Married to the Male Lead’s Brother

Chapter 21 – Ning Zhi was stunned when she saw the little boy in the picture.
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This little fool was nothing but a treasure chest.
One only needed to push open a lid a tiny bit and the lights would shine out from the inside.

Ning Zhi walked over to Lu Jue, reached out to his shirt, and buttoned it up for him.
“Lu Jue, you are so good looking.”

Lu Jue’s eyelids, lowered, shuddered slightly.
His lips were pressed shut tightly and a little sun popped into the indicator above his head.

Ning Zhi was pleasantly surprised.
Oh, so he liked compliments from her?

Ning Zhi was going to dish out more compliments when Lu Jue abruptly turned and walked over to a rack of clothes.
“Pretty.”

He pointed at a very colorful, busy-looking short-sleeve shirt.
Ning Zhi suspected that those styles were aimed toward middle-aged men in their 40s and 50s.

“Pretty.” Lu Jue repeated.

“You like this one?” Ning Zhi wasn’t certain.

For once, Lu Jue nodded and his lips curved upward.
There was even a little dimple on one side of his cheeks!

Ning Zhi was stunned!

When they walked out of the boutique, Lu Jue had on the colorful shirt with large roses that he had picked out himself.
Watching the second little sun popped up in the indicator, Ning Zhi suddenly felt that the shirt wasn’t that bad after all.

With two little suns in her inventory, Ning Zhi quickly summoned Overlord.
“I have two suns.
I want to trade one in for 1% of my halo and use the other one to save Lu Jue.”

Overlord’s little milky voice sounded weak: [Host, you will need 3 suns to save Lu Jue the second time.]

“Not just one?” asked Ning Zhi.

Overlord: [The more difficult the task is, the more suns you will need.]

“Why didn’t you tell me this before? Why do I feel that you are just making this stuff up as we go?”

Frightened, Overlord’s little milky voice was shaky: [Because you never asked, Host.]

“What about going forward?” asked Ning Zhi.

Overlord: [You will need 5 little suns for the third time and 10 for the 4th.]

“Never mind.
Shut up.” Ning Zhi couldn’t bear to listen to it anymore.
Were they making this impossible on purpose?

Ning Zhi walked back in the direction that they came from while holding Lu Jue’s hand.

Lu Jue looked baffled.

Ning Zhi said to him with a smile, “You like bright colored and red colored clothing, right? We will buy them all.
As long as that will make you happy.”

Spending money was such an amazing feeling, especially when one was spending someone else’s money.

Ning Zhi was very satisfied at the 5 little suns that she had earned in total.
Unfortunately, Lu Jue stopped producing more little suns toward the end no matter how much clothes she would buy for him.

Much like the rose cakes that she had made for him in the past.
She received 2 little suns the first them and none in subsequent times.

Ning Zhi immediately traded 2 little suns for 2% of her halo and saved the other three for Lu Jue.

When she traded with Overlord, she could see her skin tone lightened up visibly.
She quickly touched her own face and felt that her cheeks were much finer and smoother than it was before.

Her mood improved instantly and her joy could be seen visibly.

She had taken back 2% of her halo previously and had just gotten 2% more.
That meant that she had already taken back a total of 4% of her halo from Lin Tiantian.

Ning Zhi turned her head and, standing on her tip toes, she whispered into Lu Jue’s ear, “Lu Jue, how are you so wonderful!”

By the time they got back to the Lu’s residence, it was already dark outside.

Ning Zhi walked inside with Lu Jue with her and saw Father Lu sitting on the couch.

Father Lu’s temperament was calm, authoritative, and his face weathered by time.
Nevertheless, he still looked at Mother Lu the exact same way.

A stocky man with cold temperament sat kitty corner to her.
She recognized him as Lu Shenyuan, the male lead and Lu family’s adopted son, from her memory.
He was now helping Father Lu in the management of the Lu Corporation.