"Hey, isn't that reaction a little over the top?" Cui Anhe spoke up in displeasure. "You didn't praise me like that last time!"
Luna Devereaux turned toward Cui Anhe, his smile unchanged, and replied with apparent good humor, "If you would like the same compliments, Miss Cui, I can do that next time."
His words made Cui Anhe explode. "Who wants the same compliments? I want you to praise me, but I don't want you to praise me because I want you to praise me! I want you to praise me because you wanted to praise me yourself, not because I wanted you to... Oh, forget it! You probably can't understand Chinese this convoluted anyway! I'm not wasting my breath!"
At that, Cui Anhe waved a hand irritably, as if she had finally remembered what she was here for. Barely suppressing her temper, she looked Lu Xiaoxiao over, then cast a critical eye over the accessories on display before pointing.
"This one, this one, this one, and that one! Wrap them all up for her. Put them on my... No, my brother's tab!"
Luna Devereaux nodded with a smile and merely gave Jiang Han a look. She immediately began packing everything with practiced efficiency.
Both of them looked perfectly calm, clearly accustomed to Cui Anhe's way of doing things.
Only when Jiang Han was halfway through packing did Cui Anhe turn her attention back to Lu Xiaoxiao, as though it had just occurred to her that she should ask the recipient's opinion. "Do you like the ones I picked?"
Lu Xiaoxiao nodded enthusiastically, giving her all the validation she could want. "Of course I do! As expected of the Eldest Miss, you have such an eye! Every accessory you picked is clearly the best of the best!!!"
In truth, Cui