From Douluo Dalu to Queen

Chapter 343 The Search Came to an Abrupt Stop

"I remember that I was almost starving to death, so I risked my life to leave the city and found a river to catch fish. Suddenly, I saw a bamboo basket floating down from upstream."

"I picked it up and saw that it was a child. I didn't want to raise it. After all, I couldn't even raise myself, so how could I raise offspring?"

"But after I found out it was a girl, I changed my mind. At that time, the security in Wuhun City was not as good as it is now. Some entertainment places would pay to buy some baby girls and brainwash them from a young age. So I kept her and prepared to exchange her for some money."

"At that time, she had a jade pendant of good quality in her arms, on which was written the word Menglan. I thought the name sounded nice, and since my last name is Qin, I named the child Qin Menglan. Otherwise, with my level, how could I come up with a nice name?"

"I didn't think too much about it. I just thought it would sound good and sell better when I sold it."

Qin Shouyi narrated slowly, but suddenly felt that he had said too much, and quickly looked at Leng Xiyao's face.

"Where's the jade pendant? It should be worth some money, right? You didn't sell it?" Leng Xiyao also knew what kind of person this bastard was, but she didn't pursue it. Regardless of his intentions, he was the one who saved the person after all. It has been more than ten years now, so there is no point in pursuing the matter.

"I sold it, of course I sold it." Qin Shouyi seemed to have thought of something, and a trace of resentment appeared on his face: "That boss is also a jerk. At that time, Wuhun City was in great chaos. Such a jade pendant with good quality was only sold for two silver coins. Two silver coins!"

Two silver coins were not a lot, but not a little either. Although buying such a fine jade pendant was almost like robbery, it was equivalent to the living expenses of an ordinary person who had saved for several months. With Qin Shouyi's knowledge at the time, two silver coins were undoubtedly a huge sum of money for him, so it was normal for him to sell it directly.

"Is the pawnshop where you sold things still there?" Leng Xiyao asked.

"It's here, it's still here. Do you want to redeem it?" Qin Shouyi nodded repeatedly and said in a very flattering tone.

By now he had come to his senses. Since the other party had no intention of killing him, if he could establish a relationship with him, he would probably have no worries about food and clothing in the future.
"Lead the way."

Qin Shouyi did not dare to delay and led Leng Xiyao for a few hundred meters until they arrived at the door of a small shop.

The pawn shop is not big and looks a bit dark. The overall style is a bit like the black shop opened by Flanders.

Inside the store, an old man who looked to be in his seventies was lying on a rocking chair, reading an unknown ancient book. Apart from that, there were a few young girls cleaning the house. It looked no different from a normal store, except that it was not very tidy.

Seeing someone push the door open, the old man looked at Leng Xiyao, and a smile appeared on his calm face. He stood up to greet them and said, "Ever since just now, I had a premonition that a distinguished guest was coming, so I specially asked them to clean up. I didn't expect that it would be Miss Leng who came?"

"Do you know me?" Leng Xiyao was quite confused. The Spirit Hall was eager to cover up what happened a few days ago. It wouldn't be possible that even a pawnshop owner would know about it, right?

"I used to work as a handyman in the Leng family. Although I'm retired now, I still have some connections. It's natural that I would know about such a big move." The old man explained with a smile, and then changed the subject and asked, "I wonder what Miss Leng saw when she came to my shop?"

"It's like this. I have a very good friend whose parents left her a jade pendant as a token of trust. He picked it up and sold it. If you still keep it, I would be very grateful." Leng Xiyao said.

She actually didn't have high expectations about this matter. It had been more than ten years, and the other party probably sold it long ago.

But no matter what, in order to make Lanlan feel at ease, she has to keep looking along this line, right?

The old man fell into deep thought, then turned around, searched among the rows of lockers for a while, and then took out a jade pendant.

"Look, isn't this the one?"

Leng Xiyao took it and played with it for a while. Although she didn't know much about jade, she could feel that the texture of it was definitely not the ordinary things on the market. There were two words "Meng Lan" engraved on it. The font looked vigorous and powerful, and it was obviously from the hand of a master of calligraphy and painting.

An ordinary family would never be able to produce such a jade pendant. At the very least, it would take a family with a Contra to produce one.

Leng Xiyao glanced at Qin Shouyi, who nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, that's it!"

Although the relics of Qin Menglan's parents were found, Leng Xiyao frowned.

First of all, this kind of family will never abandon their own children, even if they are a family that favors boys over girls. It can only be said that they encountered some major change that forced them to abandon their children.

The second is the difficulty of finding them. There are countless families above the Soul Douluo level. If they appear in this Spirit City, it means that they may be from all over the world, and it is possible that they were persecuted by the people of the Spirit Hall.

The most important thing is that this person has a name but no surname, so it is hard to narrow down the scope. If you know the surname of Lanlan's family, it will be basically easy to find. But now
Unable to come up with a conclusion for a moment, Leng Xiyao simply gave up thinking about it and looked at the old man gratefully: "Thank you very much, old man. I wonder how much it will cost to redeem it?"

The old man waved his hand and said, "Miss Leng, please don't humiliate me. I only spent two silver coins to buy this jade pendant. I just thought he didn't look like a good person, so I lowered the price to such a low level. I'm not a black marketeer. If you want, just take it."

"But."

Leng Xiyao was about to say something else, but the old man interrupted her and said, "Even if you add the storage fee for more than ten years, it's only a dozen or twenty gold coins. Miss Leng, please don't waste your words on this small amount of money."

Having said that, Leng Xiyao didn't know what to say. After thinking for a moment, she took out an unremarkable ninth-level spiritual medicine from the storage soul guide and placed it on the ground, then pulled Qin Shouyi away.

The measure of an item's value is never money, but the meaning behind it. She has a lot of ninth-tier elixirs, some of which are not even worth mentioning. But for an old man with Soul Douluo strength, this is definitely a huge fortune.

Similarly, this jade pendant is just a piece of jade that can be sold for money to others, but to her it is the only thing left by Lanlan's parents. She must get it back even if it costs millions of gold soul coins. It is also reasonable for her to give her a ninth-level spiritual medicine as a thank you.

After leaving the door, Qin Shouyi looked at Leng Xiyao and rubbed his hands: "Miss Leng, what do you think?"

People are always greedy. Although Leng Xiyao has helped him pay off the debt of 100,000 gold soul coins, he still wants to ask for more from her.

Leng Xiyao glanced at him and without saying much, directly threw over 10,000 gold soul coins.

Ten thousand gold soul coins would be enough for him to spend for a few years even if he was extravagant. Of course, if the other party continued to gamble, it would probably be gone in a few days or months.

Leng Xiyao was too lazy to correct him, but by then, she and Lan Lan would have probably left Wuhun City, and by then, he would have to bear all the consequences.
(End of this chapter)