Chapter 45: Successfully obtained the jade pendant!
Seeing that she lowered her head, Chen Yanzhi took the opportunity to look her over.
She dressed up as formally today as she did at the last banquet. Not only that, the cheongsam she wore this time was made of silk. She wore such nice clothes and lived in the Gu family, so how could she not come up with 500 yuan?
If she and Gu Yunting really had that kind of relationship, how could the Gu family's financial resources allow her to be so short of money? If they had no connection at all, why would she be living in the Gu family?
What was even more strange was that her demeanor and demeanor were completely inconsistent with the "country bumpkin" who Gu Xuejiao described as illiterate.
Chen Yanzhi studied her and soon noticed the red tips of her ears and her evasive eyes.
The next second, he realized that he had rushed out without even having time to put on his shirt, leaving his upper body naked.
He wanted to go into the house to put on his clothes, but when he saw her shy look, he suddenly changed his mind.
A faint laugh escaped his throat, and the ending tone was filled with imperceptible tenderness. "How come there are both small and large amounts of money? Have you emptied out all your family savings? How are you going to get a ride back later?"
Su Mengxue then realized that she had only thought about using the money to buy the jade pendant and hadn't thought of leaving money for the bus. She couldn't help but frown. This place was not close to Zhou Ji's tailor shop, and she was wearing high heels. If she walked all the way back like this, her feet would probably be broken by the time she reached the tailor shop.
Her fingertips unconsciously tugged at the hem of her skirt, she lowered her head, and whispered, "Chen Yanzhi, can you... lend me some money for the bus?"
She had never been short of money, but this was the first time she asked someone for help, and it was just for such a small amount of money. After saying this, she buried her head even deeper.
Chen Yanzhi had seen too many women who had ulterior motives towards him. When he saw Su Mengxue biting her lip and blushing as she asked him for money, his Adam's apple rolled slightly. At this moment, he thought of Ye Lin.
On that rainy night, Ye Lin knocked on his door with her grandmother on a cart. She also begged him with a red face to borrow money for her grandmother's medical treatment. She was soaked all over at that time. Although she looked embarrassed, he would never forget her stubborn and embarrassed look in his life.
Thinking of Ye Lin again, he felt a familiar dull pain in his heart.
Seeing that he remained silent, Su Mengxue thought that buying the jade pendant was the most important thing, so she handed the money in her hand forward and said sincerely: "Chen Yanzhi, can this money buy your jade pendant?"
Chen Yanzhi was lost in memories, his face still silent.
Su Mengxue was afraid that he would regret it, so she ignored his bare chest and looked up at him, asking anxiously, "Chen Yanzhi, are you going to sell it or not?"
Chen Yanzhi came back to his senses. He looked at the anxious Su Mengxue in front of him and returned to his usual nonchalant look. He dragged his voice and replied, "Of course I won't sell it."
"Isn't this what we agreed on before? Why do you suddenly not want to sell it anymore?" Su Mengxue's face flushed and her voice unconsciously rose a little.
Chen Yanzhi looked at her with interest, then suddenly approached her and whispered in an ambiguous tone, "Do you really want to buy me? Then I'll consider it!"
The air froze for a few moments, and Su Mengxue instantly realized what Chen Yanzhi meant. She frowned at him and replied unhappily, "Chen Yanzhi, I don't have time to joke with you. Who wants to buy you? I'm asking if you're selling that jade pendant?"
When their eyes met, Su Mengxue saw his smooth and firm back and instantly shifted her gaze.
Seeing that she was annoyed, Chen Yanzhi put away the cynicism on his face and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go into the house and get something for you."
After saying that, he went into the inner room. When he came out again, he was already wearing a white T-shirt. He handed the jade pendant in his hand to Su Mengxue and shook it: "Okay, look up, I'm dressed."
Su Mengxue glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, and when she saw that he had put on his clothes, she straightened her back and raised her head.
She couldn't wait to reach out and take the jade pendant. After looking at it again and again, she felt relieved. She was sure that this was the jade pendant that Cheng Yang gave her when he confessed his love to her. With it, maybe she could return to modern society.
Thinking of this, she smiled and said to Chen Yanzhi, "Chen Yanzhi, thank you for giving me this jade pendant."
