Chapter 20

The saleswoman saw the longing in the customer’s eyes and quickly began to promote the watch: “This watch is very popular abroad. Our Friendship Store’s clerks went to great lengths to get two back. The other one with a dark brown strap was just bought by the factory director’s wife yesterday! She said it was for her daughter-in-law’s dowry!”

“Let me try it on,” Ji Wanqing extended her hand, and the saleswoman quickly helped her put it on.

The snow-white delicate wrist made the saleswoman stare for a moment, she couldn’t help but glance at the girl’s dark and yellowish face, and planned to recommend some skin care products to her later.

“It looks good.” Ji Wanqing raised her wrist and couldn’t put it down.

The small and exquisite leather watch looked so suitable on her slender wrist. Moreover, this women’s watch was meticulously crafted and classic in style. It would be highly collectible even in the future, making it worth buying.

So Ji Wanqing readily paid seven hundred and eighty yuan plus a watch ticket, and she didn’t even take the watch off her wrist!

My goodness, what a wealthy lady!

The saleswoman smiled so hard that her teeth were invisible. While filling out the invoice, she started to promote the newly arrived skin care products and perfumes.

When Ji Wanqing left the Friendship Store with two brown paper bags, she fell into deep thought.

Had she come here intending to pick out a gift for Jiang Che? But once she started shopping, she couldn’t stop.

Well…

It was her fault for not telling the saleswoman clearly that she wanted a men’s watch, leading her to think it was for herself.

But since she had already bought it, Ji Wanqing didn’t dwell on the wasted watch ticket.

As for Jiang Che.

It wouldn’t be appropriate to buy him a watch since they had never met. Hmm, bringing some local specialties from Yunhe City would be good.

Humph.

On her way home, she didn’t know if she was cursed today. She had just dealt with five big men, and now she was blocked in an alley by four hooligans.

After a few words, she found out that they had been watching her in the Friendship Store because she had shown off her wealth by buying a watch and two bottles of perfume.

However, she was tired from working all afternoon and wanted to go home quickly for dinner. So, she quickly knocked them out and took the twenty-some yuan and seven or eight tickets she had collected from the hooligans’ pockets, and left happily.

Adding this to the three hundred yuan she had gotten in the afternoon, it was like she hadn’t spent any money on the clothes she bought last time!

Ji Wanqing’s beautiful eyes blinked gently, and she suddenly realized a unique way to get rich!

The Ji family.

Ji Xiaorou’s face was tense, and she kept looking towards the door.

She desperately hoped that the people Wang Dapao had found would succeed. Once they ruined Ji Wanqing’s reputation, she wondered if that company commander fiancé would still marry her!

Then, Ji Wanqing would only have two options: marry a hooligan or go to the countryside!

The thought made her blood boil!

“Click.”

It was the sound of the key opening the door.

Ji Xiaorou’s eyes were filled with anticipation, but she saw Ji Wanqing coming back from outside, carrying two brown paper bags from the Friendship Store.

She immediately noticed that Ji Wanqing was wearing a particularly beautiful watch, unlike the shiny ones in state-owned stores. It was very low-key, but very beautiful and elegant!

She had only seen this style of watch on the daughter of the steel mill factory director!

“Go boil some water, I want to soak my feet.”

Ji Wanqing, wearing ordinary liberation rubber shoes, was very tired from walking all afternoon, and casually instructed Ji Xiaorou.

“…Okay.”

Ji Xiaorou concealed the shock, disappointment, and a hint of relief in her eyes.

She lowered her head and went to the kitchen to boil water.

Ji Wanqing looked as usual, not angry with her at all, clearly not noticing her scheme.

Had the people Wang Dapao had found failed?

Or had they not acted at all?

She suppressed her worries and, after boiling the water, diligently carried it to Ji Wanqing’s feet.

Ji Wanqing looked at Ji Xiaorou’s head, a slight smile on her lips.

As a woman herself, she couldn’t bear to use ruining someone’s reputation as a means of revenge against Ji Xiaorou.

But that didn’t mean she didn’t have other ways to make Ji Xiaorou experience a chaotic life.

Another peaceful night passed.

When she opened her eyes again, it was the last day Ji Wanqing would spend in Yunhe City.

The Ji family, especially Ji Jianguo, was extremely excited.

Tomorrow was the day the white-eyed wolf would leave. Honestly, although he had been ruthless enough to give up over five thousand yuan and two gold bars at the time.

But now that the money was about to leave the Ji family, he couldn’t sleep from heartache.

So he decided to borrow fifty yuan from Captain Chen and go to the prison to find Nie Yougen, buying a drug with the same ingredients as the incense.

He planned to make a good meal for the little beast tonight, and while she was unconscious, he would take all her money and hide away.

The little beast’s train was leaving the next day, she wouldn’t leave the golden egg of a company commander fiancé behind and not come looking for him to settle the score!

Ji Jianguo rubbed his hands together in anticipation, even taking a day off to prepare for tonight’s banquet.

However, Ji Wanqing packed her bags early in the morning, said goodbye to her neighbors, and went to the guest house near the train station with her introduction letter and a suitcase, where she checked into a room.

According to her original plan, she was indeed going to enjoy one more night at the Ji family before leaving.

But Ji Xiaorou had come knocking on her door?

She had to give her a big gift in return, right?

After getting the key to the guest house, Ji Wanqing went upstairs and opened the door.

The room wasn’t big, but it was relatively clean. After all, Yunhe City, as a heavy industrial city, was economically quite advanced, otherwise there wouldn’t be a Friendship Store here.

Ji Wanqing locked the door and drew the curtains.

She had to be more cautious when she was away from home.

Leaving the familiar circle of people in the Ji family, she could finally take off the black and yellow ugly makeup on her face and have a nice bath with the spiritual spring water!

The scars on her body were already slowly fading, and now after soaking in the spiritual spring water, Ji Wanqing felt itchy all over.

She knew that was the side effect of the rapid healing of collagen and skin tissue.

An hour later, Ji Wanqing got out of the bathtub.

She looked at the stunningly beautiful girl in the mirror and nodded in satisfaction.

Her skin was white, tender, and translucent. Her almond-shaped eyes were beautiful and moving, her nose was high and her lips were pink. When she wasn’t smiling, she looked like a cold and ethereal fairy.

But once she smiled, she had two sweet dimples on either side of her cheeks, and her whole demeanor instantly became gentle and sweet.

Before the apocalypse, she was beautiful and the school’s beauty, but because she didn’t have the spiritual spring space, she also had dark circles, pimples, and acne.

And after the apocalypse, although the spiritual spring water kept her in her best state at all times, the oppressive environment, the constant running around, and living in a chaotic world made her feel anxious and fearful, even her beauty was diminished by three points.

But now.

She had the spiritual spring water and a leisurely and comfortable life. The beauty in the mirror was full of vibrant life! Confident and elegant, bright and generous, radiating the aura of a great beauty from within.

Ji Wanqing was very satisfied with her current state. She picked out a light green dress from her newly bought clothes, changed into her small leather shoes, took her small bag, and went out confidently.

And she deliberately went into the small alleys.

Now she was,

Beautiful—attracting lustful people.

Weak—attracting bullies.

Rich—attracting daring criminals.

Ji Wanqing walked delicately and tearfully in the deserted alleys, almost using a loudspeaker to shout, “Come and rob me! Come and rob me!”

Cough.

She had already done a good deed by severely injuring the thugs who had been robbing houses in Yunhe City before leaving.