More than ten minutes later, Gu Zhiyuan drove his black Maybach and sent her back to her place.
When getting out of the car, Shen Youjin took off the necklace and held it out to him.
The blood - red ruby sparkled in the setting sun. If it were from someone else, she might have accepted it. But this was Gu Zhiyuan. She didn't know what price she would have to pay in return, so she didn't dare to take it!
"What's given to you is yours." Gu Zhiyuan held the steering wheel and glanced at her indifferently through the half - open car window. "Consider it compensation for you."
Shen Youjin was a bit surprised at his words. Compensation?
"You don't owe me any compensation. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have had the chance to see another side of the world and experience those wonderful things I'd never encountered before. We're already even!"
"There's no reason to take back what's been given away." Gu Zhiyuan gave a soft laugh. His air of nobility was undeniable. "Go back. If you need anything, you can always come back to me. This is a privilege I'm giving you."
After saying that, he rolled up the car window and drove away directly. Only Shen Youjin was left standing there with the necklace in her hand. She pursed her lips slightly. "Sly old fox!"
When she got home, it was getting dark. She curled up on the sofa, studying information about the consciousness of pregnant women and things to note. She didn't even notice the messages from Fu Qingye.
It was only when she put down the book that she took a look at her phone, and she had an urge to block this hot - tempered young master.
There were more than a dozen messages, all interrogating her. It wasn't her who had poured sugar and honey into his car engine. Why was he taking it out on her?
She rubbed her temples. She felt that if things continued like this, Fu Qingye would do something more extreme. So she picked up her phone and replied, "If you really hate me this much, block me right now. I won't appear in front of you again."
The other person was typing, but it took a long time before she received Fu Qingye's reply. He seemed like a helpless child.
"You always ignore me. I'm really annoyed."
Shen Youjin could even imagine what he looked like at this moment. She found this man even more inexplicable.
He used to ignore her messages. He always had all kinds of excuses, and the most common one was, "I'm not having contact with other women. I just didn't reply to your messages. Is that really a big deal?"
But now he expected her to reply to his messages immediately. He was such a double - standard person.
Especially now that they had broken up, why was he still acting like this?
"I have my own things to be busy with. And you still haven't answered the question I asked you, right?"
Taking this opportunity, she wanted to get some useful information from Fu Qingye. But after waiting for a while, her message seemed to have disappeared without a trace. He didn't reply anymore.
Shen Youjin really wanted to hit him with a hammer. What on earth was he doing? Why was he avoiding this message? Could it be... this child was really his?
For the first time, she was worried that her child would have such a hot - tempered and controlling father!
Early the next morning, when Shen Youjin woke up, she checked her phone. There was only a message from Bai Beichen: "Good morning, sister! Are you still mad at me?"
Disappointment flashed in Shen Youjin's eyes. Fu Qingye still hadn't replied. This damn man was really good at messing with her emotions!
But soon she pulled herself together and remembered what Gu Zhiyuan had told her when he sent her back.
The girl she met in the dessert shop was Chi Tingwan, the eldest daughter of the Chi family. The Chi family intended to form a marriage alliance with the Bai family, and it was said that the two had already met.
But now, Bai Beichen was sending her messages as if nothing had happened. She didn't even want to reply with a single word.
After washing up and having breakfast, she drove to the mall alone. There was nothing more soothing than shopping.
While her figure still allowed her to wear beautiful dresses, she bought to her heart's content. In a few months when her pregnancy showed, she wouldn't be able to wear these beautiful dresses for at least a year.
When trying on the latest pair of sandals, Shen Youjin always felt a malicious gaze on her in the dark. When she turned around, she saw a man in black.
She suddenly remembered that this man had been following her all the way!
Just as she was hesitating whether to pay the bill and go home, a hand reached out with a card and handed it to the clerk. "Wrap up all the pairs she tried on."
Shen Youjin was stunned. She saw that Li Nanchuan had somehow walked into the store and was looking at her with a worried expression.
She turned to look outside the store, and the man had disappeared. She even suspected that everything just now was an illusion.
"Wait!" She quickly reacted and stopped the clerk. "I don't know him. I'll pay myself!"
The clerk, who was originally about to take the card and leave, was at a loss when she heard Shen Youjin's words. She glanced back and forth between the two of them.
Both of them looked wealthy. She didn't know whose words to follow for a moment.
Seeing the clerk like this, Shen Youjin immediately said, "If you let him pay, I'll return everything right away!"
Hearing this, the clerk immediately returned the card to Li Nanchuan. After all, Shen Youjin was already a level - 6 VIP here. If she really stopped coming because of this, the clerk might lose her job.
"Sorry, sir. We have to follow the customer's wishes."
Li Nanchuan looked at Shen Youjin, then at the flat sandals on the ground. Something flashed through his mind, but he couldn't catch it. What followed was a surge of sadness. Did she hate him so much that she wouldn't even give him a chance to be nice to her?
Shen Youjin ignored him. She chose two pairs and went to the front desk. Her back was still as charming as ever.
Li Nanchuan stood still. He looked at her back, then turned to look outside the store. His expression became solemn.
Before he entered the store, he saw a suspicious man wearing all black and a cap.
The man looked gloomy and decadent, just like some of the prisoners he had seen in the detention center.
And the man was looking exactly at the place where Shen Youjin had been trying on shoes. His sense of vigilance was immediately aroused.
Just then, Shen Youjin had paid the bill and walked out of the store with the bags in her hand. Without thinking, he followed her.
Shen Youjin looked back at him. Li Nanchuan didn't say a word. For some reason, he just followed her from behind.
If it were someone else, she would think he was a stalker. But this was Li Nanchuan. This man was so upright that it was almost abnormal!
She opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat. She was about to drive home directly, but thinking of the disturbing eyes of the man in black, she deliberately drove around a few more times.
On normal days, she might not have been so cautious, but now that she was pregnant, she had to be more careful.
For some reason, she had a bad dream that night, and her heart was pounding.
It wasn't until the next day when she went to the company that Lin Tang suddenly rushed to her workstation with a shocked look on her face, holding out her phone.
"Sister Youjin, look at this news! A man was arrested near Xinyue Street. He even had a syringe on him. It's so scary!"
Shen Youjin looked at the news page in front of her. Her blood almost rushed to her head. Xinyue Street was where she lived, and wasn't this the man she had seen in the mall?
She felt a chill run down her spine. No wonder Li Nanchuan had looked at her with such a worried expression. He must have noticed something!
Thinking of this, she immediately opened the chat window with Li Nanchuan. She had a hunch that Li Nanchuan was behind this!