Chapter 1: Jump into the Sea

Far away from the shore, a private luxury cruise ship was moving slowly across the sea.

The sea was like a roaring tiger, churning tumultuously just like Tan Aining’s present emotions. She was extremely frustrated like a tiger.

She was in a casual white T-shirt and jeans, standing on the very edge of the deck on the cruise ship. One step backward and she would directly fall into the deep sea.

What was worse, her right shoulder and left thigh were bleeding after being shot. She was trembling and teetering, but still struggled to remain standing there.

How brave and determined she was!

Actually, two shots weren’t severe enough to make Tang Aining tremble and teeter. She lost lots of strength because she had been drugged earlier.

Otherwise, they could not have captured her that easily!

A man and a woman were the heads of a group of people standing against her.

The woman was in a white strapless dress with dark red curly hair, heavy makeup and looked seductive. Her eyes were full of joy.

While the man, who was in a white suit, was around 30 years old and extraordinarily handsome.

The two stood close to each other in ambiguous posture, seeming debauched.

Behind the man and woman were seven or eight bodyguards, all in black suits.

However, the man who was in white suit had an air of coldness. His eagle-liked eyes were fixed on Tang Aining who was standing right before him. The handgun aimed at her. He was ready to shoot.

And the two shots to Tang Aining were from the man too.

“Why?” Tang Aining squeezed her voice out of her teeth. Her bloodshot eyes were full of endless anger, pain, regret and hope. She stared at the man and the woman who looked pretty close.

“Why? Interesting,” the woman, whose name was Tang Yaxin, snorted with laughter like she had heard a ridiculous joke. “Tang Aining, you still can’t see it clearly, can you? To tell you the truth, I am the person Ziyue loves from the beginning to the end. And you were merely a tool to him. That’s the reason why Ziyue was unwilling to sleep with you for the last two years!”

“You,” Tang Aining choked. If sight could kill people, Tang Yaxin and Qi Ziyue, who were standing in front of her, would be chopped into pieces already.

Tang Yaxin, Tang Aining’s half-sister, was two years younger than Tang Aining.

Ten years ago, due to the appearance of Tang Yaxin’s mother, Tang Aining’s mother had mentally broken down because of anger, encountered a car accident, and had been in a vegetative state till now. At the same time, Tang Yaxin together with her mother, the mistress, had entered the house.

As for Tang Aining, she had been dumped by her father to a dark killer organization for training. And she had been doing many dirty deeds for the Tang family afterwards.

Tang Aining was surely reluctant, but her mother was in her father’s hand. As long as she dared to disobey, her mom would be killed.

Qi Ziyue, although having an ordinary background, he was still outstanding. Tang Aining, who had always been clever but were deceived by that hypocritical man.

Tang Yaxin, on the other hand, couldn’t care less about Tang Aining’s irritation. She continued. “Dad knows once your mother is dead, he’ll lose control of you. Thus he deliberately sent men to chase you, to make you fall in love and be willing to do whatever he wants. Unexpectedly, you ignored so many men, but precisely chose my man because of an accident. And I had to sacrifice my man to act with you for Tang family’s good!”

While Tang Yaxin was saying, she wore an upset face. Even though she was pretending, she was still attractive. Qi Ziyue, who was standing beside her, comforted, “Baby, no worries, I’ll stay by your side from now on, and I’ll never leave you alone at night again.”

“Absolutely. You, no matter your body or heart, belongs to me, and me only.” Tang Yaxin replied in her coquettish voice, painting circles on Qi Ziyue’s chest with her finger. She was flirting with him, which made the man sexually excited and distracted.

If they hadn’t been in the middle of something important, he would have pressed Tang Yaxin under his body and fucked her violently.

Disgusting . Tang Aining felt more disgusted than hurt by the scene.

If she hadn’t been aimed by a gun, she would never have allowed the two being so shameless before her eyes.

“You,” Tang Yaxin’s expression changed upon hearing Tang Aining’s words, but before she was able to argue back, Qi Ziyue interrupted, “Baby, don’t be annoyed. She’s doomed. It’s not a big deal to let her struggle by words.”

Tang Yaxin calmed down after Qi Ziyue’s explanation, “You’re right. Actually, I don’t want to deal with her at such an early stage, but she already found out her mother’s death! Anyway, I have to say she has a really intimate relations with her mother. She even betrayed the Tang family, and you, for her mother.”

After a short break, Tang Yaxin added, “Tang Aining, since you’ve done a lot for the Tang family, I’ll give you two choices. One, you can jump down alone, and two…” Tang Yaxin wore a meaningful smile, “Two, you can have fun with my fellows, and enjoy the feelings from a girl to be a woman before your death, how’s that?”

Tang Aining clenched her fists, and her face turned displeased.

She stopped struggling at the end, for now she had no choice but to die.

Although she was able to hurt Tang Yaxin before her death, she also knew it clearly that if she had been caught, she would be humiliated and raped by all of those bodyguards, which was unbearable to her.

So…

Tang Aining sneered at Tang Yaxin and Qi Ziyue, saying coldly, “If I will be alive, I’ll definitely pay you back.”

Tang Aining’s words were like a curse. Tang Yaxin and Qi Ziyue felt threatened and chilly immediately as if the curse would come true one day, but before they could react, Tang Aining jumped into the rough sea directly.

Tang Aining’s body kept sinking downwards. She fell into unconsciousness gradually, but suddenly, she saw the jade pendant on her chest shine in red light, then she completely lost consciousness.

…

City F, a third-tier city in this country.

In a common patient room of the Central Hospital, there were four beds, but only the right one against the wall was occupied.

On the patient bed was a girl, who was 17 or 18 years old. Her head was wrapped in gauze bandages. She was a pretty girl with beautiful features, but wore a solemn face, fixing her eyes at the news being played on the TV.

Chapter 2: A Reborn Female Student

The news was saying a female body had been found in the sea of City B last afternoon. The dead was around 25 years old. According to the investigation, the dead was exactly the industrial espionage and killer that the police was chasing after today.

While watching the news, the teenage girl still seemed serious.

Nobody knew the teenage girl’s soul had already been coincidentally replaced by the soul of the female body on the news.

Yes, Tang Aining had been reborn.

Was that unbelievable, but it was what it was. Even Tang Aining, who was proud of her excellent adaptability, had spent a whole morning to accept and face the reality.

But since God had let her be reborn, undoubtedly, she would fulfill her oath of the last lifetime—if she could be alive, she would definitely pay Qi Ziyue and Tang Yaxin back.

So, Qi Ziyue and Tang Yaxin, let’s wait and see! Tang Aining was back. She was back for the Tang family who had killed her mother and used her for so many years.

The body Tang Aining was reborn to named Gu Ning, 18 years old. She was born in a normal one-parent family, and her mother gave birth out of wedlock.

Because of that, the mother and the daughter had been humiliated and disdained by their relatives for a long time. As for Gu Ning, she was always called “the bastard”.

Besides, the schoolmates despised, isolated and bullied her as well, which was the reason why Gu Ning was self-abased, introverted, weak and inarticulate.

Gu Ning’s mother, Gu Man, was a common factory worker due to her lack of a college degree, earning around several thousand yuan per month. They lived a very hard life.

Gu Ning was a senior studying in a high school of City F. It was just a semester away from the National College Entrance Examination.

