Chapter 312: Urban Card-Drawing System (18)

Han Yu debuted on a top-tier domestic singing and dancing program. This year marks his third anniversary since debut, and to consolidate his popularity, he decided to hold a concert on his debut anniversary.

The reason he chose to host it in Licheng is, first, his ancestral home is in Licheng, and second, the first music program he joined after his debut was held in Licheng. It was that very music variety show that made him an overnight sensation and an idol chased by tens of millions of fans.

The original owner had fallen in love with this handsome, talented singer-songwriter after watching that music variety show during her sophomore year.

So, upon learning he was holding a third-anniversary concert before her graduation, she saw it as both supporting her idol and a graduation gift to herself. She immediately grabbed Feng Xuanxuan and the others to snatch four high-priced VIP tickets.

It was originally agreed they would go together, but now that Feng Xuanxuan and Zhu Qi were being kept home and not allowed to go out and fool around because of the Tianqiong Wealth Management matter, Xie Yang asked them to transfer the tickets to her via the official platform.

She was the one who paid for them in the first place; surely she was allowed to take the tickets back if they couldn't go?

Zhu Qi had her allowance docked by her family and didn't have money to spend even if she wanted to go out lately. Besides, Han Yu wasn't her type; she had only helped snatch the tickets because Xie Yang was footing the bill and she figured she might as well watch a concert that didn't cost her anything. Seeing that Xie Yang wanted them, she transferred the tickets without a second word.

Feng Xuanxuan, however, was reluctant to return them.

Han Yu recently filmed a music movie scheduled for release this summer. The teaser trailer, meant to build hype, received an excellent response, causing his concert tickets to skyrocket in value. Even the cheapest standing-room-only tickets had been scalped from 20 yuan to 200 each, and there were still no takers.

The high-priced VIP tickets on the floor, which only cost 8,800 when bought, were now being fought over by wealthy female fans even at ten times the price.

She was planning to resell them for 100,000 each to earn herself some pocket money.

Xie Yang made one phone call asking her to return the ticket; how could she be willing?

Come to think of it, the fact that her family was losing face and money was all Xie Yang's fault!

If she hadn't been acting high and mighty, insisting that she buy Tianqiong products first before being willing to invest, she wouldn't have had to borrow money from her cousins, let alone take out loans from online lending companies.

Xie Yang had caused her to be in such a miserable state, yet she still had the nerve to come and ask for that lousy concert ticket back!

Forget about selling it; even if she didn't sell it and threw it in the trash, she wouldn't give it to her.

"Yang Yang, my parents haven't allowed me to go out lately. I couldn't go to the concert, and in a fit of impulse, I deleted my account. Now I can't even log into the interface."

Xie Yang guessed she wouldn't return it easily, but she wasn't angry, just saying calmly: "Deleted it? Do you know how much these tickets are being scalped for now? Someone offered me 100,000 yuan for it. I figured since you and Zhu Qi aren't going, I'd sell it. Knowing you're tight on cash right now, you definitely can't come up with 100,000, so I'll go talk to Uncle Feng."

"..."

Feng Xuanxuan exploded: "Xie Yang! Don't go too far! You were the one who gifted us these tickets in the first place."

Xie Yang: "That's right, I gifted them to you hoping you'd accompany me, but since you can't go, I'm selling them. No matter how much they sell for, it's better than them becoming scrap paper after the concert ends. I didn't expect them to be scalped to 100,000. The four tickets cost me 30,000 to 40,000, and now one can sell for 100,000. I get to watch my idol's concert for free and make a profit; even my dad praised my investment sense!"

"..."

Feng Xuanxuan was so angry she felt like she was going to shatter her back molars.

She bit her lower lip and gave a bitter smile: "Yang Yang, how did you become like this... you've become someone I don't even recognize..."

"That's thanks to you." Xie Yang chuckled, "Thank you for letting me grow and for letting me see the true, the good, and the beautiful, as well as the false, the ugly, and the evil in this world."

"..."

In the end, Feng Xuanxuan still returned the ticket to Xie Yang.

She had no choice; this girl might actually go and report her to her father.

Her father was currently busy fighting her uncles for the company's inheritance rights; compared to the 100,000 in profit from a concert ticket, the inheritance was obviously more important. It was better not to provoke him at a time like this.

After transferring the ticket, Feng Xuanxuan said with tears in her eyes: "Xie Yang, are you trying to break off our friendship? Then I'll also pack up the gifts you gave me in the past and return them to you."

"You're right! Then let's do it in an hour. I'll be at your door, and we'll exchange the gifts we gave each other."

"..."

Feng Xuanxuan immediately regretted it so much her guts turned green.

She just wanted to test Xie Yang, she didn't actually want to return the gifts!

The things Xie Yang gave her were Patek Philippe watches, red jade bracelets, Tiffany diamond brooches...

And what did she give Xie Yang? Lipsticks that came as freebies with cosmetics, belts that came with clothes, cheap perfume that came with natural essential oils... in short, none of them were chosen with care, nor were they worth much.

But because she always packaged them extremely exquisitely and luxuriously, and specifically chose to give them when there were many people around.

The girls in their circle thought the gifts she gave back to Xie Yang were also worth six figures or more, and they even envied them for having so much pocket money and being so generous to each other.

Xie Yang just wanted to laugh up at the sky.

If Feng Xuanxuan hadn't brought it up, she would have forgotten that the original owner was a sucker who spent money like a waterfall.

To avoid further complications, she hung up the phone and quickly packed up all those gifts from Feng Xuanxuan that were neither valuable nor sincere.

The original owner had mostly only unwrapped the outer packaging of these gifts and didn't like them, but because they were from Feng Xuanxuan, she had kept them well. Not a single one was missing; she packed them into paper bags and headed straight for the Feng residence.

Did Feng Xuanxuan dare not come out?

She didn't dare!

Her aunts were both at home; was she supposed to let them watch the spectacle?

If they watched the spectacle and then poked the matter to the old man, would she have any face left?

A former best friend returning a bag of the cheap goods she had gifted... she really couldn't afford to lose that much face.

So, feeling aggrieved, she sorted out the gifts Xie Yang had given her over the past few years and carried them to the front gate before her family could discover them.

Xie Yang didn't feel the slightest bit embarrassed about asking for the gifts back. Feng Xuanxuan had schemed against the original owner first; not taking them back would make her a total pushover.

After taking them, she even checked them carefully and muttered: "You've already unwrapped and worn these?"

Feng Xuanxuan: "..."

Damn it, these were gifts, not offerings! Of course she would use them after receiving them! The red jade bracelet was even stripped right off her wrist; she couldn't tell if it was physical pain or heartache.

But looking down at the gifts she had sent out, which not only had their outer packaging intact but even the inner packaging unopened... she was instantly speechless.

"Yang Yang, do we really have to make things this ugly between us?"

It wasn't like a married couple getting a divorce, having to demand back every single thing they gave away.

Even if they weren't best friends anymore, didn't the past affection still exist?

She still couldn't understand why Xie Yang had suddenly become so distant and cold toward her.

She was clearly Xie Yang's best friend, her only soul sister!

Before getting into the car, Xie Yang looked back at her, her clear, cold gaze making Feng Xuanxuan feel guilty.

"I did once treat you as my best friend, my only sister, but how did you treat me? If you still believe to this day that what you did to me came from the sincerity of a friend, then I wish for you to also be treated as a sucker by a 'sincere' friend in the future, to be provoked, schemed against in secret, and stabbed in the back."

"......"