r18novel Chapter 565 Money Ability
Chapter 565 Money Ability
Jian Yi quietly raised her eyes to look at Su Yang. He was looking at the street view outside the window, and his profile looked much softer in the light and shadow. The sunlight fell on his thick eyelashes, casting a small shadow, which reminded her of the night pearl in the morning, warm and dazzling.
But this dazzling presence made her more restrained. She looked down at her washed-out cotton skirt, then at the exquisitely dressed people around her. She felt uncomfortable all over, like an ugly duckling that accidentally strayed into Swan Lake. She even breathed carefully, fearing that she would do something wrong and attract other people's attention.
"What are you looking at?" Su Yang turned his head and met her eyes.
Jian Yi hurriedly lowered his head, his cheeks flushed: "Nothing... nothing."
When the waiter brought the steak over, Jian Yi's heart beat faster. The steak on the plate was steaming, and next to it was a small handful of green things that looked like grass. Her hand holding the knife and fork was trembling slightly. Just as she was about to cut, she heard a "ding" sound. It was Su Yang's knife that hit the plate.
She subconsciously looked over and saw him skillfully cut off a piece of steak and put it into his mouth. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth as he chewed: "Try it, it tastes really good."
Jian Yi took a deep breath and picked up the knife and fork like him, but the steak seemed to be against her and she couldn't cut it. The more anxious she was, the more her hands shook. The sound of the knife and fork colliding was particularly harsh in the quiet restaurant, attracting the attention of the people at the next table.
Those gazes were like tiny needles, piercing her cheeks and making her palms sweat. She simply put down her knife and fork and whispered, "I... I don't really know how to use it."
Hearing this, Su Yang immediately put down the knife and fork in his hand and naturally picked up the plate in front of her: "It's okay, I'll help you cut it."
His movements were steady. The knife gently cut along the grain of the steak without making any harsh sounds. He quickly cut the whole steak into small pieces of even size.
After cutting the meat, he pushed the plate back in front of her and said with a smile, "Here, that's it. Just eat it with a fork. Don't worry about the rules."
Jian Yi held the slightly cold fork, picked up a small piece and put it into her mouth. The tenderness of the beef mixed with the richness of the sauce spread on the tip of her tongue. It was indeed delicious. But she had no appetite. She felt that the taste was hiding a distance that she could not cross.
"How is it? It's okay, right?" Su Yang's eyes lit up when he saw her eating. He also forked a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, puffing his cheeks and saying, "I knew their steak was good."
Jian Yi nodded and whispered, "Thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?" Su Yang waved his hand and served her another half bowl of pasta. "Eat the pasta quickly. It won't taste good if it gets cold."
The light sound of knife and fork hitting porcelain plate floated in the melodious piano music. Jian Yi was sipping lemonade when he suddenly felt two pairs of eyes falling on the table. He looked up and saw two young men of about eighteen or nineteen standing by the table.
Both of them were wearing simple T-shirts and jeans, one with a denim jacket, and his eyes were a bit rebellious and cool. The other had slightly curly hair and his eyes curved into crescents when he smiled, looking particularly smart.
The two of them didn't say anything, just looked at Su Yang with a smile, their eyes were warm as if they were old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years. Jian Yi quietly touched Su Yang's arm and asked in a low voice: "Is he your friend?"
Su Yang was still chewing steak. He looked up at the two people for a long time. He felt that they looked familiar, but his mind was foggy and he couldn't find the corresponding memory. He swallowed the food in his mouth and raised his eyebrows in confusion: "Who are you..."
Seeing his reaction, Jian Yi guessed that he was a friend he hadn't seen for a long time, so he stood up and moved closer to Su Yang, leaving the seat opposite him vacant, and greeted him with a smile: "Sit down, don't stand."
The two of them pulled out a chair and sat down. The boy in the denim jacket saw Su Yang still frowning and thinking hard, and couldn't help but look at the curly-haired boy, and they both laughed out loud.
The man in the denim jacket spoke first, his voice clear and youthful, "Su Yang, I'm Tang Jiu."
The curly-haired guy immediately answered in a more lively tone: "Brother Yang'er, I'm Zhang Zhili! Brother Tang Jiu, look at his expression, he definitely hasn't recognized me yet!"
"Tang Jiu? Zhang Zhili?" Su Yang put down his knife and fork abruptly, his eyes wide open, "You...how did you become like this?"
Only then did he suddenly remember what happened a few months ago.
When Tang Jiu was vindicated, he was still a 14-year-old boy. After all, he had been suppressed by the evil cult for a hundred years, and time seemed to have stopped for him.
