"What kind of powerful background could you possibly have?"
"You are just a commoner, don’t think I don’t know!"
"You even scamd the Promotion Drive from !"
Gu Pan knew this guy was just brushing her off.
However, at that mont, with Yue Ming watching, she felt this matter was a little secret between herself and Xu Shu, not to be disclosed to others, and so, grinding her teeth in frustration, she was forced to swallow her anger.
After a while, she suddenly changed the tone, "I am leaving tonight, can’t you say sothing nice?"
Xu Shu was startled, "Where are you going?"
As soon as he asked, he realized the answer.
Where else but to join up with the main force of the Gu Family.
Gu Pan nodded, speaking with emphasis, "Yes, the family has moved to sector D8B3, and I and my aunt must report to them tonight. In my absence, you must be cautious and ensure your safety..."
Xu Shu waved his hand, "Go on then, have a safe trip."
As a Transcendent in the Post-Apocalypse Era with a "plane ticket" allowing global travel, Xu Shu felt there was no need for any sad farewells.
Having glimpsed Xu Shu’s free-spirited attitude, Gu Pan hesitated and forgot what she was about to say next.
Thinking for a while, she squatted down, untying a bundle even larger than a solar water heater’s storage tank from her back and opening it on the ground.
Inside were belongings retrieved from the Gu Family Ancestral Land—of course, it might contain wealth not strictly theirs; that was beyond Xu Shu’s knowledge.
Gu Pan opened one of the password-protected safes, taking out a bundle of money amounting to a grand total of two million and placing it separately in a backpack to hand to Xu Shu, "This is for you."
Xu Shu, sowhat perplexed, said, "Is this a parting gift from teacher to student?"
Gu Pan glanced at him quizzically, "Have you forgotten about this too?"
She seed sowhat dissatisfied, rummaged through, and pulled out a hundred-dollar bill with an address written on it, showing it to Xu Shu, "I promised this to you a month ago; I am settling it today."
Huh?
It took a while for Xu Shu to grasp what Gu Pan was referencing.
Before coming back from the Wasteland, he had given Gu Pan a Life Extension Soul Revival Pill, and they had agreed he’d be paid back two million.
But... wasn’t this amount supposed to have been transferred by my aunt?
Xu Shu looked doubtfully towards Yue Ming.
I didn’t! I didn’t say that! Don’t talk nonsense!
Yue Ming looked pale, frantically denying in her mind.
She was thinking about how to fabricate a story to explain how the money she had apparently given away had ended back in her hands and how to detach herself from the claim that Yue Ming and Yuexi were the sa person, but suddenly she paused.
Right, didn’t I earn this money as a Doctor, laboriously curing this young man’s father?
How did the money end up with Panpan?
Yue Ming stiffened as well.
As the conspiracy was about to unravel, Gu Pan glanced at Yue Ming and Xu Shu, who were looking at each other. First suspicious, she then understood.
Got it! I had told Xu Shu earlier that the money would co through my aunt, and he is questioning that here!
Gu Pan with an air of ’helping you out’ said, "Oh, I know about that. My aunt just forgot it by accident; don’t take it to heart."
Xu Shu was even more puzzled.
If you knew she forgot, and you rembered, then why give it again?
Hearing this, Yue Ming instantly knew Gu Pan must have stolen the money.
She couldn’t believe I would pocket the money, could she?
Am I that kind of person?
Yue Ming’s eyes flickered, but she said, "Look at my mory, since your teacher gave it, you’d better take it. As a disciple, accepting a teacher’s grace is normal, just don’t forget your teacher when you make it big."
"Oh, so that’s what it was."
Xu Shu "understood" and looked towards Gu Pan, "Then thank you! You really are a great teacher!"
Gu Pan nodded, slightly pleased, silently noting how this student, though not verbal about it, still appreciated his teacher, even though he owed him for a month, yet still thanked !
Xu Shu, on the other hand, was musing to himself, Gu Pan might be stingy at tis, but she definitely is generous to , worth all the tis I’ve saved her.
The most pitiful, Yue Ming, mourning the loss of two million, felt her heart bleeding, but rather than let her carefully crafted image of a loving mother shatter into that of a flirtatious woman, she preferred to be seen as ’the greedy, miserly mom’, and decided to endure.
The three of them had different understandings but sohow managed to smooth over the situation.
As they were parting, Xu Shu rembered sothing, "By the way, if you’re not in a rush to leave, check out this place."
He searched but couldn’t find the note, so he picked up that sa 100-dollar bill, flipped it over to the back, and wrote a new address.
"This place, there’s soone... from your Gu family, an illegitimate daughter, the mother is Gu Ru, with two daughters Gu Yunyi or Gu Yiyun, one of them bears a striking resemblance to you, perhaps you should take them along," Xu Shu passed the money to Gu Pan, explaining a bit.
"What resemblance?" as Gu Pan took the bill, examining both sides that held different addresses.
Xu Shu glanced at Yue Ming, hesitating, "Well, in certain aspects!"
"What certain aspects, be more specific," Gu Pan was exasperated, "you’re not one to talk in riddles."
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