Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 265: Chapter 262 The Sapphire is Missing

Huo Sining didn’t know much about tourmaline, let alone believe that a street vendor could have something worthwhile, so she merely glanced at the ring in her hand before she intended to return it.

However, as she was pinching the ring, for some reason, she found herself inexplicably slipping the ring onto the index finger of her left hand.

Huo Sining was startled and was about to remove the ring when suddenly she heard a scolding from behind.

Huo Sining jumped, and looking up, she saw a middle-aged man running towards her from dozens of meters away, shouting as he ran, ”Stop right there, you swindler!”

The street vendor in front of her lifted his head at the sound, panic and urgency flashing in his eyes. Without delay, he gathered the items on the ground, stuffed them into the snakeskin bag, and with a hard push, he bolted past Huo Sining.

Huo Sining felt a force from behind and instantly stumbled, unable to stand steady and falling straight to the side.

Almost reflexively, she braced herself with her palms on the ground, the entire force of her body pressing down on her hands.

Falling to the ground, she didn’t get hurt, but something hard was pressing against her right hand, as if something had pierced the flesh, causing a sharp pain.

”Hiss—” Huo Sining instinctively furrowed her brows and sucked in a breath of cool air.

Raising her palm, indeed on the finger wearing the tourmaline ring, there was a cut, and blood slowly seeped out.

Huo Sining felt rather irritated; how could she run into such misfortune just by taking a stroll? Had she not checked the almanac before going out?

Turning back, Huo Sining saw that the vendor had already disappeared into the crowd. At that moment, a panting middle-aged man squeezed through the crowd and chased after the fleeing vendor.

Huo Sining looked at the ring on her index finger and instinctively tried to pull it off, yet to her surprise, the ring seemed to tighten the more she pulled, unable to be removed.

Huo Sining bent down to examine it closely when, in just that split second, the blood on her fingertip somehow stained the ring. With a faint glow, the tourmaline’s green face suddenly vanished.

Witnessing this eerie scene, Huo Sining instinctively widened her eyes, the sight before her so familiar, exactly like when she first discovered the Water-Repelling Pearl.

Huo Sining’s heart skipped a beat, and she was completely dumbfounded.

The ring... how did it disappear? Could it have embedded itself into her body as well?

Having experienced this once before, Huo Sining was shocked but not frightened. However, she was standing in the middle of the street, and it was uncertain whether anyone had seen what just happened.

Thinking this, Huo Sining panicked slightly and quickly looked around with caution.

Yet, for some reason, the people on the street seemed not to notice anything odd about her, as if they had seen nothing at all.

This was strange; although the light emitted by the ring was very soft, anyone with eyes should have noticed it. So why did these people show no reaction whatsoever?

Huo Sining had a faint feeling that, just like the Water-Repelling Pearl and this bizarre ring, they were invisible to others except for her.

It was like in the novels, the items had come into contact with her blood and acknowledged her as their master, hence ordinary people couldn’t see them.

Huo Sining gazed at her finger, a sense of sudden realization dawning on her.

The Water-Repelling Pearl had been inside her body for such a long time, and every time she used it, she was extremely careful, especially when channeling Spiritual Energy, for fear that the faint green glow it emitted would be seen by others.

But it wasn’t until this moment that she realized, apart from herself, no one else could see that glow.

Once she figured out this piece of the puzzle, Huo Sining couldn’t help but feel a mixture of amusement and embarrassment; her prior worries had been completely unnecessary.

Setting aside her mixed feelings of annoyance, relief, surprise, and gratitude, Huo Sining finally calmed down and took a closer look at the index finger of her right hand.

The Tourmaline Ring had disappeared, and Huo Sining felt a faint sense of anticipation.

According to normal logic, since the ring could recognize its master, it surely had some special function.

If the Water-Repelling Pearl could repel water and heal diseases, what was the purpose of this ring?

Beyond the ring’s function, Huo Sining had some other doubts.

Was there any connection between this ring and the Water-Repelling Pearl? Why did it appear here so unexpectedly? Where did that peddler get it from?

She did want to grab the peddler and ask him thoroughly, but by now, the man had long since run off. Where was she supposed to find him?

Huo Sining felt a wry smile tug at her lips as she thought about how she had earlier lamented not checking the almanac before stepping out, only to stumble upon such a stroke of luck.

If that peddler knew that his escape had resulted in him losing a treasure, who knows how much he would regret his decision.

Huo Sining felt a deep sympathy for the peddler, but what was done was done; no matter how sorry she felt, there was nothing she could do to change the situation. She definitely couldn’t remove the ring, nor return it; the most she could do was compensate the peddler if she encountered him again.

However, it was only at this point that Huo Sining realized that from the moment she bumped into the peddler to his frantic escape, she had never taken a good look at his face, not even knowing what he looked like.

Uh...

Huo Sining suddenly felt a sense of exasperation, realizing that even the idea of compensation was nothing more than a hollow promise.

Never mind, Huo Sining thought resignedly and abandoned the thought, turning to walk toward Bai Yishan’s shop.

Upon reaching Bai Yishan’s shop, she saw her bustling about. Huo Sining smiled, didn’t disturb her, merely nodded in her direction as a greeting and headed upstairs.

Entering the second floor, Bai Yishan’s workspace, and finding no one there, Huo Sining couldn’t contain her curiosity and sneakily took the Starlight Sapphire out of her snakeskin bag to admire.

She had intended to leave it at home, but considering the Sapphire’s high value, she would have let it be had it not been discovered. Now that it was actually in her hands, she simply couldn’t trust leaving this item at home.

However, after what had just happened, she thought it wasn’t safe to wear it on her person either. If she bumped into someone and the chain accidentally broke, the gem could be exposed, which wouldn’t be secure at all.

Huo Sining felt a bit torn, holding the Sapphire in her hand, wishing she had a Storage Space like those in novels; a magical place where she could toss any valuable item and keep it safe, convenient and worry-free from potential thieves.

And as Huo Sining entertained these wild thoughts, a bizarre thing happened.

The Sapphire that she held in her hand disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.