Your Highness, your wife doesn't want you anymore!

"I'm not going to ask you to take it back. Once I've given it to you, it's yours."

Hearing him say that, Nan Zhi felt a little less guilty about reselling the necklace.

"Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?" Jin Nian asked.

Nan Zhi shook her head: "No, no need."

"It's not a good habit for Zhizhi not to eat."

They never used to go on hunger strikes. Even when they were having a cold war, they would still sit down to eat.

She just kept her head down and didn't say anything, ignoring everyone.

Jin Si Nian looked at the person in his arms, wondering why, even though the person was right there in his arms, it felt like that person was so far away.

Three days later is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Nan Zhi planned to have dinner at the Nan family home and then stay there.

Before leaving that morning, Kings asked her, "Aren't you coming back with me?"

She refused and didn't tell Kings where she was going.

He probably thought she was still staying at home.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Aunt Qing also had to go home for a family reunion. She walked up to Nan Zhi and said apologetically, "Young Madam, I prepared dinner early tonight. I have to go home and reunite with my family on this day."

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Nan Zhi's eyes, and she picked up the bag that had already been packed.

She has been behaving exceptionally well-behaved these past few days, staying quietly in the villa. Now that it's Mid-Autumn Festival, Aunt Qing is going home for a family reunion.

Jin Nian is out on business again and won't be back tonight. I doubt he'll have anyone specifically watching him.

She is now free to go out.

Suppressing her anxiety, Nan Zhi feigned composure and spoke in a deliberately calm tone: "Aunt Qing, you...you go back now, don't worry about me."

"I... I have to go back to the Nan family every day." Nan Zhi casually came up with a safe excuse, a reason for going back to her parents' home, and Aunt Qing had no reason to refuse.

Upon hearing this, Aunt Qing didn't think much of it, but subconsciously asked, "Oh, young mistress, does the young master know about this?"

Nan Zhi remained outwardly calm and nodded slightly, but inwardly she didn't care at all.

Whether he knows or not, he's not coming back tonight, and he might not even be back tomorrow.

After Aunt Qing left, Nan Zhi also left.

Instead of going to the Nan family's house, she went to a pawnshop.

He took the necklace he had hidden out of his bag, his fingertips turning slightly white as he gripped it. He walked to the counter, his voice trembling with nervousness as he stammered, "This...how much can I pay for this?"

The owner behind the counter was a jewelry expert. He took the necklace and glanced at it briefly, but a glint of shrewdness flashed in his eyes.

The necklace was of exceptional quality, exquisitely crafted, and clearly a top-tier luxury item. Moreover, it was a one-of-a-kind piece worldwide. He immediately looked up at Nan Zhi: "Miss, this necklace is of extremely high quality. Are you sure you want to pawn it?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Nan Zhi nodded vigorously, her words quickening: "I...I urgently need money recently, how much...can you contribute?"

The boss looked her up and down. Her entire outfit consisted of limited-edition designer brands, and even a pair of sandals she wore cost more than an average person's monthly salary.

She was clearly a wealthy heiress who didn't care about money. Her eagerness to cash out meant she was probably unaware of the market price. She immediately started calculating how to lower the price, and her face instantly lit up with a warm smile: "Miss, although this is an older model from last year, its condition is impeccable. I can offer you this price."

As he spoke, the boss gestured a number with his hand.

Nan Zhi's heart tightened, and she blurted out, "Four...four million?"

The necklace, originally priced at seven million, was reduced by three million in a single resale; the price drop was too drastic.

She frowned slightly, standing there conflicted, wondering whether she should try another pawn shop to ask about the price.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper realized that he had been too aggressive in lowering the price and was afraid of driving the customer away.

Given the necklace's quality and rarity, offering around six million would be perfectly reasonable. He quickly offered to raise the price: "Miss, let's be friends, four and a half million!"

"This is the middle price I can offer!"

Four and a half million is actually quite a lot.

However, you could hesitate a bit longer, or pretend to leave the store to see if he stays.

Seeing that Nan Zhi still hesitated, the boss gritted his teeth and raised the price again: "Five million! That's the most I can offer. Any higher and I really won't make any profit!"

Five million—that was the number Nan Zhi was thinking about.

Five million is a lot, enough for her to raise two children back in her hometown.

Nan Zhi was not greedy.

Without further hesitation, she immediately agreed, "Okay, I'll transfer the money right now!"

The two quickly signed the pawn contract. The moment Nan Zhi confirmed that the funds had been received, she gripped her phone tightly and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Both sides are satisfied with this deal.

They all thought they had made a profit.

On the other side, the Jin family's old house.

Jin Si Nian sat there listlessly, and Zhi Zhi didn't come.

It's boring, it's not interesting at all.

He took out his phone from his pocket and checked the security camera footage, where he saw Nan Zhi carrying a bag as she left.

She didn't tell him, so she probably went out to see that man!

The man opened WeChat and sent a message to Nan Zhi: 【Zhi Zhi, where did you go?】

Why didn't you tell me where Aunt Qing is?

……

No one replied.

Jin Si Nian tirelessly sent a message: 【Zhi Zhi, you're not seeing some random guy, are you?!】

"You won't come back to the old house with me, so you're going to have a secret rendezvous?"

【What does it mean that you're not replying to me, Zhizhi?】

【You're doing this again. You never reply to my messages, and this time you didn't even let me know.】

[Child, I know you saw the message.]

Where are you, Zhizhi?

【say!】

Send me your location!

……

When he didn't get a reply, Jin Si Nian couldn't sit still any longer. He grabbed his clothes and was about to go find someone. He was now really regretting not installing a GPS tracker on Zhi Zhi's phone.

Damn it, I can't find anyone here.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Madam Jin stopped him: "Stop, where are you going?"

"Your older brother will be back soon. Why are you running out when it's time for dinner?"

"Come back and sit down."

Jin Si Nian looked at his phone irritably: "Mom, Zhi Zhi isn't replying to my messages. She went out alone."

Mrs. Jin said coldly, "She's out, she's out. She's an adult, how could anything happen to her?"

Although she disliked the man from the countryside, her son adored him.

So, out of appearances, she still had to put on a show.

At this moment, Liu Ruoxue also came over, her sweet voice so soothing that it could make one's heart flutter: "Yes, Second Brother's mother is right."

"Sister Zhi, you're an adult now, you won't lose it."

"Today is the day our eldest brother comes home, a day for our family to reunite. Are you really going to abandon Mother and our eldest brother and leave?"

Jin Si Nian's eyes were filled with annoyance as he looked at Liu Ruoxue with displeasure: "Shut up and say less."

"If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."

This woman appeared after her older brother, who had been devastated by his accident and abandoned him and their mother to go abroad.

Her mother liked her very much and adopted her as a source of comfort. She was only about ten years old when she came to their home.

The older she got, the more obvious her affected personality became.