Chapter 36 Earned another 600 million, her bank account balance is now over 1 billion!
"Xiao Ning, didn't I tell you this at the hospital last time?" Old Zheng joked, "How can such a young girl be more forgetful than an old man like me?"
Despite the jokes, the old professor patiently recounted how Xiao Qidi was severely injured and captured, how the enemy tortured him into a human stick, and how he was later rescued by the ruling forces of the Xuan Kingdom and replaced with a puppet.
Ning Jinli's heart sank...
That secret history still exists!
So all that effort and money she spent, Xiao Qidi still couldn't change his tragic fate?
But that doesn't make sense.
The 50,000 enemy troops from the Yu Kingdom who invaded Xitun Pass have clearly been wiped out by Xiao Qidi.
unless……
"Grandpa Zheng, do you know exactly when he was captured at Xitun Pass?"
"The secret historical records only say that he was seriously wounded and captured in a battle when he was eighteen years old, but it is unknown when or in which battle it was."
The old professor's answer confirmed Ning Jinli's guess.
Sure enough, it wasn't enough to just wipe out those 50,000 enemy troops; there would definitely be more fighting in the Xitun Pass area!
The year was already halfway over, which meant that the war that led to Xiao Qidi's downfall and the massacre of 70,000 people in Xitun Pass by the enemy would take place in the latter half of the year.
On the other end of the phone, Mr. Zheng was filled with emotion when he mentioned the secret history of Xiao Qidi.
It is said that if that incident had not happened, Xiao Qidi would have been able to achieve much more than just the unification of the Chinese nation.
With his great talent and strategic vision, he could definitely conquer more territory.
That would be equivalent to fundamentally solving the problem of some neighboring countries committing wrongdoings in later generations.
The tragedies of foreign invasions and the trampling of Chinese civilization that occurred repeatedly in ancient Chinese history would not have happened.
Even the bloody history of other countries invading our territory and massacring our compatriots in modern times will not exist.
Countless compatriots who died tragically and martyrs who sacrificed their lives were able to survive...
Even now, many countries are still eyeing us covetously and trying to take advantage of us.
They have tried every means to harm and suppress us, attempting to destroy our country's resurgence. Their wolfish ambitions have never disappeared from ancient times to the present.
After making the call, Ning Jinli came up with two ideas.
One option is to leave Xiao Qidi here and wait for the next six months.
If the first method doesn't work, then the second method will do everything in its power to protect him, and no matter how many wars occur in the Xitun Pass area afterward, we must help him win.
We also need to develop the large area around Xitun Pass and Linxian Village.
This is very expensive.
Ning Jinli opened her phone and checked the balance on her bank card.
Of the original 852 million, a considerable amount was spent on purchasing supplies, transporting goods, buying villas and cars, and so on, leaving less than 700 million.
There looks like there's still a lot left.
But less than half a month has passed, and most of the supplies sent to Linxian Village are still basic items.
Even if they are about to start production at their own factory, they can save a significant amount of money on purchasing ready-made materials.
However... to support the survival and development of 70,000 people, and to ensure Xiao Qidi wins the battle, even if it's only for half a year, 700 million is barely enough.
Ning Jinli was troubled.
Buzz—
My phone vibrates when I receive a call.
She took it out and saw that it was a call from Third Master Wu, so she answered immediately.
"Miss Ning, the golden nanmu ebony has been sold!" Mr. Wu's voice rang excitedly on the phone. "After tax, 1.5 billion!"
“After deducting the 800 million I’ve already paid you, there’s still 700 million left.”
"As agreed, you'll get 90% of the 700 million, which is 630 million. I'll transfer it to you right now!"
A bank text message followed immediately.
Ning Jinli opened the package and found that she had received a remittance of 630 million.
Account balance: 1,331,580,943.56 yuan.
"Miss Ning, did you receive it?" Master Wu asked.
Ning Jinli's heart raced. "Yes, I received it."
Master Wu then said, "Then I'll get back to work. You haven't finished sorting out that huge pile of antiques yet. I'll report back to you on the progress later."
