aircannonsinc Chapter 564: Zhang Guan Li Dai
Chapter 564: Zhang Guan Li Dai
Jian Yi looked at the shopping cart full of clothes, and her heart sank a little bit. She hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help but pull his arm and asked in a low voice: "Su Yang, these...are these picked for me?"
Su Yang turned around with a matter-of-fact smile on his face, like a child waiting to be praised: "Yeah, who else can I choose for you? Look at this one, and this one, I think they both suit you very well." He pointed to one of the white shirts, "You will look really good in this when you report."
Jian Yi's fingertips were cold, and the feeling of being warmed by the heat in the breakfast shop just now was gone. She looked at the pure enthusiasm in Su Yang's eyes, opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say. The words of rejection were stuck in her throat, but looking at his expectant eyes, she couldn't say it.
The shopping cart was still being filled up. Su Yang was in high spirits, as if he had discovered some interesting treasure. He kept choosing while muttering, "I need to wear new clothes when school starts. I should buy a few more to change into. Oh, and I also need to buy a pair of comfortable shoes, so that I can be more convenient during military training..."
Jian Yi's eyes seemed to be drawn by an invisible thread, scanning the clothes in the shopping cart one by one. She didn't dare to calculate it carefully. The price of the white shirt with tiny pearls alone was equivalent to her mother's hard-earned money for a year, not to mention the seemingly simple cashmere coat next to it. The number behind it made her heart tremble.
The things in this cart totaled at least hundreds of thousands, a sum she had never dared to imagine before.
She took a deep breath, feeling as if something was blocking her chest, making her feel suffocated. Su Yang's money didn't come from the wind. From the beginning when she was kidnapped by the ogre, it was he who took off his coat so that she could wrap up her remaining self-esteem. Later, she was taken to the demon world, and was killed by a palm strike with a hook, and it was he who saved her from the brink of death.
Then there was the 150,000 gambling debt he paid off for the family, the bank card he had just stuffed into the canvas bag, and the priceless night pearl... She already owed too much, so much that it was like a snowball, and she couldn't even think of paying it back.
"Su Yang," she suddenly grabbed his arm as he was still adding things to the shopping cart, her voice so low that it was almost drowned out by the background music in the mall, "Let's... put these back."
Su Yang was holding a pair of sneakers and gesturing. He was stunned when he heard the words and turned to look at her: "What's wrong? Don't you like it? Then let's pick something else?"
"It's not that I don't like it," Jian Yi's eyes were a little hot, "it's... it's too expensive. I can't take your things anymore. You have helped me so much, really... too much."
Su Yang finally understood her concerns, scratched his head and laughed, "Hey, it's no big deal. Aren't we good friends? What's wrong with good friends buying things for each other?"
"This is different!" Jian Yi pinched his arm anxiously, "I've already had enough of these. I really can't have these."
Su Yang looked at her tense profile, and the smile on his lips slowly faded. He knew her temper. Although she seemed gentle, she was stubborn in her bones, like a small grass that could take root in the cracks of rocks and refused to bow down easily.
"Okay, okay, can't we just not buy so much?" He sighed, but didn't put all the things back. He just picked out a few of the most common ones, a light gray cotton T-shirt, a pair of washed blue jeans, and a pair of white canvas shoes. "Just these few pieces, is that okay? They are all the most common styles, just right for you to wear to school, not too expensive."
Jian Yi wanted to refuse, but Su Yang had already put the remaining items back on the shelf and walked to the checkout counter carrying those items.
The young lady scanned the code and packed the food quickly, but the number she reported still made Jian Yi's heart jump. When Su Yang scanned the code to pay, she turned her head away and stared at the ground, the tip of her shoe rubbing against the smooth marble, as if she was competing with herself.
"Okay, done!" Su Yang turned around with the bag in his hand. Seeing that she was still looking down, he waved his hand in front of her eyes. "Why are you listless again? I told you not to think too much. Just think of it as my early gift to you for the start of school."
Jian Yi raised his head, looked at her for a moment, and then quickly looked away: "But I..."
"No buts." Su Yang stuffed the bag into her hands, and said in a softer tone, "If you really feel bad, when you get a job in the future, you can pay me back ten or a hundred times. Don't refuse to pay me then."
