Diamond Candy

Chapter 19: Star of Africa

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Zhou Qinyao got into the role very quickly and naturally changed his identity to Xie Cheng on the spot.

Tang You had no choice but to cooperate with him and finish the scene.

In the nanny car, Fang Lai was very satisfied with the attitude of the two people. After Zhou Qinyao got out of the car, Tang You asked Fang Lai:

"Mom, why did you come back? You didn't even tell me."

Fang Lai smiled and said, "If I tell you, will I still see what happened between you and Xie Cheng? Yes, you can tell mom about such things in the future. Mom is not an unreasonable person."

Tang You: “…”

That’s because you mistook Zhou Qinyao for Xie Cheng, which is why you are being so “reasonable”.

At this point, Tang You sighed very softly, and reluctantly changed the subject and asked Fang Lai:

"Aren't you busy lately? How come you have time to come back?"

"Of course I'm busy." Fang Lai took out a delicate booklet from her bag. "We have recently cooperated with Moon to produce a lot of new styles. Do you like any of them? Mom will leave tomorrow, but don't worry. Moon will come to City C to hold a jewelry show next week, and I can stay at home for a while."

"… "

Tang You took the booklet, looked at the styles absentmindedly, and said nothing.

Fang Lai suddenly asked him, "Do you have a good impression of Xie Cheng?"

Tang You was stunned for a moment. This person was not that person, and she didn't know how to answer.

Fang Lailai saw her like this and understood what was going on. So he didn't ask any more questions and just smiled faintly: "Okay, I get it. Anyway, you listen to mom and focus on studying now. After graduation, you don't care what you want to do."

Tang You thought he had heard wrongly, and raised his head half-believingly: "You won't care about me after graduation?"

"Of course." Fang Lai held her in his arms: "By then there will definitely be the best man in the world to help mom take care of you and protect you."

Tang You had never heard Fang Lai say such things before.

At this moment, her heart, which had been silent for a long time, couldn't help but see a little brightness and hope.

Maybe one day, she will be free to choose the person and life she likes.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, but...about me and Xie Cheng," Tang You thought about it and was still afraid of being exposed, so he could only tell Fang Lai: "Don't tell anyone, okay? I don't want others to know."

Tang You was rarely willing to share her secrets with her mother, so this request for confidentiality made Fang Lai feel as if he had become friends with his daughter and that they were much closer.

She was delighted and agreed immediately: "Okay."

The next day, Fang Lai flew back to Haicheng, and Tang You and Zhou Qinyao luckily escaped right under her nose.

Tang You only found out later that a classmate told Fang Lai that day that he and Xie Cheng were leaving together, which led to this accidental misunderstanding.

Sometimes, life is just more dramatic than TV.

Tang You is not a greedy person. Since she got through the accident safely, she did not ask for more. She thought that the matter was over and could be erased as chalk writing, but she did not expect that -

Zhou Qinyao actually played a trick of making a fake play come true.

The next day after school, Tang You had just sat down at home when someone rang the doorbell of the villa.

Aunt Rong went to open the door, and after a while she came in, followed by a tall boy in school uniform.

Tang You looked up unconsciously, then his eyes widened:

"you… "

Zhou Qinyao actually came in a school uniform...

I guess Cheng Xuan helped get it, but he was too tall and the school uniform pants were not long enough, so they looked like cropped pants on him.

He even found a pair of gold-rimmed glasses from somewhere and put them on, looking very serious and refined.

I really try my best to pretend to be a student...

Tang You looked at him with his mouth open for a long time, and was so surprised that he forgot to speak.

"Miss, he said he is Master Xie Cheng, and he is here to help you with math." Aunt Rong pointed at the sofa, "Master Xie, please sit wherever you want."

"Thanks."

Zhou Qinyao sat down slowly under Tang You's stunned gaze.

Aunt Rong poured him a glass of water, but did not leave immediately.

She pretended to wipe the table and secretly looked at Zhou Qinyao.

Zhou Qinyao noticed Aunt Rong's secret observation and took a sip of water. "Aunt, do I look good?"

Aunt Rong stumbled, her face almost touching the coffee table, and she looked away guiltily: "Ah?"

"Why else are you always looking at me?"