"Okay...Thank you for your hard work, Third Master."
"It's not hard work at all. Just being able to have a bowl of soup with Miss Ning is more profitable than all the hard work I did running my business before. I'm having a great time, hahaha."
After finishing the call, Ning Jinli breathed a long sigh of relief.
It seems we don't need to worry about money anymore; 1.3 billion should be enough, and there are so many antiques we can sell for money.
Feeling a little more relaxed, she finally succumbed to sleepiness, went to the warehouse to sleep on a makeshift bed, and set an alarm clock to go to sleep.
Before we knew it, it was evening.
Ning Jinli was woken up by her alarm clock at eight o'clock and hurriedly returned to her dormitory.
Xiao Qidi had just woken up and was preparing to put on his tattered clothes and armor.
"Are you going back so soon?" Ning Jinli asked.
Xiao Qidi said, "I have rested enough and should go back now. Thank you for your hospitality, Miss Ning."
Ning Jinli shook her head vigorously, "No, no, you need to rest some more."
Xiao Qidi frowned. "How long should I rest?"
"Um..." Ning Jinli grinned, "Six months, how about that?"
Xiao Qidi: ...
Ning Jinli tried the first method, persuading, "Look, anyway, after this battle, the rest of the affairs can be handled by the generals of Xitun Pass and the village chief of Linxian Village. You don't need to worry about it."
"And I will continue to provide supplies to them."
"You can stay here with me and live a better life. If you ever want to go back, I'll go with you to visit occasionally, how about that?"
After she finished speaking, she looked at him with expectant eyes.
These reasons should be sufficient, right?
However, Xiao Qidi shook his head without even thinking and said, "I appreciate Miss Ning's kindness. Although this place is wonderful, it is not my Xuan Kingdom. I am the ruler of a country, how can I abandon my people?"
Ning Jinli scratched her head, "I'm not asking you to abandon your people and stay for half a year, is that alright?"
Xiao Qidi refused decisively, "No."
Left with no other option, Ning Jinli said, "You will experience an accident in the next six months, a very serious accident!"
Xiao Qidi narrowed his eyes slightly. "How did you know?"
“I…” Ning Jinli wrinkled her nose, “I am a fairy, I know everything.”
Xiao Qidi chuckled, "Miss Ning, I don't think you're a goddess like the soldiers and civilians do. I know you're human too."
Ning Jinli sighed helplessly, "Alright, I'll tell you the truth. In a sense, although this is not your Xuan Kingdom, it is still our shared country."
Xiao Qidi looked puzzled.
Ning Jinli then gave him a brief explanation, telling him that this was a world more than two thousand years in the future.
Therefore, she was able to know that he would be in trouble through historical records.
After listening, Xiao Qidi fell silent.
His pupils were trembling, but his expression was impossible to discern.
Ning Jinli continued, "Perhaps this situation is too far beyond your comprehension, and you may not believe it, or... find it hard to accept? After all, you are an ancient person from more than two thousand years ago..."
Xiao Qidi spoke slowly, "I am an ancient person, but not a fool."
Ning Jinli stuck out her tongue. "Hehe, that's not what I meant. So, do you believe me?"
“Of course I believe it,” Xiao Qidi said. “The people here have the same skin and hair color as me, and we share the same language. Although the writing system has changed drastically, it is clear that it is a common lineage.”
"I just never imagined that more than two thousand years later... the world would become like this."
Upon hearing this, Ning Jinli was overjoyed.
As Xiao Qidi pondered, he asked, "How long has my Xuan Kingdom existed?"
Ning Jinli said in surprise, "I thought you would ask if the Xuan Kingdom has continued to this day for thousands of years."
Xiao Qidi said, "While it is every monarch's wish to last for thousands of years, it is by no means something that can be achieved. Nothing can last forever."
Ning Jinli was surprised again. She found that this young king was much more enlightened than she had imagined.
She smiled and said, "Xuan Kingdom, let me think, it seems that it will be gone in another ten or twenty years after it comes into your hands."
Xiao Qidi's face was stiff, and his tall body swayed slightly, as if he could not even stand up.
