Rebirth! The Assassin's Revenge-Chapter 281: Because You’re Not Worthy

Thinking about that night, Gu Ningyue couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.

But she couldn’t quite pinpoint what exactly felt amiss.

The car drove to the mall, Ling Tianyou didn’t bring up Ling Tianze, and Gu Ningyue wisely held her tongue.

After all, she might inadvertently spill something disastrous if she wasn’t careful.

Gu Ningyue and Ling Tianyou strolled leisurely, and before long, Ling Tianyou’s hands were full of bags.

He bought everything for her from head to toe.

If it weren’t for the inconvenience of picking women’s underwear, Gu Ningyue even suspected he might have bought her some sets.

"I’ll put these in the car first. Wait here for me and don’t wander off."

Ling Tianyou, seeing Gu Ningyue eating ice cream, instructed her like a parent would a child.

Gu Ningyue nodded, "Okay."

Ling Tianyou left, and Gu Ningyue sat quietly on a sofa outside a store, waiting for his return.

Across from her was a men’s jewelry store. Gu Ningyue glanced at the diamond bracelet on her wrist, realizing she had never given Ling Tianyou a gift.

Unintentionally, Gu Ningyue stood up and walked into the store.

The clerk saw a beauty walk in, dressed simply but adorned in luxury brands, and her smile brightened: "Welcome, is there anything I can help you with?"

Gu Ningyue thought for a moment, "I’d like to see the cufflinks."

The clerk gestured her to the left counter, "These are all designed by a famous French designer, each piece is limited edition. Besides us, you won’t find another store with them in the whole of City A."

Gu Ningyue nodded, leaning on the counter, amazed by the dazzling array of cufflinks and their prices.

The cheapest cufflink was over eighty thousand? That’s more expensive than everything Ling Tianyou had just bought her combined.

Though she appeared composed, Gu Ningyue felt a pang of expense internally.

"I’d like to see that red pair," she pointed to a cufflink on the third row and said to the clerk.

"Certainly," the clerk gently placed the cufflink before Gu Ningyue, "You have an excellent eye, miss. The ruby on this piece is a select pigeon blood red, weighing 2.5 carats, and the setting is adorned with top-grade Hetian jade. The design is quite unique."

Gu Ningyue picked up the cufflink, examining it in an unlit area. Indeed, the blood-red gem was rare even in a jewelry store.

With its surrounding jade, moist and shiny, it perfectly complemented the singular red.

Yet the ninety-nine thousand price tag was overwhelming.

"Can this be discounted?" Gu Ningyue deliberated for a long time before finally asking.

The clerk replied good-naturedly, "We have a membership system, and once you spend over a million, you become a member. Then you can enjoy a 3% discount on all items."

Gu Ningyue was taken aback, then expressionlessly took out a card from her purse, "Swipe it!"

What’s the difference with a 3% discount? If you could afford a million, you probably wouldn’t care about the discount money!

The clerk swiped the card, packaged the cufflink, and handed it to her, "Feel free to come by if you need anything else."

Gu Ningyue nodded, turned, and walked out.

She used her personal card, and unless something unexpected happened, she wouldn’t be returning.

Since her newly bought house was still unrenovated, she had to save up a bit of capital for herself.

Exiting the shop, Gu Ningyue was surprised that Ling Tianyou hadn’t returned yet.

It only took five to six minutes to get back from the parking, why hadn’t Ling Tianyou shown up by the time she finished shopping?

She waited a bit longer and then called him, "Hello, how much longer?"

"My car got scratched, and I’m negotiating it. Just wait a little, it’ll be sorted soon," Ling Tianyou said, "It’s hot outside, don’t come out, just wait there."

Gu Ningyue agreed, "Alright."

After hanging up, she pondered whether her bad luck had rubbed off on Ling Tianyou, given all her recent misfortunes.

Why else would his stationary car get scratched?

As she mused, she stared blankly at the men’s jewelry store across from her.

She wasn’t sure how long she had been sitting there when a familiar voice suddenly reached her ears, "Gu Ningyue? Is that you?"

Gu Ningyue snapped back and looked up at the suited man in front, a flicker of surprise in her eyes, "Ye Mingchen?"

She had just been lamenting her luck and now, of all people, bumped into Ye Mingchen. Truly, her luck was bad!

"Alone?" Ye Mingchen chuckled, "Where’s President Ling?"

Knowing his intent to mock, Gu Ningyue didn’t bother with him, "Sorry to disappoint, Tianyou went to put things away, he’ll be here soon."

Hearing her affectionately call "Tianyou," Ye Mingchen felt a tide of discomfort, "Quite the cozy call. You never called me that when we were together."

Gu Ningyue rolled her eyes, "Maybe because you don’t deserve it?"

Something was wrong with him; when she had been with him, she called him ’Mingchen.’ But he said it was unfamiliar and made her change it to ’Brother Mingchen,’ like Gu Wanwan did.

Just thinking about it now made Gu Ningyue feel sick.

Ye Mingchen scoffed, suppressing his rising anger, he looked at the girl calmly seated, "Feeling proud now, are we? Think having Ling Tianyou to back you lets you do as you please? I’m telling you upfront, you won’t fare much better with Ling Tianyou than with me!"

"With me, at most you’d endure my neglect! With him, you might not even know how you met your end one day!"

Chen Rui had returned to the country, and everyone in A city’s upper circles knew of Ling Tianyou’s old flame with her.

What did crazy Gu Ningyue have in comparison to Chen Rui?

Even with a ten billion inheritance backing her, she’d need to access it first and spend to make it count!

Chen Rui’s thunderous tactics, Gu Ningyue probably hadn’t seen yet.

The Ye Family had long experienced it firsthand.

The only one who could rival Chen Rui was Lu Qingqing.

But unfortunately, Lu Qingqing had her weakness, Ji Qianqian, while Chen Rui had none!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingchen’s smile turned a shade crueler.