“Layla, you don’t need to feel burdened. I’m just expressing my gratitude, there’s no other meaning.”
Jacob insisted, directly shoving the shopping bag containing the ivory white handbag into Layla’s hands.
He thought to himself, today you have to accept this bag, whether you want to or not! Otherwise, I won’t be able to complete my task! “Mr. Jacob, this…”
Layla still wanted to refuse, but Jacob spoke again: “If you really feel uncomfortable, just help me lose weight for the next month. My goal is 150 pounds.”
“Uh…”
“Then I’ll bring you low-fat lunches every day!” Layla hesitated for a moment and replied.
“Deal!” Jacob nodded with a smile.
“Thank you, Mr. Jacob!”
Layla really liked this Prada handbag, and since Jacob’s gift was given so sincerely, she didn’t push back any further.
Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing the task [The Guilt of the Rich].
The task reward has been issued. Please go to the Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class store at 23 Car-dealer Road, Coastville City, to collect “one Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class.”
Sure enough, after Layla accepted the gift, the system notification sounded.
Nice!
Jacob couldn’t help but picture the expression of an old foreign man in his mind.
This gift was worth it!
At this moment, Jacob’s gaze towards Layla changed.
In his eyes, she was no longer just a beautiful woman; she was like a big boss that could drop gold coins and equipment! First, the tenfold cashback card exploded with 210,000 gold coins, and now he had also received a Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class. He began to anticipate what else this big boss might drop.
At GetFit Fitness Center.
Lilian and Monica were eating spicy Best Diet behind the bar, and at this moment, Mira also joined them, having ordered a serving of braised chicken rice.
The three women chatted about gossip while having lunch, and before they knew it, the topic shifted to Layla and Jacob.
“Lilian, Monica, you two probably didn’t see it, but that Mr. Jacob actually came on an electric bike.”
“I happened to see him riding the electric bike with Layla when I was in class on the second floor.”
“I don’t know if this man is really poor or just pretending to be poor,” Mira recounted what she had seen an hour ago.
“Riding an electric bike?”
“I said he must be delivering takeout!”
Lilian perked up and speculated, “He probably spent all his savings to woo Layla!”
“One hundred private coaching sessions cost thirty thousand dollars. If he’s delivering takeout, he’d have to save for half a year. If that’s the case, this delivery guy is too infatuated!” Monica exclaimed.
“Some simps are like that; they won’t eat or drink just to please their goddess.”
Mira understood the mindset of simps too well because she had several such simps in her WhatsApp. They earned only five or six thousand a month but saved every penny to buy her private coaching sessions.
Her way of dealing with such simps was to keep them hanging. Once she sensed that a simp was about to give up, she would give them a little sweetness to let them see hope.
She called this model “raising a dog”! It was much more enjoyable than raising a real pet dog, and the key was that there were actual gains.
“Ah, poor delivery guy. I guess Layla is just having a meal with him.” Monica sighed.
“Simps aren’t worth sympathy!”
Mira pouted. The reason simps became simps was that they were after someone’s body, so she wouldn’t sympathize with them at all; after all, they all had their own motives.
Just as the three were gossiping, the automatic door of the fitness center slowly opened, and Layla walked in.
The three women’s gazes fell on her simultaneously. Lilian originally wanted to mockingly ask if it was cold sitting on the back of the electric bike.
But just as she was about to speak, she saw the Prada shopping bag in Layla’s hand. Her pupils slightly contracted, and a look of shock appeared on her face.
In real life, it wasn’t like in fast-paced dramas where buying a Prada worth over twenty thousand would be mocked as too low-key, just a basic model or something. But in reality, ordinary working people really couldn’t afford luxury items like Prada.
For example, Lilian’s basic salary plus card-opening commissions was around five thousand a month. The house she shared with Mira cost two thousand eight hundred a month, and with utilities and gas, it added up to over three thousand. So her monthly housing expense was one thousand five, plus another one thousand five for food, leaving her with only two thousand from her five thousand salary. Adding in expenses for clothes, cosmetics, and daily necessities, it was already good if she could save a thousand from her five thousand salary while being frugal.