Ning Jinli had only meant to tease him, but she hadn't expected him to be so devastated.
They quickly brought him a chair to sit down.
Xiao Qidi's eyes were filled with gloom and sorrow. "I...I am so worthless? The Xuan Kingdom has been destroyed by my own hands? I have always vowed since childhood to unify the world..."
The young king looked as if he were about to shatter.
Ning Jinli was heartbroken and quickly explained, "No, no! The Xuan Kingdom is gone because you unified the other six kingdoms! You achieved great unification and established the Xuan Dynasty!"
Xiao Qidi's pupils dilated suddenly. "Is this true?!"
"It couldn't be more true!" Ning Jinli nodded vigorously. "I can teach you how to use your phone to search for information online sometime, and you can see it yourself."
"So, how long did the Xuan Dynasty exist?" Xiao Qidi asked expectantly.
He thought that since he would eventually unify the world, the Xuan Dynasty should last for a long time.
“Ah, this,” Ning Jinli coughed lightly, “cough, it’s quite short, it was ruined by one of your sons.”
"..."
Xiao Qidi's silence was deafening.
Ning Jinli comforted him, "However, later generations all inherited the foundation laid by the Xuan Dynasty. Even when dynasties changed in the Chinese nation, those emperors all revered you as their ancestor."
Xiao Qidi's lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to ask for more details.
Ning Jinli quickly changed the subject, "I'll help you find out about these things when I have time. The most important thing right now is that you might have a serious accident."
Then, she told him the whole secret story.
After listening, Xiao Qidi pondered for a moment and said, "I understand. If I am defeated, I must end my own life before I am captured. Thank you for reminding me, Miss Ning."
Ning Jinli was completely confused.
Seriously, what's wrong with this kid's thought process?
"Sigh, little brother," she said helplessly, resting her elbow on his shoulder, "I'm saying all this to advise you to stay away, not to tell you to commit suicide. If you stay here with me for the next six months, nothing will happen."
Xiao Qidi stood up abruptly.
Ning Jinli's elbow slipped, and she almost fell.
“Miss Ning,” Xiao Qidi clasped his hands in a fist salute, “If I were to flee like this, I would rather die on the territory of Xuan Kingdom. I appreciate your kindness, but I will take my leave!”
"Why are you so stubborn..." Ning Jinli grabbed his hand tightly.
However, she thought again that if he didn't have this stubbornness in his personality, how could he have achieved great things?
I felt even more sorry for him and couldn't bring myself to blame him anymore.
It seems that the first approach has failed.
Ning Jinli said, "You can go back, but it's time for dinner now. Can you have dinner with me before you leave? You need to be well-rested and have a good meal so you can do things better. Besides, at least the enemy country won't launch another attack so soon in the next few days."
Xiao Qidi's tense face relaxed a little, and he gave a soft "hmm".
Ning Jinli happily took out the modern clothes and shoes she had bought for him that morning from the closet. "Put these on, otherwise you won't even be able to get into the restaurant if you go out in a tattered suit of armor. Oh, by the way, I ordered a set of clothes, a bulletproof suit, and armor for you. I'll send them to you when they arrive."
"I'll go out first. Call me when you're done changing."
She waited outside the dormitory for a while, and when she heard Xiao Qidi say that she was dressed, she pushed the door open and went in.
She was stunned when she saw Xiao Qidi appear before her, dressed in a modern casual suit.
Xiao Qidi looked somewhat awkward, glanced down at himself, and asked, "Am I that ugly?"
"My God!" Ning Jinli exclaimed, "If you're ugly, then there are no good-looking men in the world. Don't you know how handsome you are?"
Xiao Qidi's lips showed a hint of barely suppressed emotion.
Ning Jinli approached, stood on tiptoe to straighten his collar, and said, "You look so good in just a casual suit. I can't even imagine how good you would look in a formal suit."
"But you should let your hair down. Your hairstyle from that era doesn't really match this outfit."
Xiao Qidi watched silently as she patiently tidied him up, his brows unconsciously relaxing.
