Reborn back to the time before I sold my blood to support my scumbag boyfriend's college educat

"Let's take a taxi back and talk about it then."

"OK"

Time was a bit tight, so Xia Yichu took Wang Zhijie directly to the vicinity of Luo Hao's house.

"Liu Yaohui's mother, Xu Yumei, works here. He'll come to see her, so keep an eye out for him. I heard he also goes to casinos when he comes to Kyoto, but I don't know which one."

My flight is at 4 PM, and it's already 2 PM. We're running out of time. Find a guesthouse yourself. Take this money, and remember to call me if anything happens. Oh, and by the way, Pei Shizhou also lives nearby. Be careful not to get spotted by him.”

Xia Yichu gave him five thousand yuan and then hurriedly ran home. It takes about an hour to get to the airport from home, and Pei Shizhou might already be waiting for her at the door.

"Shizhou, where did Little Chu go? It's almost 2:30, why isn't she back yet?"

Gu Yunting and Pei Shizhou were indeed waiting for Xia Yichu at the door of her house. Pei Shizhou asked Gu Yunting to drive them to the airport.

"I don't know, she went home with Zhiheng this morning."

"Then let's go directly to Zhiheng's house to find her, or we'll miss our flight."

"It's okay, just wait here. If you miss your flight, you can just change to another one."

Pei Shizhou had a hunch that Xia Yichu might not be at Xia Zhiheng's house right now.

"Shi Zhou, something's wrong with you. Have you taken a fancy to...?"

Pei Shizhou saw Xia Yichu running over, and Gu Yunting also saw her, so he didn't say anything he wanted to say.

"I'm sorry, something came up and I was delayed. Do you have enough time?"

Xia Yichu said breathlessly, then took out her keys and opened the door.

"It's okay, there's still time. Have you packed your things?"

"alright"

After speaking, Xia Yichu opened the door and went inside. Pei Shizhou and Gu Yunting waited for her at the door. After a while, she came out carrying a bag, which Pei Shizhou took from her.

"Thanks"

Gu Yunting was a step too slow, his hand awkwardly hanging in mid-air. He casually lowered his hand. Pei Shizhou and Xia Yichu didn't even notice his little movement; the two of them had already walked a distance away.

"Yunting, hurry up."

"it is good"

Gu Yunting followed, feeling annoyed. Pei Shizhou was being so attentive; something was definitely wrong.

After getting into the car, no one spoke. Each of the three was lost in their own thoughts. Xia Yichu was thinking about Liu Yaohui. Gu Yunting drove, observing whether the two interacted. He noticed that Xia Yichu was much the same as before, not even giving Pei Shizhou a glance.

Pei Shizhou sat in the passenger seat, looking out the window. There was nothing particularly unusual about it. Perhaps he was overthinking it.

Suddenly, a car darted out from in front of him, but Gu Yunting seemed not to see it and drove straight at it without slowing down.

"Watch out, there's a car ahead."

Pei Shizhou shouted, and Gu Yunting reacted, jerking the steering wheel to avoid the danger, narrowly escaping unharmed.

"Yichu, are you alright?"

"fine"

"Gu Yunting, you were driving and you were actually distracted. Do you want to die?" Pei Shizhou said with a dark face.

"I'm sorry, I promise it won't happen again."

Gu Yunting was startled and banished all the strange thoughts from his mind, focusing on driving.

"Pull over"

"Shizhou"

"hurry up"

Helpless, Gu Yunting drove the car to the very back and stopped it. As soon as he stopped, Pei Shizhou got out of the car.

"Get down"

Gu Yunting obediently got out of the car and went to sit in the passenger seat, while Pei Shizhou got in and started driving.

"There's plenty of time, don't rush, drive slowly."

Xia Yichu was afraid of dying. She still had so much wealth left to accumulate, and she couldn't afford to have an accident now. A car accident could be disastrous; she could die on the spot, without even having a chance to drink her spatial water.

