Chapter 11 Chapter 11 “Miss Jiang donated… that diamond ring…
"Mr. Cheng, a Mr. Dong said he was sending something to you on behalf of Miss Jiang."
As a top-tier private residence, Yujiangyuan is inhabited by the newly rich and famous. It offers the utmost privacy and all people entering and leaving, except the owner, must register and be questioned.
Jiang Yiyu asked the driver to deliver something to Cheng Shuze. After explaining the purpose of the visit, the housekeeper passed the message to the owner.
"Let him come up." Hearing that it was Jiang Yiyu who asked him to come, Cheng Shuze let him go.
"Mr. Cheng, this is what our eldest lady said she would return to you." Uncle Dong took out two black ring boxes and handed them to Cheng Shuze.
Cheng Shuze knew what was inside without even opening it.
"Jiang Yiyun said to give it back to me?" Cheng Shuze sneered, raising his eyelids without even reaching out his hand, "Give it back to your eldest daughter. I never take back anything I give away."
"This..." Uncle Dong was embarrassed. He naturally knew that the eldest lady and Young Master Cheng had been having a quarrel recently. He had watched the eldest lady grow up since she was a child, so his heart naturally leaned towards their eldest lady.
"Does Jiang Yiyun have anything else to do?"
"The eldest lady said we should part ways amicably. I'll return the ring to you. It's not appropriate for our eldest lady to keep it in her hands any longer."
"I don't recycle garbage. Tell Jiang Yiyu that she can do whatever she wants with it. If she doesn't like it, just throw it away." Cheng Shao slammed the door with an expressionless face.
Jiang Yiyu held the Rose Kiss in her hand between her thumb and index finger. Tang Ya's eyes almost popped out as she stared at it. Jiang Yiyu threw the ring into her hand, and Tang Ya caught it in a hurry.
"He doesn't recycle trash, so I'm the one who recycles trash? Who cares about a broken diamond ring?"
Tang Ya's eyes were filled with tears: "What rubbish? I really want the diamond ring."
Cheng Shuze didn't even take the ring box, so Uncle Dong brought everything to her. Now she not only had the Rose Kiss and the couple's rings in her hand, but also Cheng Shuze's ring.
Tang Ya wiped her hands, carefully placed the Rose Kiss on the velvet blue cloth that looked very expensive, clasped her hands together devoutly and began to wish for great wealth this year.
Jiang Yiyun waited until she had knelt three times and kowtowed nine times before she spoke: "I have an idea. This diamond ring comes at the perfect time."
Tang Ya: “?”
The Ling Group has been making intensive preparations for the upcoming charity auction. Normally, an ordinary charity auction is not worth getting nervous about, but this one is directly managed by their new vice president, the second young master who just returned to China, so they have to pay more attention to it.
The marketing department was sorting out the donated auction items that had been sent by distinguished guests, and asking appraisers to identify, classify and price them, when they suddenly received an extremely valuable item.
Auctions naturally have their own unspoken rules. Since a charity auction like this is for charity, the actual price of the items will be a few percentage points lower than the true estimated price. Most VIPs donate small items worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. A few million at most is considered a great face for the organizer. When the results of the appraiser of the items came out this time, they looked at each other for a long time, and finally hurriedly went to ask the second young master for help.
"What Miss Jiang donated...was the diamond ring Rose Kiss."
The eldest son of the Cheng family bought an engagement diamond ring worth 100 million yuan from abroad for the business marriage between Cheng and Jiang, and it was given to Miss Jiang as an auction item.
"Mr. Ling, is this item too expensive? Should we send it back to Miss Jiang?" the marketing manager asked cautiously.
The appraiser estimated that the diamond ring was worth at least 80 million yuan. Even if the price was cut in half at a charity auction, it would still be 40 million yuan at most. No item has ever been sold at such a high price in the past.
Ling Jingzhi picked up the Rose Kiss, which was once claimed by the media to be a witness of fairy-tale love, and stroked the clear and sharp face of the diamond ring with his fingertips. He seemed to be able to feel the delicate warmth of the owner's touch.
"Mr. Ling?" The expression on the face of the usually gentle vice president was really strange and subtle, as if he was sighing with a hint of sarcasm. The marketing manager couldn't help but whispered.
"No need to send it back." Ling Jingzhi lowered his eyelashes. "Since Miss Jiang thinks highly of us, please register as usual."
"Yes, Mr. Ling." The manager took the ring carefully and felt his hands getting hot.
"There are quite a few people here today." Tang Ya looked out with great interest through the one-way opaque glass.
The circular auction exhibition has private rooms on the second floor and above, exhibition booths and hall space in the middle of the first floor, and another area on the left for telephone buyers who cannot be present in person.
There was a separate VIP passage to the second floor, so they naturally avoided the crowds when they arrived. It was still early, and the first floor was not full yet.
Jiang Yiyu took a small glass bowl and picked up a piece of fresh, tender red watermelon flesh with a silver fork, letting the cool and sweet juice bloom on the tip of her tongue.
"The auction officially starts in fifteen minutes. Naturally, there aren't many people here right now. The peak entry point will be when there are five minutes left."
Ling Jingzhi, who was wearing a neat suit and even his tie was meticulously done, just pushed the door open and heard Tang Ya's sigh, and explained.