However, Gu Ning was not academically inclined, so it was difficult for her to be accepted into college.

And their relatives had laughed at them about that. Someone even pretended to persuade Gu Ning to marry a random man after the exam for Gu Man’s good.

But upon thinking of the reason why Gu Ning was in hospital, Tang Aining turned displeased with her eyes showed slight anger.

Probably because they had encountered the same problem.

Gu Ning had had a boyfriend before she was in hospital. They had dated for two months. Her boyfriend named Qin Zheng, a student in the top class.

Qin Zheng was a handsome, outgoing boy, and also good at studying. He was born in a rich family. His father was the head of the tourism bureau, while his mother was a director of obstetrics and gynecology department in the hospital. Qin Zheng was a son of the authorities.

It had been beyond Gu Ning’s imagination that such an outstanding boy would have chased her. Most importantly, Gu Ning had secretly fallen in love with Qin Zheng for a year. Although Gu Ning had known they didn’t match, she had been unwilling to reject. A few days later, she had accepted.

But everything had come to an end right away yesterday.

Yesterday had been a Friday. Qin Zheng had asked Gu Ning out for a meeting. Gu Ning had believed it must be a date, but to her surprise, Qin Zheng had appeared with Gu Xiaoxiao, and he had said he wanted to break up the minute they had met.

Gu Xiaoxiao, the daughter of Gu Ning’s uncle, was half a year Gu Ning’s senior. While growing up, Gu Xiaoxiao had been instilled by her parents that Gu Ning was a bastard. Moreover, Gu Ning was more than beautiful than her. Thus bullying Gu Ning was always funny to Gu Xiaoxiao.

“Gu Ning, Qin Zheng never liked you. He was with you only because it was a bet between us. I told him if he could have you to be his girlfriend for two months, then dump you, I’ll be his girlfriend afterwards. So, from now on, Qin Zheng is my boyfriend.” Gu Xiaoxiao had said in an arrogant way to Gu Ning.

It had taken quite a while for Gu Ning to recover from the shock. She asked Qin Zheng, “Is it true?”

Qin Zheng, who had been looking at her with disdain, replied with intense dislike, “Absolutely. Gu Ning, do you really think I would like you, such a poor girl who has nothing? If it hadn’t been for Xiaoxiao, I would not have bothered to give you a glance. You’re disgusting.”

For now, Gu Ning could barely stand.

She had believed she had met her Prince Charming, but it had turned out to be an absurd joke.

Gu Ning couldn’t accept it. She had run away in shame, but had been caught by a car accident. Her brain had been badly damaged while bleeding endlessly, while the driver had escaped.

When she was awake, she became Tang Aining.

Right at this moment, two soft female voices sounded outside the door, and stopped Tang Aining from thinking.

“Here’s 30 thousand. That’s all the savings of me and your brother-in-law, but I don’t think it’s enough for Ningning’s surgery.” This was Gu Ning’s second aunt, Gu Qing. She sounded worried. After a few seconds, she continued, “Well, why don’t you call our eldest brother?”

Gu Qing said though, she didn’t believe it herself.

“I already called, but our eldest brother said his money is all in his wife’s hands. He’s broke too. You know our eldest sister-in-law. Money is her life. One has to kill her first, then borrow her money.”

Gu Man felt resigned. Gu Qingxiang, her eldest brother, was the richest one among the family, but also was the stingiest one. It was merely an excuse that his money was all in his wife’s hands, and Gu Man knew it well.

“Right, how about our third brother?”

“He said he just bought a new house, and ran out of money. It’s all my fault to let Ningning suffer with me. If Ningning couldn’t recover, I’ll commit suicide afterwards,” Gu Man was in pain and desperation.

Although Tang Aining wasn’t the old Tang Aining any longer, she still had her professional skills with her. Thus she was able to hear the voices from outside clearly no matter how quiet they were.

And the dialogue touched her.

When she woke up this morning, she was busy absorbing the fact that she had been reborn, and she forgot to let Gu Man know she had already regained consciousness. Tang Aining felt guilty about that.

Accompanied by a quick sound, the room door was pushed open. Two middle-aged women of the same age walked in. They were all in common, cheap clothes. Although their clothing was old and worn-out, it was clean and tidy.

Because they didn’t earn much money, they barely took good care of their skin. And they looked much older than their real age. No one would doubt if they said they were 50 years old.

“Mom, Aunt.”

Tang Aining opened her mouth first. She didn’t feel uncomfortable, because she had totally accept the fact that she had been reborn.

Firstly, she maintained Gu Ning’s memories, which reminded her of the deep mother’s love; secondly, she herself held great desire for a mother. Those were the reasons why Tang Aining swiftly accept Gu Man as her mother.

Gu Man made her think of her own mother. Those two both had been abandoned by a man, but Gu Man was luckier than Tang Aining’s mother.

Though living a hard life, Gu Man was alive at least.

Chapter 3: Revealed Expectational Function

But when Tang Aining, or Gu Ning opened her mouth, Gu Man and Gu Qing was surprised. They couldn’t believe their eyes, seeing Gu Ning sitting against the head of the bed.

The doctor had said there was congestion in Gu Ning’s brain, and it must be removed by surgery, but now she woke up herself.

“Ning, Ningning, you, you’re awake…” although being surprised, Gu Man reacted soon. She burst into tears immediately, striding ahead, wanting to hug Gu Ning, but was afraid to hurt her. Thus Gu Man stood there instead, not knowing where to put her hands.

“Ningning, you’re awake. You’re finally awake…”

Gu Qing rushed ahead as well. It was still unbearable for her, but she felt happy and excited.

“Mom, aunt, I’m awake,” Gu Ning said, holding Gu Man’s hands in hers to comfort her.

“Right, right. What a relief that you’re finally awake!” Gu Man cried out of happiness. She clutched Gu Ning’s hands in case her daughter would disappear.

Gu Qing was in tears of joy as well. Such a drama was a difficult test for normal human beings.

“Oh, I’ll go find the doctor,” Gu Qing realized first, and ran out directly.

Before long, the doctor walked in. He was also super surprised by the fact that Gu Ning was awake. What a magic!

But it still needed a comprehensive check to make sure it was real.

Therefore, the doctor arranged the exam for Gu Ning at once.

After the exam, Gu Qing went to buy food for Gu Ning, while Gu Man stayed by Gu Ning’s side to look after her.

Gu Ning felt the strong mother’s love from Gu Man.

It was the first time that she had been taken good care of ever since her mother had been in vegetative state.

Although when she had been with Qi Ziyue, she had heard of many sweet nothings, they were lies.

After the meal, Gu Qing was gone for afternoon work. And Gu Man was free for today and tomorrow. She had applied to have the rest separate three days’ break of this month together, when Gu Ning had been caught by an accident yesterday.

Gu Man had talked with Gu Ning for a while before she told her to have a good rest.

Gu Ning knew Gu Man hadn’t had any sleep since last afternoon, so she let her catch up on some sleep on a nearby empty bed.

Though Gu Ning was awake now, and Gu Man felt greatly relieved, she was still worried before the final result came out. So Gu Man was reluctant to take a break.

But Gu Ning said if Gu Man didn’t rest, she won’t neither. Thus Gu Man agreed at the end.

Gu Man was literally tired. She planned to lie down to comfort Gu Ning, but fell into a deep sleep in a few minutes.

