Chapter 341 - I Bought a Watch
Chapter 341: I Bought a Watch
Chapter 341 – I Bought a Watch
Evening, Jinzhou City:
Inside an empty classroom of Sixth High…
“Is this OK?” Putting on a mask and pulling down the hood of the men’s down jacket she wore, Xing Biqi did a twirl in front of Chen Yu and asked, “Will the reporters recognize me?”
“Even I can’t recognize you anymore, so there won’t be any problems.”
“The size is a little too big.”
“Of course my jacket will be too big for you,” Chen Yu said as he picked up Xing Biqi’s ladies’ down jacket. He then tried putting the jacket on, only to find that his arms couldn’t even fit through the sleeves. “I can’t wear your jacket, so I’ll just hold onto it.”
“Don’t you feel cold?”
“Nope.” After saying so, Chen Yu rolled the down jacket in his hands into a ball and held it in his arms.
“Y-You can’t fold it!” Xing Biqi’s eyes widened at Chen Yu’s actions.
“It’s fine. It’ll straighten out once you wash it. Now, let’s hurry.”
“But…”
“Go, go, go.”
Under the urging, the girl could only glance at her balled up jacket in distress before leaving the classroom together with Chen Yu.
“I’m holding your jacket, so we shouldn’t be seen walking together. Head out first and wait for me at Erdao Street’s intersection. Don’t talk to anyone along the way and just walk straight ahead. There are police officers maintaining order at the school gate, so you don’t need to be afraid of anything.”
“I-I have something I left in the reception office. Can I go get it on the way?”
“Can’t you get it tomorrow?” Chen Yu frowned.
“I want to retrieve it now…” Xing Biqi said, squeezing the corner of her jacket.
“Don’t drag your feet or talk too much, then. The longer you stay in the reception office, the more attention you’ll attract from those reporters.”
“Okay!”
After mixing into the crowd of students leaving the school, the two continued discussing their plan. Only after verifying that they had covered all grounds did they separate and began taking independent action.
Pulling a mask out of his pocket, Chen Yu changed directions and naturally entered another classroom. He then leaned against the windowsill and observed the scene outside the teaching block.
At this time, the most conspicuous sight outside the teaching block was none other than the crowd of reporters gathered in front of the school gate.
If not for the police officers and security guards maintaining order at the scene, the school’s students wouldn’t be able to leave the school at all.
After the reporters, Li Liang, who currently stood in the middle of the field by himself, was the next most conspicuous sight. His bald head, in particular, shined brightly under the evening sun. His head was shining so brightly that the reporters had to squint their eyes when looking in his direction…
“What a wonderful move.”
Chen Yu smacked his lips and admired his forward-thinking.
With the influence of the “backlight,” the reporters had suffered at least 25% damage to their sight. This would undoubtedly help Xing Biqi evade their sight much more easily.
Shortly afterward, Chen Yu found Xing Biqi appearing among the crowd of students leaving the teaching block.
Ever since the outbreak a year ago, Chinese citizens, especially students, have begun wearing masks out of habit. Hence, it wouldn’t seem strange at all that Xing Biqi was wearing a mask.
Five minutes later, Chen Yu saw Xing Biqi walking out of the reception office with a package in her hands. After seeing her successfully slip through the crowd of reporters, his heart relaxed. He then walked out of the classroom, left the teaching block through the back entrance, and jumped over the school fence.
Turning three steps into two, Chen Yu quickly caught up to Xing Biqi. Pulling down his mask, he asked, “Well? It was successful, right? I already told you that you won’t need the officers’ help. How can they be as capable as I am?”
“Yes, yes, yes! You’re the most capable, Chen Yu.”
At the girl’s words, the surrounding passersby revealed suspicious expressions one after another…
“Chen Yu, let’s go to that place!” Holding Chen Yu’s arm happily, the girl pointed at a hotpot restaurant some distance ahead and asked, “Do you like Sichuan hotpot?”
“You can handle spicy food?”
“I can have the clear soup.” Her cheeks reddening, Xing Biqi continued, “We’ll have a yuanyang hotpot.”[1]
“A yuanyang hotpot?” Chen Yu muttered thoughtfully.
“Mhm~ Yuanyang…hotpot.” The girl lowered her head shyly.
“That’s great.” Clapping his hands, Chen Yu quickly pulled out his phone and said, “If it’s clear soup, my little sisters can handle it as well. I’ll give them a call.”
“Um…” Xing Biqi couldn’t help but be taken aback, and she subconsciously hugged Chen Yu’s arms tighter. After hesitating for some time, she bit her lip and forced herself to nod, “I guess it’s livelier with more people…”
“That’s right. Speaking of which, it’s been some time since I took them out for a meal. Since you’re treating, I might as well take advantage of it.”
“You’re an excellent elder brother.”
“I know, right?”
After Chen Yu finished his phone call, the two made their way to the hotpot restaurant. They then went up to the second floor, randomly selected a fully enclosed private room, ordered the hotpot ingredients, and sat down opposite each other.
