Chapter 217

Chapter 217: You Don’t Have To Be Such a Jinx

“How can I accept that?” Du An Rao was tempted, but she still felt that something was off.

“There’s nothing wrong with it. I’m only providing the people. The land is what is really valuable. That means you’re the one investing the larger share, so it’s natural that you get more. Otherwise, who would still go into investments?”

Jiang Chang Bin: “…” Right, sure. Materials cost nothing, advertising costs nothing, labor also costs nothing, nothing costs anything.

For the moment, Du An Rao could not think of a better idea, so she nodded and agreed for now. She still felt like she was taking advantage of Xi Jing Yue, and said awkwardly: “Then how about sixty-forty? You take forty… I take sixty?”

“Alright. In that case, I’m the one getting the better deal.”

Watching the whole thing from the side, Jiang Chang Bin: “…” This was his first time seeing someone rush to suffer a loss and still smile like a flower. Could it be… could it be that he was trying to advance by retreating?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that must be it, and he looked at Xi Jing Yue with even more caution.

This man’s mind was deep. His little cousin probably could not play against him. He could not let him lead his cousin astray!

Xi Jing Yue had no idea that in someone’s heart he had already been labeled as scheming and deep. When he saw that, after laying down this burden, Du An Rao had gone back to her usual relaxed and lively self, he could not help curving his lips up a bit too.

The group walked quickly out of the auction house doors. Before they had time to call a car, a luxurious yet low-key black sedan stopped in front of the three of them.

The driver’s window rolled down, and a familiar face appeared.

“Big Sis, why are you here?” The driver was Du Bi Xiao, whom they had just seen not long ago at Jiangyu Plaza.

“Get in first. I’ll drive you back.”

“Okay.” Du An Rao trusted Du Bi Xiao quite a bit. As soon as she heard that, she was about to get in the car, then suddenly remembered Jiang Chang Bin and Xi Jing Yue, and stopped mid-move.

“Big Sis, this is my older cousin and Mr. Xi. They’re with me.”

Du Bi Xiao answered straightforwardly: “Then all of you get in. I’ll drive everyone.”

Xi Jing Yue and Jiang Chang Bin had no objections. One of them still needed to help Du An Rao carry the stone, and the other was planning to go straight to her house with her anyway, so they had to follow her.

After they all got in the car, Du An Rao did not forget to continue the earlier topic.

“Big Sis, you still haven’t told me. Why are you here? Don’t tell me…” Did some murder case happen here again?

Du Bi Xiao: “…” You really don’t have to jinx it that much. I’m not some Conan type who has something happen wherever I go!

“Duobao Pavilion’s annual auction is very grand. Every year, rich merchants from all over gather here. To keep everyone safe and make sure the auction goes smoothly, our department sends a group of people here every year to maintain order. This year just happened to be our team’s turn.”

“I see.” Du An Rao nodded in understanding.

[That makes sense. The people who come to this auction are rich merchants with status from all over. There is no guarantee that no one will get any bad ideas and use this great chance to randomly kidnap a few rich people and force them to pay ransom or something.]

Du Bi Xiao: “…” In a way, this little cousin’s thinking really did fit a criminal profile, and it was also kind of true.

Her department was worried that with so many rich merchants gathered here, someone with bad intentions might start kidnapping and cause chaos, so they did send a team every year to maintain order and deal with emergencies. But originally, Du Bi Xiao was not part of the group that had been assigned here.

She was here purely because she knew that Du An Rao would be here. First, she wanted to protect her safety from nearby. Second, she was curious if her cousin would run into anything interesting at this auction, and maybe reveal some hidden secrets they did not know about.

Facts proved that Du Bi Xiao’s decision had been very farsighted.

All the thoughts that had gone through Du An Rao’s mind while she was bidding earlier had already been sorted out and packed up by Du Bi Xiao, then sent to Du De Sheng.

By now, their Granduncle should already know why this little cousin was willing to spend so much to win that plot of land, and he should also have an idea of how to deal with the follow-up for the two plots, as well as that group of people behind the scenes.

Du Bi Xiao had really just come out to walk through the motions. After she sent Du An Rao safely home, she left. Before leaving, she still did not forget to say to Du An Rao: “Thank you.”

“Thank me for what?”

“Ever since I put on the gift you gave me, my luck has gotten better. Yesterday we had a mission to chase a runaway criminal. In his panic, he got into a car accident. The car almost rolled over and crashed into our car.”

Du An Rao was shocked: “Then are you all alright?”

“It only almost happened. The car scraped past ours and didn’t hit us. Everyone in the car is fine.”

Because of this, Du Bi Xiao had become a rare animal and a key person to protect in the bureau. Not only people from her own department, people from other departments who heard about this also could not resist coming to ‘bump into her by accident’. For the past two days, every time she showed up going to or from work, she would be surrounded and stared at.

Even her direct supervisor had started looking at her with eyes that were both enthusiastic and a little wistful.

If they did not keep in mind that this was a gift that Du An Rao had given her specially, and the blessing had been made just for her, and that it might not work if someone else wore it, the colleagues in the bureau who had to go on missions would have probably lined up so each of them could borrow it to wear for two days.

Du An Rao had no idea that the little gift she had given her cousin had caused such a big stir in her workplace.

Hearing what she said, she let out a sigh of relief: “That’s good then.”

After Du Bi Xiao left, Du An Rao took Jiang Chang Bin and Xi Jing Yue inside to see Du De Sheng and Qin Yan Qing.

Facing the famous Ninth Master Du of City B, Jiang Chang Bin felt a little nervous. After he handed the box with the remaining rough stone to Du An Rao, he used the excuse that it was late and he did not want to disturb them, and left first.

On his way out, he even tried to pull Xi Jing Yue along, but Xi Jing Yue politely refused: “I still have something I want to discuss with Elder Du. Cousin, you go back first.”

Jiang Chang Bin: “?!” He had been careless. This guy was playing tricks! Also, who is your cousin? How many times have I told you, stop calling her that!

Holding a belly full of anger, Jiang Chang Bin left unwillingly. Because of what he had said, however, Du De Sheng narrowed his eyes dangerously: “You have something you want to discuss with me? Discuss what?”

Xi Jing Yue did not answer. Instead, he turned his head to look at Du An Rao and Qin Yan Qing. His meaning was clear.

Qin Yan Qing understood with one glance. Thinking of what A’Wen and Du Bi Xiao had just passed back about what had happened at the auction tonight, she vaguely guessed what Xi Jing Yue wanted to discuss with Du De Sheng. Very sensibly, she dragged Du An Rao up.

“You two talk about your serious business. An An and I will go to the small kitchen and see if there’s anything to eat.” After saying that, she did not give the two men any time to react and happily left with Du An Rao.

“Come on, come on, we’re not going to listen to their old, annoying, depressing talk. Grandmother will take you to eat something tasty.”

“Okay, Grandmother!”

The two men who had been mercilessly abandoned: “…”