Dimensional Store: Welcome to the Apocalypse Apartment - Chapter 13

Jiang Richen certainly wasn’t here for ramen.

“I came to see you.” A trace of concern appeared on Jiang Richen’s face. “I haven’t seen you for a while, and you’ve lost a lot of weight. You must have suffered quite a bit lately, haven’t you?”

Gu Huaiwei gave Jiang Richen a strange look. “I’m Gu Huaiwei, not my sister. Don’t mistake me for someone else.”

“I know it’s you. You’re different.” Jiang Richen sat down across from Gu Huaiwei, the collar of his crisp white shirt slightly open, getting straight to the point. “Sister Changge is missing. I’ve been searching for her, so I neglected you.

You’re Sister Changge’s only sister. I want to bring you back to the Jiang Family and take good care of you.”

“Oh.” Gu Huaiwei lowered her head and sipped the noodle soup, her response indifferent.

Under the table, Mu Lingxi secretly tugged at Gu Huaiwei’s sleeve, reminding her to be cautious.

Gu Huaiwei hooked her finger in reply, signaling she understood.

Jiang Richen didn’t notice their little gestures and continued his heartfelt performance: “No matter what happens to the Gu Family, the bond between your sister and me remains.

I still remember the first time I met you. You followed behind Sister Changge, always staring at me.

At that time, I thought, this little sister is so clever and mischievous, very cute. If only I had a sister like that.”

At this point, Gu Huaiwei looked at him, seeing the gentle smile he directed at her.

Her sister fell for this, but she wouldn’t.

Gu Huaiwei picked up her bowl and finished the noodle soup in one go.

Then she looked up at Jiang Richen, whose eyes were full of affection, and suddenly asked, “Is it spring now?”

Jiang Richen was taken aback, not understanding, but still smiled and replied, “It’s almost autumn. The weather’s about to turn cool.”

“Oh, I thought it was spring.” Gu Huaiwei wiped her mouth with a napkin, then pulled Mu Lingxi along, preparing to leave the shop.

Jiang Richen was a bit confused.

Gu Huaiwei was mocking him, but he didn’t seem to catch on. He just called after her, “It’s fine, you can take your time to think about it.

My promise always stands. As long as you’re willing to come to the Jiang Family, the doors will always be open for you.”

Gu Huaiwei waved her hand dismissively.

After Gu Huaiwei left, Jiang Richen frowned and stood up from the cheap plastic stool.

He looked at his suit pants, then at the ramen bowl Gu Huaiwei had drained to the last drop, and felt the air was filled with the cheap scent of broth.

Living such a poor life, Gu Huaiwei would surely come to the Jiang Family, right?

As long as she was in the Jiang Family, she couldn’t stir up much trouble.

As for the matter of the gold, he could investigate that slowly.

Jiang Richen adjusted his shirt cuffs and said to his driver, “It’s dirty. I need to change my clothes first.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

The driver immediately made arrangements by phone.

After getting in the car, Jiang Richen gazed out at the receding scenery, his eyes deep and contemplative.

He couldn’t help but dwell on Gu Huaiwei’s last words.

What did she mean by asking about the season?

Was she hinting at something?

He pondered it in a more poetic direction.

Plane trees by the roadside shed their leaves, blowing into the narrow alley.

After ducking into the alley, Mu Lingxi couldn’t help but laugh. “That Jiang Family Eldest Young Master came over with such an air of charity, really thinking you’d go back with him.

So dumb, he didn’t even realize you were mocking him-‘It’s not spring, but you’re still in heat’-hahaha.”

Gu Huaiwei had never liked Jiang Richen from the start.

She always felt the name Jiang Richen was unlucky, not auspicious for a wife.

Jiang-like a river in decline.

Richen-like the sun setting in the west.

No wonder her sister disappeared not long after getting engaged to him.

Thinking of this, Gu Huaiwei’s eyes grew a little cold. “The Jiang Family is too greedy. They target me behind my back, but act like good people on the surface, wanting both face and gain. There’s no such good thing in this world.”

“They’re definitely up to something else.”

“I sold gold and stayed at a five-star hotel. They couldn’t sit still and sent Jiang Richen to cozy up to me.” All of this was within Gu Huaiwei’s expectations.
Mu Lingxi was a little puzzled. “Why didn’t you just turn hostile just now?”

