Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 27: Chapter 25: Human Flesh Search

Jin Chenyu returned home and immediately got to work without taking any rest.

He followed the link Qin Shaoyou sent him and first infiltrated the website’s backend to look up the registration information of the person who posted the message.

Unfortunately, the poster had used a Penguin Mail to register, which provided little substantial information, leaving Jin Chenyu no choice but to track the address of the poster.

Unexpectedly, the trace led to an internet cafe.

Jin Chenyu frowned, the internet cafe was actually in S City, and moreover, it was quite close to his home.

After some thought, he further investigated which computer the poster had used and then hacked into the cafe’s cashier system. Through a time filter, he locked onto a string of ID numbers.

Jin Chenyu glanced at the ID numbers, feeling they were somewhat familiar, but he didn’t dwell on it.

Investigating someone’s identity was simple for him, and in no time at all, Jin Chenyu found the poster’s real information in a certain department. Yet, the information left Jin Chenyu dumbfounded.

Huo Sining? How could it be her?

Jin Chenyu was stunned for a moment, recalling the text message Huo Sining sent him two days ago. In the message, Huo Sining indeed mentioned she had arrived in S City, and asked Jin Chenyu to contact her using the number provided upon receiving her admission letter.

Why would she go online to sell fish?

Jin Chenyu was puzzled. Although he didn’t know much about ornamental fish, he was aware that the Rainbow Fairy Fish was not cheap.

Moreover, considering the lengths to which Qin Shaoyou was going to find the person, the fish was likely not just any ordinary ornamental fish.

After musing over it, Jin Chenyu called Qin Shaoyou, “What do you want that fish for?”

“What, have you found out who owns that fish for me?” Qin Shaoyou’s eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly.

Jin Chenyu felt a tightening in his heart; for some reason, he subconsciously didn’t want to tell Qin Shaoyou the truth, “Not yet, just curious and wanted to ask.”

“It’s a purebred German Red Agate from the breeding lab, and it’s a female. We urgently need a purebred male for breeding. I’ve been searching for half a year and haven’t found one. The fish this person has could very likely be what I’m looking for,” said Qin Shaoyou, his voice still mild and indifferent, betraying little emotion.

A joyful thought crossed Jin Chenyu’s mind, remembering how Huo Sining’s family was struggling financially. He couldn’t help but blurt out, “If the fish is a purebred, how much could it be worth?”

Hmm? Qin Shaoyou’s attractive eyes narrowed as he pushed up the glasses on his nose.

His cousin had never shown any interest in his research, so why the sudden concern today?

Qin Shaoyou frowned, suppressing his doubts,

“That depends on who you ask. If you simply view it as an ornamental fish, it might only worth thirty to fifty thousand, but if it’s for scientific research, its value is inestimable. Why are you asking all this?”

“It’s nothing, I will definitely help you buy the fish!” Jin Chenyu smiled and quickly ended the call.

After a busy night, Huo Sining slept until ten o’clock in the morning. While still half asleep, she heard the urgent ringing of her phone.

Squinting, she pressed the answer button, but the next second her eyes snapped open.

“Still sleeping? Have you become decadent just after finishing your college entrance exams?”

“Teacher Jin?!” Huo Sining’s mind instantly cleared up. She looked at her phone in confusion. Could it be anyone else but Jin Chenyu showing on the caller ID?

Huo Sining was dumbfounded and asked dryly, “Why… Why are you calling me?”

Could the notice have come so quickly? Impossible, it had been less than ten days since the college entrance examination. The efficiency of the education bureau couldn’t have been that fast.

“What, can’t I call you if there’s nothing wrong? You’re alone in this strange city, and as your host, it wouldn’t be very nice of me to keep avoiding meeting you, right?”

Jin Chenyu laughed and suddenly changed his tone, jokingly said, “By the way, I’m less than five years older than you. Could you not call me ‘you’? It makes me feel so old! And I’m not your teacher anymore, so you don’t need to keep reminding me that I’m older than you by calling me Teacher, right?”

Was this person really Jin Chenyu? Huo Sining was surprised. It was the first time she realized that the stern Teacher Jin had such a humorous side.

Although it was said that “once a teacher, always a father”, Huo Sining had been reborn from her past life and always felt like she was already twenty-five. Calling someone close to her own age ‘Teacher’ was indeed awkward. After thinking about it, she didn’t insist and boldly called out “Big Brother Jin” following Jin Chenyu’s lead.

Jin Chenyu was very pleased with Huo Sining’s tactfulness. Glancing at the photo on his computer, he nonchalantly asked, “Where are you living now? You wouldn’t mind me coming over for a visit, would you?”

Huo Sining was stunned, then honestly repeated her address.

When Jin Chenyu on the other end told her with surprise that he lived nearby and that he would come over soon, Huo Sining felt somewhat helpless but didn’t have the heart to refuse, so she had to postpone her plans to go out to the afternoon.

After tidying up the house, the main task was to deal with those clamshells.

The fresh clam meat was edible, and she didn’t want to throw it away, so she peeled it out of the shells, cleaned it, and marinated it with salt; the shells were thrown into the trash can altogether.

Then she quickly tidied up the room and hid the pearls she had dug up last night in the cabinet.

No sooner had she finished these tasks than Jin Chenyu called, telling her he had arrived downstairs.

When Huo Sining went down to meet him, she unexpectedly ran into Mrs. Xu.

The moment Old Lady Xu saw Jin Chenyu, her eyes lit up, and she looked at Huo Sining with a suggestive expression, “Xiao Huo, is this young man your boyfriend? He’s quite handsome.”

Upon hearing this, Huo Sining was immediately embarrassed and hurriedly explained, “Auntie Xu, you’ve got it wrong. This is my high school teacher. He lives in Shanghai and heard that I was renting a place here, so he came to check on me.”

After she finished speaking, she looked at Jin Chenyu apologetically, afraid that he might be upset.

Jin Chenyu, however, smiled, “Hello, Sister Xu. I was Huo Sining’s high school homeroom teacher. Huo Sining has been troubling you by living here. She’s a young girl all on her own; please take good care of her.”

Mrs. Xu was thrilled when Jin Chenyu called her ‘Sister Xu,’ smiling so broadly that her teeth showed, happily said, “You young man sure have a way with words. You can rest easy about Xiao Huo staying with me; there won’t be any issues.”

Mrs. Xu was a chatterbox. When she heard that Jin Chenyu was from S City, her eyes sparkled.

Thinking of several of her fish-keeping friends whose granddaughters were still unattached, she instantly got ideas, and she tugged at Jin Chenyu, wanting to chat more, eager to find out everything about his family background.

But Jin Chenyu wasn’t in the mood to chat with Mrs. Xu; he was fixated on the angelfish Huo Sining had, and he had no patience to entangle with an old lady, quickly brushing off Mrs. Xu and heading upstairs.

Mrs. Xu felt reluctant yet powerless, but then thought that Huo Sining was living right above, and she could pry information from her.

With this thought, Mrs. Xu felt relieved and turned to twist her waist back downstairs.

Seeing Jin Chenyu’s frustrated look, Huo Sining found it funny.

Mrs. Xu was so enthusiastic towards him, more so than even when Huo Sining was paying her rent. It seemed that in Old Lady Xu’s eyes, a handsome man was even more tempting than money.

As soon as Jin Chenyu entered, he saw the aquarium on the desk, and sure enough, there was a Rainbow Fairy Fish leisurely blowing bubbles inside.