his arms.

He actually wanted to buy it.

It was just a pity that Ji Lin’s purchase activity didn’t go very well —

“Grandma! I want that bear! I want that bear! Just that one! It has to be that bear!”

Almost as soon as Ji Lin had taken a few steps with the bear in his arms, a voice crying and screaming came from behind him. A little boy shaking his grandmother’s hand to death, his face already showing an expression reserved for a little brat who will never give up. While the child took a few steps to catch up with Ji Lin, one of hand was already tugging at one of the legs of the stuffed bear in Ji Lin’s arm……

“Grandma! I want this one! I want this bear to sleep with me in my bed!”

“Grandma! Look at the discount! Now there’s only this one left! I want it, I want it, I want it!”

Along with the child’s shrill-like voice, the child’s grandmother also rushed to catch up with him. The old woman looked at Ji Lin and did not stop her grandson from tugging at the bear in someone else’s hand, but simply said, “Young man, let my grandson have this bear.”

With a doting look on her face, she said, “Otherwise the boy would make an absolute scene and refuse to come back with me. Do me a favour and give the bear to the child. I’ve just asked the salesman and they said that the supermarket will be stocking it again in a few days, so you can come back and buy a new one then.”

Most people who encounter this kind of thing may be afraid of losing face and being accused of bullying the elderly and children if they refuse, so majority of them would just let it go, but unfortunately Ji Lin was not an ordinary person, he coldly glanced at the old grandma and the stubborn child, “What business is it of mine if your child wants to make trouble? What’s it to me if he won’t go back with you?”

His tough attitude showed his strong refusal.

When the little brat got the signal, he almost immediately fell on the ground and started to howl and roll around, “No, no, I want this bear! I want this one! Just this one!”

The child was obviously a skilled actor. Within a few moments, his face was covered in tears and snot, and the child’s grandmother’s face showed a lot of pain and distress, “Oh baby, get up, get up, the ground is cold, can’t grandma ask for it for you? This uncle is so good-looking, he must be a good man, he will definitely give it to you……”

The compliments in these words are obviously intended to prepare Ji Lin to wear a high hat and then make him ride the tiger 1 It means she is complimenting him with a motive to flatter him so that he will give into her , but unfortunately…..

Ji Lin hugged the bear and gave a cold laugh, “Oh, sorry, I’m just a good-looking bad guy.”

“…”

Ji Lin said without any psychological burden, “This bear, which I saw first, belongs to me and I won’t let it go.”

When the child heard this, he broke down emotionally on the spot and bawled on the floor, “Grandma, I want this bear! I must have it! I want it today! I won’t get up until I get this bear! Woohoooooooo!”

The child’s grandmother was so distressed that she immediately called the salesperson in charge of this area, “Quickly, young lady, please persuade this young man, you’ll have this bear in stock soon, it will be available again tomorrow, can you ask this young man to come and get it later?”

The saleswoman naturally did not want things to go out of order. The ill-bred child was too difficult to communicate with so she naturally hoped to convince Ji Lin, “We’ve already placed the dispatch order for this bear, but the delivery is not that fast. It will probably take another three days, so sir, if you’re not in a hurry….”

The salesgirl had red lips and white teeth, and her tone was soft but Ji Lin was also after all, a good-looking man. The girl’ pair of eyes looked at Ji Lin’s beautiful limpid eyes and the two pairs of eyes stayed locked in the air for a while……

Generally speaking, this development should be that Ji Lin, who usually acts cold and hard on weekdays, suddenly became gentle in the eyes of the little salesgirl and gave away the plush bear. Immediately letting the girl feel that this man was both generous and cooperative with her work and it would be a love at first sight. Afterwards, when the new plush bear arrives, the salesgirl would take the initiative to contact Ji Lin to pick them up, and the two people would be together ever since…..

Unfortunately, no matter how dreamy the plot was, no matter how dramatic the setting was, as long as it meets Ji Lin, it would only come to an abrupt end.