By then, Zhang Zhili was already a white-haired old man. He hugged Tang Jiu and cried like a child, saying that he was almost exhausted and was afraid that they would be separated again just after the reunion. He begged Su Yang to think of a way to make him rejuvenate so that he could accompany Tang Jiu to grow up again.
At that time, Su Yang went to find his great-grandfather Su Qingwei. The "Old Su" who looked like a 27-year-old young man, but was actually over 130 years old, had been obsessed with various dark experiments all his life, and patted his chest and said that he could get it done in half a year.
It's only been more than three months, how come these two young men full of youth and vigor appeared before our eyes?
"Hey, I'm just anxious!" Zhang Zhili shook his curly hair, "Originally, Mr. Su said it would take half a year to recover, but I thought school would start soon, and it has always been my dream to study with Brother Tang Jiu, so I added a little more money to ask him to speed up.
Mr. Su is a good man! After hearing my idea, he immediately agreed to speed up the process and made minor adjustments to our faces so that we would all stay at the same age.
As he spoke, he leaned closer to Tang Jiu, raised his head and smiled at him: "Look, now the three of us are almost the same age, it's just right for us to go to school together. We can make up for the books we didn't study together a hundred years ago!"
Tang Jiu patted his shoulder and looked at Su Yang with a little more gratitude: "Thanks to you and Old Su, otherwise..." He didn't say anything else, but the relief in his tone could not be hidden. Who would have thought that a century of regret could really be made up in this way.
Su Yang finally came back to his senses. He picked up the water cup and took a big sip. He exclaimed in amazement: "My great-grandfather was quick in doing things, but your speed is too outrageous... You just add more money as you say, plus what you have already paid, Master Zhang... No, you are really a waste of money."
"Of course!" Zhang Zhili leaned close to Su Yang's ear and lowered his voice even more: "You can't calculate it this way. After rejuvenation, the life span can be more than 200 years, and after the 200 years, it can be increased. What's the difference between this and immortality? This kind of thing can only be encountered by chance.
My old friends kept talking about how to not die. They tried every possible way to live two more years, even spending all their savings, taking so-called panaceas, and some even went to get kidney and heart transplants. They suffered so much, but the results were far worse than mine. Let alone the money, even if I had to spend all my fortune, it would still be worth it!"
Jian Yi sat beside him, confused by what he heard. Redress? A hundred years? Rejuvenation? These words seemed to jump out of a storybook.
"By the way, let me introduce you. This is my friend, Jian Yi." Su Yang finally remembered the people next to him and quickly introduced them to each other, "Jian Yi, this is Tang Jiu and Zhang Zhili."
"Hello, Sister Jian Yi!" Zhang Zhili immediately greeted her with a smile. It was obvious that he always kept his current age in mind, and his words were as sweet as honey.
Tang Jiu also nodded, with a polite smile on his face: "Hello. Come to think of it, we are here to eat as well, and we saw you guys when we just walked in." As he spoke, his eyes fell on the plates on the table, and he raised his chin with a smile, "It seems like we have come to the right place, the steak here looks good."
When Su Yang heard this, he immediately waved to the waiter, "Add two more fillet steaks, like ours, medium rare, and two servings of pasta." He turned to look at Tang Jiu and Zhang Zhili, "Do you want something else? Just order it."
Zhang Zhili had already picked up the menu with greedy eyes, tapping on it with his fingers, and muttered to Tang Jiu without raising his head: "Brother Tang Jiu, look at this baked snail. I heard last time that it tastes very special. Do you want to try it? And this truffle soup is said to be very fragrant..."
His curly hair swayed gently with his movements, and his eyes curved into crescents when he smiled, making him look particularly smart.
Tang Jiu leaned over to take a look, nodding from time to time, "All up to you, just order whatever you want to eat."
After the waiter left, Zhang Zhili remembered Jian Yi next to him and asked curiously, "Sister Jian Yi, are you from the same university as Brother Yang'er?"
Jian Yi shook his head and said softly: "No, I was admitted to another school."
"Ah? That's such a pity." Zhang Zhili smacked his lips, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he leaned closer and said, "Why don't you transfer to another school? Transfer to our school, it will be more lively with us. My eldest grandson works in the Education Bureau, this little thing can be done through a back door!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Jiu covered his mouth. Tang Jiu frowned and lowered his voice to scold him: "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you want to trick your grandson? How can you say such things in public? If someone with ulterior motives hears it, they will report it!"
Zhang Zhili groaned twice when he was covered with his hand, and he pushed Tang Jiu's hand away, and said with a playful smile: "Hey, Brother Tang Jiu, don't be so nervous. Look at me now, who would believe that I have a grandson who works in the Education Bureau? Even if they heard it, they would just think I was bragging."