As for Gu Ning, she couldn’t sleep at all. She’s staring at the ceiling, thinking about what had happened during her last lifetime.

All of a sudden, she saw a pair of feet walking by above her head. Gu Ning was astonished and had her mind back instantly, but there was nothing on the white ceiling.

Why she had seen a pair of feet walking by above her head? Was it a hallucination?

Gu Ning brought her eyes back from the ceiling. She rolled her body, focusing on the nearby bed where Gu Man was asleep. The woman had withered yellow skin with wrinkles all around her eyes and brow.

Gu Man, who had been living a hard life, never bought herself any skincare products, fine food or expensive clothes.

But she would try her best to give Gu Ning the best.

Fortunately, Gu Ning was always a good child. Although she was self-abased and introverted, she won’t compare with others because she knew her family couldn’t afford.

However, since Tang Aining was Gu Ning now, she wouldn’t allow herself and Gu Man to stay poor and weak. Additionally, she was going to take revenge, and she must be powerful.

She had ambition. Given that her enemy was the Tang family, she must be stronger than it.

Although the Tang family was the third richest family in the capital, it was still a super rich family with billions of assets. And in a third-tier city, it must be the top one family.

But the Tang family’s glorious achievements relied largely on Tang Aining’s effort.

Tang Aining had done countless illegal things for the Tang Family, stealing opponents’ confidential documents, killing people, for instances.

But Tang Aining had destroyed all the evidence for her own safety the last lifetime. It was impossible for her now to find and use those evidence to accuse the Tang family.

Once again, Gu Ning was distracted. She saw a person walking by a short distance away. Gu Ning was astonished again, and had her mind back at once.

But there was nobody walking by, but a white wall before her. Was she really having hallucination?

No, in addition to a person who was walking by, she had also seen a familiar door with a number plate said “106”.

the room 106 was exactly the patient room that diagonally across hers.

But, how was she able to see the door?

Without a reason, she believed it wasn’t a hallucination, but the truth.

Unconsciously, Gu Ning looked back at the wall. She focused on it.

After a while, the wall before her eyes became transparent. She could see the door of patient room 106, the patients who were walking about, the nurses and the doctors.

Suddenly, a bold idea appeared in Gu Ning’s mind.

Was this clairvoyance?

Gu Ning was struck dumb by this thought. She had a deep breath.

To make sure whether it was clairvoyance or not, Gu Ning immediately moved her sight to another wall. The wall gradually turned transparent, then she saw what were in the room, the patient beds, the patients and the equipment.

Now she was sure that it was clairvoyance.

But Gu Ning still felt unreal. She wanted more proofs. So she looked around afterwards.

All of a sudden, Gu Ning felt a sharp pain from her eyes, then she fell into unconsciousness.

In the dream, Gu Ning dreamed herself was sinking after she had jumped into the sea, and the red light from the red jade on her chest.

Then, she heard a distant light voice. The aged voice said, “There’s an ancient jade named the ‘Blood of the Phoenix’. It’s made of the blood of a phoenix and the soul of the earth. It has magical power, which enables you to live forever or be reborn.”

Suddenly, she woke up from her dream in surprise.

What, what had happened?

While Gu Ning was confused, a piece of information dawned on her.

After a while, Gu Ning finally figured it out.

The “Blood of the Phoenix” was made of the blood of a phoenix. Because it was an ancient object, it had a magical power. She could be reborn exactly because of this jade.

Chapter 4: The Doctor with A Gun

In her previous incarnation, she had coincidentally picked up a phoenix-shaped red jade.

Although she had no idea whether it was authentic or not, Gu Ning had kept it because of her fondness for it.

Unexpectedly, the jade had magical power, which resulted in her rebirth.

Moreover, Blood of the Phoenix had been absorbed into her soul, causing her to inherit the power of the jade, as well as a pair of Jade Eyes.

Everything turned crystal clear in her pair of Jade Eyes.

With that power, Gu Ning also gained the ability of clairvoyance and a photographic memory.

Spirit Qi referred to a type of pure energy that existed in the myriad entities between the heavens and earth, akin to the essences of the sun and moon.

There was also a telepathic eye space. It was a still storage room. One could put any (dead) object before their eyes into this telepathic eye space just by mere thought.

Of course, all of those actions, or the use of Jade Eyes, cost the power.

In addition, a person who had the power could live longer, and can use the power to cure injuries and illnesses.

The space of telepathic eyes became larger as the power grew, and was able to accommodate more things.

Because Blood of the Phoenix was a jade itself, it needed the power of jade.

Jade consisted of nephrite and jadeite.

Nephrites included traditional gems like crystals, corals, agates and so forth.

Jadeites were mainly emeralds.

As long as it has the power of jade, it would be of use.

And jade was always popular and common, no matter in the ancient time or modern society.

So, it wasn’t difficult for Gu Ning to find jade.

But, Gu Ning needed a large quantity of jade. Even she herself couldn’t calculate the exact number.

Thus stone gambling was the only way to satisfy Gu Ning’s need. She needed to accumulate the power of jade for her Jade eyes.

Since she had the Jade Eyes now, it was so easy for her to win the game of stone gambling.

Only by stone gambling, she could win more and more jade to absorb purer and stronger power.

At the same time, she could win money by stone gambling.

And if she wanted to win money, she could use her Jade eyes in other ways.

For example, playing dice cup. You could never fail by using clairvoyance.

But, it couldn’t last long, because a casino had its own rules. There was a limit of winning money. If one won too much money, his or her name would be on the blacklist, or he or she probably would be skilled.

So if there was another way to make money, Gu Ning would not gamble, stone gambling surely excluded.

Antiques were of great use as well, because antiques normally had a long history with the essence from the sun and the moon. If an antique had the essence, it would be an authentic one. The more essence an antique had, the longer time it must had been existed for.

Stone gambling could make you a billionaire or a beggar overnight. Antiques had the same effect. If you accidentally got an authentic one, you would be super rich at once, otherwise you would lose every cent you had.

But for Gu Ning, who had gained magical power, those were merely problems.

On thinking of that, Gu Ning was more than excited. The magical power she had was so immensely powerful!

If she still couldn’t achieve anything with the Jade eyes, she would rather die.

The scare was also replaced by happiness, for money was easily accessible to Gu Ning now. As for the Jade eyes, it was acceptable too.

“Ningning, Ningning, are you alright?” hearing the worried voice form Gu Man, Gu Ning immediately got her mind back. She looked at Gu Man’s face, which was full of concern, “Mom, you’re awake?”

Seeing Gu Ning was fine, Gu Man was relieved, but still slightly concerned, “I’ve been awake for a long time, but you seemed distracted. I’ve called your name for several times. You wouldn’t react. I thought your brain was damaged again. You’ve sacred me!”

Um.

After Gu Man’s explanation, Gu Ning felt a little ashamed, “Well, I just too concentrated on my thoughts.”

Gu Man didn’t ask any further. She only wanted to see Gu Ning was fine.

“I’m glad you’re awake, that’s all I want. It’s almost six pm. What do you want to eat? Let me buy for you,” Gu Man asked.

“I’m not picky. Anything is fine for me,” Gu Ning replied.

“…” Gu Man opened her mouth for a second, but didn’t say a word.

She knew Gu Ning was a good child, who would not indulge herself for expensive food. Then, Gu Man decided to make the decision for Gu Ning, and buy her some delicious food.

