Chapter 25: The Jade Hairpin with Jadeite

Suddenly, Sikong Jing’s movement of taking out the money paused again, filled with surprise.

Where did Su Yuexi get so much money...

That's right, she seemed to have been out of the house all day; he didn't know where she had gone.

Meanwhile, Dr. Sun, having received the money, breathed a sigh of relief. He hurriedly left the room and instructed the medicine boy to begin decocting the herbs.

Su Yuexi ran nervously to Su Zhenglong's bedside, calling out, "Father, please get well soon. We can't live without you."

"Yuexi, where did you get those three Gold Crystal coins?"

Mei Xiaofang's voice rang out abruptly from behind her. Currently, the family had no money left, and Su Yuexi's savings had been completely confiscated by Su Xuefeng because she had married the criminal Sikong Jing.

Naturally, Mei Xiaofang was suspicious.

Su Yuexi's body shuddered violently, and she replied with dry lips, "Mother, I pawned the Emerald Stone Jade Hairpin."

"What!"

The words had barely left her mouth before Mei Xiaofang screamed. She rushed behind Su Yuexi, pulling her up and shouting, "You pawned the Emerald Stone Jade Hairpin? That was the last gift your sister gave you!"

Su Yuexi's eyes turned completely red as she sobbed, "I've failed my sister, but I truly had no choice! Tomorrow is the day to settle the wages for Aunt Li and the others. If we don't have the money, Sikong Jing will... he will lose his life!"

Sikong Jing was shaken to his core.

The reason Su Yuexi had been out all day was to go to the pawnshop for him, even pawning the final gift her sister had given her!

To her, that Emerald Stone Jade Hairpin must have been an incredibly precious item.

"Let him die for all I care! That was something your sister gave you, that was... that was..." Mei Xiaofang's voice trembled uncontrollably; she couldn't even finish a complete sentence.

"Mother, right now, this is Father's life-saving money," Su Yuexi said through her tears.

*Boom!*

Mei Xiaofang stumbled back two steps, closing her eyes, unable to say another word.

She knew very well that even if she went to beg Su Xuefeng now, she might not get the money. And even if she did, Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi would likely be forced to live in the pig farm forever.

They might even have their limbs broken in retaliation for Su Yang's death.

"This life... it's unlivable."

The more she thought, the more suffocated she felt. Mei Xiaofang let out a bitter, crazed laugh and walked out.

At that moment, Sikong Jing walked over and said seriously, "Yuexi, didn't I tell you that I could get money?"

Su Yuexi looked up, staring at him with tearful eyes, forcing a smile. "You don't need to comfort me. How could you possibly earn ten times your wages in just three days? It's impossible."

Sikong Jing was an exiled criminal; it was fundamentally impossible for him to find a way to make money, and no one would dare employ him.

Even if he weren't a criminal, he was an outsider. How could he make money in an unfamiliar place?

*Clink, clink, clink...*

Just then, Sikong Jing suddenly shook the money bag in his hand and opened it before Su Yuexi's eyes.

The glittering Gold Crystal coins entered her vision.

In that instant, Su Yuexi was stunned, covering her mouth in disbelief.

"Yuexi, I told you that because the Lord of Yunzhou intentionally granted me this marriage, I am not an ordinary person. You truly don't need to worry about money." Sikong Jing's expression was grave and serious; he could not let such a thing happen again.

Still covering her mouth, Su Yuexi asked, "How did you do it?"

At a glance, there were at least dozens of Gold Crystal coins. This wasn't something just anyone could produce.

"Don't ask so many questions for now. Let's go and redeem the Emerald Stone Jade Hairpin right now." Sikong Jing did not explain; revealing that he had carved a High-Grade Yellow-tier martial technique involved too many complications.

Su Yuexi shuddered and nodded. "Alright, I'll take you."

If she hadn't been driven into a corner, she would never have pawned the final gift from her sister, Su Yuexian. Now that Sikong Jing had the money to redeem it, Su Yuexi naturally wouldn't be polite with him.

After a quick word to Mei Xiaofang, the two hurriedly left the house.

However, Mei Xiaofang clearly had no mind to listen to them, as she was busy discussing Su Zhenglong's condition with Dr. Sun.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the east side of Yunye City, at a pawnshop called Hengyu.

A moment later, Su Yuexi's scream rang out from within the shop.

"What did you say? How could you sell my Emerald Stone Jade Hairpin?"

Su Yuexi stared intensely at the manager of the Hengyu Pawnshop, her expression agitated and her whole body trembling.

Pawnshops usually have a set term. After a customer pawns an item, a redemption period is given—for example, the customer can redeem it for a higher price after three months.

Only after this period expires does the item belong to the pawnshop.

Su Yuexi had intended to redeem the hairpin once they truly had money.

But in less than half a day, the Hengyu Pawnshop had already sold it. This was a breach of agreement!

The manager merely shrugged and said nonchalantly, "Everyone knows the ugly freak from the Su residence could never afford to redeem it. Even if you had a hundred years, you couldn't. When the price was right, of course I sold it."

"You are going too far!" Su Yuexi was both angry and anxious, her face filled with misery and breakdown.

*Crash!*

Suddenly, Sikong Jing violently tore through the counter partition, grabbed the manager by his hair, and yanked half his body out. He then slapped the manager across the face and roared, "You dare call her an ugly freak?"

The manager's head rang from the blow, and he shrieked, "You bastard! You dare hit me? You dare destroy my counter?"

*Slap!*

Another slap landed on the manager's face.

"I hit you because I can. If you dare insult my wife, you must be prepared to be hit. That is the first thing."

"Second, who gave you the audacity to sell my wife's pawned item?"

Sikong Jing's eyes glared like a tiger. He had known all along how important the Emerald Stone Jade Hairpin was to Su Yuexi. It wasn't just a gift from her sister, Su Yuexian; it was also a memento for her and her parents to remember Su Yuexian by.

When Su Yuexian was taken away by the noble young master, she had told Su Yuexi's family that if they missed her, they should look at the jade hairpin.

It was the family's spiritual anchor for Su Yuexian.

However, the Hengyu manager didn't care about any of that and screamed crazily, "Someone! Come quickly and beat these two dogs to death!"

*Clatter, clatter...*

Over a dozen men suddenly rushed in from outside the pawnshop, each one a thug at the fifth or sixth level of the Bright Realm.

Su Yuexi's face turned pale again, and she was about to say something...

But Sikong Jing had already thrown the manager aside and swept outward. *Thud, thud, thud...* Before the dozen thugs could even react, they were all knocked to the ground, howling in pain as Sikong Jing struck them down.

A second later, Sikong Jing returned to Su Yuexi's side, grabbed the manager's hair again, and said, "I want to redeem the Emerald Stone Jade Hairpin right now. Give it to me immediately, or your head will roll."

As he spoke, Sikong Jing casually snatched a saber from one of the fallen thugs and pressed it against the manager's throat, radiating killing intent.

The manager was terrified, staring fixedly at Sikong Jing.

Wasn't Su Yuexi's criminal husband supposed to be a sickly invalid? How could he be this terrifying?

"Here are the twenty Gold Crystal coins agreed upon for the redemption. Bring the Emerald Stone Jade Hairpin to me at once." Sikong Jing threw twenty Gold Crystal coins onto the counter, staring coldly at the manager, the blade of the saber carrying a chilling frost.