Chapter 36 Chapter 36 She changed from a "wild peony" to a...
Eight, eight digits?
Li Huanhuan looked at the jade necklace in her hand. It felt heavy, as if it held the rest of her life. No, it also includes the money she will earn in her next life and the life after that.
She stared at the rich jade on the necklace and swallowed subconsciously.
"Huanhuan? Huanhuan, why are you silent? Are you okay?" came the voice of my best friend Xiaojing.
"I'm fine."
Li Huanhuan swallowed his saliva and came to his senses, "Eight digits? Xiaojing, are you sure?"
"Of course. Some time ago, I saw the auction information of this necklace. It was said that it was bought by a mysterious person." Xiao Jing said, "By the way, where did you get your necklace?"
Li Huanhuan had no way of answering her.
With shaking hands, she carefully placed the necklace back into the silk box it was in. As soon as I put it in place, I immediately closed the lid. "Huh," she breathed a sigh of relief, with a look of vigilance on her face.
She couldn't leave the necklace with her.
It is so precious that if it is lost, even if we sell her and her whole family, we still won’t be able to compensate for it.
Must return!
Thinking of this, Li Huanhuan did not dare to delay for a moment, without even having time to change out of his pajamas, and hurriedly knocked on the door of No. 150 opposite with the box in his arms.
Knock knock.
About 1 minute later, the door in front was opened, and Qin Shi, wearing loose silk long-sleeved pajamas, appeared behind the door.
"Li Huanhuan?"
He yawned and looked at her suspiciously, "What's the matter?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a box was stuffed into his arms.
"for you!"
Li Huanhuan said with a serious expression.
"ah?"
Qin Shi lowered his head and saw the box containing the necklace. "Didn't I give it to you? Don't you like it?"
There was an expression of confusion on that face with superior features.
“No, no!”
Li Huanhuan shook his head quickly, "I can't use it, and I don't dare to use it."
Seeing that Qin Shi still hadn't reacted, Li Huanhuan told Xiao Jing about his guess.
Wouldn't it be like asking her to die if she wore such a valuable thing?
"Is that the reason?"
Qin Shi looked at the box, then looked at Li Huanhuan in front of him, with a strange look on his face. Then, he said, "Alas, this is fake."
After saying that, he looked at her with a smile.
"Ah?" Li Huanhuan was stunned.
“Or rather, it’s worthless.”
Qin Shi's smile deepened. "Eight figures? How can I afford to buy you such expensive jewelry? Your friend recognized it? That means it is a replica. I bought it just because it looks good."
"Isn't it jade?" Li Huanhuan scratched his head.
"It's jade, but it's not worth much. At most, it's less than 10,000 yuan, just a few thousand yuan." Qin Shi said with a smile, "Do you think I'm rich?"
"This..." Li Huanhuan hesitated.
It is true that Qin Shi is the protagonist of the book, but his main achievements are in e-sports. Compared to ordinary people, he is indeed rich. The prize money from competitions, the salary from the club, some commercial endorsements, activities, etc., all added up, his net worth may be in eight figures.
If his net worth was just eight figures, it would not be reasonable to say that he would just give her an eight-figure necklace.
"Did I misunderstand?" Li Huanhuan muttered.
"That's right."
Qin Shi grabbed her wrist and put the box back into her hand. "You misunderstood. Wear it with confidence. It's really not worth much. Even if it falls off, it's okay."
"Is that so? Then, if I wear this necklace at my wedding, it won't have any effect on you, right?" Li Huanhuan asked, holding the box.
It's a replica after all.
"No. Look at Hu Xun, Xiao Yu and the others, who looks like a rich person? They are all a bunch of poor fellows." Qin Shi said nonchalantly.
Li Huan heard him say this in hallucination, and he felt relieved.
"That bothers you."
"I am sorry for disturbing you."
"???"
"It's getting late, go back and rest." Qin Shi smiled and waved at her.
Li Huanhuan took the necklace and returned to House 149.
Number 150 this way.
After the door closed, the smile on Qin Shi's face disappeared, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, I didn't continue to doubt. Why did you take the item that was auctioned?"
It was a false alarm.
Li Huanhuan told her best friend Xiaojing that the necklace was a replica. Xiaojing had only seen photos and had never seen the real thing, so she had no idea of its exact condition. After hearing Li Huanhuan say that the necklace was a replica, I didn't ask any more questions.
For the next two days, Li Huanhuan locked herself at home and worked overtime to produce her "Cats and Dogs" series of videos. The "Cats and Dogs" series has gone from falling into the water to the cat asking the silly husky dog in the video to pretend to be its partner and go back to visit relatives in order to deal with the elders at home...
"hiss--"
After another all-nighter.
Li Huanhuan was left with only a breath of life left, and she fell unconscious in front of the computer. After finishing the new video, she suddenly felt embarrassed and regretful.
Because she found that as she continued to draw materials from reality, the "cats and dogs" in her videos looked more and more like her and Qin Shi. No matter whether it was the previous "discussing food with each other", or the later "falling into the water", or the current "pretending to be partners"... the subject matter all came from her relationship with Qin Shi.
Fans supporting the cat-dog couple in the comment section are becoming more and more blatant. It has become such a big issue that Li still has no way of explaining himself in the comment section.
"If Qin Shi finds out..."
Li Huanhuan hugged his head awkwardly, trying to dig a crack in the ground to crawl into.
