Chapter 1704: This is likely what it means to be a priceless treasure.
Madam Ji looked at Qu Xiujie and spoke in a cold and authoritative voice. The glint in her eyes made him feel as if he had done something wrong.
“Old thing, why have I never seen you act like a knight in s.h.i.+ning armor in the past?”
Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He knew that the woman would never say anything nice to him. Even if she was praising him, it would sound heavily coated in mockery.
“Don’t tell me I have to report to you what I do?”
He puffed out his chest and looked up. From the gazes he received, he could sense that he had won the crowd’s goodwill; there were even people who had raised their phones to take a photo of him.
When the two were on the ground, Mao Nana even raised her phone to take a front-facing photo of the pickpocketer. Before the security of the departmental store could arrive, he already had the thief subdued.
“You are now famous. Soon, in R City, your name will be reverberating in every corner.”
Madam Ji raised an eyebrow. Seeing how smug the man was, she did not point it out but led the three children toward a shop near them, instead. It was a Chanel boutique store. Qu Xiujie felt awkward since he could not stand at the entrance, nor could he enter with them.
Mao Nana’s gaze followed him closely. Seeing that he walked toward the older woman, she felt a little disappointed inside. However, when she saw his expression as he stood at the door, she felt that her chance had come.
“Uncle, are you free now? Since you don’t like coffee, how about I treat you to tea?”
Taking advantage of the fact that everyone around them had dispersed, she quickly walked up to him and asked if he was willing to have a delectable meal with her. However, what she got was a slightly spiteful look from him, instead.
“Must you treat me to coffee or tea?”
Hearing Mao Nana’s voice behind him, Qu Xiujie turned around as a look of disdain flashed across his eyes.
He had only been thinking of how he could not let this long-legged beauty be dirtied and taken advantage of by that pickpocketer, yet he did not expect her to look as if she had nothing else to her other than her legs.
“Then, if not coffee or tea, I can treat you to a meal.”
Mao Nana’s eyes were dyed with hurt. She had never treated someone like this in her life, yet the person she felt her heart beat for seemed not to be interested in getting to know her.
“Can I reject it?”
Qu Xiujie put on a prideful look. This long-legged beauty is a fool, right?
However, after he had gone all out and eaten a meal costing a five-digit sum, Mao Nana indeed became much tamer. However, the next day, her bank balance increased by the same five digits. While shocked, she dialed the number Qu Xiujie had left behind, yet the call was answered by a male voice that she did not recognize.
It was then that she realized that she had been lied to. The person who had lied to her had never thought of ever meeting her again.
When Qu Xiujie called Pei Ge that night, while he talked about how Madam Ji was a beauty without any brains, he also complained about how the older woman had abandoned him outside a female clothings shop which caused Mao Nana to have a chance to strike at him.
“There isn’t a rule that males can’t enter a female clothings shop, though?”
Pei Ge packed her clothes in the closet while talking to her uncle over the phone with her headphones on.
In the bathroom, Ji Ziming came out wrapped only in a towel after taking a shower. Seeing her smile, he gulped a little and asked, “Who are you on the call with?”
“Uncle!”
A bright smile blossomed on her face, which looked like a fresh flower waiting to expose its goodness in his eyes.
“Sigh. You don’t know—your mother-in-law looks at me as if I am her nemesis. Ge Ge, tell me; how did I even offend her? Or are you women all this troublesome? I feel like I am more suited to staying with Ziming.”
Qu Xiujie was currently sitting on the sofa in his room and watching the scenery before him. Before he could hear his niece’s reply, he heard Ji Ziming’s voice first.
“Uncle, we are both men, so how can we stay together? I can only stay with Ge Ge. When we are done settling Old Lady Qu’s matters, you can return to your family.”
The man plucked out Pei Ge’s headphones and put the phone on speaker.
“I don’t want to live with you. You chose to marry my niece, so you must treat her better. If you dare to bully her, this old man here will not let you off.”
Once again, Qu Xiujie revealed to Ji Ziming how much he treasured his niece. On the other end of the call, the man only revealed a slight smile as he hugged Pei Ge tightly.
“Uncle, don’t worry. Your precious treasure is priceless jewelry to me. No matter who it is, they will not be able to s.n.a.t.c.h her away from me. Rest a.s.sured.”
He was holding the handphone, but his eyes were on the woman.
Pei Ge’s cheeks blushed slightly. Although they had been living together for some time, she had not heard him speak what she meant to him. However, just as she thought of this, she recalled that she seemed to have heard a similar answer like this in the past.
However, back then, she was unconscious and did not know that the person accompanying her actually treasured her this much.
This was likely what it meant to be a priceless treasure.
“That’s good, then. Let’s stop here. I want to go find the three children to play. They, , especially Ran Ran, didn’t look for you two despite following us the entire day. That little la.s.sie is so smart that I like it. She is as smart as I am.”
His voice was filled with pride. Through the receiver, they seemed to hear his joy and fondness for the children.
“Alright. Thanks for the hard work, uncle. I will leave those three to you. Ran Ran’s health is not very good, so you should take note not to let her become agitated. An An and Ji Chi are fine otherwise. You—”
“I know; I know. Don’t worry. I’ll hang up now.”
Qu Xiujie hurriedly hung up the call, not because the three children had come but because he was sitting in the living room and had spotted Madam Ji making her way down. Hence, he quickly hung up. If the older woman found out that he was calling the couple again, the image he had painstakingly built today would likely crumble.
Luckily, Madam Ji did not spot him. Instead, she only stopped near him and took away her gift box. It was the VIP gift she had received at the Chanel female’s clothing boutique this afternoon.