That was all you meant to him

Jin Xia wanted to say more, but though her lips parted, she had no chance to get a word out before she fainted and lost consciousness.

When she opened her eyes again, she found herself inside an abandoned building.

The unfinished building had been abandoned for at least a dozen years, and howling wind swept past her ears...

Jin Xia clearly heard Brother Biao talking to someone on the phone. "You'd better know what's good for you. Transfer twenty million into my account before ten tonight, or don't blame us for getting rough!"

Noise came from the other end, along with Lu Mingchuan's harsh rebuke. "She has nothing to do with me anymore. Twenty million is out of the question!"

Twenty million...

Yes, she was nothing but a complete joke to Lu Mingchuan. How could he possibly bear to spend twenty million to ransom her?

Brother Biao rose in a fury and kicked Jin Xia.

He hurled his phone down in anger. "Can't even get twenty million out of him. So that's all you mean to the eldest young master of Jing City's Lu family! Jin Xia, either pay up now or come to Southeast Asia with us and work as a dealer. Pick one!"

Southeast Asia? Work as a dealer?

Jin Xia knew perfectly well that if she went to Southeast Asia with Brother Biao, her entire life would be ruined!

She glared at Brother Biao, clenched her back teeth, and kicked him in the groin when he wasn't looking!

The man howled, then roared, "You fucking dared to kick me!"

Jin Xia seized the opening and bolted for the exit!

Thugs rushed out from somewhere and surrounded her!

She watched those burly men close in on her, step by step...

Backing away, she reached the edge of the rooftop. "Take another step and I'll jump!"

"Hahaha! Sure, jump! Death wipes out your debts. If you jump from here, you'll save me the trouble!"

Brother Biao pointed at Jin Xia with a mocking laugh, while the men behind him clutched their stomachs and laughed too.

They were betting that Jin Xia wouldn't dare leap from a building more than ten stories high!

After all, they had seen far too many gold diggers like her.

Jin Xia looked around, then squeezed her eyes shut. If she stayed, she would have to go to Southeast Asia with them. She didn't know what would become of the rest of her life...

Her life was already utterly ruined.

Her reputation in Jing City was in tatters, her engagement to Lu Mingchuan had ended, and the people from Hong Kong City had tracked her down here. She was already on a road to death!

Jin Xia let out a long breath. Perhaps someone as greedy as her deserved an ending like this.

Under the eyes of everyone there, she threw herself off without a thought for her own safety-

"You actually fucking jumped!"

Brother Biao panicked and lunged forward to try to catch her.

But it was too late. Jin Xia's body plummeted uncontrollably. She felt as light as a feather, her mind utterly blank, without time for a single thought.

Then came a deafening crash!

The agony of shattered bones and ruptured organs consumed her mind.

When Jin Xia opened her eyes and woke again, she thought she was already dead.

The smell of mildew mingled with dampness, assailing her senses...

Where was this?

The rental she had lived in before college?

That little room in the urban village?

Jin Xia sat up at once, grabbed the calendar beside her, and glanced at it!

Not only had she survived, but she had returned to 2015, to the day she won the lottery!

The landlord's urgent knocking came from outside, along with his sleazy voice. "Hey, little lady, I'm not an unreasonable man. Just tell me you're having trouble, and I'll help you. I could even waive the rent..."

Jin Xia couldn't help recalling everything that had happened in her previous life. She had nearly been groped by the landlord, and only after finally escaping had she discovered she had won the lottery.

That night, she had cashed in her ticket. The first thing she did after getting the money was buy a gold-digging course from Chu Chu's livestream!

She had bought the 29,999-yuan course without batting an eye!

A few days later, news came that the landlord's old, shabby little property in the urban village was going to be demolished.

At the time, Jin Xia had cursed fate for being unfair. Why should a scumbag like the landlord get to reap the rewards of the times? Later, she had rushed off to Hong Kong City herself, repeatedly failed her college courses, and nearly failed to graduate!

Jin Xia sat on the bed, stunned for a few seconds, before quickly reacting. "I'll withdraw the money and pay you in a bit."

"Oh, all right..." The landlord sounded disappointed.

Only after she heard the man's footsteps fade away outside did she hurriedly gather her things and leave.

Jin Xia didn't have a penny in her pockets, and it was a long walk to claim her prize.

Only when she emerged from the Sports Lottery Center and saw the balance in her account did it truly feel real.

She really had been reborn!

Given another life, she would never take the same wrong turns again.

Eight million was enough to buy the landlord's shabby old property in the urban village and complete the paperwork before it was forcibly demolished!

A scumbag like him didn't deserve an enormous fortune!

Jin Xia let out a long breath, picked up her phone, and contacted a real estate agent.

Fortunately, the landlord was a compulsive gambler who had even run a private gambling den in his home. He had racked up over a million in debt, long since owed more than he owned, and had creditors show up at his door several times. He had listed the shabby little property with an agency three months earlier.

When the agent heard that Jin Xia wanted to buy the shabby old property here, he could barely stop grinning. "Please have a seat, miss. The landlord will be here shortly."

Jin Xia handed the agent the transfer paperwork she had prepared in advance. "I'm still a few months short of eighteen, so I can't go through the normal ownership transfer process. I need him to sign a gift agreement for me."

"That's no problem at all!"

Smiling, the agent brought her a glass of water.

Jin Xia looked up and saw the landlord enter. Their eyes met, and the landlord froze.

"Hey, little lady, didn't you say you were going to withdraw money to pay your rent? Why are you here? Looking to rent somewhere else?"

The landlord frowned at her.

Seeing this, the agent hurried to explain. "Miss Jin here is the buyer."

"The buyer? You? You can't even pay three hundred a month for a single room, and you want to buy my property? What kind of joke is this?"

His eyes full of contempt, the landlord waved a hand and turned to leave.

But Jin Xia suddenly stood up. "Your asking price is three million. If you want to sell now, I can give you 2.6 million. You have one minute to think it over."