Chapter 3

Lu Mingyuan saw his daughter accept the bankbooks and thought she had forgiven him, but just as he was about to say something, his arm was pinched by his wife.

He frowned, glanced sideways, and asked knowingly:

"Do you have an opinion?"

"Mingyuan, you gave all the money to the children, so what will we do for our retirement?"

Zhang Xuemei's heart was bleeding; they had shared a bed for fifteen years, and she didn't know the person beside her was hiding so much!

It was she who had accompanied him for fifteen years, through countless days and nights; it was she who had served the whole family like a maid, so why, after all her efforts, did no one acknowledge her contribution?

Lu Xiu Bai was one thing, but this Shen Man hadn't even grown up in front of the old man or her husband, so why did she get to take away such a large dowry!

Lu Mingyuan pulled her hand away and spoke coldly:

"We both have jobs at our units and will have pensions issued by our units when we retire. So what?

You're worried about retirement, so why did you secretly transfer two thousand yuan? Where is that money?"

"The money, I..."

Zhang Xuemei met her husband's all-seeing gaze, her heart pounding like a drum, and she didn't dare look at the old man's eyes at all.

"Manman, it's getting late. You take your things and go back to your room to rest. Your father, your Aunt Zhang, and I still have things to discuss."

Elder Lu snorted coldly; seeing this situation, he knew there was a thief in the house.

His granddaughter had only been home for two days; he didn't want the child's ears to be dirtied.

"Yes, Grandfather, then I will go back to my room first. See you tomorrow~"

Shen Man nodded slightly, her etiquette perfect, not forgetting to take the handbag on the table. Her scumbag father was feeling guilty now, so she would take the compensation; it would be a waste not to!

She went up to the second floor, walked into the room on the south side, and just as she closed the door, she heard the sobbing of her stepmother downstairs, as well as her grandfather's roar of frustration...

Tsk, the house was truly lively; it was a pity the original body hadn't seen this scene.

She locked the door. The room wasn't big, only about twenty square meters, simply furnished, but it had the advantage of a three or four-square-meter washroom.

There were three thermos bottles in the corner, and the washbasin, toothbrush cup, and toothbrush were all brand new.

Although it wasn't as warm and comfortable as the home in Suzhou, she wouldn't be staying for many days, so as a short-term stopover, it was more than enough.

"Click~"

Shen Man reached out and turned off the incandescent light, pulled the string of the desk lamp, and the room lit up with warm light.

It was March, and the nights in the Capital had that dry, cold feeling.

Warm light was always more deceptive than cold light.

As a true Suzhou native, Shen Man, whether in her past life or now, washed her body every day, washed her hair every two or three days, and changed her socks and underwear every day; she couldn't stand procrastination at all.

So after returning to her room, she threw the bankbooks and handbag onto the table, turned to take a change of clothes from her suitcase, went into the washroom to wipe her body, and scrubbed the undergarments she had changed out of...

After working for over an hour, everything was done, and there was no movement on the first floor. She hugged a hot water bottle, put the bankbooks under her pillow, and as for the handbag, she unzipped it and poured the contents onto the quilt—

"Clatter~"

Gold, silver, jade, pearl jewelry, industrial coupons, foreign exchange coupons, sugar coupons, pastry coupons, bicycle coupons, watch coupons, all piled up and tangled together...

A cunning smile appeared on Shen Man's beautiful face.

Was her scumbag father trying to win her favor by emptying out the family fortune for her?

But in this special era, one shouldn't flaunt wealth.

She had already made up her mind; to avoid repeating the life of the original body, she decided she was going to the Sea Island to join her own brother!

But the gold, silver, jade, and pearl jewelry were too eye-catching. If they were stolen or discovered, and she was slandered as some capitalist's daughter, she wouldn't be able to defend herself.

After all, the original body's maternal grandfather really was a capitalist.

However, the original body's maternal grandfather was a "Red Capitalist," not the selfish kind.

Suddenly, she noticed a jade pendant emitting a faint green glow.

"Huh?"

After pushing aside the gold, silver, and jade and taking out the jade pendant, which was the length of an index finger, Shen Man's eyes were full of confusion. She felt this jade pendant looked somewhat familiar.

Held in her palm, the jade pendant emitted warmth.

Shen Man recalled the plot of the original book and suddenly realized: wasn't this the female lead's golden finger, her cheat space?

In the original book, the female lead returned home on the third day and asked her scumbag father for a family heirloom—this very jade pendant!

After returning home, the female lead performed for her in-laws, specifically going to the kitchen to wash dishes, but accidentally broke a bowl, cut her finger on the shards, and her blood smeared onto the jade pendant in her pocket; that was how she awakened the golden finger and gained the spiritual spring space.

From then on, relying on the spiritual spring space, the female lead climbed from a bottom-tier nurse to the position of a chief surgeon, becoming the famous Doctor Lu, Deputy Section Chief Lu, and Hospital Director Lu!

When she was reading the book, she saw several of the female lead's highlight surgery moments, all of them the same—

The patient was in critical condition!

All medical staff were helpless, and the female lead stepped forward!

After a high-minded speech, she secretly fed the patient spiritual spring water, and then the patient came back from the dead, and the patient's family was so grateful to the female lead, and so on.

The comment section was full of people praising the female lead for being so kind; only she commented—

"Can spiritual spring water bring a patient back from the dead? Or is it just a flash in the pan?"

"Is the female lead's medical skill actually good, or is she purely relying on the spiritual spring water cheat?"

Instantly, there were 99+ comments, all spraying her for being a busybody!

So, her appearance had triggered the butterfly effect, stirring up her scumbag father's guilt and causing him to give her the family heirloom early?

"Female lead, sorry, you snatched my fiancé, so I'm snatching your golden finger; that's not too much, right?"

Shen Man muttered softly, getting out of bed to put on her shoes while opening her suitcase, taking out a small box, picking out a needle, and extending her claws—

Oh no, her five jade-like fingers, wondering which one to prick.

"Oh no, you were the one who snatched my fiancé and my golden finger in the first place.

Now, I'm just rewarding you with the man I don't want and taking back the golden finger that belonged to me all along."

Little did she know, at this moment, her disheveled appearance and talking to herself were exceptionally creepy.

"I'll just prick my index finger."

She took out her portable medical kit, took out the half-bottle of alcohol left, simply disinfected the needle tip, and with a hardened heart, pricked her index finger; immediately, a bead of red blood welled up.

She couldn't waste it; one drop of blood was worth a bowl of rice!

She hurriedly dripped the blood onto the jade pendant, and the pendant went from emitting a fluorescent glow to a golden glow, instantly enveloping her.

As the light faded, a small mole appeared on the web of Shen Man's thumb; if you didn't look closely, you wouldn't even notice it.

With a thought, she entered a chaotic world, and a white tiger walked out from the chaos.

Seeing the white tiger, Shen Man didn't feel a shred of fear; in fact, a feeling of closeness grew in her heart.

But it didn't stay cool for more than three seconds; the white tiger's form deflated like a leaking balloon, finally transforming into a tabby kitten cub, a tiny little ball with blue pupils, cute enough to be a crime!

"Master~"

Shen Man woke up as if from a dream and hurriedly squatted down, holding the little guy in her arms.

Petting it, sniffing it, the little kitten even started "kneading dough" (making biscuits)!