When Gu Man was gone, Gu Ning got off the bed to walk around as exercise.

But when she had just walked a few steps away from her patient room, a doctor who was walking fast with a white coat and mask, knocked her down. Gu Ning stumbled and almost fell. Luckily, she caught the wall at once, and kept her balance.

Gu Ning was displeased at first, but then she thought the doctor probably was in an emergency, and didn’t knock her down on purpose. Gu Ning planned to forgive him.

But to her surprise, the man who had knocked her down didn’t apologize at all, and even glared at her, then rushed away.

Gu Ning was struck dumb for a second, not because the man didn’t apologize and glared at her, but because she had noticed the strong hatred in his eyes. The hatred was not for her.

Gu Ning couldn’t help but turn around. Her eyes squinted. The man was weird.

All of a sudden, Gu Ning saw a gun hidden in the man’s waist through his white coat.

Gu Ning was worried. Why would a doctor carry a gun with him?

And the man seemed he was not a plainclothes police, but an avenger.

Although it had nothing to do with Gu Ning, she couldn’t step aside since she had found out the truth.

If the man was really for revenge, innocent people could be hurt once he shot.

On thinking of that, Gu Ning couldn’t allow herself to ignore.

She wasn’t the God, nor the Virgin Mary, but she wasn’t cold-blooded neither. And she was willing to help as long as she could.

Therefore, Gu Ning followed up quietly.

Gu Ning followed the suspect to an office. When he was about to walk in, a young female doctor, who was in a white coat too, walked out, but was stopped by the suspect.

Gu Ning fixed her eyes on the movements of the suspect. The suspect pulled out the gun the minute the female doctor appeared in his sight. The gun aimed at her.

Due to the white coat, the gun wasn’t obvious.

But the female doctor’s face was as white as a paper now. She was scared.

Then the suspect talked to her for a while, and the female doctor reluctantly followed him to another side.

Gu Ning followed up immediately.

They went upstairs. There were few people in the corridors, because most of them used elevators. And nobody noticed there was something wrong with them.

They went straight to the top of the building. It was an open balcony.

There was no one else on the balcony, except the suspect, the female doctor and Gu Ning who was hidden in the dark.

Chapter 5: Save People, A Check for ¥500,000

Gu Ning didn’t get involved at once. She decided to observe for a while, waiting for a perfect timing.

The suspect held the gun, aiming at the female doctor. They were so close. If Gu Ning couldn’t catch the suspect quickly, he might feel threatened and shoot, which would cause bad result.

Gu Ning glanced over the open balcony. There was a pile of miscellaneous goods at the right side of the exit. Gu Ning used it to cover herself, and moved closer to them.

“Yang Hao, what, what do you want?” facing the gun, the female doctor was trembling.

“What do I want?” the suspect, Yang Hao, snorted. Then he said angrily with his eyes full of fierceness, “An Qian, it’s all because of you that I end up like this! What do I want? The hospital has fired me. My wife left me for another man. It’s you, It’s all because of you…”

Speaking of this, An Qian felt aggrieved. She argued, “That’s all because of your immoral behaviors. As a doctor, you disobeyed the basic rules. You’ve secretly accepted the money from the patient’s family, and ignored a life. I simply rescued a person.”

“Shut up. That’s my own business. You don’t have any right to interfere, “Yang Hao snapped. His hand around the gun tightened, “Now, have someone transfer five million yuan to my account, or I’ll shoot.”

An Qian was trembling with fear. She swallowed down with great force, “I-I don’t have that much at all, but I have two million yuan.”

“No, I want a total five million yuan. That bitch left me exactly for that amount of money. I’ll grab her back with the same amount of money.” Yang Hao seemed crazily excited, and was likely to shoot.

Meanwhile, with the cover of the miscellaneous goods, Gu Ning had moved to Yang Hao’s back, two meters away from him. Seeing Yang Hao being emotionally excited, Gu Ning was startled. She was worried that he would shoot by accident.

Yang Hao was unusually excited now, intending to do evil things.

What Yang Hao had done today was illegal. Even if he could get five million yuan today, he still would be punished by the law. He wouldn’t have chance to win his wife back.

Besides, his wife wouldn’t come back to him neither.

And the other man, who had given Yang Hao’s wife five million yuan must be a man of great wealth. If Yang Hao’s wife had left him for money, she certainly wouldn’t leave a wealthy man for him.

Even if Yang Hao’s wife didn’t care about the money, Yang Hao was a suspect now. He would be caught and put in jail sooner or later. If Yang Hao’s wife chose to stay by his side, she would lose both Yang Hao and the money.

Gu Ning was now worried An Qian would say something that would irritate Yang Hao. The man could lose his control and shoot. Then, Gu Ning wouldn’t have chance to save her.

Fortunately, An Qian was smart enough to notice Yang Hao was emotionally excited. She softened her voice and comforted, “No problem, I’ll transfer five million yuan to you, but I only have two million yuan on my account, and I need to call my family for the rest.”

As long as she could survive, she would pay five million yuan for it.

She believed the police could catch Yang Hao later.

Gu Ning thought otherwise. Yang Hao wasn’t dumb to let go of An Qian. If he did so, An Qian must call the police afterwards.

Accordingly, even if Yang Hao could get the money, he couldn’t get away with it.

Hearing An Qian agreed at the end, Yang Hao was relieved, “Great, but you have to use the speaker.”

“Sure.” An Qian pulled out her phone, trembling still.

Yang Hao seemed a little tired after holding the gun for a long time. He loosed his hand.

Right at that moment, Gu Ning seized her chance. She rushed out rapidly to Yang Hao. The latter was knocked down on the floor directly, due to his lack of preparation. The gun in a loosened hand was thrown out as well, and fell down several meters away.

It all happened too fast. An Qian was struck dumb without knowing her phone was dropped on the ground.

But it was not the end yet. Without the gun, Yang Hao was merely an opponent to Gu Ning. Before he could fight back, Gu Ning hit Yang Hao into unconsciousness.

In case he might be awake later, Gu Ning found a rope and tied him, plugging his mouth with a rag.

“Call the police!” Gu Ning looked at An Qian, who had no idea what to do.

“Oh! Right! Right!” An Qian finally got her mind back, and found her phone was missing. She stood still for a while before finding out her phone was lying on the ground. She immediately picked it up.

But before she could dial out, her phone rang. An Qian was startled.

She saw the caller’s name, and answered it at once, “Hi, Dad.”

“Qianqian, where are you now?”

“I’m at the open balcony of inpatient department…” An Qian told her father what had happened, then she asked, “Dad, shall I call the police or?”

Gu Ning frowned. She didn’t understand why An Qian said that. What else did she want to do except calling the police?

“What? How is this possible? Are you alright?” An Qian’s father was extremely worried. His heart was in his throat now.

“Dad, I’m fine now.” An Qian replied.

“Wait for me. I’ll be right there. And, do not call the police now.” An Qian’s father said. An Qian agreed, then hung up the phone.

Gu Ning had good hearing. She had heard clearly what An Qian’s father had said. When An Qian finished her call, Gu Ning asked with puzzle, “Why don’t you call the police?”

“Because If I called the police, the whole hospital would know it. The people would be alarmed, which is the last thing I want to see.” An Qian explained.

