After Trying To Pursue The Cold, Elegant Beauty. I Ended Up Being Flirted With Instead - Chapter 32

“Will you look down on my little aunt?”

Li Zhiyun tilted her head, her beautiful eyes looking at Wen Zhu, carrying a hint of a plea.

Wen Zhu realized what was happening.

Li Zhiyun wanted her help to chase the person away?

After all, a young lady like her, who valued etiquette, probably wasn’t skilled at dealing with such people.

Wen Zhu’s heart softened slightly.

She took a step forward, shielding Li Zhiyun: “She’s right, I don’t agree with her joining the entertainment industry.”

Brother Lin’s expression shifted from surprise to disbelief.

He looked at Wen Zhu, then at the stunningly beautiful Li Zhiyun behind her: “You… you disagree? Why? Do you know what being a celebrity means?”

“It means fame! Fortune! Being the focus of ten thousand eyes! She has the conditions for it, and by not letting her go, you’re hindering her!”

“I can’t bear to part with her,” Wen Zhu’s tone was calm, carrying an unusual firmness. “Being a celebrity is too tiring. Besides, if she gets famous, how many ‘wife fans’ will she have?”

“I don’t want my girlfriend to be coveted by so many people.”

The word ‘girlfriend’ came out so naturally that Li Zhiyun couldn’t help but glance at her a couple of extra times.

Brother Lin looked at Wen Zhu as if she were an idiot: “You… how can you be so shallow? You’re shallowly chaining your girlfriend to your side, you’re ruining her future!”

Wen Zhu couldn’t help but laugh.

She turned slightly and gestured to Li Zhiyun behind her.

“Big Brother, you’ve been in the entertainment circle for so long, you should have that much discernment, right? How can you be so sure that she lacks money?”

If Wen Zhu hadn’t said anything, Brother Lin might not have looked closely.

His attention had previously been fully focused on Li Zhiyun’s breathtaking face and imagining her future explosion of fame.

Reminded by Wen Zhu, Brother Lin instinctively sized up Li Zhiyun.

She was wearing a sharply tailored white shirt, with a light colored, thin, coffee colored trench coat over it.

The fabric of the clothes looked excellent, without any obvious brand logos.

But on the inner side of the trench coat’s cuff, a corner that had inadvertently flipped out faintly revealed an extremely subtle embroidered logo.

Brother Lin’s heart jumped.

That looked like the private customization mark of a certain Italian top fashion designer.

Only a very small number of top clients could possess it.

His gaze moved down, settling on Li Zhiyun’s wrist.

There, she wore a wristwatch.

The style was simple, seemingly unremarkable at first glance.

But looking closely at the design of the dial and the shape of the hands—

Patek Philippe!

And it was one of the Classic series, a particularly hard to buy model.

Its value was enough to buy a decent apartment in a central area of a first-tier city.

Brother Lin’s breathing hitched.

He looked towards Li Zhiyun’s neck again.

The necklace seemed to be from the C-family’s high-end jewelry series, a style that required spending millions or even more to be eligible to pre-order.

Sweat started to bead on Brother Lin’s forehead.

He finally realized how ridiculous his earlier talk about “making a fortune” had been.

This was clearly not someone who needed to join the entertainment industry to make money.

This was a walking bank note!

His gaze uncontrollably drifted to the side.

The little girl leading the Shiba Inu was wearing a pink princess dress, and the small leather shoes on her feet were also designer brand.

Even the leash for the dog was Gucci!

The corner of Brother Lin’s eye twitched.

Are rich people so rich their money is burning a hole in their pockets?!

This realization, like the final straw, completely crushed the last bit of hope in Brother Lin’s heart.

He didn’t say another word and walked away crestfallen.

Seeing this, Li Zhiyun turned her head to look at Wen Zhu, a subtle curve forming at the corner of her lips.

“Thank you,” her voice soft.

Wen Zhu waved her hand, “No need to thank me. Even if I hadn’t said anything, he would have retreated once he got a clear look at your outfit.”

Li Zhiyun pursed her lips, feeling inexplicably embarrassed. “I’m not very clear about it. My sister bought all of these for me.”

Hearing her mother mentioned, Jiaojiao, who had been quietly holding Didi’s leash, immediately looked up.

She tilted her small face up at Wen Zhu, blinking her big eyes. “Aunt Wen Zhu, have you noticed that sometimes my little aunt dresses beautifully, and sometimes she dresses strangely?”

Wen Zhu had indeed noticed.

Li Zhiyun’s dressing style was sometimes extremely stylish, and sometimes overly casual.

It was just that her body proportions were so good, and her face was too striking, which often made people overlook what she was wearing.

Wen Zhu nodded.

Seeing this, Jiaojiao chuckled, with a hint of smugness: “That’s because when Little Aunt dresses well, my mother helps her style it! My Little Aunt was busy playing chess before and never really thought about these things.”

