Ancestors, I told you to seduce the villains, not to turn evil.

Light was shining from the kitchen. Xu Manman went in and found that Fei Huainan was not there.

I opened the pot lid and found three sweet potatoes boiling inside, nothing else.

She picked up a sweet potato and started eating it. The sweet potato wasn't big; it was about the size of her fist.

After eating one, you're only half full.

Xu Manman didn't continue eating, leaving the rest for Fei Huainan. However, for a grown man, two pieces wouldn't even be enough to fill him up.

She didn't want to run into Fei Huainan, but there was only one candle in the kitchen, and if she took it with her, there would be no candle left.

She remembered that the candle was placed in Fei Huainan's room, and Xu Manman went into Fei Huainan's room.

Despite the light of the candles, it was still not bright enough.

While searching for candles, she accidentally bumped into a sharp thorn and pricked her finger.

Xu Manman glanced at it, found nothing wrong, and continued looking for candles. She found an iron box under the table.

They suspected the candle was inside.

When she was little, her grandmother liked to put candles in those cookie boxes.

Without thinking much, she picked up the iron box, opened it, and found that it was covered with a red cloth, which she found rather strange.

When she lifted the red cloth and saw the jade pendant inside, she suddenly realized what was happening.

Xu Manman recognized the jade pendant inside at a glance—it was the very one Li Meng wanted to steal!

She was so curious that she couldn't resist picking it up and taking a look. As soon as she held it in her hand, the jade pendant lit up.

The next moment, the jade pendant disappeared.

Xu Manman was stunned, and at the same time, a line of words appeared in her mind.

"Hello, destined one. By opening the space of this jade pendant, you have implicitly accepted this mission."

task?

Xu Manman stared at the densely packed text for quite some time before she finally finished reading it.

This jade pendant was obtained by Fei's grandfather from a Taoist priest.

It was all because Fei's ancestor... grandfather, during a time of rampant plague, stepped in to save the people of a city.

Unexpectedly, the plague was caused by a wizard who wanted to drain the city of its wealth.

As a result, it was ruined by Fei's great-grandfather, and the wizard was furious, so he put a curse on the Fei family.

The Kefei family has done good deeds for generations, accumulating so much merit that even the wizards can't do anything about it.

He settled for second best, anticipating that the Fei family would decline, but would later rise again, propelling them to new heights of glory.

The person who brought the Fei family back to prominence was the eighth-generation grandson of the Fei family.

That is, Fei Huainan.

By this time, the accumulated merits of the Fei family had weakened considerably, and the wizard cast a curse on Fei Huainan.

For the first twenty-two years of his life, he was living according to his destiny, but after the age of twenty-two, the curse would come true.

Fei Huainan will experience all the hardships of life: betrayal by friends, persecution by relatives, abandonment by his wife, neither alive nor dead, and shrouded in despair for the rest of his life.

Such a vicious curse made Xu Manman gasp. According to the wizard's curse, it had indeed come true.

However, because the Fei family had accumulated a great deal of merit, Fei's grandfather happened to meet a Taoist priest who gave him this jade pendant.

If someone opens the jade pendant, helps Fei Huainan find the wizard's descendants, and breaks the curse on Fei Huainan, this space will be given as a reward to the destined person.

It wasn't just space; the Fei family ancestor... also kept many of the Fei family's treasures inside.

As long as the mission progresses, you can receive a random reward from your great-grandfather.

If the mission is not completed, this jade pendant will only exist for five years. After five years, the space will disappear.

Xu Manman remembered that in her dream, after Li Meng obtained this space, Fei Huainan had already perished together with the original owner.

Therefore, Li Meng only obtained a five-year usage right for this space!

Even so, Li Meng still gained a lot of benefits.

All the good stuff she finds at bargain prices and trades on the black market is stored in her spatial dimension.

This saved her a lot of trouble.

But how did Li Meng know the secret of the jade pendant?

Li Meng initially approached the original owner of the body for the jade pendant.

This jade pendant is an heirloom of the Fei family, and the fact that it contains a spatial dimension is something that even Fei Huainan himself probably doesn't know.

She opened the space by accident.

Xu Manman looked down at her fingers, which were still stained with some blood.

She must have pricked her finger earlier, but the candlelight was too dim for her to see clearly.

She was quite happy to have unexpectedly gained a space, but how was she going to explain the lost jade pendant to Fei Huainan?

Xu Manman had a headache.

What is this!

Ironically, what people fear most often comes to pass.

"what are you doing?"

A cold voice came from the doorway, startling Xu Manman.

Fei Huainan walked in and saw the unfolded iron box. He quickly stepped forward, but the jade pendant inside was gone.

Fei Huainan's face was terribly gloomy as he glared at Xu Manman through gritted teeth.

"Where's the jade pendant? Hand it over!"

Xu Manman was startled by Fei Huainan's sinister expression.

She hated herself for being so impulsive, but the jade pendant had already been bound to her by a contract.

If I tell, will Fei Huainan dissect me on the spot?

What is she going to do?

She swallowed hard, then mustered her courage and asked, "What will you do if I can't produce the jade pendant?"

Fei Huainan didn't speak, but his fingers were squeaking as he clenched them.

If murder were not illegal, he would probably have twisted Xu Manman's head off.

Xu Manman took two steps back in fear, instinctively protecting her neck. She moved her eyes, pretending to be very dizzy, and the next second, she completely fainted.

Fei Huainan looked indifferent, but he could actually catch Xu Manman.

But he didn't move, letting Xu Manman fall straight to the ground.

Xu Manman felt a pang of pain in her heart; she had truly fallen straight down.

I wonder if she can fool Fei Huainan by pretending to faint.

Fei Huainan clenched his fists; for the first time, he wanted to kill a woman.

He glared at Xu Manman a few times, then turned and stepped over her, heading to the kitchen.

When I went to the kitchen, I also took the candles with me.

Xu Manman lay on the floor for a while, making sure there was no sound, before opening her eyes. The room was pitch black, and she was a little scared!

Xu Manman didn't dare to linger. She turned around and was met with a deathly pale face.

Xu Manman was almost scared out of her wits.

It turned out that Fei Huainan hadn't left; he was right at the entrance.

Late at night, the candlelight illuminated his pale face, making him look like a ghost.

Fortunately, she didn't have a heart condition, otherwise she would definitely be meeting her maker right now.

Even so, Xu Manman's heart pounded for quite a while before it calmed down.

Fei Huainan asked her for the jade pendant.

Xu Manman wanted to speak, but seeing Fei Huainan's murderous gaze, she instantly dared not utter a word.

Fei Huainan stared at Xu Manman for a while before heading to the kitchen with a gloomy face.

Xu Manman breathed a sigh of relief; Fei Huainan hadn't actually hit her.

She thought Fei Huainan had a good temper; if it were her, she would have slapped him twice.

However, if she is the one who gets hit, it's best to avoid hitting her if possible.

That night, the two slept in separate rooms. Xu Manman finally breathed a sigh of relief, as no one was asking her for the jade pendant for the time being.