Gu Ning thought it was reasonable, so she closed her mouth.

An Qian added, “But, Yang Hao will definitely be sent to the police station, in private. I’ve already recorded the dialog between us. His fingerprints were also on the gun, which is the proof too.”

Recorded?

Gu Ning now was respectful of An Qian. Being in such a dangerous situation, she was still able to record.

“By the way, thank you so much for saving my life.” An Qian thanked Gu Ning sincerely. She drew out a check and a pen from her clothing, writing on it for a second, then gave it to Gu Ning, “I don’t know how to thank you actually. This is a check for ¥500,000. Please take it.”

Gu Ning stared at the check. She frowned. Although she badly needed money now, she wasn’t willing to accept the check.

She had her own principles. Since she had given out a helping hand on her own initiative, she didn’t ask for payment. Gu Ning refused with determination, “I didn’t save your life for money. Please take this check back.”

An Qian was surprised.

But she didn’t doubt whether Gu Ning rejected the check because it wasn’t enough, she felt the kindness from the young lady instead.

Chapter 6: A Visit

An Qian didn’t want to embarrass Gu Ning, so she took back the check.

But since Gu Ning had saved her life, she also felt uncomfortable doing nothing.

Thus, after An Qian had taken away the check, she pulled out a name card, handing it to Gu Ning, “If you don’t want to take the check, then let’s be friends. This is my name card. If you need anything in the future, please feel free to call me. As long as I can help, I’ll spare no effort.”

Compared with money, network was more precious actually. Gu Ning didn’t reject this time.

Not because she was greedy, but An Qian just wanted to make friends with her. If she disagreed again, she would seem arrogant.

Moreover, she needed friends and a network. Gu Ning didn’t think too highly of herself. She believed a network would be helpful.

Of course, she wouldn’t make people do things for her. It was totally up to the others’ will.

“Great, then I’ll take it,” Gu Ning accepted the name card without further ado.

Seeing Gu Ning accept the card, An Qian immediately reached out her hand, “Nice to meet you. My name’s An Qian.”

Gu Ning held her hand at once, “Nice to meet you too. I’m Gu Ning.”

This was how they officially met.

“Sorry, I have to go now. My mom will be worried if she can’t find me. Please don’t tell the police that I’m involved. I don’t want to get into any trouble.” Then before An Qian could reply, Gu Ning turned around and left.

“Hey,” An Qian wanted to stopped Gu Ning. She hadn’t had her phone number yet!

But Gu Ning walked too fast. When An Qian ran to the entrance of the stairs, Gu Ning was already gone.

But Yang Hao was still there, An Qian couldn’t leave, so she gave up.

Several minutes later, there was someone appeared on the open balcony. The head was a middle-aged man in a white coat. He was about 50 years old, and followed by two male doctors, who were around 30 years old.

“Qianqian, are you alright?” The middle-aged man rushed to An Qian once appeared. He asked with worries.

“Dad, I’m fine,” An Qian replied.

“Great. That’s great.” An Qian’s father was finally relieved, seeing An Qian was safe.

He then glanced over the open balcony. There was only Yang Hao, who was still unconscious on the ground, and nobody else. An Qian’s father asked, “Where’s the girl who has saved your life?”

“Oh! She’s gone in case her mother would be worried. And she also doesn’t want the police to know her involvement. She doesn’t want to get into trouble.” An Qian told her father what Gu Ning had said.

“Did you thank her?” An Qian’s father asked again.

“I gave her a check for ¥500,000, but she wouldn’t accept. Then I handed her my name card to make a friend. She accepted at last.” An Qian answered.

An Qian’s father was surprised too. He now felt more respectful than grateful to Gu Ning.

Actually, even if Gu Ning had taken the money, they wouldn’t have blamed her for that, because she indeed had saved An Qian’s life.

The An family knew to be thankful. If Gu Ning asked for more money, they would give it to her without delay.

Gu Man had come back to the patient room earlier than Gu Ning. She didn’t find Gu Ning, and was concerned at once. She dropped a bag of apples, going out to search for her daughter, but the minute she left the patient room, Gu Ning was back.

Gu Man knew she was being overreacted, so she didn’t blame Gu Ning.

It was a peaceful night. The second morning, Gu Ning’s report was out. It said Gu Ning was healthy and was ready to leave the hospital.

Seeing the result, Gu Man was greatly relieved. She packed up immediately, preparing to go home.

“Gu Ning, I’m here to visit you.” Right at that moment, a female voice sounded outside the door.

It was An Qian.

Gu Ning was a little, but not very surprised. Due to what had happened yesterday, it was normal that An Qian would visit her.

And it was easy for An Qian to find out which room she was in, because An Qian worked in the hospital.

When Gu Ning had gone yesterday, An Qian then realized Gu Ning, or her mother, must be a patient in this hospital.

Or, probably she and her mother were here to visit another patient.

If Gu Ning was a patient, she could ask the information desk.

If Gu Ning’s mother was a patient, then it would be impossible for An Qian to find them, because she had no idea what was the name of Gu Ning’s mother.

If they were merely visitors, An Qian thought she might better give up.

When An Qian had went back to work and passed by the information desk, she had asked her colleague whether there was a patient named Gu Ning.

To her surprise, she was right. So she went to visit her this morning.

“Miss An, welcome,” Gu Ning stood up and welcomed her.

“This must be your mother,” An Qian looked at Gu Man.

“Yes,” Gu Ning answered.

“Nice to meet you, Gu Ning’s mother. My name’s An Qian. I’m Gu Ning’s friend,” An Qian greeted Gu Man.

Actually, An Qian was confused about how to call Gu Ning’s mother.

Gu Man was around 40 years old, while she was 27. Gu Man was merely 10 years her senior. If she called Gu Man “Aunt”, Gu Man was younger than her aunt.

But if she called Gu Man “Sister”, it was inappropriate neither, because she said she was Gu Ning’s friend.

Gu Ning was 18 years old, and 10 years her junior. If she let Gu Ning call her “Aunt”, Gu Ning wouldn’t accept, and she wouldn’t neither.

Because she wasn’t that old to be called aunt.

It was an embarrassing age! An Qian hoped she had been in her early twenties.

If she had been in her early twenties, she would have been young and free, and wouldn’t be worried about getting married soon.

But she didn’t have a boyfriend now, how could she get married! Besides, she wanted to enjoy her single life for a few years longer. She didn’t want to marry someone that soon.

Fine, she was going too far.

Although there was a 10-year age gap between her and Gu Ning, she didn’t feel Gu Ning was a teenage girl, but a mature woman like her instead.

Probably that was precocity.

“Nice to meet you, Miss An,” Gu Man greeted An Qian. Though she was puzzled why Gu Ning had a friend who was much older than her, Gu Man didn’t bother to think further.

She didn’t limit the freedom of Gu Ning to make friends. She only wanted Gu Ning to have her own principles.

“This is for Gu Ning. Hope she could recover soon.” An Qian gave her gift to Gu Man.

“Thank you so much, Miss An! I don’t know how to thank you for that.” Gu Man was slightly embarrassed, because she knew the gift wasn’t cheap.

But she took it at the end for it’s a gift from a friend. She didn’t want to reject the kindness.

“It’s nothing,” An Qian wore a smile.

Chapter 7: Go Outside

Gu Man put away the gift into an end-table by the bed, then handed a cup of water to An Qian.

