Chapter 33 It's Not Worth It for Her
He Yanting's heroic brows furrowed deeply, and he looked at Jiang Xu with deep eyes: "Are you threatening me?"
"Um."
To everyone's surprise, Jiang Xu nodded readily.
He Yanting looked at Chen Rouer: "Apologize to her."
Chen Rouer was completely unwilling and asked Jiang Xueruo for help. Jiang Xueruo acted coquettishly towards He Yanting, "Brother Yanting, Rouer was really careless. Why should she apologize? Besides, she's so shy and she's still my best friend."
He Yanting had a blank expression on his face and spoke to Chen Rouer again: "I asked you to apologize."
After three years as the president of Shengyu Group, He Yanting's aura of superiority has become stronger and stronger, and the way he casually emphasizes his tone is already intimidating enough.
Chen Rouer trembled and bowed her head to Jiang Xu: "I'm sorry."
Jiang Xu raised the corner of his mouth: "Don't think that an apology is enough. You will have to pay for this sooner or later."
After saying that, she squatted down and continued looking for beads.
At this moment, there was a knock on the box door.
Qin Zifei stood at the door: "Excuse me, that..."
His eyes fell on Jiang Xu, and he quickly walked over to her and asked, "What are you doing?"
Jiang Xu spread out his palm: "Looking for this."
Qin Zifei frowned: "Is it something very important?"
Jiang Xu hummed softly, "It's a relic my grandma left me."
No one noticed that He Yanting's expression changed slightly.
"I'll help you find it." Qin Zifei squatted down to help her find it.
Finally, they found two more, but when they couldn't find any more, Jiang Xu stood up and said, "Today is your welcoming banquet. Everyone is waiting. Let's go."
Qin Zifei then noticed her utterly distraught face and asked in surprise, "Are you crying?"
Jiang Xu pursed her lips and lowered her eyes.
Qin Zifei sneered and looked at He Yanting: "Hey, isn't this the campus hunk He? Oh no, it's time to call him Mr. He now. I remember you and Jiang Xu were engaged. Don't tell me she cried because of you."
He raised the corner of his mouth. "Don't blame me for being nosy. Jiang Xu calls me Senior Brother, and I can't just stand by and watch her get bullied. She was accepted into the most famous biology university abroad, but she gave up studying abroad for you. I felt sorry for her from the beginning. Mr. He won't forget it so quickly, right?"
Surprise flashed in He Yanting's eyes as he looked at Jiang Xu.
Jiang Xu didn't look at him, but pulled Qin Zifei out.
When they got outside, Qin Zifei said helplessly, "Did he bully you? Why didn't you let me give him a good scolding? I've always disliked him. He's delayed such a good seedling like you."
Jiang Xu said calmly, "I don't blame him, I blame myself for being in love."
Qin Zifei raised his eyebrows: "You finally realized that you are in love? I have never been embarrassed to say it!"
Jiang Xu smiled awkwardly: "I won't do that again."
Qin Zifei hissed and suddenly leaned in to look at her. "Why do I feel like you've suffered a lot? I've only been abroad for a short time. What have you been through?"
Jiang Xu shook his head: "Nothing, I just suddenly figured it out."
She handed him the gift: "Here, it's for you."
"Oh, I still have a gift. It seems that Junior Sister still has me as her senior brother in her heart."
Qin Zifei smiled happily, and the two of them walked towards the elevator.
He Yanting was standing at the door and just happened to see the backs of the two people walking side by side. Qin Zifei was holding the gift bag brought by Jiang Xu.
"Fourth brother, come in, everyone is waiting for you."
Huo Qiyu reminded.
He Yanting took out a cigarette and a lighter and said calmly, "You guys play first. I'll go and be quiet for a while."
After he left, Zhuang Ze and Lin Yue came over.
"Fourth brother is in a bad mood, it's all because of Jiang Xu."
Huo Qiyu said, "But we really misunderstood her. Didn't you hear what that person said just now? She was here to attend the welcoming banquet."
Lin Yue curled his lips: "Who knows if she did it on purpose? Why is it such a coincidence that she held it here?"
Zhuang Ze said unhappily, "Old Huo, what's wrong with you? Why are you speaking for her?"
Huo Qiyu scratched the back of his head sheepishly: "Sometimes it seems we are too harsh on her."
Lin Yue blustered, "Who told her to be so eager to lick Fourth Brother's ass? She even used Old Madam He and the group's shares to threaten Fourth Brother into marriage. With Fourth Brother's personality, it's already a great honor for him to tolerate her."
