Inside the gold shop.
I'm your gift? Jiang Ning found it absurd, yet also oddly flattered.
To him, Teacher Guo—the gentle and kind woman who had come alone from a small town to study in the city in his previous life—had also been a gift in his life.
Jiang Ning said slowly, "That's different. I caught the Gold Brick for you, and now I'm giving it to you..."
Guo Ran wanted to explain that the Gold Earrings were far too valuable; people usually only gave such things when getting married.
But Jiang Ning lightly raised an index finger to his lips, smiling faintly. "Teacher, I remember you saying you disliked people who kept pushing things back and forth the most."
Guo Ran had nothing to say.
"Hello, sir. Would you like me to box them up for you?" the Waitress asked.
"No need." Jiang Ning took the Butterfly Tassel Earrings. With a turn of his wrist, a wet wipe appeared in his hand, and he carefully wiped them twice.
Guo Ran gazed at his focused profile. For some reason, she suddenly found him especially refined.
Is he going to put them on for me?
If he does... Guo Ran was deeply conflicted. If that barrier between them was pierced, she...
Then, the next moment, Jiang Ning called out, "Sister Qin."
The heart Guo Ran had been holding in the air dropped completely.
Le Qin hurried over with her usual brisk efficiency.
"Please put them on for Guo Ran," Jiang Ning asked.
Le Qin looked between the two of them and clicked her tongue twice. She had always felt that their relationship was rather subtle.
She did not tease them. Instead, she took the earrings.
They're so beautiful... Le Qin thought. Even as the self-proclaimed Iron Lady of the legal profession,