Chapter 2468

Chapter 2468: Chapter 2468

She was holding a towel, a cup, a toothbrush, and other items, ready to go pay when she saw Jiang Xun standing at the checkout counter not far away.

When Ruan Jiaojiao first saw him, her immediate instinct was to hide behind the person in front of her in line, but she quickly realized that she hadn’t done anything wrong, so why should she hide when she saw him?

Thinking of this, she immediately straightened her bent waist.

There were still three people in line ahead of her. Jiang Xun finished paying and was about to leave, but as he was heading out, he caught sight of a familiar face in the reflection of the glass door at the entrance, and paused.

He turned his head to look, and his gaze met Ruan Jiaojiao’s.

Ruan Jiaojiao glanced at him and then withdrew her eyes, as if she had just seen an ordinary stranger.

Even Jiang Xun himself didn’t know why, but every time he saw Ruan Jiaojiao, he felt unsettled.

Despite the embarrassing conflicts in the past, after finishing paying, he instinctively waited there until the three people in front of Ruan Jiaojiao finished paying and she reached him.

Ruan Jiaojiao was in such a hurry when she left that she didn’t bring any money. The money she was using was given to her by Shu Jiao at the hospital entrance, five hundred-yuan bills.

She took one to pay, but as soon as the shopkeeper saw another hundred-yuan bill, he couldn’t help but frown and said, "Oh dear, why are all big bills today? My small shop really can’t break it, miss, can you check if you have any change?"

The shopkeeper wasn’t exaggerating; he really couldn’t break the bill because he had exchanged several big bills today. Just earlier, there were two among a few that were exchanged. He usually prepared just five hundred in change per day, who knew today would be so coincidentally busy with three hundred-yuan bills coming in so quickly.

Ruan Jiaojiao didn’t search, looking at the other four hundred-yuan bills in her hand, "I don’t have any."

As soon as she said this, Jiang Xun, who had been standing nearby, handed over his change, "Use mine for now."

"Do you know each other?" The shopkeeper looked at the two of them with an expression as if wondering why, if they knew each other, they were separating their payments.

Ruan Jiaojiao didn’t want to use Jiang Xun’s money at all. She glanced at Jiang Xun, shook her head, and said, "Not close. Since there’s no change, I’ll let the people behind pay first and you can give me the change later."

She said this, stepped back, and made room for the people ahead to continue paying.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Xun’s expression changed slightly, he tightened his grip on the change, but in the end, he said nothing and stayed put, waiting at the side.

Ruan Jiaojiao also didn’t care about him or look at him, treating him like a stranger.

After the people in line behind had paid, the shopkeeper counted and said with a slightly helpless expression, "Still not enough. Miss, would you mind using your friend’s money for now and paying him back later?"

"No need. How much is missing? Just write it down. I’ll come again tomorrow, you can deduct it then." Ruan Jiaojiao said, taking the change from the shopkeeper’s hand, indicating for the owner to bag the items.

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment and then couldn’t help but laugh, "Miss, I’ve been running this shop for years and have had many people owe me, but I’ve never seen anyone store money with me. Aren’t you afraid I won’t acknowledge it?"

Ruan Jiaojiao also laughed at this, her eyebrows curved: "Nope."