Chapter 241

Chapter 241: Now You Can Consider It

The ancients said that a man should marry a good wife. There was truth in that.

If everyone in a family worked together in the same direction, there was nothing they could not do.

But if there was someone in the family who kept dragging everyone back, and even pulled others into dragging back with them, then even if someone in that family had the power of the old man who tried to move mountains, they still could not move several mountains like that.

“Is it really like this?”

Manager Wen suddenly looked over at Xiang Qiu Fu. For a moment, his face twisted with anger.

Before this, he had always thought it strange. With a second uncle and aunt who were such kind and upright people, how did they raise such a sneaky and slippery person? And before the incident three years ago, his cousin had always been, in his eyes, an honest and simple man. He had never imagined that he would go to such extremes for money.

But at that time, all the evidence was right in front of them, and his cousin had confessed to everything.

Facts spoke louder than words. Manager Wen had only thought that he himself had misjudged a person and learned a hard lesson. He had never expected that there was so much behind it.

“What did you take my cousin for?” he asked.

“Of course, a walking ATM.”

Manager Wen staggered a little. He felt like he had just taken a sharp knife to the chest for his cousin.

Du An Rao, who had no idea she had just stabbed a friendly “teammate,” strolled out from behind Xi Jing Yue. Ignoring the poisonous look in Xiang Qiu Fu’s eyes, she said meaningfully: “A person’s blessings in this life are limited. You used up all your blessings when you met your husband and his family and became one of them. Now that you’ve almost ruined them, your blessings have also run out.”

“You dare curse me? I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you!”

“Your Glabella Palace is dark and there is blood light over your head,” Du An Rao said calmly. “Within three months, you, your son, and even the people close to you will face great disaster.”

Hearing this, Xiang Qiu Fu was both enraged and afraid: “It’s one thing to curse me, but you actually dare curse my son? I’ll fight you to the death!”

But the bodyguards already knew that the auction house had changed hands today. For the sake of their jobs, there was no way they would let her hurt their new boss under their eyes.

When struggling did nothing, Xiang Qiu Fu turned her anger on Manager Wen instead: “Wen You En, are you just going to stand there and watch an outsider bully your sister-in-law and curse your cousin’s own son? Can you face your cousin like this? Can you face your second uncle and aunt?”

“You still dare bring up my cousin, and my second uncle and aunt!”

If she didn’t mention them, it would have been fine. But once she did, fire rushed straight to Manager Wen’s head.

His second uncle and aunt were such good people, yet they ended up with such a daughter-in-law. She had ruined their home, spoiled their only son, and even got his cousin sent to prison.

If he hadn’t known the truth, for the sake of his second uncle’s family, he might really have helped her plead for mercy and protected her. But now, he wished she would just die.

“Meeting my cousin and my second uncle and aunt was the greatest blessing of your life,” he said coldly. “But meeting you was the greatest disaster of theirs.

“You all, throw her out. From now on, she is not allowed to step into the auction house again. If she dares to make trouble, call the police at once!”

“Wen You En, if you treat me like this, you’ll regret it! Ungrateful! Bullying the weak! You’ll get your retribution sooner or later. Sooner or later, you’ll pay for this!”

Seeing that even now this woman was still unrepentant, and was still cursing everyone as she was dragged out of the auction house, Manager Wen’s eyes grew darker and darker.

“I really want to see,” he said, “who gets retribution first.”

Then he turned and apologized to Du An Rao: “Sorry, President Du. I let you see my family mess.”

After what had just happened, the respect in Manager Wen’s gaze was obvious.

Du An Rao did not really care. She waved her hand and said: “It’s fine. Every family has a hard story to tell. There are so many strange people in this world, and life is so long. President Wen, of course you’ll run into a few of them. Just relax.”

Hearing that she was trying to comfort him, Manager Wen could not help showing a small smile.

“Right,” Du An Rao said, “you just said that you and your dad never thought about cutting them out of the Wen family.”

“…Yes.”

“Now you can start thinking about it. If you don’t cut them off completely, your Wen family will be dragged down sooner or later. Whether you and your dad care about the business empire you’ve worked so hard to build, and about your other family members, that’s for you two to decide.”

[When I go back later, I’ll find a reason to report that fake ‘expert’ who is selling real antiques. If I remember correctly, in the next few days he’ll be taking a batch of antiques out of the country. I can’t let him get away.

As for the Wen family, I’ve already said it this clearly. If they still don’t hurry and get out of the way, they can’t blame me.]

In the original story, Xiang Si Da was just a background NPC used to give Du Qi Chang some extra experience, so there wasn’t much written about him. There was naturally no mention of Xiang Qiu Fu’s relationship with the Wen family, and no way of knowing whether Xiang Si Da’s case would involve the Wen family or the auction house.

But judging from how chaotic the situation in the Imperial Capital had been at that time, Du An Rao felt it would be very hard for this auction house to stay out of it.

If they did not use this chance to cut ties with the Xiang siblings and clear their name, it would be very hard to escape once the siblings got into trouble.

When Manager Wen heard this, he trembled all over. His attitude toward Du An Rao became even more cautious and respectful: “Okay. I’ll ask for leave later and go home to discuss this with my dad.”

Du An Rao gave him a look that said, “This child can be taught.”

Xi Jing Yue, however, sharply noticed how Manager Wen’s attitude toward Du An Rao had changed step by step. Thinking of the connection between Du An Rao’s master and the Wen family, he could not help but chuckle.

Today, this little girl had accidentally proved herself and earned the recognition of the Wen family heir.

From now on, even if she didn’t show up at the auction house or get involved in its affairs, the Wen family would never dare to fool her.

Completely unaware of the shock she had just brought to everyone at the auction house, Du An Rao suddenly remembered something and slapped her forehead.

“Oh right, there’s also this.”

She turned and ran toward the meeting room.

Seeing this, Manager Wen and the others quickly followed. As soon as they entered, they saw Du An Rao run straight to the stack of five thousand consignment contracts that the lawyer had brought earlier. She lowered her head and started flipping through them.

Luckily, although there were many contracts, for easy reading, the signing dates were all written on the covers.

Du An Rao searched by the dates and quickly pulled out four or five contracts.

“Get these auction items back,” she said. “As soon as possible.”

Manager Wen hurried over, took the contracts, and looked through them. He asked in confusion: “Is there something wrong with these items?”

“These items were still real when they were auctioned,” Du An Rao said. “But by the time the contracts were signed with the customers and the money and goods were exchanged, someone had swapped the real ones for fakes. The guests ended up with counterfeits.

“This is a mistake on our auction house’s part. We have to fix it quickly. Otherwise, it will cause huge damage to both our reputation and our future fortune.”

“What?!”