As Zhang Tiansheng spoke, he had already floated in front of Song Mian.
Pointing at Song Mian, Zhang Tiansheng chuckled, "You're not my Rui'er, so you can't open the box Rui'er gave me!"
"You mean this stone box?" Seeing Zhang Tiansheng nod, Song Mian calmly said, "I can't, but Mr. Qi seems to be able to."
"This box has a hidden mechanism. The key to this mechanism lies in these small flowers on the surface of the box. Once you move them to the designated positions, it should open," Qi Yefeng said, patiently fiddling with the small flowers.
Soon, as Qi Yefeng succeeded, the sound of the mechanism being activated came from inside the box.
A clicking sound came as the clasp on the stone box turned, and just as it was about to pop open, it suddenly got stuck and then stopped moving.
"Huh? That's not right. I clearly opened the latch, so why can't I open the box?" Qi Yefeng observed carefully, then gasped in surprise. "This is really strange. This shouldn't be happening."
Zhang Tiansheng said smugly, "Only Rui'er and I know the secret of this box. No matter if you try to trick me with wonton noodles or what, you can't open the box. None of you are my Rui'er!"
"I have no interest in being your Rui'er, what I want is what's in this box! I can't let you eat my wonton noodles for free!" Song Mian said, glancing at the helpless Qi Yefeng, "Weren't you so confident just now? Why haven't you opened it yet!"
"Logically speaking, I should have succeeded. I don't know why this happened... Perhaps it's because no one has touched this box for a long time, so the mechanism malfunctioned." Qi Yefeng rarely saw such an exquisite thing, and now that he couldn't open it, he felt a strong sense of frustration.
"Since it's malfunctioning, can't you just pat it a couple of times and it'll be fine? That's what my grandma always did when the TV at home wasn't working properly when I was little!" Song Mian, with a "nothing to lose" attitude, slapped the stone box twice.
Qi Yefeng looked disapproving: "Boss Song, you can't do this! This box is so delicate, who knows what might be inside? Taking pictures like this won't do any good... Wait, this, this is actually open?"
Before Qi Yefeng could even finish speaking, the stone box opened, revealing its contents.
The box contained silver coins of good quality, as well as jadeite bracelets, pearl necklaces, and Hetian jade pendants, the most exquisite of which were the pair of Hetian jade pendants.
Song Mian had seen many antiques, and although she couldn't tell the details, she felt that this thing looked jewel-like and even better than the hairpin she had sold to Qian Rui before.
As Song Mian was thinking this, she unexpectedly saw Qian Rui's photo in the box.
Her gaze was instantly drawn to it, and Song Mian couldn't believe what she was seeing.
In the photo, Qian Rui is wearing a Western-style dress typical of young mistresses from wealthy families during the Republic of China era. Her hair is classic and dignified, and a beauty mark at the corner of her eye is very attractive.
"It's Rui'er...!" Zhang Tiansheng's previously muddled vision cleared up a bit, and he hurriedly tried to pick up the photo.
However, no matter how hard he tried, his hand could only pass through the photograph; he couldn't actually grasp it.
"Rui'er, this is my Rui'er, why can't I catch her?!" Zhang Tiansheng became more and more anxious as he spoke, and said to Song Mian, "I'll give you everything else in this box! Please give me Rui'er's photo!"
Chapter 21
Song Mian immediately beamed with joy: "Okay, boss!"
[Transaction successful. Items traded: one photo, one bowl of wonton noodles]
[Transaction counterparty: Zhang Tiansheng]
[Transaction Amount: One box of antiques]
[Transaction Status: Successful.]
Without saying a word, Song Mian took out the photo and handed it to Zhang Tiansheng. She was overjoyed.
"Wait a minute...! Boss Song, I recognize the person in that photo." Before Qi Yefeng could even examine the photo closely, Song Mian magically made it disappear!
“What a coincidence, I know her too.” Song Mian immediately recounted how she met Qian Rui.
“Then we must know the same person. But why is Qian Rui’s photo here?” Qi Yefeng had just finished speaking when he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, followed by a heavy weight on his shoulder.
Song Mian watched as Zhang Tiansheng climbed onto Qi Yefeng's shoulder and hugged Qi Yefeng's head tightly.
"You know my Ruier? Do you know where my wife is? Take me there, take me to see my wife!"
"Let go of my precious grandson! Boss Zhang, if you keep causing trouble, I won't take you to find your wife's reincarnation!" Lin Jiaojiao shouted.
Song Mian asked, "Jiaojiao, what's this about reincarnation?"
Lin Jiaojiao quickly recounted Zhang Tiansheng's situation.
Zhang Tiansheng became a ghost about a hundred years ago.
After he became a ghost, he kept trying to find his wife who had died first.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhang had already gone to queue up early to wait for her reincarnation.
So Zhang Tiansheng waited and waited, and finally learned that his wife had been successfully reincarnated.
He wanted to find his wife, but because he didn't have enough permissions, he couldn't see where she was. He became depressed, and then his mental state as both a human and a ghost became abnormal.
“Boss Zhang saved me when I was down on my luck and helped me for a while, so I wanted to help him. Otherwise, he would have been insane all along, and even if he hadn’t been demoted, he would never have been able to reincarnate.” Lin Jiaojiao sighed heavily as she looked at Zhang Tiansheng, who was so troubled by love.
"So, you now suspect that Miss Qian is the reincarnation of your wife?" Song Mian asked.
Zhang Tiansheng nodded vigorously: "My wife told me that she would wait for me in the ghost realm first. Even if she were to reincarnate, she would refuse to drink the Meng Po soup and wait to meet me again. So my wife must have been worried that I wouldn't be able to find her this time, which is why she looks the same as in her previous life after reincarnation. She must miss me very much!"
"Mr. Qi, do you know where Miss Qian lives?" Song Mian asked.
"It seems to be Yunduan Community, but I'm not sure which one exactly. Mr. Song, what's the situation now?" Qi Yefeng felt that the heavy feeling on his shoulders seemed to disappear after he gave the address.
"Simply put, we need to go see Miss Qian Rui." Song Mian grabbed Zhang Tiansheng, who was trying to leave, as she spoke. "I said we shouldn't go now. Calm down first. I'll go see Miss Qian tomorrow, and then you can see Miss Zhang tonight!"
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