C76 True Love Girl

She got into the best college.

She had a brighter future.

Grandma was also old. Even if she couldn't control herself, she could only let her go.

Su Huai had always been silent.

Lin Jia smiled and asked, "How is it? Did you notice that there wasn't the slightest bit of similarity between the grandmother I spoke of and that true love girl in your story? Since the beginning of your story, I've never been able to produce a sense of substitution. When you said with a certain tone that my grandmother was that true love girl, I think you must be joking with me. "

Su Huai stood up and walked towards the direction of the hall without saying a word.

When he walked under the roof, he stood there and raised his head to look at the roof.

There was a beam on the roof of an old-fashioned building. The lighting at night was not good, and the beam was pitch black, so he could not really see clearly.

"We're already here. I have a way to directly verify if Grandma is a true love girl. " Su Huai suddenly turned around, and his peach blossom eyes were filled with mischievousness, "Lin Jia, do you want to make a bet? If Grandma isn't a true love lady, then you win. "

"Bet what?" Lin Jia's interest was piqued.

"If you win, you can raise the stakes as you wish. I'll give you whatever you want within my ability range. " Su Huai responded generously.

When Lin Jia heard this, her eyelids lightly twitched a few times. Her black and dense eyelashes drooped down as she started to seriously think.

"If I win, you can agree to one of my requests. As long as it's within your capabilities, you can agree to any request I ask of you. How about it? Isn't it fair? " At this point, his tone became even more arrogant.

No matter how she looked at it, Lin Jia felt that he was smiling like a malicious wolf. After digging a hole and setting up bait, he was waiting for her to fall into his trap.

She was very curious, but at the same time, she didn't believe that the coincidence in the world could reach such a degree. Lin Jia only hesitated for a moment before nodding heavily.

"If you can bring out true evidence to directly prove this matter, I'll bet with you. "

Su Huai's smile widened as he gave her a thumbs up.

The feeling of being tricked in Lin Jia's heart became even deeper. She curled her lips, "When will we know the result?"

"Now. " He answered.

"Now?" Lin Jia gave a suspicious snort, "If the evidence you brought out is not enough to convince people, don't think about using good verbal skills to defend yourself and try to get away with it. "

"I hope that after you get the evidence, you can keep your promise and be willing to admit defeat. " Su Huai rebutted bluntly.

Under the dim yellow light of the old residence, the gazes of a man and a woman collided in midair, causing bursts of fiery light to arise.

"Do you still remember the story I told on the plane that Little Stubborn once gifted Miss True Love a bracelet as a token of love, and Miss True Love returned a handmade purse? This is an oath. " Su Huai conveniently picked up the backpack under the roof and flipped through his pocket. He took out the wallet and sent it to Lin Jia to show her, "This is only the wallet that True Love sent out. I've shown it to you before. "

"The embroidery of the bag is indeed somewhat similar to my grandmother's acupuncture technique. However, if I have enough time, I can also sew a similar piece of work. Moreover, if you compare my work with the embroidery on the handkerchief, eight out of ten people will tell you that the acupuncture technique is extremely similar. It might have come from the same person. Do you understand? This kind of small embroidery doesn't use very profound techniques to begin with, and my grandmother can do it. Others can do it too. Using this purse to prove that my grandmother must be a true love girl isn't enough to convince people. " Lin Jia spoke very clearly. She tried her best to argue, but she refused to give in.

Su Huai smiled mysteriously. "Don't be anxious, listen to me finish. "

"Speak, let's see what other profound principles you can speak of. " Lin Jia crossed her arms, and she had a bearing of listening to her master.

"The purse is in Little Stubborn's hands, so that bracelet is naturally with True Love Girl. " Su Huai's reasoning was once again interrupted by Lin Jia.

