"Don't worry, I can help you find it if you want, and if not, then we can stop talking about it."
Xiaohui still felt a little suspicious of Meixiu, but her father told her that Meixiu was a kind child.
Although everything that's happening right now is strange, she couldn't help but feel a little curious as to who Meixiu was.
Meixiu looks at Xiaohui and smiles. She needs to tell Xiaohui everything already.
"Just some stone with something engraved on it; would you help me find it?"
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Meixiu walked away from where she had parked her scooter. Her eyes looked away from the scooter and went towards where the store was located.
Shanyuan's Antique.
"Sister Meixiu! You're back!"
Long Shanyuan spoke, not expecting the woman who entered the store.
Meixiu nodded at him before looking around the area, seemingly wanting to find the unique stone she once bought from him.
"Is there any specific item you want to see?"
Shanyuan asks, his smile not wavering as he looks around to help Meixiu find what she wants.
"Nothing; do you have the stone that I bought last time?"
Shanyuan's eyebrows furrowed, his smile wavering from his face as he couldn't help the frown from escaping his face.
"That's the only one I have."
Meixiu's hopeful face drops in disappointment. She quickly sighs and shakes her head, looking around until she finds something unique.
She quickly walked towards the shelf where she found the item and grabbed the maroon-colored stone.
"How much do you sell this for?"
Shanyuan walks towards where she went, looking at the stone she's holding and smiling widely.
"That's only for 1,000 yuan."
Meixiu looked at the stone again before smiling, causing Shanyuan to think that he had done something that made the woman in front happy.
"Then I'll buy-"
"5,000 Yuan for this!"
The stone from Meixiu's hand was quickly pulled by someone she didn't know. She looked at her side and saw the man with a wide smile plastered on his face as he looked at Shanyuan with excitement.
Meixiu quickly grabbed the stone back, and the man glared at her.
"What's your problem?"
"I'm buying this."
"And I'm buying that."
The man spoke, his eyes glaring and glinting with a mocking expression. He put down his hand and looked at Meixiu up and down.
"Shanyuan, do you accept customers like this?"
Shanyuan went out of the counter, walking in the middle of the two as he smiled as widely as the man.
"Mr. Xia, anyone can be my customer."
Shanyuan said as he smiled widely while still looking at the ground. Meixiu raises an eyebrow, looking at the man in front and seeing a hideous necklace dangling from his neck.
She couldn't help the chuckle escaping her lips, grabbing the attention of the two men in front of her.
"What are you laughing at?"
Xia Weisheng, the man who has the hideous necklace on his neck, asks.
Meixiu shakes her head and keeps her mouth shut, her eyes looking at Shanyuan, before grabbing money from her pocket.
"Here's my payment; I'm in a hurry, so accept it."
Meixiu handed Shanyuan a handful of bills, not caring if they exceeded the amount he requested.
Shanyuan quickly grabbed the money, his hands quickly counting the bills as his eyes animatedly became Yuan signs.
"Excuse me? I asked to buy that stone!"
Weisheng couldn't help but shout, gathering people's attention outside the store.
Meixiu stops on her track, sensing danger as she quickly avoids the book.
The book quickly splattered on the ground outside the store. Shanyuan quickly went towards where the book was and dusted the book.
Weisheng went towards where Meixiu was, grabbing the woman's shoulder and turning her around to face him.
"Don't you know me?"
Weisheng asks, his grip hardening, but it seems that Meixiu is not affected by what he's doing.
Meixiu smiles at him and shakes her head, causing the guy to scoff and smirk in the process. Weisheng looked at her up and down, his hands fixing the crumble he made on Meixiu's clothes.
"Then you wouldn't want to know."
Weisheng dropped his hands, spreading them as he nodded at Meixiu. The woman glances at his hand before she smirks and shakes her head, walking outside of the store.
"You bitch! Hand me that stone!"
Hearing the shout of the young man from Xia, two men outside look at Meixiu's back before they charge towards her.
Meixiu stops in her tracks, avoiding the incoming punch of one of the guys.
She quickly grabbed the other arm of the guy who followed the first one; she quickly twisted it and kicked his back, causing him to stumble.
Weisheng balled his hand into a fist, his legs shuffling as he quickly ran towards Meixiu.
"I told you to give me that stone!"
Meixiu steps aside, causing Weisheng to collide with the floor. The two men he's with quickly went towards his side and assisted him in standing.
"Don't touch me!"
Weisheng yelled, dusting his pants and glaring at Meixiu in the process. The woman looked at her with her eyebrow raised, provoking Weisheng even more.
Her eyes went towards his right wrist, seeing a bracelet with a medium-sized jade as its pendant.
"Where did you buy that bracelet?"
"Why? You also want this?"
Weisheng sneered at her, looking at the bracelet carefully before smirking at her.
"This one is one of a kind! You wouldn't be able to buy this!"
"Take that off."
Meixiu said, her eyes looking at the jade pendant, but instead of the usual green color that people use, it's red with a few black spots in it.
Meixiu knew very well that it was not an ordinary jade pendant; although the said stone has red and black color varieties, it's rather a cursed stone.
Meixiu went towards Weisheng, causing the man to step back slightly at the sudden movement.
"W-what the hell!?"
"Take that thing off."
"No! Why would I listen to you, asshole!?"
The two men behind his back went in front of him, blocking Meixiu from stepping further towards Weisheng.
The commotion caught the attention of Xiaowen. She quickly went and blended herself into the crowd; she gasped as soon as she saw the familiar back.
"Meixiu!?"
The said woman looked at her back, her eyebrows furrowing, seeing the unexpected person in the crowd.
Xiaowen quickly walked towards her, her forehead creased as she looked in front of the woman, seeing a man who seemed to be wealthy.
"Young man! I apologize for the inconvenience that this garbage is causing."
Xiaowen bowed down, her head looking at Meixiu, and she couldn't help but sneer at what the woman was doing.
"Bow down! You might get beaten up!"
She whispered a yell, which still caught the attention of Weisheng.
The man couldn't help but scoff at what she said.
"Old lady, can't you see what she did to me!? Beat them up!"
The two men went to charge at them, and Xiaowen, being the narcissistic mother who doesn't care about anything, ran away from where Meixiu was.
Weisheng scoffs at Xiaowen's action, and his eyes go towards where the men are all spaltered on the ground yet again.
"Xia Weisheng!"