After lunch, Xu Xunle, who had been fidgeting beside the table the whole time, could no longer hold herself back. She hurried after Xu Nianchu and whispered,
“Little Sister, please… just let your sister take a look at that jade bracelet.”
“I promise I won’t wear it outside. I’ll just look at it here at home.”
“I’m talking about that pure Imperial Green one. It’s really beautiful.”
Xu Xunle had already figured out a plan.
As long as she could get her hands on the bracelet, she could simply take it back to her room and later claim she’d accidentally broken it…
Or that she’d lost it.
Or she could replace it with a fake.
There were always ways.
Xu Nianchu turned around.
“You really just want to look at it?”
Seeing hope, Xu Xunle nodded furiously like a pecking chick.
“Of course!”
Xu Nianchu pulled the jade bracelet from her pocket and slipped it onto her wrist.
“Look.”
“Pretty?”
Her wrist was as smooth and fair as a peeled egg, flawless and delicate. Against the rich emerald green of the Imperial Green jade, it looked even more elegant.
Xu Xunle’s eyes practically burned with envy.
She hated it so much she could barely contain herself.
Still, she kept smiling.
“It is. It’s beautiful.”
“Can I touch it?”
Xu Nianchu smiled.
“A moment ago, you only wanted to look.”
“Now you want to touch it.”
“Next you’ll want to try it on.”
“And after that, you’ll probably ask me to give it to you.”
“How is that any different from those scumbags who say, ‘I’ll just rub against you, I won’t go in’?”
She lightly shook the bracelet on her wrist.
“It may be beautiful, but you’re not touching it.”
“My mother left this to me.”
“I’m supposed to use it to find my fiancé.”
“If it isn’t yours, don’t touch it.”
Xu Xunle’s heart skipped a beat.
She immediately grabbed Xu Nianchu’s wrist.
“How do you know about that?”
“My mother told me.”
Xu Xunle frowned deeply.
She hadn’t expected Ye Huixin to tell her daughter about the childhood engagement before she died.
Xu Nianchu had been so young back then.
And yet she’d already been thinking about marriage?
How shameless.
“Last night… Wu Chi didn’t do anything to you?”
Xu Nianchu snorted.
“What does that have to do with my marriage?”
The veins on Xu Xunle’s forehead bulged.
She couldn’t believe Xu Nianchu could be so shameless.
After giving herself to another man, she still dreamed of marrying into the Lu family.
As if the Lu family collected damaged goods.
“You…”
When the time came, she’d expose everything.
“What ‘you’?”
“Can’t even finish a sentence.”
With that, Xu Nianchu turned and went back into her room.
Xu Xunle remained rooted to the spot.
Why had Xu Nianchu’s personality changed so much?
She wasn’t easy to manipulate anymore.
She’d only allowed her to look at the bracelet.
Could it be…
She had been reborn too?
The thought squeezed her heart painfully.
After locking herself inside her room, Xu Nianchu entered her space.
She wanted to see exactly what treasures she’d moved out of the underground vault.
There were forty-eight chests in total.
Ten chests of gold ingots.
Ten chests of large gold bars.
Ten chests filled with gold jewelry and ornaments.
Ten chests of jade materials.
Eight chests containing precious medicinal herbs such as wild ginseng, deer antler, bezoar, tiger bone, agarwood, and Dendrobium officinale.
There was also…
A bankbook.
When she opened it, she rubbed her eyes.
The balance was…
Eighty thousand yuan.
She was officially rich.
She couldn’t help sighing.
She’d been a wealthy heiress before transmigrating.
And she was still a wealthy heiress afterward.
She was simply born to be rich.
Wait…
Inside one of the dressing cases were several old letters.
Among them was even a marriage contract.
Since Old Master Lu’s descendants hadn’t been born when it was written, no names had been filled in.
Only the agreement remained.
Xu Nianchu silently memorized the address written inside.
She decided to investigate it that afternoon.
After everyone else left for work, Xu Nianchu freshened up and prepared to withdraw the money from the bank.
Just as she reached the front gate, Tang Jinhua stopped her.
“Xiaochu, where are you going?”
Tang Jinhua’s eyes swept repeatedly over her.
Xu Nianchu immediately understood.
Tang Jinhua was afraid she’d run away before they could hand her over to Wu Chi.
She raised an eyebrow.
“I’m going to buy some clothes.”
“Got a problem with that?”