What if Qin Shi found out that she wrote their relationship into the story, and there were so many people supporting the "cat and dog" CP in the comment section? Would he think she had a crush on him? Then she would have to move house awkwardly overnight, carrying the cat in her arms.
She really did not guide fans to ship CP, nor did she have a crush on Qin Shi.
At first, I just wrote about daily life, but gradually, the style of painting changed. The "cats and dogs" in the story seemed to have their own souls, came alive, and were no longer under her control.
"It's no use saying these things now. I can only try my best to keep this vest well." Li Huanhuan told himself.
At least, the online alias [Fantasia] has never exposed any information about herself on the Internet, except for the live broadcast room of Her Highness the Cat. But there are tens of thousands of white cats in the world, and there are so many people doing live broadcasts of their pets. She rarely does live broadcasts, so it is impossible that she was seen by Qin Shi by coincidence. Besides, Qin Shi is a professional player and is so busy that he probably doesn’t have time to watch pet live broadcasts.
Li Huanhuan comforted himself in this way and put the matter aside for the time being.
Buzz buzz buzz.
At this time, her cell phone rang. Li Huanhuan picked up the call and found it was her best friend Xiaojing.
"Li Huanhuan, what time is it? Where are you?" Xiao Jing roared on the phone.
"Ah? Oops!"
After being reminded by Xiaojing, Li Huanhuan remembered that today was the day she had agreed to meet with Qin Shi. Today, she will accompany Qin Shi to attend the wedding of a senior in the e-sports circle.
Originally, Qin Shi was planning to leave from home with her, but something urgent happened in their team last night, so they stayed in the club's dormitory and did not return to the community. So he made an appointment with Li Huanhuan to meet at the wedding entrance. Li Huanhuan also had an appointment with a styling studio, so he needed to go out early.
I've been busy making videos these past two days and stayed up late last night, but I actually forgot something so important?
Li Huanhuan was very annoyed and quickly got up from the computer desk. He let out a "hiss" sound and his legs went numb. After a simple wash, Li Huanhuan took the skirt and shoes that Xiaojing had helped her pick out that day, as well as the imitation necklace that Qin Shi had lent her, and hurriedly took a taxi to the place where she had her hair done.
"Why do you look so depressed as if your energy has been sucked away by the little goblin?" Xiao Jing pointed out incisively.
"Oh, sorry, I..."
Li Huanhuan yawned and wanted to apologize. Before he could finish his words, Xiaojing pushed him into the dressing room.
Today is Saturday, and Xiaojing came over specially to help her check.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, with that face, in that state, how could you?"
When the stylist saw her, he covered his face dramatically.
Li Huanhuan could only smile awkwardly.
"Luckily, I have the latest hydrating mask here. Even if you stay up all night, it can make your skin instantly glow with moisture..." said the stylist.
Li Huanhuan sat in front of the makeup mirror and let the makeup artist apply makeup on her face.
Perhaps she was too sleepy, she fell asleep while sitting there. She didn't know how long it had been, but when she was woken up, she suddenly found a woman with delicate skin and exquisite makeup in the mirror. Her hair was tied into a bun at the back with a water-red hairpin inserted in it, and it looked as fresh as the brightest and most beautiful peony in spring.
Li Huanhuan moved a little, and the "Peony Beauty" in the mirror also moved a little.
"Are you dumbfounded?" Xiao Jing held her cheek and patted her shoulder.
"this……"
Li Huanhuan looked at the person in the mirror with surprise. The pink beads hanging from her hairpin also swayed with her movements. "Is this me?"
The makeup artist behind him showed a smug look on her face: "Of course it's you! I spent a lot of effort to make you look like this. Now, change your clothes quickly."
Xiaojing handed over her bag.
That day, they finally chose a light green cheongsam. On the cheongsam, peony buds are embroidered with gold thread, and large peony leaves with dark patterns are embroidered with the same color thread. The cheongsam she wore brought out her 70% figure and 100% beauty. It did not look too grand or exaggerated, but had a restrained and low-key luxury.
With her carefully made-up face, standing there quietly, she looks like a beautiful peony.
Is this really me?
Li Huanhuan looked at himself in the mirror and almost couldn't recognize himself.
“Wow!”
"good!"
There were compliments from the side.
My best friend Xiaojing was also fascinated by the show. Finally, he took out his phone to take a photo of her: "I can't believe that two hours ago, you were still a [dead otaku] whose energy was sucked dry by a fairy. Oh, right!"
Xiao Jing suddenly called out and quickly took the box out of the bag, "I almost forgot, put on your jade necklace."
"Yeah." Li Huanhuan nodded.
As soon as she put on the jade necklace, Li Huanhuan transformed from a "wild peony" into a "precious peony". The world's brilliance that fell on her seemed to have a little more brilliance.
Xiao Jing frowned and touched the necklace she wore on her chest: "Is this necklace really a replica? It doesn't look like it can be bought with just a few thousand dollars."
"Maybe it's because the imitation is too real." Li Huanhuan lowered his head and stared at the necklace.
She suddenly saw the time hanging on the wall and whispered, "It's too late. I have to go. Xiaojing, help me pack my clothes and shoes. I'll come back to find you."
Li Huanhuan walked outside in her high heels awkwardly, hailed a taxi, and hurried to the wedding venue.
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