She shook her head affirmatively. "I've followed Granny since I was young and have never seen her wearing a bracelet. My grandmother has been embroidery every day, so bracelets and rings will affect her finger activity. "

"My great stubbornness was that when I found my true love ten years later, my true love had already returned the bracelet. Because this bracelet was a token of love from back then, and then things changed. It was hard to continue the old relationship, True Love Girl was not willing to keep the bracelet anymore. " Su Huai smiled as he finished speaking. He didn't continue speaking as he didn't intentionally whet Su Huai's appetite. "And he stubbornly felt that there was absolutely no reason for him to take back the gift he gave. If True Love didn't want it, he would smash the bracelet. Other than True Love, no one else has this special and precious item. "

"And then? Are you going to tell me that the bracelet is also on you? Then take it out and show it to me. That thing really did exist. Is everything you said true?"

After Lin Jia asked, Su Huai shook his head.

"No, the bracelet isn't on me. "

"Where is it?" Lin Jia held her breath as a strange thought popped up in her mind.

"The bracelet is in the home of the true love. " Su Huai raised his head and his gaze still descended onto the wooden beam on the roof of the hall. "When Big Stubborn intended to smash the bracelet, he suddenly recalled the past when he personally put the bracelet on Miss True Love back then. During the ten years he searched for Miss True Love, he would always recall that beautiful scene. That bracelet had witnessed the beauty that both of them had once shared. If it was really destroyed, it would be equivalent to completely losing everything. Big Stubborn's obsession with the True Love Girl was extremely deep. How could he break the bracelet with his bare hands? So, when no one was paying attention to him in the middle of the night, he hid the bracelet on the wooden beam of the hall. Although True Love might never know that the bracelet was still there, in Big Stubborn's heart, The bracelet represents himself, and he can always stay by True Love's side in another way. "

"Er - -" Lin Jia didn't know what to say anymore.

"If you want to know if your grandmother is the true love, you just have to climb up and see if you can find a bracelet. " The corners of Su Huai's mouth curled up complacently, and his eyes were filled with satisfaction as his scheme succeeded. He was extremely happy. "Is there a wooden staircase at home? How about we search for a treasure tonight?"

"You did it on purpose! Why didn't you tell us earlier? Why did you have to wait until now?" Lin Jia shouted angrily.

"What's the difference between saying it earlier and later? You firmly don't believe that your grandmother is a true love girl. If your deduction is correct. . . That bracelet definitely won't appear on the wooden beam of your house, right?" Su Huai refuted with certainty.

When he saw Lin Jia angrily remain silent, he raised the tip of his brows. "What? Worried? Thinking about how you went back on your word?"

"Of course not. I was thinking about where the ladder was placed. It should be in the small warehouse at the back of the kitchen. Let's go and get it together. "

The two of them worked together to take the ladder out of a pile of old items.

After returning to the hall, Lin Jia turned on all the lights that could be turned on to increase the brightness of the surroundings as much as possible.

When Su Huai wanted to climb up, she stopped him. "I'll go up and look. "

"It's a little high, aren't you afraid?" Su Huai asked.

"If you go up, what if you secretly find a corner to stuff a bracelet when I'm not paying attention and then tell me that you found it on the beam? Won't you simply win this bet?" Lin Jia had a look of distrust on her face.

"Am I that untrustworthy in your heart?" Su Huai asked in a discouraged manner.

"It's just a reasonable evasion. " Lin Jia carried the wooden ladder and placed it at the most central position. She shook it and only lowered her body to climb up after confirming that it was stable.

Su Huai passed a flashlight to her, "Take it. Go and find it properly. "

"I definitely won't be able to find it!" Lin Jia was still firm.

"We will definitely find something!" Su Huai was even more confident.

The dust on the beam was thick and had not been cleaned for many years. This was probably the dirtiest place in the entire old residence.

Lin Jia endured the discomfort and looked at it seriously.

If there was something placed on the beam, it would appear very obvious. However, the thick dust piled on a bracelet definitely covered the original luster of the bracelet.

She definitely had to make Su Huai admit defeat wholeheartedly, so Lin Jia decided to seriously search inch by inch.

She wouldn't let go of every corner from here to there.

At the beginning, her heart was also raised. Once the light beam of the torchlight discovers a suspicious hidden spot, Lin Jia would go over to confirm it at a close distance.

The area of the hall was not large.

Lin Jia climbed up the ladder and moved it around.