“Thank you so much,” An Qian took the water and thanked politely.

“Gu Ning, how’s your body?” An Qian asked.

“Oh, I’m fine now, and ready to leave,” Gu Ning replied.

“Really?” An Qian was happy for Gu Ning, “Congratulations!”

“Thanks,” Gu Ning said.

After a while, An Qian walked Gu Ning and her mother out of the hospital.

Gu Man knew An Qian was working in this hospital, she didn’t want to bother An Qian, so she disagreed.

But An Qian insisted, so Gu Man accepted her offer.

While on the way out, An Qian had already called the taxi for them. Gu Man couldn’t thank An Qian enough for what she had done.

As for Gu Ning, she was at ease though, but she still thanked An Qian out of politeness.

When Gu Ning finally left the hospital, she felt super free and comfortable.

After half an hour, the two were home at last.

Gu Ning and her mother lived in an old alley at the old district. It was too old and about to be demolished sooner or later.

Therefore, Gu Ning and her mother wouldn’t stay here for much longer.

This house was the property of Gu Ning’s grandparents. When her grandpa had passed away 10 years ago, her grandma moved to live with her eldest uncle, Gu Qinxiang.

And the house became the home of Gu Ning and her mother.

But they needed to pay the rent.

Since they were family, Gu Ning and her mother only needed to pay half of the rent.

It was an old area in the old district with old amenities, so the rent wasn’t high.

The house had two floors. Each floor was around 40 square meters. The first floor was living room, kitchen and bathroom, and there were three rooms on the second floor.

In the past, when the Gu family had lived together, Gu Ning’s grandparents had shared a room, her eldest uncle, Gu Qinxiang, and third uncle, Gu Qinyang, had shared another, while the third room was shared by Gu Qing and Gu Man. It had been extremely crowded.

Then, Gu Qinxiang became rich and bought another house. Gu Qinyang had got a cradle-to-grave job with a house allotted by his company. The Gu family had lived a better life afterwards.

But this old house had been left with some basic furniture, without any household appliances.

Gu Ning was astonished to know that her family was dirt poor.

Tang Aining, in her previous incarnation, had never ever lived such a miserable life.

Luckily, Gu Ning didn’t feel hopeless, but satisfied, because she had the strong deep love from her mother.

She wanted to earn money as soon as possible to let Gu Man live an affluent life.

The first thing Gu Ning wanted to do after she earned money was to buy a big house, then buy some good clothes and expensive skincare products for Gu Man. She wanted her mother to enjoy her life.

Gu Man wasn’t an old woman actually. She was only 39 years old. There were a lot she could do for the rest of her life.

For 18 years, Gu Man had stayed single.

Gu Man was pretty indeed, and had many admirers, but she didn’t want Gu Ning to feel uncomfortable, so she never agreed to marry again.

Since Gu Ning had grown-up now, probably it is time for Gu Man to chase for her own happiness. So Gu Ning made up her mind to find her mother a good man in the future.

As for Gu Ning’s biological father, Gu Man never talked about him. Even their relatives had no idea who he was.

All Gu Ning knew was that Gu Man got pregnant when she was just 19. Gu Man had been in her second semester as a freshman in her college, then she dropped out of her school and gone home.

At that time, the Gu family were all astonished by the fact. It was beyond their imagination that the most docile girl in their family would have done such a bad thing.

It was a great humiliation to them. They all agreed to have Gu Man abort the baby.

Gu Man was unwilling to abort her child. To keep her baby, Gu Man left her family, and worked outside on her own.

It had been a hard time. Gu Man hadn’t successfully got any job due to her pregnancy, and Gu Qing had taken care of her.

Gu Ning’s grandpa had been alive at that time, and he had always loved Gu Man, his youngest daughter, so he had brought Gu Man home at the end.

During the time when Gu Ning’s grandpa had been alive, Gu Ning had been under the care of her grandpa, while Gu Man had worked hard to earn money.

Since Gu Man had lived in her parents’ house, her income had always been used by the whole household.

Ten years ago, Gu Ning’s grandpa had passed away. Her grandma had moved to live with her eldest uncle, Gu Qinxiang.

Gu Qinxiang and Gu Qinyang had been unwilling to let Gu Man occupy their parents’ house, so they had persuaded their mother to ask for rent.

“Ningning, have a rest on the bed first. I’ll cook now. And don’t forget to change your clothes. I’ll do the laundry later.” Gu Man said.

“Mom, you can cook, and let me do the laundry.” Gu Ning felt sorry for Gu Man, who was skinny and always reminded her of her mother from the last lifetime. She wanted to do something for her.

“No, you’re the patient,” Gu Man disagreed.

“I’m fine now,” Gu Ning argued.

“I said no,” Gu Man pretended that she was mad.

“Fine,” Gu Ning gave up.

Half an hour later, the meal was ready.

Because they lived a poor life, the meal was very simple. They didn’t have meat normally, except today, because Gu Ning had just left the hospital.

During the dinner, Gu Man kept sending the meat into Gu Ning’s bowl, while herself didn’t have a piece at all.

Gu Ning was moved and about to cry. Actually, Gu Man now needed nutrition more than Gu Ning.

“Mom, there’s enough meat. Please have some yourself. It’s hot today, and we better not leave it to the night. It will be smelly.” Gu Ning immediately gave Gu Man several pieces of meat.

Gu Man surely knew what was on Gu Ning’s mind, but she didn’t reject because she didn’t want to hurt her daughter.

However, she felt sad in her heart.

She blamed herself for being unable to provide her daughter a good life.

After dinner, Gu Man urged Gu Ning to take a rest in her room. Gu Ning didn’t want to lie down, but to hang out on the antique street.

She wanted to try her Jade eyes and win some money.

Gu Ning took out her savings of 500 yuan and her ID card, “Mom, I want to have a walk, and I’ll be back soon.”

Gu Man was worried, because Gu Ning had just left the hospital, “But, you need a rest now. You just left the hospital.”

“No worries, mom. I’m fine now. A walk and the sunshine are good for my health as well.” Gu Ning replied.

“But…” Gu Man was still slightly worried.

“Mom, I’m not a little girl anymore. I’ll take good care of myself. And, I have my phone with me. You can call me if you’re worried,” Gu Ning said to comfort her mother.

Chapter 8: A Drama at the Jewelry Store

At the end, Gu Man compromised, “Then you must be cautious, and call me once you feel uncomfortable.”

“I will,” Gu Ning answered, then went outside.

When Gu Ning was out on the street, she looked at her phone in her hand with intense dislike. It was a cheap old phone.

To be honest, Gu Ning was used to smartphones, and she disliked the old one with buttons on it.

I’m going to make money and buy my mom and myself a smartphone.Gu Ning thought to herself.

There was no direct bus from where Gu Ning lived to the antique market, so she decided to transfer from the downtown.

Luckily, it wasn’t the rush hour, and it only took Gu Ning 20 minutes to arrive at the downtown.

Gu Ning stepped off the bus, and walked ahead for another 300 meters to get on the next bus to the antique market.

There were many jewelry stores of well-known brands around the downtown.

Gu Ning was attracted by the jade shown in a window of a nearby jewelry store. She wanted to walk inside and take a look.

Although she knew how to absorb the power, she hadn’t practiced yet, and was curious about the feeling.

