Siheyuan: After traveling through time, who can still be an honest person?

"By the way, I brought you a gift too."

Cao Yue suddenly remembered something, took out his briefcase from the closet, found two jewelry boxes and handed them to Lou Xiao'e.

"What is this?" Lou Xiao'e asked in surprise.

"You'll know once you open it." Cao Yue said with a smile.

Lou Xiao'e opened the larger jewelry box first, and inside were two jade bracelets glowing white.

"Wow--!"

Lou Xiao'e covered her mouth in surprise and joy.

One could tell at a glance that these two jade bracelets were not ordinary items, and were even better than the heirloom she gave to Cao Yue.

"This is also a pair of Hetian jade bracelets. I'll put them on you." Cao Yue put both jade bracelets on Lou Xiao'e's right hand.

"Does it look good?" Cao Yue looked at Lou Xiao'e tenderly.

"It looks good. Thank you."

Lou Xiao'e excitedly gave him two kisses, then looked at the smaller jewelry box hopefully.

"This is the jade bracelet you gave me. Since it is a family heirloom of the Lou family, I think it is better to return it to its original owner."

Cao Yue opened the box, took out the jade bracelet and handed it over.

Lou Xiao'e took the jade bracelet and compared it with the one she was wearing on her wrist. Sure enough, the color was quite different.

"Xiao Yue, where did you get the jade bracelet?" Lou Xiao'e asked curiously.

Even the Lou family does not have such precious things.

Cao Yue explained half-truthfully: "After you left, I bought a courtyard house. It turned out that there was a secret room in that courtyard house. It should have been left by a senior official of the previous dynasty. There are a lot of gold, silver and jewelry hidden in it."

"You... are so lucky!" Lou Xiao'e said in surprise.

Cao Yue boasted: "I can't help it, it's a character issue."

In fact, these two bracelets came from the secret vault of the former richest man in the Qing Dynasty and his baby.

Cao Yue finally couldn't resist the temptation, and on a quiet night, he put all the treasures in the secret vault into the space.

"By the way, I have to take you to the household registration department to apply for an ID card tomorrow, so that it will be more convenient for you to do things here." Lou Xiao'e suddenly said.

"Yeah." Cao Yue agreed without thinking.

He came here to pave the way and then bring Zhou Xiaobai, He Yushui, Han Ziyan and others here.

After receiving such a precious jade bracelet, Lou Xiao'e simply washed up and couldn't wait to show it off to her mother.

Lou's mother is a connoisseur of valuables, and the pair of jade bracelets on her daughter's wrists are simply priceless.

I couldn't help but like Cao Yue even more.

She didn't care whether the gift Cao Yue gave her was precious, but she cared that it showed how much Cao Yue valued his daughter.

It was worth Xiao'e's ten years of waiting.

In the evening, the Lou family gathered together for dinner.

When seeing the jade bracelet on Lou Xiao'e's wrist, Lou Zhichao's three wives all looked envious and jealous.

They originally thought that Cao Yue was a pauper, but they didn't expect that a jade bracelet he casually took out would be worth millions.

Lou Zhenhua and Lou Zhichao both showed gratified looks.

Lou Mingyuan's face was full of disbelief as he looked at Cao Yue with his eyes rolling around.

After dinner, Cao Yue took Lou Xiao'e out for a walk.

Lou Xiao'e snuggled in Cao Yue's arms, with a sneaky figure following closely behind her.

"Mingyuan, what are you doing?" Lou Xiao'e asked with a cold face.

When Lou Mingyuan saw that he had been discovered, he immediately walked forward flatteringly and called out affectionately, "Aunt, Uncle."

When Lou Xiao'e heard Lou Mingyuan address Cao Yue, she was delighted and scolded him with a smile, "You are being so attentive for no reason. Take it away..."

After saying that, Lou Xiao'e took out a hundred yuan and stuffed it into Lou Mingyuan's hand, then winked at him to get out.

Lou Mingyuan did not leave. Instead, he looked at Cao Yue with a smile.

"Uncle."

Cao Yue couldn't help laughing. This kid's face changing was similar to that of Sichuan Opera.

The charm of money is really great.

"Here you go." Lou Xiao'e took out another hundred yuan unhappily.

