Chapter 776: Don't You Want to Be a Rich Woman for Once?

The next day—it was snowing lightly outside again.

As soon as Cai Xiaotang woke up and caught a glimpse of the seemingly white expanse outside the window, she immediately hurried over in excitement, her face full of enthusiasm.

"What are you looking at?"

Li Xiao's voice came from behind her.

Without turning her head, Cai Xiaotang answered loudly: "It's snowing outside!"

She was as happy as a child, watching the snowflakes still drifting down from the sky, her memory suddenly returning to that night not long ago.

The day she got drunk...

It seemed to have been snowing then, too.

It was just a pity that it melted too quickly, and by the next day, there was no snow scenery left to admire.

As Cai Xiaotang thought this, she sensed someone standing behind her.

Li Xiao's voice followed immediately after.

"Mm, it's snowing, so I'll drive you to work today."

"Hm?"

Cai Xiaotang was stunned and instinctively wanted to refuse, but then she suddenly realized he must be worried that the roads were too slippery and it wouldn't be safe for her to drive alone, so she swallowed the words on the tip of her tongue, tacitly agreeing, and gave a soft "Oh."

Immediately after—her shoulders suddenly felt warm.

Cai Xiaotang lowered her head and saw that she was wearing a coat she didn't know when she had put on, complete with a furry collar that looked incredibly warm at first glance.

"For me?"

Cai Xiaotang asked foolishly.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiao found it amusing and poked her forehead: "Otherwise, is it for me? The temperature has dropped outside; if you catch a cold..."

He stopped halfway through, suddenly lowering his voice, his tone ambiguous: "Then wouldn't I get infected when I kiss you? Do you want to catch a cold with me?"

"You!"

Cai Xiaotang's eyes widened abruptly, not expecting him to steer the topic in such an ambiguous direction just by giving her a coat, and she immediately pulled the coat off her body.

"Give it back to you! It's not like I don't have my own clothes!"

She said this and turned to leave.

But she was pulled back by her wrist.

"You really don't want it? I had this custom-made for you."

Li Xiao draped the coat back over her shoulders.

After it snowed last time, he had already had people prepare it.

Cai Xiaotang felt a warmth in her heart, but she deliberately played devil's advocate: "I still don't want it! I... I don't like this kind of furry collar! It makes my neck very itchy!"

"You're ticklish?"

Li Xiao's eyes lit up suddenly, and he raised an eyebrow.

Cai Xiaotang's heart skipped a beat, and a slight sense of foreboding rose instantly.

"I... I'm not particularly ticklish... Hey! Don't touch me!"

Before Cai Xiaotang could finish her sentence, Li Xiao had already "pounced" on her, his fingers not behaving as they rested on her waist!

"Li Xiao! Hahaha..."

Cai Xiaotang was truly ticklish, and being teased like this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Seeing this, Li Xiao's actions became even more "excessive," directly forcing her against the wall and "groping" her.

"Hahaha... alright... I... I surrender!"

Cai Xiaotang glared at him, but she couldn't resist his "attack," laughing until she was out of breath, her little face turning flushed.

Only then was Li Xiao satisfied; he finally withdrew his hands, looking at her with doting eyes as she laughed.

"Whew..."

Cai Xiaotang immediately let out a long sigh of relief, looked up at the person in front of her, and panting, gave him a punch.

Li Xiao took the opportunity to grab her hand and moved a few inches closer without a sound.

Cai Xiaotang's heart tightened, and she instinctively used the coat in her hands to block the space between them!

Unfortunately, the coat provided no defensive effect at all.

The room had become quiet at some point.

The familiar scent of the man was all around her, enveloping her bit by bit.

Cai Xiaotang's grip on the coat tightened involuntarily, and even her breathing froze.

However...

The fur on the collar poked at her chin and the tip of her nose, making her expression gradually become somewhat strange.

Just as Li Xiao leaned in a little closer—"Achoo!!!"

Cai Xiaotang jerked her head to the side and couldn't help but let out a loud sneeze.

All the ambiguous factors vanished instantly.

"Pfft..."

Li Xiao couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What are you laughing at!"

Cai Xiaotang was embarrassed and angry, and she pushed the person in front of her away: "I can't be bothered with you! I'm going to work!"

She said this and was about to leave.

But Li Xiao hurriedly spoke up: "Shall I take you somewhere tonight?"

"Where to?"

Cai Xiaotang stopped in her tracks.

Li Xiao, however, deliberately kept her in suspense: "You'll know when we get there. I'll come to pick you up after work."

"Tch... so mysterious..."

Cai Xiaotang didn't ask any further and deliberately made a snide remark, though she couldn't help but feel a bit expectant inside.

Where was this guy planning to take her again?

Could it be... a date?

Cai Xiaotang pondered all day in her heart about where exactly Li Xiao was going to take her.

As soon as it was time to get off work, she immediately finished the work at hand and walked out of the hotel.

Li Xiao's car was indeed already waiting outside the door.

"Can you tell me where we're actually going now?"

Cai Xiaotang asked impatiently the moment she closed the car door.

Her tone, however, was feigned to be very calm.

Only then did Li Xiao finally answer honestly: "There's an auction tonight; you'll accompany me to attend it."

"An auction?"

Cai Xiaotang was stunned upon hearing this; the "date" she had been daydreaming about all day suddenly changed its flavor, and her expression became somewhat subtle for a moment.

"Yes, the old man wants something there."

Li Xiao nodded, but when his peripheral vision caught Cai Xiaotang's expression, he couldn't help but tease: "What's wrong? Why do I feel... like you look very disappointed? What did you think we were going to do?"

"I didn't think anything!"

Stung by his words, Cai Xiaotang immediately gritted her teeth to reply and quickly looked away.

Tsk...

Was she a pig!

To actually think Li Xiao was going to take her on a date!

She had been happy for nothing all day...

No!

What was there to be happy about going on a date with this guy!

He hadn't even passed his probationary period yet!

The more Cai Xiaotang thought about it, the more she felt she was lacking resolve, and she suddenly spoke up: "If it's an auction, you don't necessarily need me to go with you, right? I'm tired and want to go home to rest. Let me off at the front; I'll take a taxi home myself."

Li Xiao was stunned upon hearing this, keenly sensing the emotion in her tone, and was suddenly somewhat confused.

Why was she suddenly in a bad mood?

What on earth did she think he was going to take her to do today?

Li Xiao pondered for two seconds; although he couldn't quite figure it out, he vaguely felt he could understand why she was unhappy, so he had to coax her gently.

"You really don't want to go? It won't be much trouble; you just need to sit there and call out the prices. Besides, the item the old man wants to bid on this time isn't cheap. Don't you... want to experience the joy of being a rich woman? And you don't even have to spend your own money!"

"I..."

Cai Xiaotang's brow twitched. She didn't answer immediately, but thinking of the scenes of auctions she had seen in TV dramas, she suddenly couldn't help but feel a bit tempted by what he said.

Experience the feeling of being a rich woman?

Thinking about it this way...

It actually seemed quite fun, didn't it?

Then... should she go along and see?