Qi Jincheng's expression showed even more surprise, not because the pen was in Bai Xiuyan's hands, but because it was in Qiao Xi's hands. Knowing Bai Xiuyan as he did, he knew that Bai Xiuyan would never give the pen to Qiao Xi.

Qiao Xi knew Qi Jincheng was surprised. She raised her eyebrows and smiled playfully, saying, "I know those blue and white porcelain pieces are fake. They still cost six million, so they should be worth more than their price, right?"

The implication is that she was playing a trick on those in power.

Looking at Qiao Xi's mischievous appearance, Qi Jincheng truly realized that he had underestimated her; his Xi'er was far more formidable than he had imagined.

Qi Jincheng said with undisguised praise, "This pen is worth more than six million."

Qiao Xi said without any modesty, "Yes, you couldn't buy it even if you added another zero to the end."

"He's the one who tricked me; he deserves to be taught a lesson."

...

Hanting.

Bai Xiuyan was in a fairly good mood at the moment, but he had been a bit hasty. Six million was nothing to Qi Jincheng.

Flipping through the documents in his hand, Bai Xiuyan casually picked up the phone and instructed the maid, "Go and fetch my pen."

Five minutes later, the maid entered Bai Xiuyan's room, trembling with fear, and reported to him, "Master..."

"Didn't I tell you to bring me my pen?" Bai Xiuyan's face darkened instantly when he saw that Bai Xiuyan's hands were empty.

The maid quickly and carefully handed the note, which had been placed there, to Bai Xiuyan.

The note simply read, 'I've paid, so I'm taking the pen.'

Bai Xiuyan instantly became furious and humiliated, clenching the note tightly in his hand and growling through gritted teeth, "You brat!"

On her way home, Qiao Xi sneezed loudly, and she could roughly guess what was going on.

Because of the traffic jam on the previous section of the road, Qi Jincheng changed routes. Qiao Xi happened to see a large stationery store ahead. Thinking that school was about to start, she realized that she hadn't prepared anything yet.

There was nothing she needed to prepare, but she had a new plan for her life and decided to apply to change her major as soon as she started.

In her past life, she gave up her beloved jewelry design major and chose economics for that scumbag Lu Mingxuan, thus becoming a disgrace to the economics major, ranking last in almost every exam.

Blinded by love, she persisted for four years, and then naturally inherited the Jinghua family business. She also naturally brought Lu Mingxuan into the Jinghua family business and helped him step by step rise to a management position.

As for what fate awaited her in the end... her past life had already told her.

Qiao Xi pointed to the stationery store in front of her and said to Qi Jincheng, "Honey, there's a stationery store up ahead. I'm about to start school, so I need to go and stock up on supplies."

"Okay." Qi Jincheng turned into the parking lot without saying another word.

Just as she was about to get out of the car, Qiao Xi suddenly remembered something a bit serious. She had no choice but to say to Qi Jincheng, "Jin, why don't you wait for me in the car? I'll be right back."

To Qi Jincheng, these words meant that they didn't want him to come along, which naturally made him very unhappy.

Seeing this, Qiao Xi quickly explained to him, "I was worried that someone would recognize you."

Although the outside world knows that the president of Dihua Group and the heir of Jinghua Family have gotten together, no one knows that the heir of Jinghua Family is Qiao Xi. It is also the grandfather's intention not to reveal Qiao Xi's identity.

In my grandfather's eyes, boys and girls are the same; even if they get married, they still can't give up their studies.

To avoid her attracting attention at school, her identity could only be that of the little-known eldest daughter of the Qiao family.

Qi Jincheng really hadn't expected this, and it was something he had promised Old Master Bai. Although he was unwilling, he could only compromise, "I'll wait for you in the car."

Qiao Xi nodded solemnly and said, "I'll be back soon."

Before Qiao Xi's figure had gone far away, Qi Jincheng's phone vibrated with an incoming call.

He picked up his phone and saw the caller ID: Qiao Guangyuan.

He had changed the nicknames for Qiao Xi's maternal grandfather and her uncles, but he hadn't changed Qiao Guangyuan's name; it was still his.

Qiao Guangyuan probably knows better than Qiao Xi what kind of person he is, but unfortunately, Xi'er can't see his true colors.

Because he is her father, he cannot say too much.

This wasn't the first time Qiao Guangyuan had called him. Before he married Qiao Xi, Qiao Guangyuan had contacted him many times, always under the guise of a project to discuss cooperation and ask for money.

After a few times, he stopped answering his calls. However, since he was now nominally Qiao Xi's father-in-law, he decided to answer the phone for Qiao Xi's sake.

Upon hearing the noise, Qiao Guangyuan greeted him eagerly, "Son-in-law, I apologize for disturbing you."

Qi Jincheng didn't respond immediately, and Qiao Guangyuan thought he would be turned away like before. Fortunately, he answered the phone.

That makes sense. Qiao Xi is now his rightful wife, so as his father-in-law, he should at least answer his calls.

However, the purpose of this visit was not to invest in any projects, but to find out what this rebellious son, Qiao Xi, was doing!

Qiao Guangyuan was furious at the thought of Qiao Xi, but he certainly couldn't take it out on Qi Jincheng. He could only ask with a forced smile, "Is Xiao Xi with you?"

"Not here," Qi Jincheng replied curtly.

Qiao Guangyuan suddenly realized something and quickly agreed, saying, "Yes, yes, you must be busy at the company."

"Sigh." Qiao Guangyuan sighed heavily again, pretending to confide in Qi Jincheng, "My daughter is really giving me a hard time. She didn't answer my calls the other day, and now her phone number has been canceled. What's going on?"

So Qiao Xi didn't give him her new contact information?

Qi Jincheng could sense the dissatisfaction he felt towards his daughter in his words, so much so that he was complaining about her to his son-in-law.

"Do you need to see her for something?" Qi Jincheng asked casually.

Qiao Guangyuan thought he would at least say a few words of comfort, but he didn't expect him to be so indifferent.

Having failed to get what he wanted, he quickly smiled and said, "It's nothing important, I'm just concerned about her."

Concern? He didn't hear a single trace of concern in what he said!

Qi Jincheng simply said three words to him, "She's fine."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Guangyuan awkwardly agreed, "That's good."

Qi Jincheng didn't want to hear his voice anymore and was about to hang up when Qiao Guangyuan said hypocritically, "Please tell Xiaoxi to call me back, otherwise I won't feel at ease and won't be able to sleep well."

"Okay." Qi Jincheng replied casually.