After listening to Liu Zhaodi's words, the Tomb Maiden withdrew the Netherworld Space and lifted the Soul Binding Restriction on the heads of the Ji and Chen families.

"call!"

When the soul-binding restriction was lifted, Ji Kaiping and Shen Chengye looked like they had seen a ghost and were panting heavily.

At this moment, the two of them felt as if they had been trampled by a hundred thousand alpacas, wounded and bewildered.

"Who is this woman? She suppressed the heads of the Ji and Chen families with just a flick of her finger. You should know that the heads of these two families are both Void Spirit Realm experts!"

"You should ask who the second young lady of the Liu family is. How could such a powerful woman address her as 'Madam'? Could it be that the second young lady of the Liu family has some extraordinary power behind her?"

What you're saying seems to make some sense!

Hearing the murmurs from below the stage, the tomb maiden placed her hands together at her waist, then bowed slightly and said in a gentle tone, "The items sold by the lady are all rare treasures. I hope that all the guests will refrain from making any unfounded comments."

After saying that, the tomb maiden obediently walked behind Liu Zhaodi, and stopped talking and making no further aggressive moves.

At this moment, Liu Zhaodi withdrew her mental domain. The Huang Mao and others who had been controlled woke up and were shocked. Upon seeing the 'stolen goods' on the ground, they immediately understood. They scattered and fled without even picking up the Holy Spirit Stone, and no longer mentioned the matter of refunding the money for the counterfeit goods.

Seeing this, Liu Zhaodi waved her hand lightly, and the Holy Spirit Stone on the ground flew towards the Ji and Chen families. She said confidently, "Uncles, your niece does not need your assistance for the time being, so please don't trouble yourselves!"

The irony in the words was obvious, but neither the Ji nor the Chen families could say anything, and they didn't even dare to accept the Holy Spirit Stone, because accepting it would confirm their suspicion of deliberately causing trouble.

"Many forces are envious of the Liu family's businesses, but the Liu family has been able to establish itself in Nancheng based on integrity. Today's auction is the best proof of that, allowing those with ulterior motives to spend a lot of money to find someone to frame us. But I, Liu Zhaodi, am not afraid, nor is the Liu family, because the more you frame us, the more it proves the quality of the Liu family's products!" Liu Zhaodi said calmly and composedly.

"Alright, now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, the auction will continue!"

Liu Zhaodi took over as auctioneer and said with a smile, "To thank everyone for their support and patronage, the next item will be auctioned off at half price!"

Under Liu Zhaodi's guidance, the auction continued, and Jiang Yuan escaped unscathed.

"This girl is really something!" The more Jiang Yuan looked at Liu Zhaodi, the more he felt he would fall for her. It was really hard for him not to love a woman like her.

...

"Second Miss, here are the proceeds from this auction!"

The Liu family steward presented a storage ring and then tallied the items: "Thirty-two items failed to sell at this auction, along with the 7,923,131 ninth-grade Holy Spirit Stones and 2.6 million low-grade Holy Spirit Crystals raised from the auction, all of them are in this storage ring."

Liu Zhaodi thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Very good, take another three million ninth-tier Holy Spirit Stones to make it ten million!"

"Huh?" The butler looked puzzled.

"Just do as instructed!" Liu Zhaodi understood that Jiang Yuan needed ten million ninth-grade Holy Spirit Stones, but now he had changed it to low-grade Holy Spirit Crystals, which was clearly not what Jiang Yuan wanted.

"No, the patriarch took 80% of the Liu family's wealth with him when he left. Now we only have about three million in working capital left. If he takes it all, we won't have any funds to operate, and most of the Liu family's businesses will be affected!" the butler said with difficulty.

"It's all gone so quickly?" Liu Zhaodi was momentarily dazed. She hadn't expected that the Liu family, which owned a third of the business in Nancheng, would only have so little money left.

She snapped out of her daze and said, "It's alright. Didn't the Ji family want to offer a high price to buy our Fenglin Commercial Park? We can sell them a portion first, and then buy it back later!"

"Oh dear!" The butler was at his wit's end. He tried to persuade her earnestly, "Miss, you already sold an entire street to get your apprentice's attention last time, and now you want to sell the last remaining Fenglin Commercial Park... this..."

"It's fine, anyway, it's uncertain whether I'll still be able to develop my career in Nancheng in the future!" Liu Zhaodi said dismissively.

"Something's wrong!"

Jiang Yuan emerged from the shadows, yawning lazily, and said, "You've kept me waiting for so long, aren't you leaving yet!"

"Hurry up!" Liu Zhaodi glared at the butler in secret.

"Come on, you're even slower than me!" Jiang Yuan forcibly pulled Liu Zhaodi away.

"Where are you going? I still have things to take!" Liu Zhaodi was pulled outside before she could break free from his grasp.

"Liu Zhaodi, I have something to ask you! Last time, that street of yours, what was it again? Did you give it to the Ji and Chen families? Was it because of me?" Jiang Yuan asked while observing Liu Zhaodi's expression.

As he expected, Liu Zhaodi was taken aback when she heard this, and then retorted, "Stop being so narcissistic, we were just doing normal business!"

"No wonder the Ji and Chen families helped me outside the South Gate that time, it turns out it was because of you, girl!" Jiang Yuan finally understood.

"Wait here for me, I'll be right back!"

Liu Zhaodi wanted to go back, but Jiang Yuan wouldn't allow it.

"So, in your eyes, I need a woman to support me?" Jiang Yuan said, feigning anger.

“I didn’t think that way!” Liu Zhaodi stubbornly shook her head.

Seeing her slightly complicated expression, Jiang Yuan joked, "Of course, I'd be more than happy to support you if you wanted to, but only if you don't become a burden to me!"

"If no one has come to support me, why would I want to support you?" Although Liu Zhaodi said this, she felt a surge of joy in her heart.

“Take whatever you’re entitled to. We can’t let dozens of people from your Liu family work for nothing, right?” Jiang Yuan pointed to the storage ring Liu Zhaodi was hiding in her palm. “I was the one who sent your family away back then, so now I have to take good care of you!”

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