The girl selling goods at the market had never seen money before.

Bai Jinxuan hesitated for a moment, then opened her mouth.

"Do you owe a lot of money?"

Yao's father laughed and shook his head, saying, "It's not that we owe money, it's that others owe us money. Yao also needs to pay expenses at No. 2 Middle School, so I was thinking of getting some back... But these days, everyone is having a hard time."

The implication is that it will be very difficult to get that money back.

Moreover, even if they wanted to, they probably wouldn't be able to settle the debt all at once.

Upon hearing this, Bai Jinxuan nodded, took out her phone, and transferred 50 yuan to Yao's father.

"Ding-dong-"

The moment the payment was completed, Yao's father's phone rang. His worries vanished instantly, and he eagerly took out his phone to check the details.

Then, he revealed an extremely terrified expression, which was even somewhat frightening.

What would it feel like if one day 50 yuan suddenly appeared in your account?

The total amount he lent out was only 20 yuan! And this account... isn't it Bai Jinxuan's?

Yao's father looked up at the high school student in front of him. The student was calm and typing something on his phone.

I must be seeing things. How could Xiaoxuan have so much money? She's only in high school, has to pay off huge loans every month, and doesn't even have money for medicine...

Sigh, this girl is so stubborn; she let money interfere with her studies.

But if I work harder and become richer, maybe she will accept it.

Yao's father felt a pang of bitterness. Bai Jinxuan was too sensible; she knew his financial situation wasn't good either, which was why she never allowed him to help her.

If I were a wealthy person in the Upper East Side, would I still act this way?

In the end, I'm the one who let Xiaoxuan down. My older brother is gone, leaving Xiaoxuan all alone to suffer. How can a girl like her earn money besides doing some part-time jobs?

With loan repayments on top of that, we might not even be able to afford food, yet they still thought of buying us things to eat...

"Why are you grabbing the sofa for no reason? You scared Xiaoxuan!"

His wife's voice jolted Yao's father out of his reverie. He looked down and saw that the sofa beside him had been unknowingly...

They were huddled together.

"Oh, I was just thinking about something."

Yao's father answered in a panic, quickly letting go and smoothing out the sofa. Just then, he glanced at his phone out of the corner of his eye.

The 50 is still there.

It's not a hallucination!?

He rubbed his eyes, widening them as if he wanted to peer into the phone screen to examine every detail of the interface.

After confirming that everything was correct, he raised his head again and looked at Bai Jinxuan.

The girl blinked, looking confused.

"Xiaoxuan, where...where did you get so much money?"

"Om-"

My phone vibrated; Bai Jinxuan had sent me a message.

This money is the school prize money I received after winning the championship in the sports meet. Because I have excellent grades in school, the school is very generous. In addition, the head of student affairs gave me an extra bonus, which is more than enough for my living expenses... If it's not enough, just let me know.

???

Yao's father was stunned.

What does it mean to say "if it's not enough, then talk to her"? Talk to whom? To a high school student like Bai Jinxuan?

Is the Fifth Middle School really that rich for its sports meet?!

At this moment, Yao's mother noticed that the atmosphere was strange, so she came over and looked at Yao's father's phone as well. Then she revealed an expression that was even more frightening than Yao's father's.

"Xiao Xuan." She rushed forward, took Bai Jinxuan's hand, and pulled her to sit down on the sofa, her voice trembling. "You really didn't do anything bad? I heard that some students at No. 5 Middle School have been doing all sorts of things for money lately..."

Just as Yao's mother was about to bring up that old rumor, Bai Jinxuan interrupted her first.

"I didn't do anything wrong. The prize money from the sports meet, plus the compensation from the school, it's normal to have so much. Fifth Middle School is one of the top schools here, with so many eyes watching, of course they're willing to give me money."

Her sweet and adorable voice left Yao's mother speechless, and she couldn't bear to say anything lecturing.

The three remained silent for a while before Yao's father broke the silence, saying seriously, "Even so, we cannot take your money."

Yao's mother nodded immediately.

"That's right, how could we take your money? You'll need it for school and living expenses in the future. You should keep this money for yourself. Your aunt and uncle have plenty of money."

Bai Jinxuan felt somewhat helpless. They always said they were stubborn, but to be honest, they were even more stubborn than she was now.

Everyone says I still have enough money to live on, but they still refuse to accept it.

No matter how much I use it, can I possibly spend all 30 million?

Despite her resentment, she certainly couldn't reveal that she had nearly 30 million in assets.

Therefore, she adopted a more suffocating and impactful way of expressing herself.

“I checked the bills left by my parents before they passed away. They owed you a lot of money. We will pay you back the money after eight years of interest.”

Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, Yao's parents both shut their mouths, their expressions complicated.

After a long while, Yao's mother wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, turned around, and complained, "You child... why were you going through those things..."

Yao's father remained silent, staring blankly at Bai Jinxuan, his eyes vacant, seemingly lost in thought.

Seeing this scene, Bai Jinxuan felt somewhat guilty.

Mentioning these things in front of Yao's parents is tantamount to reopening their wounds.

She didn't want to hurt the feelings of these two middle-aged people, but... she had reasons for doing so.

Firstly, it is hoped that they will not be overworked or burdened by money issues.

The suffocating experience of repaying loans is still vivid in her mind, so she doesn't want her parents, who are already middle-aged, to have to worry too much about these things.

On the other hand, she wanted to ask about the Ding family.

Yao's parents were old acquaintances of her own parents, and they were even from the same mining team. They might know something about Ding Hong from the Ding family.

Although they never mention the dungeon, the mining team's affairs might reveal something through indirect observation.

Before hearing Ding Hong's information, Bai Jinxuan had never connected her parents' disappearance with the mining team.

