For a moment, Shen Qi thought that there was something wrong with her eyes because she actually saw Han Xueyou wearing the same pair of stud earrings that Ye Moxuan had bought
“Miss, what do you need?” The waiter’s voice finally pulled Shen Qi back to reality. She then recovered and smiled at the waiter embarrassingly. “A cup of coffee, please.”
“Okay.” After the waiter left, Han Xueyou looked at Shen Qi with a sweet smile as she held her hand intimately. “Qi, thank you so much. You are so kind—you obviously don’t like sweet stuff, but you’re always willing to accompany me to eat desserts. Let’s stay best friends forever!”
Shen Qi couldn’t help but look at Han Xueyou’s ears again.
The pair of stud earrings was pink and lovely, emitting a pleasant glow under the light. Shen Qi also liked this pair of earrings at that time, but…
She couldn’t help herself and asked, “Your earrings…”
Hearing that, Han Xueyou seemed to come to her senses and reached up to touch her earrings. Then, she smiled. “Aren’t they pretty?”
Shen Qi didn’t know how to react, so she could only nod blankly.
“They look good on you.” She smiled slightly, but her smile was as bitter as it could possibly get—only she knew this feeling best.
After that, Shen Qi saw Han Xueyou put her hands on her cheeks as she fiddled with her earrings with a shy expression. “I also think that they look good.”
Shen Qi felt terribly miserable inside. She clenched her fists tightly under the table, her nails almost digging into her flesh. Then, she loosened them again and looked at the pair of earrings. “D-Did you buy them yourself?”
Han Xueyou seemed to be taken aback by her question and shook her head. “O-Of course not. They were a gift!”
With that, Han Xueyou’s face became even redder, looking rather shy.
Of course Shen Qi knew what this meant—Han Xueyou looked like she was in love.
However, at that moment, Shen Qi thought, Please don’t tell me that Ye Moxuan is the one who gave her the earrings. Even if Ye Moxuan wants to do that, it’s quite impossible that Xueyou would accept it, knowing that Ye Moxuan is my husband. On top of that, she even looks so shy. No, she is not that kind of person.
Thinking of this, Shen Qi finally let out a sigh of relief and let go of her clenched fists.
“Congratulations.” Shen Qi gave Han Xueyou her best wishes from the bottom of her heart, thinking that this might be just a mere coincidence.
Hearing her wishes, the expression on Han Xueyou’s face froze. She blinked and looked at Shen Qi quietly.
Shen Qi felt a little weird being stared at, so she couldn’t help but ask. “What’s wrong?”
Han Xueyou let out a short exclamation and shook her head. Then, the waiter brought the dessert over to their table. Han Xueyou took the spoon and dug out a portion of the cream. “It tastes so good.”
Shen Qi’s coffee came afterward. After taking a sip of it, she felt that the bitterness of the coffee brought had reached the depths of her soul.
Even though she had comforted herself, she still cared about it a lot. Are those earrings really just a coincidence?
When the two of them bid each other farewell, Han Xueyou suddenly took Shen Qi’s hand and said quietly, “Qi, I want to tell you something, but I’m not sure how to put it into words.”
Hearing this, Shen Qi felt a fierce twitch in her eyebrows, and her voice trembled a little.
“Wh-What’s the matter?”
Han Xueyou stared at her for a while, and her expression was not as gentle as before; instead, she looked a little sad as if she had done something and betrayed her. This look of hers made Shen Qi’s heart sink.
“Forget it. Let’s not talk about it.” Han Xueyou sighed, lowering her eyes and swallowing the words that she was going to say.
“Just tell me. There is nothing that we can’t say to each other.”
However, Han Xueyou shook her head. “It’s not time yet. I will tell you when the time is right. Qi, no matter what, you must remember that we are good friends, and you must trust me!”
She held Shen Qi’s arm tightly and looked at her seriously.
Shen Qi had already calmed herself down, but now, looking at Han Xueyou who was obviously hiding something from her, she felt that her heart was in her mouth again and bit her lower lip as she looked at Han Xueyou with great difficulty. “Xueyou, we are best friends—of course I believe in you. But what do you mean by ‘when the time is right’? What are you hiding from me?”
“Nothing, Qi. Don’t overthink it. I will tell you in the future. No matter what, you must believe me, and we will always be the best of friends.”
In the end, Han Xueyou still didn’t tell her anything, leaving Shen Qi with no other option. After parting with her, she went home, dejected.
Halfway through her journey, Shen Qi suddenly remembered the store that they went to last time, so she hurriedly said to the driver, “Please turn around!”
After Shen Qi told the driver the new address, he sent her to the new destination.
After getting off the taxi, Shen Qi went directly to the previous jewelry store.
As soon as she walked into the store, she ran into the salesgirl who passed the earrings to her last time, and she still recognized Shen Qi—she smiled immediately when she saw her.
“Hello.”
Because of the incident that day, Shen Qi smiled at her a little awkwardly.
The salesgirl spoke first. “Hello, miss. Are you the one who tried on the earrings last time?”
Unexpectedly, she actually remembered Shen Qi, so she nodded. “Yeah.”
“Do you wish to buy them?”
Shen Qi shook her head. “I just want to ask if the pair of earrings—”
“Miss, the gentleman came and bought the earrings the next day. I’m sure he must have bought them for you, and he must love you a lot. Your friend was here too, but I didn’t expect you to also come.”
Shen Qi smiled, feeling quite embarrassed.
“Actually, I just want to ask if there’s another pair of the earrings?” She was very curious whether there was another pair of earrings that had the same style, and she really hoped that it was just a coincidence.
“‘The same style’?” The salegirl was stunned at first, but after a moment, she realized what Shen Qi had meant. “Miss, you can rest assured that the earrings are individually designed, and there is only one pair on the market currently.”
‘Only one pair on the market currently’?
“‘Currently’?”
“Yes, we only have one of each product in our store, and we will only import another similar product after we have sold it off.”
Hearing this, Shen Qi understood what she had meant. “In that case, if I want a second pair, how long will it take?”
The salesgirl thought for a while before giving her an answer.
“From the time it takes to order it and to reach your hands, it will probably take more than a month.”
‘More than a month’…
Shen Qi still didn’t want to give up just yet. “Do you still have the same style of earrings?”
“They were the only pink earrings for now.”
The last shred of hope in Shen Qi’s heart finally dissipated.
So, does this mean that what Han Xueyou was hiding from her is related to the earrings?
Ye Moxuan actually bought the earrings for Han Xueyou?
Thinking of this, Shen Qi bit her lower lip, and her entire world began to crumble before her eyes.
At that moment, she felt as if she was going to collapse. Fortunately, the salesgirl next to her saw that something was wrong and hurriedly supported her.
“Miss, are you okay?”
