Chapter 63: The Legend of the Divine Stone (Ten Thousand Updates) — Entering V

  The first week of school in the afternoon is free from classes, used for students to choose elective non-compulsory quality expansion courses. Yun Qingran looked at the course list and thought that all the levels were too low for her, but the school required her to take at least one course, so she casually chose oil painting, which was scheduled for Monday and Wednesday afternoons. From the materials she saw, as long as she followed the teacher's requirements and finished drawing seriously, she could leave.

  The school club recruitment is also on Monday afternoon, and the usual activity time of the club is also arranged in the afternoon. Ye Ningxuan and Yun Qingran showed off their skills in the musical instrument club, and after getting the president's guarantee that they would only participate when necessary for activities, the two agreed to join.

  "Wow, you're really something!" Tang Xin exclaimed with excitement as soon as Yun Qingran sat down early in the morning. Seeing Yun Qingran's confused expression, Tang Xin quickly explained: "This is a five-year tradition of Jin Se High School. Every year at the beginning of school, the mysterious news club posts photos of the beautiful girls and handsome boys among the new students on the bulletin board, of course, including seniors too. At the end of the month, there will be an anonymous vote, with each ballot allowing one boy and one girl to be written in. After National Day, the top ten school grasses and flowers will be announced. And you, as the youngest beauty, have also been nominated!"

  Yun Qingran's face didn't change color, but her heart was racing with dark thoughts. She had seen the tradition of Jin Se, and knew that there was such an item, but she never thought it would happen to her, the youngest in previous years were all fifth graders, of course, in terms of age, they were also ten or eleven

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  Not thinking much, Yun Qingran nodded to show that she knew, then looked at the book in her hand again. Seeing Yun Qingran ignoring her, Tang Xin turned her head and started pinching Ji Yanbin again. Today's math teacher had changed, it was a young male teacher, who was humorous and interesting during class, and was well-liked by his classmates.

  At noon, Yun Qingran saw the two boys who claimed to be Ye Ningxuan's classmates again. One was smiling and the other was indifferent. It's really unknown how these two people got together. Is this what they call opposite poles attracting each other?

  "Little beauty, the school flower nomination list has your name. Are you excited? This is Brother Nan who recommended it to the president." As soon as he saw Yun Qingran, Nan Xiao jumped in front of her again, and sure enough, Ye Ningxuan started blowing cold air again, and ended up being thrown to the side of the road.

  “Little Ye Ye…” Just as Nan Xiao uttered those three words, a cold and sharp dagger flew towards him from Ye Ning Xuan’s eyes. Alright, I’m changing my tone due to your violence. Nan Xiao found an excuse for his retreat: “A Xuan, wait for me, I want to go home with you.”

  Upon hearing Nan Xiao's address to Ye Ning Xuan, Yun Qing Ran secretly smiled. This Nan Xiao seemed to be a lively and eccentric character, somewhat similar to the former Yun Chen Yi, both of whom used their mannerisms to conceal their true personalities.

  At noon, Yun Qingran and Ye Ningxuan were resting in the bedroom, but in fact, they were just quietly embracing each other, enjoying this warm moment. "Brother Xuan, do you know those two?" According to his temperament, not just anyone could follow him home.

  Ye Ningxuan sat on the soft couch, holding Yun Qingran and burying his head in her neck, sniffing the intoxicating fragrance on her body. He replied in a muffled tone: "They are people from the Nan family and the Ning family in the capital, but they are not the designated heirs." After finishing speaking, he stretched out his tongue tip to lightly sweep across Yun Qingran's neck, feeling satisfied with her slight shudder. "Now you're not allowed to think about them, only think of me."

  Yun Qingran smiled brightly, her cold laughter like the tinkling of a spring, and raised her head to lift Ning Xuan's chin with one hand, her fingers still lightly sliding, teasing: "You, jealous?"

  "Really!" Ye Ningxuan smiled charmingly, tightly grasping Yun Qingran's waist, her jade-like fingers sliding across her face, lightly carrying deep love to the corner of her lips for a kiss: "I want you to think of me every moment, every second."

  She rolled her eyes at him in a most unladylike manner, noticing that he was increasingly fond of touching her. However... A mischievous smile played on her lips as she flipped over and pressed herself against his chest, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck, her soft breath caressing the delicate skin, feeling satisfied as his body stiffened.

