The King’s Enchanting
Chapter 256 - 260: Lost (1)

Chapter 256: Chapter 260: Lost (1)

The silver hairpin glimmered faintly under the sun, and the gem-encrusted butterfly at its tip still spread its wings as if it were about to take flight at any moment.

The hairpin was naturally retrieved by someone Yu Zexiao had sent to his room. Knowing the ship wouldn’t keep silent and Yu Zexiao had left, Ling Yichuan hadn’t seen where he had gone during the recent chaos and, fearing for his safety, immediately sent someone to find him.

When they reached Yu Zexiao’s room, they didn’t find him, but they did find this hairpin.

So he brought the hairpin with him, and right now, he handed it to Jian Anning! At the same time, his slightly raised peach blossom eyes were seriously gazing at her, trying to detect the slightest expression on her face!

Jian Anning, of course, noticed the hairpin. It was something she had bought herself, and she took it naturally: "I couldn’t find it when I got up this morning. I thought I had lost it. Thank you."

Ling Yichuan narrowed his eyes slightly, scrutinizing her demeanor. Jian Anning was very calm and had no idea that he had begun to suspect her identity! After receiving the hairpin, she wasn’t in a hurry to pin it in her hair but casually slipped it into her pocket instead.

Ling Yichuan smiled, "It’s a beautiful hairpin, was it a gift from someone?"

"No, I bought it myself," Jian Anning replied with a serene gaze. Though she was placed in another’s care, after her father died, he left her an inheritance. Every quarter, she would receive income from the broker who managed her father’s company.

This was also because, when she first moved to Toronto, she was only sixteen. According to Canada’s laws, her guardian—anher mother—had the right to manage her finances until she came of age. Hence, the primary card for the remittances from her father’s company was under her mother, Jian Panying’s name. It was only later, when she started working, that her salary card was in her own name.

Consequently, after she fled from home, her stepfather easily managed to freeze her largest credit card. All she had left was a meager salary card to get by. However, before that happened, her days in Canada were actually quite comfortable. Although she wasn’t like Cheng Tingting, who chased after fashion and enjoyment, she never deprived herself of anything she wanted to buy or have.

Moreover, she never thought there was anything wrong with this; although she meant to hide her identity, she never imagined that Ling Yinuo would pick up on it!

At that moment, Ling Yichuan’s smile deepened, "Miss Jian, what did you do before?"

"Oh, me?" Since Ling Yichuan’s tone was light and his expression was gentle, she thought he was just making small talk and answered, "The human resources department in a company."

She had studied economic management in college because she planned to take over her father’s company herself after graduation, rather than hiring a professional broker. The reason she worked at her stepfather’s company was only to gain experience; once she was acquainted with the work and had completely cut ties with her family, she would return to Vancouver.

"Really? That’s quite unexpected," Ling Yichuan’s gaze sharpened slightly, his smile taking on a teasing quality, "If Miss Jian had a job in a company, why would she cross the ocean to come to Xingxing’s side and be a small assistant?"

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