Xu Xingran went to City C with Zhuang Mingyue that day.

City C is adjacent to the imperial capital and is more than two hours' drive away.

The prize-giving ceremony for the painting competition will be tomorrow morning.

They will come over in the evening to prepare in advance.

Zhuang Mingyuan said to Xu Xingran: "This award is very valuable in the painting world. The fact that you have won this award shows that you are really capable."

Xu Xingran understood what Zhuang Mingyue meant.

She regretted that she had not chosen this path firmly.

It’s not that Xu Xingran doesn’t like painting.

I just don't like it to the point of being reckless.

She thinks things are fine as they are now.

Treat it as a hobby, as another level of skill.

Moreover, He Hansheng has been very crazy recently. He can use Zhuang Mingyue's reputation to threaten her. Before she completely gets rid of He Hansheng, she will not get close to Zhuang Mingyue.

Zhuang Mingyue looked at her in silence.

I can only sigh in my heart.

At the same time, I admire her even more.

She is a person of strong will who is not influenced by fame, fortune and worldly matters.

Worthy of any glory.

The two went directly to the booked hotel.

Zhuang Mingyue gave her a room card and said to her, "Have a good rest at night. I'm going to meet an old friend first."

Xu Xingran nodded respectfully.

"Okay, teacher, come back early in the evening."

Zhuang Mingyue nodded with a smile.

Xu Xingran got the room card, which was on the 16th floor.

She got on the elevator and pressed the button.

"Excuse me, please wait a moment."

A clear female voice came from behind.

Xu Xingran immediately pressed the elevator door opening button and waited for the other party to come over.

"Gu Xingmian, hurry up."

It was too late for Xu Xingran to close the elevator door.

Gu Xingmian and Yang Xue have already appeared at the elevator door.

"Thanks--"

While Yang Xue was thanking him, she also saw Xu Xingran in the elevator, and her pupils dilated instantly.

"Why are you here?"

Xu Xingran spread out her hands: "You can be here, but I can't be here?"

Yang Xue's expression suddenly turned somewhat ugly.

Looking at Gu Xingmian beside her, she tightened her hold on Gu Xingmian's arm.

Today, Gu Xingmian brought her to meet the chief planner of the Starlight Project.

How come I met Xu Xingran by chance?

Shouldn't she be in the imperial capital?

Gu Xingmian also saw Xu Xingran. Based on what happened at the airport last time, he had no good impression of Xu Xingran at all.

He got into the elevator with a cold face.

Xu Xingran was a sensitive person, and Gu Xingmian’s dislike for her was written all over her face.

What a coincidence!

She doesn't like Gu Xingmian either.

So the three people in the elevator were very silent.

No one knows each other.

The sixteenth floor, she arrived first and went down.

Gu Xingmian and Yang Xue are on the 19th floor.

Xu Xingran didn't care what they were going to do and just stepped out of the elevator. It would be better not to meet them.

unlucky!

Yang Xue watched Xu Xingran walk out of the elevator.

Because of the impersonation incident, she saw that Xu Xingran seemed a little guilty and scared.

When Xu Xingran left, she felt relieved.

Gu Xingmian obviously didn't like Xu Xingran, so naturally he didn't pay attention to her.

We are like strangers.

Xu Xingran returned to the room, packed up her things, and then lay on the bed to send a message to He Hansheng.

【Did you get my pendant back? 】

He Hansheng quickly took a photo and sent it over.

[I got it. I'll give it to you when you come back. ]

Xu Xingran looked at the jade pendant in the photo. He Hansheng should not have lied to her.

She was very surprised. Could He Hansheng really get the pendant back?

She was quite curious, how did He Hansheng get it back?

Based on Xia Qingqing's personality, would she hand it over easily?

[Thank you. Please keep it for me until I get back.]

【good.】

On the other end of Xu Xingran's phone, the person who replied was not He Hansheng.

It's Gao Qiao.

Gao Qiao looked at He Hansheng, who was lying on the hospital bed, looking pale and haggard, still receiving an IV drip.

He didn't even have the energy to reply to Xu Xingran's message.

He groped alone in the muddy and cold water for more than two hours before he finally found the pendant from the mud.

Gao Qiao rushed over after receiving a call from his bodyguard.

The scene he saw had a huge visual impact on him.

A person like He Hansheng was actually fishing for a jade pendant in the water.

Xia Qingqing sat on the ground and cried loudly.

That scene was incredible.

He Hansheng was a patient. When he went there, he was advised to come up, but he was unwilling to come up.

Gao Qiao asked his bodyguard to help him, but He Hansheng was unwilling.

He Hansheng watched Xia Qingqing throw the pendant down. He knew the approximate location, and with his good brain, he was able to calculate the approximate situation of the pendant.

Water has buoyancy and fluidity. If too many people come down at once, it will disrupt the fluidity and the pendant may not be in its original position.

So he spent more than two hours alone and finally fished the pendant out of the dark mud.

It was only after Gao Qiao heard what happened from the bodyguard that he found out what had happened.

It turned out that he was looking for a pendant for Xu Xingran.

Somehow Xu Xingran's mother's relic ended up in Xia Qingqing's hands. When He Hansheng came to her to ask for it, she simply threw the pendant into the lotus pond.

So cruel!

He Hansheng was also cruel to himself.

There are many lotus stems in the lotus pond, and each stem has many sharp thorns.

A noble person like He Hansheng actually...

Gao Qiao was now lying on the hospital bed, pale as a blood vessel, with scratches on his face and hands from the sharp thorns.

He sighed helplessly.

"Tell me, what are you after?"

He Hansheng coughed twice and said nothing.

Gao Qiao continued to ask without getting discouraged: "Is it worth it?"

"worth."

He Hansheng's voice was dry and hoarse.

There was a firmness in the pale and weak voice.

Gao Qiao: ...

Gao Qiao was speechless!

real!

In the past, he saw Xu Xingran giving everything for He Hansheng and loved He Hansheng, and he felt tired for Xu Xingran.

Now watching He Hansheng doing this for Xu Xingran... he felt tired for He Hansheng again.

These two people should just be in love, why do they have to go into this life-and-death, torture-your-own plot?

Can’t we just talk and break up nicely?

Why bother?

Xu Xingran persisted for seven years without letting go.

Now the situation between the two has turned around, and He Hansheng is unwilling to let go.

Gao Qiao looked at their love pattern and he began to fear love!

It’s so terrible!

He Hansheng didn't care about his body. He held the pendant tightly in his hand. For him now, this pendant was his and Xu Xingran's future.

Not to mention two hours, even if it takes twenty hours, he will fish it out.

He said weakly to Gao Qiao: "Don't tell her."

The expression on Gao Qiao's face was as if he had eaten shit.

He Hansheng wouldn't think that his behavior was noble, right?

No!

This is stupid!

At least in Gao Qiao's opinion, He Hansheng's behavior was not only not noble, but also stupid.

Gao Qiao finally gave him a piece of advice.

"Hurry up and get rid of Xia Qingqing! This is the key point!"