"I'll take it."

  "Certainly."

  The shopkeeper was delighted to have a noble lady who didn't even ask for the price, quickly instructing someone to pack the jewelry. But before they could, someone stopped them.

  "Wait, may I also have a look at this jewelry?"

  White Qingqing's hand subconsciously tightened inside her sleeve, though her face remained calm. "What does this gentleman mean? I’ve already taken this piece of jewelry. Are you trying to compete with me?"

  Fu Yi looked deeply at White Qingqing, a sharp pain struck his heart. The look in her eyes carried a sense of wariness, which was never supposed to be there.

  "Miss, you misunderstand. I am Fu Yi, from the Fu family of the Ping Prince's estate. I don't wish to compete with you; I just think this jewelry is quite unique. I was about to buy a piece for myself, so I wanted to take a closer look."

  White Qingqing thought back to her previous life when this piece of jewelry was bought around this time. Later, when she and Yao Yao came back to the Lingyun Pavilion, they couldn't find it anymore. Could it have been bought by Fu Yi?

  But she had known him for so long, and it was rare to see him personally buying jewelry for a woman. This piece was clearly something a young girl would wear.

  Although it had nothing to do with her, White Qingqing still felt curious and casually said, "This jewelry is more suited for young girls with lively personalities. If you wish to buy a piece, the shop has other designs."

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  Fu Yi's heart secretly rejoiced. This was the most she had said to him since they reunited. How could he let this opportunity slip?

  "To be honest, I am buying it for my cousin. Her birthday is coming soon, and I want to gift it to her. However, I don’t know much about her tastes. Would you be willing to help me choose?"

  "No, I wouldn’t."

  Fu Yi froze for a moment, and White Qingqing had already turned away, coldly.

  She should have guessed.

  Besides Lu Qingyun, who else would he care about so much?

  It was infuriating that he shared such deep affection with Lu Qingyun, yet never once mentioned it to her, leaving her to drown in her own foolish love for him. He was truly despicable!

  "Have you finished looking, sir?"

  Fu Yi returned the jewelry, and the shopkeeper quickly took it back, wrapping it up and handing it to Zidai.

  White Qingqing originally thought she should leave quickly since Fu Yi was here, but then paused and thought, why should she let him affect her? Why should she avoid him? Had she done anything wrong to him?

  With that thought, White Qingqing lowered her foot and resumed looking at the other jewelry.

  Fu Yi wanted to approach White Qingqing, but he realized he didn’t even know how to start a conversation with her.

  In the past, whenever they were together, she was always the one bringing up various topics, some of which were clearly meant to engage him. But what was she interested in? Fu Yi couldn’t think of anything.

  "Take this away, and bring out some other pieces."

  White Qingqing had finished looking at the jewelry in front of her, and without noticing when Fu Yi had come beside her, she spoke to the shopkeeper, "Bring out some jade and pearl jewelry."

  White Qingqing glanced up at him, and Fu Yi added, "I thought you might like these."

  He had often seen her wearing jewelry with fine jade and pearls, which suited her serene and gentle demeanor.

  But Fu Yi didn’t know that her preference for such jewelry wasn’t innate.

  Even the White family knew little about it. White Qingqing actually had a rather common taste in jewelry—she preferred gold.

  Gold hairpins, gold bangles, gold pendants… Anything that was gold, glittering and shining, brought her pure joy from the heart.

  But after her marriage, the Princess did not allow her to wear such things, calling them vulgar. "They don't have the understated elegance of jade or pearls, not befitting the status of a consort," she said. As the wife of the heir to the Fu family, she was not allowed to have anything that didn’t match her position.

  White Qingqing stopped the shopkeeper who was about to fetch more jewelry. "No jade or pearls, bring me some gold jewelry."