Chapter 6: The Time Traveler Is Truly Wealthy

After a round of questioning, Su Xi Ning finally learned why Ying Shu was so angry.

She could not help laughing. “So that’s it—you’re furious just because they docked your pay. As the saying goes, where there is loss, there is gain. You lost money, but you gained an extraordinary ability. That’s still worth it.”

In a world of natural disaster, special abilities were life-saving skills, things money could never buy.

“But that money was for my younger brother and sister’s medical treatment.”

Ying Shu looked downcast.

Although the money had come from pawning valuables, and she could still pawn gold and jewelry for more, losing nearly a million was still infuriating.

When Su Xi Ning heard it was medical money, her smile faded. “Medical money?”

Ying Shu brushed it off. “My brother and sister are sick.”

Though she did not say what kind of illness it was, anyone who needed money to save their lives must have been gravely ill.

Su Xi Ning thought for a moment and raised her hand slightly.

Then, with a thud, a box only half a meter wide appeared out of thin air and crashed to the ground.

Ying Shu blinked. “Are all you travelers this amazing? You can just make things appear out of nowhere?”

Su Xi Ning asked curiously, “We travelers? You’ve met many travelers?”

Ying Shu told Su Xi Ning about Cheng Shan.

Su Xi Ning smiled. “Cheng Shan probably had some sort of storage item, which is why things could appear out of nowhere. I have spatial powers, so I can store things in my space and take them out when I need them. That is why you mistook it for creating things. Do you understand what I mean?”

Ying Shu nodded. “I understand.”

She had not read all those fantasy and cultivation novels for nothing.

Su Xi Ning opened the box. Inside were rows upon rows of gold bars. “These are gold bars I found in a bank. After you return to your world, you can pawn them for money. But selling gold privately is illegal, so you must find someone trustworthy who has the means to resell it, or you will end up in jail. If you were not in urgent need of money, I would never support you doing this. I’d report you instead.”

Ying Shu looked startled. “You mean to give me this box of gold?”

Su Xi Ning nodded. “Consider it your errand fee, and compensation for the million you lost. After all, you lost all that money because of me.”

Since she had said as much, Ying Shu had no reason not to accept it. Besides, who would ever complain about having too much money?

“You travelers really are rich. It’s always a box of gold or a box of jewelry.”

Ying Shu did not touch the gold, because she felt Su Xi Ning still wanted something else from her.

Su Xi Ning laughed. “In a world of natural disaster, food is the most important thing. Gold and jewels are nothing but useless stones.”

“I happen to like useless stones.”

Su Xi Ning pushed the box forward. “If you like them, then take them.”

Ying Shu still did not move. “Then be honest—are there other things you want me to do? If you don’t say it outright, I won’t dare accept your box.”

Su Xi Ning smiled openly. “In that case, let me ask directly: where are you from?”

“I come from Blue Star in the year 2024.”

Su Xi Ning was instantly thrilled. “You really come from Blue Star in 2024?”

She asked several more questions about Blue Star, and only after confirming that Ying Shu truly came from Blue Star in 2024 did she say hoarsely, “My husband and I were both police officers. Two years ago, while chasing a criminal, my husband was stabbed more than a dozen times and died on the spot from his injuries. Three months ago, I was shot while arresting criminals involved in the trafficking of cultural relics, and I died before I could even reach the hospital. We are not afraid of death. What we fear is that no one will take care of our child.”

“My husband was an orphan. He had no family. I did have parents, but they were both divorced. Not long after my father’s divorce, he remarried another woman. He was completely henpecked and did whatever his wife said, but she and I never got along, so she would never accept my child. My mother is a gambler. As long as there is money in her hands, she will gamble it away. If she loses, she beats and curses people. After I die, Xi Xi—my daughter, Qin Wan Xi—will become an orphan, and the pension, funeral allowance, and other benefits will all fall to her. And my mother will certainly use the money to raise Xi Xi, then gamble away every last bit of inheritance we leave her. So I want to ask you to check on my poor child and see whether she is living well. If she is not, then please do everything you can to get Xi Xi out of my mother’s clutches, and then send her to be raised by kind-hearted people.”

“Okay.”

Ying Shu did not want a child to be harmed, so she agreed without hesitation.

“Thank you, thank you.”

Su Xi Ning clasped Ying Shu’s hand in delight.

Ying Shu said, “You’ve already given me a reward, so there is no need to thank me.”

Su Xi Ning looked puzzled. “A reward?”

Ying Shu patted the box on the ground, and then the box vanished before their eyes.