Chapter 5

When she was very young, she was warned by Zhong Nainai that she must not use the skills taught by Zhong Nainai to earn money before getting married.

This included everything she had learned from reading books at Zhong Nainai's place; none of it could be used to make a living.

Furthermore, she could not tell anyone, including her adoptive mother Jiang Ye, what exactly she had learned from Zhong Nainai, otherwise it would invite disaster.

In her previous life, Fu Chenyan's mother needed to undergo a kidney transplant, which cost about one million before and after the surgery.

She could not bear to see Fu Chenyan stressed and frantic every day, so she secretly went to help someone restore a painting.

The payment was exactly one million.

Not many days later, she was accompanying Chen Xiuyue to go shopping when, after seeing a small truck speeding toward them, she pushed Chen Xiuyue away without a second thought, and in the end, she became a high paraplegic...

Fortunately...

Fortunately, those things have not happened in this life.

In her previous life, she never saw Zhong Nainai again until the day she died.

Now, seeing the letter left behind by Zhong Nainai and that familiar handwriting, she could finally no longer hold back the turbulent emotions of the day, and tears welled up in her eyes, falling drop by drop onto the letter.

The letter said that Zhong Nainai only had one last divination left in this life.

This divination was given to her.

Zhong Nainai calculated that she had a tribulation in her fate, a tribulation that would almost cost her her life and might even mean she would not live past three years.

It also said that if she saw this letter, it meant she had escaped this tribulation, which was equivalent to being reborn from the ashes, and from then on, the sky would be high and the sea wide for her to fly.

Finally, Zhong Nainai said that they, grandmother and granddaughter, would meet again in the future if fate allowed, and she should not force it.

When she was little, she wanted to learn how to read divination signs from Zhong Nainai, but Zhong Nainai said that seeing through the secrets of heaven was not a good thing, so she did not teach her.

However, although she could not know fortune and misfortune like Zhong Nainai, she could tell whether an antique was auspicious or ominous.

Later, she poured more of her energy into those ancient books of Zhong Nainai's...

"Oh my, why is Xia Xia crying? Is something uncomfortable?" Qiao Nainai watched as Shu Xia's tears rolled down, her heart tightening.

She did not know why, but seeing this girl cry made her heart ache.

It was as if this girl had suffered some grievance.

She suddenly thought of something.

"Grandma, I'm fine, I just missed Zhong Nainai too much." Shu Xia broke into a smile through her tears, not wanting to make Qiao Nainai worry.

After a while, taking advantage of the time when Shu Xia went to the restroom, Qiao Nainai secretly called Qiao Muting.

"You brat, did you give Xia Xia a hard time when you registered your marriage today?"

Qiao Muting had just finished his work and was preparing to leave; he was a bit stunned after answering the call, "What did she tell you?"

"Xia Xia didn't say anything. Have you forgotten how sharp your grandma's eyes are? I saw early on that Xia Xia had been wronged." Qiao Nainai huffed.

"It wasn't me." As Qiao Muting walked toward the elevator, he raised a hand to press his brow.

Shu Xia...

Is she trying to get something through his grandma?

When they registered the marriage today, he thought she would abide by the agreement terms; now it seemed she had other intentions, and a cold glint flashed rapidly across his eyes.

"It better not be you! You come over to pick her up in person tonight. Remember the task Grandma gave you: let Grandma hold a great-grandchild as soon as possible." Qiao Nainai issued the order before hanging up.

Qiao Muting felt helpless.

Just as the elevator arrived and he was about to step in, he noticed Zhang Tezhu looking distracted.

Ever since returning from taking Shu Xia to the Laozhai, Zhang Tezhu had been zoning out from time to time.

"What is going on with you?" Qiao Muting asked.

Zhang Tezhu pulled a long face, took out the Yupai still hanging around his neck, and recounted everything Shu Xia had said in front of the Laozhai.

There were only the two of them in the elevator.

After finishing, Zhang Tezhu added: "Did I offend Miss Lin somewhere? Was she just scaring me? How could there be such a spooky thing."

It was just a Yupai, how could she tell it was snatched from a dead person?

Qiao Muting raised an eyebrow, his handsome face becoming even colder.

Why does he feel now that his grandma has been deceived by Shu Xia?

"Don't listen to her," Qiao Muting said coldly.

Zhang Tezhu nodded repeatedly, "I'll listen to the boss."

The heart that had been hanging for an hour or two finally settled.

Since the boss said not to listen, then Miss Lin must have been trying to scare him.

This was a good item from the Ming Dynasty; he planned to use it as a family heirloom that his son's son's son could inherit in the future.

The elevator descended rapidly toward the first floor.

Just as the elevator reached the twenty-something floor, it suddenly shook violently.

Then the lights in the entire elevator car flickered three times before returning to normal.

Just as they thought it was only a minor elevator malfunction, the elevator suddenly dropped in speed!

It exceeded the normal speed of descent!

It was so fast that even the usually calm Qiao Muting's expression changed slightly.

Zhang Tezhu's eyes widened, "Damn it!"

Is he going to meet his end here today?

The lights in the elevator went completely dark.

"Qiao!"

Zhang Tezhu let out a miserable scream; he had claustrophobia!

"Shut up!" Qiao Muting barked coldly.

Just as the elevator was about to smash violently into the ground, it suddenly stopped.

Very eerily.

The lights that had just vanished illuminated the entire elevator once again.

It was as if the malfunction from just a moment ago had been nothing but a hallucination.

Zhang Tezhu swallowed the saliva that had flown into his throat from screaming in terror.

He realized belatedly that he was sitting in the corner in a disheveled state.

Meanwhile, his boss remained safe and sound, standing there without any change, only his eyes were a few degrees sharper than usual.

Having survived the ordeal, he didn't know why, but his gaze fell upon the Yupai he was carrying on his person.

This damn thing...

It's too sinister!

He yanked it off and stared at it, "Why do I feel like Miss Lin wasn't joking with me?"

Qiao Muting raised an eyebrow; he had never believed in such mysterious and supernatural matters, and he glanced at the top of the elevator, "Call the engineering department now and have them come over to carefully inspect and maintain all the elevators in the building to ensure they can be used normally tomorrow."

"Understood!"

As Qiao Muting walked out of the elevator, Zhang Tezhu said with lingering fear, "Qiao, could you help me ask Miss Lin if she was really joking or not? Can I actually still wear this thing?"

If the elevator incident just now hadn't happened, he definitely wouldn't be as conflicted as he was now.

Qiao Muting glanced at the high-quality, rare Yupai in Zhang Tezhu's hand, "Keep wearing it; what just happened was merely an accident."

The implication was that there was no need to take Shu Xia's words seriously.

Zhang Tezhu felt that made sense, "I'll call the engineering department right now."

It looked like the entire engineering department was going to have their bonuses docked!

To actually let the boss get trapped in an elevator and experience a life-or-death race against time—none of them should sleep tonight; they could inspect all the elevators through the night!

When Qiao Muting arrived at the Laozhai, he saw his grandmother, who hadn't given him a pleasant look in years, laughing from ear to ear while watching television with Shu Xia.

The television was playing a dating variety show.