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  Ye Ningxuan smiled indulgently and leaned in close to her ear, saying helplessly: "Qingqing, you're getting more and more naughty."

  "We're even." Yun said with a playful wink.

  Yun Qingran only had two compulsory quality expansion classes in the afternoon, while Ye Ningxuan was a first-year student and had to attend two more classes. After school, she walked in a quiet direction and soon saw a dense small forest. Feeling that there was already someone's presence deep in the forest, Yun Qingran didn't wonder who it was, but instead walked in the opposite direction, found two relatively tall trees, and shot out a white silk ribbon from her sleeve to wrap around the two trees.

  Yun Qingran was wearing a self-made white retro long dress with elegant floral patterns and wide sleeves. The silk hidden in the sleeves was not wide, just enough to cover her body. A gentle breeze blew by, and Yun Qingran swayed gently, following the wind's caress.

  A month has passed, and Yun Qingran has made all the preparations, but there is still no movement on that side. On National Day, she promised to accompany Old Master Yun to visit old friends, coincidentally Ye Ningxuan also had to return to his family for a while. At the airport, the two bid each other farewell reluctantly, and the two who have never been apart for more than 24 hours since they got together are not feeling well in their hearts, this separation is going to be for several days.

  "Take care, baby, I'll be back as soon as possible. You come back early too..." Suddenly, Ye Ningxuan ran back through the airport security checkpoint and tightly hugged Yun Qingran, his eyes slightly red, calling out to her over and over again in her ear.

  She also wrapped her arms around his waist, buried in his arms and didn't let him see the tears in her eyes, listening to the airport's boarding announcement over and over again, just to stay together for a little while longer.

  "Alright, alright. If we don't let go of the plane now, it will fly away. But a few days will pass quickly, and Xiaoxuan said she'll be back before National Day is over." Old Master Yun reminded them as he looked at the time for the flight to take off, seeing that the two were still stuck together. These two children are so young, where did they get such deep feelings from? Being apart for just a few days and it's like they're going through life and death separation... no, no, it should be like being separated by vast distances."

  "Gently, I'm leaving." After saying that, Ye Ningxuan kissed Yun Qingran's face and turned to leave. He didn't dare look back until his figure disappeared around the corner. He was afraid that if he looked back, he wouldn't be able to take another step forward. However, his gentle one was destined for an extraordinary life, so he had to become her strongest support. Therefore, the days of separation would eventually come, and he needed to get used to it from now on.

  "That little scamp!" Cloud Old Master's face turned bright red as he watched Ye Ningxuan leave, not from shyness, but from being choked with anger. It had been a long time since he last kissed his obedient great-granddaughter goodbye.

  It was said that the two were very close, but he didn't expect this little brat to be so bold as to take liberties with his precious granddaughter in public. It's really a case of "an uncle can tolerate it, but an aunt cannot", and they couldn't let Ranye stay with him anymore. "Ranye, let's go!" Cloud Old Master had completely forgotten that Cloud Light Ranye was only a five-year-old child now, and everyone else just thought she was too cute, so people couldn't help but want to give her a kiss.

  Yun Qingran was still gazing in the direction where Ye Ningxuan's figure had disappeared, completely unaware of Yun Lao's satisfied expression, which would also add a lot of "trouble" to their interactions in the future.

  Two hours later, Yun Qingran and Old Master Yun appeared at Pingzhou Airport. Old Master Yun directly took Yun Qingran to a pretty good off-road vehicle. As soon as they got in the car, it rushed forward like a mad old cow.

  "Haha, Old Yun, you've finally decided to come to my place after all these years of calling out to you." The hearty laughter came from inside the door before he had even reached the gate.

  "I didn't hear that you were dying and rush over to mourn for you! Look at how anxious you are, even the cars are driving like rockets!" Cloud Old Master also shouted loudly with his throat, this sentence made Cloud Light sweat. You're too arrogant to run to someone's door and say this, haven't you seen the two black-faced bodyguards?

