Chapter 58.2 This is called cheap.

It was beautiful, but Ji Lin was in a desperate mood. He had really believed in Bai Duanduan, thinking that she could really succeed in getting close to Tang Li at this private party.

Now that she was in such a cold and noble position, completely ungrounded, and even less likely to open her mouth and smile easily in order to maintain her persona, who else could she approach?

As expected, almost the entire time, although the rest of the female VIP members were more or less sneaking glances at Bai Duanduan, they all did their own thing, especially Tang Li, who apparently had a group of acquainted internet celebrity sisters, chattering and snapping selfies while trying on the new Tiffany bracelets.

Bai Duanduan, on the other hand, remained calm and cool as she tried on this season’s new jewelry by herself.

……

Just like that, the private meeting was coming to an end, and Bai Duanduan was neither in a hurry nor annoyed, she stood up directly, still with an expression of being above the world, looking indifferent and haughty. Then she didn’t even look at Tang Li’s side, she lifted her bag, stepped on her high heels and prepared to leave.

This time, it was a no-win situation. Ji Lin was a bit helpless and got up to leave, but at that moment, something unexpected happened—

“Hello, please wait a moment ……”

Just as Bai Duanduan was about to walk to the exit of the private club, Tang Li bit her lips, and then chased out, “Can I ask you, where did you order this Hermes limited edition bag?”

Tang Li was a little embarrassed, but still slightly poised, she ruffled her hair, “I am also a Hermes VIP member, but I have not been able to buy this colour bag of yours, I have asked many agents and friends, but I have not been able to buy it either, so I would like to ask, where did you get it? If it’s convenient, can you help me inquire if I can buy another one?”

This was the moment she was waiting for.

Bai Duanduan held the winning ticket, but her face was calm. Her tone remained light, as if she had been considering it for a while, before finally nodding, “Then let’s add a WeChat, I’m a bit busy right now and have to rush back, so leave me a message if you have anything to do and talk back.”

Although Bai Duanduan’s attitude was not enthusiastic, Tang Li was almost a little excited, she hurriedly took out her mobile phone and added WeChat with Bai Duanduan, before saying goodbye to her and going back to her seat, returning to her several sister groups, with the surprise of really getting contact information written all over her face.

Ji Lin stood off to the side, watching all this happen, simply dumbfounded, and it was only when Bai Duanduan walked away that she looked back at him and gave him a meaningful look of triumph.

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Bai Duanduan and Ji Lin soldiered on in two separate directions, eventually rejoining at the parking lot.

Almost as soon as they got into the car, Bai Duanduan took off her heels, removed her dangling earrings, and stretched out in a relaxed manner, changing her cold and regal posture from earlier.

“Pretending to be a celebrity can be a really physical job, just now my neck was stiffened in order to show my cold and noble contempt for humans!”

Only now did a playful, sly smile appear on her face, “See? I’ve said it all, I don’t even need to make a move, the willing will naturally take the bait.” She shook her phone, “Tang Li’s WeChat is in hand, the first step in the mission to infiltrate her side is complete and unnoticed, she definitely won’t be wary of me, after all, I didn’t even take the initiative to hit on her, she took the initiative to want to get to know me.”

“……”

Until this moment, Ji Lin was still a bit unable to believe, he pursed his lips, “How can you be sure that she will definitely take the initiative to find you?”

“I’m not sure about that.” Bai Duanduan, however, had a matter-of-fact look on her face, “But people are like this. What you send to the door, they does not love, but if you ignore them, they will be willing to use the hot face to stick to the cold ass, the more disdain for them, the more they cares about you, how to say it, if you put it bluntly, the nature of human beings, is one word – cheap ah. “

“……”

Seeing that Ji Lin didn’t speak, Bai Duanduan thought he couldn’t understand. She explained to him lovingly, “Let’s just say that, for example, a single girl may have been by a boy’s side all the time, but because she has been there all the time, this boy will not feel anything special, there is no sense of urgency in his heart, and he takes it for granted, until this girl and her ex-boyfriend are about to get back together and ignore the boy. Then the boy begins to scratch his heart and lungs desperately.”

She stared at Ji Lin, “Do you understand? That’s roughly what it means. That’s called being cheap.”

Ji Lin pursed his lips and didn’t say anything, yet for some reason, his face didn’t look too good, he didn’t look at Bai Duanduan again, but moved his eyes away.

“Although you buy luxury goods, they are all for your mother. You don’t understand the psychology of these types of female consumers, especially internet celebrities like Tang Li.  Judging from her Weibo, she is quite fond of showing off. What others have she has to have, what others don’t have she also has to have and she must be unique, and must be herself who attracts the attention of others.”

“If you want to get close to these people and gain their approval, it is useless to take the initiative to please them, they simply despise people who take the initiative to please them, instead, it is more real to make them look up to you and take the initiative to please you. To put it simply, they have an extreme mushrooming mentality in the areas of power, money and status, so I don’t have to do anything else but show up at private parties like this, prettier than Tang Li, richer than Tang Li, with the bag Tang Li always wanted but didn’t have, that’s all.”

Bai Duanduan added with a smile, “I deliberately took the right medicine by carrying this bag. She has been shouting on Weibo for a long time and can’t buy it. It can be seen that she really likes it, but it’s really hard to buy…”

Ji Lin hadn’t paid attention before. As soon as Bai Duanduan appeared, his gaze was completely drawn by Bai Duanduan unconsciously. He didn’t have time to pay attention to the bag in her hand. Only now when he looked at it, he felt a bit familiar ……

He frowned, “This bag ……”

“It’s the one you bought.” Bai Duanduan smiled, “I borrowed it from your mother.”

“……”

Ji Lin looked at Bai Duanduan expressionlessly, “There is no way my mother would lend a bag to someone else, are you using force to convince her to give in again?”

“Haven’t you heard the saying? Never say never, nothing is impossible in this world, your mother and I have been together for a long time. A friendly consensus was reached a month ago, and a sharing pool system was established. A selection of bags that are limited and of similar value have gone into this sharing pool, and within the sharing pool we can swap the bags we carry with each other. You know, a lot of limited edition bags are really hard to come by these days, like this one today, and I really don’t have it myself.”

“……”

Bai Duanduan was still wearing a long black silk dress that accentuated her curves, and with her makeup, she looked radiant. She is a bit coquettish and charming, but her expression was quite serious, so serious that she was a little cute, with a little contrast.

Her round black eyes stared at Ji Lin: “To be honest, haven’t you noticed that your mother has asked you to buy bags less and less recently? Your mother has borrowed my bag for the last few trips, In fact, in a sense, I am helping you save money in a disguised form, and I think you should give me some bonuses for my side job.”

“……”

“That’s right, I’m willing to admit my win, remember to take care of my meals for half a year.”

“……”

“Tomorrow I want to eat bacon and asparagus rolls. But there is no asparagus, besides rice at home is really not quite enough this time, the new rice for the year is already on, so go to the supermarket together tonight and buy ah.”

“…..”

Author’s note:

[Ji Lin is expressionless: I am cheap]

Translator’s note: You guys know why Ji Lin is calling himself cheap, right? Hahahaha, if not ask in the comment section ????????