The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing-Chapter 494 - 285 Gamblers to Each Other (5400 words)

"Luoja."

An Su spoke softly, his eyes falling and the dark cyan pupils clearly reflecting the cheeks of the girl opposite him. He paused for a moment, as if carefully considering his next words. After a slight hesitation, he finally spoke earnestly and from the heart,

"Dear Miss Luoja Fast."

"I'm very grateful that you spent a year's savings to support me, and I'm equally thankful that you invited me to this cafe today and paid off the three cakes I still owed, making us even. I admire your honesty, but I have a question—"

Luojia wasn't wearing her usual nun's robe. Instead, she had on a snow-white pleated skirt, paired with a light-colored dress jacket and dark deer leather boots. Her equally white hair cascaded down as she hung her head, her cheeks growing somewhat red under An Su's gaze. Her golden eyes shyly shifted away as she put a blueberry cake into her mouth.

"...What is it?" She asked, her words a little unclear with the cake in her mouth.

"You've spent all your damn money on your doctorate," An Su said half-jokingly, half-seriously, "Where did you get the money to pay the bill?"

"...Hehe." Luojia feigned ignorance and took another piece of cake into her mouth.

"A cup of hot milk, two pieces of blueberry cake, a plate of cocoa biscuits..." An Su couldn't help but say as he looked at the bill, "How can you eat more than Luo Xiaohei?"

"I'm growing!" Luojia replied somewhat discontentedly.

The manager of 'Feili Family', a high-end cake chain store, had already started to pay attention to them,

She watched the pair with a kind gaze, placing the bill folder gently on the table, and although she maintained a professional smile, she was pondering if she should notify security inside.

Her store was a high-class noble establishment, and these two young teenagers looked like students who probably couldn't afford to pay.

The cake shop was situated on the right bank of the Maria River; the fresh autumn breeze carried moist air, and the leaves of the plane trees outside cast dappled shadows in the orange sunlight across their table.

"Mr. An Su, I have no money left," Luojia tilted her head, a girl honest to a fault, she said pitifully, "I gave all my money to you, I have no money for food, I can only wash dishes to pay the bill..."

The expression on the manager's face changed the moment she looked at An Su. The boy seemed so bright and cheery but was apparently doing such despicable things behind the scenes.

"Don't give me that act, little lady. You've spent all your money on your doctorate," An Su> Sigma Moningstar retorted coldly, preemptively, "Since when do girls ask boys to pay? You still owe me three cakes."

"Once the bill is settled, we'll be even."

A clear-headed person would never fall into the trap of an evil woman.

An Su wasn't short of money, but he would never offer to pay for any woman—not especially if the woman was the one who did the inviting.

It wasn't that he was stingy, or that he didn't respect women's rights; on the contrary, this was An Su's way of respecting women and ensuring equality. He absolutely wouldn't deprive girls of their right to pay the bill.

An Su felt it was necessary to set the record straight—the world was full of too many people who didn't respect women's rights these days.

The manager's view of Luojia also changed in an instant. The girl looked so innocent, yet she was secretly a Ph.D. expert!

This pair was not simple; the manager thought, and alarm bells went off in her head.

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"Let's do this..."

Framed by An Su, Miss Luojia wasn't angry. She stuck out her tongue, thought for a moment, then took out a small notebook from her bag—it was her ledger-cum-diary, with a little cat drawn on the cover. Luojia took it out and gently placed it on the table, flipping to the most recent page.

Having known this little noble for a year, and aware that he never liked to lose out, the Little Saintess had also gradually learned ways to counteract this little noble.

"How should it be..." she pondered with a pencil against her forehead and after a moment added, "Two blueberry cakes...that makes five in total..."

The Little Saintess wrote swiftly in her ledger.

Upon closer inspection, An Su saw that on the new page of the diary, there was a new line:

'July 6th'

'Luojia owes An Su five pieces of blueberry cake, a plate of cocoa biscuits, one cup of milk'

Their previous bill had not gotten smaller; in fact, it had grown.

"We are not even yet, Mr. An Su."

An Su heard Luoja say softly as the early autumn sunlight streamed through the gaps in the plane tree leaves, casting its glow inside the cake shop. Luojia's smile seemed immersed in the orange sunlight as she looked earnestly at An Su. Her pale and delicate fingers gently held the pencil, tapping the ledger, and pointing to 'July 16th', she whispered,

"I owe you even more now."

She blinked, "Sorry about this, Mr. An Su."

"Our ledger is far from settled,"

she said.

An Su watched as Luojia meticulously recorded each item, clearly writing everything in the book, because issues of principle and dignity were at stake. Determined not to let a woman take advantage, but equally, as a matter of principle and dignity, the proud and earnest Little Saintess wouldn't dream of shortchanging anyone.

Therefore, she chose to keep the ledger, writing down each transaction between them, no matter the size.

"I didn't bring any money when I left home today," said An Su helplessly.

"But I spent all my money on my doctorate, I'm a bad kid, and I've run out of money for food, so I can only turn to the good kid Mr. An Su," Luojia smiled sheepishly as she spoke, tilting her head and lifting her foot in her deer leather boot. Puffing out her cheeks, she rolled up her sleeves and in a playful tone said, "Next, I'll make another big score and make a comeback!"