He deliberately said it lightly and raised his little finger to her, "Pink?"
Jian Yi looked at his outstretched fingers, with distinct knuckles and neatly trimmed nails. The morning light shone through the glass dome of the mall onto his hands, making them look like they were coated with a layer of gold. She hesitated for a long time, and finally gently hooked his fingertips.
Before they knew it, it was almost noon. The sun shone through the glass curtain wall of the mall, casting mottled light and shadows on the ground. Su Yang glanced at his phone, smiled and patted Jian Yi's shoulder: "Let's go, I'll take you to eat something good to celebrate our upcoming college life."
Before Jian Yi could react, he stuffed her into the car. The car moved smoothly through the traffic and finally stopped in front of a building that looked like a castle. There were carved iron fences and glass doors that were bright enough to reflect people's shadows. A waiter in a black suit stood at the door. When he bent down to open the car door for them, his white gloves made his fingers look particularly slender.
"This is..." Jian Yi clutched the corner of his clothes, his feet seemed to be nailed to the spot.
"It's a western restaurant. The food here is pretty good. Let me take you to try it." Su Yang naturally led her inside. The warmth of his fingertips passed through the fabric, but it did not let her relax at all.
As soon as I entered the room, the melodious sound of violin filled my ears, like a soft net, gently wrapping my ears. The crystal chandelier refracted tiny lights, which fell on the dining table covered with a snow-white tablecloth. In front of each seat was a polished silver knife and fork, and the neatly folded napkins looked like a budding flower.
There is a light scent of cream in the air, mixed with the subtle fragrance of flowers, the smoky smell of the breakfast shop, and the fragrance of the shopping mall, which are all different, clear and noble.
Jian Yi subconsciously looked down at her washed-out cotton skirt, then glanced at the exquisite dress and high heels of the lady next to her. Her fingers unconsciously tightened the strap of her canvas bag, and her cheeks became hot.
Everything here was out of tune with her, as if she had accidentally entered another world.
"Why don't you leave?" Su Yang turned around and saw her standing at the door with obvious restraint in her eyes. He immediately understood and took her hand, "It's okay, it's just a meal, don't be nervous.
"This way, please." The waiter led them to the window seat and pulled out the chair so quietly that it made almost no sound.
When Jian Yi sat down, the hem of her skirt was caught by the chair, and she hurriedly reached out to smooth it.
Su Yang opposite had already picked up the menu. As he flipped through it, his fingertips slid across the leather cover, making a slight sound, which seemed a bit abrupt in this overly quiet environment.
"Look at what you want to eat?" Su Yang pushed the menu in front of her, "Their fillet steak is quite tender, how about trying it?"
Jian Yi looked at the dense foreign words on the menu and felt overwhelmed. She had never been to a Western restaurant in her life and didn't even know how to hold a knife and fork, let alone understand the names.
She swiped her fingertips across the menu for a long time, her eyes fell on the bottom line, and saw the words "vegetable salad". It was like she had grabbed a life-saving straw: "I... I'll just eat this."
"Just salad?" Su Yang frowned. "That won't do. We still need to eat some staple food." He closed the menu and waved to the waiter. "First, two fillet steaks, medium rare, and a plate of cream mushroom pasta, a vegetable salad, and two glasses of lemonade. Thank you."
After the waiter left, Jian Yi carefully placed the napkin on her legs, but she didn't know where to put her fingers. The lady at the next table was cutting the steak gently with a silver fork, her movements were as graceful as dancing, and she looked at the knife and fork placed side by side in front of her, fork in left hand, knife in right hand, or knife in left hand, fork in right hand, her mind was in a mess.
"Don't be nervous." Su Yang saw her uneasiness and picked up the knife and fork to demonstrate, "It's actually very simple. Hold the meat with the fork in your left hand and cut it slowly with the knife in your right hand. It's almost the same as using chopsticks."
He demonstrated by cutting a piece of bread and handed it to her: "Fill your stomach first?"
Jian Yi took the bread, thanked him quietly, broke the bread into small pieces and stuffed them into his mouth, his throat becoming tight from the dryness.