"Have you brought back those boxes?" the old headmaster suddenly asked.
Xing Zhaozhao nodded: "For now, we'll hide him in our cellar. If you and your godmother need to..."
The old headmaster shook his head and said, "Let's keep it with you. Even if we send it back, we can't protect it. However, putting it directly in the cellar is still a bit risky. It's safer to dig a pit and bury it. I have a Tang tri-colored horse in my box. You can take it out as bait."
Xing Zhaozhao knew about Tang Sancai (Tang tri-colored pottery); she had seen it in books.
"The real thing?" she asked.
"Of course it's fake. Why would I hide it? It would be embarrassing if word got out," the old headmaster said. Coming from a scholarly family, he still valued this much dignity.
"It's very expensive. If we use it as bait, we might not be able to get it back." Xing Zhaozhao felt sorry for the old principal.
The old principal was optimistic: "It's like I got something for free since I lost it. I might as well consider it an advance donation to the country. I can also use it to catch a parasite. It's a win-win situation, not a loss at all."
Since the former principal had said so, Xing Zhaozhao smiled and nodded, "Alright then."
The group quickly came up with a detailed set of rules.
That day, Xing Zhaozhao and Gao Mingcheng did not stay at the old principal's house for long. After discussing their business, they took the child back home.
Grandma Qin did not insist that they stay.
After returning home and finishing her meal, Xing Zhaozhao went to the door.
This was the first time Gao Mingcheng had witnessed Xing Zhaozhao disappear before his eyes as if she had passed through a wall. He was both shocked and worried. What if one day she went to the other side and this so-called door suddenly disappeared again, and she could never come back?
When Xing Zhaozhao arrived there, she went straight to the gold shop and picked out a pair of heavy gold bracelets with lotus patterns. She even asked the shop to engrave the character "Fu" on each bracelet.
The two gold bracelets weighed a total of 60 grams and cost more than 80,000 yuan. Xing Zhaozhao paid for them directly with the black card given to her by Gao Hongfei.
The waitress politely poured water for me: "Engraving takes a little time, please wait a moment."
"Okay." Xing Zhaozhao nodded, drinking water as she sat and waited.
Outside the gold shop, Dong Cui had been blocked at her door by creditors who were chasing her for money. She hadn't dared to go home for several days. She was penniless and had nowhere to go, so she had been wandering the streets. At this moment, she was disheveled and looked extremely miserable. Unexpectedly, she saw Xing Zhaozhao passing by in a hurry and followed her out of curiosity. When she saw Xing Zhaozhao pick out two heavy gold bracelets and pay for them with a rare black card, her eyes were filled with resentment.
Both of them married older men, so why is she so much luckier than her?
She still has her own son, and both he and his wife are well-off, yet they never give her a penny. So what if she sold him when he was a child? He's doing just fine now, isn't he? Without her giving birth to him, would he be where he is today? Giving birth is a debt of gratitude. Unfilial son.
The waitress took out the two gold bracelets that already had engraved words and handed them to Xing Zhaozhao. She glanced up casually and met Dong Cui's distorted and hideous face posted on the shop window outside. She was so frightened that she exclaimed, "Ah!"
"What's wrong?" Xing Zhaozhao turned her head in surprise, following the waitress's gaze, and looked outside.
Dong Cui just turned and left.
Xing Zhaozhao only saw a back view and didn't recognize who it was.
The waitress was still a little shaken, saying, "That person was staring at us from the window the whole time, which gave me quite a fright."
Xing Zhaozhao laughed nonchalantly, "It's alright. Even if people are really desperate these days, they wouldn't dare to run off and rob a jewelry store."
The waitress couldn't help but laugh when she heard that: "That's really too much to bear."
"Do you think the engraving is alright?" She showed Xing Zhaozhao the gold bracelet that already had the engraving.
Xing Zhaozhao glanced at it and nodded in satisfaction: "That's fine." Her requirements weren't high; she just needed proof that the two gold bracelets belonged to the Fu family.
The waitress helped Xing Zhaozhao pack up the two gold bracelets.
Xing Zhaozhao took it and hurried back.
Just as Xing Zhaozhao left the jewelry store, Dong Cui, who had walked a short distance away, pulled out her phone and muttered to herself, "If you won't let me have a good time, I won't let you have a good time either. None of us will have a good time..."
She opened her contacts, her gaze sweeping over the names of Xia Chen, Gao Yue, and a few others, before finally landing on Xia Xiaoyue's name, and dialed the number.
Dong Cui waited for a long time, and just when she was full of resentment, thinking that even Xia Xiaoyue was unwilling to answer her call, the call finally went through.
She paused for a moment, then quickly grinned and called out in an extremely gentle and kind voice, "Hello? Xiaoyue? It's Grandma..."
Liu Feiyue had warned her not to harass her son's family again, or she would face the consequences. However, she couldn't care less now. The worst that could happen to her was this, so she didn't care anymore and decided to go all out.
Xing Zhaozhao walked through the door and back into her own cellar, where she bumped into a strong embrace.
Gao Mingcheng hugged her tightly, his heart finally settling down with relief: "You're finally back."
Xing Zhaozhao chuckled and lightly punched him: "How long have I been gone? Don't make such a fuss."
“You’ve gone to a different place. I won’t be at ease for a moment if you don’t come back,” Gao Mingcheng said.
Xing Zhaozhao's heart tightened, and she patted him reassuringly, "Don't worry, I will definitely come back."
Gao Mingcheng was worried. He knew that even if he didn't let her go, she wouldn't agree. He could only try to find ways to reduce her trips there.
"Have you bought the items?" Gao Mingcheng asked.
Xing Zhaozhao nodded and handed him the bag in her hand.
Gao Mingcheng accepted the gift, took out the jewelry box inside, opened it, and his eyes immediately lit up. What an exquisite pair of gold bracelets! He wanted to buy a pair for his Zhaozhao too.
"How much?" Gao Mingcheng asked.
“80,000,” Xing Zhaozhao said.
Gao Mingcheng: "..."
Gao Mingcheng felt as if he had been struck by lightning; his heart sank. He couldn't afford it.
He gritted his teeth and looked at Xing Zhaozhao seriously: "I will work hard to earn money in the future and buy you a pair too."
Xing Zhaozhao smiled, her eyes crinkling: "Okay, I'll be waiting."
"Where's the horse that Godfather mentioned? Has it been found?" Xing Zhaozhao asked.
Gao Mingcheng nodded and pointed to the Tang tri-colored horse that was standing quietly on the box beside him: "It's over there."
Xing Zhaozhao went over and gestured with her hand to indicate the height: "It's a bit big. This one is almost as tall as our little Hongling. I wonder if Xiaolan can lift it."
The next day, as they had agreed, Fu Lan came to pick up the pair of gold bracelets and the Tang tri-colored horse that Xing Zhaozhao had just prepared for her. When she saw the size of the horse, she was a little dumbfounded: "How can it be so big?"
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