Suddenly, Lu Chuanbai, who had walked to the door, turned back. "Hurry up. My wife will be back soon."
Xu Qingqing: "..."
Xu Qingqing finally understood what the most embarrassing thing in the world was.
The most embarrassing thing was that you got drunk and did a bunch of embarrassing things, and the next day someone helped you recall them.
At this thought, Xu Qingqing felt like dying.
She ate her breakfast slowly and received a call from her stepmother.
"Come to the hotel where the banquet was held yesterday. Old Master An insists on paying you in person."
The tone of her stepmother on the other end of the phone was far from pleasant.
Yesterday, Xu Qingqing got drunk and claimed that Mrs. Wang's goods were fake, which led to a complete break between her stepmother and Mrs. Wang. From then on, her stepmother would never be able to fit into Mrs. Wang's circle again.
It was all Xu Qingqing's fault!
"Okay, I got it."
Xu Qingqing replied perfunctorily and hung up the phone. Then she looked up at Lu Chuanbai.
"My stepmother wants me to collect the money from Old Master An for the jade pendant."
She must have been the only exception yesterday, leaving the banquet early because of being drunk.
The buyers of other auction items must have already paid.
"Bring the money back and don't give it to her." Lu Chuanbai put down his chopsticks and said calmly.
"I've always had my assistant keep an eye on the money in her foundation. I found that most of the donations transferred into the foundation were transferred out by my stepmother."
"Transferred to this person's account."
As Lu Chuanbai said, he found the relevant photo on his phone and showed it to Xu Qingqing.
The man in the photo was a fat guy with single eyelids and puffy eyes, and a scar under his eyes. He looked intimidating.
After Xu Qingqing finished looking, Lu Chuanbai sneered and took back his phone.
"This guy is called Wang Chengxiang. He's my stepmother's brother - in - law. He used to be a loan shark and is quite experienced in transferring property."
"They must be in cahoots."
Xu Qingqing quickly gobbled up the food on her plate. "I got it. I won't give a single cent to my stepmother after I get the money."
In the luxury suite of the hotel, the stepmother was looking at the message that the money had arrived in her bank card. She couldn't be happier.
She had to seize this opportunity to make more money while she was still Mrs. Lu.
Otherwise, if she pushed Mr. Lu too far one day and he announced their divorce to everyone,
once she lost this status, who would even look at her twice?
The stepmother was lying comfortably in the rocking chair, calling her elder sister, Chen Zhen. "Hey, sis, after my brother - in - law gets the money out, just transfer it to another one of my accounts."
Only when the money was really in her hands could she truly feel at ease.
The woman on the other end of the phone hesitated for a long time. "Sis, do you need the money urgently?"
Hearing this from her elder sister, the stepmother rolled her eyes a few times and pretended to be anxious. "Of course I need the money urgently, sis. My husband is threatening to divorce me. I need the money to settle down."
Hearing this, the woman began to persuade her stepmother earnestly. "When a man says he wants a divorce, it's just out of anger. Just coax him and it'll be okay."
"Are you really willing to give up such a money - making tree? Have you forgotten all the things you did to marry into the Lu family and become a wealthy lady?"
Hearing Chen Zhen mention her past misdeeds, the stepmother's originally comfortable expression suddenly turned gloomy.
"Stop talking nonsense. Hurry up and give me the money. I need it urgently!"
Hearing her sister's impatient tone, Chen Zhen simply told the truth. "The money was spent by your brother - in - law."
Hearing that the money she had worked so hard to swindle was spent, the stepmother was furious. Her face looked extremely ugly.
"That's my money! What right does he have to spend it?"
"Your family is so rich. How can they be short of this little bit of my money!"
Hearing her sister get angry, Chen Zhen started to wipe her tears and cry. "I was afraid you'd worry, so I never told you."
"Your brother - in - law's steel factory has been on a downward slope because of poor management."
"A master told him a way to make money, and your brother - in - law invested all the money in it today to make a fortune."
Hearing this, the stepmother felt a blackout in front of her eyes and her head felt dizzy. "He invested all my money too?"
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone. Then Chen Zhen sobbed and said, "Don't worry. Your brother - in - law asked someone to calculate. The price of this batch of goods will definitely be high."
"Once we sell them and get the money, I'll pay you back."
After all, it was her own elder sister, so the stepmother couldn't push too hard. Instead, she was a bit curious about what investment her brother - in - law had made.
"Sis, what project did my brother - in - law invest in? He wasn't scammed by a pyramid - scheme organization, was he?"
Hearing that her sister was interested, out of guilt towards her, Chen Zhen quickly said,
"Don't worry. It's definitely not a pyramid - scheme organization. Your brother - in - law and I have already made a fortune!"
"Really... How much money did you make?"
"We invested 100,000 yuan and made 6 million."
There was joy in Chen Zhen's tone. Thinking that she owed her sister money, she quickly swallowed back the joy.
Hearing that they had made so much money, the stepmother's heart started to race with excitement. "What project is it? Can I participate too!"
She still had quite a bit of money in her hand. If she could make 6 million for every 100,000 yuan invested, she'd be rich.
Chen Zhen on the other end of the phone sounded a bit hesitant. "You have to promise me first that you'll never tell anyone."
Even though she knew her sister couldn't see, the stepmother still nodded frantically at the phone screen. "Don't worry. I'll never tell anyone!"
The fewer people who knew about a money - making opportunity, the better.
After a long moment of contemplation on the other end of the phone, Chen Zhen gave an example. "Actually, it's like gambling on jade stones, but what we're gambling on is tombs."
Hearing this, the stepmother was so shocked that she almost fell off the rocking chair.
"Tombs? Sis, are you running a fever!"
This wasn't real - estate investment. What was the point of investing in tombs?
Hearing the tone of misunderstanding from her sister, Chen Zhen quickly said, "It's not the kind of tombs you're thinking of. They are the tombs of ancient nobles with rich burial objects."
"On a platform, people will post information about large, unexcavated tombs. If you think there are a lot of treasures in a certain tomb, you can invest in that tomb."
"Once the treasures in the tomb are excavated and sold, you can get a share!"
Chen Zhen's tone became more and more excited, with indescribable ecstasy.
"Your brother - in - law specially asked a master to calculate for the tomb he bet on this time. The money he invested will triple or quadruple. There are all rare treasures in it."
Hearing her sister's words, the stepmother fell into deep thought.
She remembered that at the auction yesterday, Xu Qingqing had taken out five shabby little jade pendants, but they had been valued by the top collector, Old Master An, and sold for a huge sum of money.
She didn't expect to triple or quadruple her money. Even doubling it would be great.
But what if she lost...
"Sis, what if there's nothing in the excavated tomb?" the stepmother quickly asked.
"Don't worry. You'll never lose." The person on the other end of the phone laughed heartily.
"Your brother - in - law and I know a very powerful feng - shui master. As long as we bet according to what he says, there won't be any problems."
Hearing Chen Zhen's words, the stepmother was completely tempted. She remembered that Xu Qingqing would donate money to her foundation later. She could just ask her brother - in - law to invest all of it then.