In her mind, everyone in the mining team was a good person, and they always got along well with her parents; the Murong family was a good example.

But now, she feels that what happened back then was closely related to the mining team. They might have encountered something in the underground city that caused Yao's parents to have a phobia of it.

Since it concerns a divine artifact, Bai Jinxuan naturally wouldn't be careless. Compared to the possibility of a terrorist organization leader like Ding Hong coming here one day and taking their lives, she felt that it was acceptable to only hurt their feelings.

Thinking of this, she pursed her lips and forced herself to ask.

Do you remember the Ding couple who worked in my parents' mining team?

Upon hearing this, Yao's parents reacted even more strongly than when the money was transferred. They immediately became alert, especially Yao's father, who blurted out, "Why...why are you asking this?"

Bai Jinxuan had already prepared her explanation. Since her parents had disappeared suddenly, she could find most of the information about the mining team in her father's study.

After killing Ding Hong, she specifically checked again to confirm that such a thing had happened before asking that question.

Yao's father's reaction was exactly what she expected.

“I met Ding Hong, the only son of those two. He is a very skilled explorer, and he said that his parents also died in that attack, so he came to ask me if I knew anything.”

"The explorer...? Is he alright?"

“Very good. I see he’s living a very comfortable life. He’s probably sleeping in a villa that ordinary people can’t even imagine right now.”

"That's it..."

Yao's father fell into deep thought.

Volume 1: Chapter 68: The Girl Who Searched for the Divine Artifact

Bai Jinxuan's words left Yao's father with no reason to keep it a secret any longer.

His knuckles tapped repeatedly on the coffee table.

What does he want to ask?

What did Ding Hong want to ask? Let me think...

Bai Jinxuan hesitated for a moment, then casually said, "Regarding the details of his parents' disappearance that day."

“I don’t know much about this…” Yao’s father’s Adam’s apple bobbed like sandpaper scraping against rusty iron. “The miners’ lamps were so bright they hurt our eyes. Your dad patted each of us on the shoulder and said, ‘Go back, go back, I’ll take care of these tools.’”

"Ding's daughter-in-law wouldn't let go of the box, insisting on helping your mother move those boxes of props..."

Yao's father crossed his hands together, and the veins on the back of his hands throbbed intensely.

“Your parents have always been so kind, so we came back to rest that day. We didn’t receive the news until dawn the next day, when we learned about what happened underground… Sigh, if only I had stayed to help!”

After saying that, he covered his face with his hands, making his features unreadable.

Hearing this, Bai Jinxuan felt a little reluctant, but in the end, she still chose to continue speaking.

"So... what kind of people are the Ding couple?"

"They were all good people, very hardworking and willing to endure hardship. It's a pity that their family was too poor and their children didn't amount to much. If they were still here, they would be very gratified to see Ding Hong's life now."

Yao's mother shook her head and sighed as she got up. After wiping her nose with a tissue, she returned to the kitchen, put the food from the pot into a plate, and served it on the table.

“先

"Eat your food, or it'll get cold."

"Okay, let's eat first. Xiaoxuan, if you have any other questions, ask us at the dinner table. We'll answer them to the best of our ability."

Bai Jinxuan nodded.

After finishing her meal at the Murong family's house, she returned home with some thoughts swirling in her mind.

According to Yao's parents, there was no conflict between the Ding family and their parents, and they got along very well. That's why the people in the mining team were so comfortable letting them stay and clean up the mining tools.

In addition, the other people in the mining team were all quite ordinary and did nothing suspicious.

After listening to everyone, it was clear that Yao's parents knew very little, and they knew absolutely nothing about the magical artifact.

Could it be that Mom and Dad really wanted to keep the artifact for themselves because of me, which is why they had a conflict with the Ding family?

She took off her uniform as she pondered.

If that's really the case, then why didn't my parents sell the artifact, but instead hid it and left it to me?

You see, it was precisely because she possessed this magical artifact that Bai Jinxuan had lived in constant fear for the past eight years, terrified that the news would leak out and be discovered by the guild.

Having grown up in the black market, she was well aware of the dark side of guilds. Equipment like artifacts were of great help even to the top members of a guild, let alone others.

Once the news leaks out, there will definitely be a frenzy of people scrambling to buy it.

Bai Jinxuan couldn't even explain how she got her artifact, simply saying, "My father gave it to me." This didn't convince anyone at all.

In this light, the artifact is nothing short of a disaster for ordinary people. The parents should have known this, so why didn't they sell it to the union and share the money with the people in the mine, instead of keeping this disaster to themselves?

The value of the four artifacts is more than enough for them to live as nobles in the upper city for the rest of their lives.

She put on comfortable shorts for exercise, and a shadow wrapped around her feet, suddenly transforming into a pair of exquisite ankle boots.

He walked to the wardrobe, took out a coat and put it on, then put on the Mask of Innocence and jumped out of the second-floor window.

Before going to the dungeon to hunt monsters, she had one more thing to do: go to the black market and sell the monster materials she had.

Both the rhinoceros horn dragon and the blue-skinned anaconda can fetch a high price.

At night, the streets of Star City are bustling with people coming and going after get off work.

Bai Jinxuan had no interest in those entertainment devices. With her hands in her pockets and her head down, she walked quickly through the bustling city.

After walking through the city and then through a dark alley without streetlights, she entered a completely new world—the black market.

Vendors on both sides were enthusiastically hawking their wares, and pedestrians were walking by. The guild hall in the distance was brightly lit, and at a glance, it looked thriving.

For Bai Jinxuan, the black market was like home.

She skillfully avoided most pedestrians, weaving through the narrow alleyways to reach the Chamber of Commerce.