The little girl tilted her head, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Wen Zhu: “Aunt Wen Zhu, will you look down on my little aunt? If you do, you don’t have to fight with me for”

Before she could finish her sentence, Li Zhiyun reached out and effortlessly picked up Jiaojiao: “There’s a toy store over there. How about I buy you a toy?”

Seeing her plan fail, Jiaojiao pouted unhappily.

But a child’s emotions come and go quickly, and the temptation of a new toy was clearly greater.

She immediately nodded, her eyes looking at the toy store window not far away.

“Okay!”

After Jiaojiao came out, satisfied and hugging a new model doll, they continued walking down the street.

They browsed for a while longer, and as it was getting late, the group prepared to leave.

Coming out of the market, the sun was just right.

Li Zhiyun suddenly stopped and took out a small box from her handbag.

She opened the box, and inside lay a bracelet.

It was the jade bracelet from the stall earlier.

The jade was smooth and full, dripping with rich green color, flowing with a lustrous sheen under the sunlight.

“It’s for you,” Li Zhiyun handed the box to Wen Zhu.

Wen Zhu was stunned: “This… for me?”

A two-million-yuan bracelet how could she accept it?

“It’s not expensive,” Li Zhiyun’s tone was calm. “The vendor knows my maternal grandmother, so he just gave it to me.”

She paused, then added: “The vendor was a little exaggerated; this jade bracelet is indeed nice, but it’s not worth two million. And…”

From the first moment she saw this jade bracelet, she thought about how beautiful it would look on Wen Zhu’s hand.

Li Zhiyun looked at Wen Zhu, a barely discernible smile on her lips: “Just consider it a thank you for helping me reject that person today.”

This reason… seemed acceptable.

Wen Zhu looked at the jade bracelet, and it was indeed very beautiful.

She had indeed helped today.

The words of refusal reached her lips, then were swallowed back.

She accepted the box: “Thank you.”

Li Zhiyun didn’t fully give her the box but instead took out the bracelet: “I’ll put it on you.”

Saying this, she naturally took Wen Zhu’s hand.

Li Zhiyun’s fingers were slightly cool, carrying a unique, delicate texture.

She lowered her head, focused on slipping the bracelet onto Wen Zhu’s wrist.

She was right; the clear, vibrant green jade set off Wen Zhu’s skin, making it appear even more flawless.

Like a rose emerging from the misty rain.

Her movements were meticulous, even a little slow.

Wen Zhu looked at Li Zhiyun’s lowered eyebrows. The sunlight outlined her perfect profile, and her long eyelashes cast a small shadow beneath her eyelids.

The icy cold touch of the jade on her wrist intertwined with the warmth of Li Zhiyun’s fingertips.

Her expression was so focused that it seemed solemn.

A strange feeling gripped Wen Zhu.

She inexplicably felt… an illusion that she was putting on a wedding ring.

As soon as this thought surfaced, Wen Zhu’s cheeks instantly flushed.

She abruptly withdrew her hand.

“Um… I, I just remembered I have work I haven’t finished yet!”

Her voice carried a trace of imperceptible panic.

“I’ll be going now!”

She almost immediately turned around, hurriedly running towards the roadside, trying to hail a taxi as quickly as possible.

Seeing Wen Zhu about to run off like a startled rabbit, Li Zhiyun quickly spoke: “Wait.”

Wen Zhu stopped abruptly, turning back with a somewhat stiff body.

She dared not look into Li Zhiyun’s eyes, her gaze drifting: “Wh-what is it?”

Li Zhiyun stared at her for two seconds.

In the sunlight, her fair earlobe showed a faint pink tinge.

Then, she slowly opened her mouth:

“I don’t let my sister help me with my clothes every day… don’t misunderstand.”

The implication was that she wasn’t as immature as Jiaojiao had suggested.

Wen Zhu’s previously accelerating heartbeat, hearing these words, inexplicably found the situation a little funny.

The sense of panic she felt a moment ago vanished in an instant.

She couldn’t help but smile: “I know.”

Wen Zhu waved at Li Zhiyun and, this time, genuinely turned and ran off.

Watching Wen Zhu’s back disappear around the corner, Li Zhiyun finally withdrew her gaze.

Jiaojiao, holding Didi’s leash, looked up at her, her big eyes full of curiosity.

“Little Aunt, did you just scare Aunt Wen Zhu?”

Li Zhiyun lifted her little niece, bouncing her slightly.

Jiaojiao seemed to have gained some weight recently.

She lowered her head, looking at the little girl’s eager face.

“Little Aunt didn’t scare anyone.”

Li Zhiyun’s voice was very soft, carrying a trace of an imperceptible smile.

“Little Aunt is thinking of a way to set a trap for your Aunt Wen Zhu.”

The kind that traps her firmly.