Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 28: Chapter 26: Meeting the Exceptional Again

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“You’re raising angelfish?”

Jin Chenyu feigned surprise as he leaned in toward the table, subtly sizing up the aquatic sprite.

The fish was plump, its stripes straight, and its color vibrant—this angelfish was several times more beautiful than the grainy photo Huo Sining had taken.

“Eh, Old… Big Brother Jin, you understand ornamental fish too?”

Huo Sining was somewhat surprised; she hadn’t expected Jin Chenyu to have such a hobby.

Jin Chenyu gave a self-deprecating smile, “How could I understand such refined things? It’s just that I have a cousin at the research institute who specializes in studying and breeding ornamental fish. That guy is absolutely obsessed with angelfish, even traveled several provinces a while back just to buy a German Red Pine variety.”

What a coincidence, she had just posted online to sell fish, and Jin Chenyu came bearing pillows?

Huo Sining was stunned for a moment, looking at Jin Chenyu with some suspicion, “So what happened in the end, did he buy it?”

Jin Chenyu shook his head, “It’s not that easy. He wanted to buy a breeding fish and wouldn’t settle for anything less than purebred. He visited several sellers, but they all turned out to be second-generation hybrids. Apparently, only Germany has the pure first-generation, but they’re not selling.”

Seeing Jin Chenyu didn’t look like he was lying, Huo Sining let go of her suspicions and smiled,

“Then that’s a real coincidence. Mine should be a purebred German Red Pine. If Big Brother Jin’s cousin is interested, I could let it go, though I’m not sure how much he can offer.”

Once Jin Chenyu saw Huo Sining smiling like a fox, he knew exactly what the girl was plotting, but he did have an ulterior motive for his visit, so he didn’t mind letting his cousin bleed a little.

“I’m not sure about that, shall I ask him for you?”

Seeing Huo Sining nod, Jin Chenyu quickly dialed Qin Shaoyou’s number.

“Authentic German Red Pine, how much can you pay?” As soon as the call connected, Jin Chenyu got straight to the point.

Qin Shaoyou’s heart tightened upon hearing this, and he asked eagerly, “Did you find the person who posted online?”

Jin Chenyu glanced at Huo Sining, hmmmed, and didn’t bother explaining further, only pressing, “How about a hundred and fifty thousand?”

Qin Shaoyou immediately realized that Jin Chenyu had met with the seller without notifying him, and there must be some trickery involved.

But right now, he couldn’t bother to ask too much; hearing Jin Chenyu’s quote, he couldn’t help but snort coldly.

Although he was eager to get his hands on a breeding fish, it didn’t make sense to be taken advantage of so blatantly.

“A hundred and fifty thousand? Isn’t he afraid of his tongue snapping? If it wasn’t for research purposes, the true value of that thing is only thirty to fifty thousand. Are you sure he isn’t trying to fleece me? Eighty thousand; tell him that’s all I can offer, and he’ll still be making a fortune with that!”

Jin Chenyu felt a bit guilty because he did indeed quote an outrageous price.

But then he thought that Qin Shaoyou wasn’t short of money anyway, so what if he was getting fleeced? He could consider it robbing the rich to help the poor. With this hundred and fifty thousand, Huo Sining’s college tuition and living expenses would be taken care of.

With this thought, he regained his confidence and said sternly, “They’re saying a hundred and fifty thousand, take it or leave it!”

Qin Shaoyou was livid over the line, grinding his teeth and saying gruffly, “A hundred and twenty thousand. If he doesn’t agree, the deal is off!”

A hundred and twenty thousand didn’t sound bad either, Jin Chenyu thought for a moment, then turned back to Huo Sining, “How about a hundred and twenty thousand?”

Huo Sining, who had been dumbstruck listening to Jin Chenyu haggle with his cousin, was now confronted with the astonishing figure of a hundred and twenty thousand, immediately nodded without hesitation.

Jin Chenyu snapped his fingers in satisfaction, speaking into the phone, “Deal. I’ll front the money for you, make sure to transfer the hundred and twenty thousand to my account soon!”

Without waiting for Qin Shaoyou to respond, he hung up the phone.

An angelfish netted a hundred and twenty thousand?!

It was only when Jin Chenyu transferred a hundred and twenty thousand yuan to her card and her phone pinged with a bank notification that Huo Sining felt it was real.

