Chapter 8 - 008: There is one thing, yet to be returned to this day
The night was as thick as ink, so dense it could not be dissolved.
When Cen Jin reached the front of the villa, she had finished her ice cream. Because she had left her phone in Jiang Baizhou’s living room, she went back in to get it. As she was about to leave, she found Jiang Baizhou standing by the foyer, looking at her with unusual eyes.
"About that... I’ll transfer the money for the ice cream to you via WeChat later," Cen Jin moved her steps, forcing a smile under his intense gaze, and spoke with difficulty.
"No need."
"That’s not right! Even siblings settle accounts clearly!" Cen Jin smiled and retorted.
Hearing this, Jiang Baizhou’s eyes slightly darkened, and a subtle change occurred in his expression as he tucked one hand into his pants pocket and turned towards the house. His indifferent tone suddenly took on a peculiar sarcasm: "Since you insist, you might as well pay back what you owe from before!"
Cen Jin was instantly stunned, her charming face showing some surprise, and she racked her brain to think carefully, still failing to understand: "What do you mean? I remember I paid back everything I borrowed from you before!"
"There’s one thing you haven’t returned."
"What?"
Pausing at the stairway, Jiang Baizhou turned his head to look at her: "Is there a time when even a scholar’s brain doesn’t work?"
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