Chapter 122 True Colors
In the evening, Wu Yong and seven beauty girls came to see Su Luo to visit the lights and participate in the speed dating event. Su Luo even dressed up specially, because women all love beauty.
When they arrived at the Guanyin Temple, people praying for blessings had already lined up for a long time. Su Luo lost his patience when he saw such a long line, so he simply parted ways with them and went somewhere else to walk around. They agreed to meet at a venue called Queqian later, and then they strolled away.
At this time, night had fallen, and the lanterns on the street were lit one after another. Pedestrians slowed down to admire the street lights. Su Luo also moved slowly with the crowd, occasionally looking at the stalls on both sides of the street and eating some snacks. It was quite pleasant.
After walking for a while, they were getting farther and farther away from the Guanyin Temple. Su Luo looked at the time and turned back. Before he had taken a few steps, a man came towards him, hurriedly pushed through the crowd, and looked back from time to time. A woman's voice came from behind, shouting that there was a thief.
Su Luo quickly moved aside. Her awareness was not high enough and she was not yet at the level of being brave enough to do something righteous.
The thief ran past Su Luo, and a figure followed closely behind him. Su Luo exclaimed in surprise, "Chu Ning?"
Li Rusong probably didn't like to reveal his identity in such occasions, so Su Luo called him by his alias. Li Rusong glanced at Su Luo, obviously a little surprised. He took two quick steps, flashed behind the thief, bumped and grabbed him, and the thief was caught in his hand.
Naturally, everyone applauded and cheered. Some idle old ladies from the neighborhood committee had already reported the matter to the authorities. Su Luo was quite surprised, as she felt that Li Rusong was not the kind of person who would act bravely to help others.
"Thank you, hero." A woman's voice came, the same voice that just called for catching the thief.
Su Luo looked in the direction of the voice and saw the girl, who was about 28 years old. Although she was not the most beautiful woman in the world, she was youthful and beautiful. There was a hint of shyness in her expression, which made her even more adorable.
Su Luo thought to herself, so that's why. On this special day, catching a thief for a beautiful woman is of great significance. The single young men around seemed to be annoyed as to why they didn't catch the thief themselves, while the single women hated the thief for not stealing their things.
The beauty thanked him, and Su Luo mixed in the crowd with interest to watch the situation develop, but Li Rusong pretended not to hear him. He threw the thief to the ground and said only one sentence: "Where are my things?"
His voice was calm and even a little careless, but it couldn't be ignored. Su Luo was a little curious. With Li Rusong's skills, he was actually robbed . This thief was really a promising talent.
The thief saw that the situation was settled, he fell to his knees with a thud, and uttered the famous line to beg for mercy, "I have parents above and a wife below." His acting was pretty good, with tears in his eyes. If he had snotted a little, it would have made people more sympathetic.
The girl who was robbed walked to Li Rusong's side, feeling torn. Li Rusong was also in a dilemma, wondering whether he should kick the thief away. God knew he had no patience left.
"My stuff." Li Rusong's tone was clearly filled with impatience.
The thief quickly handed over the stolen items with both hands. The girl took her things and was about to thank Li Rusong again, but she saw that he had taken her things and walked away.
If it was the last moment, Su Luo would definitely feel sorry for the girl, but now she didn't have the time. Just now she saw clearly what the thief returned to Li Rusong, a jade pendant, a very familiar jade pendant.
So Su Luo followed him because Li Rusong was going in the opposite direction of her.
"Hey! Take care of the lady and walk slowly."
Li Rusong accelerated calmly with a blank expression, "If you know your legs are short, don't try to imitate others when walking on the street."
Su Luo clenched her fists and trotted after him. Never mind. She didn't want to bother with ancient weapons. "The one you just brought back..."
"No." Li Rusong still maintained his concise and clear working style.
"Hey! I clearly saw it, don't bully me because I don't know you."
Li Rusong clenched his fist tighter, hooked his fingers together, and held the silk thread tied to the jade pendant in his palm until there was no flaw left. Then he stopped, turned around and said, "You're seeing things."
"Absolutely impossible! My 6.0 eyes can see bacteria, and besides..." Su Luo was 100% confident in himself, "I also have an identical jade pendant, so I'm sure this jade pendant is definitely..."
"Hey!" Li Rusong suddenly interrupted her, his eyes drifting away for a long time, exhaling, and said vaguely; "People are similar... Jade is the same."
Su Luo laughed, pointed at him and narrowed her eyes, "Does this mean you admit it? And you still say it's nothing."
