Chapter 220

Chapter 220: Carrying The Basin And Running Off With Someone

Du An Rao looked at Du De Sheng, then at Xi Jing Yue. She had a strong feeling that something important had happened between the two of them that she did not know about.

[What is going on? When did you two end up on the same side? Granduncle was clearly disliking Mr. Xi so much just now.]

Du De Sheng: “…” [Nonsense. How could I be on the same side as him? I’m only doing this for you, you heartless girl!]

Xi Jing Yue: “…” [You don’t have to be that blunt.]

Although she was surprised, what the two of them said made sense. Du An Rao had never thought she was cut out for business anyway. She had only bought those two pieces of land because she did not want to let Du Tian Ci and his son, and the people behind them, get them cheaply and cause trouble for the two elders.

Now that someone could help her solve this hidden worry, why would she refuse?

“Since Granduncle says so, I don’t have any other opinion. It’s just that if we do this, I won’t be able to pay back the money I owe you right away.”

As soon as she said that, Du De Sheng’s face darkened first: “Pay back what? In your heart, is Granduncle such a stingy person? What I give you is yours. We grandfather and granddaughter don’t need to be so clear about things.”

“Granduncle, that’s one billion, not ten bucks.”

“Whether it’s one billion or ten, it’s all the same to Grandfather.”

“…”

[As expected of the man at the very top of the rich guy pyramid in the whole family. Lines like that sounded so natural coming from him. They didn’t even feel out of place.]

“???” [What do you mean, the top of the rich guy pyramid? Are you calling me a vulgar rich man?]

The look on Du De Sheng’s face collapsed at once. His hand holding the cane started to itch. Any second now, he wanted to teach this sharp tongued, unfilial granddaughter a lesson.

Compared to him, Qin Yan Qing was enjoying the show. She stepped forward, pressed down her husband’s hand, and said with a gentle smile: “Your Granduncle and I are not young anymore. We don’t know how many years we can stay together. These worldly things, we can’t take them with us when we are born or when we die. It’s best if you can use them. Besides, talking about whether you return the money, or how much you return, is treating us like outsiders on purpose. We will really get angry.”

With the two of them speaking like this, Du An Rao could not keep insisting. She only started to plan in her heart that since Grandfather and Grandmother treated her so well, she would bring them good things whenever she came across them in the future.

The hearts of the two elders warmed again. Before they had come back, they had already heard in detail from Du Bi Xiao about how Du An Rao had taken the Fu Lu Shou Xi jadeite rough that held spiritual essence and could nourish the wearer’s body and extend their life, and had it made into bracelets and jade pendants as a wedding gift for them.

Their thoughts were similar to Xi Jing Yue’s. At their age and status, money was no longer the most important thing. Health and long life were.

What Du An Rao planned to give them was worth far more than ten thousand pieces of gold to a young lady, not to mention that it was a piece of filial devotion from their own junior.

In the end, their own little padded jacket was still the best. When she had not even been familiar with them, she had already helped others warmly without asking for anything back. Now that they were close, as soon as they gave her a bit of something, she tried all kinds of ways to give them gifts in return.

Unlike those so called blood relatives who claimed to share his bloodline. They were like black holes. No matter how much they got, they were never full. If they stopped getting things, they would even come to fight and grab for them.

“Your Grandma Qin is right. Grandfather and Grandmother have saved up this wealth for most of our lives. If you don’t help us spend it, should we let those ungrateful wolves who only know how to anger me and your Grandma Qin benefit instead?”

Du An Rao paused for a moment, guessing that Uncle A Wen had already reported the matter of Du Tian Ci’s family to the old man in advance. She gave a polite smile and did not poke at Du De Sheng’s sore spot.

After watching from the side for a while, Xi Jing Yue also could not help laughing: “You don’t need to worry about me. Don’t you remember? I already used five hundred million to buy two jade plaques from you.”

“What jade plaques?” The two elders’ attention was caught at once.

Xi Jing Yue had bought the two jade plaques from Du An Rao when they were about to leave the auction house. Du Bi Xiao had not been there at the time and had not had a chance to tell them, so the two elders had not known about this in advance.

Du An Rao rubbed her nose and said awkwardly: “I bought a stone tonight, and there was a very pretty piece of jadeite inside. After leaving the part that is useful to me, the rest of the rough just happens to be enough to make two jade pendant plaques…”

Du De Sheng felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He immediately remembered that Du Bi Xiao had indeed mentioned that the stone they had cut not only produced a pair of bracelets and a jade pendant, but that the remaining material could be cut into a pair of small plaques.

Then he thought of how this brat could also hear that child’s inner voice and must know what the two plaques could do. He grew so angry that his head spun.

But Du An Rao still had not noticed his reaction and repeated: “I thought about it and still feel that for just those two small plaques, five hundred million is still…”

“Five hundred million is still too little!” Before she could finish, Du De Sheng cut her off with a dark face. “For something this good, you think you can buy it for only five hundred million? Keep dreaming. At least one billion!”

“Grandfather?!”

“I thought the same. That’s why, when I first talked about working with An An before, I planned to split it thirty seventy. I take three, she takes seven. She just didn’t agree.”

Du De Sheng: “?!!” [Good grief. So this brat was waiting for me here!]

However, that thirty seventy split…

The corner of Du De Sheng’s mouth twitched. Even though he could not stand this brat no matter how he looked at him, he had to admit that this split was actually much more than that so called one billion.

“…Then how did it become forty sixty?”

“Grandfather, I was the one who suggested raising it. I just felt that split seemed like we were taking advantage of Mr. Xi.”

Du De Sheng: “…” [You’re still taking advantage of him now. The only difference is how much.]

Xi Jing Yue glanced at the two of them and thought for a moment: “But Elder Du has a point. Since the split has changed to forty sixty, we should raise the price for those two plaques too. I’ll transfer another five hundred million to your card later. Remember to check it.”

Du An Rao was stunned on the spot. After a long moment, she finally waved her hands in a panic: “No, that’s not what I meant. You really don’t need to give me that much money. Don’t listen to my Granduncle talking nonsense. Those two plaques aren’t worth that much. Don’t transfer it!”

The Granduncle who was being called “talking nonsense” felt a heavy blow in his heart. Looking at his precious granddaughter, who was completely siding with an outsider and only wanted to stop that person from sending her money, he wanted to turn around right then, go to the woodshed to find a fork, and roast the pig that was trying to root at their family’s cabbage.

After this heavy blow, Du De Sheng decisively turned to his wife for comfort: “I keep feeling like our family’s cabbage is about to carry the basin and run off with someone on her own.”

Qin Yan Qing patted her husband’s head to calm him: “If this pig is willing to coax our cabbage with a jade basin inlaid with gold, it might not be a bad thing. But it’s still too early to talk about that. It’s better to rely on ourselves than on others. Let’s work hard to live a few more years and keep an eye on this pig. We can’t let him bully our cabbage.”