  Following Cloud Old Master into this seemingly secluded and ancient courtyard, which was actually well-maintained, Cloud Light saw an elderly man sitting on a intricately carved sandalwood chair. His hair had turned completely white, his slightly thin face had a sickly dark yellow complexion, he wore a handmade Tang suit in dark red color, holding a pot in his hand, exuding an air of freedom.

  "Huh!" Seeing Yun Lao's back, the old man sitting behind him had a flicker of unusual color in his eyes: "Is this the precious granddaughter you mentioned? You can't be kidding me, right? With your looks, how could you have such an exquisite girl?"

  Yun Qingran's mouth twitched slightly as he listened with his ear tilted, wondering how Old Man Yun would respond.

  "Hmph, what do you mean? I'm telling you, this is my precious granddaughter, the daughter of my precious daughter. What's wrong with you, don't you have a daughter at home to envy, wanting to snatch away my precious granddaughter like that? Ugh, let me tell you, this matter is only for those who are willing to bend down and look through the window, not for those who want to enter through the door." Cloud Old Master snorted proudly, turning to Cloud Light: "Ranran, come and take a good look at your great-grandfather, and also take a good look at him. Don't be fooled by his gentle appearance, he's actually an old fox, don't let him deceive you."

  Such a lovely cloud-like old man, Cloud Light had never seen before. Hiding behind was full of smiling eyes, who knew he suddenly called out to her, hurriedly collecting the smile in his eyes, restoring his usual calmness, taking a step forward politely saying: "Hello, Old Man Qu!"

  "It's a pity that such a well-behaved girl is being treated as a granddaughter by Old Man Yun."

  "Want to come to Grandpa Qu's house and be his apprentice? There are many fun things here!" Old Man Qu took a liking to this clever and elegant girl at first glance. Her calm and gentle nature, quiet and refined appearance was most suitable for inheriting his legacy. However, looking at this steady child, it's not easy to persuade her, hopefully, he would be successful.

  Yun Qingran just smiled and didn't speak, but someone poached him. On the other side, Old Man Yun was furious: "Qu lao, you're too late! Ranran is already my apprentice and will inherit my legacy. You can take your coolness wherever you want to go!"

  "Oh?" Qu Lao was startled: "Looking at her, she's still so young. When did you take her as an apprentice." Generally, people in their line of work would take on apprentices around the age of ten, but this child looked no more than seven or eight years old!

  Yun Lao Ye Zi smiled complacently and boasted, "My Rán Rán is a genius. I took her as my apprentice when she was just one year old, and now she has already surpassed me in carving skills. Moreover, she also knows medicine and is much more skilled than me."

  "Hmm!" Qu Lao let out a soft hum, his eyes flashing with a hint of sharpness as he gazed up at the starry sky. He smiled warmly at Yun Qingran: "It's so late already, you must be tired from rushing over! Get some rest early tonight, and tomorrow morning I'll take you to play on Gambling Stone Street. The jade you use for carving is actually from those stones, isn't it amazing?"

  Looking at Qu Lao's gentle smile, Yun Qingran always felt that no matter how she looked, it was all about plotting.

  Walking on an old stone-paved street, Yun Qing had a hint of dismay. Is this the famous Pingzhou Gambling Stone Street? Looking around at the old houses with simple awnings and broken holes, there were ugly big stones scattered all over the ground, some stacked on top of each other. Is this really the material that can make people rich overnight, but also lead to bankruptcy? Although she had learned to identify jade and carve jade, she had never been in contact with gambling stones before. She had heard many stories about how people lost their fortunes because of gambling stones, so she was resistant to learning about it.

  "Really, little sister, do you know? The world of Go...” Yun Qingran observed the stones on the ground while also dividing her attention to the person beside her, occasionally responding with a few words to show she was listening. She had seen him at breakfast that morning and only found out through Qu Curly's introduction that this 15 or 16-year-old boy was Qu Lao's grandson mentioned yesterday. But why did she feel like he was like Tang Seng, from the moment they left the house until now, more than half an hour had passed and he still wouldn't stop talking, occasionally asking her if she knew something.

  "In the world of Gamble Stone, there is a legend about the Seven-Colored Divine Stone. It is said that the seven colored jade stones are the key to opening the door to the Immortal Realm. These seven colored jades are ink, silver..."

  Is it silver? Jade also has this color, and can emit a fluorescent glow in the dark by itself? This is just a legend, right?

