When Bai Xi spoke, Han Rui raised an eyebrow slightly, his smile unwavering. He simply retracted the chopstick he had offered to Bai Xi.
The female owner, stunned for half a second, was the first to react. She immediately looked at Bai Xi and said, "Oh, alright, alright, I'll go cook noodles for you, girl."
She seemed to understand.
Was this a case of "A beautiful lady attracts a gentleman"?
But she had a boyfriend. Was it really okay for this man to openly poach? Wasn't he a complete home-wrecker?
In an instant, her impression of Han Rui completely changed.
As she walked past Bai Xi, she couldn't help but glance at her again.
She still vividly remembered Bai Xi single-handedly taking down those people earlier. It was incredibly cool, and she had never thought a girl could be so handsome!
The little girl stood frozen, looking at Han Rui. "Big brother, you lied to me!"
She really hadn't expected to be deceived by this handsome big brother.
Han Rui, however, was not embarrassed when his lie was exposed. With a smile, he said, "Little sister, remember, handsome men... love to lie to women the most."
After speaking, he winked his right eye, his captivatingly handsome gaze piercing.
The little girl's face involuntarily flushed, but she was still angry and ran into the back kitchen to cook noodles with her mother.
He then helped himself to the beef noodles and began to eat with utmost elegance.
Bai Xi glanced at the bracelet on her wrist, then at Han Rui, who was eating noodles. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and after a pause, she said faintly, "The Chu family's banquet is tomorrow night, isn't it?"
Han Rui was taken aback. This was the first time she had spoken to him after they had declared themselves quits. Naturally, he responded eagerly. Girls liked this sort of thing. "Yes."
Bai Xi said lightly, "I need an evening gown. Since I'm helping you, you should buy this gown."
This statement made Han Rui even more flattered.
Han Rui looked at Bai Xi, but Bai Xi lowered her head, preoccupied with playing with the blood-red jade bracelet on her wrist.
His mind-reading ability only worked when the other person looked him in the eye.
Now that Bai Xi wasn't looking at him, he had no idea what she was thinking.
To confirm Bai Xi's true thoughts, he lowered his head and brought his face closer to Bai Xi, asking, "Is what the Eldest Miss says true?"
Bai Xi didn't give him a chance to get closer. She turned away directly and said, "If you're unwilling, then forget it."
Since she had arrived in Shangyang, it seemed like she had always taken the initiative to do many things. But now, she realized it was all incredibly passive.
Passively wanting to repay a debt of gratitude, passively making a promise to help Han Rui clarify things, passively accepting his invitation to the Chu family banquet. Now she needed to regain control to get the answers she wanted.
And his eyes, she felt, were not simple.
Otherwise, someone as composed as he was wouldn't have deliberately approached her so often.
Hearing Bai Xi say this, Han Rui immediately replied, "No, no, no, I'm more than happy to."
When a woman is penniless and asks you for expensive gifts, it's highly probable she wants to fleece you.
But when a woman is very wealthy yet still willing to accept your gifts, she likely has feelings for you, or at least is happy to get to know you.
Although he was shocked by Bai Xi's sudden change, a good start is half the battle. Perhaps the meal today had made her view him slightly differently.
Even if she had other intentions, he could try to pry into her thoughts. He absolutely couldn't miss this opportunity.
Seeing that he had taken the bait, Bai Xi calmly raised her wrist. "I want a moon-white evening gown, and a matching set of jewelry. This jade bracelet was bought last month. The quality is good, but it doesn't match a moon-white evening gown."
She had asked the masked man about this bracelet countless times when she was at the bottom of the cliff.
If he were real, he wouldn't have had no reaction to the bracelet. Even if he hadn't noticed earlier, now that she was deliberately saying the bracelet was bought last month, even if he refused to admit it as he had before, he would at least show some unusual reaction.
Hearing Bai Xi's words, Han Rui also looked at the blood-red jade bracelet on Bai Xi's wrist.
The jade bracelet was indeed very beautiful. Even though he had seen many fine things, he had never seen such a beautiful jade bracelet. He had to admit that the items bought by the God of War of the Dark Division were all excellent.
But since Bai Xi had given him an opportunity to please her, wouldn't it be ungrateful if he didn't take the initiative? He smiled slightly and said, "Alright, don't worry. I'll prepare a set for you. I'll have someone craft a pair of crystal shoes that best suit you right away."
Crystal shoes were every girl's princess dream!
Bai Xi couldn't look into his eyes, so she could only quietly listen to his breathing.
When people hesitate, their breathing is sluggish and slows down, but Han Rui's breathing clearly quickened. He was happy. Happy about what, she didn't know, but she had reached her conclusion. She lowered her wrist and curved her lips slightly, saying, "Good."
Wearing crystal shoes wasn't for princesses, but for Cinderella.
And the man in front of her... was probably just the "wicked stepsister" who cut off her toes to force them into the crystal shoes.
She wasn't exposing him now because she wanted to know what he was up to.
He knew about her desire to repay a debt of gratitude, knew so many details about her benefactor, and was determined to trick her into completing the so-called Han family trial, as well as the legendary treasure that benefited China. Was it true or not?
Most importantly, the Han family was in the pharmaceutical industry. The Han family reminded her of the videotape left by the man in the haunted house murder case.
Did the man who said they would meet soon have any connection to the Han family!
She would slowly investigate all of this in the next two days.
Bai Xi turned her head, calmly glancing at the now cheerful Han Rui. She still avoided his eyes, a bloodthirsty smile playing on her lips.
The Tong family.
Han Mo sat on the bed. The Tong family's attending physician looked at him with shock. "This, this, this... How is this possible? He was so anemic before, how is he already... recovered after just three days?"
Han Mo couldn't explain his special constitution. He had already delayed his recovery as much as possible, even thinking of secretly bleeding himself. But Bai wasn't around, so he couldn't lose a large amount of blood in a short time.
He had delayed for three days, but to his surprise, the doctor was still so shocked. "I'm in my prime. It's normal for my recovery to be faster."
The old doctor insisted, "It's impossible. I've been a doctor for so many years, how can I not know? How can he recover so quickly?"
Han Mo smiled. "My physique has been special since childhood. Please don't mind it."
Just then, a burst of laughter and cheerful voices came from outside the door.
"Brother Bai Han, are you here to see Dr. Han?"
"Something like that."
"Why did you take so long to come? Even if you weren't seeing Dr. Han, you could have come to see me." The voice was soft, with a hint of shy coyness.
"But I'm here now, aren't I?"
"Hmph, I know. You're just stopping by to see me. You don't know how dangerous it was that day. If it wasn't for Xi'er, I would have been finished."
"No, Miss Tong, fate is on your side."
"..."
Han Mo frowned slightly. A hint of coldness and sharpness was hidden beneath his metal-rimmed glasses.
Bai Han, here to visit? Impossible.
He must have his own agenda for coming.