After being forced into marriage, the metaphysical master became the darling of the richest family.

Chapter 10

Inside the antique shop, several rows of display shelves are arranged in a crisscross pattern.

The shelves were filled with various gold, silver and jade artifacts, as well as some porcelain vases and antiques.

They are all genuine antiques, with not a trace of yellow talismans or cinnabar.

Whether it was because the shop was quiet or the owner was lazy, An Jiuxi had been in there for half a day and no one had served her.

Her beautiful eyes swept around and finally spotted a man behind the counter, his face covered by a book, sleeping comfortably in a rocking chair.

An Jiuxi walked over, bent her fingers and tapped the counter. "Boss, give me some yellow talismans and cinnabar, some jade pieces and red incense. Five portions each of black dog blood and phoenix blood."

After he finished speaking, he waited for a moment, but there was no response.

She couldn't help but knock again.

This finally woke up the sleeping boss.

He impatiently lifted the book off his face, saw An Jiuxi's youthful face, and rolled his eyes.

"Where did this ignorant little girl come from, disturbing my peaceful sleep!"

Hey, you're really grumpy when you wake up!

An Jiuxi looked at him amusedly, "Boss, I'm kindly patronizing your business, why are you unhappy about it?"

The boss was a young man in his thirties, wearing a black jacket.

He scoffed at this, slammed the book down on his face, and said, "Go away, go away, I don't do business with kids."

"What's wrong with the child?" An Jiuxi looked at her with a smile. "Don't look down on children. Maybe... the child can save your child's life?"

The young man didn't even bother to scoff anymore, his tone dismissive, "Little girl, don't talk nonsense here. I don't have any children, why would I ask you to save them?"

“She hasn’t given birth yet, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t.” An Jiuxi’s tone remained calm. “If you don’t believe me, try calling your girlfriend right now.”

The young man paused in his rocking chair, slowly lifted the book off his face, and looked at her with suspicion.

He never brought his girlfriend to public appearances, and apart from a few close friends, no one else knew about it.

How did she know?

Could it be... that people from over there have come looking for us?

The young man's expression instantly turned serious, and his gaze towards An Jiuxi became somewhat wary.

"Little girl, who exactly are you?"

An Jiuxi remained smiling, completely unfazed by the sudden aura emanating from him.

"I'm just an ordinary person who wants to support your business."

After saying that, he added, "You'd better call quickly, otherwise your daughter will be gone."

The young man's heart skipped a beat; for some reason, he had a bad feeling.

After thinking for a moment, he picked up his phone and made a call.

"Mimi, where are you?"

"I...I'm not there, I'm...I'm at home."

The clearly panicked voices made the young man's heart pound wildly.

He couldn't help but glance at An Jiuxi, and saw her mouth the word "hospital" to him.

He pursed his lips and asked, "Are you at the hospital?"

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end.

"How...how did you know I..."

The young man's heart pounded. Thinking of the girl's words, he blurted out, "Mimi, tell me the truth, are you pregnant? You went to the hospital because... because you wanted to abort the child?"

"You...you found out?"

The young man's mind went blank for a moment, then he abruptly stood up. "You're really pregnant?"

"Yes, I'm pregnant, but... but..."

"But what? Why didn't you tell me? Why did you secretly go and abort the child?" The young man's eyes reddened, and he asked cautiously, "Don't you...don't you love me? Don't you want to have our child?"

"No, no," the other person cried. "It's just that I felt you weren't ready. You wouldn't tell me about your family, and you didn't want me to be a part of your life. I thought you just wanted to play around with me. So I was scared. I was afraid that once you found out I was pregnant, you would break up with me, I..."

"Fool, wait for me, I'm coming right away!"

After the young man hung up the phone, the way he looked at An Jiuxi completely changed.

"I'm sorry, young lady, I was rude earlier." The young man was extremely respectful to the person who had saved his future child. "What did you say you wanted to buy? I'll give it all to you, no money required!"

An Jiuxi smiled and said, "No need. Raising a child is expensive. Besides, you have to go through the trouble of hiding. You don't earn much to begin with. Just charge me the original price."

The young man was deeply shaken, and his gaze toward An Jiuxi became even more respectful. "Alright."

An Jiuxi recited what she wanted again.

The young man turned to prepare, and when he came out, he packed all the things she wanted into a bag.

An Jiuxi took a look and found that the quality was excellent, which made her extremely satisfied.

After the transaction was completed, An Jiuxi came out with the things she bought, and the young man hurriedly hailed a taxi and rushed to the hospital.

Her hands, hanging by her sides, were clenched tightly, and a gleaming gold ring was faintly visible in her palm.

When the driver saw An Jiuxi return carrying a large bag, he quickly stepped forward to take it from her.

"Young Madam, have you bought everything you requested?"

An Jiuxi nodded. "Let's go back."

On the way back, a few golden dots drifted through the clear car window and into her chest.

An Jiuxi silently sensed that the wound in her soul caused during yesterday's ritual seemed to have healed considerably with the blessing of the golden dots.

Sure enough, doing good deeds makes you feel better!

The car quickly stopped at the old house. Before the driver could open the door, An Jiuxi got out of the car with her things.

Just then, Jin Yize also returned.

Lu Huaisang lifted him out of the car and placed him in the wheelchair before looking at An Jiuxi with excitement, "Little Madam."

An Jiuxi, “…”

There's no need to shout so loudly.

Her gaze swept over the two of them, her delicate brows furrowed almost imperceptibly, and with a slight flick of her fingertips, she sent over a purification talisman.

Lu Huaisang felt something fly towards him, and then he inexplicably felt a lightness on his body.

Jin Yize also felt the chill surrounding him dissipate somewhat, and a touch of warmth settled in his chest.

“Young Madam…” Lu Huaisang asked with curiosity.

An Jiuxi raised her hand and fanned herself in front of her nose, "You guys have too much malevolent aura, it's suffocating!"

Lu Huaisang was taken aback, then raised his arm and brought his head close to smell it.

It has no taste?

An Jiuxi ignored his reaction and picked up the huge bag, saying, "Let's go."

Lu Huaisang, with his keen eye, caught up with her and said, "Young Madam, let me carry it."

An Jiuxi was happy to relax, so she handed the bag to him and then naturally turned around to take over his work, pushing Jin Yize into the room.

Inside the villa, the Qi family members waited anxiously.

Upon seeing her return, they immediately greeted her warmly.

Jin Yu went straight up and hugged her arm, "Sister-in-law, you're finally back."

He dragged the person towards the living room without looking back.

Jin Yize, who was left behind, slowly furrowed his thick eyebrows.

Suddenly I feel a sense of unease, like... my wife has been kidnapped!