Chapter 53 of 100
Chapter 53
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The two arrived at the Chow Tai Fook jewelry store. Lu Xin pointed at the dazzling array of platinum, gold, and silver jewelry and smiled at Zhou Ya, saying, "What kind of gift do you think my female friend would like?"
"Tell me first, how old is your female friend, and what does she usually wear?" Zhou Ya had always suspected that the female friend Lu Xin mentioned was Jiang Xueqing, but since Lu Xin didn't say it himself, she didn't feel comfortable bringing it up.
"She's the same age as me, both 22 years old," Lu Xin smiled. "She usually likes simple jewelry and doesn't seem to like pure gold, thinking that gold chains are too vulgar!"
Zhou Ya nodded thoughtfully and began to look down and select.
As she was picking, Lu Xin suddenly touched her arm and pointed to a piece of jewelry on the other side of the counter that a customer had just paid for and was about to be packaged. He whispered, "What do you think of that platinum diamond necklace?"
"It's pretty good. I think your friend would like it, but that platinum diamond necklace costs over ten thousand yuan!" Zhou Ya's eyes lit up, then dimmed. She didn't believe that Lu Xin, who was now demoted to the machine repair class and only earned two thousand yuan a month, would be willing to spend so much money on a gift for a girl.
"Okay, I got it," Lu Xin smiled. "Zhou Ya, I've run into a colleague from the same factory. I need to say hello to him. He knows Xie Fei. Why don't you go wait for me at KFC?"
Zhou Ya, carrying a counterfeit LV bag, obediently walked towards the door.
Lu Xin used his metal control ability to manipulate the platinum diamond necklace five meters away. His current metal control ability had a power of at least 12 kilograms, and the necklace only weighed a few hundred grams, well within his control range. The necklace moved according to his will, instantly disappearing from its original place and landing in Zhou Ya's LV bag.
Zhou Ya had no idea that her bag now contained the platinum diamond necklace she had long desired, and she continued to walk slowly towards the KFC restaurant.
Lu Xin was overjoyed, realizing that he could control platinum, and it seemed he could also control gold and silver items.
The colleague from the same factory that Lu Xin mentioned was the customer who had just paid for the platinum diamond necklace. He was Li Qiming, the factory manager of the special alloy materials plant, who had been plotting to harm Lu Xin. It was precisely because the buyer of the necklace was him that Lu Xin was willing to activate his metal control superpower to transfer the necklace.
Li Qiming was wearing a white casual suit, looking particularly handsome, standing next to a tall and beautiful girl. He had bought a platinum diamond necklace worth 16,666 yuan, intending to give it to the girl.
Just as Li Qiming swiped his credit card and was about to put the necklace on the girl, he suddenly noticed that the platinum diamond necklace had vanished without a trace.
Li Qiming and the girl looked at each other in surprise, quickly searching the counter and flipping through their bags, but they couldn't find the necklace.
As Li Qiming suspected that the salesgirl might have taken the necklace, a hateful voice sounded in his ear: "Factory Manager Li, you're eating from the bowl and looking at the pot. What right do you have to pursue Xueqing!"
Li Qiming turned his head and saw the person he now hated the most, Lu Xin. He glared at Lu Xin coldly, "Lu Xin, what right do you have to say I'm eating from the bowl and looking at the pot?"
Lu Xin pointed at the tall and beautiful girl next to Li Qiming, "Isn't she your girlfriend? Since you have a girlfriend, why are you still chasing after Xueqing!"
The girl couldn't help but giggle, and when she laughed, two shallow dimples appeared on her fair cheeks, making her look very cute.
"Lu Xin, open your eyes and look clearly. This is my sister, Li Xiaoming," Li Qiming said, feeling both amused and exasperated.
Lu Xin then carefully examined the girl's appearance and indeed found her somewhat similar to Li Qiming. She was Li Xiaoming, who had followed her mother after her parents' divorce and remarried. She was well-maintained and looked younger than Li Qiming. He scratched his head and smiled bitterly, "I'm really sorry! I couldn't recognize a gem in a setting!"
Li Xiaoming squinted her eyes in a smile and sized up Lu Xin, "A handsome young man, is he one of your subordinates, Qiming?"
"Uh, he works as a machine repairman in our factory!"
"Wow, such a handsome young man working as a machine repairman is a waste of talent," Li Xiaoming giggled. "Why don't you come work as my assistant at my company? The salary will be much higher than being a machine repairman!"
Li Xiaoming ran a small company outside, specializing in providing various raw materials to the Sanjiang Group. With her father's connections, her business had always been very successful, earning her at least ten million yuan annually.
Lu Xin knew that although Li Xiaoming looked dignified and beautiful, one shouldn't judge a person by their appearance. Who knew if she was the kind of woman who kept many young men as lovers. He smiled faintly, "I feel good working at Sanjiang, and I don't want to change for now!" He then turned and walked towards the door.
Li Xiaoming's sweet smile instantly vanished, and her dimples disappeared. Although she was just teasing Lu Xin and had no intention of recruiting him as an assistant, his cold response indeed hurt her confidence. She began to doubt whether the young talents working at her company were attracted by her beauty or her wealth.
"Lu Xin, stop right there!" Li Qiming, looking at Lu Xin's back, suddenly had an idea and quickly called out to him.
Lu Xin turned around and glanced at Li Qiming coolly, "Factory Manager Li, what's the matter?"
"Just now, I bought a platinum diamond necklace and was about to put it on my sister, but it suddenly disappeared. I suspect you stole it!" Li Qiming glared at Lu Xin fiercely.
"You're crazy. Why would I steal your stuff?" Lu Xin looked around the jewelry store. "There are over forty people here. Why do you only suspect me and not them?"
"Because they have no grudge against me, but you and I have personal enmity. Only you have a motive," Li Qiming stared at Lu Xin coldly.
"You're delusional. How do you know they don't have a motive? They might take risks to get the necklace for free," Lu Xin said angrily. "Li Qiming, stop slandering me!"
"Will you let me search you?" Li Qiming became more suspicious of Lu Xin. Why was he at the scene when the necklace disappeared?
"Search me, but if you don't find it, I'll sue you for false accusation," Lu Xin said with a cold smile, though his expression deliberately showed a hint of panic.
The hint of panic in Lu Xin's eyes confirmed Li Qiming's suspicions. He smiled coldly, "If I don't find it, I'll pay you for mental distress!"
"Mental distress, what a nice term, but you haven't said how much mental distress you'll pay," Lu Xin stared at Li Qiming coldly. "If you give me a coin, won't I have been humiliated for nothing?"
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