Li Rusong tried hard to straighten his face, and looked away from Su Luo, "It's nothing! I didn't do anything!"
Su Luo smiled even more happily, "Hey, are you anxious? Why are you so anxious if you haven't done it before? Even if you haven't done it before, you must have thought about it, right? Tell me the truth, have you ever thought about it?"
Li Rusong looked at Su Luo speechlessly, as if he was so angry at her that he was speechless. He tried to slow down his voice and said, "You...you are a woman, can you be a little reserved? How precious is a woman's reputation in this era? You asked me in the street whether I had done it or not or whether I had thought about it?"
"Is it not possible to ask?" Su Luo looked scared.
Li Rusong held the jade pendant in his hand, and his chest was filled with anger. He pursed his lips, "Have you ever thought about it? If you have, you want to use all kinds of tricks. What can you do to me?" Since Su Luo doesn't care, what else does he care about? In that case, if you don't think about it, you are not a normal man! So he doesn't need to panic at all. This is the most normal thing!
"Don't give me that. Eighteen moves?" Su Luo rolled his eyes exaggeratedly. "You don't have a single move against Su Jiang. I saw it clearly during the Chinese New Year!"
Li Rusong took a long time to realize that he and Su Luo were not talking about the same topic. "Su... Jiang?"
Su Luo snorted proudly, "Su Jiang and I bought that jade pendant together. They are exactly the same, so of course I recognized it. You are really... You are open about your feelings for Su Jiang, and you told me that you know yourself very well and that it's a transference effect. If I say that Su Jiang simply ignored you and you were powerless, and you don't know where you got this jade pendant, you carry it with you every day to remind yourself of her, and if you can't do it, you can only think about it. When you face me, you can't lose face, so you pretend to be cool and act as if nothing happened, right?"
"You..." Li Rusong patted his forehead, "Calm down."
Su Luo looked at herself in confusion, "I'm calm."
"I'm trying to calm myself down." Li Rusong turned around twice, calmed down for a while, pointed his finger at Su Luo's nose, and said, "You, don't do business in the future, write novels instead."
"Hmm? Is it profitable to write novels these days?" Su Luo touched his chin and thought for a while. "Jin Ping Mei has been published. I have only read two chapters of Dream of the Red Chamber. I know Gu Jinliang's novels by heart, but I don't know if the people of the Ming Dynasty like martial arts novels?"
Li Rusong's brain froze immediately. "You...I...you...I think..."
"Don't be nervous. Take your time and talk. Do you really think there is a future in writing novels?"
Li Rusong slumped his shoulders in complete resignation, and spoke word by word, "I think... there is a problem with our communication. Basically, you are the chicken and I am the duck. Do you understand?"
Su Luo frowned and pointed at him, saying in disbelief: "Why are you so vulgar? And, it's fine if you just scold me, but you also insult yourself as a duck, are you provoked?"
"Have you ever heard of talking to a deaf person?" Li Rusong was a little mad. He pinched his temples and said, "I have no problem, and you don't have to have any problem either. Now, keep walking and don't look back, OK?"
"Hey! You speak English?" Su Luo was like she had discovered a new world. Seeing her sparkling eyes, Li Rusong turned around and walked away, then stopped after walking a dozen steps. "Can you please stop following me?"
Su Luo crossed her hands in front of her chest and said, "You have two choices. Either we go this way together, or you turn around, because I have to go back to participate in 'A Thousand Miles of Marriage, a Magpie's Tie', and the time is almost up."
Li Rusong moved sideways to make room for Su Luo, and waved his hand to tell her to move quickly, as if he was chasing away a fly.
Su Luo rolled her eyes at him and walked away in big strides. Li Rusong stood there and looked at the jade pendant in his hand. There were actually some sweat stains on it. He looked at his palm with disdain and muttered, "You are useless, are you a man? You are so scared of sweating when you talk to a deaf person? So what if I thought about it? So what if I did it? I did it, but I don't have the courage to admit it. What can you do to me? Sweating!"
"Zimao?"
The sudden voice made Li Rusong shiver. He turned around and saw Qin Huai standing behind him.
Qin Huai looked at him and said with a half-smile, "I haven't seen you like this for a long time."
Li Rusong's face became serious for a moment, and he put away the jade pendant silently. Qin Huai laughed, and Li Rusong felt uncomfortable for a moment, curling his lips, "What? Like a scoundrel?"
Qin Huai actually nodded seriously, "It's been a long time."
