Rebirth of a Fashionista: This Life Is Soo Last Season

Chapter 7 - Rich and Willful

"Lulu, just because you had nothing else to spend one hundred dollars on, you decided to buy an expensive sketch? Such a rich and willful girl!"

"And that artistic signature too!"

"You're just too kind! It's not difficult to find someone online to create a designer signature for five dollars."

"Those online designs look like cheap rubbish. I like this one; it perfectly expresses my name and good looks. Closely examine the picture I took; do you know what kind of expression she was wearing when she drew me? You might not know, but for me, the girl who gave me the portrait used a gentle and adorable expression as she said 'what I drew is how you look to me'. Aww...my skin at that moment was covered in goosebumps! She's too fantastic! Don't you agree?"

"...I'm too lazy to talk to you anymore. Besides, if you run out of money, you can just return to your family. Alright, my supervisor is here, so I have to go back to work. I wasn't blessed with good fortune like you."

Liu Lu's lips twitched, and she removed the phone from her ear to mumble, "She's acting like I think my parents' money is but a drop in the ocean. I haven't squandered it; I think this is worth it." She looked at the sketch in her hand. The more she looked at it, the more satisfied she was with it.

"Can I have a look at the sketch in your hand?" Suddenly, a deep magnetic voice was heard from the side.

Liu Lu was startled and looked up to find two men standing on her left. One was a sturdy looking man with robust features, appearing to be about thirty-something years old. He was wearing a black T-shirt and dark blue jeans, with his strong arm muscles exposed. He seemed like an unusual man, while the other looked...

As her eyes were sizing up the two men, she abruptly realised that she'd been caught staring. There were no angry expressions on the other party, but she was more afraid than when her father was mad. She didn't dare look at them again, and moved the paper in her left hand to the right one, furthest away from the men.

The elevator door suddenly opened with a ding!

"Um...I have to enter the elevator." Take this opportunity to speak, Liu Lu glanced at the man standing next to her. The expression on his face was eerily calm as his eyes lowered to look at the picture, his long eyelashes covering the emotions revealed within the depths of his eyes.

Wow! So handsome!

As for what parts of him were handsome, Liu Lu couldn't say. His face wasn't as eye-catching as the perfect face of a celebrity, yet it still gave off a feeling of handsomeness. And, while he was quite tall, his stature couldn't compare to the body of the robust man beside him. Still, it was clear that he wasn't lanky.

"Where is the person who drew this?" The man abruptly looked up, his expression became a little more serious as his eyes swept across Liu Lu.

"Next to the flowerbed at Hundred Flowers Square," Liu Lu immediately answered honestly as she stared blankly at his cold expression.

When the man turned around to walk outside, Liu Lu looked at the paper held in his hand and remembered that he'd snatched her portrait away when he'd spoken to her. She quickly chased after him and shouted, "My sketch!"

The man stopped and turned to look at Liu Lu. His eyes were as sharp as a blade, instantly dissolving the courage she'd mustered to ask for her portrait back.

"How much money do you want as compensation?"

"I-I don't want money..."

Before Liu Lu could finish speaking, the robust-looking man, at a nod from the other man, withdrew a stack of banknotes from his wallet and handed them to her. It looked to be approximately a thousand dollars.