Jiang Xu and Qin Zifei came to the box. A group of old classmates had not seen each other for a long time and had a great time chatting with each other.
Everyone discussed the latest research results in the biomedical field and predicted future development directions. Jiang Xu seemed to have returned to his high-spirited state in college.
After some discussion, Qin Zifei looked at Jiang Xu, who had been silent the entire time: "What do you think?"
"I haven't touched these for over a year, so I'm afraid I'm quite a bit behind you."
Jiang Xu felt a little embarrassed.
Qin Zifei knocked on the table: "Don't be modest, it's only one year, not ten or eight years. I know you are a person with ideas, don't be stingy."
Jiang Xu gained confidence. "After reading the papers you sent me these days, I do have some ideas."
As she spoke, she opened a document on her phone and handed it to Qin Zifei.
Qin Zifei put down his chopsticks, took the phone and looked at it carefully.
Jiang Xu stared at his expression. Seeing him sometimes raised his eyebrows, sometimes glared, and sometimes took a breath, she suddenly became nervous.
"I just wrote it casually, don't laugh at me." She tried to excuse herself.
Qin Zifei curled his lips at her: "I have to say, your sense of smell is indeed very sharp. My supervisor just talked to me about these things you mentioned last month. He would definitely be happy if you could apply to be his graduate student."
Jiang Xu smiled: "Dr. Hans is one of the most famous professors in the field of biomedicine. I don't have that kind of confidence."
Qin Zifei looked at her with a serious look and said seriously, "Jiang Xu, I prefer the confident you from before."
Jiang Xu was completely stunned.
In an instant, my brain seemed to brighten up.
Yes, she was so confident before. Even when she felt there were problems with Professor Wu’s class, she dared to refute and question it boldly.
At that time, she was ambitious to apply to the best university in the world and was determined to become a student of a Nobel Prize winner.
That confident girl seemed to have died little by little in the past few years.
Qin Zifei's shoulders suddenly felt heavy, and he patted her: "Don't worry, I believe the old you is still there, it just takes a little courage to find her back."
“Senior Brother…”
Jiang Xu was so moved that her nose felt sore.
Qin Zifei suddenly said, "Don't cry. I'm most afraid of girls crying. Come on, everyone, take a look at what gift my junior sister gave me."
He opened the package and everyone looked at the exquisite pair of cufflinks and praised them highly.
"If nothing else, you have a really good aesthetic."
Qin Zifei winked at Jiang Xu exaggeratedly.
Jiang Xu knew he was trying to make her happy, so she suppressed the emotions that were welling up in her heart and smiled, "As long as you like it."
Qin Zifei had been on a 20-hour flight. Although he was full of energy, he could not hide the fatigue on his face. After dinner, everyone did not keep him for long and let him go back to the hotel to rest early.
Before leaving, Qin Zifei called Jiang Xu and asked her to go back to the school to see Professor Wu another day. Jiang Xu readily agreed.
After everyone left, Jiang Xu counted the sandalwood beads he had picked up. There were seventeen in total, and one was still missing.
She returned to the box where Jiang Xueruo had celebrated her birthday.
They have already dispersed and even cleaned up.
Jiang Xu quickly squatted on the ground and searched carefully inch by inch, including tables, chairs and corners, but he couldn't find the Buddhist beads.
Just then, a waiter came in and Jiang Xu quickly asked, "Excuse me, did you find a Buddhist bead while you were cleaning?"
As she spoke, she gestured with her hands to indicate the size of the beads.
The waiter frowned and said, "Who would have known? There's so much garbage on the ground. How could anyone have seen such small beads after sweeping it with a broom?"
Jiang Xu's heart sank, and he felt indescribably lost.
After all, she failed to protect the things her grandmother left behind.
She asked the waiter for a ziplock bag and carefully placed the Buddhist beads she had picked up in it. When she saw the broken bead, Jiang Xu's eyes turned slightly cold.
Chen Rouer, this matter will never be let go like this.
She walked out of the hotel with regret in her heart and came to the parking lot. As she walked, she saw a tall and straight figure standing next to her car.
Jiang Xu said with a cold face: "What are you doing standing next to my car?"
The tall figure turned around, and He Yanting's deep and handsome features were stained with a layer of almost dreamy soft light by the setting sun. He opened his thin lips and slowly uttered two words:
"Wait for you."
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