Chapter 74 : Chapter 74
Chapter 74. The Girl Whose Eyes Held Only You
Inside the dazzling shopping mall, filled with a dazzling array of goods,
Su Linyu wandered through one jewelry boutique after another like a lively little girl, searching for the perfect target.
Jiang Yichen could not help marveling at the power of girls when it came to shopping. In such a massive mall, Su Linyu still insisted on making a full circuit before finally stopping in front of a luxury boutique.
To be honest, he was genuinely tired from all the walking.
“Brother Yichen, what about this necklace? Is it pretty?” Su Linyu took the Silver Ring Lock necklace from the sales assistant and held it up for him to see.
Under the lights, the necklace shimmered with a silver glow. It was eye-catching, refined, and elegant. The price was not low either—more than ten million.
“Miss, this is our newest arrival. There’s only this one, so you two really came at the perfect time,” the sales associate said with a smile plastered across her face.
Jiang Yichen gave it a brief look and nodded slightly. “Mm. It’s quite pretty.”
If he said it was not pretty, Su Linyu would probably drag him to another mall and keep looking.
“Really? Then Brother Yichen and I think exactly alike.” Su Linyu smiled sweetly. “Auntie’s favorite color is silver-white, and she also likes collecting jewelry. She’ll definitely love it.”
A smile tugged at Jiang Yichen’s lips. He, her son, did not even know his mother had that hobby, yet Su Linyu knew it like the back of her hand.
It made him feel a little like a failure.
“Since Brother Yichen says it looks good, then I’ll buy this one.” After asking for his opinion, Su Linyu purchased it without hesitation.
The saleswoman blinked and smiled, then turned to Jiang Yichen and held out her hand. “Sir, payment this way, please.”
Jiang Yichen was just about to step forward when Su Linyu frowned and stopped him. “How could I let Brother Yichen pay for something like this?”
“Ah...”
He froze for a moment, only to watch Su Linyu pull the saleswoman toward the counter.
Then he heard—
“Swipe the card.” Su Linyu handed over a bank card.
The saleswoman looked at her strangely and warned, “Miss, if a man is not even willing to spend money on you, then that proves he doesn’t love you. Be careful not to let a man treat you like an ATM.”
“Brother Yichen treating me like an ATM?” Su Linyu fell into thought.
“Yes, Miss. Just think about it—”
“That’s wonderful. I found another way to make Brother Yichen rely on me.”
Su Linyu suddenly lit up with joy. “Thank you for the reminder. I’ve decided that from now on, I’ll work even harder to earn money so I can be Brother Yichen’s ATM.”
“That way, Brother Yichen can rely on me forever and never leave me. That’s great.”
Saleswoman: “……”
Jiang Yichen: “……”
What kind of logic was that?
He smiled helplessly. The thoughts of someone devoted to pure love were baffling, yet strangely comforting at the same time.
After buying the gift for his mother, the two of them left the mall and headed for the Su family estate.
When it came to his parents’ birthdays, Su Linyu remembered them even more clearly than he did.
She had prepared a birthday gift for his father half a month in advance. As for the necklace she had just bought, it was simply a little everyday surprise for his mother.
At the Su family estate, Su Linyu led Jiang Yichen sneakily toward the front gate.
“Why don’t we just go in directly? What exactly are we doing?” he asked.
Su Linyu made a shushing gesture and whispered, “We can’t, Brother Yichen. If my dad finds out, he’ll definitely lock me up again and stop me from going to the base to train.”
“I know there’s a dog hole thirty meters from the gate. Brother Yichen, wait outside for me. I’ll crawl in, get the gift, and come right back out. It’ll be quick.”
Crawl through a dog hole?
Jiang Yichen went blank for a moment. You are the Su family’s precious daughter, and you are crawling through a dog hole...
Then again, the last time Su Linyu had brought him breakfast, she had crawled through one then too.
“So these past few days, you’ve been sneaking out through a dog hole?” Jiang Yichen could not help recalling how her clothes were always a little dirty during morning training.
Su Linyu grinned. “That’s right. Dad keeps trying to control me and make me obey him. Otherwise, he won’t let me leave the house.”
“But nothing can stop me. If he won’t let me out through the front gate, then I’ll use the dog hole. Even my dad never thought of that.”
“Brother Yichen, I’m impressive, right?”
Jiang Yichen: (☉_☉)
“...Impressive,” he said, giving her a sincere thumbs-up.
