"This one?"
Huo Junyu took it out.
It turned out to be a large denomination banknote.
Jiang Mianmian was taken aback at first, and then she took it from his hand and realized that it was not a banknote at all, but a drawn banknote!
The patterns, designs, and textures... they're just too realistic!
It is so realistic that it can be completely mistaken for the real thing.
Jiang Mianmian was dumbfounded.
She stared at him blankly, and in that instant, Huo Junyu read a complex emotion in her eyes.
Does she really think he can counterfeit money?
Huo Junyu chuckled softly, "Last time Uncle Jiang asked me if I could make counterfeit money. I couldn't, but I can draw it. This one was specially drawn for you."
"Draw it for me?"
"Okay." He gestured. "Turn it over and look."
Jiang Mianmian turned the banknote over with some skepticism. At the bottom of the banknote, where the issuing bank should have been printed, there were several English letters written on it.
JMM.
Jiang Mianmian...?
She was stunned for a moment, then suddenly looked up. His gaze was no longer as deep and cold as before, but had a hint of warmth that she couldn't quite describe.
"I didn't know what to give you, so I thought of this." Huo Junyu's voice was low as he pursed his lips. "I hope... you like it."
He had never said such a thing to anyone before, so his tone was somewhat harsh.
Jiang Mianmian lowered her eyes and smiled, putting the "money" into the drawer. After a while, she whispered, "I'll take it. Is there anything else?"
"Oh, that's all." Huo Junyu kept touching his nose.
Jiang Mianmian didn't look at him.
However, his presence was everywhere in the air.
Their shadows were cast on the wall, very close together.
Jiang Mianmian couldn't help but smile.
Huo Junyu felt his heartbeat was irregular, as if he couldn't breathe, and his ears felt strange, always burning.
So he quickly made an excuse to leave, rushing downstairs in a few quick steps, but accidentally missed a step and almost fell down the stairs.
Jiang Mianmian saw everything from upstairs, covering her mouth and laughing, but also a little worried about him, anxiously looking downstairs. At that moment, Huo Junyu also looked up as if by telepathy, and their eyes met, each seeing only the other.
...
Jiang Mianmian had a good night's sleep.
From childhood to adulthood, she often dreamed of the seaside. The sea there was different from the sea in Jiangzhou. In her dream, she seemed to become a toddler learning to walk, and there was always a boy holding her hand, drawing fireflies on the beach to amuse her.
Every time she tried to see the boy's face clearly, she would wake up from the dream.
I woke up exceptionally early today.
Jiang Mianmian stretched, but because she had an early class, she didn't dare to waste any time. She quickly got up, washed up, changed her clothes, and then hurriedly left the house.
Huo Junyu followed her from a distance as usual.
As they approached the school gate, Huo Junyu quickened his pace to catch up and patted her on the shoulder.
"What's wrong?"
“You haven’t had breakfast.” He handed her the soy milk and rice ball.
He just bought this at a roadside breakfast shop.
Jiang Mianmian felt a warmth in her heart and accepted it somewhat shyly, then suddenly remembered something that made her even more embarrassed...
"Huo Yu, I..." she hesitated, "I forgot to bring my homework."
Huo Junyu was taken aback.
"My class starts at 8:30, and it's already 8:20," Jiang Mianmian said, looking troubled. "The homework is needed for the third period, and I..."
Without saying a word, Huo Junyu turned around and left.
Jiang Mianmian was left standing there, dumbfounded.
She stood there for a while, feeling that this person was really unpredictable... She entered the classroom with exactly five minutes to spare. She took a bite of her rice ball, and although it had sugar added, it didn't taste sweet at all.
She couldn't concentrate on the lesson before the third period.
The teacher's lectures were like gibberish to her; all she could think about was how to make up an excuse for not being able to hand in her homework...
She went to the restroom during break, and when she came back at the classroom door, Xia Zhi stopped her.
"Mianmian!"
"Huh?" Jiang Mianmian was taken aback. "What is it?"
"Don't go in yet." Xia Zhi's expression was somewhat strange.
Jiang Mianmian glanced into the classroom.
Gu Zihan was spouting nonsense: "You guys don't know yet, do you? Jiang Mianmian is already married!"
Those classmates who liked to listen to gossip gathered together.
"Do you know who Jiang Mianmian's husband is? He used to be a truck driver for our Gu family, delivering goods! Ha, he always had a gloomy face and never spoke, like a mute. Everyone called him Big Dumb Guy! Hahaha..."
Gu Zihan's voice was shrill, and even in the slightly messy classroom during break time, her words were particularly jarring.
Jiang Mianmian clenched her fists tightly, and her shoulders trembled involuntarily.
"She's insane!" Xia Zhi cursed, looking at the classroom. "Mianmian, ignore her! She's a mad dog right now, she..."
Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Mianmian rushed inside.
Although she wasn't one to cause trouble, she wasn't afraid of trouble either.
Besides, it's almost time for class, and the classroom doesn't belong to Gu Zihan alone, so why can't she go in?
Jiang Mianmian made quite a commotion. When she returned to her seat, the gossip around her immediately stopped, and the classroom became so quiet that you could hear everyone breathing.
In the eyes of this group of wealthy and noble young men and women, Jiang Mianmian was an anomaly, and the person she married was an even bigger anomaly.
They never treated Jiang Mianmian as one of their own. They looked at her with a mixture of curiosity and pity. The better ones would treat her with respect but keep their distance.
Those who are not so kind, like Gu Zihan, will ridicule and humiliate them, and intensify their exclusion.
Jiang Mianmian didn't care about other people's opinions; she only cared that her parents had spent a lot of money to get her into this school, and she was determined to make something of herself.
However, at this moment she could no longer study quietly...
Gu Zihan sneered, walked up to her, tapped the table, and said sarcastically, "Hey, Jiang Mianmian, tell me about you and your husband? How did you fall for him?"
Jiang Mianmian ignored it.
"Do you know," Gu Zihan deliberately raised her voice, "that your husband has been to jail before?"
A commotion erupted around them, and everyone's eyes were like thorns, fixed on Jiang Mianmian.
Jiang Mianmian took a deep breath and suddenly looked up, staring intently at Gu Zihan.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Her expression was exactly what Gu Zihan wanted to hear. "I didn't say anything wrong! Jiang Mianmian, you're married now, shouldn't you at least share your dating experience with your classmates? How did you end up marrying someone like that?"
"Hey, wouldn't it be really exciting to marry someone who's been to prison?"
"Your husband doesn't work now, how is he going to support you? Jiang Mianmian, maybe I should be magnanimous and let your husband continue working as a driver for Gu's Company!"
"Hey, I'm talking to you! You..."
"I heard you." Jiang Mianmian's expression was calm, and her words were clear. "I heard every single word you said. But unfortunately, although I can hear you, I can't understand you!"
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is," Jiang Mianmian scoffed, "I'm a person, I don't understand dog barking!"
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