Chapter 204

Chapter 204: Do You Not Have Your Own Kids?

Jiang Chang Bin had long heard that this so-called Granduncle of Du An Rao doted on her very much, but he had never taken it seriously.

People at their level put interests first. Feelings always came second. Besides, her so-called relative ties with him were already stretched thin by distance and generations. Their blood connection was faint at best.

Compared to relatives, they should have been more like partners.

But now he wasn’t so sure. This was 1 billion, the kind of 1 billion that, if you withdrew it in cash, could bury a person alive.

Such a huge amount, handed over without hesitation, just because his little cousin said she liked something and wanted it.

If that wasn’t doting, what was? He was practically spoiling her into the heavens.

“This is what my parents and I just raised. It’s only 30 million. I already transferred it to you, so remember to accept it.”

Jiang Chang Bin rubbed his nose, a bit embarrassed.

Compared to her final target of 2 billion, this 30 million felt like a drop in the bucket.

“Thank you, Cousin.” Du An Rao could more or less guess what he was thinking, so her thanks were very sincere.

Back when she went to eat at the Jiang family home, she had heard Aunt mention that her big cousin had put almost all his savings into the company he was running with Yu Qing Ting, and they would not be able to withdraw that money in the short term.

This 30 million was probably their last bit of liquid cash. They might even have borrowed some from others.

Once she survived tonight, she had to hurry up and pay them back.

Seeing that Jiang Chang Bin had already spoken up, the Qiu mother and son refused to fall behind: “Miss An, don’t forget us. Before we came in, you said you would borrow money from me.”

“If you’re willing to help, that would be the best.”

“I already had people start checking on our funds. If nothing unexpected happens, we should be able to pull out 100 million.”

Don’t be fooled by how big Yayu Jade House was. A company’s valuation and personal assets were two different things.

For the two of them to temporarily put together 100 million was already more than enough to show their sincerity.

With people from both sides stepping up, Xi Jing Yue stopped teasing her. He held out his hand to her: “Your card number.”

“Here!”

“I’ll have them put 500 million in.”

Du An Rao’s eyes got even brighter. The way she looked at Xi Jing Yue was like she was looking at a glowing golden savior god.

[As expected of the kind and helpful Mr. Xi. He never drops the ball at critical moments!]

Jiang Chang Bin was speechless. This man definitely, definitely, definitely had designs on his little cousin. Who in their right mind would casually lend someone 500 million? Was he insane?

With the help of Xi Jing Yue and the others, the problem of bidding funds was mostly solved, but there was still a gap of three to four hundred million.

Du An Rao counted the money she had left on hand and decisively chose to shake her family group chat.

“Brother, Brother, lend me some money.”

“Second Brother, Second Brother, lend me some money.”

“Third Brother, Third Brother, lend… oh, forget it. It’s already good enough if you’re not borrowing money from me.”

“Fourth Sister, Fourth Sister, lend me some money.”

Du Yi Han was confused: “???” What did that mean? Was she looking down on the global limited edition cars in her third brother’s garage?

“Dad, Mom, can I get my allowance in advance? How much? The more the better. You can advance it until a hundred years later if you want. I’ll try my best to live that long.”

Everyone sitting nearby, who had just listened to her whole borrowing process, fell silent.

Cousin and the others thought the same thing: this cousin (Miss Du) really wasn’t afraid of getting beaten when she went back home.

Du An Rao thought she was just borrowing money from her family. She had no idea that right after she sent those messages, news that she was short on cash had spread through the big family group chat.

“An An doesn’t have enough money to spend? Brother, I’m really not trying to meddle, but I have to criticize you for this. How can you let An An be short on money when she’s out? You and Sister-in-law are really not doing your job as parents. Hurry up and send me our darling’s card number.” This was the famous rich lady Aunt Lianshuang.

“Lianshuang has a point. When a child is out, they can lack anything but money. So where’s the card number?” This was the fifth aunt, who had just had a family problem solved and didn’t know how to show her thanks.

“It’s rare for the girl to ask people for money. She must have run into something really important. You can’t delay. Send the card number now. Don’t make her ask three or four times. Are you trying to drive people crazy?” This was the quick-tempered fourth aunt.

The Du family members hadn’t even had time to say anything yet, and the group chat messages were already rushing up the screen, everyone asking for the card number. Anyone who didn’t know better would think it was some charity donation drive.

Not only that, every person who came out to ask for the card number took the chance to stomp on them a little, criticizing them for being unfit parents and brothers.

The Du family stared at all the “bad parent” and “bad brother” labels they suddenly had to carry for one night and were speechless.

If not for this mess, they would never have known that so many people had secretly been thinking about stealing their child. It was outrageous. Did none of these people have children of their own?

Du An Rao knew nothing about the chaos in the family group chat. After sending her money-borrowing messages, she turned her focus back to the auction on stage.

The bundling of the Northern Suburbs Wasteland with the other plot hadn’t fully scared off the big companies who were determined to get the South District Lakeside land. In only a few minutes, the bidding had shot up from the starting 100 million to 400 or 500 million.

In a top-level arena like this, money became just a small number, something they could toss out easily.

Watching these people shout out terrifying numbers without even changing expression, Jiang Chang Bin felt his past experience was far too shallow.

He and Yu Qing Ting had gone to private parties meant for networking with bosses when they were raising investment, but compared to those flashy nights of wine and lights, this real-life scene of using money like scrap paper was much more shocking, especially now that he himself was standing in the middle of this whirlpool of fame and fortune.

Du An Rao joined the bidding when Du Wei Shuai called out 500 million.

“Five hundred and ten million.”

Her sudden entry drew many eyes. After everyone realized that the few who were still bidding all had major family businesses behind them, most of the other guests wisely gave up.

First, compared to these deep-rooted big families, their little piles of cash were nothing. There was no need to rush up just to embarrass themselves. Second, they could use this chance to sell these big families a favor. Even if it couldn’t count as currying favor, at least they wouldn’t offend anyone.

This made the Du family father and sons, who were mixed in among them, stand out very clearly, like a few early birds about to get shot down.

They hadn’t even had time to be squashed when another early bird flew out. It was Du An Rao.

Du Tian Ci reacted the strongest, almost standing up to yell.

In his eyes, she was clearly doing this to get back at him for raising the price on purpose earlier.

What really made him panic was the calm confidence in her voice when she shouted that price, as if she really had that much money. That thought twisted his face with jealousy, his heart burning with sour, bitter rage.