Seeing her so happy, Chen Yanzhi asked curiously, "Su Mengxue, I can't see what's so special about this jade pendant. Why do you like it so much?"
Su Mengxue couldn't tell him the real reason, so she paused for a moment and quickly came up with an excuse: "This jade pendant was given to me by someone very important to me, and then I accidentally lost it. I'm very happy to have it back."
"I see."
Su Mengxue suddenly remembered that she had been out for quite some time, so she asked casually, "Chen Yanzhi, what time is it now?"
Chen Yanzhi raised his wrist to check his watch and replied slowly, "It's almost three o'clock."
Su Mengxue frowned suddenly. She put the jade pendant in her pocket, stuffed the money in her hand into Chen Yanzhi's hand, and said hurriedly, "Chen Yanzhi, I have to leave immediately."
Seeing her hurriedly leaving, Chen Yanzhi turned around to glance at the wad of money in his hand, casually putting it in his pocket and looking at her with drooping eyelids: "I'm just about to go out, let me give you a ride."
Su Mengxue thought that this would save her some time and reduce the distance she would walk. Regardless of whether Chen Yanzhi was being polite or sincere, she didn't think too much about it and simply agreed: "Chen Yanzhi, then I won't be polite with you."
"Wait while I change my shoes."
Two minutes later, Shen Yanzhi came out neatly dressed. Su Mengxue and Shen Yanzhi walked out of the building where he lived side by side.
After Su Mengxue and he walked for a short distance, they saw people constantly looking in their direction. Although she was not afraid of being talked about, she did not want to be the focus of attention. She deliberately slowed down her pace and kept a distance from Shen Yanzhi.
Chen Yanzhi usually hated the gossipy women in the yard the most. They always liked to go to his parents and act as matchmakers for him. He also noticed that Su Mengxue was trying to avoid suspicion, so he came up with a plan and also slowed down his pace and kept the original distance from Su Mengxue.
Su Mengxue initially thought that Shen Yanzhi did not mean it, until the two of them walked side by side for a short distance, she realized that Shen Yanzhi did it on purpose.
She stopped and looked up at him: "Chen Yanzhi, did you do this on purpose?"
Chen Yanzhi raised his eyebrows: "Am I shameful? Why are you deliberately keeping your distance from me?"
Su Mengxue put her hands on her hips and replied unhappily, "I don't want to be gossiped about by others, okay?"
"You care so much about what others think? That's not like you."
"What's my style?" Su Mengxue didn't want to waste time, so she said, "It's up to you," and walked forward quickly, with Chen Yanzhi following closely behind.
Just as the two of them walked out the door, the sentry on duty glanced at their backs with a complicated expression and muttered to himself, "Didn't this woman come to see Lu Yuanzhou? Why is she going out with Chen Yanzhi again?"
Chen Yanzhi was driving a sedan, which was rare in that era, but it had nothing to do with her. All her thoughts were on the jade pendant.
She opened the car door and quickly sat in the back seat. After telling her destination, she began to look at the jade pendant, but she couldn't figure out what it was after looking at it for a long time.
Just as she was stunned, a puppy suddenly ran onto the road. Chen Yanzhi slammed on the brakes, and Su Mengxue was caught off guard and rushed forward. She hit the seat with a bang, and the jade pendant in her hand slipped to the ground.
She ignored the pain in her shoulder and Shen Yanzhi's concern, bent down to pick up the jade pendant, checked it and saw that it was not damaged, then she felt relieved. In order to prevent the jade pendant from getting damaged again, she put it around her neck.
At this moment, she suddenly saw a layer of red light on the puppy that ran to the side of the road. This was too strange. She widened her eyes and asked Chen Yanzhi: "Chen Yanzhi, look! There is a red light on the puppy's body?"
After Chen Yanzhi glanced at the puppy, he sneered, "Su Mengxue, are you dazzled? Where is the red light?"
"Why not? It clearly has..."
Su Mengxue raised her finger and pointed at it. Before she could finish her words, there was a loud bang. An out-of-control car rushed from the side and slammed directly into the puppy on the roadside. A miserable whimper sounded, and the puppy struggled a few times before falling into a pool of blood and no longer moved.
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