Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 949: Chapter 945: Wife, I’m Angry

Carefully scraping off the varnish revealed a palm-sized section of the wooden shaft, with a dark red Huanghaitan wood grain, dense and intricate, its patterns flowing like clouds and water.

Upon seeing the wood’s interior pattern, Nara Nigawa couldn’t help but gasp.

Despite having anticipated this, the sight of the pattern on the wood still left him incredibly shocked.

The value of Huanghuali is significantly tied to its age, as the long growth cycle and harsh growing conditions make mature Huanghuali exceedingly rare.

To determine the age of a Huanghuali wood, one must judge by its fragrance and grain, and the shaft in front of us, with its fragrance and grain, proves that this piece of Huanghuali is absolutely top-grade.

Using such material for a flat cart is truly thoughtless, a waste of precious resources!

Nara Nigawa felt extremely conflicted; if the carpenter who used Huanghuali for a wooden cart board were standing before him, he would surely pry open that carpenter’s head to see what he was thinking.

Thinking about the shaft and the tracks also having traces of repair with metal rods and nails made Nara Nigawa’s heart ache uncontrollably; ignorance is fearlessness indeed. Such fine Huanghuali wood, if given to a skilled woodcarver, could be carved into countless precious items, yet it was just pressed into mud, not to mention nailed haphazardly.

Just imagining this wood being casually used by ignorant farmers as farming tools and left out in the yard against the wind and rain left Nara Nigawa feeling a bottled-up anger in his chest, unable to let it out or swallow it.

Huo Sining, however, was very calm; after all, it wasn’t the first time she’d encountered such things back home. In a village near the Taicheng Ancient Tomb, didn’t the old man treat a box of his wife’s bridal antiques as ordinary ceramics for drinking and tea, leaving only one piece of Tang Dynasty Ru Kiln White Porcelain?

Huo Sining felt a vague sense of relief; fortunately she had discovered this cart, at least she could preserve a portion of the intact wood. If this cart were left at the old man’s house, it would likely be destroyed beyond recognition, perhaps even thrown into the furnace as ordinary wood to burn to ashes.

Upon leaving Sensoji Temple, Huo Sining parted ways with Song Chaojing, having no intention to meet Song Xiaochen. As for whether the machine could be transported back, she only needed to ask Ouyang Jun. Huo Sining was more focused on her treasure hunting, and her initial success made her confident and excited about the plan to scour Dongyang.

She spent almost five days in the Kanto region, returning to Shinjuku with quite a haul; she scavenged quite a few paintings and ceramics. Nara Nigawa turned out to be a good guide, showing no narrow-minded bias against Huaxia, making Huo Sining’s journey smooth with his help.

Feeling smug, she returned to Sota University, feeling joyful, only to see a cool man leaning against the old tree trunk by the dormitory entrance.

Maybe it was the striking upright demeanor of the man that caught attention; female students passing by couldn’t help but stop and look back with expressions of either amazement or curiosity, and some boldly attempted to casually approach the man for a conversation.

Unfortunately, no matter how they tried, the man leaning against the tree seemed oblivious, as if deep in meditation, treating everything around him as mere air.

It wasn’t until Huo Sining approached that the man seemed to return from an illusion, suddenly standing up straight, gazing fixedly in her direction.

The light casual outfit pairing with new sneakers gave off a clean and refreshing vibe, adding a youthful touch, making him look five or six years younger, especially when he curved his lips and looked over with deep eyes, strikingly handsome.

Huo Sining stared blankly, walking forward dazedly, unable to speak for a long while.

Gu Xu seemed to understand what Huo Sining was thinking, raising an eyebrow, his voice still calm, yet somehow Huo Sining heard an intense grievance and frustration in his tone.

”Wife, you forgot about me again.”

Huo Sining felt a bit guilty, subconsciously lowered her head.

She knew that any explanation now would be just excuses. Indeed, she was too absorbed in treasure hunting, momentarily too excited, and ended up forgetting about her boyfriend.

For a week, she ran around Kanto, picked up many treasures, falling asleep at night with a smile, too thrilled to think of calling Gu Xu.

Gu Xu called Huo Sining, found her phone off, then tried Sota University dorm and Hinata Chinatsu answered, explaining that Huo Sining went touring Kanto with a man named Nara Nigawa.

Upon hearing the news, Mr. Gu couldn’t sit still, dumped all work onto Song Hui, and anxiously booked a flight to Dongdu. What a joke, his wife was about to be taken away, how could he still focus on work?

Landing, Gu Xu headed straight to Sota University, waiting outside Huo Sining’s dorm, end up waiting half a day, his carefree wife unreachable by phone or text, making Gu Xu’s mood extremely frustrated, wishing he could immediately find his Huo Xiaoning and spank her.

But seeing Huo Sining now, head down like an ostrich not speaking, Gu Xu’s anger deflated like a punctured ball, seeing her safely before him softened his heart immensely, unable to utter a harsh word.

However, this was still a serious matter; she was undisciplined, not reporting to superiors, making his wife fearless. Although Gu Xu’s anger had subsided, he still needed to set boundaries; if left unchecked, who knows how reckless she might become!

Feeling smug, Gu Xu cleared his throat, affecting a calm tone demanding: ”Wife, your actions this time made me very angry. You need to find a way to cheer me up soon, or I’ll...”

In response, Huo Sining approached Gu Xu, smiling as she asked: ”Or you’ll what?”

”I’ll—”

Before Gu Xu could finish, Huo Sining stood on tiptoe, pressing her lips against the persistently chattering man’s lips.