Chapter 254: What Isn’t Yours Is Not Yours
The next day, Jiang Mengyu returned to the county town to continue her cultivation studies. Occasionally, she would think of Gu Dongxing and wondered how he was doing on his mission.
Meanwhile, Gu Dongxing, who had returned to the Capital City "on a mission," was facing a difficult dilemma in life.
Although he had called the Gu Family before leaving, he did not expect anyone from the family to come and pick him up. Gu Ming was busy with work, and his stepmother and her children definitely wouldn’t come.
Therefore, he was prepared to take a taxi home.
However, upon exiting the train station, he found someone there to pick him up, and it was the last person he wanted to see—Ye Rushui.
As soon as Ye Rushui saw Gu Dongxing, her eyes lit up, and she ran over: "Brother Dongxing, you’re finally back. I’m here to pick you up. Your uncle and aunt are waiting for you at home."
Gu Dongxing ignored her and headed towards the train station parking lot, where many taxis were waiting for passengers. He still planned to take a taxi to the Gu Family.
Ye Rushui, wearing high heels, hurriedly followed behind him: "Brother Dongxing, Brother Dongxing, I’ve brought a car, please take our car."
Gu Dongxing had already reached a taxi, and the driver had opened the door for him, but he suddenly turned back and walked towards Ye Rushui.
Ye Rushui was overjoyed: "Brother Dongxing, our car is this way, come with me."
Gu Dongxing walked up to her and suddenly reached out his hand.
Ye Rushui did not know why, but she was delighted that Gu Dongxing was reaching out to her; she immediately extended her arms, wanting to hug Gu Dongxing.
Gu Dongxing moved swiftly; as Ye Rushui stretched out her arms, he reached out and grabbed the Carp Jade Pendant hanging on her chest, tearing it off.
"This isn’t your item, you don’t deserve to wear it."
Ye Rushui didn’t expect Gu Dongxing to turn around not to get in her car, but to snatch the Carp Jade Pendant hanging on her chest.
She burst into tears: "Brother Dongxing, you can’t take my jade pendant. It’s mine!"
Bystanders who saw Gu Dongxing promptly take something from a woman were shocked, doubting if he was even a man.
Gu Dongxing held the Carp Jade Pendant in front of her: "Dare you say that this is yours?"
Ye Rushui held her head high: "Of course it’s mine, I’ve been wearing it for ten years."
Gu Dongxing pressed on Ye Rushui: "Say it again, this thing is yours?"
Ye Rushui lowered her head: "This, I—it was given by the Gu Family," she wanted to say, but since she had made it an engagement token, it naturally became her own.
But Gu Dongxing cut off her words: "If it’s not yours, don’t covet it. This was given to Ye Qing by my mother. Since Grandpa Ye passed away, you’ve stolen Ye Qing’s jade pendant and worn it for ten years. It’s time to return it to her."
The people around, hearing this, realized this girl had stolen someone else’s property and had worn it for ten years. This man was reclaiming an item for someone else, and it wasn’t a robbery at all.
Gu Dongxing got into a taxi, leaving a remark to Ye Rushui before departing: "Remember, if it isn’t yours, it is not yours. Don’t covet others’ belongings!"
He did not go directly back to the Gu Family but instead went to the family his mother and Grandpa Ye had arranged for his arranged marriage—Ye Qing’s in-laws, the Sun Family.
He got out of the taxi at the street corner and then walked towards the Sun Family’s home.
Before reaching the courtyard of the Sun Family, he happened to meet a woman, apparently in her mid-thirties, with a haggard appearance and a purple bruise on one side of her face, strangely walking as she came out to dump the garbage.
Although it had been many years since they last met and he initially did not know this was Ye Qing, when the woman turned around, he saw a red mole behind her ear.
My God, Ye Qing, born in the same year as him and only three months younger, had turned into this!