After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved novel Chapter 372

Chapter 372: Chapter 372: Big Brother, Swipe My Card

No matter what, they finally arrived smoothly at the last stop.

As soon as she emerged from the subway station, Jiang Ting took a deep breath of the fresh air outside and immediately declared that she never wanted to ride the subway again in her life—there were simply too many people.

In fact, the number of people on the subway today was already far fewer than on regular workdays when there was no holiday.

Jiang Ting, however, had never experienced anything like it, and couldn’t imagine such a scene.

When they arrived at the mall, Jiang Ting instantly perked up and started pulling Lu Sheng and her four sons into an all-out shopping spree.

To be precise, Jiang Ting was the one doing the shopping. Lu Sheng only needed to nod or shake her head, while the four older brothers were tasked with carrying the shopping bags.

Even Lu Jingyan hadn’t expected that one day, as a CEO, he would be reduced to the role of a chauffeur, loaded with shopping bags and transformed into a walking storage rack.

Lu Sheng had mentioned earlier that Du Ran used to buy her new clothes before the New Year—everything from coats, pants, and shoes to even small items like underwear, bras, and socks were all replaced with new ones.

Jiang Ting thought about how Du Ran didn’t have much money back then, so even if she bought things for Lu Sheng, they couldn’t have been many or very expensive.

This fueled her determination to buy every single thing suitable for Lu Sheng in the mall today, and she made sure to pick only the priciest items.

First, they went to pick out clothes.

Jiang Ting didn’t even have the concept of having Lu Sheng try anything on—after all, in her eyes, their Shengsheng was so beautiful and well-proportioned that she would look good in anything.

"This one, this one, this one, this one... Don’t bother with these ones, just pack up the rest for me."

With a sweep of her hand, Jiang Ting cleared out more than half of the luxury items displayed in glass cabinets at several stores. As long as the style seemed suitable for Lu Sheng, she wanted it.

There were coats, sweaters, pants, and dresses. Among them, some coats alone were priced at over 100,000 each.

Next, they picked out shoes—everything from over-the-knee boots, ankle boots, short boots, to combat boots...

Then they moved on to bags—handbags, crossbody bags, underarm bags, backpacks...

After that, it was jewelry—earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings...

The entire operation even alarmed the mall manager, who specifically deployed several staff members with carts to help collect the items, finally liberating Lu Jingyan and the others.

"Mom, enough, that’s enough," Lu Sheng said, tugging at Jiang Ting as she looked at the two carts that were already piled into small mountains. "If you buy this much stuff, I won’t even have room in my room to put everything, let alone wear it all."

Jiang Ting responded immediately, "No room? You’re right, your room is quite small. How about this: let’s store these clothes in the guest room next door for now. After the New Year, I’ll bring someone to knock down that wall and transform it into a dedicated walk-in closet for you."

"Not going to wear it all? So what? These things can just sit there unworn. That’s fine. But my precious daughter can’t not have them. In fact, I think this is barely enough."

"Oh, and when we’re done here, we’ll go order a piano. My Shengsheng is so talented at playing the piano, and yet we don’t even have a proper one at home. That’s my oversight as a mother."

"Ah, and I also need to order some boxing equipment. We’ll renovate that empty room on the fourth floor into a gym and boxing area for Shengsheng. How many families have a daughter who’s a boxing champion? Everyone’s going to envy me to death."

Jiang Ting rambled on as she strolled through the shops.

In fact, the house did originally have a dedicated piano room, but it used to belong to Lu Qianrou. After Qianrou was arrested, Jiang Ting had all of her belongings—and anything she had used—thrown out, considering it inauspicious.

After nearly two hours of shopping, Jiang Ting looked back and saw that her four sons, along with the mall staff who had come to assist, were all laden with shopping bags, while several carts were completely packed.

"Weren’t you in a meeting? What are you doing here?" Lu Sheng asked, clearly surprised. Just an hour ago, Li Muchen had told her he had an important meeting to attend.

"The meeting ended early, so I came to find you," Li Muchen explained, his voice low and gentle, the faint, refreshing scent unique to him wafting over.

He nodded politely to Jiang Ting and Lu Jingyan before handing a gold card to the cashier. He didn’t seem at all fazed by the sight of Lu Ziye wearing women’s clothing, just calmly addressing the staff member, "Use this card instead."

Jiang Ting lit up upon seeing her son-in-law. Naturally, she was pleased with his presence, but when she saw Li Muchen stepping forward to pay, she quickly intervened.

"Oh, no, no, that won’t do. Muchen, today’s shopping is meant to treat Shengsheng. How could I let you pay?" fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

Hearing this, Li Muchen replied, "All these things are ones you chose and bought for Shengsheng. What really matters is your thoughtfulness. Shengsheng has already received that. Who pays the bill doesn’t matter."

"Besides, I own shares in Xingyue Mall. If I use my card, I get a discount. So, from a financial standpoint, it makes the most sense for me to settle today’s bill."

Jiang Ting thought about it for a moment and realized he had a point.

But still, it felt a bit odd. This shopping trip had been her initiative to pamper Shengsheng, resulting in a massive haul, and yet, in the end, she didn’t end up spending a dime—the expenses were all covered by Li Muchen.

But it didn’t really matter. After all, they were all one family, so as long as everyone loved Shengsheng, that was what truly mattered.

Jiang Ting said, "Muchen, you came at just the right time. Since you’re done with work for the day, stay over at our house tonight. Tomorrow, we can all celebrate New Year’s Eve together as a family."

Celebrate New Year’s Eve as a family.

Hearing those words, something soft seemed to stir in Li Muchen’s heart.

He quietly intertwined his fingers with Lu Sheng’s, holding her hand tightly. With a gentle nod, he agreed, "Alright."