”I just wanted to show you how capable I am,” he answered with a seemingly serious tone. “With the five-claw print, I could find you, just like that… what’s it called… the prince with the glass slipper, going door to door to find Cinderella.”
She snorted dismissively. “Boring.”
Hey, that’s hurtful! “Then what would be ‘interesting’?”
”Maybe how many slaps you received while searching for me on the street,” she said, then her heart skipped a beat.
”That does sound more interesting,” he nodded seriously.
She pressed her lips together, refusing to continue arguing with him.
Stop it, she was Qiu Xiaochu! Qiu Xiaochu was never a sweet, friendly neighborhood girl. She hated small talk and making connections, she didn’t like interacting with anyone!
If possible, she could go to work and class for a week without saying a word. What gave Wei Zhenghai the right to make her lose her composure with just a few words?
The burly man bent down to get up, and seeing that reinforcements had arrived, he tried to slip away without a word.
Xiao Chu glanced at the scarred desk and noticed something missing. She pushed Wei Zhenghai aside and quickly blocked the burly man’s path. “Give me back the brooch.”
The burly man’s soft expression became slightly guilty. “Wh-what brooch?”
”The brooch on the desk.”
”I didn’t take it.”
”Don’t make me search you personally,” she coldly looked at the burly man, her eyes like ice. “I guarantee my hand sliding on you will feel completely different from other women’s.”
The burly man saw the light in her eyes, and so did Wei Zhenghai.
It wasn’t a panicked or fearful gaze, nor was it the look of a helpless girl.
No one knew what she had experienced, but her eyes were colder than a blade’s edge. Being stared at by her would make one’s neck hair stand on end, as if the room temperature had suddenly dropped to freezing, with an invisible knife hovering at one’s throat, ready to slice the carotid artery.
The burly man hastily pulled the brooch from his pocket and tossed it to her before panicking and rushing out the door.
