Today, he suddenly gave her a coat and took her to a state-owned restaurant for dinner. He said it was to apologize, but in fact, he was just a weasel paying a New Year's visit to a chicken, with ulterior motives.

Hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer, Zhang Lifeng panicked.

"What do we do now?"

"Jump out the window."

Li Xiujun ignored Zhang Lifeng, supported herself on the windowsill with her hands, and jumped out.

The moment Li Xiujun landed, the door of the abandoned factory was kicked open from outside.

"Who's being a hooligan? Where's the lesbian victim?"

The police broke into the room and saw a drunk Zhang Lifeng. They turned around and asked the reporter Su Wanru.

She had just seen Li Xiujun being dragged in, where had she gone?!

Zhang Lifeng forced himself to remain calm, glared at Su Wanru unhappily, grabbed her, and kissed her on the face with his drunken mouth.

"What? Drinking and sleeping off is considered hooliganism? My mom isn't as strict as you!"

The police officer was about to stop him, but he quickly explained: "She is my fiancée. She was upset that I came out to drink, so she deliberately made trouble."

Su Wanru pushed him away and wiped the place where he had kissed her.

"Don't talk nonsense! Who is your fiancée?"

After saying that, she grabbed the police officer's hand and begged for help. She was fed up with Zhang Lifeng's threats and harassment and just wanted him to be arrested quickly.

"We've slept together several times. If she's not my fiancée, then what is she? Are you being a hooligan?"

Zhang Lifeng pulled her back to his side and deliberately embarrassed her by shouting, "She has a small red mole on her chest and a triangular scar on her butt. If you don't believe me, you can find a female police officer to check!"

When the young police officers heard this, their faces turned red, they lectured them and left.

Zhang Lifeng grabbed Su Wanru's hand and slapped her hard, knocking her to the ground.

"You little bitch! You're trying to hurt me, aren't you?"

Su Wanru was beaten so hard that she was dizzy. She covered her face and started crying: "Tell me, have you changed your mind?"

"I changed my mind? I told you you were destroying the bridge after crossing it!"

Zhang Lifeng grabbed her hair and said angrily, "Back then, you begged me to use my dad's connections to return to the city, and you said you'd marry me after I got back. I waited for you for half a year, but you didn't show up. When I came to find you, you refused to do anything and even found a girl to wear your clothes to frame me!"

The plan was exposed, and a trace of panic flashed across Su Wanru's face.

"She insisted on borrowing it, and I felt embarrassed to refuse!"

After saying that, she smiled coquettishly, took the initiative to kiss Zhang Lifeng on the face, and burst into laughter: "So you mistook her for me. I thought you learned bad habits after coming to the city and fell in love with my little sister."

Zhang Lifeng looked at her doubtfully: "Really?"

Su Wanru poked Zhang Lifeng's chest coquettishly and gave him a seductive look.

"I gave you my whole life, and you still don't trust me?"

Zhang Lifeng was immediately confused and expressed his loyalty: "That girl has a skinny body, she's not even half as good as you, let me kiss her, I miss her so much!"

Hearing this, Li Xiujun turned around and left to go home.

The lights in the old house were on, and grandpa was sitting at the door waiting for her. When he saw her coming, he took out a still hot roasted sweet potato from his arms.

"You must be hungry. Fill your stomach first and we'll stew some meat later."

Holding the warm sweet potato, her cold body gradually warmed up. Looking at her grandfather's old face, Li Xiujun felt a lump in her throat.

In her previous life, her grandfather passed away not long after the accident. Her grandfather, who depended on her for everything, never closed his eyes until his death, and was still worried that she was not living well in the Gu family.

Fortunately, she was reborn, avoiding Su Wanru's frame-up, and no longer had to beg the Gu family to fulfill the marriage contract.

"Why are you still crying? Did Wanru bully you again? I've told you long ago that girl has a bad heart and you should stop playing with her."

Grandpa spoke earnestly, bending down to add firewood to the stove. White smoke curled up, hot steam rose, and the whole house was filled with the aroma of braised pork.

"Grandpa, let me help you."

Li Xiujun sat by the stove and secretly wiped her eyes. She was about to go to college, and her grandfather used all the family savings to think of ways to make delicious food to nourish her body.

"Why are you crying? Are you reluctant to leave grandpa because you want to go to the capital to study at university?"

Grandpa brought the braised pork to the table and two bowls of rice, coaxing him, "When you graduate from college and become successful, I'll go to Beijing with you to enjoy life. It's a three-hour drive round trip, and I can come visit you, too."

Li Xiujun nodded heavily. She just wanted her grandfather to enjoy life now.

Grandpa was frightened by the turbulent times and dared not show his things to others or resell them, but he passed the skill to her and repeatedly warned her not to show it in front of others.

Times have changed, policies have become more relaxed, and coupled with the countless treasures she had seen in her previous life, she is confident that she can make her first pot of gold with her skills.

She did what she said. The next morning, Li Xiujun took all her savings and lied that she was going to a friend's house to visit. In fact, she took a bus to an antique market in the suburbs of Beijing.

In her previous life, she had come here countless times with Gu Ming. This was the first time she came here alone. She stopped at a stall with thirty yuan in her pocket.

On the ground were porcelain, jade, copper coins, and snuff bottles...

Seeing that she was young, the old man ignored her and let her watch for fun.

Li Xiujun immediately fell in love with a broken jade bead in the northwest corner. She glanced at it twice with her peripheral vision, confirmed it again, and then deliberately pointed to the intact jade bracelet next to it.

"Uncle, how much is this?"

The old man raised his eyelids and stretched out five fingers.

"Fifty hundred dollars."

"It's too expensive. I can't afford it. Can it be cheaper?"

Li Xiujun looks like a petty person who has never seen the world.

The old man leaned back in a recliner, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan.

"No, this is an antique, not for children to play with."

"Can the broken ones next to it be cheaper? They're all broken anyway."

Li Xiujun carefully picked up the shapeless jade pendant, which was the size of a pigeon egg and felt warm to the touch. She looked at the old man eagerly.

"Okay, I'll give you thirty."

"Twenty, I'll buy it for twenty."

Li Xiujun bargained, and she was already certain in her heart that this old man was a half-baked person, not proficient in antiques, and was just trying to make a living.

"Twenty-five, no less."

Seeing the old man's firm attitude, Li Xiujun quickly took out twenty-five yuan and handed it over, wrapped the jade pendant with a handkerchief, and bought a set of carving tools.

After she left, Li Xiujun vaguely heard the old man at the stall next to her laughing and scolding: "You're cheating a little girl out of her money! You dare to sell a piece of broken jade for twenty-five!"

Li Xiujun smiled without saying anything, but in fact she made a profit.

Although this jade pendant is a fragment, it is made of high-quality white marble, a rare type. Judging from its texture and color, it is at least from the Han Dynasty.

She would go back and re-carve the fragment according to its shape and color, and then make it look old, which would increase the price by more than ten times. She could earn more than two hundred yuan from this alone.

First, repair the leaking roof of the wing, then buy some rice, flour, and pork. Grandpa likes pork and scallion dumplings the most.

But she had to be careful when carving at night and not let her grandfather find out, otherwise the old man would beat her.