His eyes crinkled with a smile, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he chuckled again.
"Oh, I was just kidding, Brother Xiao, don't be nervous. Speaking of which, our grudge actually started from that underground race. You won, and I wasn't satisfied, so I crashed your car, which ruined our relationship and led to our business rivalry. How about this—"
He raised his hand and pointed straight to the mountain road outside the hillside manor, a three-lane road leading to the top of the mountain.
The mountain path is treacherous, with a sheer cliff on one side and a towering precipice nearly 100 meters high on the other. The most dangerous part is a V-shaped bend.
Everyone had seen it when they came to the manor. The driver explained nervously that you must not go fast when going around the bend, otherwise you might slip and go off the cliff, and then you would have to leave your life to fate.
"Brother Xiao, if you won't let your woman drink alcohol, then how about you come up and run a couple of laps with me?"
He grinned arrogantly: "If you win, I won't mess with you anymore, I won't drink the alcohol, and I'll apologize to your wife, okay?"
Bai Shu was terrified just looking at that cliff. She reached out and gently tugged at Xiao Lingchen's sleeve, afraid that he might impulsively agree. No matter what these people said about him racing cars back in the day, she had never seen him drive one in the years they had been together.
Racing is too dangerous, especially on cliffside mountain roads!
Xiao Lingchen patted her hand reassuringly, then stared coldly at Mu Sheng: "You made an unreasonable demand first, but you expect me to stay calm after losing? That's unfair."
"So what do you want?"
“You’re going to lose,” Xiao Lingchen smiled slightly. “I want you to kowtow and apologize to Bai Shu, and from now on, stay far away from Bai Shu and never bother her again.”
Everyone gasped softly, their eyes filled with shock.
Avoiding them is nothing, but kowtowing and apologizing is something else entirely.
What was unacceptable to everyone was that Mu Sheng, after a moment of stunned silence, pushed away his assistant who was trying to stop him, his eyes reddening, his eyes shining with excitement, and he laughed like a madman.
"Fine! If I lose, I'll not only kowtow and apologize, I'll even call her grandma! But if you lose, I don't want your apology, you just give me that piece of land on the West Coast, how about that?"
"good."
Xiao Lingchen agreed readily.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Shisan was so anxious that he almost jumped up and down, nearly rushing out to urge Xiao Lingchen to reconsider.
That piece of land is one of the largest projects acquired by the real estate company under the Xiao Group, and it is fully managed by the eldest son. The investment has already exceeded four billion.
If it were really given away like this for nothing—especially to the Mu family, who are at odds with the Xiao family—Young Master Xiao wouldn't be able to take on this responsibility!
That's over four billion! Just go ask around on the street. If kowtowing and calling someone "Grandma" could get you over four billion, how many people would line up to do it? Not just Grandma, but your ancestors for eighteen generations!
Bai Shu could not hide her surprise. She gripped Xiao Lingchen's clothes even tighter, frowned, and gently shook her head at him. Xiao Lingchen chuckled and leaned down to kiss her between the eyebrows.
"I believe you, and you believe me."
Madam Xiao watched with a mixture of astonishment and excitement as the two finalized the competition in a few words. Her eyes darted around, and she seemed lost in thought. She shushed someone and sent a message to her father, who had already overheard it but remained expressionless.
"Let him go. If he dared to agree, he should be prepared to bear the consequences."
Xiao Qingwan anxiously grabbed Madam Xiao's hand, but Madam Xiao could hardly contain her excitement and ignored her completely.
Winning is fine, but if she loses, Xiao Lingchen's standing among the Xiao family's subordinates will plummet—she's only forty years old and can still have children!
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