Chapter 249: Chapter 249: Tracking

"Okay." Lin Mengyao nodded, her eyes full of trust for Xu Ke.

"Then let’s go, we’ll visit the shop you wanted to go to." Xu Ke kissed Lin Mengyao’s fingertips, guiding her away from where they had just been standing.

After they left, a bulky figure emerged from the corner, its beady little eyes reflecting a vicious look. "Xu Ke, Lin Mengyao, remember today well. I’m going to kick you both into Hell." Jin Ling sneered beneath her mask, pulling her mouth into a crazed grin that seemed almost unhinged.

Jin Ling followed leisurely behind Xu Ke and Lin Mengyao, watching them enter a newly opened jewelry shop. The transparent glass left nothing of the shop’s interior to the imagination, and Jin Ling hid around the corner, staring at the two without blinking.

"Xu Ke, do you feel like someone is watching us? Could it be Jin Ling spying on us?" Lin Mengyao whispered while casually surveying the store for suspicious figures. Thankfully, her movements were subtle, and the shop, filled with intricately arranged items, made her actions appear natural.

Xu Ke picked up a box adorned with shells from a small shelf on the wall and took out a necklace with an oceanic design. "Lean your head over." Xu Ke gestured with the necklace towards Lin Mengyao.

"Aren’t you nervous?" Lin Mengyao obediently leaned her head towards Xu Ke, gathering her hair to one side.

here. At most, she’d hide in a corner, watching us like a rat afraid of the light. Being watched doesn’t hurt us,

its graceful length. Xu Ke lingered on her neck with his gaze before nodding in satisfaction. "This shop is nice, we should come

her. Before exploring, she made her way to the mirror, eager to see the effect of the necklace Xu Ke

look in the mirror and all the anticipation on Lin Mengyao’s face vanished, replaced by a

what you picked for me!" Lin Mengyao gritted her teeth, casting a fierce glare at Xu Ke, her

good? I think it looks quite nice, making your neck look especially long." Xu Ke approached Lin Mengyao with a strawberry hair clip he had just found, pride gleaming in his eyes as he placed

cuter. My taste is really great." Xu Ke admired his handiwork, the curve of


strawberry hair clip against

so elegantly today, all dark and sophisticated, where does this shell necklace

attention as they entered the store.

on Lin Mengyao, smiling as they observed the shell necklace around her neck and the

with her fierce expression and blushing cheeks, they

Ke laughed as he removed the items from Lin Mengyao, pleading, "How could I do it on purpose? I just think my wife looks good in anything. Do you disagree?" Xu Ke feigned a hurt look, but the teasing in his eyes dispelled Lin

pinched Xu Ke’s arm, watching the exaggerated expressions he made. Despite herself,

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