Chapter 2 - Bracelet? Bead! (1/2)
Li Anping takes off the bracelet as if nothing has happened. He explains, “I was intended to return it to her parents in person.”
Elly is satisfied with his explanation, no matter how unconvincing it is. She takes the bracelet and gives it a glance. Unexpectedly, it looks even more beautiful. She never believes that a rural family could own such a piece of nice jewelry.
Elly rolls her eyes and holds up the bracelet, “Beyond my expectation, it is quite beautiful…” She pauses on purpose, looking to Li Anping then to Lin Luoran, both of whom change their expressions—Li Anping out of guilt and Lin Luoran out of the thought that she might refuse to return the bracelet.
Seeing this, Elly pouts, “It is cheap, no matter how beautiful it is!”
Lin Luoran gets paler. Elly opens her mouth and doesn’t feel vicious at all. She only finds this country girl quite interesting, so she tosses the bracelet in a direction which Lin Luoran obviously has no chance of catching it—
The silver bracelet hits the ground with a crisp sound. Lin Luoran’s eyes turn red, letting go of the rearview mirror unknowingly.
Elly rolls up the car window. With a nice drift, the Audi TT is gone.
Lin Luoran has pinched herself so hard with her nails that her palm begins to bleed. She bends over and picks up the bracelet, wis.h.i.+ng to leave immediately. The air of the place where this shameless couple has been seems to be dirty.
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It is already dark outside when Lin Luoran finally gets home after two times of bus transfer without haste.
She is too tired even to turn on the light.
She has reclaimed the heirloom of her family and will have no more connection with the heartbreaker. It’s time to think about what to do next.
Her parents are old and they have been urging her to marry Li Anping for half a year. For now, she definitely will not tell them about the break-up because they could never survive from the irritation.
She had paid a whole year’s rent and she still can live here for another seven months, so she doesn’t have to worry about rent. As for work, Lin Luoran was fired a week ago. The manager spoke evasively that Lin Luoran offended someone, but she couldn’t figure out who on earth it was.
The arrogance of Li Anping’s new girlfriend today actually reminds Lin Luoran that the “someone” might be this snorty rich woman who is easy-going on the outside… It will be a lie to say that Lin Luoran does not hate Elly since not only did Elly seduce her boyfriend, this woman also got her fired. Nevertheless, there is nothing Lin Luoran can do. Perhaps she could never revenge them for the gap between them is way too big. Lin Luoran still has to support her elderly parents back at home so she can’t just go to pour vitriol on Elly’s face.
Lin Luoran and Li Anping were going to get married. They even saved 30,000 yuan for their wedding. But the money was taken by Li Anping in the name of attending training. It means that all Lin Luoran gets from this six-year relations.h.i.+p are lost youth, unfinished school, awkward age and the left 1,600 yuan!
Lin Luoran grasps the silver bracelet subconsciously. Her palm starts to bleed again. The blood drops through the hollow silver wires onto the bead, which absorbs the blood without her noticing!
After absorbing blood, the bead begins to glow and vibrate slightly like it still lacks strength because of hunger.
Lin Luoran stays immersed in her own thoughts and fails to notice this bizarre phenomenon.
The bead keeps vibrating like a live creature with Reiki. It appears to be anxious for having no solution to its hunger. Then, as if it has finally made the decision, the bead s.h.i.+nes and these silver wires wrapped around it begin to move. They transform into spines and directly dig into Lin Luoran’s palm!
The room is dark. Lin Luoran is just distracted, but not blind. She certainly sees the light s.h.i.+ning from her palm. But the minute she raises her hand, these silver wires dig into her and shock the h.e.l.l out of her.