A flash of light appeared before her eyes, and a book shimmering with golden light appeared out of thin air in front of Xia Chuyi.
What is this? She wondered in surprise.
Reaching out to grab it, the golden light on the book disappeared, turning it into the appearance of an ordinary book.
She flipped through the book, which contained nothing but recipes.
After skimming it for a bit, she closed the book, and at that moment, a burst of golden light shone from the book again. Subsequently, the golden light faded and shrank until it transformed into a jade pendant, the very one that she had always worn around her neck.
Caressing the jade pendant, she calmed her mind, realizing that she must have acquired a magical space.
This jade pendant was left to her by her father, so was this the protection of her father's spirit from heaven?
With a mere thought, she found herself outside the space, with the scene before her eyes changing to that of a hostel.
She practiced entering and exiting the space several times, and soon she could proficiently move in and out, as well as manipulate objects to and from the space with her mind.
After she had made the connection, she flashed into the space, dug up a plump radish from the ground, washed it by the brook, and then left the space.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, she wiped off the water on the radish with her sleeve and took a bite.
The taste was crisp, the juice sweet, and the fragrance lingered on her lips and teeth...
Was this the product of the space? It was so delicious it hardly seemed like an ordinary radish!
Her eyes lit up, she seemed to have found a way to make money.
After finishing the radish, she silently muttered "Appear," and strands of light emerged from the palm of her hand, coalescing into the jade pendant, which then gradually enlarged and turned back into the book.
Leaning against the wall, she casually flipped through the book. She hadn't got through two pages when there was a knock on the door.
"Chuyi, Chuyi, it's Sister Lan. Are you ready? Once you're ready, let's go have breakfast together."
Have breakfast together? Xia Chuyi raised her eyebrows.
Xia Lan was scheming against her again.
How could she have been so foolish in her last life? She was deceived time and again, even counting money for others, thinking they were good sisters.
She stored away the Heavenly Book, the jade pendant vanished into her body in a flash of light, and she got up from the bed.
"Okay," she opened the door to greet Xia Lan, smiling cheerily.
This life, let's see who outsmarts whom.
"Chuyi, you must be hungry after going out early in the morning, right? Let's go to the cafeteria for breakfast," Xia Lan said with that pitiful look she always had when she saw Xia Chuyi.
Xia Chuyi glanced at her.
She really knew how to act, behaving as if nothing had ever happened.
It was no wonder she had been deceived by her in her last life.
"Mhm," Xia Chuyi put her hands in her jacket pockets, responded indifferently, and swaggered toward the cafeteria.
In the cafeteria, the Master was haphazardly cleaning pots and pans.
Seeing the two of them, the Master didn't bother to greet them.
Walking straight to the stove because she was in the restaurant business, Xia Chuyi took one look and knew that the business here wasn't very good.
These days, employees of state-owned units all had connections; they each had bigger egos than the next and didn't care about their business or profits. Anyway, whether the business was good or not, he still got his salary, and there were always leftovers to bring home.
Xia Chuyi contemplated how to seize this opportunity.
She casually glanced at today's special: Pork Dumplings (limited supply).
She heard a slight swallowing sound next to her; it was Xia Lan.
Xia Chuyi looked at her sidelong, asking as if offhandedly, "Want some?"
"Ah? No, no!" Xia Lan waved her hands, her eyes lingering on the sign for the pork dumplings, looking very reluctant to leave them.
Xia Chuyi shook her head in disdain, "If you want to eat, just eat."
"Can I... really?" Xia Lan pretended to hesitate.
"Master, a plate of dumplings and two buns!" Xia Chuyi was too lazy to deal with her and shouted directly into the kitchen.
"Got it!" The Master replied lazily, casually picking a bun from the steamer to put into a bowl, and handed it to her.
"Here are the buns, the dumplings will take a bit longer."
Receiving the buns, Xia Chuyi began to ponder what to do next.