Uncle Wang had a mournful expression on his face, wishing it were himself shattered to pieces as he continued to speak, "Half a year ago, Young Master bought them back to the motherland at Christie's auction for a high price of 36 million. But unexpectedly, they broke before he even used them once or twice. What a pity, truly such a shame!"
As he spoke, he looked at Qin Youbei with a face full of grief, "Don't you agree, Miss Qin?"
Qin Youbei couldn't help but snicker inwardly.
It was just a broken bowl, yet the old butler acted like a tragedy of life and death had unfolded.
She glanced at Gu Xiao, whose sharp and profound eyes were slightly narrowed at the moment, lazily leaning back in his chair, looking at her coolly.
Actually, Uncle Wang's reaction had also surprised Gu Xiao.
He waved his hand to signal Uncle Wang to step down.
Uncle Wang nodded, believing the Young Master was godlike and must have a way to deal with this little girl.
All he needed to do was to happily wait for the little Young Master to be born, hehe, oho, haha...
With an apologetic demeanor, Qin Youbei looked at Gu Xiao guiltily and said, "I'm really sorry, I didn't do it on purpose just now. If you hadn't startled me, I wouldn't have lost my grip; but then again, you can't be blamed either, right? It was an accident."
The underlying message in her words was: It's all your fault that I broke it, how can you possibly ask me to compensate?
Thirty-six million—where would she get so much money? She didn't want to pay, not at all.
Gu Xiao replied indifferently, "Sure..."
Upon hearing this, Qin Youbei's heart leaped with joy, did "sure" mean she wouldn't have to pay?!
It seemed he understood the implication in her words and even went along with it. He wasn't as bad as she had imagined.
Not making her pay the thirty million, he could be called a nice guy.
Just as she was silently praising Gu Xiao in her heart, Gu Xiao abruptly added the second half of his sentence, "… considering the misunderstanding we had before, I'll let the change slide, you only need to pay thirty million."
What?!
Qin Youbei was stunned, staring at Gu Xiao wide-eyed. Didn't he mean she didn't have to pay?
Why was she still supposed to pay thirty million for a shattered bowl?
Was he, he... planning to rob her?!
She realized that the master and servant had been putting on a scam show!
The problem was, even knowing she was being played by them, she still had no choice but to swallow the loss.
Qin Youbei cursed Gu Xiao and Uncle Wang over and over in her heart.
On the outside, she looked pitiful, speaking softly, "I'm just a poor student. I don't have that much money."
Gu Xiao: "..."
Qin Youbei continued tearfully, "Even the money for my tuition fees is owed. I can't even come up with a thousand yuan, let alone thirty million."
At this moment, her appearance was pitiable and tragic, as if she had been heartlessly abused.
"I've always been working part-time jobs. Every morning at six o'clock, I have to rise early to clean classrooms. Each month I earn just two or three hundred yuan for living expenses. When I'm not in class, I have to do various part-time jobs, but all that money goes to my parents' medical bills. Oh, I forgot to tell you, their health isn't very good, and they need to go to the hospital from time to time, so... Mr. Gu, I really am very poor, so poor..."
She clasped her hands together, pleadingly looking at Gu Xiao.
Gu Xiao chuckled coldly and said indifferently, "In that case, repay the debt with your body."