"Uncle, I went to Xiaoxia Mountain Villa yesterday. My eldest uncle and grandfather are both doing well," Qiao Xi told him gently.

Bai Xiuyan's already unpleasant expression turned even uglier. He also gave Qiao Xi a warning look, meaning to tell her to shut up.

Qiao Xi couldn't continue as he wished: "Uncle, if it's because of that woman, then you can rest assured, I already dealt with her for you yesterday."

As she spoke, she straightened her back and patted her chest.

Bai Xiuyan's displeasure was replaced by a hint of suspicion. Seeing this, Qiao Xi deliberately emphasized, "Yesterday, that mother and daughter put drugs in Grandpa's tea."

"How is he?" Bai Xiuyan asked with a solemn expression.

Seeing his reaction, Qiao Xi smiled smugly and said, "It's okay, I caught you in time."

Bai Xiuyan's solemn expression did not ease at all upon hearing her words. He stared ahead with a sinister gaze and said in a deep voice filled with murderous rage, "They're courting death!"

After sensing the murderous intent, Qiao Xi quickly comforted him, saying, "Uncle will deal with them."

“That idiot, he’s blinded by lust,” Bai Xiuyan said without holding back.

"Uncle," Qiao Xi explained on behalf of her uncle from an outsider's perspective, "You know why your uncle brought her back—it's because she looks somewhat like your aunt."

“My uncle is not just attracted to women; he is deeply in love.”

These words were not said to exonerate the eldest uncle, but because they were the truth. The younger uncle also knew in his heart that he said these words out of anger.

Bai Xiuyan still relentlessly said viciously, "I can't be bothered with him."

Qiao Xi knew he was a stubborn but soft-hearted person, so she couldn't help but expose him, saying, "Uncle, you clearly don't think that way at all."

Before she could finish speaking, Bai Xiuyan gave her a warning look, "What does a child know?"

Hearing this, Qiao Xi pouted unconvinced and turned her back to mutter to herself, "Yeah, I'm a kid, but you still argue with a kid like me."

Otherwise, why would he have just told her to leave?

Tsk tsk tsk, men, you really can't be fooled by age. Sometimes the older a man is, the more childish he becomes.

I don't know if he heard it or not, but he didn't say anything.

Qiao Xi's hand unconsciously reached for a blue and white porcelain piece on the bookshelf. It seemed to be a pair, and it looked quite beautiful.

Just as she picked up the blue and white porcelain, Bai Xiuyan suddenly shouted, "Don't move!"

Then came a loud 'crack'!

Looking at her empty hand, and the blue-and-white porcelain that had fallen to the ground and shattered into pieces, Qiao Xi was completely bewildered and unresponsive.

A murderous gaze instantly fell upon her. Qiao Xi's throat tightened, and after belatedly realizing what was happening, she hurriedly explained in the direction of the gaze, "I didn't mean to."

Bai Xiuyan didn't bother listening to her nonsense and simply said, "One pair, six million."

"Three million for one?" Qiao Xi couldn't help but ask.

Bai Xiuyan said quietly, "If it can't be paired up, it loses all its value."

Hearing him say that, Qiao Xi turned around to make a run for it, but she was stopped as soon as she turned around. "Where are you going?"

Qiao Xi gave him a guilty smile and said, "Didn't you say I was in your way? I'll leave right away."

"Leave the money, you can leave." Bai Xiuyan's tone didn't sound like he was joking with her.

Qiao Xi knew he wasn't joking, and it was precisely because she knew he was capable of such a thing that she wanted to make a quick getaway.

But this is six million, where is she supposed to get six million for him?

Qiao Xi tearfully complained to him, "Uncle, even if you sold me, I wouldn't be worth six million."

Bai Xiuyan sneered, "Don't you think too little of yourself?"

His reminder made Qiao Xi realize that she was a person of status, but that status hadn't given her a single extra penny in her pocket.

She doesn't have a small allowance, but it's only when something like this happens that she truly feels her poverty!

Qiao Xi took a deep breath and said, "That's true. I am, after all, the heir of the Bai family. Why don't you ask your grandfather for it?"

Although she admitted it was shameful to say such things, she had no other choice.

Bai Xiuyan glanced at her indifferently for a moment, then reminded her, "Have you forgotten that you have another identity now?"

Before Qiao Xi could react, he said bluntly, "Where's your A Jin? Tell him to bring money to exchange for her."

After a few seconds of silence, Qiao Xi said with great difficulty, "Isn't this inappropriate?"

It's only been a few days, and Ah Jin has to pay for her mistake, a sum of six million. She really feels bad about it.

Bai Xiuyan didn't give Qiao Xi a chance to think. With one phone call, his bodyguards blocked Qiao Xi in the study. He then said, "I guarantee you won't be leaving this room today."

"Are you still my real uncle?" Qiao Xi was on the verge of tears and began to question her life.

Although he knew the man would ask for money, this method of handling things was far too harsh. He hadn't reached this level in his previous life.

"Even between brothers, accounts should be settled clearly." Bai Xiuyan said decisively, showing no regard for the bond between uncle and nephew. "Do you want it yourself, or should I get it for you?"

Having said all that, Qiao Xi knew there was no turning back; it was a choice between sticking her neck out or sticking back!

Seeing that Qiao Xi was hesitant to make a decision, Bai Xiuyan picked up his phone in front of her, but Qiao Xi quickly stopped him, saying, "I'll ask her myself."

"Hurry up," Bai Xiuyan urged her.

Now that things have come to this, Qiao Xi has no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

Before calling or texting, she chose to text: "Honey, are you busy?"

The previously quiet meeting room was suddenly disturbed by a cell phone vibration. The department head, who was giving a presentation, stopped abruptly upon hearing the sound and turned to look at the source of the noise, just like everyone else.

Once inside the meeting room, everyone's cell phone must be silenced. If their CEO hears it during the meeting, there's only one outcome: get out of the meeting room!

All eyes slowly turned to Qi Jincheng. Qi Jincheng, unconcerned, picked up his phone in front of everyone, his expression softening. To everyone's astonishment, he actually tapped the phone screen with his fingers in full view of everyone, as if replying to a message!

Qi Jincheng only set a notification sound for Qiao Xi's phone number, so that no matter what the situation, as long as Qiao Xi sends him a message or calls him, he can hear the phone notification sound.

Although he received a message from the driver saying that Qiao Xi was indeed at Bai Xiuyan's residence, and he knew that Lu Mingxuan could not possibly be there, he still felt inexplicably uneasy.