Aunt Rong, who was accidentally exposed, smiled awkwardly, and then her expression became puzzled again: "Master Xie, I always feel like I have seen you somewhere."

Zhou Qinyao was of course aware of Aunt Rong's memories of him.

When I was driving a motorcycle to send Tang You back, I ran into Aunt Rong once, but I was wearing a helmet at that time, so only my eyes were exposed.

That's why he wore gold-rimmed glasses today to cover it up.

Zhou Qinyao pursed his lips slightly and deliberately muddied the waters: "Don't you remember that we actually met when you accompanied Tang You to register on the first day of school?"

Aunt Rong: “…”

Is there such a thing

After Zhou Qinyao said this, Aunt Rong became a little confused. Although she seemed to have seen it somewhere, she was not so sure.

Now that I think about it, Xie Cheng is Tang You's classmate, and Fang Lai personally stamped his seal to allow him to enter the house. If he looks familiar, I might have really seen him when I reported to school.

Otherwise, how would she have the chance to meet the young master of such a wealthy family.

Aunt Rong smiled shyly: "I'm old and my memory is not good, so you guys are busy, call me if you need anything."

Tang You was so scared that she almost broke out in a cold sweat. Seeing that Aunt Rong was fooled, she immediately pulled Zhou Qinyao's arm and ran to the second floor: "Let's go upstairs to do our homework."

On the second floor, Tang You pulled someone into the room and hastily closed the door, his heart about to jump out of his chest:

"Are you really here?"

Zhou Qinyao took off his prop glasses and reached out to unbutton his coat, looking like a lazy young student transformed from a gentleman:

"Your mother asked me to come, why shouldn't I come?"

He slowly approached Tang You, his hands resting on the door, and suddenly lowered his voice and said softly: "I want to see you, so I came."

Tang You couldn't stand the teasing and her ears turned red.

She tried to push him away: "You'd better leave. You are not Xie Cheng. You will be discovered sooner or later."

Zhou Qinyao smiled indifferently: "It's just a name. If you like, I will change my name to Xie Cheng in the future."

"?" Tang You couldn't understand him: "But your name is Zhou Qinyao."

Zhou Qinyao's eyes flashed with emotion, and he paused, looking at her with a half-smile:

"Do you think my name must be Zhou Qinyao?"

His words made Tang You speechless and a little confused.

She looked at him. "What do you mean?"

After a while, the man said calmly: "It's just a joke."

"… "

Aunt Rong suddenly knocked on the door behind me.

"Miss, your private teacher is here."

Tang You then remembered that today was the day for her cello lesson.

She had no choice but to say to Zhou Qinyao: "You go back first, I have to go to class."

"No need." Zhou Qinyao pulled a chair over and laid back on it lazily: "I'll just watch you in class here."

Tang You: “…”

During the one-hour private tutoring session that followed, Zhou Qinyao sat next to Tang You and the teacher, flipping through the book from time to time and looking at Tang You.

The private teacher asked Tang You to complete a new song today. When explaining the processing method, the teacher spoke very seriously. Tang You also listened very seriously at first, until the corner of his eye accidentally deviated and bumped into Zhou Qinyao's sight.

The man just sat on the chair with his chin supported by his hand, a faint smile on his lips, looking at her in a teasing manner.

It was as if an electric current had suddenly passed through her, and Tang You blushed and avoided the gaze.

I could no longer hear what the teacher said. The only sound was my heartbeat, beating wildly in my internal organs.

After finally finishing the private lesson, Tang You saw the teacher off and closed the door.

"Why are you affecting me?"

"?" Zhou Qinyao said innocently, "I'm sitting here without moving, okay?"

"… "

Tang You was furious. Knowing that she couldn't win the argument, she turned around to pack up her music scores.

Zhou Qinyao picked up the cello bow she had placed aside and swept it across the strings twice, producing a chaotic and disorderly sound.

He pretended to be curious: "Tang You, how do you pull this?"

Tang You didn't want to pay attention to him and was sorting out the music scores in piles.

Zhou Qinyao came up behind her and said in an ambiguous voice: "Teacher Tang, can you teach me?"

Tang You was coaxed by the word "teacher". He turned his back and smiled secretly, then turned around with a serious face and corrected him: "You put your hand in the wrong position, it should be placed over there."

