Chapter 247: The Woman Sent by the Monkey

Pei Ling looked at the exquisite Sun Wukong charm, which was less than the size of his palm.

It was a long time ago; he had not gone back to recall it for a long time, and he was not very willing to think back on it.

Before his mother left the Pei Family, he had been a carefree Second Master in the Pei Family, and before the age of five, he had also seen Sun Wukong comic books.

After that person locked him in a dog cage, he had also hoped that the Great Sage would go to save him, that a single strike of the golden cudgel could split the iron cage open.

But after waiting for a long time, he ultimately never managed to wait for the Great Sage.

Until he grew into an adult and waited for Zhu Yuan.

This woman sent by the monkey.

"I'm a grown man, where do you want me to put this?" Pei Ling said, yet he reached out his hand to take it.

Held in his hand, it appeared even more small and delicate, not something a man would carry on his person.

Zhu Yuan touched her chin with her fingers and looked him up and down.

Her first glance subconsciously went to his waist, wanting to see if he would hang a bunch of keys on his waistband, only to realize belatedly what era this was; more and more people used password locks, who still hung keychains on their waistbands?

What's more, Pei Ling was only in his twenties, not yet at that age.

She passed on the idea of hanging the Great Sage on his keychain.

"Hang it on your phone!" Zhu Yuan's eyes lit up, and she reached out toward him.

Pei Ling wanted to laugh at her appearance of thinking she was clever, so he took out his phone and handed it to her.

As a result, Zhu Yuan discovered that his phone had no phone case and nowhere to attach a charm.

"Where is your phone case?" she asked subconsciously, looking up at him.

"What phone case?" Pei Ling toyed with the charm.

Zhu Yuan suddenly realized that rich people, especially straight, rich men, did not need to use phone cases.

Seeing her suddenly deflate and look like she was about to fight someone to the death, Pei Ling said softly, "If there's no phone case, you can buy one for me."

Zhu Yuan nodded repeatedly and patted her own forehead, "Look at my brain lately, it's not working well at all."

She took Pei Ling into a boutique.

Just as Zhu Yuan walked into the shop, she discovered that Pei Ling had not followed.

She looked back at him standing at the entrance with a livid expression; not knowing which of her laughing points he had hit, she burst into a giggle and hurriedly turned her head away.

It was not Pei Ling's fault for refusing to walk in; it was truly that at one meter ninety tall, with wheat-colored skin and being a purely straight man, he was completely out of place with the colorful, pink, and glittering accessories on the surrounding shelves.

Zhu Yuan's shoulders shook with laughter, but she did not notice that when she turned her head away, her profile was facing a mirror.

Pei Ling stood at the shop entrance, taking in her laughing face after she hid away.

His expression darkened further.

Zhu Yuan adjusted her breathing to keep herself from laughing anymore and turned her head to try to persuade him to come in, only to find Pei Ling with a dark face the moment she turned.

"Ha..."

Zhu Yuan laughed until she almost lost her breath.

Pei Ling watched her laugh quietly, and as he watched, he couldn't help but take a step forward, stand in front of her, and ask expressionlessly, "Still laughing?"

Zhu Yuan held back her laughter and shook her head, but who knew that when she turned her head again, the spot where Pei Ling was standing was near the top shelf, where a large Mickey Mouse doll was placed.

From her angle, Mickey Mouse's body and face were blocked by Pei Ling, and those ears looked as if they were growing on his head.

"Ha... I can't take it... Ha... kill me now, Heavens..."

Pei Ling frowned and grabbed her, who was laughing herself into a frenzy, to his side, "Is it that funny?"

Zhu Yuan laughed until tears streamed down; the moment she met Pei Ling's gaze, it was like a switch had been flipped, and she wanted to laugh again.

But the moment she turned her head and saw Pei Ling's cold face but reddened ears...

She suddenly felt too embarrassed to laugh anymore.

What is this, is the notorious Second Master Pei actually this shy?

She cleared her throat, pretended not to see, and began to pick out a phone case for him.

"What style do you like?"

Pei Ling toyed with the charm in his hand, "What style is your phone case?"

Although Zhu Yuan was not currently in contact with the outside world, Pei Ling had still had someone buy her a phone to go online and scroll through videos to pass the time.

Zhu Yuan pointed to one of the phone cases hanging on the wall, "Like this."

Pei Ling glanced at it indifferently and said nonchalantly, "Change the color, get one the same."

Zhu Yuan cursed him in her heart, but there was no help for it; who told her to flush his cufflinks away.

She came out today to buy him a gift, so whatever he wanted, she would buy for him.

"Boss, does this style come in other colors?"

The boss looked at the pink phone case Zhu Yuan was holding, "I think there's still a blue one, wait a moment, let me go find it."

Soon the boss found the blue phone case, and just as Zhu Yuan was about to pay, Pei Ling brought over two black masks and scanned the code for everything together.

Zhu Yuan looked back at him in confusion.

Only then did she notice that quite a few people in the shop were staring at the two of them.

Some were looking at her, and some were looking at Pei Ling.

All were filled with amazement or excitement.

Zhu Yuan silently withdrew her gaze, sigh... she didn't want to be this pretty either.

After paying for the items, Zhu Yuan remembered that Pei Ling's phone was still in her bag.

She took the phone out, put the case on it, and took the Sun Wukong charm from Pei Ling's hand.

She lowered her head and fiddled with the charm.

Pei Ling tore off the outer packaging of the masks.

Zhu Yuan had just threaded the lanyard of the charm through the two holes in her phone case and was preparing to loop it around to secure it, when suddenly something touched her face.

By the time she realized it was Pei Ling putting a face mask on her, her hand stiffened slightly.

Pei Ling's slightly rough fingertips brushed against the curve of her ear.

They carried a humid, warm dampness.

Zhu Yuan hurriedly raised her hand to adjust the mask properly and said with a smile, "All done."

She then handed him the phone with the charm attached.

Pei Ling withdrew his gaze from her face as if nothing had happened, looking at the blue phone case and the charm on it; who could have imagined that he would one day have such things?

After leaving the boutique, Zhu Yuan nibbled on a meat burger and said to Pei Ling, "There is a shop selling suit accessories up ahead, let's go take a look."

"Are you going to buy me a suit?" Pei Ling raised an eyebrow slightly.

Zhu Yuan chuckled, "It's too expensive, I can't afford it."

"Is the money I gave you not enough?" Pei Ling asked seemingly casually, while thinking to himself that he would give her another card when they got back.

Zhu Yuan hurriedly waved her hands, "It's enough, it's enough, more than enough."

It was so much that she wouldn't be able to spend it all in this lifetime.

Did Pei Ling not know that she lived in this place and had absolutely nothing to spend money on?

Fresh fruits and vegetables were delivered by designated personnel every day.

Aside from the occasional craving for something else that made her go out to buy it herself, the life she lived was even more comfortable than an immortal's.

She explained, "It's not easy for you to earn money. Although the money comes from you, if I want to give you a gift, it must be within my means and reflect my sincerity in giving it. Otherwise, if I use your money to buy you a house or a car, would you like that?"

Pei Ling's heart stirred slightly as he looked at her, "Are you thinking about paying me back in the future?"

The cold wind whistled through the cracks in the window, carrying with it the faint, bitter scent of snow.