But when she just entered the store, she heard an acid female voice, “Wow! Isn’t this Gu Ning? What? You dare to walk in a jewelry store when you have no money to feed yourself?”

Yes, when Gu Ning was at school, she was known for her poverty.

Though Gu Man gave her allowance every day, which was enough for her meals, she was used to saving as much money as she could, and normally ate a steamed bun as her dinner.

That was how she had managed to save 500 yuan.

The girl who had verbally abused Gu Ning named Shao Feifei. She was Gu Ning’s classmate. Back in the classroom, Shao Feifei had always laughed at Gu Ning. She would hurl abuse at Gu Ning, throw garbage into her desk and even ruin her textbooks.

The reason why Shao Feifei hated Gu Ning so much, not because Gu Ning was from a poor family, but because Gu Ning was more beautiful than her. Shao Feifei, who was so-called “the Prettiest Girl” among the students was super jealous of Gu Ning.

Gu Ning was merely a poor girl from a poor family. How could she be more beautiful than Shao Feifei!

And there was another girl of the same age stood beside Shao Feifei, but Gu Ning had no idea who she was.

Everyone in the store turned with one accord, looking at Gu Ning. Those well-educated ones stayed calm, while those who were arrogant wore a face with dislike.

Especially when Gu Ning showed up in her worn-out clothes, it was a humiliation for the rich people to be in the same place with the poor.

But Gu Ning ignored all of them except Shao Feifei, “This isn’t your home. Why couldn’t I be here?” she argued.

“Well, can you afford anything here?” Shao Feifei laughed at Gu Ning, then wore an exaggerated face with surprise, “Gee, do you plan to steal something?”

At that time, everyone’s look on Gu Ning changed, especially the workers who were alert. They obviously believed what Shao Feifei had just said.

Gu Ning was annoyed, “Shao Feifei, you don’t have any proof for that, and I can sue you for libel.” Her eyes were full of coldness.

“You…”

Shao Feifei was scared by Gu Ning’s look at first, then was even more astonished Gu Ning had argued back.

In the past, no matter how Shao Feifei had laughed at Gu Ning, Gu Ning had always stayed quiet.

“Sister, let’s go now,” The girl who was with Shao Feifei felt threatened. She wanted to leave right away.

“Why? I’ll stay and see what can she afford,” Shao Feifei raised her voice. She didn’t want to run away in front of Gu Ning.

In her eyes, Gu Ning was merely a poor student without any power, wealth or support.

Then she looked at Gu Ning with aggression.

“I don’t think I have to buy something just because I’ve walked in,” Gu Ning argued again.

“If you aren’t going to buy anything, then you shouldn’t have walked in,” Shao Feifei insisted.

“I want to have a look first, and it’s none of your business,” Gu Ning said.

“You…” Suddenly, Shao Feifei had no idea how to fight back.

Gu Ning then ignored her, walking by directly.

Though those rich people disliked the poor, nobody stopped Gu Ning.

Just like what she had said, you didn’t have to buy something just because you had walked in.

But all the workers in the jewelry store kept their eyes on Gu Ning, like she were a real thief.

Actually, there were many monitors in the store, and all the jewelry were locked in thick and heavy glasses. It wasn’t easy to steal a piece of them.

Gu Ning felt uncomfortable under the suspicion, but she didn’t say a word.

She went to the area of jade, and focused on them. Seconds later, there was a layer of light white fog appeared above those jade, and the fog was exactly the power Gu Ning needed.

However, the fog was thin, which meant the jade wasn’t good enough.

Gu Ning didn’t care at all, but the glasses blocked her out from those jade. She could only absorb the power without anything in the middle.

Thus Gu Ning had to give up. She sighed slightly.

But her sigh drew attention again.

“The poor can’t afford a piece of jade, and all they can do is sigh. Poor little thing,” a woman said.

“Exactly, the poor can never afford a piece of jade throughout their whole life!” another woman agreed.

Gu Ning was speechless. Whatever the poor had done, it was wrong.

But how could they be so sure that she wasn’t able to buy it throughout her whole life? She was poor for now, but it didn’t mean she couldn’t afford an expensive commodity in the future.

Gu Ning looked to those two women. They were around 40 years with good appearance. Both were in luxury dresses, a little over though.

Especially the right one, there were three diamond, gold and jade rings around both of her two fingers.

And a gold bracelet around one of her wrist while a jade bracelet around another one.

Chapter 9: The Antique Market.

Around her neck, there was a platinum necklace with a large jade.

And her gold earrings were also too big to ignore. The woman was apparently showing off her wealth.

But after a while, Gu Ning couldn’t help but snort with laughter.

The woman’s face changed a little with anger, “What are you laughing at?”

“You, of course! Since you’re so rich, why are you still wearing a cheap fake bracelet and jade,” Gu Ning replied plainly.

Yes, the bracelet and the jade around the woman’s wrist and neck were fake. Gu Ning had intended to absorb the power of the woman’s jewelry, but had failed, because they weren’t authentic.

As for the gold, Gu Ning barely know, but the jade ring around the woman’s fingers was authentic though.

Gu Ning understood the woman probably had no idea that most of her jewelry weren’t real. She did it on purpose to pay the woman back.

Gu Ning admitted that she wasn’t tolerant, and she wouldn’t stay quiet any longer.

“What did you say?” the woman was irritated. She felt embarrassed at once.

Those jewelry were from her husband, who was a super rich man. How could they be fake!

And in front of her was just a poor girl, who knew nothing at all!

“Gee! Shut your mouth. You’re being jealous.”

Gu Ning stayed calm instead.

“Believe it or not, there’s a jewelry appraiser in every jewelry store. You can try it yourself. And now if you’ll excuse me, I have something else to do.” Then Gu Ning turned around and left.

“You…” The woman didn’t want to let the go of Gu Ning, but was stopped by another woman beside her, “Let it go, she’s merely a poor girl. We better stay away from her.”

The woman immediately put on airs, behaving like she was a real royalty.

She said to Gu Ning’s back with disdain, “I don’t care you poor people at all!”

Then, she focused on the jade again.

However, Gu Ning’s words stayed in her mind, and she wanted to identify them herself.

On the other side, Shao Feifei stood at the entrance of the jewelry store, waiting for Gu Ning. She had also witnessed everything that had just happened inside.

Seeing Gu Ning going out, Shao Feifei criticized, “Isn’t it interesting? You can’t afford a piece yourself, and you’re so jealous of the rich.”

“If you can afford it, why don’t you buy a piece?” Gu Ning argued.

“You…”

Shao Feifei felt humiliated, because Gu Ning had hit the point.

Although Shao Feifei was born in a rich family with millions of wealth, she still couldn’t afford on her own.

The jewelry cost dozens of thousand yuan each, while she only had a monthly allowance of several thousand yuan. Besides, she spent much every month, and had no money left for a piece of jewelry.

She had been here today only because her birthday was around the corner. She wanted to choose her birthday gift, and her mother would buy it for her.

Gu Ning ignored Shao Feifei, and left.

Although Shao Feifei disliked the feeling of failure, she had no idea how to fight back again.

Shao Xue, who was Shao Feifei’s cousin, held her breath in case Shao Feifei would vent anger on her, which had happened before.

Shao Xue did this only because her family needed the sources from Shao Feifei’s family.

Gu Ning went straight to the antique market after she had left the jewelry store.