Zhou Qinyao paused, as if he didn't understand: "Where is it?"

"Well then." Tang You pointed at the strings: "A little higher."

Zhou Qinyao deliberately put it in the wrong place: "Is it this?"

The little girl finally lost her patience and pulled his hand to the right place: "It's here!"

Zhou Qinyao curled his lips slightly and quickly reversed his grip.

Wrap her soft hand completely in the palm of your hand.

Tang You was stunned, and finally realized his ulterior motives. She wanted to pull her hand back, but she couldn't.

"Zhou Qinyao, you lied to me again!"

Zhou Qinyao: "I am Xie Cheng."

"… Xie Cheng is not as bad as you."

Zhou Qinyao ignored the girl's protest and held her tightly, smiling calmly, saying:

"Don't move. Where's your homework? Take it out."

Later, when tutoring Tang You with his math homework, Zhou Qinyao was unwilling to put his hands down.

Until Aunt Rong came up and politely hinted:

"Master Xie, it's nine o'clock. Our wife said that Miss will take a bath and go to bed after nine o'clock."

Although Fang Lai agreed to let Xie Cheng visit his home, he also secretly set a clear time limit and said he couldn't stay too late.

Zhou Qinyao was very contented that night.

He let go of Tang You's hand, and his palms were filled with the girl's fragrance.

"I'm leaving now. If you still don't know how to do it, send me a message."

"Um."

Tang You's hand was held until it became hot. She was obviously disgusted just now, but now she felt a little reluctant.

His warmth has a strong sense of security, which makes people addicted and unable to help but sink into it.

After sending the person downstairs, Tang You suddenly remembered what Cheng Xuan mentioned.

Tomorrow is Sunday, it will be too late if we don’t say it now.

"Wait a minute." Tang You said hesitantly before he left:

"Tomorrow could you..."

Zhou Qinyao: "What?"

Aunt Rong also came out to see the guests off. Since she was nearby, Tang You was not in a position to explain in too much detail.

I had to change it to - "Would you please wait for me after school tomorrow?"

Zhou Qinyao saw the hidden meaning in her words, paused, and nodded: "Okay."

"Good night then."

"Um."

The next day at noon, Zhou Qinyao arrived at the gate of No. 5 Middle School on time.

Although it was still unclear what the matter was, Tang You rarely took the initiative, so he guessed that the girl wanted to take advantage of the Sunday afternoon off to ask him out somewhere. But after waiting for a while, Tang You didn't show up, but Cheng Xuan showed up.

Cheng Xuan seemed to have come to see him on purpose. When he saw him, he waved: "Brother Yao, here!"

Zhou Qinyao: “?”

"Come with me, Youyou is waiting for you inside!"

"… What is going on?"

While people were coming and going after school, Zhou Qinyao was brought into the school by Cheng Xuan while she explained the whole story.

Xie Cheng didn't believe at all that Tang You had a boyfriend, and deep down, even if she did, he was confident that he could beat that guy.

To be honest, Xie Cheng is the secret crush of many girls in No. 5 Middle School. He has a good family background, handsome looks, and is the monitor of International Class B. He is well-educated and talented.

He knew very well that Tang You didn't like him, but as a noble man like him, his pursuit of Tang You had become a battle of conquest that he was unwilling to admit defeat.

Subconsciously, he also wanted to meet the person who could snatch the girl he liked, and wanted to know why the other person was better than him.

They met in an empty classroom behind the playground where equipment was stored.

Usually no one comes here, especially today is Sunday, and the first to third year high school students are on vacation, so it is the safest place in the whole school.

In the quiet equipment room, Xie Cheng still asked Tang You:

"You really have a boyfriend?"

Tang You sat on a pile of basketballs in the corner of the classroom, subconsciously keeping a distance from him.

She remembered Cheng Xuan's words and wanted to completely cut off his thoughts this time, so she decisively replied to Xie Cheng: "Yes."

"Very handsome?"

"Yeah, very handsome."

"..." Xie Cheng was shocked and stopped talking, but he was thinking to himself - I'll have to take a closer look at how handsome he is later.

Just as I was thinking about it, the door of the equipment room opened.

Tang You's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but sit up straight.

Cheng Xuan's red jacket was very conspicuous, and he came in first.

