Tianjin City

It is a very beautiful, sunny morning. Looking outside, beautiful flowers and the sound of chirping birds enchant anyone's mind.

A Mercedes Maybach S600 is parked outside the café. The driver comes out of the car and opens the door, and a beautiful middle-aged woman steps out, wearing a red silk, flower-embroidered cheongsam. She has a very dignified and confident aura around her.

After her, a young girl steps out of the car. Her skin is very pale, like it is void of blood. Green veins are easily visible on the surface. Unlike other people under the sun, she looks very enchanting, as though she shines wherever the sunlight touches her. Her face is very beautiful. Unlike people here, her eyes are large and striking, with a round nose and pink lips. Beneath her right eye rests a tear mole. Her posture is nonchalant and carefree, which makes her look even more charming. Her looks alone are alluring, and standing under the sun adds more to her charm.

The woman glances at the girl beside her, who is wearing a black turtleneck with a white silk shirt and a short black pleated skirt.

The woman starts walking into the café, and the girl follows her while looking down at her phone.

Inside the café, both sit facing each other. The middle-aged woman is Hé Hua, and the young girl is Chu Xiù.

Hé Hua, seeing that Chu Xiù is still looking at her phone, calls sharply, "Chu Xiù, keep your phone down and listen to me." Hearing Hé Hua, she quietly sets her phone down, raises her beautiful eyes, and looks at her. Hé Hua is a little stunned after meeting her daughter after 12 years. Looking into her eyes feels like staring at a stranger rather than her own child—completely indifferent and void of any emotion.

Hé Hua, at the age of twenty, married a man who was very good-looking and soon after had a beautiful daughter. That daughter is Chu Xiù. But three years later, her husband died in an accident, leaving Hé Hua alone to take care of her two-and-a-half-year-old child. When Chu Xiù turned five, on her birthday, Hé Hua took her to her grandmother's house. Her grandmother was Hé Hua's husband's mother, who was living alone in a countryside village. Hé Hua told Chu Xiù that she was going to buy her a birthday present. Hearing this, Chu Xiù nodded her head, and Hé Hua left her at her grandmother's house.

But Chu Xiù already knew that her mother was not going to come back, because the night before they arrived at her grandmother's house, little Chu Xiù had overheard her mother talking with her grandmother. Her mother had said she was going to marry a rich man, so she couldn't keep Chu Xiù with her and was going to leave her behind.

From then on, Chu Xiù lived with her grandmother Lî Xueyun, who became her only family. But when Chu Xiù turned 17, her grandmother passed away. Before leaving this world, Lî Xueyun had called Hé Hua and asked her to take back Chu Xiù. And the very next day after her grandmother's death, Hé Hua came to pick her up.

Chu Xiù closes her eyes after reminiscing about the past, then opens them again and looks indifferently at her mother. Her eyes are a little bloodshot. "Yes, I am listening."

Hé Hua begins speaking in a dignified tone. "First of all, after meeting the family, keep your presence quiet. Your brother Qin Shuchang is a brilliant individual, so don't disturb him. Next, your sister Qin Xiāng is a talented young lady of the Qin family, so try to learn from her. And the most important thing, after hearing about your behaviour and grades, is to stay away from trouble. After entering the Qin family, change your habits. And if you need anything, come talk to me. As for your school, we need time to think. That's everything. Do you understand?"

Chu Xiù looks at her mother for a few seconds and replies, "First of all, I came with you because my grandmother told me to. The next thing is that I am only going to stay at the Qin family for tonight. As for why, it's because I am already admitted in No.1 High School, so I am going to live in a dorm. So don't worry about me."

Hé Hua is a little stunned and asks, "How did you get admission in No.1 High School?"

Chu Xiù, still looking indifferently at Hé Hua, says, "Just like you never cared about me in the last 12 years, don't worry about this either. There is no need for you to know."

Hearing this, Hé Hua angrily stomps out of the café and gets inside the car. Chu Xiù also gets in, and then her phone blinks, notifying her that a message has come. She taps it open. The message is from "BLISS."

Bliss: "Hello Black, where are you?"

Black: "I am here. Just talking to someone."

Bliss: "Ok. So what do you think about the deal of finding that genius doctor 'MAYA'?"

Black: "I am not taking this deal. And send the complete information about the person who proposed it."

Bliss: "[sad emoji] Ok. Bye."

After exiting the chat, Chu Xiù looks outside the car window. The car is parked outside a big mansion. Without any surprise, Chu Xiù follows Hé Hua inside. Sitting inside are three people: the head of the family, Qin Fenhua; his son, Qin Shuchang; and his daughter, Qin Xiāng.