  Yun Qingran smiled secretly and threw the question to the back of her mind. As she walked, she suddenly felt a faint spiritual energy fluctuation coming from a nearby street stall. Curious, she walked over to take a look and found a gray stone the size of a fist.

  "Master, there's jade in this stone, but it's only a piece of oil-clear species, not very good." Suddenly, the ball that had been hidden in Yun Qingran's pocket spoke up.

  "Can you tell if there's jade inside the stone?" Yun Qingran transmitted in her mind.

  "Hmm, but I can only tell if there's jade and what kind and color it is within a meter range." Ball replied somewhat shyly.

  "However, little sister, if you don't understand how to gamble on stones, it's very hard to pick out jade-containing rough stones just by luck. Moreover, it's rare to see rough stones with jade at roadside stalls. If you want to play, go back and ask Grandfather to teach you some stone-gambling skills before coming out to play." Qu Yu saw Yun Qing's hand still placed on a small piece of rough stone, thinking she wanted to gamble on stones, and took the opportunity to suggest she go find Grandfather to learn. This morning, Grandfather asked about little sister, and found that she had no intention of learning how to gamble on stones. Before they came out, Grandfather quietly said that if he could help him get this apprentice, he wouldn't force him to learn anymore.

  "I just want to see what's different between this wool and ordinary stones, and I also want to buy some to cut and play with." Yun Qing said lightly, listening to which made Qu Yu break out in a cold sweat! Look at how she talks about it, the wool that's worth more than gold, she just wants to buy "some" to cut and play with. Is this really necessary, having money doesn't mean you can spend it like this.

  She didn't care about the messy jade market, knowing that high-quality jade would emit a spiritual aura. Yun Qingran searched for jade with spiritual aura all the way, and when she got close, she let Ball look at the water and color. If it was good, she would buy it down. Anyway, there were several bodyguards following behind her, so she didn't need to move herself. Otherwise, a little kid holding such heavy stones would be too shocking. However, for so long, she hadn't seen a few pieces of mid-range jade, let alone high-end and top-grade ones.

  "Ranran, sister, the wool here is all picked over by others and isn't good. Why don't we ask Grandpa to come with us tomorrow to buy some?" Looking at Yun Qingran picking out several large pieces of wool like she was selecting winter melons or cabbage, Qu Yu became anxious, this wasn't like choosing vegetables at all.

  Yun Qingran nodded, and indeed the wool here is not good. This action made Qu Yu happy, finally persuading this lady to stop, if he let her spend so much money again, when he got back his grandfather would skin him alive. But in Yun Qingran's next words, he felt a chill run down his spine.

  "You grew up around here, you should know where there's good wool"

  "It's still early, take me to see it." She suddenly became interested in the gamble, of course, because she already knew the result. Before, she didn't play the gamble just because there was too much uncertainty, and for things that weren't very sure, she generally wouldn't do them.

  Qu Yu almost cried. The wool here, no matter how expensive it is, won't exceed 100 yuan per piece. Buying nearly twenty pieces wouldn't even reach two thousand yuan. But in those places, one piece of wool is counted in thousands.

  "Don't you know either?" Obviously, Yun Qingran took Qu Yu's entangled appearance as a sign that he didn't know.

  Looking at Yun Qingran's serious and determined eyes, Qu Yu let out a sigh of resignation. Given the situation, even if he said he didn't know, she would still go ask others anyway. It was better for him to take her there himself, at least that way she wouldn't get cheated. Qu Yu had completely regarded Yun Qingran as a combination of a big fat sheep and a little white rabbit.

  Following the familiar route, Qu Yu led Yun Qing into a small alley by the street and made several turns before arriving at a medium-sized courtyard. Qu Yu signaled Yun Qing to wait for a moment while he went forward to knock on the door.

  "Cough, cough, who's there?" After a while, an inquiry accompanied by coughing came from inside the door.

  "Seeking uncle, it's me Qu Yu." Qu Yu replied. Upon hearing this response, the creaky door opened with a squeak, and an old man with a slightly hunched back walked out: "Little Yu, how is it you? Hasn't your grandfather come?"

