Chapter 51

Lu Xin left the affiliated hospital and returned to his single apartment. After washing his face, brushing his teeth, and changing into a new set of clothes, he was about to turn on his computer to play a game when a knock came at the door.

Opening the door, he saw Xie Fei's girlfriend, Zhou Ya, one of the five golden flowers of the alloy materials department.

Lu Xin looked her up and down. She was wearing a red-bordered white T-shirt and light blue jeans, a familiar outfit. He looked down at what he was wearing and couldn't help but exclaim softly, "What a coincidence, it's a couple's outfit!"

Zhou Ya also looked at Lu Xin in surprise and chuckled, "You didn't deliberately dress like this, did you? Hurry up and change, I don't want others to misunderstand!"

"Deliberately? Do you think I'm that bored? It's just a coincidence, no big deal!" Lu Xin glanced at Zhou Ya's eyes indifferently, "National treasure, why are your dark circles still so deep? Did you not sleep well last night?"

Zhou Ya's dark circles, unlike those of ordinary girls, looked more like black eyeshadow, giving her a particularly sexy look. However, Lu Xin didn't appreciate this, as he disliked women wearing eyeshadow.

"It's none of your business whether I slept well or not," Zhou Ya thought of Xie Fei's listlessness last night and felt very depressed. She glared at Lu Xin, "Hurry up and pack your things, and come with me!"

"Come with you? Where to?" Lu Xin had completely forgotten about the extortion and blackmail by Zhou Ya the day before.

"Stop pretending! You clearly agreed yesterday to go to Chow Tai Fook with me and buy me a platinum necklace," Zhou Ya said coldly, "If you don't go, I'll tell Vice President Jiang about your indecent behavior in the restroom."

Only then did Lu Xin remember that he had been forced to agree to Zhou Ya's demands in the restroom on the first floor of the department building. At the time, there were many leaders coming and going, but now, in his single apartment, Lu Xin could easily renege. He doubted Zhou Ya would dare to tell Jiang Chunyu about the indecent behavior, as such rumors could ruin a woman's reputation.

Zhou Ya, perhaps feeling a bit guilty about extorting Lu Xin, took out a bag from behind her and handed it to him, "You haven't had breakfast, have you? This is your favorite scallion and egg bun and the tofu pudding you like to drink the most!"

"How did you know these are my favorites?" Although he knew Zhou Ya had bought the breakfast to get the platinum necklace, he was still a bit touched. Even his ex-girlfriend Yang Xiaoli didn't know his breakfast preferences, but Zhou Ya did.

"I saw you eat them a few times, and you enjoyed them so much, I remembered!" Zhou Ya smiled sweetly, and when she smiled, she really did resemble the artistic goddess Tang Wei, living up to the nickname Lu Xin had given her, "Big Boobs Tang Wei."

Lu Xin smiled appreciatively at Zhou Ya. He didn't mention the events of the previous day or the fact that he had planned to make Xie Fei wear a green hat by dating her. Just for the sake of Zhou Ya remembering his breakfast preferences, Lu Xin decided to get her a platinum necklace.

He said "get" rather than "buy" because he wanted to try out his metal control ability.

"It's just a platinum necklace, I'll buy it for you, but if you accept my gift, you can't keep bringing up yesterday's incident!" Lu Xin stared at Zhou Ya seriously.

"What do you think I am?" Zhou Ya pouted, looking indignant.

"If the roles were reversed, what would you think of me?" Lu Xin sneered.

"I'm not a greedy woman," Zhou Ya glanced at Lu Xin coldly, "Once I get the platinum necklace, I'll erase yesterday's events from my memory!"

"Good!"

In front of the headquarters of Sanjiang Group, there was a bus stop. A bus was heading from Sanjiang Group to the city center, where the Guanghua Square, which housed the Chow Tai Fook jewelry store Zhou Ya wanted to visit, was located.

The two got on the bus. Zhou Ya was worried that familiar colleagues might tell Xie Fei about their outing, so she acted as if she didn't know Lu Xin. She sat down in a seat reserved for the elderly, sick, or pregnant and buried her head in her phone.

Lu Xin smiled indifferently at Zhou Ya's act of not recognizing him. He walked straight to the back of the bus, found a window seat, and tightly gripped the metal bar, absorbing the metal energy inside.

After absorbing for a while, Lu Xin thought of a problem. If he absorbed all the metal energy from the bus's metal components, wouldn't the bus become much weaker? If the bus were to have an accident, the metal bars wouldn't protect the passengers, and he would have done a bad thing. Thinking of this, he stopped and no longer absorbed.

Lu Xin glanced indifferently at Zhou Ya sitting in the front row, smiling to himself. Zhou Ya, you might be comfortable in your single seat now, but in a few stops, you'll definitely have to give it up, as you're sitting in a seat reserved for the elderly, sick, or pregnant.

Sure enough, after three or four stops, the bus became crowded. At the fourth stop, a middle-aged woman with a fierce look on her face got on. She looked to be in her fifties but appeared older due to her ugly face, wrinkles, and a hostile demeanor.

Behind the middle-aged woman was a person in their twenties with an ambiguous gender. They had no Adam's apple, a small build, and wore a pink shirt. They spoke in a high-pitched voice, seemingly a woman, but had a clear mustache and a flat chest, shorter hair, and rough features, making them appear like a man.

Lu Xin and the other passengers in the bus were surprised to see this person, as they were a celebrity in Jiangzhou City. Just as Feng Jie was once a celebrity in Mingzhu City and Furong Sister was once a celebrity in Yanjing City, every city seemed to have its peculiar characters, and this person was Jiangzhou's peculiar character.

Using "he" or "she" to refer to this person wasn't accurate; "it" was more appropriate, as this person was a hermaphrodite. Before all of Jiangzhou discovered its secret, it was a diligent male employee at a newspaper during the day but became a streetwalker at night. One night, the police caught it during a crackdown on prostitution, revealing its disguise. It then became a celebrity in Jiangzhou.

After becoming famous, it was proud of its true identity and could always attract people's curiosity wherever it went. It started participating in various events, acting like a celebrity. Its mother, driven by greed, became its agent and took it to various venues.

However, once the novelty wore off, the public lost interest, and no shows would invite it anymore. It returned to ordinary life.

Its name was Ye Huangyang. Its mother's surname was Ye, and its name had an interesting origin. When its mother was young, she was considered beautiful and was involved with a man surnamed Huang and a man surnamed Yang. She became pregnant but didn't know which man was the father. DNA testing wasn't popular back then, so she simply combined the surnames of both men in its name.

Ye Huangyang, supporting its robust and energetic mother, who didn't need anyone to give up their seat, came to Zhou Ya and coldly said, "Give up your seat, quickly!"

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