Everyone looks towards the door when Hé Hua and Chu Xiù enter. Hé Hua, whose face was very gloomy, is now smiling after seeing her family and her sweet daughter. After seeing Hé Hua, Qin Xiāng directly hugs her and, with a little pout on her lips, says, "Mom, I missed you. Why are you so late?" she complains.

While still smiling, Hé Hua says, "Mom's car got a little problem while returning. That's why we got here a little late. Mom's sorry, okay?" Hé Hua says while still holding Qin Xiāng in her arms and patting her head with love.

Then, looking towards her husband and her son, Hé Hua asks, "How was your day today at the office?" Qin Shuchang raises his eyes, and his handsome face comes to sight perfectly, and says, "It was good, Mom. Same as usual."

Then, looking towards Chu Xiù, Qin Fenhua asks, "So this is Chu Xiù." After listening to what Qin Fenhua said, Hé Hua is a little embarrassed as she completely forgot that Chu Xiù is still standing beside her.

Qin Xiāng also realizes that there is someone whom her mom had gone to pick up—her "sister." Then she looks towards Chu Xiù. She feels astonished to see the dazzling, perfectly beautiful face of Chu Xiù. Qin Xiāng was expecting to see a girl with a dark skin tone, but what she is seeing now is a masterpiece. While hiding her disappointment, she goes to Chu Xiù and says, "Hello, Chu Xiù. I am Qin Xiāng, and I welcome you here in our family."

Chu Xiù looks into Qin Xiāng’s eyes for a little while and returns her greetings. "Yes. Hello, I am Chu Xiù." Then Hé Hua calls Guo Yuxin. She is the housekeeper of the Qin family, and Hé Hua asks her to take Chu Xiù to her room.

After going inside the room, Chu Xiù keeps her bag on the bed. She opens it. If anyone looks at it more carefully, there are only two casual T-shirts—one black and one white—one denim shorts, and figure skating pants for girls to practice. After a bath, she wears that same turtleneck and those practice pants for skating.

Chu Xiù is now ready to leave for practice. Just then, Chu Xiù hears a knock on the door. Irritated, she opens the door. It is Qin Xiāng who is standing at the door.

"Why are you here? Is there something?" Seeing impatience and a little anger in Chu Xiù’s eyes, she is a little scared, but still, she says, "Sister, hello. I am here to give you dinner. You didn't come down to eat, so I brought your dinner here. And I also wanted to talk to you about something."

Seeing she is up to something from her behaviour, Chu Xiù says, "Giving you two minutes. Talk and leave," with indifference in her eyes. Chu Xiù is very impatient and irritated right now, as she wants to leave as soon as possible. Her whole body is covered with an oppressive aura.

Seeing Chu Xiù's impatience and aura, Qin Xiāng quickly says, "Sister, I know you are angry with me. I am sorry. Actually, I am very happy to see you. It's not that Mom only loves me, she also loves you. You just have to be obedient to her. If you think I stole your place in Mom's heart, it's wrong. It's just that Mom stayed away from you for many years because she just poured her love on me. I am sure in no time she will come to love you too."

After listening to this, Chu Xiù understands the meaning well—'that your mom left you, and now she loves me and me only.' Chu Xiù scoffs a little and says, "If you are over with your self-talk, then take this food back and leave now. I already had my dinner," Chu Xiù speaks with an irritated tone.

Listening to this, Qin Xiāng was stunned as there is no reaction from Chu Xiù’s side. She still has no emotion on her face, and her tone is still irritated. Seeing this, she leaves the room with the food tray, and Chu Xiù slams the room's door on her face.

Qin Xiāng is very ireful, thinking how Chu Xiù closed the door on her face. Qin Xiāng immediately goes to Hé Hua and, with small teardrops on her face, Hé Hua worriedly asks, "What happened? Why are you crying? Did someone bully you?"

"No, Mom, it's just that I think my sister is very angry with me, as I took her place in your heart. And because you love me more than her and never went to meet my sister even once in the past 12 years. I think she hates me because my sister didn't understand me and even slammed the door closed right on my face. I shouldn't have gone to her room. My sister must have been very hurt by my words."

After hearing Qin Xiāng, Hé Hua says, "You don't have to worry about your sister. She is going to live in the dorm. And after your sister's college entrance examination, she will be sent abroad for her further studies. Just worry about your piano competition and your studies. You don't have to give any thoughts to your sister."

After Qin Xiāng leaves the room, Chu Xiù opens the window and puts on her black backpack on her shoulders, which is different from her black bag in which her clothes and other things are kept. It is a leather backpack containing her skates, water bottle, and some other items.

Chu Xiù jumps from her window on the second floor and lands successfully. After that, she jumps over the two-metre wall fencing the mansion effortlessly and goes to her destination.

