Caught red-handed just like that, Lu Xiaoxiao said, "..."
Wait, what the hell? Did this bastard have eyes in the back of his head?!
With things having come to this, Lu Xiaoxiao could only lift her head sheepishly. She was about to deny it when she remembered the ten million Cui Anhe had given her, so instead, she blinked innocently at Ji Yunhuai.
Seeing her stay silent with an oddly subtle expression, Ji Yunhuai felt puzzled. He narrowed his eyes and leaned closer, pinching her cheek as he asked, "Why aren't you talking? Gone mute?"
"Ow...!"
Ji Yunhuai's pinch was anything but gentle, and Lu Xiaoxiao's face immediately twisted in pain.
Why was he getting so handsy? He didn't know how to treat a lady at all!
Lu Xiaoxiao glared furiously at the man in front of her, who was just begging for a beating. Now she genuinely didn't want to talk to him. Turning away, she said to Lu Jiaoyue in a sour tone, "Jiaoyue, tell him I don't have a habit of stealing."
Lu Jiaoyue: "...?"
Lu Jiaoyue looked at Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai, then at the distance between the three of them, which couldn't have amounted to more than two meters. Confusion was written all over her face.
Did she really need to relay the message when they were this close? Ji Yunhuai must have heard it when her sister said it to her!
...Oh well, her sister must have her reasons!
With that thought, Lu Jiaoyue dutifully turned toward Ji Yunhuai and repeated her sister's words exactly. "Mr. Ji, my sister asked me to tell you that she doesn't have a habit of stealing."
"Mm, I heard." Ji Yunhuai didn't spare Lu Jiaoyue so much as a glance. He casually withdrew the hand that had