After struggling for a full half an hour, she finally stood in front of Su Huai with a smile on her dirty little face. I've confirmed that Miss True Love's bracelet isn't on my house's beam, so. . . The person you're looking for is definitely not my grandmother. "

"You've searched all of them? You didn't miss anything? " Su Huai slowly folded his arms.

"Absolutely not!" Lin Jia smiled confidently, "If you don't believe me, go and find it yourself. "

She returned the flashlight to him, feeling that this gamble could officially end.

She won so easily, just thinking about it made her very happy.

Su Huai turned on the torchlight but did not intend to climb up the ladder. He stood in the distance and used the strong light emitted by the torchlight to flash past every part of the wooden beam. Suddenly, the light pillar stopped at a certain point and he asked, "What's hanging above the lamp line?"

That spot was dark and black, and the flashlight wouldn't reflect light even if it shone on it.

Lin Jia looked along and said, "It's used to wrap extra wires when installing the lights, so it's made into a wooden box on top. Hey, it's impossible to hide things in that kind of place. "

"No, take a closer look. Is there a small black bag hanging next to the wire? It's on the right side of the wire box, tied up with a thin wire " Su Huai's gaze was especially good, and he could still see very clearly from such a distance.

"I'll go up and take a look. " Lin Jia gritted her teeth.

She listened to him as if he was speaking the truth, but it seemed like she couldn't even see what he was talking about.

She couldn't be careless about the bet. She climbed up the roof beam several times in the night. She didn't mind doing it again.

Su Huai stood below and turned on the torchlight to point at the position.

Before Lin Jia climbed up, he passed a pair of scissors to her. "Take it. It will definitely be useful later. "

- - - ----

A basin of water, a pair of scissors, a flashlight, a rusty wire, and a black cloth bag were placed on the large wooden table in the hall.

It was unknown how many years the cloth bag had been hanging on it, but when he touched it, it was greasy and greasy. It was hard to describe how it felt.

However, Lin Jia still insisted on touching it a lot. The thing inside was hard, but it was definitely not the round shape of the bracelet.

"This is it. "

Seeing her successfully take back this, Su Huai was extremely satisfied.

"Don't be happy too early. What's stored inside isn't a bracelet at all. I don't even need to open it to know. " Lin Jia rubbed the soap on her hand and carefully wiped the dust between her fingers and nails.

"That might not be the case. " Su Huai picked up the scissors and cut off the thick thread that was wrapped around the black cloth bag. Before he opened it, he reminded, "Remember, admit defeat if you're willing to bet, and don't go back on your word. "

"Whoever goes back on their word is a puppy. " Lin Jia continued to be tough.

In the end, she was slapped in the face in less than three minutes.

Su Huai took out a strange wooden rack from within the black cloth bag. It was square in shape and covered in lines.

"What's this?" Lin Jia leaned closer and looked for a long time, but still could not figure out the reason.

"The outer circle is made of wood as a fixed support. The threads are wrapped around it. There is an empty area in the middle where the bracelet is placed. " Su Huai handed it over to her, and at the same time, he gave her a pair of sharp scissors. "If you don't believe me, you can personally tear it apart, but you have to be careful not to hurt your own hand. "

. . . "" Lin Jia couldn't laugh anymore.

- - - ----

No one knew how Great Determination came up with such a bizarre method.

But it was indeed as he had expected. The love bracelet had been safely stored on the roof of True Love's house. A few decades had passed, but True Love hadn't discovered this secret even until her death.

The bracelet was taken out and placed between the scissors and the flashlight. It was a high-quality jade with a lot of water. As long as it was a woman, her eyes would light up the moment she saw it. She sighed, It's really beautiful.

"I won!" Su Huai announced happily.

"Oh, congratulations. " Lin Jia felt that this night was truly a waste of effort, causing her to be dirty to the point that she had to look at a certain someone's complacent little face.

It was too infuriating.

"I'm going to sleep. If there's anything, we'll talk about it tomorrow. " When he returned to the old residence, his troubled mood was completely shattered by the bet.

Lin Jia felt that what she needed the most right now was a hot bath with a little hot water.

As for the bet? We'll talk about it tomorrow.

