Chapter 32 Seeing Grandma
Seeing that the other party was making excuses and his eyes were darting around, looking guilty, Old Master Chen stepped forward directly, releasing his aura and instantly forcing the servant to back: "How dare you! Miss wants to check the records, and you dare to stop her? Quickly produce the transaction records!"
Upon hearing this, the servant said with a face full of contempt, "Miss? Who do you think you are, daring to look into our Shan family's accounts!"
"I think you're blind! You don't even recognize your own young lady! What kind of servant are you, Shanjia?" Old Master Chen said fiercely, while pulling out the Shanjia steward's token that he had just taken back from his pocket.
Upon seeing the token of the philanthropist, the servant was taken aback. Instantly, a piece of gossip that the steward had mentioned about the philanthropist's main residence recently summoning collateral relatives came to mind...
The servant swallowed hard, struggling to maintain his composure, and said, "Hmph, she's just a young lady from a collateral branch. What right does she have to check our accounts? Our Shan Family Auction House is directly under the main family. She has no right to do that!"
"You're absolutely right to say you're looking down on people! Miss is the rightful mistress of the main family, and she has more right to investigate you than anyone else! Get out of my sight!" Old Master Chen was so angry that he suddenly released his aura like a volcanic eruption, and the powerful force sent the other man flying again.
Today, Old Master Chen has truly witnessed what it means to look down on others!
The servant fell heavily to the ground, crying out in pain, his voice as pitiful as a pig being slaughtered.
Seeing that Old Master Chen had made a move, the others in the auction house swarmed out. The leader, armed with a weapon, stood menacingly in front of Old Master Chen and shouted, "You audacious madman, how dare you cause trouble in my Shan Family Auction House!"
"You dare to stop Miss Chen! What are you up to?!" Old Master Chen was furious, and his aura was released once again. The powerful pressure instantly filled the entire place, making everyone feel suffocated.
"Profound... Profound Realm! You're actually a sixth-level Profound Realm cultivator!" The leader was filled with shock, his eyes wide as if he had seen the most terrifying thing in the world.
It should be understood that, looking at the entire Jun Dynasty, those who can reach the Xuanzhe realm are extremely rare, practically nonexistent.
And this seemingly ordinary old man in front of me is actually a sixth-level Xuan master?
"Miss wants to check the auction house's transaction records, how dare you stop her? Such insubordination, do you want to die?" Old Master Chen shouted sternly, his voice like thunder echoing in everyone's ears.
"Miss? Which Miss?" The steward looked at Shanxi with a confused expression.
Shanxi's expression was cold and stern. He strode in and headed straight for the accounting room.
She skillfully opened the ledger, and after only a few pages, she keenly noticed something amiss.
After all, she had been the mistress of the house for many years, and such tricks as falsifying accounts were child's play to her, easily seen through at a glance.
"Where are the real ledgers?" Sunhee looked coldly at the steward, her gaze as icy as ice, sending chills down one's spine.
The steward looked Shanxi up and down, and thought that she was a very unfamiliar face. He figured she must be a young lady from a collateral branch of the Shanxi family!
He smirked, a faint hint of mockery in his eyes, and said, “Miss, I don’t know what you’re talking about. However, let me remind you, our Shan Family Auction House belongs to the main family. As a young lady from a collateral branch, you probably have no right to look at our accounts.”
The head of the household recently convened a twenty-four-day prayer meeting to allow all the other collateral branches of the good family to return to the main family.
I suppose this unfamiliar young lady must be one of the ladies from the collateral branch of the family.
The steward was secretly pleased with himself, thinking: How ridiculous! A mere young lady from a distant family dares to interfere in the affairs of the main family. She must be tired of living. She doesn't even know her own worth!
Shanxi glanced at the layout of the accounting room, then pressed a button next to the cabinet.
With a soft "click," the hidden compartment suddenly opened, revealing several account books.
The person in charge, who had been standing calmly to the side, suddenly narrowed his eyes as if he had seen a ghost when he saw Shanxi find the location of the secret chamber with such ease.
His expression changed, and he raised his foot to step forward to stop him. However, a sharp look from Old Master Chen instantly stunned him, and his feet seemed to be nailed to the spot, unable to move an inch.
With a cold expression, Shan Xi slowly opened the transaction ledger that he had taken from the secret chamber.
As she turned the pages, a mocking sneer gradually crept onto her lips.
"Good! No wonder Shanjia Auction House, which should be making a fortune every day, kept crying poverty and saying it wasn't making any money. So that's what they did!" Shanxi's eyes widened in anger. With a forceful shove, she threw the fake ledger hard at the manager's face.
With a "smack," the ledger struck the steward's face hard, making his cheek sting.
Seeing that his scheme had been exposed, the manager stopped pretending and straightened his back, shouting sternly, "Whose daughter are you anyway? Our Shan Family Auction House is personally managed by the head of the family. It's none of your business to interfere and meddle!"
"Go and call Little Yellow Flower over here!" Shanxi said domineeringly, sitting upright in the main seat, displaying the demeanor of a mistress.
When the steward saw that Shanxi was about to cause trouble, he quickly gave his subordinate a wink, signaling him to secretly go and invite the young master.
Not long after, Old Master Shan came running over, stumbling and scrambling. He almost tripped over the threshold when he entered the door because he was running so fast.
"Master, slow down, slow down." Seeing this, the steward quickly stepped forward and reached out to support Old Master Shan.
He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, a mocking smile playing on his lips, secretly pleased with himself: The patriarch is here, let's see how long this young lady from a collateral branch can remain arrogant.
After helping the old man to his feet, the steward immediately pointed to Shanxi, who was sitting in the main seat, and complained with a wronged expression, "Master, this young lady from a collateral branch of the family, who knows where she came from, is so bold as to interfere in our business. She simply doesn't respect you, Master!"
However, before he could continue his tirade, Old Master Shan suddenly ran towards Shanxi as if he had seen something terrifying.
Grandpa Shan looked flustered and asked cautiously, "Grandma, did you want to see me?"
"Take a look for yourself." Shanxi's expression was cold and stern, his eyes revealing an undeniable authority.
She casually tossed the ledger in her hand to Old Master Shan.
Old Master Shan took the account book, glanced at it twice, and his pupils widened in disbelief.
"Fake accounts? How dare you falsify accounts?" Old Master Shan's voice trembled with anger.
The person in charge was still in a daze, not yet recovered from the incident of Old Master Shan calling Grandma Shanxi, when he was scolded by the old master the next second.
Upon receiving the ledger and meeting the wide, bell-like eyes of the old master, the steward's legs went weak, his eyes rolled back, and he felt as if he were about to see his great-grandmother!
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