  Qu Yu smiled wryly and shook his head, "Grandfather didn't come, just a younger sister wanted to buy some woolen goods, but the ones outside were not satisfactory, so she had no choice but to bring her here." As he spoke, he let out Yun Qingran who was blocked behind him.

  The old man was about to scold Qu Yu for being reckless, but when he saw Yun Qingran, he swallowed his words and let the group in. He didn't know why, but instinctively trusted that child, feeling that telling her might achieve what their ancestors had hoped for.

  As soon as she entered the gate, Yun Qingyan discovered that this seemingly dilapidated mansion had a different world inside. The small courtyard was tidy and clean, with a large stone-grinding machine placed on one side, and beside it were scattered but neatly arranged various sizes of wool. However... Yun Qingyan shook her head secretly in her heart, among the wool here, only one or two pieces carried a faint spiritual energy.

  The old man had been observing her expression since she entered the room, and found that when she saw the pile of wool, she only gave it a faint glance, and then didn't look at it again. Was this coincidence or did she really discover something? The pile of wool was one of the conditions used to test whether someone was qualified to enter that room, another condition being their intention, which was a kind of fate.

  Suppressing the surging thoughts in his heart, Uncle sought to lead everyone through the hall and then made several turns through numerous rooms, unable to see the outside sky, making it impossible for anyone to discern their direction.

  As she walked out of the last room, Yun Qing suddenly found herself in a small courtyard like a sky well. Except for the door they came from, there was another old and short gate opposite them, with stones piled up beside it, covered with moss. One of the stones had an unusual shape. However, the strong spiritual energy she felt from afar was coming from that stone, and even from a distance, she could sense it faintly.

  Until they arrived at this narrow courtyard, Xiu Shu finally came back to his senses. With a feeling like sleepwalking, he really brought them here, and it had been more than 20 years since he last brought someone here. Forget it, it seems to be fate! Just see if she is that person.

  "You can choose three pieces of woolen goods from here. After you've made your selection, I'll take you to the warehouse." Qiu Shu said expressionlessly, his seemingly calm tone hinting at something beneath the surface.

  Having obtained consent, Yun Qing walked towards the opposite side and stopped in front of the door, where that strange piece of fur was located.

  "Ball, what's that green stuff in the wool?"

  "Master, you're really lucky! A silver falcon that's hard to come by in a thousand years just happened to fly into your hands." Ball exclaimed from within Yun Qingran's pocket. Silver falcons were the rarest of all falcons, with only one appearing every few decades in super-large-scale wool mines, and they were millions of times rarer than glass emperor green.

  "Is there really silver in the jade?" Without any abnormality, Yun Qing walked directly into the door and asked in her heart, "Isn't there only six colors of ink, green, red, blue, yellow, and purple in jade? At most, there is also a colorless glass species." Her grandfather's notes about jade said that there were only these six types, because her grandfather was a Southern School descendant, and the notes were written very detailed, so that you could recognize the jade as soon as you saw it.

  "Hmph, that's something nobody has ever seen. The Earth isn't big to begin with, so there aren't many large jade mines, and even the common glass kind is hard to come by. Being able to find a piece of silver jade is already pretty good." Qiuqiu's tone was full of disdain.

  The cloud was light in the darkness, and the small hut seemed like daylight. The entire perimeter of the small hut, except for the door, was fixed with iron frames, on which were embedded hard wooden boards, and a number of woolen goods of varying sizes were neatly arranged on the frames. She divided her attention between talking to Ballball and sensing the spiritual energy in the woolen goods. Suddenly she thought of Qu Yu's story about the legend of the Seven-Colored Divine Stone: "Ballball, could that legend be true?"

  "I don't know either."

  "How did you know about Yīn Fǎ?" The other jade materials she could still recognize as they were learned together when she was studying to identify jade.

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  "I don't know, after waking up this time, I always feel like I have some extra abilities, but no matter how hard I try, I just can't figure it out. When I approached these stones, there seemed to be a voice in my heart telling me to see what's inside the stones. When I saw them, all sorts of information about jade naturally appeared in my mind." Ballball explained shyly, its white fur still visible with a hint of blush. It had originally thought it would be some kind of powerful attack method, but it turned out to be just such a useless ability that only worked within a one-meter range.