Tang You's heart was pounding, and she looked behind her nervously and expectantly—

Finally, a familiar man's figure slowly emerged from the darkness.

Fortunately, he came.

Tang You's heart suddenly felt at ease.

Zhou Qinyao wore a dark army green jacket today, which had a lazy silhouette but a strong aura.

He walked in with a bit of coldness, his eyes cast towards the people in the room, finally stopping on Tang You.

Cheng Xuan sat down at the ping-pong table and lit a cigarette:

"Thank you, Master. I brought the person you wanted. Here—"

She pointed at Zhou Qinyao: "This is Tang You's boyfriend."

Xie Cheng's eyes narrowed slightly.

The brain begins to analyze both sides quickly like a computer—

To be honest, this guy deserves Tang You's "very handsome" comment.

And he looks to be 187cm tall, but I am only 182cm tall.

In terms of appearance, Xie Cheng admitted that he could not compare with the other person, but he soon discovered that the man's clothes were very ordinary and he did not have a single brand name item on him.

In this real world, money can override everything.

Xie Cheng seemed to have seen through something and quickly determined the winner, with a scornful smile unconsciously appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Zhou Qinyao found this smile very interesting.

He walked over slowly and was half a head taller than Xie Cheng.

He sneered and asked, "Why, I don't look like one?"

Xie Cheng thought to himself, not only do they not look like each other, they are also not worthy of each other.

But as a well-educated young master from a noble family, he would not say such words.

Gaogui smiled calmly: "No."

He turned to look at Cheng Xuan: "Cheng Xuan, you helped Tang You find someone to act out this scene to deceive me, right?"

It’s right, and it’s not right either.

Cheng Xuan didn't know how far Tang You and Zhou Qinyao had come.

But she still calmly replied: "Bullshit, how can you tell we are acting?"

Xie Cheng used his high IQ and reasoning ability to analyze:

"First, his clothes obviously don't match Tang You's. They are on different levels and are destined to be incompatible."

"Secondly, you brought him here. If he was my boyfriend, why didn't Tang You go pick him up to meet me in person?"

"Third, and most important."

Xie Cheng turned to Tang You confidently:

"If it was really her boyfriend who came, why was Tang You sitting so far away? There was no interaction between them. This was simply a protective distance created by a stranger subconsciously!"

"… "

Fuck.

Cheng Xuan felt that this guy was worthy of being the captain of the school debate team, and she almost believed what he said.

Zhou Qinyao said "Hey" softly at this time.

Xie Cheng turned back: "Hmm?"

"First,"

After Zhou Qinyao said these two words, he suddenly stopped, as if he had something to say, but when it came to his lips, he was too lazy to talk to him anymore.

"Forget it, let's just go straight to third."

He said and walked towards where Tang You was sitting.

Xie Cheng's gaze followed closely all the way.

Tang You sat on the basketball pile, staring blankly at Zhou Qinyao walking towards her step by step. She moved her mouth and was about to stand up and say something to help explain, but the man's lips curled slightly: "Shh..."

Tang You was stunned and subconsciously shut up.

But before she could figure out the meaning of Zhou Qinyao's action, he suddenly pulled her up from the pile of basketballs.

The next second, his hand ran through her short hair.

He kissed her domineeringly and neatly.

Cheng Xuanyan fell to the ground: "Fuck..."

Xie Cheng: “… … …”

—“Are you satisfied with this interaction?”

The author has something to say: Guagua is such a grumpy man,

Damn it, I'm telling you, open your eyes and see clearly.jpg

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◎ Star of Africa: In 1905, a diamond rough stone weighing 3,106 carats was discovered in a South African diamond mine. It was colorless, transparent, flawless, of excellent quality, and had a light blue hue. It was named "Cullinan" after the mine manager at the time. Until now, it is still the largest gem diamond discovered in the world. At that time, experts in the gem industry estimated that the value of the original ore was as high as 7.5 billion US dollars. This giant diamond was split into several large pieces and processed. The total amount of finished diamonds processed was 100 carats, all of which belonged to the British royal family. The largest diamond was named "Star of Africa", weighing 530.02 carats, teardrop-shaped, with 74 cut faces, and was inlaid on the scepter of the King of England. The "compatriots" of the Star of Africa were inlaid on the crowns of the Queen of England and Queen Mary.