Chapter 42

Although she thought it was unlikely that her brother, who sold fake antiques, would be at this grand exhibition with the Heirloom Seal, Li Ting still called him.

"Bro, do you know there's an antique exhibition at the Morning Star Club today?"

"Of course I know, I'm right there in the exhibition. I asked you to come, but you didn't..."

"What? You went to the exhibition at the Morning Star Club?" Li Ting was instantly flustered. "They say the tickets cost a thousand yuan each. Where did you get yours from?"

Li Yi couldn't help but laugh. "I'm here to display antiques as a collector, part of the exhibition's organizers. Why would I need a ticket?"

"What? Just because you brought that junk, you can skip the ticket fee?" Li Ting found it hard to believe.

"Xiao Ting, let me tell you, don't talk nonsense. What I brought are genuine antiques!"

Li Ting couldn't help but pout when she heard Li Yi's words. Those broken things were all bought with her, how could he still pretend in front of her?

But thinking about her brother's deception, Li Ting didn't want to expose his shortcomings. She just asked in a low voice, "Bro, can you bring one more person in, like you, without buying a ticket?"

"Of course, but who's coming?" Li Yi asked.

"Me!" Li Ting said straightforwardly.

"Huh, you said you weren't coming?" Li Yi asked curiously.

"Get lost! I'm on my way!" Li Ting hung up the phone, then ran quickly to the living room and said to Lin Ruyu, "Mom, there's an antique exhibition at the Morning Star Club today. There's a Ru porcelain called 'After the Rain, the Sky Clears,' a genuine calligraphy by Wang Xizhi, and even the Heirloom Seal! Do you want to go see it?"

Lin Ruyu was still looking at the information about the cancer special drug. Although it was simple for Li Yi, it was still too advanced for Earth's current technology. The knowledge Li Yi had imparted to her was much more than the high school knowledge Li Ting had, so she needed to read it a few more times to fully understand it.

"I won't go, but are you going alone?" Lin Ruyu asked softly.

It was always worrying when a girl went out alone.

"My brother is there, I'll find him!" Li Ting said.

"Oh." Hearing that her daughter was going to find her son, Lin Ruyu didn't say much more. "Be careful on your way, and send me a text when you find your brother."

"OK!" Li Ting waved to her mother, put on her shoes, and ran out.

The Morning Star Club wasn't too far from Li Yi's house. Li Ting took a bus and soon arrived near the club. Thinking about the rare treasures she would soon see, she felt genuinely happy.

But when she got to the club's entrance, she found a large crowd blocked outside, unable to enter. She learned that the exhibition started at six, and it wasn't time yet.

"Hey, Li Ting, why are you here? Do you have a ticket?" A shrill female voice suddenly sounded in Li Ting's ear. She turned around to see Dong Chunyan.

"Do I need your permission to have a ticket?" Li Ting shot a glare at Dong Chunyan.

"Oh, I almost forgot, a certain slut is dating Zhao Hongguang, the handsome guy, so of course she has a ticket!" Dong Chunyan said with a grin.

"You're the one who's dating him! Don't think everyone is as cheap as you!" Li Ting said angrily.

The grudge between Li Ting and Dong Chunyan had started two years ago in junior high school.

It was during a final exam. Dong Chunyan, who usually had poor grades, found Li Ting sitting next to her and ordered her to pass her the test paper to copy. Li Ting ignored her, and after the exam, Dong Chunyan caused trouble for Li Ting and slapped her.

Li Ting, a foodie, wasn't someone to be trifled with. She immediately fought back with Dong Chunyan. Although Dong Chunyan was used to being arrogant at school, she wasn't a match for Li Ting in a fight and ended up crying on the ground.

The next day, Dong Chunyan called her boyfriend, Pu Zhiming, one of the four notorious students at No. 16 High School, saying she wanted to teach Li Ting a lesson.

But in this fight, Li Yi was the one who got beaten, not Li Ting.

Li Yi saw Pu Zhiming and four other boys blocking his sister at the classroom door, ready to beat her. He couldn't stand it and rushed straight for Pu Zhiming.

Pu Zhiming didn't expect Li Yi to come out of nowhere and was caught off guard. Li Yi grabbed his hair and gave him a series of punches.

Seeing their leader being beaten, the four boys Pu Zhiming brought immediately rushed over and started hitting and kicking Li Yi. But no matter how they hit or kicked him, Li Yi held onto Pu Zhiming's hair and kneed him in the head.

When the school teachers arrived, Li Yi was covered in blood, and Pu Zhiming's face was bleeding profusely.

After this fight, Li Yi became famous in school. One against five, both were hospitalized, with Pu Zhiming suffering a broken nose and multiple facial muscle tears, nearly disfigured, while Li Yi, though with multiple soft tissue injuries, was actually less injured. What a great achievement!

