362: Visit Sands Shopping Mall

Shen Jiaxuan was young, after all, and her stamina recovered quickly; she had just been educated last night, and today she was already full of energy.

She happily swam several laps in the pool before stopping beside Li Qinghe.

When she returned to Li Qinghe's side, she mischievously jumped on him, splashing water all over both their faces.

Li Qinghe accompanied Shen Jiaxuan playing in the rooftop infinity pool for a while.

He took some photos of this beautiful oriental mermaid.

The two sat by the pool, drinking two complimentary coconut waters.

“Brother, after so many years in Singapore, I only just found out how interesting the rooftop of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel is.”

Shen Jiaxuan's family in Taipei was considered to have some wealth.

But after coming to Singapore, that bit of money was nothing.

That directly led to Shen Jiaxuan's mother, who originally only needed to be a housewife and take care of the children, now also needing to go out to work to supplement the family income.

Fortunately, Shen Jiaxuan had grown up now, and relatively speaking, she didn't need to rely on her parents' care as much.

Coupled with yesterday, Li Qinghe had celebrated her coming-of-age ceremony with her.

It made her feel that this world was very different from what she had seen before.

In the past, when passing by the Marina Bay Sands Hotel, she would only think that such a building was so special and artistic.

It wasn't until today that she realized what a view it was to sit on the rooftop.

In fact, besides the pool, other areas also housed several sky restaurants and bars.

Marina Bay Sands Hotel Sky Restaurant and Bar

Li Qinghe had just heard from the suite's butler that the top floor of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel was the best place to watch the Singapore F1 qualifying race.

This was because the Singapore F1 qualifying race track was located along Marina Bay, the first street circuit in Asia, and also the first night race in F1 history.

The single-lap length of this track was 4.94 kilometers, with a total of 19 turns, allowing a maximum speed of 290 km/h, and the total race distance was 306.143 kilometers.

The suite butler said that every time the F1 qualifying race started, the room rates at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel would rise sharply, and rooms would be hard to find.

During the race, even ordinary rooms at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel would cost more than 1,000 singapore dollars per night.

Sitting on the top floor of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel, drinking and watching the F1 race, had become a leisure activity for the wealthy in Singapore.

However, it was clear that there were no F1 races in Singapore recently.

Naturally, Li Qinghe and Shen Jiaxuan couldn't watch it either.

After they finished their coconut water, they sat on the lounge chairs for a while.

Li Qinghe then got up and put his arm around Shen Jiaxuan: “Jiaxuan, let's go downstairs and walk around, and I'll buy you some clothes.”

“Ah, Brother, no need to buy clothes, I have plenty of clothes.”

Shen Jiaxuan's hands were shaking so fast they almost left afterimages; she knew that when Li Qinghe said 'buy clothes,' he definitely meant at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands downstairs.

Shen Jiaxuan had shopped there before and knew that it had luxury goods from various countries, all very expensive.

Although she also liked beautiful clothes, she wasn't a materialistic girl; she felt it was normal to enjoy good food and scenery with Li Qinghe.

She also accepted small dolls as gifts.

But letting Li Qinghe buy her expensive clothes, she was a bit reluctant to accept, because her brother had just given her a restaurant membership card with 100,000 singapore dollars on it.

Shen Jiaxuan felt this was a bit much; she didn't want Li Qinghe to see her as a gold-digger.

But that's how the world is: the more you want something, others might not give it.

Sometimes, the more you push away, the more others try to stuff it into your arms.

Li Qinghe was like that.

“Brother, I really don't want them. Please don't buy me clothes, okay?”

Seeing Shen Jiaxuan's face flush red from trying to refuse the clothes, the expression on her small face was exceptionally serious.

Li Qinghe, on the contrary, wanted to buy her some clothes even more, so he kindly persuaded her:

“Jiaxuan, you'll be going to university after the New Year. Sometimes you'll need to attend important occasions at school, and you'll need a few outfits to suit those occasions…”

Li Qinghe informed Shen Jiaxuan about university clubs and social circles, telling her that luxury goods weren't for showing off, but a way to gain respect in certain situations.

As Li Qinghe unfolded university life before Shen Jiaxuan like a story,

she was quite moved. She knew that with her family's income, even though her mother loved her dearly, it would be impossible for her to buy any luxury clothing.

Therefore, she had to accept Li Qinghe's gift.

“Thank you, Brother.”

Her cool, slippery body threw itself into Li Qinghe's arms.

Shen Jiaxuan disregarded the public display of affection ban and, throwing herself into Li Qinghe's arms, kissed him several times.

In fact, many bans in Singapore only applied to ordinary people.

In places like the Marina Bay Sands Hotel, which high-ranking officials and wealthy individuals frequently visited, especially in environments like the rooftop infinity pool where non-guests were not allowed.

Couples embracing was perfectly normal; no one would call the Singapore police to whip others.

Convinced, Shen Jiaxuan tightly held Li Qinghe's arm and followed him from the rooftop infinity pool back to the room to change clothes.

Then they took the elevator from the room down to The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands below.

As one of Singapore's top three luxury shopping centers, this was a Disneyland of global luxury goods, concentrating many world-renowned luxury brands.

Over 200 world-famous luxury brands were having a party here.

This was a mall with an all-glass interior, described as 'every piece of glass is burning money.'

It featured a rare indoor waterway within the mall, like an indoor Venice.

The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands

Li Qinghe brought Shen Jiaxuan to shop in such a mall.

Since it was Li Qinghe's first time in this mall, he couldn't help but stroll around with Shen Jiaxuan.

Shen Jiaxuan chattered beside him, telling him the story of how her mother had saved money for a long time to buy an LV bag there.

This made Li Qinghe realize that Shen Jiaxuan's mother also liked luxury goods.

But then again, given the conditions, what woman wouldn't like luxury goods?

Those who say they don't like them simply know they don't have the purchasing power and thus don't entertain such wishful thinking.

The two slowly walked to the mall's atrium, which was a large art space.

Under the rendering of the lights, the artists' performances were pleasing to the eye.

Mall Atrium

Li Qinghe briefly looked around and then took Shen Jiaxuan to the Chanel store.

They say that if a girl wants to buy luxury clothing and doesn't know where to go, choosing Chanel is never wrong.

The sales assistants in Singapore were quite polite, as most of the customers here were either rich or noble.

So Li Qinghe and Shen Jiaxuan received excellent service.

To suit Singapore's climate, Li Qinghe first chose several sets of short-sleeved and shorts outfits for Shen Jiaxuan.

Hot Singapore weather was only suitable for wearing such clothes; if one wore anything thicker, they would get heatstroke in minutes if not in an air-conditioned room.

“Jiaxuan, hurry up and go try them on.” Li Qinghe handed several outfits into Shen Jiaxuan's arms.