Su Linyu’s smile became even brighter, and two tiny dimples appeared on her cheeks. “Brother Yichen praised me. I’m so happy.”
Jiang Yichen was completely convinced.
Thinking back to his previous life, in order to stop Su Linyu from bringing him breakfast, he had Uncle Feng guard every single entrance and exit of the villa.
Yet Su Linyu’s persistence had been practically divine. Every time, she still managed to find a loophole.
The perseverance and patience of someone devoted to pure love truly seemed endless.
“Su Linyu, you won’t need to crawl through dog holes anymore. I have a way to get in.” Jiang Yichen took hold of Su Linyu’s hand.
She looked at him curiously. “Brother Yichen, what do you have—”
“Great Void Art!”
Jiang Yichen activated a spatial technique, and the two of them vanished instantly from the corner of the estate wall, reappearing inside Su Linyu’s room.
The room was large, but the lighting was poor. The curtains were all drawn shut, as though they were concealing something.
“Wow! Brother Yichen, the Space-type Cultivation Art you practice is incredible.”
“Brother Yichen really is a peerless genius. He even managed to master a Space-type Cultivation Art. I tried cultivating one before, but my mentor said I just wasn’t cut out for it.”
Su Linyu’s eyes shone with admiration. Whenever he showed even the slightest bit of progress, she praised him with all her heart, filling him with emotional warmth.
“If we ever come across one that suits you, I’ll teach you,” Jiang Yichen said, feeling rather pleased from all the praise.
Su Linyu’s eyes lit up. “Alright. Brother Yichen is the best.”
Jiang Yichen glanced around the room. “In broad daylight, you’ve got all the curtains drawn...”
With the powerful mental perception of a telekinetic sweeping through the room, he froze in place, his gaze turning blank as he stared at the wall.
Su Linyu clasped her hands behind her back and smiled sweetly, then waved her hand and pulled the curtains open.
Light flooded into the room like a tide, and the wall covered in his photographs gradually came into view.
And that was not all. On the shelves on the other side of the room sat every single thing he had ever given Su Linyu.
From the eraser he had lent her back in elementary school when they were desk mates,
to the wedding dress she had obtained from the surprise blind box at the graduation ceremony, to the Purple Extreme Spirit Crystal he had given her for cultivation.
For more than twenty years, Su Linyu had carefully preserved every one of them.
It was practically a vast shrine of memories.
“Brother Yichen, some of these pictures were taken secretly by me. You won’t be angry, will you?” Su Linyu looked at him, her eyes full of hidden love.
Jiang Yichen shook his head. He had already been mentally prepared. It was not really a big deal.
“Go get the gift. I’ll take a look around.”
Su Linyu bit her moist red lip, a trace of secret delight on her face, then turned and went to fetch the gift she had prepared for Uncle.
Jiang Yichen walked over to the photo wall and began looking through it.
Memories from the past came rushing back like a tide, and all the beautiful moments surfaced in his mind like a slideshow.
In his previous life, he had exhausted himself helping Lin Wan fulfill her dream and ascend to the peak of martial arts. He had made his parents worry themselves sick and left his family disappointed.
His fiancée had been forced into marrying into the Zhou family, yet Su Linyu had still dared to enrage the Zhou family. She had fled the wedding on the spot and come to find him while still wearing her wedding dress.
And even then, in that previous life, he had still rejected this girl whose eyes held only him.
Ah... only those who were loved without reserve could afford to be so fearless.
Jiang Yichen turned his head slightly and looked at Su Linyu as she sorted through her things, then smiled.
Fortunately, he had been reborn.
The tragedies of the previous life would never happen again.
Jiang Yichen continued looking over the items on the shelves. Each one held a memory of his own.
Su Linyu had also found the gift she had prepared for his father and placed it into her Spatial Bag.
“Brother Yichen, let’s go,” Su Linyu said softly.
Jiang Yichen set down the doll he had been holding, took hold of Su Linyu’s soft little hand, and gave it a gentle tug, pulling her close.
Su Linyu’s cheeks flushed red, and her eyes flickered uncertainly. Heaven knew what she was thinking again.
Just as Jiang Yichen was about to use spatial travel—
The space around them suddenly seemed to be bound by some unseen force...
Bang!
The bedroom door flew open violently. Leaning on his cane, Su Zhan released the pressure of a Martial God.
His stern gaze fell upon the two of them standing so close together, and he spoke in a cold voice:
“What are you two doing in this room?”