Capítulo 555: Chapter 554: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

"I asked around, and a couple of years ago, Xueqi gave a bag to Shen Mingzhu. Shen Mingzhu, the talented woman she is, sold it right away and used the money to buy a house, claiming the house had potential to appreciate in value."

Having said that, Ning Wan chuckled to himself.

Yan Yi looked at him. "Is it that amusing? Was she wrong? Didn't the property she bought increase in value?"

Ning Yuan couldn't help but lose his smile after being bombarded with these rhetorical questions.

They then talked about the hundred-day celebration happening next month. "You say she's smart, but then she does such foolish things. There are so many people on the outside who would beg for a chance to attend a banquet at the Ning family, and here she is turning it down for the sake of a rural school's anniversary, missing the party altogether."

Yan Yi stood by the window, from where he could see the road leading down the mountain.