It took her half an hour on the bus to get to the antique market from the downtown. When she finally arrived, it was about three pm.

The antique market, also known as “the Old Market”. Only the old and ancient objects were called antiques.

The antique market had been popular for many years, and there were many people visiting the antique street. Most of them were middle-aged men or the elderly.

Gu Ning barely saw young people on the street, especially a female student of her age. Even though there were teenagers, they were either accompanied by their parents, or hanging around.

So when Gu Ning walked by the stands, nobody paid attention to her.

At the both sides of the street, there were countless stands with numerous commodities. However, authentic antiques were still rare.

Both antiques and the jade were business of high risk. The unspoken rule in this industry was “No Anti-counterfeiting”. You paid and got the commodities on-site without any after-sales service.

If you were lucky enough to get an authentic one, you would be rich overnight, otherwise, you would be broke.

Gu Ning walked slowly, because she felt exhausted after she had used her Jade Eyes for a short time. She needed to take a break before going on.

Along her way, Gu Ning hadn’t found out a single authentic object. She was disappointed.

The antique market had existed for too long to leave any authentic pieces for her.

Gu Ning felt she was naive to try to earn money by antiques.

There were many choices for stone gambling though, but most of the stones came from Burma and Province Y, and there were less quality stones in other cities.

Anyway, it wasn’t easy to find a perfect stone.

City F was far away from Burma, and it cost too much for Gu Ning to fly to there.

Though the flight ticket wasn’t very expensive actually, it was a lot for Gu Ning and her mother.

And the last thing Gu Ning wanted to happen was for her exceptional ability to be revealed. She didn’t want her mother to know as well. So, even Gu Ning was willing to go to Burma, she was short of a good reason.

Gu Ning didn’t maintain much hope in City F, but she still tried to find some. As long as it was a real gem, she would take it.

In the end, when Gu Ning was ready to leave, an object on a not noticeable stand got her attention.

It was a bracelet consisted of 12 blocks of china. Each block was as big as a toe. There were many stains and dirt around it. It didn’t have a good appearance, but Gu Ning saw a layer of light white fog from it.

Chapter 10: Pick Up by Accident

If it had the power, it must be an authentic one. Gu Ning was happy, but didn’t show her happiness on her face.

Gu Ning walked to the stand. The stand owner ignored her because she was a teenage girl in an ordinary clothing, and seemed poor.

Gu Ning didn’t care though. She pointed directly at the bracelet, “How much is this one, please?”

The stand owner took a glance at the bracelet, then frowned with disdain.

Why? Because in his eye, this bracelet was fake. He even intended to throw it away.

But since there was a buyer for it, he opened his mouth, ” 50 yuan.”

Fifty yuan were merely much, but it was still a lot for Gu Ning. However, Gu Ning wasn’t willing to miss any chance to win money.

She didn’t want to show her real intention at the very beginning, so she bargained, “Could you please sell it for a cheaper price? I’m just a student with less money.”

“Then 40 yuan, that’s all.” The stand owner agreed. He still believed the bracelet was a worthless junk.

Gu Ning pretended to hesitate for a second, then said, “Great, I’ll take it.”

Then she gave money to the stand owner.

The stand owner took the money and gave the bracelet to Gu Ning.

Gu Ning went straight to the appraisal center with the bracelet afterwards.

She went to the appraisal center not to identify the bracelet, but for money. Only with money that she was able to do other things.

There was a monthly large fair in the antique market with many visitors. In a normal day, many visitors would come and make deals, but the price wouldn’t be high because dealers were not adequate.

When Gu Ning arrived at the appraisal center, there was already someone in there to identify antiques. Bystanders stood around. Someone were here just for fun, while some were here for the results. If there was a real one, they would bid.

Those appraisers were all experienced, and the appraisal center had its own rules. If it was a fake one, they would not charge for it. If it was a real one, then you need to pay for the service. If the antique was sold on-site, the service price would be higher.

The rules were quite acceptable.

Gu Ning walked to the table of appraisal. There was a appraiser in the middle of identification. It was a delicate snuff bottle, and looked like an authentic one.

Gu Ning used her Jade eyes. She didn’t see any fog around it. It was fake.

“It’s fake.” It only took the appraiser around 10 minutes to have the result.

“What? It’s fake?” A male voice sounded in shock among the crowd. The man wore an astonished face, “It’s impossible! How could it be fake!”

“Are you questioning me now?” The appraiser wasn’t happy to be questioned.

The man explained at once, “No, no, but it’s an heirloom from my grandpa to my father and to me. I can’t accept it’s fake.”

The rest of the people in the center showed their sympathy.

“Bro, even if it’s an heirloom, it could be fake.”

“True!”

“Probably your grandfather had made a mistake. It’s quite normal.”

Others echoed.

The man wore a displeased face. He left swiftly with his heirloom. He had believed it must be a real antique, and wanted to sell it, but to his surprise, it was fake.

Then, there were more fake ones, but no one felt disappointed because the owners didn’t pay much for their “antiques”.

“Hi, could you please identify this bracelet for me?” It was Gu Ning’s turn. She handed over the bracelet she had just bought.

Gu Ning’s appearance raised discussion among the crowd.

“Gee, where did she get this dirty thing? It’s so ugly.”

“This little girl must be crazy about money. It’s apparently fake.”

Others echoed.

Gu Ning ignored all of them. Let’s see . She thought to herself.

Though the appraiser didn’t believe it was real neither, he did his work though.

When he took the dusty bracelet over, he almost hated it at the first look. However, while he was cleaning the stains by a napkin, the real color of the bracelet appeared.

It was white and blue in random order, and it was made of china.

The appraiser frowned a little. He thought it was merely a modern artwork. In the ancient time, no one would use china to make bracelet.

But since he had begun, he decided to finish his work.

Then, he kept on cleaning the bracelet. After a while, he felt something was unusual.

Others asked immediately.

“What happened?”

“Is it real?”

The appraiser stayed silent, focusing on his work. Before long, the bracelet was clean and shiny.

Everyone now discovered that the bracelet was made of china. All of them were assured that it must be fake, because no one had ever heard a china bracelet could be made in the ancient time. It must be a modern artwork.

While the appraiser thought otherwise. He now was astonished and super excited.

“The china is blue and white porcelain from Ming and Qing Dynasty.” He suddenly said.

“What?”

“Really?”

Everyone was shocked.

Blue and white porcelain from Ming and Qing Dynasty. Then, it was a real one?

Though blue and white porcelain in Ming and Qing Dynasty wasn’t as expensive as in Yuan or Tang Dynasty, it wasn’t cheap at all.

All of a sudden, everyone looked at Gu Ning in jealousy. Instead, Gu Ning was as calm as usual, which made people wonder that she had known it already.

Actually, Gu Ning only knew it was real, but had no idea what it was exactly.

“It is blue and white porcelain from Ming and Qing Dynasty. I suppose the original one is broken, and somebody has made it into a bracelet.” Or, no one would intentionally break a valuable blue and white porcelain to make a bracelet.

“Hey young girl, where did you get this bracelet?” someone asked.

“I just bought it from a normal stand,” Gu Ning told the truth.

“What? You picked it up by accident? What a lucky girl!”

Everyone agreed.

“Young girl, do you want to sell it? I’ll give you 30 thousand.” A middle-aged man in a suit made a bid without any delay.