Chu Xiù goes inside a twenty-floor building of Star Sports Club, and at reception, she shows her Black Diamond Membership Card. The receptionist tells her that she will show the way, but Chu Xiù refuses the help and says, "Thank you."

Star Sports Club is one of the most famous sports clubs in the world. Not anybody can get membership here. One needs a great athletic background, money, and status.

The starting membership price for even the lowest membership rank starts from 300,000.

The membership ranks are classified by the cards one has. They start from Bronze Card, Silver Card, Gold Card, and Black Gold Card. And after all these cards, there is one more card which the equity shareholders of the Star Sports Club hold—that is, the Black Diamond Card.

Not every equity holder, only the ones who have a large percentage of shares after the owner. And at the present time, there are two people who hold Black Diamond Cards.

Ground Floor

Chu Xiù gets inside the lift and directly goes to the seventh floor.

The receptionist is very shocked and immediately calls the branch manager, telling him that there are two people with Black Diamond Cards who have entered the club tonight.

The branch manager immediately calls the Chairman, Sūn Cheung, and tells him everything.

"Hahaha," Sūn Cheung laughs loudly. "Manager, those two are giant Buddhas. Let them do whatever they want, just remember not to disturb them ever. Both of their tempers are very prickly."

"Ok, Chairman."

Chu Xiù enters the ice rink and starts preparing herself for practice. She has a habit of touching her locket, which is always around her neck. She goes to touch it but—"Huh, where is my locket?!" A thought crosses her mind: I bumped into a man who was with his friends; maybe it's with him.

Chu Xiù sees the same man holding her locket. "Excuse me, sir. The locket, it's mine," she says in a calm tone to the man in front of her.

The friends of the man gasp. Even with their reaction, Chu Xiù feels one thing in their eyes: Why are they looking at me like they saw someone who came back from the dead? Hah! Whatever.

"Are you listening to me, sir? Please give me my locket back."

"Is it? Prove to me it's yours."

The man who is holding the locket speaks for the first time. He takes his eyes away from the locket and looks at Chu Xiù.

She looks at him for a few seconds. "Okay. How should I prove it's mine?"

Chu Xiù is neutral to good-looking faces. After all, since childhood she has seen her own reflection every day—a face so beautiful that no one could compare—it is very hard for her to be wavered by anyone’s appearance.

But this man really is scenic. She is still not wavered, but for the first time, she finds someone good-looking enough to give a second glance and even a compliment.

He is handsome.

Feng Junfeng is still looking at the flawlessly beautiful face of the girl in front of him.

Many people who are practicing late at night notice the commotion and come closer. They are shocked to see a girl in front of the Third Young Master.

If it were someone else who didn’t know Feng Junfeng, that person might think this is just a small love quarrel.

A flawlessly beautiful girl and a dazzlingly handsome man—neither of them lacking in appearance or aura. Together, they look like a match made in heaven.

Feng Junfeng is a very ruthless person. In the Feng Family, not even the next heir dares to go against his wishes. He is even the most favoured son of the head of the Feng Family. No one knows where he gets his power from, so no one dares to provoke him.

Thinking this, everyone feels that this girl is really inviting her doom by provoking the Crown Prince of the Feng Family.

"Answer my two questions and I will believe that this locket is yours. First: name the crystal it's made from. Second: what is written inside the locket? That’s all, and I will believe it's yours," Feng Junfeng says in a calm and unhurried tone. His aura grows more and more oppressive with each passing moment.

The onlookers think the girl is surely dead if she answers wrong.

"Amethyst. It’s the crystal that represents understanding, purity, and attracts positivity, helping one to gain spiritual peace. In love, it 'reflects the desire to apply oneself to compassionate service.' And 'Remember Me'—that’s what is written inside the locket," Chu Xiù says, staring into the man’s eyes in a calm and dignified tone.

Feng Junfeng studies her for a few more seconds, an unknown emotion flickering in his eyes. "You are right. Sorry to take your time." Saying this, he hands the locket back to her.

Chu Xiù takes the locket, goes back to the ice rink, and puts it around her neck again.

She mumbles, "He is dangerous."

In the year 20**, when Feng Junfeng was only 9 years old, he heard a love song coming from the direction of the seacoast.

He had been suffering from insomnia since he was six years old, so it was normal for him to be awake late at night. For the last three years, he never got more than three hours of sleep.

But this song made his complicated mind calm. He followed the sound to the coast and found a little girl sitting on a rock, singing. The song was so beautiful that it was hard to believe it came from the throat of a girl only five or six years old.

But either way, Feng Junfeng moved toward the girl. Just then, the girl’s mother came and took her away.