Chapter Twenty-Four: The Dispute Over the Necklace

  Liu Fei furrowed his brow, looking at the seductive girl and the man beside her.

  The man was in his fifties, short and stout, with a long, narrow scar on the left side of his face that extended to his neck, making him look somewhat ferocious. He wore a black suit, a blue-striped tie, and gold-rimmed glasses, which made him appear quite elegant if one ignored the scar. The girl stood beside him, clearly a head taller than him.

  Liu Fei could tell that this was a big shot bringing out a little honey to play. However, when he saw the girl next to the big shot snatch Xu Jiao's necklace, he felt somewhat unhappy in his heart. Can you just snatch something from someone else? Liu Fei then looked at the short and fat man.

  A short and stout man smiled, stretched out his hand to put it around the waist of a coquettish girl. A pair of swinish hands were unscrupulously massaging the girl's buttocks as he said: "Jingjing, if you like it, we'll buy it!"

  The girl was extremely excited, shouting and jumping up with her legs wrapped around Peng's waist, her pink arms circling Peng's thick neck, sending her blood-red lips to fiercely kiss Peng several times. She coquettishly said: "Peng Ge, you're so great!" After that, she turned around and disdainfully said to Liu Fei: "Hmph, if you don't have money, then don't bring a woman out to show off. Is Cartier something people like you wear?"

  Liu Fei's eyebrows furrowed even tighter, and he gave the girl a cold, warning stare. "Hey, I'm looking at you as a woman, so I don't want to fight with you. If you were a man, I would have kicked you flying already!"

  At this time, people nearby started to gather around slowly, and some began pointing and talking. Liu Fei's ears were relatively sharp, so he heard people discussing: "Wow, isn't that girl the movie star Li Jingjing? What is she doing in Nanping?"

  "Yes, but how come the man next to him looks so familiar?"

  "Wow, I remember now! Isn't that guy Peng Weiguo, the famous entrepreneur from Nanping City? Look at that scar on his face, it's definitely him! What is he doing with Li Jingjing?"

  "Cut it out! You don't understand anything, Li Jingjing must be his mistress! In this day and age, who doesn't keep a celebrity as their second wife if they have the money?"

  Listening to the whispers of the people beside him, Liu Fei roughly understood the background of the two people in front of him and couldn't help but feel amused. It was indeed a case of "breaking iron shoes without finding a place", yet he had gained something without putting in any effort. He had always wanted to investigate Peng Weiguo, but never expected to run into him here today.

  At this time, the girl in uniform seemed to have also recognized Li Jingjing and was somewhat excitedly taking out a notebook from behind the counter, saying to the seductive girl: "Hello, are you Li Jingjing?"

  The girl proudly raised her neck and nodded slightly. In that instant, the star's pride was revealed without a doubt.

  The girl in uniform immediately handed over her notebook, her hands trembling slightly, and stuttered: "Can you sign an autograph for me? I really like the movies you've made!"

  Li Jingjing saw that the girl in uniform recognized her, felt extremely proud, looked at Xu Jiaojiao with disdain, smiled brightly and took the pen to sign for the girl. Then she asked her: "How much is this Goddess Necklace?"

  The uniformed girl got Li Jingjing's signature and was very excited, now she can boast to her sisters again. When she heard Li Jingjing ask her about the price, she smiled and said: "38 million!"

  Li Jingjing heard the price and couldn't help but stare. She liked the necklace, but she also knew that with her current status, it was unlikely that Peng Da would spend so much money on her. In fact, in the entertainment industry, each star had a price tag: attending a rich businessman's banquet cost this much, being a rich businessman's mistress cost that much, and doing it for how long all followed unspoken rules. Li Jingjing didn't say anything else, she just looked at Peng Weiguo with hopeful eyes.