"it is good"

Pei Shizhou drove very steadily and arrived at the airport before four o'clock. The group got out of the car at 3:37.

"Take a taxi home, and the car can be picked up tomorrow, or you can call someone to drive you home."

"No, I'm fine. I was just lost in thought. Really, I swear."

Xia Yichu watched Gu Yunting with great interest as he spoke to Pei Shizhou in a coquettish tone.

"No, I can't drive home by myself today," Pei Shizhou said with a gloomy face.

"Really not..."

"Gu Yunting, I'm firing you."

"No, no, no, I'll be good. Give me the keys, I'll take a taxi home right now and come back to drive the car tomorrow."

Pei Shizhou gave the key to Gu Yunting, and watched as he hailed a taxi, got in, and the car drove away.

"Let's go in too," Pei Shizhou said to Xia Yichu after seeing this.

Xia Yichu nodded, and the two entered the airport hall, completed the check-in procedures, and queued to board the plane.

They arrived in Pengcheng around 8 p.m. Pei Shizhou first took Xia Yichu home, and then booked a room at a nearby guesthouse for himself.

Woof woof woof woof!

As before, as soon as Xia Yichu opened the door, the dog barked inside. Seeing her go in, the dog and cat came over and circled around her. As usual, she gave each of the cats and dogs a bowl of water from her spatial dimension.

"Do you miss me or my water? Lazy cat, you're too fat, lying around all day without exercising."

The two birds buried their heads in their water, and even when Xia Yichu touched them, they didn't raise their heads.

Ring ring ring!

Just as Xia Yichu had finished getting her clothes and was about to take a shower, the phone suddenly rang.

"Feed"

"Yichu, I ran into Liu Yaohui last night. Around 7 p.m., he was acting suspiciously near the house where his mother works, but strangely, he didn't go in even after half an hour. After he left, I pretended to bump into him by chance."

Xia Yichu didn't tell Wang Zhijie that the family Xu Yumei worked for was related to her, and she also knew why Liu Yaohui didn't go in to find his mother.

"You don't need to do anything, just follow Liu Yaohui and know what he's doing. If he asks you for money, just pretend you're poor."

"Okay, I got it. I made plans to have barbecue with him later. I'll hang up now and contact you if anything comes up."

"Okay, be careful."

Xia Yichu was a little worried because she wasn't familiar with Wang Zhijie in Kyoto. It was best to pretend to be poor and not let Liu Yaohui's cronies drag her down with them.

"Um"

Liu Yaohui had arranged to meet at the barbecue stall where he and Xia Yichu had bumped into each other last time. He hadn't eaten all day and was starving, so he was already waiting for Wang Zhijie at the barbecue stall.

"Brother Hui"

"Zhijie, come over here quickly, order whatever you want to eat."

"Thank you, Brother Hui. I flew here to Kyoto to see you, and I only have a few dozen yuan on me. I don't know where I'll be able to sleep tonight."

Liu Yaohui stiffened upon hearing this. He didn't have much money; he'd gambled away the jewelry he'd stolen yesterday, and now he only had a little over a hundred yuan left—enough for a barbecue. The problem was, he couldn't just eat this one meal and then never eat again, could he?

Damn it, you can win and lose when you gamble in Shenzhen, but in Beijing you've only won once, and lost every time after that. Wang Zhijie saw that he looked unwell and was afraid that he wouldn't be allowed to gamble with him anymore.

"Brother, don't worry, I'll look for work tomorrow. Does Auntie's company need any manual labor? I can do it."

Wang Zhijie assumed his family was wealthy from their business and had been trying to curry favor with him in Shenzhen, treating him to meals. He thought it wouldn't be bad if he were willing to work in Beijing and earn money to share. He figured he would definitely repay him when he became rich.

Liu Yaohui said earnestly, "Zhijie, you've come at a bad time. I've been having a fight with my mother lately. She kicked me out and even cut off my money. To be honest, I only have a little over a hundred yuan on me right now."