Chi Yu's eyes widened as he quickly clarified, "Wait a minute, wait a minute. What are you talking nonsense about? Who's together with whom?"
Lu Wenxi was full of confidence, firmly believing in what Qing Mian had said in the hospital about the possibility of them being together. "Aren't you and Sister Wang Lan together? Mianbao saw it! You still don't admit it! You're such a scumbag! I really misjudged you. None of my brother's friends are good. They're all in cahoots!"
Chi Yu looked at Qing Mian in disbelief and pointed at Wang Lan. "Which eye of yours saw me being together with her?"
Qing Mian replied, "Both of my eyes saw it..."
She murmured softly, "It was the first time I saw you and a girl together. Isn't this being together..."
Chi Yu was shocked by her words. He held his forehead and sighed. "So this means being together? I also sent you to your dorm alone. Does that mean we're together too?"
Chi Yu said this on the spur of the moment, deliberately throwing in something of his own.
He wanted to see Qing Mian's reaction.
Qing Mian also knew that she had made a big blunder. She lowered her head and was too embarrassed to say a word.
In Lu Wenxi's eyes, it seemed that Qing Mian was too scared to speak after being shouted at by Chi Yu. She reached out and stood in front of Qing Mian. "Don't make such random comparisons. Qing Mian is my younger sister. How can it be the same? It's only natural for you to send your sister to the dorm, isn't it?"
Chi Yu was almost driven crazy by her ability to talk nonsense. "Let me tell you, Lu Wenxi. Don't meddle in other people's business all day long. You're spreading rumors by saying that I'm in a relationship. Do you know that? I can sue you."
"You're a coward! Are you a real man? I even called you brother. Humph! You went shopping with Sister Wang Lan. You changed your shoes and your clothes were neat. You still don't admit it. You're really a scumbag."
The more Lu Wenxi talked, the more excited she became. The more Chi Yu refuted, the more she believed that this was a real scoop. All the CP pairs she shipped were like this. They always denied it to the outside world. It almost made her mad. She didn't expect Chi Yu to play this trick too.
Wang Lan, who was standing beside them, couldn't stand it anymore. She pulled Lu Wenxi. "Xiaoxi, you're wrong. Chi Yu and I are not together."
Lu Wenxi said, "Sister Wang Lan, why are you also speaking for him?"
Wang Lan twitched the corner of her mouth and said seriously, "Really. We're just ordinary friends. We're not in a relationship. You misunderstood."
"Really?" Lu Wenxi was still skeptical.
"Really!" Wang Lan said firmly.
Only then did Lu Wenxi believe Wang Lan's words. She looked at Chi Yu awkwardly. "Well, um, Brother Chi Yu, don't take it to heart. Just think of it as being bitten by a dog. You can't bite it back, right? You're a magnanimous person. Forgive me. Don't tell my brother that I scolded you."
Chi Yu didn't say a word. He looked down at her disdainfully.
Lu Wenxi's heart skipped a beat. She had seen Chi Yu's black-bellied side before. She thought she had caught a scumbag, but it turned out to be a big misunderstanding. She felt even more flustered when she met his eyes.
"Brother Chi Yu, even if I owe you a favor, okay? I'll be your servant in the future. As long as it's within my power, I'll do anything you tell me without hesitation!"
Chi Yu's eyes flashed. A faint smile appeared on his lips, but he still didn't say a word.
Lu Wenxi became even more panicked. She was almost on her knees. She looked at Chi Yu pleadingly. "Please."
Chi Yu cleared his throat and then said slowly, "Remember what you said. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that my mouth won't accidentally let something slip one day."
"I remember, I remember. I'll definitely remember." Lu Wenxi nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
Qing Mian admired Lu Wenxi's ability to scold and then quickly admit her mistake. One second she was scolding, and the next second she was apologizing. She was really adaptable. The Lu family would surely reach new heights in her hands.
Hearing Chi Yu's words, Qing Mian finally felt relieved. At home, Lu Wenxi could do whatever she wanted, but scolding others randomly was the bottom line for Lu Wenxuan. Unfortunately, she just couldn't change her poisonous tongue.
After Lu Wenxi had coaxed Chi Yu, she fawned on him like a sycophant. "Brother Chi Yu, I heard that you're quite an expert on jadeite. Could you help me pick something?"
Chi Yu curled his lips and picked out a pair of bracelets of rare quality for her.
Lu Wenxi was very satisfied. She put them on and gave him a thumbs up. "Sure enough, Brother Chi Yu has a discerning eye."
Just then, the shop owner lifted the curtain. He was holding a delicate sandalwood box in his hand. He walked up to Chi Yu. "Mr. Chi, this is the jade pendant you asked for."
Chi Yu took the box, opened it and took a look. Two seconds later, he closed it and thanked the shop owner.
Lu Wenxi only caught a glimpse of it before Chi Yu closed the box.
Even in those two seconds, Lu Wenxi could clearly tell that the jade pendant was made of the purest glassy jadeite, the best of its kind. It was a rare and extremely valuable item even in the auction market.
"You don't even have a girlfriend. Who are you buying this for?" Lu Wenxi accidentally blurted out her thoughts.
She carefully glanced at Chi Yu.
Unexpectedly, this time he didn't deny it. He just gave her a meaningful smile.
Lu Wenxi felt a chill down her spine when she saw his smile. She quickly averted her eyes.
...
After leaving the shop, Chi Yu left with Wang Lan, while Lu Wenxi left with Qing Mian.
Before getting into the car, Lu Wenxi didn't forget to wave goodbye to Chi Yu with a big smile on her face.
As soon as she got into the car, Lu Wenxi's expression changed instantly. She reached out and rubbed her cheeks, which were a bit stiff from smiling. "Damn it. Smiling is so tiring."
Qing Mian was amused by her. "Why are you so afraid of him?"
Lu Wenxi started the car and stepped on the accelerator. "Aren't you afraid of him?"
Qing Mian thought for a moment before answering, "I don't know how to put it. It's more like dislike than fear."
Lu Wenxi subconsciously asked, "Why do you dislike him? He's handsome." Lu Wenxi was a complete face-control. In her eyes, good looks were justice.
On this point, Qing Mian also agreed. "He is quite handsome. The dislike I'm talking about is not for his face. I don't like the way he always teases me and calls me a crybaby. He even acts as my brother's personal monitor at school to keep an eye on me. I don't like this feeling."
"Keep an eye on you?!" Lu Wenxi shouted in disbelief. But soon she came to her senses and frowned. "But it doesn't seem like Brother Chi Yu would do such a thing. Maybe you're just being too sensitive?"
Qing Mian didn't know how to describe the look in Chi Yu's eyes when he looked at her to Lu Wenxi. She had never seen such a look in his eyes before, nor had she ever seen him look at anyone like that. She didn't understand the meaning in his eyes. Maybe it was just surveillance.
She couldn't think of any other reason.
At night, Lu Wenxi was lying in bed happily catching up on dramas. The company had been too busy recently, and she had a lot of dramas to watch. She had just turned on the TV when her phone rang.
She thought it was something about the company again. She was just about to scold someone when she saw the note: Brother Chi Yu.
She quickly picked up her phone and opened the chat box. She saw a few words from the other side:
[It's time to repay the favor.]