Reborn in 2000: Starting from Pursuing the Pure High School Beauty Desk Mate

Chapter 785: Choosing Gifts

"Well, well, you've got quite a silver tongue. No wonder you managed to win over your girlfriend," Mo Siyu said with a smile as she leaned in closer. "I heard your girlfriend is the school beauty? Is that true?"

Chen Fan's lips curled into a slight smile. "Whether she's the school beauty or not, I don't know. But in my heart, she's the most beautiful."

"Tsk, tsk..." Mo Siyu looked towards Xu Qiuci.

"See that? Smooth talker. You've got to be careful with men like this."

Xu Qiuci seemed a bit helpless. "Stop teasing him and hurry up with your selection."

Mo Siyu turned to Chen Fan with a grin. "Want big sister to help you pick one? Women understand women better, you know."

Chen Fan shook his head.

"I think I'll pass. I believe she'll like whatever I choose."

Mo Siyu immediately put on a pained expression.

"Oh, how I envy your girlfriend."

"You know, we met first. Why didn't I make a move on you back then?"

"If I had snagged you in college, I wouldn't have to work now. I could just be a young housewife all day."

Chen Fan just smiled without saying anything. The sales assistant standing nearby was completely bewildered, unable to figure out the relationship between these three people.

While the two women were busy selecting handbags, Chen Fan chose a handbag for himself.

It was orange, without any fancy patterns. He thought Su Ruochu would probably like it.

Just then, Mo Siyu and Xu Qiuci finished their selections as well.

Mo Siyu was still lamenting. "It's so expensive. My salary is barely enough as it is."

Xu Qiuci teased, "Your salary abroad is much higher than mine."

Mo Siyu immediately turned to Chen Fan.

"Mr. Big Boss Chen, did you hear that? Can you give your secretary a raise?"

Xu Qiuci's face turned bright red, looking a bit flustered at Chen Fan.

"I... I didn't mean it like that."

Then she turned and gave Mo Siyu a hard pinch.

Chen Fan smiled. "We'll discuss a raise after the New Year."

Mo Siyu nodded, "That's more like it."

The sales assistant curiously glanced at Chen Fan.

This guy is a boss?

So young?

And dressed so ordinarily, without a single branded item on him.

These three must be joking, right?

When it came time to pay, Chen Fan offered to cover the bill, saying it could be his New Year's gift to the two of them.

But Mo Siyu wouldn't have it.

"Mr. Big Boss Chen, aren't you being too chauvinistic?"

"Did you already forget what I told you about Western lifestyle concepts?"

Chen Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Mo Siyu proudly declared, "My life principle is to be independent and self-reliant in everything."

"Even if you're a big boss, don't think you can make me owe you any favors."

Chen Fan surrendered.

"Alright, alright, I give up. Go ahead and pay for yourself then."

Xu Qiuci looked at Chen Fan apologetically, knowing her friend had always been like this.

She was really worried Chen Fan might get angry, but fortunately, he didn't seem to mind.

Moreover, through this incident, Xu Qiuci discovered that Chen Fan possessed a quality different from others.

First of all, he didn't put on any airs of being a big boss. Interacting with him felt just like being with that same friend from their school days.

Furthermore, anyone who spent time with Chen Fan would feel comfortable, completely forgetting about his status and background.

As they left the store, Mo Siyu asked, "So, what else are you planning to buy for your girlfriend?"

Chen Fan shook his head. "Nothing else."

"Just one handbag? Come on, you're a big boss! Don't be so stingy."

Chen Fan smiled and said, "Gifts are about the thought, not the quantity."

Mo Siyu glanced at Chen Fan. "I'll give you that one."

And so, Chen Fan ended up becoming their shopping companion, accompanying the two women as they explored every floor of the mall.

Women can indeed be quite miraculous creatures at times.

If you asked them to run 100 meters, they might quickly become out of breath, panting heavily.

But when it comes to shopping, they seem to have an inexhaustible supply of energy.

By the end of the trip, even Chen Fan felt a bit tired, but the two women in front of him, despite wearing high heels, were still full of excitement, showing no signs of wanting to stop.

Moreover, through observation, Chen Fan noticed something.

Xu Qiuci and Mo Siyu had completely different personalities.

When it came to shopping, Xu Qiuci was very rational. Most of the time, she just accompanied Mo Siyu, mainly window shopping.

Apart from the handbag from earlier, she only bought a lipstick afterward.

Mo Siyu, on the other hand, was very different. She was a typical impulse shopper.

Whatever she saw and liked, she would definitely buy.

Handbags, shoes, clothes, perfumes... as long as Mo Siyu took a fancy to something, she would buy it without hesitation.

Later on, when she couldn't carry everything herself, she had to ask Chen Fan for help.

No wonder Mo Siyu had been complaining earlier about her salary not being enough. Given her shopping frenzy, this woman was probably living paycheck to paycheck even abroad.

They shopped until 9:30 pm before finally finishing.

Chen Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As they were heading downstairs, Chen Fan asked, "How are you two getting back?"

"I came by taxi," Xu Qiuci explained.

Mo Siyu linked arms with Xu Qiuci, "I'm taking a taxi too. We'll go together, so don't worry about us."

Chen Fan asked, "How about I drive you both home?"

"No need. A big guy like you sending us home late at night, who knows what you might be planning."

Chen Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was almost becoming desensitized to Mo Siyu's personality.

As they left the mall, the two women indeed declined Chen Fan's offer to drive them, standing at the roadside ready to hail a cab.

Chen Fan, as if performing a magic trick, pulled out two sets of cosmetics from the shopping bags.

"Let me clarify first, this isn't me paying for you two."

"These are gifts. New Year's gifts for you both."

"Oh my..."

Mo Siyu exclaimed after just one glance.

"Estee Lauder, isn't this..."

Xu Qiuci was also stunned, because this cosmetics set was the one they had been eyeing for a long time in the mall earlier.

But it was too expensive, and in the end, even Mo Siyu had to reluctantly give up on it.

They hadn't expected that Chen Fan, who seemed to be bored and distracted the whole time, had actually been observant enough to notice this.

Xu Qiuci felt a bit embarrassed, "This... it's too expensive. It's not appropriate, is it?"

Mo Siyu grabbed one of the cosmetics sets and shoved it into Xu Qiuci's arms.

"What's not appropriate about it? He's the boss, you're the employee."

"You've worked for this capitalist for a year, it's only right that he buys you some gifts as a reward."

"As for mine..."

Afraid that Mo Siyu might refuse, Chen Fan quickly spoke up with a smile.

"I'm not giving this gift for free. I have a small favor to ask of senior."

Mo Siyu immediately took a step back, pretending to be on guard.

"Let me make this clear, I sell my skills, not my body."

Chen Fan looked dejected and was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed slightly. He stepped forward, shielding the two women.

"What are you doing?"

Before Mo Siyu could react, Xu Qiuci nervously grabbed her hand, her gaze fixed fearfully on a van across the street.

A group of young men stumbled out of the van, wielding clubs, while from a BMW parked nearby, a man stepped out.

It was Zhou Kai, the one who had been scared off by Chen Fan that afternoon.

This guy had actually come back.