"Hey! How can you be like this? You brought me here to eat without saying a word. Don't forget, we just agreed on the way that we should get along as a couple when we appear in public in the future." Looking at Xia Tian who was sitting opposite her without saying a word and just eating noodles, Qiu Mengyun complained dissatisfiedly.
Xia Tian swallowed the food in his mouth slowly and replied indifferently: "Don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping. You don't even know this, do you?"
"Hmph! But have you ever seen a couple go out to eat together and just eat without saying a word? If you act like this, others will see right away that we're not a couple. How can we possibly hide this from my parents?"
"Oh? Then what do you think it's like when a real couple has dinner together?" Xia Tian asked back.
Qiu Mengyun thought for a moment and said uncertainly, "Since you're a couple, you should at least help each other with food when you eat. I see those young couples in love feeding each other. You can't even do that, right?"
Hearing Qiu Mengyun's words, Xia Tian glanced at her, then lowered his head to the bowl of braised noodles in front of him. With a strange look on his face, he said, "Don't you understand the situation? We're not eating Western food, not even stir-fried dishes. We're eating braised noodles. Tell me, how am I supposed to pick up some food for you? How am I supposed to feed you? Do you want me to pick the cilantro out of my own bowl for you to eat? Or do you want me to stand up, pick up a long noodle, and carry it across the table to your mouth?"
"Of course, if you don't mind people looking at you like you're stupid, then I don't mind feeding you."
After hearing Xia Tian's words, Qiu Mengyun finally remembered that this guy had brought her to a noodle restaurant, so it wasn't appropriate to feed each other and show affection. However, she still insisted, "Even if you can't feed me, you can still share a bowl of noodles with me. That way, we can show our close relationship!"
It wasn't that she really wanted Xia Tian to feed her, but after the previous revelation of their relationship, she found it quite amusing to watch Xia Tian get humiliated. Seeing him so angry and helpless, she felt inexplicably relieved. Therefore, when Xia Tian ignored her, she would think of ways to make him unhappy.
Xia Tian refused her suggestion without a second thought: "Forget about sharing a bowl of noodles. I can only eat 70% full after eating a bowl by myself. If I eat with you, I will be even less full."
"You... huh! You're really unromantic. No wonder you were dumped before." Seeing Xia Tian's stubborn look, Qiu Mengyun said angrily.
"I'll tell you again, I was the one who proposed the breakup first, so I dumped her." Xia Tian responded lightly, and stopped looking at her and continued to eat noodles.
After dinner, Xia Tian drove Qiu Mengyun to the airport.
"Xia Tian, what exactly is the gift your grandfather gave me? Is it a family heirloom? It seems that your family attaches great importance to this thing. Is it very valuable?" Qiu Mengyun, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, recalled the expressions of Xia's father and mother when Grandpa Xia gave her a gift, and asked curiously.
Xia Tian nodded seriously. "Well, that thing is indeed a family heirloom. As for what it is, you'll know when you open it. Whether it's valuable or not is hard to say. To those who know, it's priceless, but to those who don't, it's just an ordinary antique."
"Oh? I'd like to see what this thing is that can be called a priceless treasure." Qiu Mengyun was intrigued by Xia Tian's words. She immediately took out the box that Grandpa Xia gave her from her bag and was about to open it to take a look.
"Tsk! I thought it was some incredible treasure, but it turns out to be just a jade pendant! Even though it looks a bit old, it doesn't look like it's priceless!"
After opening the box, Qiu Mengyun saw its contents clearly. It was a jade pendant, a brilliant white jade with mountains and rivers carved on the front and the sun, moon, and stars on the back. The characters "sun" and "moon" were also carved in two symmetrical corners, one at the top of the front and the other at the bottom of the back.
Listening to Qiu Mengyun's nonchalant tone, Xia Tian said, "Since you don't like it, why not return it to me? Anyway, you wanted to give it to me for safekeeping when we were in the hospital before."
"Hmph! Don't even think about it. This is a gift from my grandpa. Since he gave it to me, this jade pendant is mine now." Hearing that Xia Tian actually wanted to take away the gift she had just received, Qiu Mengyun quickly turned around and hid the jade pendant to the right side of her body.
"You think this jade pendant is just ordinary, so why not return it to me? I promise that when I make money, I will buy you a more beautiful and precious ancient jade." Seeing Qiu Mengyun's decisive refusal, Xia Tian still wanted to try to trick her again.
"Come on! Don't forget, according to the agreement we signed, all your future wages will be handed over to me. You will have to ask me for your pocket money in the future. Where will you get the money to buy me better ancient jade? I'm not that stupid to be fooled by a blank check from you." Qiu Mengyun rolled her eyes at him and said with disgust.
"Don't look down on me! Even if I hand over my salary to you, the money I earn from my part-time job is enough to buy you a gift. How about we make a bet. If I can buy you a piece of valuable ancient jade within a year without relying on my salary, then you give me the ancient jade in your hand. If I can't do it, then I will unconditionally agree to your three requests. How about this bet, isn't it a good deal? If I can afford a more valuable ancient jade, then you can get a piece of ancient jade with a higher value. If I fail, then you get the right to let me do three things for you. No matter what, you won't lose." Xia Tian said patiently with a smile on his face.
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