After Ning Jinli finished tidying up, she stood beside him, took out her phone, and turned on the front-facing camera.
"Come on, little brother, let's take a picture together to commemorate the first time you've worn modern clothes."
Crack—
Before Xiao Qidi could even glance at the photo, Ning Jinli dragged him out the door, saying, "Let's go, let's go! I'm taking you out for a big meal!"
As Xiao Qidi sat in her Mercedes-Benz G-Class, he looked left and right and couldn't help but ask, "Miss Ning, this car is quite special. It can even move without being pulled by animals."
Ning Jinli explained the science to him while driving.
He was also told that there are many types of cars, each with different functions and uses.
After hearing the gist of the story, Xiao Qidi said, "If soldiers and civilians could also use trucks, it would be easier to reinforce the city walls."
“That’s right!” Ning Jinli nodded.
“I’ve been so busy I’m completely confused. When you were building the city wall of Linxian Village, I should have sent some trucks over. That would have been much faster than carrying earth and stones by hand. I’ll buy you trucks later and teach you how to drive them. They’ll be very useful when we reinforce the city wall with steel and cement.”
Once Ning Jinli started to think about this, she even started talking to Xiao Qidi about things like excavators and tractors.
She spoke with great enthusiasm, completely unaware that a van had been following her ever since she left the factory gate.
More than an hour later.
She led Xiao Qidi to a high-end restaurant with a traditional Chinese style.
The entire restaurant resembles an ancient mansion.
The interior decoration and tableware are all in an antique style, and all the service staff are dressed in ancient costumes.
She specifically found this place; although it doesn't fit the Xuan Kingdom era, it still has an ancient atmosphere, which should make it easier for Xiao Qidi to adapt.
"Hey? There are real horses tied up in the stable over there." Ning Jinli pointed out the window from her seat.
Xiao Qidi looked over and a hint of liking appeared on his face. "Not bad. It has a tall and well-proportioned body, a long head, neck and limbs, a shiny coat, and bright eyes. It is an excellent horse."
“Sir, you have excellent taste,” said the waiter. “That was a racehorse with top pedigree, but it had such a bad temper that no rider could handle it. So our boss bought it and put it in the restaurant as a mascot.”
"During your meal, you are welcome to admire the stable from outside the fence and take photos, but please do not get too close, or you may provoke it."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Qidi became even more interested.
I stared at the magnificent, jet-black horse from afar through the window.
The wild horse seemed to have noticed him too, and raised its head to snort loudly in his direction.
"I'm going to the restroom," Ning Jinli said, getting up. "You can eat first when the food arrives."
She left her seat and, following the waiter's directions, walked a long, winding path before finally finding the secluded restroom at the back of the restaurant.
In order to recreate the ancient atmosphere as much as possible, the restaurant even sacrificed a lot of convenience in the layout of the toilets.
Just then, three men wearing baseball caps arrived near the restroom, smoking and staring at the restroom door on a common route.
This was the person who got out of the van that was following Ning Jinli.
They originally planned to wait until late at night to enter the factory and begin their work.
But seeing Ning Jinli drive out, the group couldn't wait any longer and decided to continue following her, waiting for an opportunity to strike...
...
At the dining table, Xiao Qidi liked the horse more and more as he looked at it.
Remembering that Ning Jinli had taken photos with her phone, and that he had the phone she bought for him that he also carried with him, he took it out and planned to take a picture of the horse as well.
At this moment, a message notification sound rang.
He opened it and saw that Ning Jinli had sent him a photo of them together.
In the photo, Hsiao Chi-ti looks like he hasn't quite caught up in the moment.
Ning Jinli gently rested her head against his shoulder, her smile as bright as a flower, her two eyes sparkling.
Xiao Qidi stared at the photo, his gaze lingering on Ning Jinli's face, and unconsciously, a smile appeared on his lips.
Then, Ning Jinli sent another voice message.
He tapped the screen and put the phone to his ear.
"Little brother, you look so cute when you're all dazed, hee hee... Ah! What are you doing? Don't touch me! Help—"
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