  Peng Weiguo originally thought the necklace was only worth a few hundred thousand, so he agreed to buy it. But now that he saw the price tag of 3.8 million, his eyebrows furrowed slightly. He had money, but he knew very well that investing this much in Li Jingjing, a second-tier actress, wasn't worth it. 3.8 million could get him a first-tier star! However, he had already agreed to buy the necklace for Li Jingjing, and backing out now would damage his reputation. But then he thought of a clever way to respond. He pointed at Liu Fei and said, "Hey, kid, you were just about to buy it, weren't you? Why are you being so quiet now? Are you intimidated by the price? Don't pretend to be a big shot if you can't afford it! High-end goods aren't for someone like you." Then he turned to Xu Jiaojiao and said, "Beautiful lady, why bother with such an incompetent man? Why not follow me instead? I'm the real deal!"

  Xu Jiaojiao turned her neck and ignored Peng Weiguo.

  Li Jingjing understood as soon as he said that, and this Manager Peng was actually warning himself in secret, that he wasn't worth that much money. So she stretched out her hand to hold onto Manager Peng's arm and said: "Manager Peng, I feel like this necklace is a bit heavy, it's not comfortable to wear, let's go somewhere else to take a look!"

  Mr. Peng turned around and was about to leave. But Liu Fei spoke up on the side: "Miss, would you mind showing that necklace to my friend? We bought it!"

  This sentence is even louder than a slap in the face of Peng Wei Guo.

  Liu Fei was really angry this time. He is naturally proud, has a strong personality and an extremely strong sense of self-respect! He never condescends to anyone! And he can't bear any humiliation, nor can he bear the people around him being humiliated.

  Just now he had been silently standing by for half a day, he saw the anger in Xu Jiao's eyes when her necklace was snatched, saw Li Jingjing's flaunting when trying on the necklace, and even heard the thick disdain in Li Jingjing's words, but today, he had been enduring, forcing himself to endure.

  Yesterday he received a text message from Shadow: "Liu Fei, you've been too showy lately, this way you'll never be promoted to deputy director!"

  In order to be promoted to deputy director as soon as possible, to see his biological parents as soon as possible, and especially to clarify the real reason why his biological parents had been sending him to live outside for 20 years without even seeing him, he decided to endure today.

  Just then, when he heard the sarcastic tone in Peng Weiguo's words, he couldn't bear it anymore. He had wanted to go up and give Peng Weiguo a good scolding, but remembering his current identity as a criminal police officer, he suppressed his anger.

  But he didn't hit anyone, and it's not like he didn't get angry. Come on, bullying someone until they're fed up, okay, then they'll play with you for real. It's just a 3.8 million yuan necklace, what's the big deal? He bought it, that's all. Conveniently, after four years of hard work and saving money from part-time jobs in college, he still had 3.8 million left over, which was just enough to buy this necklace.

  So Liu Fei told the girl in uniform that he had bought this necklace.

  After he finished saying this, everyone around him was stunned. Even Xu Jiao was stunned. She had been a high school classmate of Liu Fei's and naturally knew that his family background wasn't very good, but today it seemed like he really wanted to buy this necklace for himself.

  The girl in uniform was stunned.

  She took a closer look at the handsome man in front of her, Liu Fei was only 20 years old, his figure was not particularly tall, but also not short, with a height of 1.8 meters, he stood out in the crowd, and his appearance was elegant and refined. What surprised her most were Liu Fei's two eyebrows, which were extremely thick and darker than usual, and they complemented his face perfectly, making him look even more handsome and elegant. Especially under his thick eyebrows, his eyes were clear and bright, and with just one glance, the girl felt a sharp and firm gaze piercing through her, leaving her feeling weak at heart.

  She felt that the eyes of this young man in front of her were so sharp and firm, giving her an irresistible feeling. For a moment, she was stunned.

  Liu Fei smiled and said: "Miss, would you mind getting that necklace for my friend to try on? If it fits, we'll buy it!"

  The girl in uniform quickly came to her senses and flashed a very professional smile at Li Jingjing: "Miss Li, take a look at the necklace...?"

  The uniformed girl looked very embarrassed when she said this. At first, she thought the man next to Li Jingjing was a big shot because of his luxurious attire and high-end clothes, so when Li Jingjing grabbed the necklace from Xu Jiaojiao's hand to try it on, she didn't say anything. However, she also noticed that the big spender next to Li Jingjing seemed unwilling to buy it for her. So she wanted to see how Li Jingjing would react. Anyway, Li Jingjing was still her idol, and her heart was still with Li Jingjing.