Chapter 83

Xiao Ru was both disappointed and sad. In fact, for women of a certain age, hair loss and the appearance of spots were very common issues.

Her mother didn't consider this a particularly significant problem, but as a mother, she could feel her daughter's distress. What might be a small matter to others was extremely important to Xiao Ru.

As she grew older, even though she was still in school, she also hoped to do something for her mother.

She had come full of hope, but never expected that it would ultimately end up in someone else's hands... Xiao Ru bit her rosy lips and felt a sourness in her nose.

Suddenly, a tall figure blocked her view, making everything a bit darker.

Xiao Ru, who had been hanging her head, was dazed for a moment. In a bad mood, she suddenly looked up, but when she saw who it was, she was stunned.

Is it him? How did he grow so much? When he was far away, she only thought he had grown a little, but now, face to face, she had to look up at him...

Wait, shouldn't she be thinking about something else right now? Why did he pretend not to see her earlier, and now he's blocking her way? What does he want?

Xiao Ru's mind was a bit confused, but Wang Ge smiled naturally, as if he had just seen her: "What a coincidence?"

"Ah..." Xiao Ru didn't know how to respond for a moment. No matter how she answered, it felt awkward.

"By the way, I haven't thanked you for taking me to buy the optical brain last time, so I'll give you a cake again." Wang Ge handed the silver cake box in his hand to Xiao Ru: "This cake is made by me. It may not be the best, but you will definitely like it."

If Wang Ge had given her something else, Xiao Ru, with her character, would have refused. She wasn't the type to accept gifts easily.

But since it was a cake, and she had accepted a cake from Wang Ge before, her instinctive resistance was less. Moreover, hearing that it was made by Wang Ge himself, she subconsciously took the cake box.

Before she could say anything, Wang Ge took a few steps back, smiled, and waved: "Goodbye."

Almost the same farewell as last time, Xiao Ru was a bit dazed and subconsciously waved back: "...Goodbye."

It seemed the same, but something felt different.

Because everything happened so quickly, Xiao Ru's mind was still a bit fuzzy.

What was different? Hmm... It was the feeling. Last time, when Wang Ge said goodbye, Xiao Ru felt that they really wouldn't meet again. His dejected, defeated, and resolute back left her feeling lost.

But this time, Xiao Ru felt a strong confidence from Wang Ge, which even infected her. Even though she knew they were from different worlds, she still believed they would meet again.

"Stop—"

The bald man and the man with the pompadour chased after him in a panic. How could that guy get so close to the young lady in just a blink of an eye?

Their voices snapped Xiao Ru out of her daze. When she looked again, Wang Ge was already in the elevator.

The elevator doors were slowly closing, and through the narrowing gap, Wang Ge was looking out. He saw the bald man chasing after him, unable to catch up, and looking both angry and panicked. Wang Ge couldn't help but laugh.

His face was confident, arrogant, and unrestrained, with a crooked, devilish smile on one side of his mouth.

Even he might not have noticed the change in himself.

Xiao Ru happened to look at that moment, and her heart skipped a beat when she saw Wang Ge's smile through the closing elevator doors.

Because the farewell reminded her of the past, Xiao Ru magnified the feeling to a clear degree.

She remembered that last time, although Wang Ge was smiling, it was so forced and suppressed, like a person living in a cocoon.

But now, although Wang Ge still seemed like a small figure, he had a powerful soul.

Like the first ray of sunlight emerging from the darkness in the morning, although weak, it made her believe that it would eventually dispel all the darkness.

The former Wang Ge was pitiable.

The current Wang Ge...

She didn't know. Xiao Ru shook her head and called out in a soft voice: "Uncle Xiao Bei, don't chase him!"

"Damn!" Although the bald man was already running fast, the elevator doors had already closed by the time he caught up. If anything happened to the young lady, he would have broken the elevator to chase after him. But since the young lady was fine and even stopped him, he had to return to protect Xiao Ru.

The man with the pompadour, after taking a few steps, realized and quickly returned to Xiao Ru's side. The young lady was the most important.

"Miss, please give this to me first!" The man with the pompadour, looking as if he were facing a great enemy, took the silver cake box from Xiao Ru's hand with great care.

