Chapter 118 Gold

"ah?"

Ji Huayan let out an "ah", looking a little confused.

Ji's mother reminded indifferently, "Your father is asking you, you didn't use the money to buy gifts, so where is the money he gave you later? Since you didn't buy anything, it should still be in your hands, right? Give it back to your father."

The business of the factory has been getting worse and worse recently. Ever since the Xizhou Garment Factory became famous, his quotes have been low and the quality is good, so many of his original customers have gone to him.

This is also the reason why Ji Nianshan wants to seize Chen Yan's connection, to see if he can get useful information. Even if not, by letting everyone know that their Ji family has a good relationship with government officials, everyone will think that they are trying to give them face because of their backers.

The capital turnover of the factory was becoming increasingly difficult. In addition, the factory had just given this adopted daughter a store as compensation some time ago, and all the money invested was lost. How could it have any extra money to give to her?

In the current Ji family, every penny must be spent on something useful.

Two thousand yuan is not a small amount.

"Flowers, flowers..." Ji Huayan nodded.

"Spend money?" Ji's mother frowned, but it was expected. This adopted daughter was used to spending lavishly, it would be strange if she didn't spend money. "How much did you spend?"

"...Eight hundred left."

"Eight hundred?!" Jinianshan's voice suddenly became louder. "You spent twelve thousand in less than a week?! What do you think your family is? Do you have a gold mine?"

Ji's mother patted him on the shoulder, signaling him not to get excited. She then said to Ji Huayan with a cold face, "You know the situation at home. It's a pity that you were asked to get close to Chen Yan. It backfired. Don't say that your parents are ruthless to you. You will lose your pocket money in the future. Wait until the family business gets better."

This punishment is more painful than scolding her.

Ji Huayan didn't dare to argue. Even if she was slow-witted, she knew that her treatment now was not as good as before, and she had to keep a low profile.

Of course, she blamed all of this on Zhou Nuan.

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After returning from Chen Yan's house, Gu Xixi and Xiaodong had a small gold lock in their hands. The gold lock was not big but delicate enough, and it was obviously of extraordinary value at first glance. Gu Xixi liked it very much. She stretched out her hand to look at it again and again, and had a lot of fun playing with it.

Qin Yuezhi looked at it in surprise, "Is this gold? Could it be covered with a layer of gold powder?"

Please forgive her for never having seen gold in her life, even silver is rare to her.

Zhou Nuan laughed, "Mom, he's an official, how could he give me something fake? This is gold."

She took out a small golden gourd and handed it to Su Hang, "Xiao Hang, this is given to you by Aunt Chen."

Su Hang didn't expect that he had it too and was a little surprised.

After seeing the exquisite little golden gourd handed to him, he fell silent again. He glanced at Zhou Nuan, whose neck was empty, and pursed his lips, "Aunt, I don't want it. I'm afraid I'll lose it if I take it to school. I'll give it to you. It just so happens that you don't have a necklace either."

Gu Xiyue paused slightly.

Zhou Nuan was touched by Su Hang's thoughtfulness and touched his head with emotion, "Aunt, no need. This is given to you by Aunt Chen. How can I take it for myself? So, if you are afraid of losing it, then leave it with me first. I will return it to you when you grow up or find a girl you like."

What Su Hang said made sense. It would be sad if it fell off when I wore it to school.

Su Hang thought about it and decided to just leave it with his aunt. He wouldn't ask her for it, so it would be considered as giving it to his aunt. So he nodded.

But later he willingly took it back and gave it to a silly girl as a keepsake. We will not talk about that for now.

It was already very late when she got home. Zhou Nuan had been out all day and was tired and sleepy. She just wanted to wash up quickly, climb onto her soft big bed, and have a good sleep.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she took off her suit, her slender waist tightened and she was hugged from behind by a pair of big hands.

The man was shirtless and his upper body was bare. Although it was a cool autumn day, his chest was hot. The warm and firm feeling made her heart skip a beat.

"Don't take it off." A low and hoarse voice came from above her head, and then he lowered his head and leaned on her shoulder. The newly grown stubble made her skin slightly itchy.

"You look great in this. Wear it at home for me to see."

"..Um."

He suddenly picked her up. The feeling of weightlessness frightened Zhou Nuan so much that she let out a low cry. She subconsciously wrapped her hands around his neck and hugged him tightly for fear of falling.

But he held her firmly, looking relaxed, as if he was holding Gu Xixi. He walked to the bedside with big strides, and instead of putting her down, he put her sitting on his tight thighs.

The two were very close to each other, and neither of them spoke. Her beautiful shadow was reflected in his dark pupils, and their breaths blended together. They were so close that they could hear each other's heartbeats. Surrounded by an ambiguous atmosphere, Zhou Nuan's fair face gradually turned pink.

"Gu Xiyue." She said softly and tremblingly, "I haven't taken a shower yet."

"It's okay. I don't mind the dirt." His Adam's apple moved slightly, and his voice was hoarse and lustful.

"I think it's dirty." She complained and struggled to get off, but her slender waist was pinched by the man.

Zhou Nuan was stunned and turned to look over.

The man didn't look at her, his eyes stayed on her delicate collarbone, which was empty, and the white skin with a small bright red mole made her look even more sexy.

He couldn't control himself and bent down to kiss that bright red spot.

When he looked up again, his eyes were red, and his rough fingers stroked her collarbone, bringing a slight chill that made Zhou Nuan shiver slightly.

"Gu Xiyue." She called him tremblingly.

The man was acting strange today, exuding an aura of dominance and aggression.

"Here," he stroked her little mole with his hand, "it's empty."

"Huh?" Zhou Nuan was stunned.

What is he talking about?

But the man lowered his head and kissed her, stopping her from speaking.

When she woke up the next day and saw the stack of money on the bedside, she finally understood what the man meant last night. He was afraid that she would be reluctant to spend it, so he put it on the bedside for her to buy a gold chain or something like that.

In fact, she was not reluctant to do so, but she was just not used to wearing anything around her neck. In that case, let's find some time to go shopping.

She put the money away, washed up and went downstairs.

The weather was very good, with a rare sunny day. Qin Yuezhi and Aunt Li were each holding a child in the garden to bask in the sun. The small corner door of the garden was not locked. A woman in a cheongsam was standing there, looking inside curiously, and her mouth kept saying something, to which Qin Yuezhi replied timidly in a low voice.

Seeing the movement, the three of them looked over. Seeing that it was Zhou Nuan, Qin Yuezhi was obviously relieved.

"Xiao Nuan, you finally got up." She called out impatiently.

"Well, Mom, this is..." Zhou Nuan looked at the cheongsam woman at the door.

"this.."

Qin Yuezhi hadn't finished her words when her right to speak was taken away. The woman in the cheongsam gave her a friendly but polite smile.

"Oh, I live next door to you. My last name is Xie, Xie Xiuzhen. I came over to say hello."

Xie Xiuzhen looked curious, "I just want to ask how you dealt with Zeng Yanli, that difficult woman?"