“Or are you giving me money?”
Tang Jinhua forced a pained smile.
“Where would I get any money?”
“Just come home early.”
“Don’t make your father worry.”
Xu Nianchu muttered under her breath,
“No money? Then stop talking.”
She turned and walked out.
Tang Jinhua was watching her far too closely.
It probably meant they planned to hand her over within the next day or two.
But they wouldn’t have that long.
Wu Chi would come looking for her first.
Xu Shanchuan truly lived by the saying a cunning rabbit has three burrows.
He’d split his savings across several different bank branches.
Although each account only held five thousand yuan, Xu Nianchu still took the precaution of disguising herself.
The original owner didn’t own many cosmetics.
She couldn’t claim to have created a masterpiece…
But after finishing, no one would recognize her.
Withdrawing the money went surprisingly smoothly.
After collecting the last account from the final bank, she ducked into a quiet alley, removed her makeup, entered her space, changed clothes, and burned the outfit she’d been wearing.
Thinking about how few decent clothes she owned, she headed toward the department store.
She’d already confiscated plenty of ration coupons from her scumbag father.
If anyone was going to suffer losses…
It certainly wasn’t going to be her.
Better I wrong the world than let the world wrong me.
What was the point of hoarding money?
You couldn’t take it with you after death.
She already had enough wealth to live comfortably for several lifetimes.
Life was meant to be enjoyed.
With her head held high, she marched confidently into the department store.
The building had four floors.
Women’s clothing was on the fourth floor.
After browsing two different shops without finding anything she liked, she finally entered the most expensive boutique and bought three outfits that fit perfectly.
Even the sales clerk was stunned.
It wasn’t every day someone bought three complete outfits at once.
Xu Nianchu ignored the woman’s envious gaze.
She simply changed directly into one of the new outfits in the fitting room.
The new clothes really were much prettier.
The fitted waistline was tailored just right.
It accentuated her figure without making her look overly seductive, unlike her old clothes that hid every curve.
Looking at herself in the mirror—
Bright eyes.
White teeth.
A graceful figure.
She nodded in satisfaction.
Next she went downstairs to the first floor and bought some common vegetable seeds.
The supply cooperative had already sold out of meat for the day.
So instead she bought a bag of White Rabbit milk candies and several bottles of liquor.
As for flour…
She could always take some from the Xu household later.
Better to be prepared.
She still didn’t know exactly what food the Xu family had stored away.
She’d inspect the kitchen carefully later.
Whenever no one was watching, she kept only the clothes in her hands and quietly stored everything else inside her space.
She decided not to buy anything more for now.
Buying too much at once would attract unwanted attention.
She couldn’t help feeling…
Today had gone unbelievably smoothly.
Almost too smoothly.
The ease of it all made her uneasy.
Sure enough…
Her instincts were right.
As she passed through a deserted alley, someone suddenly lunged out from nowhere.
The man drooled constantly, his eyes dull and unfocused.
The moment he saw her, he rushed over.
“Wife…”
“Let’s play house!”
“Wife, wife!”
“I like you so much!”
He was huge and incredibly strong.
While babbling nonsense, he reached out, trying to hug her.
From childhood until now, Xu Nianchu had never encountered someone like this.
She’d always traveled with bodyguards.
Unless she permitted it, no man could even come within a meter of her.
Caught completely off guard, she froze.
The man even had snot hanging from his nose.
Only after recovering her senses did she hurriedly retreat.
For a split second, she even considered pulling a gold bar out of her space and smashing it over his head.
But the man’s strength was overwhelming.
He effortlessly snapped the wooden stick she threw at him.
If she really took out a gold bar…
She wasn’t sure whether she’d be the one hitting him…
Or he’d be the one hitting her.
For the first time, she truly understood the physical difference between men and women.
Her legs betrayed her.
They simply refused to run.
They’d gone completely weak.
She quickly looked around and shouted at the top of her lungs,
“Help!”
“There’s a hooligan here!”
“If anyone’s nearby, come quickly!”
If there were people nearby, they’d surely hear her.
If there weren’t…
Her final option would be to hide inside her space.
She’d only transmigrated a day ago and hadn’t had time to prepare.
Next time, she’d definitely keep some means of self-defense inside her space.
Just as she was about to retreat into it…
A figure suddenly shot into the alley.
With swift, practiced movements, the newcomer kicked the crazed man to the ground.