Chapter 197: The Pretty Boy

She had already heard Pei Yutang say that this handsome young man was a penniless wretch who relied entirely on Xu Yihuan for support.

Xia Wan looked around at the L family's shop in front of them.

The things in here aren't cheap; you'd have to spend hundreds of thousands just to go in and leave. I didn't expect Xu Yihuan's family to be so wealthy.

When Tan Zhixu heard the words "pretty boy," his expression softened somewhat. "Pretty boy is pretty boy, but his wife dotes on him. What else is there to say?"

But he couldn't stand Xia Wan's insults towards Xu Yihuan, saying she was taking up a spot.

Tan Zhixu shielded Xu Yihuan behind him, looked Xia Wan up and down several times, and then quickly sneered.

"I remember you."

Xia Wan was stunned for a moment: "What? Me?"

Hearing this, Xia Wan felt a secret joy welling up inside her. After all, Tan Zhixu was quite handsome, and who wouldn't like to be remembered by a handsome guy?

"Hmph, knowing me won't help you. Let me tell you, you'd better obediently give me that exchange spot, or you'll be in big trouble!"

"However, if you are willing to stay with me for a while, it's not impossible to give this spot to Xu Yihuan."

Xu Yihuan was dumbfounded, then rushed up and slapped her twice: "Are you fucking crazy? Don't you even look at yourself? Crooked nose and slanted eyes, how dare you covet my man?!"

Tan Zhixu didn't stop her. He had some trust in Xu Yihuan's fighting ability, and besides, he was really happy to see her so protective of her.

The mall was quite large and crowded. As the saying goes, three women make a drama, and passersby were glancing in this direction, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Xia Wan screamed and cried as she was hit, and even Pei Yutang next to her was not spared.

Seeing that it was about time, Tan Zhixu pretended to pull Xu Yihuan into his arms.

In her haste, Xu Yihuan's hand didn't have time to retract, and the bag in her hand got caught on Pei Yutang's arm.

Pei Yutang lost her balance and stumbled forward.

The things in his hands fell to the ground.

The lid of the painting bucket fell off, and half of the painting inside spilled out.

Pei Yutang finally lost her composure and cried out in surprise.

"Xu Yihuan, are you sick in the head?!"

"And Xia Wan, why are you arguing with her?! Is she a mad dog, or are you?"

Pei Yutang spoke without thinking, and Xia Wan was stunned for a moment.

"I only stood up for you, okay? Do you really think I wanted to get involved in all this mess? It's all because you couldn't get your exchange spot with Malaysia, and you were subtly and overtly trying to get me involved. Do you really think I didn't realize it?"

Xia Wan was a bit dim-witted; she just blurted out whatever came to mind, and then stormed off in a huff, leaving Pei Yutang alone.

Pei Yutang squatted down with heartache and gently took the scroll out of the painting bucket.

Xu Yihuan looked down at her movements, never expecting that Pei Yutang would cherish these things so much.

Pei Yutang unrolled the scroll and then rolled it up again.

The moment the scroll was unfurled, a very familiar scene appeared: the Tengwang Pavilion in traditional Chinese ink painting style.

Xu Yihuan frowned. Wasn't this painting the same as the gift she had given to Old Master Tan before?

Xu Yihuan had no doubt that Sheng Yuhuai would get her a pirated copy; there was only one possibility: Pei Yutang had bought a pirated copy.

Xu Yihuan curled her lips, looking at Pei Yutang with great interest.

Pei Yutang carefully picked up the painting scrolls on the ground and put them back into the painting bucket.

She stood up and glared fiercely at Xu Yihuan.

"Let me tell you, this is a birthday gift I prepared for Old Master Tan. I spent a lot of money to buy it. If you break it, I'll never forgive you!"

"And you, don't think that just because you share the same surname as someone else, you can connect with the Tan family! A pheasant can never become a phoenix, and having the same surname is useless."

After saying that, Pei Yutang left angrily without waiting for their reaction.

Xu Yihuan tugged at Tan Zhixu's sleeve and asked mysteriously, "The old man she mentioned, is he your grandfather?"

His surname is Tan, he's an old man, and he recently celebrated his birthday.

Given that Tan Zhixu's family background was indeed quite good, Xu Yihuan inevitably started thinking about Tan Zhixu.

Tan Zhixu shrugged, nonchalantly: "Probably. My parents hosted the old man's birthday celebration this time, and it seems they invited quite a bunch of random people."

Xu Yihuan nodded without thinking much about it, only glad that she hadn't chosen to give the painting to Grandpa Tan on his birthday.

Otherwise, if they had just collided like that, she didn't even want to think about how embarrassing it would have been.

After the two of them made such a fuss, Xu Yihuan lost all interest in buying clothes for Tan Zhixu.

"Let's go, the fishing rod should be packed up already, let's go get it and take it home."

Tan Zhixu's face was full of unhappiness, but he didn't say anything and followed Xu Yihuan inside to get the fishing rod.

After getting the fishing rod, the two prepared to go have dinner and turned to leave the store.

Just then, a slender figure walked straight into the fishing rod shop after they left.

"What did they just buy? Give me one of the same thing."

If Xu Yihuan were here, she would recognize that this person is Fang Kerou, the girl in their competition team.

Upon hearing this, the salesperson realized that another sucker had come along and immediately grinned from ear to ear.

"Okay, ma'am."

"That lady just now seemed to be talking about sending gifts for a birthday party. Our fishing rods are really suitable for gifting for holidays and birthdays."

Fang Kerou smiled gently: "Really? What a coincidence, me too."

Pei Yutang didn't know, but how could she not know?

Coincidentally, one of her uncles was Tan Wenye's subordinate.

She only found out through her family that Tan Zhixu was actually the Tan family's grandson.

If it weren't for this, she wouldn't have participated in that stupid competition, let alone gotten close to Tan Zhixu.

I never expected Xu Yihuan to be so lucky.

As Fang Kerou thought about it, she clenched her fingers tightly, leaving red marks on her tender white fingers from her newly done manicure.

After Xu Yihuan and Tan Zhixu left the store, they put down their fishing rods and planned to stroll around before going to eat. But just then, Xu Yihuan's phone rang again; it was Jiang Jinnan calling.

Xu Yihuan and Jiang Jinnan talked on the phone for about ten minutes.

Only at the very end did Xu Yihuan hang up the phone with a solemn expression.

"What's wrong? Are you going over there?" Tan Zhixu tilted his head and looked down at Xu Yihuan.

Xu Yihuan didn't speak, shaking her head with a heavy heart.

There seemed to be an invisible barrier separating the two of them.

He was not allowed to know anything about her.

After realizing what was going on, Tan Zhixu couldn't hold back anymore.

His face was dark with anger, but Tan Zhixu still patiently asked again.

"Are you sure everything's alright?"

Actually, it wasn't a big deal; it was just a worker who accidentally fell and got injured.