Nangong Yehen raised an eyebrow, not responding to her. Instead, he pointed at the computer and asked, looking at her, "Want to have it?"
Chu Lingzhi didn't even glance at the screen. "No."
She might be fond of wealth, but she wasn't desperate enough to long for eternal youth.
"Go back to bed and rest."
"Master Nangong, you haven't answered my question yet."
Was he being good to her?
Nangong Yehen's face was expressionless. "Slow-witted woman."
"..." Chu Lingzhi pursed her lips and returned to sit on the bed.
She watched him as he stared intently at the computer.
From his refined face, she could see his determination to obtain the hanging pearl.
"Master Nangong, if I said I wanted that pearl, would you snatch it for me?"
Otherwise, why had he asked if she wanted it earlier?
"It depends on your behavior." Nangong Yehen lifted his eyes, their dark depths carrying a faint hint of amusement.
Chu Lingzhi pursed her lips in exasperation. Behavior again.
"You're eager to get it, even though I said I don't want it."
Nangong Yehen curled his lips. "Such a good thing—who wouldn't want it?"
"Having it means having deadly danger."
The thought of him being in danger made her heart tighten.
So she blurted out, "I don't want to see you get hurt!"
Hearing this, Nangong Yehen's expression froze slightly. He looked at her. "Are you worried about me?"
"You're still the father of my child."
And besides her grandfather, he was the first man to sit by her bedside and watch over her for hours when she was injured.
Nangong Yehen smiled faintly, his tone arrogant. "I'm lucky. No matter how deadly the danger, I won't die."
"Do you really think you're a god? Try getting shot full of holes and see if you survive."
Nangong Yehen's gaze turned cold. "Woman, are you cursing me?"
"..." Chu Lingzhi choked, unable to catch her breath.
Damn it, she was worried about him!
She turned her back to him in a huff, sitting with her back facing him. He could live or die for all she cared—she wasn't going to bother!
Nangong Yehen lightly placed his fingers on the keyboard, lifted his head, and looked at her thoughtfully.
Chu Lingzhi lowered her eyes, touching the copper pendant on her chest, her expression gradually turning sorrowful.
It was a cold night. In her dream, she was suddenly awakened by her grandfather.
She opened her eyes and was horrified to find their house on fire.
Living deep in the mountains, their house was made of wood, and the fire was blazing fiercely.
Terrified, she was about to scream when her grandfather suddenly covered her mouth, pushing her toward the window while whispering for her to stay quiet.
He shoved this copper pendant into her hand, telling her to jump out the window and escape quickly, and to wear the pendant always from then on, but never let anyone know what it was.
Chu Lingzhi refused to jump out the window; she wanted to take them with her.
Her grandfather suddenly told her that the fire had started too fiercely and too big—they were all doomed, and they had been murdered.
In that critical moment, her grandfather used his body to shield her from the falling roof beam that collapsed...
As she rushed out of the fire and jumped from the window, the house collapsed with a crash.
Her leg was hit, and her pants caught fire. To this day, there's a burn scar on her thigh.
The situation was so urgent that if her grandfather had woken her a minute later, she would have died with them in that fire.
She was eleven then—
As she grew up, she learned why her family was killed.
It was all because of this pendant, which everyone thought was a fake gold necklace.
To be precise, her family's death was due to the pill inside the copper pendant.