"This is today's auction catalog."
Ling Jingzhi handed the thick notebook in his hand to Jiang Yiyu.
"Young Master is so busy, why did he come to deliver the atlas in person?"
As the general person in charge of this charity auction, Ling Jingzhi has to personally monitor all the procedures today to prevent any mistakes. He is bound to be busy, so how could he have the leisure to run errands?
"I'll just give it to you." Ling Jingzhi smiled. "If you two have anything you like today, feel free to buy it. It will all be put on my account."
Tang Ya groaned and quickly waved her hands: "No, no, no, we can't afford to owe you a favor of 18 million."
"It's an honor for our Ling Group that Miss Jiang is willing to give the ring to Fulai for auction. We at Ling Group are grateful to Miss Jiang. Please put today's expenses on my personal account. It's just a small token of your appreciation. There's no need to be so reserved with me."
After chatting for a few words, Ling Jingzhi's phone rang again. He glanced at the message and apologized, "I'm too busy today and can't leave. I'm sorry for not entertaining you well."
"No, it's fine." Jiang Yiyun raised the colorful glass bowl in her hand, "Go and get busy."
"Then I'll be leaving first," Ling Jingzhi added as he held onto the heavy soundproof door before leaving. "I'll have someone bring up two more fruit plates."
As soon as Ling Jingzhi left, Jiang Yiyu threw the picture album on her lap onto the sofa beside her. Tang Ya sat over and opened it and flipped through a few pages.
"You're quite generous. There's no need to be shy about these things." The album was very delicately made, with pictures of today's auction items, prices, donors and other relevant information marked on it. The prices were also very attractive at a glance, all with large six-digit numbers facing upwards.
"Ling Jingzhi's words are not precise. If he pays for everything we like, then if I buy all the lots, he will go bankrupt."
"I'm just being polite. I won't actually let him pay." Jiang Yiyun said halfway when someone knocked on the door. She stopped talking and waited until the person who had delivered the fruit plate and tea had left and closed the door before adding, "We're not on an eight-figure relationship. At most, I'll pick one or two cheap things for him to buy. If you have anything else you like, I'll pay for the rest."
Tang Ya curled her lips. "That's why I say this kind of business dealings are really boring. He can't even rent out the entire place, yet he's still making these big claims that it's all his responsibility. He's just relying on the fact that we won't really embarrass him. He's being polite all the time, but it's not sincere at all."
"It's like this for all businessmen. Just listen to the nice words and don't take them seriously." Jiang Yiyu changed the glass bowl containing crystal grapes.
Tang Ya flipped to the last two pages of the album, where she saw the diamond ring Jiang Yiyun had given her. The flawless pink diamond, the size of a pigeon egg, shone brilliantly even on the flat surface of the album. The price was listed as 65 million. Tang Ya stared at it for a moment, then suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Jiang Yiyun with sparkling eyes.
"What are you doing?" Jiang Yiyu was picking the grapes in the bowl.
Tang Ya: "I want to tell you something, don't be angry."
Jiang Yiyun: "I never get angry, it's usually me who makes others angry."
"That's right." Tang Ya thought about it and didn't seem to be angry about it. "Do you still remember the days when you and Cheng Shuze were going to have your wedding?"
Jiang Yiyun recalled: "What happened?"
"A few days before the wedding, Cheng Shuze gave each of our bridesmaids a diamond necklace." Tang Ya saw Jiang Yiyun stop eating grapes and knew that she really didn't know about this. "Then he asked us to be polite to him on the wedding day."
When the bride arrives, her friends will block the door and assign tasks and tests to her before they'll let her go. Even if it's a wealthy marriage, Jiang Yiyun's friends, led by her, won't show any mercy. Cheng Shuze knew he wouldn't get away with it that day, so he made a sneaky move.
"I was wondering how he got in so easily that day." She'd been so jubilant on the wedding day that she hadn't given it much thought, assuming the media were following her and that the photos had to look good. Now she realized Cheng Shuze had been secretly using money to corrupt the other party's morale. After all, it was his money, so it would be best if he went bankrupt sooner rather than later.
"Money is the key." Jiang Yiyun snorted, "How big is the diamond necklace?"
Tang Ya chuckled and stretched out her fist to compare the size: "This big."
Since it was a bribe, she couldn't be stingy with the money. She spent a fortune on each of them. The day she got the money, she really wished the two of them could have a few more weddings.
"That happened two years ago, so why are you telling me now?"
"Isn't this just a spontaneous thought? It goes without saying that Cheng Shuze has at least two advantages. First, he's rich. Second, he's willing to spend."
There are many rich people nowadays, but there are fewer and fewer people who are willing to spend money. And there are even fewer people who are willing to spend money and spend money on their girlfriends.
"Tsk, I don't need his money. I have enough myself." Jiang Yiyu turned her face away.
"Honestly, it's impossible not to be moved when you received the Rose Kiss. I still have the chat history of you showing off dozens of pictures in the middle of the night."
I sent her dozens of photos of the ring on my hand from various angles in the middle of the night for her to admire. She was fed with dog food for a whole week.
"I wonder how Cheng Shuze would react when he saw you put this ring up for auction?"
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