100,000/Hour Professional Stand-in Chapter 49.3: What Do You Think? (3)

The two hours were almost up by the time they had their fill of food. Ji Fanyin looked at Song Shiyu and gently asked, “Is there something bothering you?”

Song Shiyu glanced at his watch before replying, “I’ll tell you later.”

Ji Fanyin caught his drift right away.

He was probably the kind of person who spent a bomb on his idol’s newest album in order to get a random handshaking event ticket.

Oh well. The recording company has no reason to complain as long as it receives its money, right?

So, Ji Fanyin cleared the table and washed the dishes. When her timer finally rang, she casually made her way to the doorway to grab her bag.

“Were you intending to talk about this?” Ji Fanyin pulled out the painting from her bag and placed it on the table.

“That’s one.” Song Shiyu glanced at the painting on the table and quickly noticed the anomaly. “You didn’t unwrap it?”

“Isn’t that better for you?” Ji Fanyin casually pushed the painting toward him. “You’ll be gifting it to Ji Xinxin anyway, so you should be glad that it’s in pristine condition. Let’s get straight to the point. What’s your offer?”

“I’ll pay double.”

“Fivefold,” Ji Fanyin nonchalantly upped the price.

She didn’t spend a cent on it, but that was no reason for her not to squeeze out every bit of value in it.

“Fine,” Song Shiyu paused for a moment before adding, “but you have to listen to what I’m going to say next.”

“Go ahead.” Ji Fanyin graciously allowed him to speak his mind.

“I think that…” Song Shiyu interlocked his fingers tightly on the table as he struggled to find the appropriate word choices to relay his thoughts. “… I’m willing to give it a try with you. You said that you don’t like me, but you have a deeper understanding of my habits and preferences, more than anyone else… Xinxin can’t compete with you on that.”

Ji Fanyin’s eyebrows shot up. She was amused by what she had just heard.

“I know that Xinxin won’t accept me, so you should give this some thought too. I’ll become a good boyfriend to you. I’ll try my best to like you.” Song Shiyu fiddled with

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