Lou Mingyuan took it skillfully, then looked at Cao Yue with resentment, "Uncle, as your junior, I am giving you a hundred yuan as a gift for our first meeting. Isn't this a bit too little?"

"Ming-Yuan!" Lou Xiao'e drew out the words, with murderous intent in her eyes.

Cao Yue directly took out a thousand-yuan bill and threw it over, waving his hand in disdain: "Boy, disappear from my sight immediately."

"Yes, sir!"

Lou Mingyuan saluted and ran away happily.

Lou Xiao'e shook her head: "Xiao Yue, you don't have to please this bastard. He is a little bastard who is always asking for trouble."

Cao Yue smiled and told her about the money he won in the morning.

Lou Xiao'e was delighted when she heard this, and gloated: "Serves you right!"

……

When Ma Mingli returned home in the evening, his wife told him that his father-in-law wanted to see him for something.

"Dad, you looked for me." Ma Mingli came to Ma Jingzhou's room.

Ma Jingzhou told his son about Cao Yue, then handed the manuscript to his son and said, "Mingli, I was able to escape from the mainland thanks to this little Cao. He has now come to Hong Kong Island and written a novel. Please have it published in the newspaper as soon as possible."

Ma Mingli did not take the manuscript paper after hearing this. He showed an awkward look on his face and said cautiously: "Dad, the competition is too fierce now. There are now 60 or 70 newspapers in the small island of Hong Kong. The sales of the newspaper under my name have dropped significantly recently..."

He didn't believe that someone who had just come from the mainland could write a good novel.

"I have already promised them in front of your Uncle Lou. Do you want me to go back on my word? How can I go out and see people in the future?" Ma Jingzhou said angrily.

Ma Mingli said hurriedly: "Dad, I know you want to repay your kindness, but business is business and favors are favors. You can take out some money to repay him."

"You have to do this for me. Besides, the novel written by Xiao Cao is very good. You will know when you take it back and read it." Ma Jingzhou said in a tone that could not be refused.

Ma Mingli had no choice but to take the manuscript.

……

The next day.

Lou Xiao'e and Cao Yue did not do morning exercises. They first went to the garage to choose a Mercedes-Benz, then went to the household registration department to apply for ID cards, and then went to the mall to shop.

Cao Yue was wearing the same clothes he wore when he came here, which looked very rustic. The female clerk at the luxury store looked sharp and thought it was another rich woman who brought her gigolo here to shop.

Lou Xiao'e took Cao Yue shopping, not caring at all about how much money she spent.

The strange looks the female cashier and other customers gave the two of them made Lou Xiao'e smile all the time.

Cao Yue had a strong heart. Facing the scrutiny of others, he remained calm and kept smiling.

When Lou Xiao'e walked out of the mall, her face was stiff from smiling.

Cao Yue complained: "People will misunderstand that you are honored to support a gigolo!"

Lou Xiao'e puffed out her chest proudly, pinched Cao Yue's handsome face which was smoother than hers, and said with a smile: "Of course, I will support you for the rest of my life."

……

Ma Mingli came to the office and his secretary followed him with a cup of coffee.

"Go and call Editor-in-Chief Li from the newspaper." Ma Mingli took a sip of coffee and suddenly looked up and gave the order.

He dared not disobey his father's order.

After the secretary left, Ma Mingli took out Cao Yue's novel and started reading. He was too tired last night and just put the manuscript into his briefcase without having time to read it.

"Pfft——!"

Ma Mingli didn't react much when he saw the title of the book "A Step into the Past", but the next second when he saw the author's pen name "There are always evil people who want to harm me", he burst into laughter.

This suddenly aroused his interest and he continued reading, his brows sometimes relaxed and sometimes frowned.

Tens of thousands of words were quickly gone.

Ma Mingli actually felt like he wanted more.

Boom boom boom!

There was a knock on the door. Ma Mingli coughed and shouted, "Come in."

Editor-in-chief Li Dongping pushed the door open with a serious look on his face, holding a few newspapers in his hands.

"Boss." Li Dongping bent down cautiously and greeted him.

As the sales of the newspaper decreased day by day, some people within the group suggested ceasing publication of the newspaper. As the editor-in-chief, Li Dongping has been under a lot of pressure recently.