Chapter 34 Kiss Me or Give Me a Gift
Jiang Xu looked at his handsome and almost perfect face. In the past, she would have been dazed, but at this moment, she felt nothing in her heart.
"What do you want from me?"
He Yanting took a step forward, almost sticking to Jiang Xu. He was very tall, and looking down at her from such a close distance gave people a strong sense of oppression.
"The gift you gave out today, was it the pair of cufflinks?"
Jiang Xu was stunned by this, but then he quickly reacted and frowned, asking, "Are you investigating me?"
He Yanting's eyes flickered slightly: "It just happened that a friend saw it."
Jiang Xu didn't believe it. How could it be such a coincidence? Besides, the shopping mall was owned by Shengyu Group. It would be too easy for him to check something.
But Jiang Xu was in no mood to argue with him and said bluntly, "Yes, what's wrong?"
He Yanting pursed his lips tightly and said, "You really didn't prepare a birthday present for me?"
Jiang Xu shook his head: "No."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and was about to get in the car when He Yanting suddenly grabbed her wrist. "I don't believe it. Those cufflinks were originally for me, right? You gave them to someone else because you were angry."
Jiang Xu shook him off and said firmly, "No, I bought it as a gift for my senior brother. As for you, I didn't plan to buy you a gift."
As she spoke, her red lips curved up in a mocking tone: "He Yanting, how dare you ask me for a gift? Do you remember what you said to me on my birthday last year?"
He Yanting's face suddenly turned pale.
Last year, on his birthday, Jiang Xu gave him a handmade shirt by a famous designer. In order to celebrate his birthday, she made an appointment with the designer half a year in advance, carefully selected from more than a hundred kinds of fabrics, and participated in the design of many small details of the shirt.
A week before her birthday, she was afraid there might be problems with the mail, so she flew to Italy to bring the shirt back in person.
At the birthday party, whether it was a coincidence or not, Jiang Xueruo and she took out their gifts at the same time.
She gave me a hand-knitted scarf.
He Yanting ignored Jiang Xu and took the scarf from Jiang Xueruo's hand.
Jiang Xueruo said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Brother Yanting, I don't have much money, so I can only give you something worthless like this."
He Yanting smiled gently: "Your thoughts are the most precious."
Then he glanced at the exquisite box in Jiang Xu's hand, his lips full of sarcasm: "No matter how expensive some people's gifts are, they are not worth one ten-thousandth of the value of your scarf."
Jiang Xu felt so wronged that she wanted to cry, but she held back and said, "Yanting, this is a shirt I specially asked someone to customize. Can you open it and take a look?"
He Yanting took the box, opened it under Jiang Xu's expectant gaze, then sneered and threw the shirt aside.
"I saw it, and I didn't like it."
In an instant, loss and grievance flooded over Jiang Xu's head like a fierce flood, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.
Lin Yue said sarcastically, "Jiang Xu, Fourth Brother didn't like the gift you gave him last year. I think you should stop giving him gifts in the future. It's such a waste of money."
Jiang Xu almost cried: "Yanting, take another look, that shirt will definitely look good on you."
He Yanting didn't even glance at the shirt. He turned around, picked up his wine glass, and said calmly, "Lin Yue is right. You should stop wasting money in the future."
Jiang Xuru was struck by lightning and turned to leave. At the door, she heard Zhuang Ze say, "Fourth brother, if you don't like it, why not give it to me? This shirt looks good, it would be a shame to throw it away."
She didn't listen after that, tears flowed like a dam breaking, and she left quickly with a feeling of disappointment.
The sun sets gradually.
The gentleness on He Yanting's face, which was originally tinged with golden light, gradually dimmed. His three-dimensional brow bones cast a shadow, making his deep eyes even more difficult to see through.
"Should I remind you?"
After a long silence, Jiang Xu spoke: "You said you didn't like the things I gave you, and asked me not to waste money in the future."
He Yanting didn't say anything, but kept holding her wrist tightly, as if afraid that she would run away.
