Chapter 66

"If I want to give it, I give it." Huo Jingcheng bit down on his cigarette, a thin wisp of blue-white smoke rising in curls. His voice was truly indifferent, his deep, pitch-black eyes sweeping over Su Ruoyun, who kept her head bowed, as if by chance.

Hearing this, Su Ruoyun pursed her lips slightly, raised her fingers, and made a move to undo the clasp of the bracelet, her lips parting slightly, "Return—" to you.

Seeing this, he suddenly stretched out his long arm, covered the back of her hand, and suppressed her movement. His warm palm fit snugly against her slender little hand, the scorching temperature spreading instantly like an electric current, fleeting and gone.

Using an indisputable tone, he cut off her words: "Wear it."

Not far away, a Cullinan slowly drove out from the basement. The light from the headlights illuminated the pine in the circular altar, making it transparent and bright. The branches and leaves of the pine seemed to be plated with a silver edge, and every vein was clearly visible.

After saying this, Huo Jingcheng turned around neatly and walked toward his car with steady steps. The evening breeze blew slowly, brushing past the hem of his shirt, making it flutter in the wind.

Su Ruoyun watched the Cullinan drive away from the art center until its figure disappeared at the end of her line of sight.

After a while, she followed her memory and walked into the small exhibition hall at the back of the art center again. The auction was over, the exhibits were more than half gone, and the lights in the exhibition hall had dimmed. In the large space, it was empty, with only a few staff members handling things.

Ten minutes later.

Peng Ran raised his hand to open the car door, his eyes falling on Su Ruoyun standing on the steps. Seeing that she had no reaction, he couldn't help but remind her: "Miss Su, Miss Su."

He called out twice in succession before Su Ruoyun seemed to wake up from a dream and raised her head. Her gaze shifted to the open rear car door, and she gave a light "Oh." Walking down the steps in two or three strides, she bent over and sat into the car.

Peng Ran first sent Su Mingyan back to Xiangshan Yayuan, and then returned to pick up Su Ruoyun. As the Maybach drove out of the art center, he glanced at the surrounding road conditions. While flicking the turn signal with his finger, he looked up at the rearview mirror, only to see Su Ruoyun with her head bowed, looking thoughtful.

The street lamp on the side of the road penetrated into a corner of the car, dyeing a square of orange-yellow warm area. The soft light fell on the bracelet, intertwining with the cold and brilliant light of the diamonds, refracting fine and charming light and shadow.

Su Ruoyun lowered her eyes, her gaze fixed on the bracelet. She watched it quietly for a few seconds, then stretched out her fingertips, as if afraid of disturbing something, and gently rubbed it. It was only after the cold diamonds gradually covered with her own body temperature from the rubbing of her fingertips that she withdrew her hand.

She turned her head, her gaze falling downward onto the soft leather seat beside her, where a small, exquisite jewelry box sat quietly.

Old Lady Su's birthday banquet was set for the fifteenth day of the fifth lunar month. For the past few days, Su Ruoyun had nothing to do, so she stayed at the Family Courtyard with the two elders for two days.

On the eve of the birthday banquet, the Su family gathered together to have a meal at the Family Courtyard.

That day, Su Ruoyun happened to take 'Panda' to the pet hospital for a bath. As she got out of the car carrying the cat cage, she saw a military off-road vehicle parked at the gate of the courtyard, with a person standing next to it.

That person had short hair, clean and neat, wrapped in a stiff military uniform, exuding a cold aura unique to soldiers, with an indifferent expression.

Realizing who it was, Su Ruoyun trotted over, but her pace slowed down unconsciously until she was close to the person. She had suffered before and dared not walk behind Lin Zi.

When she was young, she thought it was fun and liked to sneak behind others, scaring many people in the family.

It wasn't until later that one time, she tiptoed behind Lin Zi, preparing to scare her second aunt. As soon as her little hand was raised and touched Lin Zi's back, in an instant, she was pressed hard against the wall by a powerful force, her right arm was buckled behind her back, and half of her arm was almost dislocated.

Since then, Su Ruoyun never dared to use this to scare people again.

She greeted her obediently, her voice crisp and sweet: "Second Aunt."

Lin Zi only gave birth to Su Jiayi and had no daughter, so she was particularly fond of her niece Su Ruoyun. A smile appeared on her cold face: "Zhuzi."

Su Ruoyun helped move some things from the trunk and then brought them into the courtyard together. As soon as she stepped into the living room, she saw the twins on the sofa stand up immediately and call out crisply: "Cousin."

Su Ruoyun's aunt married far away to the Chen family in Hong Kong. Usually, she only returned to Jingcheng once a year during the New Year. This time, for Old Lady Su's seventy-ninth birthday banquet, she specially took a private jet to Jingcheng to celebrate the birthday.

Su Ruoyun responded softly, then put the cat cage on the ground and reached out to open the cage door. 'Panda' slowly raised its paws and crawled out of the cage.

Seeing the soft and cute little kitten, Chen Xiangwei's eyes lit up immediately, like stars twinkling in the night sky, and she hurriedly asked: "Cousin, can I touch it?"

Chen Xiangwei was only twenty years old this year, and little girls all liked cute pets.

'Panda' had always had a gentle temperament and never bit anyone. Plus, it had just had its nails trimmed at the pet hospital today and wouldn't scratch anyone. Su Ruoyun nodded gently and said with a smile: "No problem, there are cat strips and cat cans under the coffee table, you can feed it something."

Chen Xiangwei's eyes were bright, the corners of her mouth raised, and she replied: "Okay!"

Afterwards, she couldn't wait to embrace 'Panda' in her arms, stroking its back back and forth.

It wasn't until before sitting down for dinner that Chen Xiangwei reluctantly put down the kitten.

Su Ruoyun half-squatted down and clapped her hands a few times: "Come, 'Panda', Mommy is taking you to eat dinner."

Old Lady Su on the side heard her address to the kitten and couldn't help but purse her lips and chuckle, correcting her gently: "You haven't even gotten married and had children yourself, how come you've become a mommy already."

Before Su Ruoyun could speak, the little cousin next to her explained for her.

"Grandma, it's like this now. Once you raise cats and dogs, you spontaneously become their mommies and daddies."

As soon as the words fell, Chen Xiangwei turned to her again, her eyes shining with curiosity, and asked: "Cousin, where did you buy this cat? It looks so good."

"I got it from a friend. If you want to raise one, I'll ask her later to see if there are any other kittens."

"Okay."

After dinner, several men sat in the living room chatting about current politics and business economics.

Chen Xiangwei tugged at the corner of Su Ruoyun's clothes, leaned forward slightly, leaned her head over, and asked in a low voice where there were fun bars in Jingcheng.

Seeing this, Chen Xiangjin also leaned over, looking like he also wanted to go out and play.

Both of them were young and still in school. Although the Chen family had businesses involving bars, Su Zhanyu had strictly forbidden the two from going to play.

Su Ruoyun: "You want to go?"

The two nodded in unison: "Cousin, take us to play, okay?"

?? Mr. Huo is cowardly again.