Chapter 161: Suspicion

Because of Chris's own situation, they naturally could not stroll down the street like an ordinary couple or go to crowded public places; he was wearing a mask and sunglasses, and even though he had covered himself thoroughly, many people still recognized him.

"Chris! Are you Chris?" In Luocheng's most prosperous shopping mall, while Chris was accompanying Yang Yi to wait for ice cream, a female fan shouted excitedly, drawing the attention of many passersby.

Yang Yi skillfully stepped back one step automatically, took the shopping bags from Chris's hands, and pretended to be his assistant and lackey.

"No, I am not." Chris suppressed his emotions; even though his cultivation was good, being repeatedly interrupted during a date made him somewhat impatient. Moreover, seeing Yang Yi standing behind him and keeping her distance, this impatience escalated into a surge of anger.

"No! You are!" Another young girl shrieked; she glanced at her reflection in the glass to check her appearance, seemed relatively satisfied, then immediately opened her phone's camera mode, "Can we take a photo together?"

Seeing more and more people gathering around, Chris sighed, pulled Yang Yi close, and said, "Everyone, I am shopping with my girlfriend; please give us some private time, okay?"

Yang Yi raised an eyebrow and looked up at him.

The crowd instantly became noisy, clamoring like five hundred ducks.

"No! Who is this woman?"

"He actually fell in love! When did it start?"

"He even admitted it in public! This has never happened before! No! I can't accept it!"

People either whispered to each other or shouted loudly; in the distance, reporters' flashlights were already flashing continuously and approaching rapidly.

Chris held her half-embraced in his arms, used his other hand to carve a path through the crowd, quickly escaped the surrounding crowd, and muttered angrily in her ear: "No one can recognize you! Moreover, we are on a date, not sneaking around! Don't stay so far from me!"

But the crowd grew larger; having no choice, Chris had to hide with Yang Yi in a luxury store requiring membership, waiting for his assistant John and bodyguards to arrive.

"I've messed everything up!" Chris tore off his mask and sunglasses and said dejectedly.

Yang Yi's emotions were very stable; "Didn't you anticipate this possibility before we went out?" she said calmly, even patting his back comfortingly.

She had already grown accustomed to everything not going as people wished, accustomed to all expectations resulting in disappointment, to the point where she took it for granted.

"No, my expectation was not like this!" Chris waved his hand, "In my expectation, you shop crazily, I swipe my card crazily, the items are so many they need a truck to transport back, then we go to the best restaurant in this city, enjoy a candlelit dinner watching the night view—and then... and then..." Under Yang Yi's playful gaze, he smiled mischievously, "You know... but, all of this is just the two of us! No crowd watching, no getting stuck here unable to leave, no damn reporters!"

Yang Yi smiled gently.

She looked around; various jewels shimmered with dazzling, imposing light in the glass display cases. Van Yak, one of the world's most expensive jewelry brands, and this membership-only store was probably worth a fortune.

"Actually, this place isn't bad; it's quite quiet, and women all love jewelry." Yang Yi said to Chris with a smile: "Today I'm going to max out your card here."

Chris couldn't help but laugh, "Then I am the most honored person in the world!"

When all governments, organizations, and individuals in the world struggle desperately and cannot get the chance to spend money for her, and she alone chooses you, and is only willing to spend your money, isn't this a kind of honor? No, this is a distinction!

Yang Yi walked casually between the counters, with Chris following closely behind.

She looked at this, looked at that, thinking every piece was beautiful. Whenever her gaze lingered on something for more than three seconds, Chris would immediately instruct the manager accompanying them to wrap it up.

The sales Young Lady behind the counter, initially enthusiastic and polite, gradually could no longer control her expression.

Is this A-list Hollywood star crazy?

To win this woman's favor, he had spent thirty million Card Yuan in the store in just ten minutes!

The sales clerk glanced indifferently at his female companion—this woman wasn't even as pretty as her! Moreover, her figure was too flat!

Thinking of this, she involuntarily turned sideways to look at her reflection in the mirror; blonde hair, blue eyes, a figure with graceful curves. She seemed to see a Jin Shan easily dug up by a broken hoe, while her own sharper hoe had no place to be used.

"Do you have sapphires here?" Yang Yi turned her head, carefully observed Chris's azure blue eyes for a while, and said to the manager: "Sapphires as beautiful as his eyes, the most expensive kind!"

The manager was a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes, possessing the reserve and thoroughness expected of a luxury counter manager, "Of course, we just received a 315-carat sapphire from Sri Lanka, originally prepared for auction at Christie's, but due to the Sky Anomaly Spatial Channel incident six days ago, the auction has been indefinitely postponed..."

"Please bring it over immediately!" Chris said impatiently, seeming even more anxious than Yang Yi.

The manager quickly retrieved a beautifully decorated box from the vault, opened it in front of them, and an oval sapphire the size of a quail egg appeared before them.

"The color is too dark, not like..." Yang Yi leaned in to look, "It's deep blue, not azure blue... and it's not as beautiful as I imagined..." she suddenly said with a sigh.

Chris felt a strange jump in his heart.

He immediately asked the manager: "Are there other sapphires? With a lighter color?"

Seeing they were dissatisfied, the manager also grew a bit anxious, "Of course, but the carat weight might not be this high, nor as pure as this one... actually, the color of this sapphire is called Royal Blue..."

"Bring all the sapphires you have here." Chris cut him off.

The manager immediately instructed the sales staff to display all the sapphires in the store before them.

Yang Yi glanced once, picked out a round one from the varying shades of blue, held it up before Chris's eyes, "This color barely approaches your eyes."

The manager seemed to sigh with relief, "This is a Cornflower Blue Sapphire, the purity is also very high, reaching VVSI purity, but it is only 36 carats..."

"Making a ring would be perfect." Yang Yi said to Chris with a smile, "You know? I used to secretly compare you to a sapphire I could never afford."

"Now, I have automatically jumped to your front." Chris's lips were a bit dry; a bad feeling spread in his heart, and he didn't know why.

"Yes..." she sighed faintly, as if lost in thought.

She went to a booth to rest; Chris swiped his card and had them pack all the jewelry Yang Yi had looked at and send it to the villa.

"Do you know someone has been watching you?"

Just as Chris sat down in the booth before her, not yet settled, Yang Yi suddenly asked coldly, "No, perhaps it should be said—we."

Chris's pupils contracted; he suddenly turned his head to observe the surroundings, his expression alert.

Yang Yi looked at him indifferently.

"Let's go!" Chris said resentfully, stood up, and was about to pull her away.

"It seems you know who it is?" Yang Yi's tone was very light; she played with the Cornflower Blue Sapphire in her hand and looked up at the camera inside the store.

Along this shopping trip, many cameras had been following their figures and swaying indifferently.

"Except for the Ark Government, who else could it be?" Chris smiled bitterly, filled with sorrow at her suddenly changed attitude; he knew she had started to suspect him—perhaps she had never trusted him.

At this moment, a sudden wave of desolate emptiness surged up, sucking all the strength from his body; everything lost its meaning.

Yang Yi silently observed him for a while, then suddenly comforted softly: "Actually, the news that we are dating isn't hard to guess, is it? Even Zhang Zhang Ningning could deduce it."

After a long pause, Chris gritted his teeth and said, "How dare they?"

Yang Yi smiled lightly, "Probably, because I have never killed anyone?"