Hearing Ruan Xia's words, the boss frowned for a moment and looked over with displeasure.

"What do you mean?"

"literal meaning,"

Ruan Xia did not flinch because of the boss's eyes. Instead, she reached out and patted the broken jade powder off the child's chest.

"This piece of jade is not a good thing. If you take it with you, you will have to wait for the white-haired person to give it to the black-haired person."

The boss was so angry at Ruan Xia's words that he was about to scold her when he suddenly heard the child spit out the soul-fixing bead.

He quickly lowered his head with concern on his face.

The boy who was pale and passed out just now has now slowly woken up.

He stared blankly at his father and Ruan Xia in front of him, pursed his lips, and burst into tears.

The next moment, the boss was hurriedly coaxing the children, completely ignoring the quarrel with Ruan Xia.

"What's going on? Normally this child would be fine with just being coaxed. Why is he crying so much today?"

Seeing the child who kept crying, the boss was very worried.

Ruan Xia knew, however, that just because the child's soul had been affected by this soul-locking jade, and now it was finally free, the soul was not stable enough, so the child was flustered and naturally couldn't stop crying.

Ruan Xia reached out and picked up the soul-fixing bead that the child had spit out just now, wiped it casually with paper, and stuffed it back into the child's hand.

As soon as he touched the soul-fixing bead, the child's crying stopped immediately.

He played with the bead curiously, his eyes full of love for it.

The boss looked at Ruan Xia in surprise, not knowing what to say.

It was Xu Yuan who took the initiative to break the silence.

"Boss Chen, let me just say that Miss Ruan has a way. She is a master."

It was only then that Boss Chen was completely convinced that the Ruan Xia in front of him was not a show-off.

He quickly put down his posture, hugged the child and bowed deeply to her.

"I'm sorry, Miss Ruan, it's just me who can't see Taishan! I'm so sorry!"

Boss Chen was very scared. If he really stopped it just now, what accident happened to the child would not have been caused by him.

"It's okay, everyone loves their children."

Ruan Xia could understand Boss Chen's mood, so he didn't care about his offense just now.

She reached out and touched the boy's head, "Can I ask where this jade pendant came from?"

Boss Chen now trusted Ruan Xia very much and quickly replied, "This is the peace jade my wife went to the temple to ask for."

"Because Xiaobao has been in poor health since he was a child and has been bedridden. Only with this piece of jade can he become healthy, so..."

Ruan Xia frowned, "Your current wife is not Xiaobao's biological mother, right?"

The boss was immediately surprised, "How do you know?"

After speaking, he looked sad and his eyes were full of memories.

"Xiaobao is the child of me and my deceased wife, but because of a difficult delivery, my deceased wife had already left. I wanted to let Xiaobao grow up in an environment full of maternal love, so I married this person."

He chose his current wife from thousands of people. Before getting married, he also told her that he only wanted Xiaobao to have a child in this life.

The wife readily agreed, and from then on, she loved Xiaobao as her own child.

Even when Xiaobao was sick, she took care of him day and night without any disdain, without taking off his clothes.

He couldn't imagine that such a virtuous woman could secretly do evil things.

Just as he was talking, the restaurant door opened and a beautiful woman walked in.

"Husband, why are you all gathered here?"

This person is Boss Chen's current wife. She walked over slowly and looked at the well-behaved Xiaobao, with a flash of hatred in her eyes.

The next moment, it was full of loving motherly images.

"Is Xiaobao sick again? Do you want to take him to the hospital for a checkup?"

As she said this, she made a gesture to hug Xiaobao.

But unlike before, as soon as she stretched out her arm, Boss Chen picked up Xiaobao before her.

She looked at him in confusion, wondering why her usually gentle husband had such a cold face now.

Just as he was about to ask cautiously, he suddenly discovered that the jade pendant Xiaobao usually wore now only had a red string, and he quickly spoke in a panic.

"Where's the jade pendant!"

Boss Chen said coldly, "It's broken."

"Broken! How could it be broken?"

The woman looked in disbelief. The piece of jade had clearly not completed its mission, so why did it suddenly break into pieces!

Seeing her reaction, Boss Chen, who originally had a glimmer of hope, felt cold in his heart.

It was this woman who slept with her, who kept saying she would love and protect Xiaobao, but secretly plotted to kill him.

Boss Chen held Xiaobao in his arms and handed him to the waiter beside him, asking her to carry Xiaobao up to rest.

He didn't want Xiaobao to see what happened next.

It wasn't until Xiaobao's figure disappeared on the second floor that Boss Chen said coldly, "You must be disappointed that Xiaobao didn't die."

The woman didn't expect that Boss Chen would suddenly say this. Panic flashed across her face, but she still forced a smile.

"Honey, what are you talking about? Why would I want Xiaobao to die?"

"I traveled thousands of miles to ask for that jade pendant. I knelt down for three days."

The woman spoke with such a pitiful expression that she almost moved Boss Chen.

However, thinking of Xiaobao's pale face just now, he became cold again.

"I think you know better than anyone whether that piece of jade is a blessing or a curse."

"You call the Soul Capturing Jade a Peaceful Jade. You are really bold."

Seeing the woman's refusal to admit it, Ruan Xia couldn't help but say, "Since you can ask for this soul-obsessing jade, you should also know that if you fail midway, you will suffer the backlash."

As she said that, she pointed at the woman's face and raised the corners of her mouth, with a serious look on her face, "Your face is aging so fast now~"

In just one sentence, a woman can completely break her defenses.

She didn't retort, but screamed, took out a small mirror from her bag, and looked carefully.

She was less than thirty years old, and she often went for cosmetic surgery. Her face was originally as smooth as a shelled egg.

But at this moment, a few crow's feet suddenly appeared in the corners of her eyes, and gray-brown spots began to appear on her originally fair skin. She was aging and becoming ugly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"ah!"

The woman screamed, covering her face and shaking uncontrollably.

She immediately realized in the next second that everything was Ruan Xia's fault. He suddenly rose up and rushed towards Ruan Xia with teeth and claws.

"It's all you, who are you? Damn it!"

Seeing this, Xu Yuan stepped forward and tried to block Ruan Xia. Before he could take action, he saw the woman being kicked down by Ruan Xia.

"Originally I don't hit women, but you don't even let the children go." Ruan Xia said coldly, with disdain for her in her eyes.

After saying that, she turned to Boss Chen and said, "And you, find an unreliable woman to take care of your child. Why don't you take care of it yourself?"

Boss Chen couldn't hold his head up after being told by Ruan Xia, and nodded repeatedly, "Master's lesson is that I will take care of Xiaobao with my own hands in the future, and I will never do it to others again."

He looked at the silent woman beside him angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "I will also make her pay the price she deserves."

How dare you plot against his son, he will never let her go!

"Wait, before you deal with her, I have to ask her a question."

Ruan Xia slowly approached the woman, ignoring her frightened expression, and squatted down.

"Where did you get this jade pendant?"