Never mind him

Author: Zhong Lin

"This is the South Sea pearl I got."

Lou Qi didn't know that Su Xiaomu was complaining about him in his mind at this moment, so he took out a wooden box and gave it to Su Xiaomu like a magic trick. He opened the box like a treasure, and inside lay a pearl as big as a child's fist.

"My caravan accidentally exchanged this for the caravan from the south. I think this is very suitable for you. The pearls are bright and white. It is Miss Su that I am talking about."

"I do like this thing a little bit. Why don't you deduct the money for this pearl from the money you haven't given me yet, and I will pay you to buy it."

Su Xiaomu picked up the pearl from the wooden box and played with it fondly.

Not to mention, such a big pearl is round and white, and every inch of it is in her aesthetic point.

Whether it is taken home as an ornament or mounted on a crown, it is extremely rare.

"Do you and I have to be so clear-cut?" Lou Qi was helpless, "Aren't you and I friends? Why should we care about the value of a gift between friends?"

"It's just because we are friends that we have to be more clear-minded." Su Xiaomu replied to him while admiring the beauty of the pearl, "There is no reward for no merit, and the value of this thing is not as ordinary as you said. If you

I wouldn’t dare take such a valuable thing home without taking my money.”

Su Xiaomu has to spend her own money to buy things she likes. Gifts from others are just in vain, let alone gifts from men.

"Okay, then it's up to you."

The two of them chatted for a while about the pearl. Su Xiaomu had other things to do in the afternoon, so he took the pearl and left after guessing the time.

She walked on the front foot and Lou Qi left on the back. Su Xiaomu did not meet Gu Jingcheng who came to the restaurant with him, but Lou Qi bumped into him face to face.

"Why are you here?" Gu Jingcheng frowned as soon as he saw Lou Qi. He felt slightly physically uncomfortable, "Are you and Xiaomu together?"

Gu Jingcheng's heart couldn't stop sinking. He was going to the capital to prepare for spring. Before leaving, he wanted to see Su Xiaomu again. It would be best if he could talk to her.

After all, it was his bad attitude that night. He wanted to meet Su Xiaomu and say sorry to her, even though she might still be unwilling to accept his apology as before.

But these days, Gu Jingcheng has already figured it out in his heart.

He likes Su Xiaomu. In all the past years, he has really fallen in love with her and only likes her.

The feeling of liking someone is different from the feeling of liking reading. Gu Jingcheng likes reading because reading can change his destiny. Through reading, he can make his family live a good life in the future.

But I like Su Xiaomu, but I only think about him, so that he can live a good life.

Although he knew that Su Xiaomu didn't like him.

But people always have to learn to persist. He is willing to spend time on Su Xiaomu and is willing to wait for her to like him as much as he likes her.

But when Gu Jingcheng saw Lou Qi, his thoughts slowly started to crack.

"Of course Madam Su and I have something to discuss here. I didn't invite you, and you two didn't come together. So, you are following Madam Su."

Men always have the ability to detect each other's true intentions instantly. Lou Qi looked at Gu Jingcheng with interest, not missing every inch from head to toe.

Looking at his knees, Lou Qi said: "Your legs are healed, and you can continue to participate in the Chunwei University to find a way out, but what if you can participate in the imperial examination as you wish? It is not that easy for a poor student to get ahead.

Come on, I just gave Mrs. Su a pearl today. Although the price of a pearl as big as a fist in the South China Sea is not very expensive, how many years will it take you to afford it with your meager salary in the future?"

When Su Xiaomu was away, Lou Qi naturally picked the things he didn't like to hear when talking to Gu Jingcheng.

People from the Western Regions don't have a good impression of people from the Central Plains like Gu Jingcheng who are dedicated to the imperial examination.

Students from poor families, they only study to get ahead and change their own destiny. How much do they really like what is written in the book? That is not necessarily true.

Especially people like Gu Jingcheng, who mostly rely on the money earned by the women in the family to support their family while studying.

"What does it have to do with you how I live my life in the future?" Gu Jingcheng clenched his fists and returned upstairs coldly, "Even if you have a fortune, you are still not allowed to enter the capital as you like, you are not allowed to wear brocade, and you have to kneel when you meet an official.

You may look down upon me, but no matter how small a mosquito’s legs are, people like you from the Western Regions are incapable of getting involved.”

Su Xiaomu was not here, and Gu Jingcheng didn't like to hear anything Lou Qi said.

He rolled up his sleeves with a cold face and left, leaving Lou Qi, who looked even uglier than him at the moment, standing alone.

Gu Jingcheng went to the dessert shop.

He didn't believe that Su Xiaomu would be willing to accept Lou Qi's gift, which was such a precious South Sea pearl.

In the past, whenever the two of them got along, Su Xiaomu was unwilling to spend his money. If he hadn't taken the initiative to give gifts several times, there would have been no contact at all between them.

Gu Jingcheng quietly arrived at the door of the dessert shop.

He sat at the stall opposite and ordered some food, and then sat in front of Su Xiaomu's shop for the whole day.

Su Xiaomu collected the pearls. Gu Jingcheng sat here for a day and saw Zhao Mu and Zhao Lin.

Although he was very unhappy with Su Xiaomu now, Zhao Mu and Zhao Lin would still come to say hello when they saw him.

Gu Jingcheng learned from them that one of Su Xiaomu's friends gave her a gift. She was originally unwilling to accept it, but because she really liked it, she did not refuse it.

Gu Jingcheng also saw Su Xiaomu coming in and out several times here. He felt like his heart was twisting like a knife all day long, and there was always a breath that he couldn't let go.

Su Xiaomu also knew in the shop that Gu Jingcheng was outside, and Shi Zhu had already been angry with Zhao Mu and the others.

"Mr. Gu has been out all day. Madam, do you want to invite him in for a chat?"

Shi Zhu always felt that the quarrel between Su Xiaomu and Gu Jingcheng gave her a very awkward feeling.

But she couldn't tell what the specific awkwardness was at the moment.

"Let him do whatever he wants. If he likes to stay outside, he can stay outside. Besides, we are open for business and welcome visitors from all directions. We have not said that we will turn him away or not allow him to come in to eat."

Su Xiaomu was eating the iced drink that Aunt Zhao had just made by himself, feeling very comfortable and happy.

Although it is winter, I still crave this bite occasionally.

As for Gu Jingcheng...

Su Xiaomu looked in the direction outside the door. She could only see people outside the door, but she didn't know where Gu Jingcheng was.
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