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Chapter 489: Holding Your Hand, Growing
Chapter 489: Holding Your Hand, Growing
Chapter 489: Chapter 489: Holding Your Hand, Growing
Old Together
Translator: 549690339
“What is it?” Jiang Xu asked curiously.
An Nuonuo seemed to be in a very good mood at the moment.
“Close your eyes,” An Nuonuo said with a hint of mischief.
Jiang Xu smiled and closed his eyes.
Then An Nuonuo walked in front of him and crouched down.
She took out something and put it on Jiang Xu’s left hand.
After looking at it from the left and the right and feeling satisfied, she finally told Jiang Xu to open his eyes.
Jiang Xu raised his hand.
He saw a black bracelet on his left wrist.
He asked in surprise, “What is this?”
An Nuonuo smiled sweetly, “This is made of hair I collected over two months.
Do you like it?”
A ripple of emotions stirred in Jiang Xu’s heart.
A girl making a hair bracelet for her boyfriend carried a special meaning.
It was also known as the Black Silk Bracelet.
This represented the girl’s hope of growing old with the boy, accompanying him for life.
The Black Silk Bracelet symbolized growing old together and staying by each other’s side through life and death.
The loving couple could be together forever, from their youth until their hair turns white, holding each other’s hands through old age.
In ancient times, people valued their hair highly, considering it a part of the body.
It’s like giving a part of one’s life to the person you love, entrusting them with your life.
Because Jiang Xu knew this, ripples were stirred in his heart.
Looking at An Nuonuo’s expectant eyes,
Jiang Xu pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly.
He didn’t make any grand promises of undying love.
The two of them didn’t need these.
“I’m going to collect your hair too,” An Nuonuo said. “I heard that lovers make bracelets from each other’s hair.
If you wear it on your wrist, you’ll be together life after life, even in the next life.”
“Okay, I’ll give it to you,” Jiang Xu replied, making faces at her. “But I want to ask, are you sure you only want hair, and not other kinds of ‘hair’…”
The next second, An Nuonuo grabbed Jiang Xu’s arm and bit down on it hard.
“Hiss!”
Jiang Xu drew in a sharp breath.
An Nuonuo hadn’t used this move in a long time.
Being bitten so suddenly really hurt.
Jiang Xu grimaced, “Let go.”
An Nuonuo looked up at him and bit down harder.
Hmph, that’s for always teasing me with those kinds of comments.
I have to bite you a few more times to teach you what pain feels like.
Jiang Xu said, “If you don’t let go now, you’ll be responsible for the consequences.”
An Nuonuo:”…”
“Okay, okay,” Jiang Xu laughed in exasperation. “Feeling brave now, huh? Well then, I’ll just have to show you…”
“Mr. Jiang, there is a document here that needs your signature…”
Just at that moment, a female executive pushed the door open and entered.
She stopped halfway through her sentence.
Once she got a clear look at the scene in the office, her mouth hung open wide enough to swallow several eggs.
She had stumbled upon quite the explosive scene.
The spirit of gossip flared up within her at that moment.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t see anything,” she said hastily.
The executive quickly ran out and promptly shut the door behind her.
“Ah!”
An Nuonuo let out a shriek, and swiftly stood up, her face as red as could be.
She never expected that her playful banter with Jiang Xu would be witnessed by an employee.
She covered her face with her hands: “Wuwuwu, all the prestige I built up is gone now.”
Jiang Xu laughed heartily, “I told you to let go, but you didn’t listen. Look what happened, you’ve ‘socially died.’
“It’s all your fault, you stinky brother, I’m going to fight you!”
The girl acted fiercely adorable, blaming Jiang Xu for everything.
She lunged at him with teeth bared and claws outstretched.
And then, she was ruthlessly subdued by Jiang Xu.
Gossip is human nature.
It wasn’t long before various versions began circulating around the company.
Stuff like the female boss and the general manager doing that in the office.
No wonder the boss often stays late at work.
About who holds the upper hand and all that.
The more it spread, the more outrageous it got.
That afternoon, Jiang Xu went out alone to meet someone.
Mo Keqi’s most trusted subordinate.
Jiang Xu asked Zhang San to help investigate a few of Mo Keqi’s close aides.
According to the information provided by Zhang San.
His most trusted aide was surprisingly having an affair with Mo Keqi’s wife.
Although Mo Keqi was an old gay, he still had a wife.
And his wife, she was Zhang San’s elementary school classmate.
It almost fried Jiang Xu’s CPU.
With this information, it was much easier for Jiang Xu to seek cooperation with the other party.
After the meeting, a few words, plus the information about the other party stealing his boss’s woman, were enough to turn him.
If you don’t want to climb the ranks, then you’re heading for the skies.
In the following days, Jiang Xu met with a large number of members from Mo Keqi’s team.
From lower to middle to upper levels.
He couldn’t possibly put all his bets on one person.
Otherwise, using threats, when the other party rose to power, there would surely be backlash.
The following days passed uneventfully but fulfilling.
Time quickly moved to the end of April.
Fu Yanjie made a phone call.
“Jiang Xu, when are you and An Nuonuo coming back?”
Jiang Xu said, “It’s only been a month and a half, we’re not due back until mid-June.”
“Mid-June…” Fu Yanjie pondered briefly, “That’s about right.
I’ve had Yuanyuan drop out of school, and I’m sending her back home today.
She’s likely to give birth around mid-June too; you’ve got to come back a few days earlier, my son’s birth needs a witness from you.”
“Alright, Nuonuo and I will come back early. You take it easy too; you can’t be doing anything risky right now.”
“Cut it out, I won’t, Yuanyuan can take care of herself.”
Jiang Xu: “Alright.”
After hanging up, Jiang Xu tookAn Nuonuo out.
Fu Yanjie’s baby was about to be born; they had to prepare a meeting gift first.
Today was Sunday, a day off from work.
He tookAn Nuonuo to a large jewelry store.
It was also owned by Chinese nationals, and they felt a sense of kinship upon entering.
“Hello, Sir, Miss, welcome to our store. May I assist you with anything?” a beautiful saleswoman approached.
Jiang Xu asked, “Can you introduce me to your customization service?”
The saleswoman smiled and said, “Of course, our store has the top master craftsmen.”
Jiang Xu said, “Then please make a Guanyin statue for me, about ten jin (approximately 5 kilograms) in weight.”
The saleswoman caught her breath.
Wow, ten jin to start with.
This isn’t shopping for vegetables.
We’ve got a rich customer here.
If it weren’t for the gorgeous and well-shaped An Nuonuo at his side, she would have been tempted to ask for his contact details right then and there.
The owner of the store came out as well.
He noted down Jiang Xu’s request.
For such a large piece, it would take about a month to complete.
After paying the deposit, they left.
An Nuonuo mentioned that she wanted to visit the Little Eagle Museum.
Inside, there were many priceless antiques that had been lost overseas put on display.
They had not yet arrived, but both of their moods were already becoming a bit heavy.
Just then, Jiang Xu’s phone vibrated, and he received a text message.
At a glance, Jiang Xu’s pupils shrank.