Initially, Xing Biqi had planned to sit with Chen Yu. However, as the third, fourth, and fifth wheels would be here soon, she could only regretfully sit opposite him.
“Huh? Eldest just sent me a message saying that my parents are coming too. Haha, it’s going to be even livelier now,” Chen Yu said as he put down his phone. He then walked up to the door, opened it, and shouted, “Waiter! I’m going to order more food!”
Xing Biqi: “…”
Knowing that the arrival of the “others” would thoroughly ruin her chance to “unfold” herself, Xing Biqi immediately entered an “accelerated” mode. Opening the package in her hands, she pulled out a high-end glass box from inside and handed it to Chen Yu.
“Huh? What?”
“Chen Yu, this is the present I wanted to give you.”
“Present?” Chen Yu received the box suspiciously. After giving the fogged surface a rub, he couldn’t help but be startled. “A watch?”
“Mhm!” Xing Biqi nodded. “I spent a long time choosing it yesterday. I felt that this one suited you a lot, so I bought it.”
“This…” After staring through the glass casing for a moment, Chen Yu gently stroked the box’s leather bottom. “Crap! Patek Philippe?”
“Mhm!” The girl nodded happily. “It’s the latest entry to the collection of astronomical watches. I bought it from the official website, so it’s genuine.”
“Did you find a goldmine in your backyard? Where did you get the money? How much did it cost?”
Gesturing gracefully, Xing Biqi said, “Seven figures.”
“A million?!”
“Two million four hundred thousand.”
“…” Chen Yu blinked his eyes as he held onto the glass box. “You sold that gift from Transdimensional Review?”
“I sold it.”
“So, the present you mentioned this morning…it’s this watch?”
“Mhm. I ordered it this morning, and it arrived at school this afternoon.”
“You actually dared to place such a valuable item outside?”
“It’s much safer to have the officers hold onto it for me than if I do it myself.” Smiling, Xing Biqi asked, “How is it? Do you like it?”
Indeed. Since the very beginning, she had never thought to keep the souvenir Transdimensional’s UP gifted her to herself. She also never thought to give it to someone as a present.
No matter how valuable the space rock was, it was still a rock at the end of the day. She would only invite burglars to her house if she kept it to herself.
Hence, selling it was the best option.
As for her initial rejection of Jack Ma’s offer last night, it was merely a simple type of negotiation method. Her goal was to wait for the intervention of other “bigshots.”
Only with the presence of competition would she, the seller, be able to maximize her profits.
Due to this reason, she had managed to sell the space rock for an astronomical price of 40 million yuan.
Naturally, the buyer was still Jack Ma…
Currently, Jack Ma had already paid her a five-million deposit. The remaining 35 million would be credited into her bank account in batches after the cumbersome transaction contract was completed.
Of course, after deducting the frightening taxes, she would only be left with a little over 20 million.
As a side note, the 40-million-yuan space rock had already been sent to Jinzhou City authorities for safekeeping.
If Jack Ma wished to thoroughly get his hands on the “treasure,” he would still have to make a few investments.
“This is too valuable.”
While playing around with the box in his left hand, Chen Yu scratched the back of his right ear awkwardly and said, “You can practically use this watch as a dowry, right?”
“Then… Then…” Lightly stretching her hair, Xing Biqi’s cheeks went from red to pink as she said, “You can treat it as a dowry…”
“Ermm…”
A rare blush appeared on Chen Yu’s face.
“Put it on! See if it fits.”
“We’ll be having dinner right away. It’ll get dirty if I wear it now, so I’ll wear it later.”
“Don’t watches exist to be worn on the wrist? Put it on quickly.”
“No, no. It’ll look dull on me.”
“Hurry up!” Xing Biqi said coquettishly.
In reality, Chen Yu was inwardly itching to put on the watch as well. Under the girl’s urging, he ended up giving in to temptation and removed the transparent sticker on the box. He then removed the box’s glass lid.
Immediately, a silver and black dial with an exquisite mechanical movement appeared before the eyes of the two.
“…Cool…”
A second ago, Chen Yu was still merely a teenager who liked electronic products such as smartphones, computers, and gaming consoles.
However, at this second, a new interest had been “generated” in his consciousness—watches.
“It’s beautiful.”
Rubbing his palms together, Chen Yu gently picked up the watch and placed it on his wrist.
“Here! I’ll help you!” Xing Biqi stepped forward excitedly and fastened the alligator strap around Chen Yu’s wrist with her cold hands. “Is it too tight?”
“No. Also, why leather?”
“Steel chains look too old-fashioned. A leather strap suits you more. Do you not like it? If not, we can have it replaced.”
“I like it.” Chen Yu nodded. Raising his wrist and shaking it, he said, “It feels comfortable.”
“Is it? Can you describe it in more detail?”
“It feels like being wrapped snugly in a blanket.”
“Oh!”
“Is it waterproof?”
“I think it can function properly even if you dive down to a depth of 100 meters. Oh, by the way, it has a beautiful
