TMH:RID.

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Chapter 21: Why Do I Have To Pamper Her?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Su Xing looked at Zhou Tingting and her group. She mustered up her courage and said, "I don't understand why you have to keep haggling over something like this. Fu Zhi is the daughter of the Lu Family. Of course she can wear designer brands!"

Tian Nuo sneered, "These shoes are limited edition. One has to preorder them, and it takes at least three months for the shoe to be back in stock. She was adopted three days ago, so how is there any chance that she could get her hands on an authentic version so soon?"

She was standing right in front of Fu Zhi's desk. With her arm stretched, she pointed at her and barked, "She put on counterfeits because she thought she could become one of us. If she's not a hypocrite, then who is?"

Fu Zhi raised her head silently. She shot a glance at Tian Nuo and said, "Put your finger down."

Her clear almond eyes held no emotion, and her tone was calm, but... was that an illusion? Tian Nuo had no idea why but she felt that Fu Zhi would break her finger if she refused to put it down.

As the two of them stared at each other and refused to back down, a girl sitting next to the window shouted, "Lu Yumo is here!"

Some of the girls in the class craned their necks and looked outside.

Lu Yumo had been born with a flawless appearance. His eyes were slanted and deeply set, he had finely-chiseled features, and a faint smile was tugging at the corners of his lips. At school, his popularity amongst the other students was second only to Lu Yubai and Songfang.

When Zhou Tingting went out of the classroom, he naturally grabbed her wrist and pulled her over to the back of the door. He ran his fingers over the girl's hair and asked affectionately, "Did you get the bracelet that I bought you?"

"Yeap. I received it yesterday."

"Then why didn't you wear it? Don't you like it?"

The two of them were standing outside the classroom, and everyone inside could hear them perfectly well.

"It's not that I don't like it..." Zhou Tingting frowned and said, "You should just stop giving me expensive gifts. I don't want others to think that I'm a materialistic girl."

Zhou Tingting came from a poor family, and her father was a gambler. Had it not been for the Lu Family's support, she would have needed to return to the countryside and work as a farmer after graduating from primary school. However, all the curveballs that life had thrown at her had not transformed her into a greedy girl who coveted small advantages.

Lu Yumo chuckled as he pinched her cheek. "I like you, so I naturally want to give you only nice things. However, I'll be more mindful of this in the future if you don't like it."

Zhou Tingting was not satisfied with Lu Yumo's answer.

'If he likes me, why doesn't he persuade Mrs. Lu to adopt me? Why didn't he do anything before Fu Zhi came to school and humiliated me with a pair of counterfeit shoes?'

The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. Pouting her lips, she pointed to the classroom and said, "Your sister is in there. Don't you want to go over and say hi?"

Lu Yumo jerked his head up when he heard what Zhou Tingting had said and gazed in the direction she was pointing at. When his eyes met Fu Zhi's, the smile on his face froze and a surge of mixed feelings welled in his heart.

He soon averted his eyes and said apathetically, "I don't know her well, so maybe next time."

Even though Lu Yumo was talking under his breath, it was still loud enough to hear. All the people in the classroom turned their heads in unison and zeroed in on Fu Zhi.