Ling Feng heard someone call him, and the voice seemed quite familiar, so he turned to look.
He saw Lin Siqi, wearing a sales associate's uniform, looking at him from a high-end men's clothing store next door.
It was evident that Lin Siqi's beautiful eyes were sparkling with surprise.
"Wow, what a pretty auntie," Ling Xiaoran also saw Lin Siqi and praised her sweetly.
Ling Feng ruffled Ling Xiaoran's hair and walked towards Lin Siqi, greeting her with a faint smile.
"Siqi, what are you doing here?"
Lin Siqi shyly fiddled with the corner of her clothes, as if just remembering she was a sales associate here. Her voice lowered a bit, "I, I'm working as a sales associate here. Ling Feng, are you here to buy clothes? And who is this little girl?"
Lin Siqi was very nervous when asking about Ling Xiaoran's identity.
It was a kind of inexplicable nervousness that she couldn't quite articulate.
In fact, Lin Siqi saw some resemblance between Ling Xiaoran and Ling Feng, so she subconsciously guessed that Ling Xiaoran might be Ling Feng's daughter.
If that were the case, it would mean Ling Feng was already married.
But the thought of Ling Feng being married made Lin Siqi feel inexplicably sad and uncomfortable.
"Her name is Ling Xiaoran, she's my niece. She brought me here to buy clothes," Ling Feng said, affectionately pinching Ling Xiaoran's little cheek.
Ling Xiaoran giggled and grabbed Ling Feng's nose with her little hand, "Yes, yes! Smelly uncle needs to buy clothes!"
Hearing this, Lin Siqi felt inexplicably relieved, and her smile became even brighter.
Ling Xiaoran, however, stared at Lin Siqi and said with a grin, "Auntie, Auntie, are you Uncle's girlfriend?"
Girlfriend?
Hearing these three words, Lin Siqi's pretty face instantly flushed red, the blush quickly spreading to the roots of her ears.
Ling Feng remained composed, raising his hand to pinch Ling Xiaoran's nose and say, "Xiaoran, you're being mischievous. Auntie Siqi is Uncle's classmate."
Afterward, Ling Feng, worried about making Lin Siqi feel awkward, also spoke to her, "Siqi, children speak without guile, please don't mind her."
When Lin Siqi heard Ling Feng's explanation, she felt even more embarrassed and quickly waved her hand, saying, "I don't mind, oh, I mean, it's okay..."
But before Lin Siqi could finish speaking, two sarcastic female voices came from the side.
"Of course, she doesn't mind. For such a handsome young man, she wishes he were her boyfriend!"
"Hmph, she really is a little vixen, only knows how to hook up with men. It's working hours now, and she already has a child, yet she's still trying to seduce him. How shameless!"
As these two voices emerged, Lin Siqi's originally rosy pretty face began to turn pale.
The smile on Ling Feng's face vanished, and his gaze turned sharp as he looked towards the two women.
He saw a short, stout woman and a tall, thin woman like a bamboo pole standing in front of the counter.
Both of them looked to be in their mid-thirties. They were cracking melon seeds and rolling their eyes at Lin Siqi.
These two women had sharp and sarcastic expressions, and their words were truly infuriating.
Ling Feng was about to walk towards them.
Seeing this, Lin Siqi quickly stopped him, "Ling Feng, don't go, don't go over there!"
"People like this deserve a lesson!" Ling Feng's eyes were cold as knives, and his voice was even more chilling.
Lin Siqi bit her lower lip and looked at Ling Feng with a pleading gaze, shaking her head.
But the two women on the other side didn't know that because of Lin Siqi's plea, they had narrowly escaped utter destruction.
Seeing Lin Siqi grab Ling Feng's arm, the two women's expressions became even more sarcastic, and their words escalated.
"Oh, you've gotten so close so quickly! The little vixen's ability to hook up with men is truly impressive. No wonder she's closed so many deals in just a few days."
"I wonder if she goes to hotels to accompany clients after work!"
"Heh heh, does the little fox need to go to a hotel? Last time, I saw her go into a fitting room with a client. Tsk tsk, that fitting room was shaking so much, they were having a great time. Afterward, that client bought over ten thousand dollars worth of clothes. Lin Siqi, you're amazing!"
This time, the two women even directly addressed Lin Siqi by name.
Ling Feng's gaze grew colder, and this time, before Ling Feng could erupt, Lin Siqi quickly pulled him away from the store.
"Ling Feng, don't get into conflict with them. People like that aren't worth getting angry over!"
Lin Siqi pulled Ling Feng to a nearby stairwell and patiently tried to comfort him.
Ling Feng stared at Lin Siqi's slightly flustered eyes and said firmly, "You are not the kind of woman they describe."
Lin Siqi's heart trembled violently. She looked directly into Ling Feng's eyes. His gaze was so deep, like a vortex, as if it were about to suck her soul in.
Lin Siqi nervously dodged Ling Feng's gaze, telling herself repeatedly, "No, no! Lin Siqi, you don't deserve him. You already owe him enough! Don't drag him down!"
Seeing Lin Siqi's pale face, Ling Xiaoran also asked with concern, "Auntie Siqi, what's wrong? Are you sick?"
As she spoke, she reached out her little hand to touch Lin Siqi's forehead, but Ling Feng caught her hand.
Then, Ling Feng asked Lin Siqi, "I remember you should have had several hundred thousand left in your card. Why don't you rest for a while before coming out to work?"
Upon hearing Ling Feng mention the hundreds of thousands, Lin Siqi's expression became even more flustered.
She clutched the corner of her clothes with both hands, her lips trembling, and stammered, unable to speak for a long time.
Just as Ling Feng sensed that something must have happened to Lin Siqi and was about to press further, she bit her lower lip and said in a low voice, "That money... was taken by my brother."
Brother?
Ling Feng remembered that Lin Siqi had a gambling-addicted brother, and the money she owed before was high-interest loans taken out by that brother!
Before Ling Feng could ask, Lin Siqi quickly and anxiously said to him, "But Ling Feng, don't worry, I will work hard, and I will definitely return this money to you!"
Ling Feng looked at Lin Siqi and shook his head.
"I never take back what I give. That money is yours, and you have the right to handle it as you wish."
Ling Feng's attitude, however, made Lin Siqi feel even more inferior.
The distance between them seemed to grow wider and wider.