  "Then help me take a look at the quality of the jade in these two pieces of wool." Without detecting any shyness in Ball's tone, Yun Qingran quickly picked out the two pieces of wool with the most concentrated spiritual energy.

  "When I came in, I took a look around and the jade in this room isn't bad. The worst ones are just icy green jade, but these two best ones are among the only three glass jades, one is blood jade, which is considered to be the top grade of red jade, and the other is apple green." However, the small house of less than five square meters was quickly scanned by Yun Qingran as she turned around.

  Knowing the answer, Yun Qingran patted her clean and delicate white hands, turned around and walked out the door.

  "How come you didn't choose well." Qu Yu looked at Yun Qingran walking out with empty hands and asked subconsciously, but after asking, he regretted it, his ears turned red. He had forgotten that Yun Qingran was just a little sister of over five years old, how could she carry such heavy woolen goods.

  "Xiao Yu, go help Xiao Mei bring out the selected wool." Qiu Shu looked at Yun Qingran with some disappointment, walked to the door, and pressed something in a place that was unknown. The small house that was previously dark suddenly became bright, then he saw Yun Qingran pointing at two pieces of wool from afar, and Qu Yu carried them one by one into the courtyard.

  "Only two pieces were chosen?" Looking at the two pieces of woolen fabric in the small courtyard, which were as big as basketballs, Qiu Shu's eyes flashed with a glimmer of hope, but it was quickly caught by Yun Qingran.

  "And also that one." With a flick of her eyes, Yun Qing raised the chubby little hand and pointed to the strange fur she had seen in the yard earlier.

  There was a moment of excitement on Qiu Shu's face, but it quickly calmed down. Did that piece of fabric have some secret? Yun Qing thought to herself, when she saw Qiu Shu for the first time, she discovered he wasn't an ordinary person, but one of the cultivators she had seen so far, apart from Xuan, only in the Qi Refining stage, eighth layer. However, since he didn't say anything, she pretended not to know and instead wanted to see what his purpose was for bringing her here to choose fabric. When she saw Qu Yu arrive with a surprised expression, she knew there must be some secret here.

  Xiao Yu hugged the largest one, I hugged these two

  "Go to the warehouse now." Qiu Shu stretched out his hand to pick up the two pieces of wool on the ground, and his fingers were still slightly trembling.

  Upon arriving at the warehouse, Yun Qingran selected over twenty pieces of fur based on their spiritual energy density, occupying a quarter of the warehouse. However, they were all ice-type furs with relatively common colors, and there wasn't a single piece of glass-type fur to be found. It seemed that those truly were extremely rare. What Yun Qingran didn't know was that Su Shu had personally selected every piece of fur in this warehouse, choosing only the ones he thought would make excellent phoenix furs. Ordinary people wouldn't even bring these to the warehouse. But when he saw Yun Qingran casually selecting so many pieces of his fur, the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably, filled with a mix of reluctance and heartache. Are kids this wealthy nowadays? He had assumed she wouldn't be able to buy that much. The people allowed to select furs here were all limited to a maximum of five pieces.

  Qu Yu acted as a porter, Yun Qingran pointed to which piece, he would move it to the empty space in the middle. Seeing the piled up woolen goods, Yun Qingran's mouth corner rose with an imperceptible smile: "Qiu Shu, you calculate how much these plus those three pieces add up to."

  "Those three pieces are on the house, and these are all 10,000 yuan per kilogram. You've chosen 23 pieces, which is a total of 325 kilograms and 8 taels, so I'll waive the 8 taels, let's just say it's 3.25 million yuan." When Qu Yu was moving, Uncle Jiu weighed them one by one and calculated the price.

  Is it calculated by the number of catties? Yun Qing turned her head to take a look at that piece of wool, which was measured in tons, and her eyes widened. She didn't hesitate for a moment, took out the card from her hand, "Do you have a credit card machine here?" As soon as she finished speaking, she froze for a moment, forgetting that in this era, not to mention swiping cards, even transferring money had to be done by running to the bank, unless one had connections.

  Qiu Shu was also stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and saw her casually spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, thinking she was a rich young lady who had been abroad.