"Uncle Lao Dong," Xiao Ru instinctively pulled her hand back, frowning and speaking softly, "This is a gift from my friend."

The man with the pompadour was stunned, feeling as if his obedient daughter had been corrupted by a wild boy. Their work was usually very easy because Xiao Ru was always cooperative and never acted like a young lady to them.

But now, Xiao Ru was refusing to cooperate for a wild boy, which made the man with the pompadour feel very uncomfortable. After all, he had gradually come to see Xiao Ru as his own daughter after protecting her for so long.

"Miss, we don't know him. I'm sorry, but this is our job. Please don't make it difficult for us," Lao Dong bit his lip, thinking of the young lady's nobility, and finally decided to be professional.

"Right! I want to see what this bumpkin will give!" The chubby Hong Xiaobao, out of breath, finally ran over. Being fat was tough; he was already sweating profusely after such a short distance.

He had come with Xiao Ru, hoping to get closer to her. Although his methods of flirting were not very good, being cut off by a bumpkin made him furious.

"Huh?" When Hong Xiaobao saw the silver cake box, he deliberately raised his voice, as if afraid that no one would notice, and screamed: "Isn't this the cake box from the buffet? Ha! So he's not just a bumpkin, but also a thief trying to eat swan meat!"

Xiao Ru's face immediately turned cold. No matter who Wang Ge was, she didn't like hearing Hong Xiaobao insult others.

But she was also a bit sad because she recognized the silver cake box from the buffet. The cake box even had the logo of the Ruins Hotel...

Although they recognized the cake box, the man with the pompadour and the bald man did not relax at all. The bald man rolled up his sleeve, revealing his wristwatch, which was not an ordinary communication watch but had special functions.

The bald man pressed a button on his wristwatch, and a red light shot out from the display, slowly scanning the silver cake box.

As the red light scanned, the internal structure of the cake box was clearly visible, like a printer displaying the scan in real-time, as clear as if seen with the naked eye.

The silver cake box did not contain a cake made by Wang Ge, nor was it a bomb as the man with the pompadour and the bald man had suspected. It was not even an engagement ring from a cheesy romance movie. Instead, it contained a piece of ordinary old ginger, or rather, something that looked like a sweet potato.

Xiao Ru was a bit disappointed at first, but when most of the contents of the cake box were revealed, she finally recognized what it was.

"Is it Kunhuang?" Xiao Ru exclaimed in disbelief, even losing her composure and trying to take the cake box back from Lao Dong.

Although there were still a few more tests to be done, the image alone was enough to make a determination. Lao Dong and the bald man were both embarrassed. They had considered every possibility, but they never thought that the poor boy would give Kunhuang to the young lady.

After all, Kunhuang had just been auctioned for one million solar coins!

This was because Hong Xiaobao didn't dare to compete with that handsome man. If their forces were equal, no one knew how high the price would have gone.

As for the value of Kunhuang, it couldn't be judged by market price but by demand.

Because of its rarity, Lao Dong and the bald man believed that even if it cost five million solar coins, the family head would be willing to buy it for his wife to make medicine.

When they opened the cake box, it indeed contained a piece of Kunhuang, even larger and more complete than the one sold at the black market auction.

"This is impossible—" Hong Xiaobao's face turned pale. He had thought Wang Ge had stolen the cake at the banquet, but now he was being slapped in the face.

Would someone who could give Kunhuang steal a cake box? Even if the cake box was silver, don't forget that Kunhuang had just been auctioned for one million solar coins!

Regardless of what Hong Xiaobao thought, the onlookers who had witnessed the entire process were whispering in admiration. Many of the women were saying things like, "So romantic," and "What a charming man," which made Hong Xiaobao feel as if he were being slapped in the face.

Xiao Ru, both surprised and delighted, held the Kunhuang, feeling guilty towards Wang Ge. When she recognized the cake box from the buffet, she had also had a moment of doubt about Wang Ge.

I shouldn't have doubted him... Xiao Ru's heart was filled with mixed emotions. She desperately wanted to see Wang Ge, thank him, and apologize, but it was impossible because she had no way to contact him, unless she used the family's resources to find him.

But since he said goodbye, he will definitely come back, right?

A thought suddenly popped into Xiao Ru's mind, a thought that every young girl has when they meet a boy they like:

Is this fate?

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