“Forget it!” Pei Yijian was instantly discouraged.
He then took out a thick stack of banknotes and placed them on the table in front of her. “You keep these banknotes for now. If it’s not enough, I’ll borrow some from the other two.”
His words and actions resembled someone giving her an allowance, to the point that Lu Lili was completely bewildered. “Why are you giving them to me?”
Once again, she couldn’t help but marvel in her heart. Is this what it feels like to be friends with a rich person?
However, she couldn’t accept a single cent.
She pushed the banknotes back. “Thank you, but I don’t need them. Take them back.”
Pei Yijian felt somewhat guilty and cleared his throat. “Just keep them. They were originally meant to be yours.”
“What do you mean?” Lu Lili became even more confused.
She truly couldn’t understand what he meant. After all, he didn’t owe her any money, did he?
“*Cough* I can’t say~” Pei Yi Jian suddenly raised his right hand and covered the upper half of his face, as if the reason was too difficult to explain.
Lu Lili, seeing him like this, became even more curious.
Initially, she had asked casually, but now she had an insatiable desire to know!
So, she gently tugged at the sleeve Pei Yijian was covering his face with, and approached him in a softer voice:
“Brother Pei, why don’t you tell me? I promise I won’t tell anyone. Only you, me, heaven, and earth will know. There won’t be a third person who knows.”
“… ” Pei Yijian’s hand covering his face loosened slightly, indicating that he was considering it.
Seeing some progress, Lu Lili continued speaking: “If you don’t tell me the reason truthfully, I wouldn’t feel right accepting such a large sum of money from you, right, Brother Pei?”
“… ” Pei Yijian remained silent.
After a while, he finally gave in: “Alright, I’ll tell you.”
Lu Lili immediately sat up straight, attentively listening.
Pei Yijian put down his hand, cleared his throat, and his gaze seemed somewhat evasive. “The gold and silver treasures that were stolen from you by the bandits earlier, I actually retrieved them back then. They are all in my possession now.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Lili immediately recalled the events from before.
She admired Pei Yijian and gave him a thumbs-up. “Wow, Brother Pei, your martial arts skills are truly impressive! I was watching the whole time, but I didn’t notice when you took the things back from the that Second Master!”
Pei Yijian looked at her with instant astonishment.
Seeing her sincere expression and the admiration in her eyes, he quietly put his heart at ease.
He didn’t want to say it out loud because he was worried that she would accuse him of coveting her valuable belongings.
Although he was indeed coveting her things, and he had no intention of returning them.
However, the more he worried, the more it happened.
Lu Lili had already extended her hand to him, palm facing upward, with a sweet smile.
“Brother Pei, thank you for keeping them for me all this time! But I think they have been away from me for so long, they must be longing to be back in my arms. How about I take care of them myself?”
She believed that most people would follow her words and return the items to the rightful owner after hearing this.
However, Pei Yijian was determined not to be one of those ordinary people!
He stood up directly, with his tall and upright figure turned away from Lu Lili.
Then, shamelessly, he said, “No! Through this time together, they have actually forgotten all about you and they prefer to rest in the sandalwood box I made for them!”
“Ah…” Lu Lili was dumbfounded.
She really didn’t expect such a blatantly deceitful remark to come out of his mouth.
Now, she didn’t know how to turn the situation around.
“In short, I’ll give you the banknotes, but all your belongings belong to me!”
After saying this, Pei Yijian quickly walked out of the door, as if afraid that Lu Lili would chase after him and insist on him handing over her belongings.
“…” Lu Lili remained silent, watching him leave.
Oh well, let him be~