Chapter 44

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Protagonist:

Jiang Wenyu

"Wu... Wu Miaomiao?"

When Wu Miaomiao lifted her head again, her face was already covered in frost.

Zhong Beiyue, clutching her hand, trembled subconsciously; her heart began to pound wildly. The Wu Miaomiao who had been chatting happily with her just moments ago had changed her expression in an instant.

Before Zhong Beiyue could say anything further, Wu Miaomiao swiftly withdrew her hand, then said indifferently without any emotion: "Miss Zhong, let's chat another day then. I still have some matters to attend to."

After speaking, Wu Miaomiao paid her no more heed, turned her head, and left; in no time she had set to work busily.

"..."

Zhong Beiyue silently watched the girl working before her, and only after a long, stunned moment did she numbly step away and leave this place.

As she walked, she stopped again, head lowered, her eye rims already reddening. But just as tears were about to fall, she immediately shook her head.

"I didn't do anything!" she stubbornly muttered to herself. She wasn't stupid; both Zhou He and Wu Miaomiao had suddenly turned cold eyes on her the moment she mentioned the name Chen Lan. That feeling was truly unpleasant. One moment she thought she could make friends with Wu Miaomiao, the next second it had developed to this point.

She couldn't understand — did everyone know that Chen Lan? On what grounds?

She felt even more unreconciled; her inner pride would not allow her to just cry like this. Yes, she was not wrong; it was all those people's fault, all that Chen Lan's fault!

"What's the big deal? I refuse to believe everyone in Chema City knows that Chen Lan!" Zhong Beiyue strode forward.

Before long, when she lifted her head again, she had arrived at a certain place — this seemed to be the Dianqi Cheng Wu Miaomiao had mentioned.

Compared to Chema City's other facilities, this Dianqi Cheng was truly high-end; even the main entrance was out of the ordinary.

Zhong Beiyue, her mood still terrible, walked straight in.

Although the place was huge, hardly any people could be seen; however, the goods were comprehensive — mostly household appliances, but occasionally some luxury electrical items could be spotted.

As she wandered about, a man's clear, cool voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Miss, may I ask if you need anything?"

It was a man's voice; though indeed cool, it was also extremely elegant and pleasant to hear.

She immediately turned around, only to see a tall, handsome man standing there; like his voice, his expression was clear and cold.

"Ah!" Zhong Beiyue cried out subconsciously; she hadn't expected this little Chema City to actually have such a man in it.

She hurriedly composed herself, at once putting on the air of a wealthy young lady, and said: "I want to look around here; can you give me an introduction?"

The man nodded, walking ahead while saying: "Actually, most of what's sold here are household appliances; if you need other types, you have to pre-order, and I can bring them to you after I restock."

Zhong Beiyue hurriedly said from behind: "No need, I'm just browsing casually."

The man was Zhou Shi; ordinarily few customers came here to stroll leisurely — most pre-ordered or bought directly — but this girl didn't seem to be a local, and he was quite happy to show her around.

Not until he had led her through nearly half of this enormous Dianqi Cheng did Zhong Beiyue remark with a sigh: "Unexpectedly, such a small place has such a large Dianqi Cheng; this scale is almost catching up to a city's."

Zhou Shi said: "Yes, it was built according to city-scale standards."

The elegance Zhou Shi displayed made a deep impression on this not-very-old young lady, who said: "You're different from other people too."

Zhou Shi was still leading her around; at this point he stopped and asked with some curiosity: "Different?"

Zhong Beiyue immediately nodded; this time she didn't bring up Chen Lan again, merely saying with some displeasure: "I thought people in this small place had no manners or culture. Just now I met a girl about my age; I thought she was very nice, but in the end... in the end she was just like the others. But you're not the same; you're far more polite than that girl, than all of them. You must have received a higher education, right?"

Zhou Shi glanced at her a few times; a trace of puzzlement appeared on his indifferent face, and he said: "I did receive some higher education, but I don't quite agree with your words."

"What's there to disagree with? That girl said she wanted to be friends one moment, and changed her face the next! That's no manners, that's no culture! No culture yet wanting to be a teacher — it's simply a pipe dream!"