Chapter 8: Lian Qingxue's Repayment Agreement and Shopping for Clothes!

Looking at the already torn school uniform, even Lian Qingxue felt like crying.

It's not that she's stingy. It's just that she doesn't have many clothes, and now it's winter. The school uniform is her newest coat.

"I...I'll go fix it..." Lian Mengxue said with a choked voice.

"I'll buy you new clothes!" Qi Yun offered.

"No need!"

"The clothes were torn by me, so I should compensate you," Qi Yun persuaded Lian Qingxue.

Lian Qingxue shook her head: "You did it to pull me along, so I can't blame you."

Qi Yun looked at Lian Qingxue like this and still felt helpless.

"Your outfit really won't do. Even if your school uniform is torn, why are you wearing short sleeves inside? Although we're having a warm winter, the temperature isn't high! How can you stand wearing this?"

Qi Yun was puzzled as to how this girl had managed before.

"It gets warmer when I'm indoors," explained Lian Qingxue weakly.

What kind of reason is that!

So in other words, she used to freeze all the way to school!

Qi Yun had nothing more to say about Lian Mengxue's stubbornness. He reached out and pulled on her zipper.

"What are you doing?"

"If you change into another outfit and wear my down jacket instead, let's go out and buy some clothes!"

"No..."

"Listen to me!"

With one command from Qi Yun, Lian Qingxue immediately softened up completely.

"Where...where will I get the money for buying these things?"

"Don't worry about it!" Qi Yun replied without concern. He could earn back ten times what he spent on buying things for Lian Qingxue later through his work anyway. Did he really need repayment from her?

"Well then, let's sign an agreement! For every penny you spend on me now, I will repay you double after I start working!" Lian Qingxue said seriously.

She took out a piece of paper and wrote down the conditions she had just mentioned, then signed it very solemnly.

Looking at Lian Qingxue like this, Qi Yun saw once again the strong woman from his past life who quietly put money into his medical account. Regardless of whether her situation was humble or glorious, her respect for kindness seemed to have never changed.

Seeing Lian Qingxue hand him the note with a look that said "if you don't sign it, I won't leave," Qi Yun smiled and sighed: "I've never seen anyone so proactive in signing high-interest loan agreements before. How about we make it twice as much?"

"Twice is already too little! We need to include interest!" argued Lian Qingxue.

Qi Yun shook his head. He earned ten times what he spent on buying things for her anyway!

But he still signed his name very solemnly because he knew that this agreement was the last thing left for this girl who had nothing else - her dignity.

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After signing the agreement, Lian Qingxue seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. She carefully copied a copy of the agreement and put it in her pocket.

Seeing Qi Yun sitting motionless in the room, she couldn't help but glare at him again.

"You go out! I need to change my clothes!"

Qi Yun walked outside and after a while, Lian Qingxue came out wearing a black short down jacket.

Qi Yun was 178cm tall when he was in high school, while Lian Qingxue is only about 165cm now. Her figure is small and thin.

Even though she wore Qi Yun's shortest down jacket, she looked like she was wrapped in cotton wool all over her body.

Her little face was half buried in the collar of her coat and her hands couldn't even come out of the sleeves.

When they went out together, it was already half past eight at night - which is usually when Spring City Mall is most crowded. Although Spring City isn't very prosperous, it's still considered as a prefecture-level city with many people shopping around.

As they were walking along, Qi Yun felt his clothes being pulled from behind. He turned around to see that Lian Qingxue had grabbed onto his coat tightly like a small animal afraid of being abandoned by its owner; following him step by step without leaving any distance between them.

Qi Yun brought Lian Qingxue to the entrance of an athletic brand store where she stopped abruptly upon seeing how brightly lit it was through its large glass windows.

Lian Qingxue didn't want to go inside: "Qi Yun, are things here expensive?"

"What? Let me tell you this: if I spend more money on you now then you'll have to pay me back twice as much later! This is earning money! It's risk-free!"

It wasn't easy for Qi Yun to explain the existence of his system. Otherwise, he would have earned more than just twice the amount.

Qi Yun's words made Lian Qingxue unsure how to respond. She didn't want Qi Yun to spend too much money on her in the first place but now that she was stopping him, it felt like she didn't want to pay him back either.

The two of them walked into the store and all the salespeople couldn't help but look at this young couple who were buying clothes together - they certainly didn't look like siblings.

In Spring City in 2008, it was still quite rare for such a young couple to shop for clothes together. Lian Qingxue still hid behind Qi Yun trying to hide her presence as much as possible.