Jiang Xu struggled: "Let go, I'm leaving."
He Yanting held on tighter, staring at her intently: "Ruanruan, I know I've said a lot of nonsense before. If you're angry, you can hit me."
"I don't want to waste my energy."
Jiang Xu's attitude was cold. "He Yanting, even if you are putting on an act, there is no need to go to this extent. Grandpa and grandma are not here, so why bother?"
He Yanting looked at her persistently: "You are just angry for a moment, but you still love me."
Jiang Xu could no longer control his emotions and sneered, "He Yanting, I did love you, but you've worn out my love a long time ago. I don't love you anymore, let me go!"
"I won't let you go, Jiang Xu, don't even think about leaving in this life!"
He Yanting's eyes turned fierce, "Xia's business is in trouble right now, don't you think about Xia's business?"
When mentioning Xia, Jiang Xu felt that all the energy in his body rushed to his head.
The miserable state of her grandparents and uncle in her previous life came to her mind. He Yanting, he actually dared to threaten her with the Xia family.
Jiang Xu raised his hand and slapped He Yanting.
She slapped him with great force, making a loud sound in the quiet space, and her palm felt numb and painful.
In the gradually dimming light, half of He Yanting's face quickly turned red.
Jiang Xu, however, didn't feel scared at all. Instead, she glared at him fiercely like an aggressive little beast: "He Yanting, you have no right to mention the Xia family!"
He Yanting's face was hit and tilted to one side, with most of his face hidden in the darkness, making it impossible to see his emotions.
Jiang Xu turned around and prepared to get in the car. Just as she opened the door, He Yanting suddenly called her.
"Ginger."
As the footsteps behind him got closer, Jiang Xu's heart instantly rose to his throat.
He Yanting has a very strong sense of self-esteem. Would he seek revenge?
Given his size and strength, she would have no chance of resistance if he really wanted to retaliate.
Jiang Xu took a deep breath, clenched her fists, turned around and punched He Yanting. He Yanting didn't expect her to attack again and subconsciously grabbed her hand.
His palm was much bigger than hers and could easily wrap around her fist.
"What? One slap isn't enough, you want another punch?"
The tone of voice was playful, with a hint of bitterness.
Jiang Xu raised an eyebrow: "Do you think I don't dare?"
He Yanting curled his lips and said, "I know you dare. What are you afraid of? But with your mediocre skills, don't let me suffer and end up hurting yourself instead."
Jiang Xu pursed her lips.
In fact, her hand was extremely painful from the slap just now, and her palm felt swollen.
I have to admit that what He Yanting said makes some sense.
But she would never admit it.
Just as she was hesitating whether to continue fighting, something was suddenly stuffed into her palm.
When he opened his palm, a sandalwood bead suddenly appeared.
He Yanting said, "You dropped one and didn't pick it up. Count them and see if they are all there."
Jiang Xu stared at the beads, not knowing what to feel for a moment.
After a moment's silence, she muttered, "Thank you."
He Yanting was very dissatisfied: "Just a thank you? I've been looking for this bead for a long time, and my waist is sore. Shouldn't you thank me properly?"
Jiang Xu frowned and glared at him.
He curled his lips and said, "I'll give you two choices. First, kiss me. Second, give me a birthday present."
Jiang Xu didn't hesitate: "I choose two."
"Okay, I look forward to your gift."
He Yanting leaned closer and chuckled softly.
Jiang Xu frowned and suddenly realized that he had fallen into the pit he had dug.
I could have chosen nothing.
Forget it, it’s just a gift, just treat it as a gift to a pig.
Jiang Xu put away the beads and drove away with an expressionless face.
He Yanting put one hand in his pocket and waved at her: "Don't forget the gift, don't make me wait too long."
After driving for a distance, Jiang Xu looked at him through the rearview mirror and could only see a tall figure in the distance. His eyes seemed to follow her until both of them completely disappeared on the horizon.
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