Before the little salesgirl could finish her words, Ji Lin opened his mouth and said coldly, “Your current Supermarket’s anniversary sale would be over in two days, right?”

The salesgirl froze, obviously not keeping up with such a jump in pace, and only nodded her head.

“Oh, that means I can buy this bear now and avail the anniversary sale discount of 20% off. But if I let it go and when the other bear arrives in three days because the sale would be over, I’ll have to buy it at the original price.” He gave the salesgirl a charming sneer and said succinctly, “No way.”

“…”

Bai Duanduan almost laughed out loud. She was afraid that it wasn’t a crazy idea to ask Ji Lin to pay more.

It’s a pity that the child’s grandmother also wanted to take advantage of the sale and let her grandson buy the bear that day. She was also unwilling to pay the extra money to Ji Lin to post his purchase, so she simply started moral kidnapping, “Young man, this bear is only over a hundred in total. With the discount you can only save twenty yuan. I’m an old woman and I have to raise this child. My family doesn’t have much money, but for you, young man, twenty or so yuan is only the cost of a cup of that coffee you always drink! Look at you, you’re wearing all branded clothes, these twenty yuan must be nothing to you!”

Ji Lin smiled faintly, “Auntie, do you know how I got to put on these brands on my body?”

“Huh?”

“It’s by being thrifty even with twenty yuan.”

“…”

“Anyway, the bear is mine, and it’s none of my business if your grandson cries himself to death.”

The notorious boy who thought of himself as invincible with his spilling and rolling tricks didn’t expect to lose in battle against Ji Lin that day. So he decided to intensify the attack on the spot. His crying became louder and louder, and he shouted, “This uncle is a bully! Bully! He stole my bear, it’s mine! He’s so old, he even wants to steal a bear from me, and he’s bullying even a child!”

While howling, he rushed forward with tears and snot, tugging at one of the bear’s legs and started trying to snatch it hard. According to the experience of this scum child, generally by this stage, the other person would be embarrassed and couldn’t attempt something like snatching things from a child on the spot, and eventually one way or another, the bear would be snatched away from the other party into the boy’s own hands. And when it comes into his hands, how can this be returned to others? Naturally, it was ultimately his win.

It’s just a pity that….. Ji Lin never plays by the rules.

Not to be outdone, Ji Lin immediately backhanded the bear to drag back. He did not use any force, but the natural physical advantage of adult men over children was there. As long as he doesn’t let go, the child won’t be able to snatch the stuffed bear away with all his strength.

This time the child was dumbfounded, and he tugged at the bear again in disbelief, only for Ji Lin to tug the bear back again. He was so serious and expressionless that it appeared as if he would not let go of the bear in a tug-of-war with a child. He was serious and solemn, and his face was full of determination and coldness that he would never let go.

The child was completely devastated, and when he failed to grab it, he fell to the ground and started crying at a higher decibel level.

The child’s grandmother was obviously distressed. She frowned and looked at Ji Lin with reproach in her eyes, “Okay, okay, it’s only 20 yuan, I’ll give you the money, okay? You can give this bear to the little child!”

Unfortunately, Ji Lin only laughed coldly, “I didn’t say I would give up the bear if you give me money. The bear is mine and I definitely won’t let it go, even if you give me two million. First come, first served, I took it first, why should I give it to you?”

At this point, grandma, who felt she had already made a major sacrifice, also lost her temper and she couldn’t help but raise her voice as if Ji Lin was taking her grandson for granted and refusing to give it to them was a sin,”I’ve never seen someone like you, how old are you? How dare you compete with a little child for a stuffed bear! Isn’t it something like a stuffed bear designed specifically for babies?!”

As a result, she only heard Ji Lin calmly and coolly say, “In every man’s heart lives a child that never grows up. Who isn’t a widdle baby?”

“….”