"Mr. Lu... Mr. Lu, now Mr. Wu says he will only consider buying if it's sixty million. Otherwise, he'll go to bed..."
"What did you say? Sixty million???" Lu Zhenhai almost jumped up in rage.
"Yes, if it's sixty million, he'll pay the full amount. Otherwise, he'll turn off the lights and rest..."
Lu Zhenhai blew his mustache and glared, just about to say he wouldn't sell it when Xu Aiqin suddenly knelt down beside him and pleaded softly, "Sixty million, just sixty million... As long as we keep the property, we'll have firewood to burn in the future..."
The clock was about to strike eleven fifty-five!
Lu Zhenhai was filled with unbearable pain, unable to breathe. He gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly, "Sell!"
"That's great!" The agent breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly made arrangements...
At eleven fifty-eight, Lu Zhenhai's phone made a "ding" sound, and he received sixty million in his account.
"Quick, quickly transfer it to that damn girl..." Xu Aiqin urged anxiously. "There's no time left!"
Lu Zhenhai swallowed his tears and transferred the money. Just as he turned around, the clock struck twelve o'clock.
Xu Aiqin and Lu Muyao hurriedly went online to check, but there was no news from Qing Yan about the plagiarism!
Finally, they could breathe a sigh of relief...
However, Lu Zhenhai was overwhelmed with grief. The total price of one hundred and eighty million for the house and shops ended up being sold for only sixty million!
Such a loss!
What should they do next...
He covered his forehead, heart aching.
Xu Aiqin knew they still owed Mrs. Wang fifty million. They would have to sell more properties and shops to repay her...
At that moment, she came to Lu Zhenhai's side and comforted him, "Everything is for our daughter. She has suffered for eighteen years. Let's consider it as compensation for her."
"I'm sorry, Mom and Dad. I've burdened you..." Lu Muyao apologized tearfully.
Seeing her pitiful and tearful face, Lu Zhenhai couldn't bear to blame her anymore. He simply said, "In the future, if it's not yours, you mustn't take it, understood?"
"Dad, I will remember this lesson. I won't take anything that's not mine." Lu Muyao bit her lip, hating Qing Yan from the bottom of her heart.
Just then, her phone rang.
At first, she thought it was Gao Yang calling. He hadn't called her for three whole days...
But as soon as she answered, her expression changed. "What? You say you're QY's customer service? QY's customer service works so late? Working 24 hours? Why are you calling me?"
"Our customer service representatives are available 24/7, Miss Lu. You wore QY's dress, jewelry, and high heels at the award ceremony..."
"Due to your plagiarism of Ting Yin's work and serious disrespect towards our brand, we have blacklisted you. If you continue wearing our brand's products, we will take you to court..."
"What did you say? Hello? Hello??" Lu Muyao thought she had misheard and before she could clarify, the other party had already hung up.
At that moment, her phone made a beep sound, receiving a text message notification indicating that she had been blacklisted by the brand, and she was no longer eligible to wear QY products!
"What's going on?" Xu Aiqin vaguely overheard their conversation.
"Mom, that Qing Yan used some means to have QY blacklist me! They said I disrespected their brand!" Lu Muyao was so angry that tears welled up in her eyes.
Why should she be made to pay so much money, to be completely embarrassed in front of her parents, her boyfriend, and the audience? Wasn't that enough?
And now they wanted to blacklist her from QY? It was too much!
"It's just a brand, why are they acting so high and mighty! They even called you to inform you... Are they trying to humiliate you on purpose?" Xu Aiqin was also quite angry. "A prestigious international brand, causing trouble for a customer? Is that amusing?"
"Mom, what should I do? I won't be able to wear QY products anymore..."
"It's just a brand, dear. Mom will buy you more limited editions in the future..." Xu Aiqin comforted her. "Stop crying, silly child. Is a brand worth crying like this?"
"Mom, you don't understand..."
QY was an internationally renowned top-tier brand, loved by many celebrities, socialites, and wealthy individuals. Wearing QY products would make anyone stand out at any occasion...
But now, all of that had been ruined by Qing Yan!
"Alright, alright..." Xu Aiqin could only continue to console her.
Meanwhile, on the other side...
Gao Yang had gone three whole days without contacting Lu Muyao. He couldn't believe he could resist not reaching out to her for three days... Perhaps he didn't love her as much as he had imagined...
No matter what sweet words Lu Muyao said or how many calls she made in these three days, Gao Yang pretended not to notice, though his heart was aching...
Gao's mother sat on the sofa and, as he came out after taking a shower, she spoke in a cold tone, "Stop right there."
"Mom, is there something wrong?"
"I told you to break up with that wretched girl from the Lu family. Did you break up with her?"
Gao Yang didn't answer. Although he hadn't officially broken up, their relationship was already on the verge of it.
"I want you to pursue Qing Yan!"
Gao Yang widened his eyes, thinking he had misheard.
"Before, Qing Yan was a child of the Lu family, and we had an engagement with her. She must subconsciously regard you as her fiancé and have feelings for you. It's just that later, Lu Mu Yao intervened, and with her scheming ways... "
"Mom, Yao Yao is not scheming." Gao Yang couldn't help but correct.
"What about her doesn't fit the scheming persona? Do you think I'm getting old and can't see it?" Gao's mother had previously thought highly of Lu Mu Yao, considering that Lu Zhen Hai was the richest man in Dongcheng, and she believed Lu Mu Yao was talented...
But in the end, the Lu family fell from grace, and Lu Mu Yao's talent was just a facade...
It's really infuriating!
"You can tell Qing Yan that you are willing to be with her, regardless of whether she is the daughter of the Lu family or not. Even if her biological family is poor, our Gao family is willing to lower our status... As long as, during the engagement, she publicly declares herself as a renowned music prodigy and performs a few piano pieces on the spot..."
"Mom, are you dreaming?" Gao Yang couldn't help but interrupt her idyllic fantasy. "Do you know the income of a music prodigy? Just the taxes they pay amount to billions. If we add up all our family's assets, it probably wouldn't even be half of theirs..."
But music prodigies have always been low-key and don't participate in the rankings of the wealthy. Otherwise, she would be at the top!
What does the Lu family or the Gao family have to do with anything?
"She only plays a few piano pieces, and she earns that much?"
"Of course!"
After pondering for a moment, Gao's mother said, "Wouldn't that be even better? We would be marrying a wife who can make money, isn't that better than marrying that scheming woman?"
"..." Gao Yang was speechless, as if he had to pursue Qing Yan just because she was interested in him.
With Qing Yan's personality, an ordinary person couldn't handle her at all.
"Anyway, as long as you care about her regularly, remember her preferences, surprise her on holidays, and persistently pursue her, she will surrender someday!" Gao's mother was confident. "Whether the Gao family can gain respect in high society depends on you, my son!"
Gao Yang: ...