Pu Zhiming, after such a loss, couldn't let it go and vowed to get even. After he was discharged, he brought more boys to block Li Yi at the school gate every day.

Li Yi started skipping classes from then on, always avoiding Pu Zhiming and looking for a chance to catch him alone.

Finally, one day, he got his chance. Pu Zhiming was beaten half to death in the toilet by Li Yi, who appeared suddenly. If it weren't for the vice principal who happened to be in the toilet, there might have been a fatality.

After this beating, Pu Zhiming learned his lesson and made peace with Li Yi. As he put it, "Li Yi is a mad dog. He wants to trade his life for mine, but I can't trade mine for his. My life is more precious!"

After the "men" of both families made peace, Dong Chunyan and Li Ting couldn't fight anymore, but they still had to exchange insults when they met.

"Bro, I'm at the Morning Star Club, but they say it opens at six. Where are you?" Li Ting quickly called Li Yi.

"I'm inside the club. I'll come out to meet you!" Li Yi said.

"But they said it opens at six?" Li Ting was a bit puzzled.

"My dear sister, that's for the audience, not the exhibitors! Wait, I'll come get you!"

After hanging up, Li Ting was overjoyed and glared at Dong Chunyan.

What's the big deal about having a ticket? Wait here until six and then go in. I'm going in first!

Dong Chunyan didn't pay attention to what Li Ting had just called. She saw Li Ting looking at her and mocked, "Calling your boyfriend? Got a ticket?"

"I don't have a ticket, so I can't go in?" Li Ting rolled her eyes.

"Ha ha ha, I said, Li Dainai, without a ticket, you can't go in. Don't you see the police at the door?" Dong Chunyan laughed.

"Dong Chunbi, do you want to fight?" Li Ting angrily waved her fist at Dong Chunyan.

Because of her perfect chest development, Dong Chunyan had given Li Ting a very unflattering nickname, which now spread widely, and almost everyone in the school knew it.

Seeing Li Ting wave her fist, Dong Chunyan was a bit scared. This brother and sister were a pair of troublemakers, best not to provoke them.

So she stopped calling Li Ting by her nickname and said, "I'm just looking out for you. If you don't believe me, go try it. See how the police will chase you away!"

"Humph!" Li Ting turned her head and went straight to the young police officer at the door. "My brother is inside. Can I go in?"

The young police officer, a bit impatient, said, "Sorry, we've said it many times. No non-staff can enter now. If you want to attend the exhibition, please wait patiently!"

"Ha ha, I told you, without a ticket, you can't sneak in. Trying to trick the police with such a small trick? Hurry up and get a ticket!" Dong Chunyan laughed even harder when she saw Li Ting being rejected.

"Xiao Ting!" At this moment, a loud voice came from inside the club. Dong Chunyan looked closely and saw it was Li Ting's brother, Li Yi.

How did this guy get into the club? Didn't the police stop him?

"Bro!" Li Ting also waved to Li Yi.

Seeing Li Yi come out, the police captain, Lu Yangcheng, immediately approached. "Mr. Li, hello!"

He had just been scolded by Li Yi and didn't dare to be rude to him again.

"Hello, Captain Lu. My sister is outside. Can she come in to help?" Li Yi asked.

"Of course, Xiao Min, let the lady at the door in. She's Mr. Li's sister!" Lu Yangcheng shouted.

Min Yongkang, seeing Li Yi, was so scared that he trembled, thinking Li Yi had changed his mind and wanted him to pay for the BMW. But then he heard Lu Yangcheng's words and was overjoyed. He must have guessed wrong; with so much money, how could Li Yi be so petty?

"Are you Mr. Li's sister? Oh, my apologies, my apologies. If you had said earlier, please come in! Please come in!" Min Yongkang warmly greeted Li Ting.

Dong Chunyan's eyes widened.

The police, who had just ignored Li Ting, suddenly changed their attitude, bowing and smiling. It was too unbelievable!

Li Ting was also surprised by the police's sudden warmth but still smiled slightly. "Thank you!"

"You're welcome, please come in!"

Seeing Li Ting being let in, the other people waiting outside were not happy and wanted to go in as well.

"Stay back! She's staff!" Min Yongkang shouted.

"She's just a nobody staff!" Dong Chunyan, seeing herself with a ticket still blocked outside while Li Ting without a ticket went in, was very upset. In a hurry, she shouted, "Li Ting, can you bring me in too?"

"Do you know this lady?" Min Yongkang asked Li Ting in a low voice.

Li Ting looked back at Dong Chunyan and shook her head. "I don't know her, but I suspect she's a criminal, trying to steal. You'd better be careful!"

"What?" Min Yongkang's eyebrows raised, and he called, "You, come here!"

Dong Chunyan thought Min Yongkang was going to let her in and happily said, "Coming, coming!"

She squeezed next to Min Yongkang, but then he said, "Who are you? Give me your name, age, home address! And do you have your ID?"