The following day.
Three hours before the charity auction, Huo Sijiao arrived at the Huo family's small villa with her makeup artist and headed straight for the master bedroom.
"Sister-in-law, I'm here," she said as she pushed open the door. "Is my brother not here?"
Qiao Xi, who had just finished bathing, came out while wiping her damp hair and replied, "He's busy at the company and will come back later to pick us up."
The Huo family's second branch was to attend the charity auction that evening in full force.
"He really is a workaholic," Huo Sijiao remarked. "Let the makeup artist do your makeup first."
"Okay."
Qiao Xi asked hesitantly, "I heard that at the annual Rongde Auction, everyone needs to prepare an item for bidding. Do you think this will do?"
She pulled out a piece of shiny, translucent yellow jade from the drawer of her dressing table, the one Zhao Yuzhen had given her.
"This is yellow jade," Huo Sijiao realized, recognizing its value.
