The person on the other end of the video call looked particularly grim. Qi Jincheng seemed to be showing off something to the other party, and he still smiled and gestured, "Chairman Bai, let's continue."

Bai Xiuyan's attention was originally focused on the pen in Qi Jincheng's hand. Without a doubt, it was the pen that his former niece had taken from him and given to him!

Now they're even more unrestrained, showing affection in front of him regardless of the occasion or time!

This is intolerable! If his niece were here with him right now, he might just clean house!

After exchanging glances for a moment, Bai Xiuyan directly warned him, "Don't try that on me!"

"Which set?" Qi Jincheng asked him humbly.

Bai Xiuyan suppressed his anger and calmly said to him, "Add another 100 million."

"No problem," Qi Jincheng readily agreed.

Bai Xiuyan frowned. "Two hundred million."

Qi Jincheng agreed without hesitation, "Okay."

Bai Xiuyan, barely able to contain his anger, said in a deep voice, "Ten billion!"

Qi Jincheng replied calmly, "Uncle, money is not a problem."

Bai Xiuyan finally lost his composure, his icy eyes shooting out a warning look, "The people of the Bai family are not so easy to tame, don't be too happy too soon."

Qi Jincheng didn't feel any pressure. He expressed his feelings to him firmly, "I never thought about taming her. I will only love her well."

"Then add another billion!" Bai Xiuyan, his temper flaring, abruptly cut off the video call.

Qi Jincheng closed his laptop with a smile on his lips. He glanced at the pen in his hand and the person who gave it to him. What is a billion?

After filling in that number on the contract, he called He Fan in.

When He Fan saw the numbers on the contract, he thought he was seeing things. He even rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't mistaken. A look of shock appeared on his face. He had to ask Qi Jincheng to confirm if there was a mistake, even though he knew the probability of him making a mistake was very small.

"President, are you sure it's 1.5 billion?"

"Yes." Qi Jincheng gave him an affirmative answer.

He Fan's throat tightened, and he asked, "President, our budget for the resort project was 500 million, how come it has now become 1.5 billion?"

"Dowry." Qi Jincheng uttered those two words simply.

He Fan looked completely confused. "Huh?"

Qi Jincheng was too lazy to explain to him, and instructed him: "Just do as I say, I'll cover the rest of the billion."

He Fan opened his mouth to try to dissuade him, after all, this was no small sum of money, but since the president took over, he had not made a single wrong decision, so he just needed to do as he was told. "Okay."

Hanting.

Bai Xiuyan gripped his phone tightly with one hand, as if venting his anger.

Seeing the man sitting on the sofa, he became even angrier and vented his anger on him, saying, "A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl, your good niece!"

Bai Xuelin said innocently, "Third brother, why are you blaming me?"

Bai Xiuyan, his anger undiminished, said viciously, "It's all because of that damned marriage contract, otherwise would we be in this situation today?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Xuelin disagreed and said with a hint of reproach, "Third brother, how could you say that?"

The next second he smiled meaningfully and hinted to him, "You've taken quite a bit of the benefits."

"Benefits?" He'd be better off not mentioning it; just hearing it made him furious. "You traitor!"

That pen was worth far more than a billion to him, not to mention he was also compensated with a living person—no, more than just a living person, he was given the entire Bai family!

Bai Xuelin also saw the pen in Qi Jincheng's hand. He figured that the pen wouldn't have ended up in his nephew-in-law's hands for no reason. Looking at his third brother's angry and embarrassed expression, and hearing his words "traitor," he figured it was most likely Xi Yatou's doing.

However, it wasn't easy to get the pen out of his hand; Xi'er has really gotten better at it.

Although this is the only unique copy of the Jinghua family and cannot be easily handed over to outsiders, this nephew-in-law is hardly an outsider.

It's quite interesting to think that his third brother could suffer such a loss.

Bai Xuelin suppressed a laugh and got back to the point: "Are you going to the jewelry auction hosted by Junshang this weekend?"

"I'm not going." Bai Xiuyan refused decisively.

Bai Xuelin immediately persuaded him, "Go ahead, just think of it as a way to relax. You'll get bored if you keep cooped up at home like this."

"I'm not going!" Bai Xiuyan refused once again.

Bai Xuelin persisted, patiently coaxing him, "Don't you want revenge?"

“I sent the tickets to Xi Yatou, she will definitely go with her family’s A Jin.”

"Don't use that name with me!" Bai Xiuyan gritted his teeth and gave him a warning look, then pressed the forward button on the wheelchair and started it.

Bai Xuelin smacked his lips, looking utterly helpless.

However, it was already quite good that Bai Xiuyan allowed him to enter Hanting's house; he had originally thought he would be turned away like before.

This must all be thanks to Xi Yatou; she probably said something to this stubborn little uncle.

As soon as Qiao Xi arrived home, she was warmly greeted by Aunt Liu, "Madam, you're back."

"Yes, Aunt Liu, I'm back." Qiao Xi greeted her with a smile.

Aunt Liu then handed an envelope to Qiao Xi, saying, "Madam, this was just delivered by someone sent by President Bai."

"President Bai?" Qiao Xi was somewhat unfamiliar with this title.

Aunt Liu immediately explained to him, "Your eldest uncle."

Qiao Xi immediately understood and took the envelope. "Okay, thank you."

Upon opening the envelope, I found two tickets to a jewelry auction hosted by Junshang Jewelry, scheduled for the 6th of this month.

Isn't this the VIP jewelry auction she saw online before? And... Ah Jin has already taken over the 'main event'.

Qiao Xi then took out her phone and dialed her uncle's number. Her uncle's usual kind voice came through the phone quickly, "Xi'er, did you receive the tickets to the jewelry auction?"

"Yes, I received it." Qiao Xi nodded, then asked, "Uncle, are you going too?"

Bai Xuelin replied, "Yes, I was invited to participate."

"Why don't you bring your Ah Jin along?" Bai Xuelin made the invitation as if it were a deliberate gesture.

If she could, Qiao Xi would definitely want to go with him, but they can't appear together right now.

Sigh, Qiao Xi felt a pang of disappointment. She could only politely decline her uncle's invitation: "Uncle, I'm worried..."

"We can split up and meet up later." Bai Xuelin knew what she was worried about and had already come up with a plan for her.