That necklace was the thing Mom loved most besides the seaside villa. It was the finale work of the most authoritative jewelry designer in France.
At the auction, the price had been bid up to two million. It was Fu Qingye who stood up and made the gesture of "lighting the sky lantern" for her.
No matter how much others bid, he would follow to the end. Finally, he won it at a price of five million and personally put it around her neck.
That was the moment when she loved him most. So even when he later became extremely possessive towards her, she endured it again and again.
Until one time, he started to want to punish her...
Thinking of these, she shook her head, not willing to recall anymore.
After going out, Gu Zhiyuan's black Maybach was already waiting at the door. He honked the horn at her.
Compared with Fu Qingye's flamboyance and Jiang Zeshen's showiness, this car was quite normal.
She walked over in a burgundy dress. Her fair oval face was delicate and bright, her long black hair fell behind her, and the knee-length hem rippled in the breeze, revealing her fair and straight calves. She walked like a beauty blooming with every step.
Gu Zhiyuan's slender fingers rested on the steering wheel as he silently admired the beauty he had carefully nurtured. All the halos around her only served to adorn her. No one could compare to her.
"Where are we going?" Shen Youjin opened the car door but didn't get in immediately. "I'm not feeling well recently, so I can't drink."
She knew Gu Zhiyuan's nature too well. This man was a smiling tiger, so it was better to make things clear beforehand.
"It's just the two of us. If you don't want to drink, you don't have to." Gu Zhiyuan hooked his lips. "Get in the car."
Only then did Shen Youjin get into the passenger seat and fasten her seat belt.
The car slowly drove out of the community. Shen Youjin thought Gu Zhiyuan would take her to their usual Western restaurant.
But this time he didn't. Gu Zhiyuan took her away from the bustling city center and stopped at the entrance of an alley.
The black Maybach couldn't get in here. Gu Zhiyuan found a place to park and then led her inside familiarly.
After walking a few dozen meters inside, Shen Youjin saw a signboard, "Zhixin Noodle Restaurant". Her pupils contracted for a moment.
Gu Zhiyuan knew her so well. She was the little lily he had nurtured with his own hands, and every emotion of hers was under his control.
"So, are you happy?" He turned his head, with a handsome smile on his gentle face. "Although it's located in an alley, there are many residents around. It shouldn't go bankrupt this time."
"Why?" Shen Youjin didn't know what to say. After thinking for a while, she asked curiously, "Don't you never do losing deals?"
In her eyes, this man had always been a shrewd businessman. He would only do things that were beneficial to him.
And this noodle restaurant, which she had loved most during her college days, couldn't make much money at all. Yet he actually bought it and reopened it?
It was strange, really strange. It was like the sun was rising from the west!
"I'm not losing money this time either." Gu Zhiyuan hooked his lips. "If I can gain more favor in your heart, how can it be considered a loss?"
This love talk came so suddenly that Shen Youjin subconsciously pursed her lips. She was always afraid of Gu Zhiyuan, especially after that incident. She felt even more disgust towards him.
Seeing her like this, Gu Zhiyuan didn't force her. "Let's go! Go in and have a look."
The boss was still the same as before. When he saw Gu Zhiyuan leading Shen Youjin in, he recognized Shen Youjin immediately and was very enthusiastic towards her.
"Long time no see. Do you still want beef noodles with extra coriander, just like before?"
Shen Youjin responded and couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth into a smile. No one could resist kindness, especially her.
Gu Zhiyuan only ordered a glass of orange juice. It was obvious that he wasn't used to eating in such a place.
If it weren't for her, maybe he would never come to such a place to dine in his whole life.
Soon, the beef noodles were served. Obviously, there were a few more slices of beef than before, and they smelled delicious.
The boss said it was a privilege for old customers. Shen Youjin looked at Gu Zhiyuan, and Gu Zhiyuan was looking at her with a complicated look in his eyes.
Even though she was wearing a dress worth tens of thousands of yuan and expensive jewelry around her neck.
But the way he looked at her was as if she was still that helpless little girl, making her feel exposed.
"Xiaojin, I don't expect you to come back to me immediately, but can you consider forgiving me?"
After the boss left, Gu Zhiyuan's voice seemed to have some kind of magic, instantly pulling her back to that night.
That was the sweetest time between her and Gu Zhiyuan. He had rescued her from the pain of being abandoned by Li Nanchuan, showed her the beauty of the world, and given her everything she had never had before.
He bought her the most beautiful dresses, the most precious jewelry, took her into the upper class, and taught her etiquette and the ways of the world.
She thought Gu Zhiyuan was her future, until one night when she came back from a trip to Germany, excited to share her adventures with him.
But through the door, she heard Gu Zhiyuan talking on the phone in a tone of contempt she had never heard before.
"She's very beautiful. I've spent money and time training her in all aspects. She has to pay something in return... Reluctant? Hehe, Mr. Zhao won't treat her badly. Maybe one day she'll come back and thank me..."
These words were like thunder, striking her from heaven to hell. The gift she had specially bought for him almost fell to the ground.
The Mr. Zhao that Gu Zhiyuan mentioned was someone she had met just a week ago. He was over fifty years old, and his lecherous look at her was really disgusting.
Gu Zhiyuan noticed her unhappiness and gave her a card to go out and play. She thought he really meant well for her.
But in the end, he wanted to give her to that old lecher Mr. Zhao?
From that day on, the beautiful dream was shattered, and she started to find ways to escape from Gu Zhiyuan's control.
Now that Gu Zhiyuan brought up the old matter again, Shen Youjin still couldn't forgive him in her heart.
She was even a little scared. If the child in her belly was really Gu Zhiyuan's, would he just ask her to have an abortion?
No matter how gently he smiled at her at this moment, she couldn't forget that he had wanted to sell her like a commodity. She couldn't tell him that she was pregnant.
"It's all in the past." Shen Youjin looked up, her clear eyes looking at him. "It was you who taught me not to look back."
Hearing this, Gu Zhiyuan was slightly stunned for a moment, and then a faint smile crept into his voice, but that smile sounded cold.
"It seems you really intend to cut ties with me?"
In the past, no matter what she was doing, as long as it was his message or his call, she would reply to him immediately.
But now, she simply ignored him, and there were more and more men around her. It was really annoying!
"Teacher..." Shen Youjin didn't know what he was thinking, but she rarely called him by the old title. "It was you who taught me that people should... seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Right?"