Chapter 31: Pity the Thorns

Chapter 31

Dong Wanwan's voice was shrill, "Li Zhen, you have to pay me back!"

Three hundred and twenty thousand!

That's almost a year's salary gone.

Although Dong Wanwan blocked her first, Li Zhen was the one who slapped her watch away in the end.

Li Zhen's mood instantly plummeted to rock bottom, but a proud woman never bows her head. Nêww chapters will be fully updated at novelhall.com

Though her heart was bleeding, her expression was indifferent, "I'll pay you back for the depreciation since you've worn this watch for some time."

Dong Wanwan picked up the smashed watch. "Depreciation! Do you know I had this custom made? You can't just buy this with money! 32 thousand, not a cent less!"

"Pay back what?" Yu Sheng came over, worried that with so many people in the bar, her injured hand might get bumped into.

"Brother Sheng..." Dong Wanwan instantly switched to a pitiful look, "Li Zhen smashed my watch."

"How much?" Yu Sheng had quite a lot to drink tonight, his voice a touch lazier than usual.

Dong Wanwan raised her brows, "Not too expensive, just 320,000."

Dong Wanwan glanced at Yu Sheng's wrist. His watch was plain, probably just a few thousand.

Hers was way too expensive to break!

Perhaps even if Li Zhen and Yu Sheng's salaries for half a year were combined, it still wouldn't amount to that much. If Yu Sheng knew he had to pay so much, he'd definitely be angry at Li Zhen.

"Get Chaowen to send me his account later." Yu Sheng said indifferently, then led Li Zhen away.

Dong Wanwan was stunned.

320,000 and he wasn't mad at all? He didn't even react?

But upon further thought, men cared about face after all. He probably just didn't want to flare up in front of her. Who knows if they'd fight about it when they got back.

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Yu Sheng led Li Zhen towards their booth.

Li Zhen had her brows furrowed, clearly displeased.

Yu Sheng glanced at her. The alcohol made his words less harsh, instead gentler than usual. "Not even a few tens of thousands, and you're unhappy already?"

"Listen to yourself, 320,000 is almost my annual salary." Li Zhen pursed her lips.

And she was the one paying, yet he had agreed on her behalf so breezily. She had wanted to haggle with Dong Wanwan some more.

Yu Sheng said indifferently, "Didn't I give you my salary card and bank card?"

Implicitly telling her to use his cards.

Li Zhen jerked her head up abruptly to look at him. "Huh? I didn't return them to you?"

When they married, Yu Sheng had passed her the property ownership certificates and bank cards.

But Li Zhen had never used them before. Her own salary was decent enough for daily expenses, so she had completely forgotten about it. She didn't wait for Yu Sheng to reply before realizing herself, "I think I didn't. I must've taken them along with my luggage when I moved out. I'll return them to you tomorrow."

"Li Zhen..." Yu Sheng suddenly stopped short. Abruptly, a fire flared in his chest. He grabbed her wrist, "Can't you understand what I mean? I'm telling you to use my cards! Why do you have to split everything so clearly with me when it comes to money?"

"Are you really that drunk?" Li Zhen yanked her left hand back. "Have you forgotten we're divorced already? Why would I use your cards?"

Yu Sheng took a deep breath. "Alright, you remember clearly that we got our divorce certs alright!"

When the two returned to their booth, Wan Zhe could tell with a glance that something was off. He asked Yu Sheng softly, "Bro Sheng, did you and sister-in-law fight?"

Yu Sheng downed a whole glass of liquor. His expression was indifferent. "She's been spiteful with me recently."

Wan Zhe laughed. "Bro Sheng, sister-in-law has always had quite the temper. You used to indulge her a lot."

The living room was brightly lit. Lu Yanming sat on the carpet flipping through a laptop on the coffee table.

Li Zhen lowered her head to change her shoes, completely ignoring that there was someone else in the living room, and silently went into her bedroom.

Lu Yanming closed the laptop with a soft sigh.

"Jerk! 320,000! With one sentence from you I'm wiped out!" Li Zhen took out her bank cards and laid them out one by one. Then she opened her phone to check her remaining balance. Adding up the amounts in each card, if she paid 320,000, she would only have 137,306 yuan left!

Heavens, what tragedy was this!

Li Zhen hugged a pillow and sat on the floor, completely hopeless about life.

"Come out for dinner." Lu Yanming stood at the doorway of her bedroom.

"Mr. Lu?" Li Zhen looked up in surprise. "It's almost ten, you haven't eaten yet?"

Lu Yanming had showered and changed into loungewear. His gaze was indifferent as it rested on her. "I was waiting for you. Can't let the person who took you out not even give you a meal."

Li Zhen's nose instantly turned sore. She was extremely sensitive to anything related to money now. "Mr. Lu, you take care of so many dinners for me, and never made me split the living costs. You're too nice!"

"Don't give me any good person cards. I don't need them."

Li Zhen followed Lu Yanming to the living room. She kept her face drooped the entire time as she ate with only her left hand.

Lu Yanming set down his chopsticks. "You sighed 32 times? What's wrong?"

"Mr. Lu..." Li Zhen looked up, still biting on her chopsticks. "Today I broke the watch of my former roommate whom I really disliked. It was a pink diamond watch. I have to pay back 320,000 for it."

She felt truly upset inside, and wanted to vent to someone.

"After paying 320,000, I'll be broke." Li Zhen heaved yet another long sigh, her long dark lashes drooping sadly. "Yet I was too proud, and acted all generous saying I would pay back after breaking it..."

Lu Yanming: "320,000?"

The salary of a deputy manager at MacroOcean definitely wasn't low. Li Zhen thought he would say something similar to Yu Sheng, that it wasn't a huge sum and not to take it so seriously.

But Lu Yanming shook his head. "Since it's someone you dislike, don't pay a cent."

Li Zhen's heart warmed for a moment, but the light in her eyes dimmed again. "I can't not pay. I really did break it."

Lu Yanming: "What did the pink diamond look like?"

Li Zhen took out the photo she had snapped then to show Lu Yanming.

Lu Yanming glanced at it briefly twice. "It's fake."

"Fake?" Li Zhen didn't know much about jewelry, but having seen so many, she could usually still tell real from fake. This pink diamond didn't look fake!

"The diamond cutting is so good that the disadvantage of poor color dispersion can be seen at a glance. The refractive index of lab-grown diamonds is smaller and very easy to distinguish," Lu Yanming thought for a moment, and then added, "However, the craftsmanship of the strap and dial is not bad, the actual value is about fifty thousand yuan."

Fifty thousand, so she could save two hundred and seventy thousand!

Her life was alive again!

"Mr. Lu! You are my benefactor!" Li Zhen's mood instantly became beautiful and radiant, calculating, "I'll find someone knowledgeable to go with me to see her, in case she doesn't recognize me."

Lu Yanming's light pupils quietly gazed at her cheerful, and the corners of his mouth also raised arcs, "You make an appointment with that person to meet, and I will talk to her."

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The next morning, Dong Wanwan drove her sports car and stopped by the coffee shop.

She touched up her makeup with lipstick, making sure her makeup was perfect enough, put on sunglasses that could cover most of her face, before slowly getting out of the car.

In the coffee shop, she saw Li Zhen in the corner, her one hand bandaged on her chest was too conspicuous, she could find it in one second.

Dong Wanwan's gaze turned, and her eyes lit up for a moment.

Next to Li Zhen was a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, with high cheekbones and an elegant temperament, hundreds of times more handsome than the little fresh meat she had spent a lot of money to sleep with last time.