In her past life, Qiao Xi was deceived by her wicked stepfather and stepmother, not only causing the death of her most beloved relative but also killing the man who loved her more than life itself!...
Inside the VIP suite, Qi Jincheng's lips curled slightly as he looked in a certain direction. At this moment, someone must be feeling terrible.
"Xi'er, guess who offered this price?" Qi Jincheng asked with a playful smile.
Qiao Xi was still a little flustered, but her first reaction to the question was, "Could it be my uncle?"
Although it wasn't his uncle who personally quoted the price, that unfamiliar face was quite striking. Anyone of status would know him, which only makes him more suspicious.
Qi Jincheng didn't give her a direct affirmative answer, but it was clear from his expression and eyes.
"He deliberately inflated the price so much, and then made you pay for it under the guise of me buying it?" Qiao Xi already knew her uncle's tricks, but she felt a little embarrassed to say it out loud.
Qi Jincheng said nonchalantly, "This price is acceptable."
Hehe... Qiao Xi couldn't laugh at all. All she knew was that this price could buy the entire Qiao Group.
"So, has my uncle bought that diamond now?" Qiao Xi couldn't help but ask.
“Yes.” Qi Jincheng nodded, then pretended to be troubled and said to Qiao Xi, “If Xi’er likes it, she can only ask her uncle and see if he is willing to sell it to us.”
"But..." Qiao Xi hesitated, watching Qi Jincheng walk to a flowerpot and take out a black object about the size of a fingernail from it.
The thing had been flashing a red indicator light, then he gently squeezed it, and the red indicator light stopped flashing.
Qiao Xi walked over unconsciously and asked with a curious look, "What is this?"
“A listening device,” Qi Jincheng replied calmly.
"A listening device?" Qiao Xi couldn't stay calm when she heard those three words. She looked at it carefully and it did look like that kind of thing. She asked in disbelief, "It's not the kind I'm thinking of, is it?"
“It’s exactly what you’re thinking of,” Qi Jincheng gave her a positive answer.
Why would this thing be in this room? And why is it so well hidden?!
Qiao Xi asked, somewhat flustered, "Who put this here?"
Qi Jincheng gave her a look that left her no room for argument, and Qiao Xi asked in a low voice, on the verge of tears, "Is it my uncle again?"
The answer is yes, and Qi Jincheng doesn't need to say anything more.
But Qiao Xi still noticed something was wrong. She suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at Qi Jincheng, asking, "How did he know we were here? And when did he have someone put this here?"
Qi Jincheng looked unsurprised and said calmly, "He must have asked the person in charge to arrange for us to be here."
"He..." Qiao Xi was filled with doubt. How did he manage to get the person in charge to arrange for them to be here? Why did the person in charge have to listen to him?
Qi Jincheng noticed the question on Qiao Xi's face and told her with great interest, "Xi'er, you don't know this, but the real owner of Tianfu No. 1 is him."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Xi was momentarily speechless; she didn't know how to express her shock and disbelief.
The owner of the legendary, mysterious Tianfu No. 1 is actually her uncle?!
This astonishing news was hard to process in a short time. Qiao Xi subconsciously muttered to herself, "My uncle is the owner of Tianfu No. 1?"
"Hmm." Qi Jincheng knew she would have a hard time accepting it right away.
Qiao Xi asked, completely baffled, "How is this possible?"
Qi Jincheng emphasized to her, "Your eldest uncle knows too."
Qiao Xi knew that Qi Jincheng wouldn't lie to her, but in her previous life, she was completely unaware of the truth. She was truly like a fool, knowing nothing about the people around her and showing no concern for them.
After calming down from her excitement, Qiao Xi couldn't help but exclaim, "My uncle is just too..."
Before she could utter the word "amazing," Qi Jincheng continued, "He's far more amazing than you think."
"Was the person I knew before a fake?" Qiao Xi looked at Qi Jincheng with a little disappointment.
Qi Jincheng summarized it in four words: "Deeply hidden and unassuming."
Qiao Xi suddenly asked with a little worry, "What will he do if he finds out that you tricked him?"
Qi Jincheng seemed to be deliberately showing a troubled expression.
Qiao Xi quickly grabbed his hand, preparing to slip away, "Should we... leave first? After all, this is his territory."
Thinking about the pen incident and now the diamond incident, even though they weren't the instigators, Josie still felt it was very dangerous.
Qi Jincheng looked at his silly Xi'er with a face full of doting affection and asked with a smile, "Xi'er doesn't want her diamonds anymore?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Xi immediately hesitated. Before she could make a choice, Qi Jincheng had already taken her hand and walked out of the room. "Let's go."
"Where are we going?" Qiao Xi asked in Braille.
"Buy it."
Qi Jincheng led Qiao Xi to Bai Xiuyan's room, which was specially arranged by Bai Xiuyan for himself in Tianfu No. 1. Very few people knew about it, but Qi Jincheng happened to be one of them.
Qiao Xi stood outside the door, completely bewildered, until Qi Jincheng knocked on the door.
The person who opened the door was Bai Xiuyan's personal bodyguard, A Fei. When he saw Qi Jincheng and Qiao Xi standing outside the door, he immediately greeted them, "Mr. Qi, Miss Qiao."
Seeing that it was A Fei, Qiao Xi knew what was going on. Since she was here, she definitely couldn't back down.
"Is my uncle here?" Qiao Xi asked first.
Those inside had clearly heard the commotion outside, and a menacing voice rang out, "Tell them to get out."
Qiao Xi opened her mouth as if to say something, but Qi Jincheng spoke first, "We're here to buy things."
That simple sentence immediately changed Bai Xiuyan's mind, but his tone was still very unfriendly: "Let them in."
Qiao Xi unconsciously met Qi Jincheng's gaze, and Qi Jincheng's eyes gave her a lot of courage.
Once inside, Qiao Xi still politely greeted him, "Uncle."
Qi Jincheng was more direct, saying, "I'll add another ten million, and you give me the diamonds."
"Ten million?" Bai Xiuyan's face was full of anger after being tricked. He thought you could get rid of him with ten million? Don't even think about it!
Qi Jincheng smiled helplessly and raised the price, saying, "Then it'll be twenty million."
"Fifty million," Bai Xiuyan shouted out a fixed price.
Qi Jincheng was about to agree when Qiao Xi stopped him, "Uncle."
He was the one who dug the pit first; he was just "unskilled" and got pushed into it by others. Who can he blame for this?
Only one thought echoed in Qiao Xi's mind: 'What goes around comes around!'
She would have no objection to giving him ten million as compensation for emotional distress, but she cannot agree to fifty million.