It would be best if Su Huai didn't bother her again. Otherwise, she was indeed willing to bet and admit defeat, but she could still turn hostile and mercilessly kick him out to sleep on the streets for a night.

Very good. Su Huai was a man with a strong desire to live, and after he gained the upper hand, he didn't insist on giving an explanation.

They slept in various places throughout the night and didn't disturb each other.

The next morning, Lin Jia naturally woke up under the warm sunlight that entered through the window, and she actually discovered that she'd had no dreams throughout the night, and she'd peacefully spent the night in a world that was related to her grandmother everywhere.

Su Huai woke up earlier and ran out to buy breakfast, filling the table in the hall to the brim.

When he saw Lin Jia wake up, He beckoned for her to come over and sit. "The breakfast that you guys sell in this town is really different from other places. I've never eaten either and don't know which taste is better. I might as well buy all of them and we'll taste the same. "

Lin Jia took a look and saw something that Su Huai was not familiar with. The breakfast was precisely what she was used to eating since she was young.

There were glutinous rice balls, green bean intestine powder, black tofu with sauce poured over it, and pink bean buns. . .

She rubbed her sore nose and tried her best to maintain a calm expression as she sat beside him and ate silently.

Su Huai was very satisfied with the food he bought, and he ignored his image as he ate his fill.

Seeing that her appetite was normal, he even took the time to console her, "We'll fulfill the bet when we return to Beijing. "

Lin Jia:. . . "

She rolled her eyes at him unhappily, remaining silent.

"What is today's arrangement? Didn't you only apply for two days of leave and have to rush back on your last flight tonight?" Su Huai raised his hand to look at the time. "I have to hurry up. Time is more urgent. "

"I want to go up the mountain. You stay here and wait for me. " Lin Jia suddenly lost her appetite and put down her chopsticks and stopped eating.

"How can you go up the hill alone? I'll accompany you. We came together. I have an obligation to ensure your safety. " Su Huai shook his head and was unwilling to agree.

"Su Huai, I've returned this time to pay my respects to Granny's tomb. This sort of matter isn't suitable to bring outsiders over. " Lin Jia smiled, but there was a great deal of bitterness hidden within this smile, and it wasn't beautiful in the slightest.

"I have to accompany you there to personally see your Granny. Burn some incense for her, and I have to tell your grandmother some important things personally. " He finished his breakfast in three bites. Su Huai swiftly stood up, afraid that he would really be left behind, "Don't forget. I also came here with a mission. My grandfather instructed me to do some things. "

" What do you want to do? " Lin Jia asked curiously.

"You'll know in a while. We want to make preparations now. What kind of rule is it to pay respects to the ancestors in the country? I don't understand at all. You still have to teach me. Are we going to buy flowers or candles and paper money? "

Lin Jia pinched. "Su Huai -"

"He's here. Just tell him what to do. I'll help him properly. " He was so excited that he seemed like a little friend that was going on an outing.

Lin Jia didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Can you be quiet for a while?"

He pursed his lips, his eyes carrying a complaint, but he still obediently shut his mouth.

- - -

After Granny passed away, Lin Jia had intentionally or unintentionally avoided her, looking for all kinds of excuses to refuse to come and pay her respects.

It was as if she didn't see her grandmother's remains with her own eyes, and didn't personally come to the grave where her grandmother was buried, so she could continue lying to herself. Her grandmother had actually been there all along. She had not died. She still lived in the small town's old residence and nagged about every day, waiting for her to change her mind and willingly inherit the embroidery that she loved.

However, when Lin Jia really stood in front of the tombstone, she felt a chill run down her spine.

Grandma was no longer there.

She was really gone.

She hadn't had the chance to see her for the last time. The dissatisfaction and anger she had accumulated over the years had yet to erupt. She had to think of a way to punish her for disobedience. She had promised that she would go back to town to continue learning embroidery during the winter and summer holidays when she was studying at university. However, she hadn't returned since she had left.

Lin Jia thought that this confrontation would continue for ten years, twenty years, and a lifetime.

However, her grandmother didn't give her that much time to be willful. She left as soon as she said so. She didn't care about anything else. If she was really stubborn, no one could compare to that old man who always smiled and suppressed her until she couldn't breathe.