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After understanding Xiao Yao's intentions, Jiang Shuwei said, "I'll look into this case again later and see if this fatty Chang has any other criminal activities. As long as he has committed any illegal or criminal acts, I will bring him to justice."

"Then I will have to trouble Chief Jiang. It's getting late, let's go have lunch together," Xiao Yao invited.

Jiang Shuwei quickly shook his head. "Lunchtime is short, I won't play the third wheel here. Once this case is closed, I'll host a dinner another day and ask Mr. Xiao and Ms. Yin to honor me with their presence."

"That works too. Once the case is settled, I'll personally host at the Savor Pavilion and properly thank Chief Jiang." Xiao Yao was very satisfied with Jiang Shuwei's tact.

Today was his first official date with Yin Xiaoya, and he certainly didn't want anyone to ruin it.

After Jiang Shuwei took his leave and departed, Xiao Yao remarked, "Good things really do take time. Today is our first date, yet something like this happened. It seems even the heavens are reminding the two of us that today is a special day and must never be forgotten."

Hearing Xiao Yao put it this way, Yin Xiaoya's mood instantly brightened.

Although the events of the morning had been quite annoying, just as Xiao Yao said, precisely because of this experience, this otherwise ordinary day would be deeply etched in her heart and never forgotten.

"I'm starving. I specially had the kitchen prepare a few signature dishes, shouldn't we be heading out now?"

"Alright! I've heard Chen Yuoxi talk about it countless times. She said the dishes at the Savor Pavilion are the most delicious food she has ever tasted, except that it's too expensive. I've been wanting to try it for a long time." Having heard her best friend mention it repeatedly, Yin Xiaoya was truly full of yearning and curiosity about the Savor Pavilion.

Stepping into Xiao Yao's luxury car, Yin Xiaoya found it quite novel and asked directly, "I'm not very knowledgeable about cars, is this car a special Hermès edition?"

"You have a good eye, it is indeed a special Hermès edition."

"It really is a special Hermès edition? Doesn't that mean this car costs over 40 million!" Yin Xiaoya was quite shocked.

"Bugatti Veyron is too well-known, so I rarely drive this car normally. You kept saying you were a gold-digger, so I specifically drove this car to pick you up. Do you like it?" Xiao Yao asked unexpectedly.

To be called a gold-digger by her own crush made Yin Xiaoya feel extremely embarrassed. For the first time, she regretted her loose lips; she had foolishly slapped such a label on herself.

Unfortunately, even regret was useless now. Now that her crush knew she was a gold-digger, she wondered if he would look down on her in his heart.

"When I was young, my family's financial situation was quite good. Ever since my dad went bankrupt, life at home became very difficult. Perhaps the contrast between then and now was too great, so I especially hope that in the future, I can allow myself and my family to live a life where we never lack money."

Yin Xiaoya's tone became very soft. Although she knew explaining was useless, she still wanted to try, hoping to salvage a bit of her image in her crush's eyes. "I know gold-diggers are despised by people, but I am just this kind of person. I even hate myself for it, I'm just that vulgar."

Xiao Yao glanced at the dejected Yin Xiaoya, finding it quite amusing in his heart.

There were plenty of gold-diggers in this world. Aside from Sang Qingye, he really hadn't met a single woman who wasn't a gold-digger, only differing in degree.

This was truly the first time he had met a woman like Yin Xiaoya who admitted her love for money without the slightest bit of shame.

If Yin Xiaoya were to cast aside all bottom lines and dignity for the sake of money, she would certainly deserve contempt, and he wouldn't fall for such a woman.

Clearly, Yin Xiaoya was not like that.

She simply liked money, but when faced with the temptation of wealth, she did not abandon her dignity and principles.

If this could be called being a gold-digger, then who wasn't?

There were probably very few people in this world who didn't like money.

A woman who loved money, never hid the fact that she liked it, yet still managed to uphold her principles and dignity—such a woman was truly hard to dislike. Especially when such a woman possessed peerless beauty, it made her all the more endearing.

Xiao Yao said, "If liking money is vulgar, then I suppose everyone in this world is vulgar, and I must admit that I am one of them. Therefore, I have absolutely no qualification to judge or look down on you, because the two of us are cut from the same cloth."

Yin Xiaoya's face instantly lit up with joy. "Really? You really don't look down on me?"

"I've already said, the two of us are cut from the same cloth. How could I possibly have the qualification to look down on you?"

Hearing Xiao Yao reiterate that they were cut from the same cloth, Yin Xiaoya felt a warm, bubbly joy in her heart, a satisfaction that words could not describe.

Although Yin Xiaoya kept calling herself a gold-digger, she was generally carefree and didn't actually put much effort into acquiring wealth. Though she had dated once before with someone she considered a second-generation wealthy heir, she had never felt inferior to anyone, possessing absolute confidence in her looks.

Yet in front of Xiao Yao, Yin Xiaoya felt deeply insecure.

Insecurity often stems from affection.

She had to admit that she truly liked Xiao Yao very much.

Xiao Yao was practically the prince charming of her dreams, meeting every single imagination she had of a boyfriend, and even surpassing them.

It was precisely because Xiao Yao's conditions in every aspect were so overwhelmingly good and flawless that she had developed feelings of inferiority.

She even found herself secretly wishing that Xiao Yao weren't so perfect, so that she might actually be worthy of him.

Previously, she hadn't thought there was anything wrong with admitting she was a gold-digger because it was her true thought, but now she deeply regretted it, terrified that Xiao Yao would look down on her because of it.

A multi-billionaire tycoon like Xiao Yao must surely despise a gold-digger like her the most, right?

Yet now, Xiao Yao himself had said they were cut from the same cloth, dissolving the very source of Yin Xiaoya's deepest insecurity with a single sentence.

She was simply overjoyed!

No longer feeling so insecure, Yin Xiaoya recovered some of her natural disposition, and her speech became much more casual. "I feel like sitting in a luxury car worth over 40 million doesn't seem all that special either. Judging purely by riding comfort, there doesn't seem to be any essential difference between this luxury car of yours and an ordinary Mercedes-Benz. To be honest, I still feel like sitting in my dad's Mercedes provides a much more comfortable experience."

Xiao Yao laughed and said, "If the designers at Bugatti heard your review, they would literally die crying inside the car with nowhere to vent their grievances."

"You keep saying you're a gold-digger. If you suddenly had a lot of money, how do you plan to spend it?" Xiao Yao continued to ask.