  "There is no card-swiping machine, but you can make a phone call to transfer the payment, which bank are you with?" The goods here often cost tens or hundreds of millions, sometimes even reaching billions. It's impossible for someone to bring that much cash to buy wool and jade, let alone keep so much cash on hand themselves. Isn't that just asking to be robbed?

  So, Yun Qingran took out her bank card to make a phone call for the transfer. She was worried that she would have to run to the bank and it would be so troublesome. But now, she has saved a lot of time. Next, these woolen goods were packed together with the ones bought earlier and sent to Qu's house by Uncle Qiu's driver. Yun Qingran still wanted to buy more woolen goods, so another small truck was dispatched to follow her.

  Time was still early, Yun Qing let Qu Yu take her to all the wool shops he knew, sweeping through each one. However, none of those places had any good jadeite, and ice-type jade was rare, not even a single piece of glass-type jade was seen. The two were treated like kids trying to swindle them, but Yun Qing cleverly tricked them instead. In the end, Yun Qing only chose over thirty pieces of wool, more than twenty of which were ice-type, and only about ten were glutinous type, because the color of the jadeite inside was not bad, she bought them down.

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  "Yuran, sister, we've finished shopping, shall we go home?" Qu Yu called out weakly as he followed Yun Qingran from behind. It's almost dark now. The two of them had been out all day without stopping, and even at noon they just sent a bodyguard back to say something and ate on the outside. This time Yun Qingran spent hundreds of millions outside, and when he goes back, he'll probably be scolded until he can't show his face.

  "There's a nice-looking shop over there, let's go take a look." Yun Qingran pointed to a nearby shop with an antique flavor.

  "Ah! Look again!" Qu Yu's words were now laced with sobs, but Yun Qingran had already run far away and didn't hear him, so he could only follow after.

  In the store, Yun Qingran looked at the pieces of wool, saw a piece with distinctive features that resembled a small gray rabbit and squatted down.

  "Boss, how much is this wool? I'll take it." Suddenly, a sticky female voice sounded in Yun Qingran's ear.

  "Miss, that little girl is still looking at the woolen goods. You have to wait until she finishes looking and decides not to buy it before you can purchase." The boss came over and explained.

  Was she the one being talked about? Yun Qingran looked up in confusion, and indeed saw that the boss who had been calling out to customers earlier had already come over, smiling warmly at a 13 or 14-year-old girl with a proud look on her face.

  "I've taken a liking to this one, so name your price. Isn't it said that the buyer gets it if they offer a higher price?" The arrogant girl deliberately pushed her branded handbag forward, looking at Yun Qingran with disdain and contempt in her eyes, but upon closer inspection, there was also a hint of jealousy.

  The boss looked at Yun Qingran with difficulty, looking for her opinion. Seeing Yun Qingran nodding, he quoted the price: "This piece of wool fabric is 200,000 yuan."

  "I'll give 30,000." The haughty girl immediately raised her voice and doubled the price.

  "Forty thousand." Yun said lightly, her voice barely above a whisper, with no expression on her face.

  "Fifty thousand."

  “……”

  The price quickly rose to 210,000. Hearing the arrogant girl's flustered voice, Yun Qingran's mouth curled up into a sly smile: "This aunt is really wealthy and generous, I'm no match for her. This piece of original '20,000' mink coat is yours." Yun Qingran even intentionally emphasized the two words "20,000". Whoever dared to find trouble with her for no reason wouldn't leave without paying a price.

  "You, you're doing it on purpose..." The proud girl was so angry that she couldn't speak clearly, her index finger, adorned with a large gemstone, pointed at Yun Qingran.

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  "Sister, what's wrong?" The girl's voice attracted an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy. The boy was tall and big, wearing a casual shirt with a sunny smile, but Yun Qingran still saw the darkness at the bottom of his eyes.

  "Brother, she bullied me." The proud girl immediately softened her voice and went up to him, hugging his arm and saying pitifully.

  Clearly understanding his sister's personality, the boy didn't say anything immediately, but instead asked the boss on the side, and after clarifying the issue, he turned to Yun Qingran: "Little sister, this is our fault, I represent my sister..."

  "Brother, where did I go wrong..." Hearing the boy's words, the proud girl seemed to know what he was going to say and interrupted him.

