Chapter 84: Can I Pursue You?

Actually, Lin Jian wanted to say that he was only a minor pervert.

If he were truly a massive pervert, the night Ye Ziqiu was drugged, he would have already devoured this precious prize. The reason he could be called a minor pervert was because he occasionally did use his Thought to peek underneath Ye Ziqiu’s clothes. For example, just now when Ye Ziqiu came downstairs, he had taken a glance, noticing that she was wearing pink on the bottom and black on the top underneath.

Therefore, he could only be considered a minor pervert, not a major one.

Ye Ziqiu was very full; this was probably the most satisfying and happiest breakfast she had eaten in over a decade. She had actually eaten more than half of the two plates of dumplings, making her little belly round and stuffed.

"I’m not eating lunch or dinner, absolutely not. I need to lose weight," Ye Ziqiu said, sitting in the car and rubbing her perfectly round belly.

"You sure ate a lot this morning." Lin Jian nodded in deep agreement. To think this great beauty loved eating dumplings so much.

"It’s all your fault. If I get fat, just see how I’ll deal with you," Ye Ziqiu said, raising a delicate fist.

"Alright, alright. When the time comes, you can deal with me however you want," Lin Jian replied shamelessly.

Hearing his words, Ye Ziqiu knew there was a suggestive undertone to them. She let out a cold snort and said, "You said it yourself. Don’t go back on your word when the time comes, hmph!"

Lin Jian nodded. "I definitely won’t."

"By the way, Lin Jian." At that moment, Ye Ziqiu suddenly remembered something and asked with an odd expression, "Yesterday Xue’Er called me. She said you bought a fake antique horse for 130,000 yuan, and then, using your ability of Touching Stone into Gold, you gouged out the horse’s eyes, causing its value to multiply by hundreds of times?"

"Ah, this!" Lin Jian casually pulled the two Sapphires out of his pocket. They had been sitting there this whole time.

"Wow, what beautiful Sapphires!" Ye Ziqiu’s eyes instantly lit up. As a child of a prestigious family, she naturally had a certain level of understanding when it came to gemstones. Thus, she could tell at a glance that these two Sapphires were extraordinary, and that their quality and color were absolutely top-tier.

"They’re so beautiful, and quite heavy too," she said, weighing them in her hand.

"Do you like them?" Lin Jian looked at her and asked.

"Mhm, of course I li—" Subconsciously, Ye Ziqiu nodded and was about to say she liked them. However, she stopped herself before she could finish, handing the Sapphires back to Lin Jian. "These are very precious. You’d better keep them safe."

Lin Jian took the gemstones and then tossed them right back into her lap. Startled, Ye Ziqiu hastily reached out to catch them.

"They’re yours. I noticed that these Sapphires seem to shine even brighter in your hands. Keep them and have them made into a ring, earrings, or something."

"For me?" Ye Ziqiu was stunned. Yesterday, when Jiang Xue told her about it, she had thought there was some element of exaggeration! But now, upon seeing these Sapphires, she immediately confirmed that they were items worth tens of millions—priceless, peerless treasures that couldn’t be bought even if one had the money! And now, Lin Jian had just tossed them to her, intending to give them away?

"Yeah. Things like jewelry are meant to be paired with beautiful women, and since you happen to be a great beauty, of course they should go to you."

"Stop messing around. These are worth over ten million. You absolutely must not underestimate these two gemstones; they are diamond-grade," Ye Ziqiu said, continuing to offer the gemstones back to Lin Jian.

Lin Jian didn’t take them, keeping his grip on the steering wheel instead. "There’s no reason for me to take back something I’ve given away. Just keep them. If you feel like you shouldn’t accept my things, then open the window and throw them out."

"What nonsense are you spouting? How can I just casually accept your things? Especially when they’re so precious..." Ye Ziqiu still insisted on giving them back.

However, as they arrived at a red light, Lin Jian braked, turned to look at her, and said, "Ye Ziqiu..."

"Ah?" Ye Ziqiu froze. Lin Jian had actually called her by her full name directly. This was the very first time.

"I want to pursue you. Will you give me a chance?"

Ye Ziqiu stared blankly at Lin Jian, her brain completely short-circuiting. In that moment, she was entirely at a loss. Wasn’t Lin Jian being a little... a little too direct? She had never experienced anything like this before. So what should she do?

Should she reject him? Or should she accept? If she rejected him, there was actually a trace of anticipation in her heart, and she knew she had developed a very favorable impression of Lin Jian. But what if she accepted? How embarrassing would that be? Accepting right when someone started pursuing you—that would be way too easy, wouldn’t it? Thus, even though she had navigated many storms in life, at this moment, she was clueless.

Fortunately, the red light didn’t last long, and the cars behind them started honking to urge them on.

"Hurry up and drive. They’re honking behind us." Ye Ziqiu snapped back to reality, quickly lowered her head, and gave Lin Jian a little push. At this moment, however, her neck had turned red—the kind of red that seeped all the way through.

"I’ll take that as a silent yes. From now on, you’re my girlfriend." Only then did Lin Jian continue driving forward.

"What do you mean, a silent yes? How can you be so thick-skinned?" She kept her head down, but her little heart felt as if a startled fawn was wildly bouncing around inside. Her mind was in complete disarray; she couldn’t even tell which way was up.

Lin Jian simply chuckled. The fact that Ye Ziqiu hadn’t rejected him meant that his sudden confession today was already mostly successful.

"Stop laughing. I didn’t agree to anything. You’d better put the gemstones away." With a trace of panic, she leaned over and slipped the two Sapphires into Lin Jian’s pocket.

Lin Jian wasn’t in a hurry to dig them out. Instead, he thought for a moment and said, "I have to change clothes when I get to the company later, so these will just get tossed in the security room. How about you hold onto them for me? I remember you have a safe in your office, right? Let’s put them there for now!

"Don’t worry, I’m not giving them to you. I’m saving these for my future wife to use as family heirlooms later on. Leaving them with you is just temporary storage, alright?" Lin Jian said with a cheeky grin.

"Leaving them in the security room really isn’t safe." Ye Ziqiu knew what Lin Jian meant, but she was also very rational at the moment, realizing that keeping them in her safe would be the most secure option.

"Exactly, so let’s put them in your place first," Lin Jian nodded quickly.

"Then it’s settled. They’re just being temporarily stored with me. I’m holding them for you, but I’m not keeping them, and I haven’t agreed to be your girlfriend either." Ye Ziqiu gradually calmed down. Although the fawn in her heart was still bounding around, it was no longer crashing wildly.

"Mhm, whatever you say."

Only then did Lin Jian pull the two Sapphires out and hand them back to her. Ye Ziqiu took them, placed them into her handbag, and securely zipped it up.

"By the way, yesterday I offended the company’s CFO, some President Chu."

"Chu Feng? How did you offend him?" Ye Ziqiu asked, furrowing her brows.

Lin Jian hurriedly explained, "That bastard Zhang Qiang tried to put me in my place yesterday. Didn’t we go to Modu last weekend? Then, during the morning meeting, he singled me out..." He briefly recounted yesterday morning’s incident to her, placing particular emphasis on the situation after President Chu arrived.

After hearing his story, Ye Ziqiu was astonished. "You told him right to his face that he has no right to speak without investigating first?"

"Yeah. He was obviously favoring Zhang Qiang, so I had no choice but to say that!"

"Mhm, well done!" Surprisingly, Ye Ziqiu actually gave Lin Jian a thumbs-up!