She was very hungry, and she ate two bowls of rice enthusiastically.
After eating the meal, He Lanjing gave her a bowl of spinach soup: "Drink some soup. You eat so fast. Can you even swallow?"
Pipi wiped her mouth and took a piece of jade from her pocket and handed it to him. "This is a piece of jade I bought. You should give it a look."
When she'd left the subway station in the morning, she had brought a piece of jade from the stall. It looked green and good, and it was only 20 yuan.
He Lanjing glanced at it, chuckled and threw it into the trash.
"Hey, my jade, why have you thrown it!"
"Rubbish."
Pipi grabbed the trash can and was preparing to tip it up and rifle through it.
One hand stopped her: "Don't look for it."
He Lanjing said: "It's better for me to give you something."
"I... Why would I want your stuff?"
"It's not a valuable thing, more of a mascot."
He took out his wallet and revealed that he had a small bag of coins in his wallet. Opening the pouch, he took a red, bullet-sized bead from the inside. The bead was laced on a black string and tied to her left wrist. He tied a knot.
"Okay." He cut the remaining length of string with a knife.
"What does this bead do? It's not like jade." Pipi moved the beads to the palm of the hand to fiddle with. She found it to be very hard and heavy, but the surface was not very smooth. Looking carefully, she saw fine holes and a pretty texture.
"It's not jade."
"Are they... beads?"
"Almost."
He suddenly moved to the chair next to hers and said mysteriously: "I will teach you how to use it."
Spreading his wrist, He Lanjing moved the beads over her pulse. The beads vibrated gently.
"Look, look, it's moving!" Pipi whispered. "It seems to be jumping."
"It likes to listen to your heartbeat."
"Oh... it's feeling warm." The beads gradually became hot.
"Don't do it for too long, your heartbeat will get faster."
Although she didn't know what it was, Pipi's vigilance was still very high. "Excuse me, will this give me heart disease after a while?"
"No." Helan Jingyi removed the beads from her palm and said faintly, "This thing is worthless, but I've kept it with me. If you don't want it someday, don't throw it away, just give it back to me." Okay?"
"Okay." Pipi held his forehead and looked at him fixedly. "But, Mr. Helan, why do you have to wear sunglasses?"
"Call me Helan Jing."