  "Shut up, I told you to follow me and not cause any trouble. What happened? When we get back, I'll settle the score with you." The boy interrupted the girl's words and scolded her before turning to Yun Qingran: "I apologize on behalf of my sister. My surname is Nan, my name is Nan Di, and my sister's name is Nan Qin. Take this business card and keep it well. If anything happens, call the number on it, I'll help you once as an apology. You can call anytime."

  Yun Qingran's eyes contained a hint of anger, the previous words from Nan Qin had only made her slightly uncomfortable, but this boy's humble words carried an overbearing tone, and looking into his eyes, there was no sign of apology, it was completely disdainful, like looking at a group of ants, and also, seeing the possessiveness towards prey. And what about the surname Nan? What relationship did he have with Nan Xiao?

  He took the business card, which looked exquisitely designed at this moment. The name was written with a title, General Manager of a jewelry store, followed by a phone number and an introduction on the back.

  Yun lightly took over the business card, and Nan Di's face floated up with a triumphant smile, but then froze in the next moment, and his complexion turned iron blue, faintly darkening.

  Yun Qingran turned around and threw the business card into a nearby trash can, then took out a silk handkerchief embroidered with flowers to carefully wipe her hands clean, as if there were some kind of bacteria on them. Finally, she also threw the handkerchief into the trash can and walked out without looking back.

  Nan Di gritted her teeth and took a glance at the business card and white handkerchief embroidered with white roses in the trash can, her face becoming even more unsightly. Nan Qin, who was standing beside her, took a step back in fear and didn't dare to say anything.

  The cloud is lightly counterattacked, Qu Yu is so happy that she almost jumps while walking, it's really enjoyable. However, it's really thanks to those two people, if they hadn't ruined her mood, this little lady wouldn't know how long she would have wandered around.

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  The sky was gradually darkening, and Yun Qingran and Qu Yu were walking one after the other on the road. The bodyguard who had been following them earlier had gone back with two small trucks carrying wool.

  Turning a corner, the two walked onto an uninhabited street. Suddenly, Yun Qing stopped in her tracks under Qu Yu's puzzled gaze and looked towards the dilapidated wall on their left: "Come out, no need to hide anymore."

  "Hahaha……" The laughter had just faded away when a group of over ten rough-looking thugs emerged from the wall, their faces twisted in cruel grins. Upon seeing these men, Yu was startled and subconsciously took a step back, but quickly regained his composure and rushed to stand in front of Yun Qingran with his arms spread wide: "Who are you people? What do you want? I'm the young master of the Qu family, don't you dare cause trouble here, or else you won't be able to stay in this place!"

  A person standing at the front of the line hesitated, turned his head and asked in a low voice a person who was obviously the leader of this group: "Boss, it's someone from the Qu family, look..." Pingzhou is the Qu family's stronghold, both the underworld and the officialdom here have to give way to the Qu family.

  "What's the big deal, let's just do this and leave. That guy said he'd give us 100,000 to teach these two a lesson, and I heard that little one is quite rich, today he bought several hundred thousand worth of goods in one go. Later we can split the money and get out of here, Qiu Jia won't be able to do anything about it." A person standing next to the big boss cut him off before he could finish speaking, this matter was all his idea, if they let these two kids off easy, who knows if it would come back to haunt him.

  A few people thought they were talking in a low voice, but to Yun Qingran, it was like they were right next to her ear. These people actually thought they were fat sheep, and the man standing behind the wall was the same person who was just beside Nan Di. She didn't expect that person's tolerance was so small. Thinking of this, her eyes turned cold, but when she saw Qu Yu, who was clearly scared to death but still trying to protect her by threatening others, she couldn't help but laugh again, and felt a little warmth. This friend had acknowledged her.

  Digression

  I was startled when I saw that the V chapter had at least 3,000 words while sending out the text today, and I wondered why I didn't see the notice from the editor. It wasn't until later that I realized it was a problem with my computer settings, and the notification message didn't pop up.

  Today's update has basically emptied out the draft I had stored up. Here, I'd like to apologize to everyone in advance, as from now on, most weeks will likely only see minimal updates, and when possible, I'll try to write more and convey more. Due to having many difficult professional courses, the time spent writing each day is not a lot, but I will do my best to write more.

  Hope you all can continue to support me, thank you! Mwah~