“The Jiang Family took something important from me. I have to get it back.” Gu Huaiwei gently touched the fading bruise at the corner of Mu Lingxi’s lips, her expression soft. “Those slaps you gave can’t be for nothing, either.”

Her sister’s jade bracelet was in the hands of the Second Miss of Jiang Family.

The person who bribed the thugs was also in the Jiang Family.

Only by getting close to the Jiang Family would she have a chance to reclaim what belonged to the Gu Family.

That afternoon, Gu Huaiwei contacted the gold shop owner who used to work with her sister frequently.

Sister Jin, smoking a lady’s cigarette, looked Gu Huaiwei up and down through her false eyelashes, a hint of nostalgia in her eyes. “You really look like your sister. If you were wearing glasses, I’d almost think Sister Changge had come back.”

“Before my sister disappeared, she often mentioned you, Sister Jin.”

Sister Jin took a deep drag on her cigarette, squinting as she reminisced. “Sigh, with Sister Changge gone, drinking and clubbing alone just isn’t the same.

Forget it, let’s not talk about things that’ll make you sad. Let’s see what you want to sell first.”

“Alright.” Gu Huaiwei lifted her hand and poured the heavy backpack onto the tray.

Immediately, Gold Coins cascaded out like a waterfall, piling up into a small mountain, gleaming brilliantly.

Sister Jin couldn’t help but gasp. “Didn’t the Gu Family use up all their assets to pay off debts? How do you still have so much gold?”

After the company went bankrupt, all of the Gu Family’s real estate, bank accounts, stocks, funds, and foreign currency holdings were seized, frozen, or auctioned off.

Her sister was the company’s legal representative.

Gu Huaiwei, as a minor shareholder, sold off what little she had left to make up her capital contribution, unfreezing her personal account and avoiding being blacklisted as a defaulter.

She left the Gu Family villa empty-handed.

It was raining that day. Her sister was gone, and Gu Huaiwei didn’t even have an umbrella. Soaked to the bone, she shamelessly asked strangers at the bus stop to borrow a phone, contacting friends one by one to borrow money for travel expenses.

Those so-called friends in their circle, who used to call her and her sister so affectionately, now hung up as soon as they heard her voice, pretending not to know her.

Only Mu Lingxi braved the heavy rain, came out from her rented apartment, and lent her 6,000 yuan.

The past was too painful to recall.

Gu Huaiwei’s fingers gently brushed over the Gold Coins, golden light flowing between her fingertips.

“Sister Jin, don’t worry. My personal debts have been settled. These Gold Coins are heirlooms, unrelated to the company.”

Sister Jin nodded lightly. “Alright, let me check the purity with the equipment first.”

The equipment detected that the Gold Coins also contained even more valuable precious metals.

Sister Jin straightforwardly offered a price.

“Sixty Gold Coins, each weighing 30g, containing 30% Rhodium and 70% gold.

The current international gold price is 575 yuan per gram, and Rhodium is 1,265 yuan per gram.

I’ve known you and your sister for a long time. How about this: I’ll give you a flat price of 23,000 yuan per Gold Coin, totaling 1.3 million yuan, paid in one lump sum. How does that sound?”

The buyback price is always lower than the market price.

1.3 million yuan-this was a very fair offer.

“Deal.” Gu Huaiwei accepted gladly. “Thank you, Sister Jin.”

The money arrived quickly.

After the transfer, Sister Jin stubbed out her cigarette, picked up the Gold Coins, and started ushering her out.

“No need for thanks. Off you go, little sister. Once you get through this rough patch, come drink with me on behalf of your sister.”

Gu Huaiwei smiled. “When the time comes, my sister will come back and drink with you herself.”

Sister Jin lowered her eyes. “Will Sister Changge really come back?”

“I will find my sister and bring her back,” Gu Huaiwei said with absolute confidence.

Sister Jin paused. “…Then I’ll be waiting.”

Watching Sister Jin’s hurried steps as she left, Gu Huaiwei knew that from the moment she entered the shop, Sister Jin had been watching her face, her eyes full of loneliness.

She must miss her sister very much.

Just like she did.