Chapter 53 - A Necklace and A Ring are Different (2/2)

“Who says we don’t have the luck? Isn’t this a sapphire?”

Lin Luoran looks at the random-shaped stone in Liu Zheng’s palm. She has a hard time connecting it with the s.h.i.+ny sapphires in the counter of Treasure House.

“This is…a sapphire?”

Seeing Lin Luoran’s surprise, Liu Zheng laughs, “It’s just like that jade is contained in raw stone. Before processing, gem looks exactly like this.”

He puts the stone in Lin Luoran’s hand, “You find it. You shall keep it.”

Lin Luoran grips the gem. Liu Zheng’s smell seems to be lingering around it, which makes her a little embarra.s.sed. Later, they discover that Liu Zheng is still holding Lin Luoran’s wrist…

“Hee hee, where are you going!” A couple runs over them. The girl scoops up some water and pours on the boy. The boy runs beside Lin Luoran, laughing. Cold water splashes on Lin Luoran’s face. She subconsciously tries to dodge the water but slips—

“Ah…” The stone in her hand falls out. Somehow, Lin Luoran doesn’t want to lose it so she jumps out to catch it.

“Watch out!” Liu Zheng doesn’t know that Lin Luoran is trying to catch the stone. He just a.s.sumes that she loses her balance so he hurries to pull her back. Now Lin Luoran actually tumbles!

“Plop!” The two of them fall into the river!

Liu Zheng almost becomes Lin Luoran’s cus.h.i.+on and takes the impact of falling by himself. Even his gold-rimmed gla.s.ses are lost.

Lin Luoran wipes off the water on her face and notices that she and Liu Zheng are in an awkward position. She hurries to get up.

Liu Zheng is unaware of Lin Luoran’s embarra.s.sment. Instead, he asks nervously, “Are you ok? Did you hurt yourself?”

Without the gla.s.ses, Liu Zheng’s eyes look like raw jade. Lin Luoran is stunned then comes to herself after hearing his questions.

“I’m alright. Where are your gla.s.ses?”

Liu Zheng finally notices that he can’t see things clearly. They fumble in the river and find his gla.s.ses, which luckily are not broken.

The young couple who causes the accident comes timidly to apologize, and they run away after being forgiven, holding hands.

Though their two hours are not up yet, Lin Luoran and Liu Zheng can’t keep searching for gems with the wet clothes. They go ash.o.r.e ahead of time.

They change into new clothes and Liu Zheng leads Lin Luoran to the gem processing workshop nearby. The worker congratulates them with a smile, “This is a nice gem. You guys are lucky. I can make it into a ring for the lady as a souvenir. Is that ok?”

Liu Zheng thinks this is a good idea. He looks to Lin Luoran with an inquiring face.

Ring. Souvenir. Lin Luoran’s heart starts racing. She calms herself down and decides that she shall keep a distance from Liu Zheng because no matter how nice the man in front of her is, he is already engaged with Baojia.

“I think a pendant is better!”

Lin Luoran’s cold voice puts out the fire in Liu Zheng’s tender eyes.