Chapter 2024: Setting Fire to the Red Gem
Little Taotie picked up the palm-sized wooden box and exhaled: "There won’t be another box inside, will there?"
Hua Jinyan stared at the wooden box for a moment: "It requires a key."
"A key?" Little Taotie was incredulous: "Where would I get a key?"
Hua Jinyan took out a bunch of keys.
Little Taotie was puzzled: "How do you have a key? Hey, why does this key look familiar?"
"It’s the key that was inserted in the stone table. I pulled it out before coming down."
"Well done! Huahua, you have foresight!" Little Taotie gave him a thumbs-up.
"Do you want to try them one by one?"
Little Taotie hesitated as he took all the keys.
"Isn’t there any other way?"
"Look at the hole and make a rough guess."
"Alright."
Little Taotie stared at the hole on the wooden box for a long time, his starry eyes almost turning cross-eyed.
Little Taotie sighed softly, his baby voice tender: "Too difficult, I better draw a key with my eyes closed."
Little Taotie randomly pulled a key from the bunch.
Little Taotie had always been lucky, but even he didn’t expect to be this lucky, randomly picking the key to the wooden box.
Opening the wooden box, a jewelry box appeared before him.
Little Taotie opened the jewelry box, mesmerized by a red gemstone the color of pigeon blood.
The high-grade red is a pure red, possibly with a hint of wine-red, but that varies under different lights.
Red is an enchanting color. The ancient people of the Hua Country loved red; weddings and banquets couldn’t do without it. For the younger generation, the most familiar might be wine-red, closely associated with blood, naturally red in color.
In humans’ eyes, it’s red.
Red as the scorching sun, as the warm sun, like the radiance of sunrise and sunset, varying in luster and gloss at different angles, lustrous and translucent.
Little Taotie cautiously reached out to touch the pigeon-blood red gemstone.
"So beautiful, this kind of red suits Feng Qi."
Little Taotie turned his head to see Feng Qi still talking with the little boy.
"Feng Qi, this is for you."
Little Taotie ran over, offering the pigeon-blood red gemstone to Feng Qi like a treasure.
Feng Qi was also captivated by this shade of red; it was a very high-grade red.
Feng Qi was wearing a fiery red shirt, also a very true red, but compared to the premium pigeon-blood red, it still fell short.
Feng Qi could only admire it, not actually wear it.
Little Taotie was full of confidence: "If you want to wear it, it’s simple, leave it to me."
Feng Qi was unsure of what she was going to do, floating in the air watching her.
Little Taotie: "You staring at me like that makes my scalp tingle."
Feng Qi: "I often watch you like this at home."
"That’s at home, and this is outside."
"It’s under the stone table, no outsiders."
Little Taotie pointed at all the people present besides Hua Jinyan and Feng Qi: "There are a lot of people."
Feng Qi awkwardly coughed: "Are you going to set a fire?"
Little Taotie started a fire on the spot, once it was burning, she mercilessly threw the gemstone in.
The flames crackled and burned, but the red gemstone wasn’t afraid of such flames, remaining intact, looking even more stunning amidst the flames.
Little Taotie threw the Small Wooden Box in as kindling, there were plenty of small wooden boxes here that could burn for a long while.
Under the high heat of the fire, the red gemstone finally started to change, becoming dark and dull.
𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
This time, Feng Qi stretched out his paw to touch it, vaguely able to make contact.
"Once you’ve burned it to ash, I should be able to wear it," Feng Qi teased.