Chapter 359: Still haven’t caught up?
Upon hearing Ye Wanxi's words, the expressions of the group all changed.
Zou Hanming and Xiang Linsheng knew that Ye Wanxi wouldn't speak without reason, even if these words seemed like just something she said casually.
Surprisingly, compared to the surprise of the two people involved, Ning Anquan, the person directly involved, was the calmest.
“I’m not sure,” Ning Anquan said, meeting Ye Wanxi’s eyes frankly. “But I have no evidence.”
Ye Wanxi nodded and didn't continue.
Ning Anquan, however, was unwilling to let the matter drop: "Did you notice something?"
"You believe me when I tell you?"
Ning Anquan's hands, which were hanging down, tightened unconsciously: "Of course."
"Unfortunately, I won't accuse someone without evidence. Judging from your appearance alone, the discrepancy is too great."
Ning Anquan slowly loosened his clenched hands, and his whole body seemed to lose some support, even his straight back slumped down.
Zou Hanming and Ye Wanxi looked worried and were about to say something to comfort him when Ye Wanxi added, "Unless, we go to the scene and see for ourselves."
Ning Anquan was taken aback, and Zou Hanming and the other man were also somewhat bewildered.
In the end, Xiang Linsheng was the first to react and hurriedly nudged Ning Anquan with his elbow.
Ning Anquan seemed to awaken from a dream, his eyes, which had dimmed, lit up again, as if he had grasped a lifeline in a desperate situation.
"Well... I wonder if I would have the honor of inviting Miss Ye to visit my home?"
"Okay, but..."
Ning Anquan's heart tightened: "What?"
"That's another price."
"..."
The group was stunned by Ye Wanxi's unpretentious way of asking for money. It took them a while to react before they burst out laughing.
Xiang Linsheng stretched out his long arm and pressed it on Ning Anquan's shoulder: "Don't worry about that. Brother will definitely not let you suffer any losses. He will charge you the full amount he is owed and will definitely not let you work for him for free."
Ning Anquan quickly added, "Miss An, don't worry. Even if you hadn't said anything, I was planning to ask you to take a look at the feng shui of my house from the beginning."
Ye Wanxi liked smart people, especially those who could understand things quickly: "Okay, let's go to your building first, then to your house. We'll be able to figure something out."
As Ye Wanxi mentioned this, she seemed to have thought of something and glanced at Lin Sheng with a subtle expression: "Is his family also in the real estate business?"
Xiang Linsheng knew what Ye Wanxi wanted to say, and chuckled, "Don't look at us like that. Who says that juniors in competing industries can't hang out together? Besides, An Quan is the heir to his family company, but I'm not. The heir to my family is my older brother."
Ye Wanxi: "..." It's precisely because you're not that it's even more surprising, which means I can tell that your friend doesn't have any bad intentions.
Most people would probably have already imagined some ridiculous story, like "the second son of a wealthy family collaborating with a rival to seize the family fortune, is it a case of seeking help from a tiger or getting caught in a trap?"
Ning Anquan paused for a moment, then laughed: "Asheng's family owns a large company. They own most of the major real estate projects across the country. My family owns a small company that only handles the construction of some department stores and small office buildings in the city. We are not comparable at all."
Ye Wanxi asked casually, and after the two explained, she nodded and didn't continue the topic.
"When would be a convenient time for you...?"
"Tomorrow morning, please. I have to go on a long trip the day after tomorrow, so I only have time tomorrow."
The day after tomorrow is Katherine's big show, so Ye Wanxi has to leave early to catch her flight.
Ning Anquan was overjoyed and said, "Great, great, great! I'll come pick you up myself tomorrow morning."
"Alright."
Thanks to Xiang Yueqi's influence, Zou Hanming and his group managed to get dinner at Ye Wanxi's house before leaving.
Before leaving, Ye Wanxi secretly pulled Xiang Linsheng aside and asked, "Um, how's things going with Second Brother and Sister Yunke? Any progress lately?"
"My brother told you about this?" Xiang Linsheng was a little surprised. They all knew that their older brother had been busy pursuing his future sister-in-law, but they didn't expect him to mention it to Ye Wanxi as well.
As Xiang Linsheng spoke, he secretly glanced around to make sure no one had noticed their commotion before mysteriously saying, "It's still early. My future sister-in-law is the nominal heir of the Yue family, a true powerhouse, a high-achieving woman. She's highly educated, from a good family, rich, and beautiful. It's said that back then, the line of people who liked her stretched from the university gate all the way to the moat."
Xiang Linsheng said with a hint of schadenfreude, "My brother wasn't very happy with this marriage at first, saying that arranged marriages were no good. He was in a hurry to break off the engagement. But wow, he fell in love with her at first sight."
Although Xiang Linsheng always called his older brother a mother hen, worried and nagging, he never thought that he would be a love-obsessed person.
Until his brother met his future sister-in-law! Goodness, it was like dry wood meeting a raging fire, with oil added on top, making his brother, a nearly thirty-year-old virgin, incredibly horny.
"It was originally agreed that it was just a business marriage, with no physical or emotional involvement. But my brother is different. He's emotionally involved and wants to have sex with her. Ever since he met my sister-in-law, he's been sending her flowers and gifts every day. He even taught himself to cook for her. He's like a devoted boyfriend, always showing up at my sister-in-law's place on time."
Xiang Linsheng couldn't help but cover his face as he said this: "In the past few days, I've heard my cronies make fun of me about this more than once."
"Laughing at you?" Ye Wanxi narrowed her eyes. "What are they laughing at you for?"
"To be precise, they were making fun of my brother, and by the way, they were making fun of me. They said my brother was blinded by beauty, and they told me to be more careful and take good care of my family business, lest the Xiang family company become the Yue family company without me even realizing it."
"No way." Ye Wanxi smiled gently. "Being a devoted husband is better than being a one-night stand husband. Who knows, one day he might have a child with his mistress and not even know if it's his own. At that point, it won't just be a simple matter of the family business changing its name." Instead, he'll be a sucker raising someone else's child.
"Pfft..." This was the first time Xiang Linsheng had met Ye Wanxi, and he really didn't know that she had such a sharp tongue.
However, after hearing what she said, Xiang Linsheng suddenly felt less bad.
"You're right. It's rare for my brother to fall in love with someone after his old house caught fire. I should be happy for him. It's just that my sister-in-law might not be so easy to win over. My brother, you'll have to keep trying."
"You just said that he sends flowers and gifts to Sister Yunke every day, does she accept them?"
“If I had accepted them, my brother wouldn’t be so troubled.” Xiang Linsheng sighed. “I returned all the gifts without missing a single one.”
What Ye Wanxi was more concerned about was...
"Where are the flowers? Have they been returned?"
"Flowers?" Xiang Linsheng frowned, unsure of what to say. "They should... be returned too."
(End of this chapter)
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