“Alright, the place you live in might be old, but the house seems pretty decent, I won’t hold you up any longer. I’m off then, call me if you need anything.”

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Task completed, Jin Chenyu turned around and prepared to leave.

He needed to hurry and take the fish back to soothe Qin Shaoyou, who he feared was hopping mad at this moment for his rash actions and for having taken advantage of him again.

“Wait a minute!”

Huo Sining was not ungrateful, knowing that Jin Chenyu did this to help her, but she genuinely benefited at the expense of his relative.

With that in mind, she hastily called out to Jin Chenyu, then turned and packed several Huangjiang Knifefish from the bucket into a black plastic bag to hand over to him.

Having made 120,000 from a single angelfish, she didn’t feel a pinch giving away a few Huangjiang Knifefish as extras.

“What’s this?” Jin Chenyu, already holding the fish tank and unable to spare his hands, took the bag from Huo Sining and asked her with both curiosity and confusion.

Huo Sining laughed and said, “Just a few wild live fish, take them back and try something fresh.”

Jin Chenyu assumed they were simply a few wild fish, so he didn’t bother to check and, nodding, walked out holding the five Huangjiang Knifefish.

Huo Sining breathed a sigh of relief—the angelfish was finally sold, and now the urgent task was to deal with the pearls she held, as she didn’t understand pearls and having so many at hand was troublesome.

Selling them, however, was tricky, as she didn’t know about pearl types and market prices, nor whether the jewelry shops would take them.

From Aunt Xu, Huo Sining learned that there was a street full of jewelry and jade artifacts near the Chenghuang Temple, so she decided to try her luck there.

The pearls as big as ping-pong balls were too conspicuous; fearing suspicion, she didn’t choose the largest pearls but picked ten of medium size, about ten centimeters, and casually wrapped them in a handkerchief, putting them in her bag before heading out.

Like most women, Huo Sining enjoyed shopping, and this was her first time window-shopping since her rebirth, so she was in a good mood.

Once on the street, she couldn’t help but glance around; unexpectedly, her casual gazing led to trouble when she arrived at a jewelry store and bumped straight into someone.

“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to…” Huo Sining instinctively began to apologize, but before she could finish, she was interrupted by a sharp scolding.

“Ow! You little bumpkin, don’t you look where you’re going? You’ve stepped on my new shoes; didn’t your mother teach you to watch your steps?”

With a distinct accent from the Magic Capital, Huo Sining looked up and saw a flashy face caked with heavy makeup, wearing high-end designer clothes that were obviously expensive.

A person’s exterior may be influenced by their attire, and the woman did seem to have an impressive overall demeanor, but as soon as she opened her mouth, it instantly left a bad taste.

“Miss, you were the one who bumped into me first; I admit it’s my fault for stepping on you, but you shouldn’t curse at people, should you?”

Huo Sining furrowed her brows; she had no desire to entangle with this kind of woman, but the woman’s persistent finger-pointing and cursing set her off, prompting her to retort.

Unexpectedly, the response made the woman even more arrogant; she lifted her chin, derided with disdain,

“So now you’re the one with the right after stepping on me, huh? I’ve never seen someone so shameless. Country bumpkins really are lacking in manners!”

Huo Sining pressed down her inner displeasure, not wanting to argue with such a person, and deliberately ignored her, moving aside to leave.

Unsatisfied, the woman grabbed Huo Sining’s arm, refusing to let her go, and with a relentless attitude demanded,

“What, you think you can just leave after ruining someone’s shoes without compensation or apology?”

Huo Sining could see from the woman’s eyes that she looked down on her, and it made her angry. She couldn’t help but scoff,

“Miss, regardless of whose fault this was, if I remember correctly, I did apologize to you at the very beginning, didn’t I? You started with insults, did I ever say you were lacking manners? It seems to me that you’re the one who should be apologizing. It’s just a pair of shoes, right? Where did you buy them? I’ll compensate you with a new pair, how about that?”

“These are limited edition LVs, over thirty thousand yuan. Can you afford that?”

The woman eyed Huo Sining’s sportswear and the no-name backpack on her shoulder, instantly recognizing them as street vendor goods, and sneered disdainfully.

“However, it’s merely thirty thousand yuan. If the young lady can’t afford it, I’ll compensate on her behalf. Are you satisfied now, Miss Zhou?”

Right then, two people came out of the jewelry store behind Huo Sining, and one of them addressed the woman with a cold tone.