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Jiang Xiu had become the focus of the entire class today.

"You're awesome, bruh!"

Zheng Lun flashed a thumbs up towards him, and Zhang Yiwen also bootlicked him. Zhou Jin wished to even create an idol of Jiang Xiu which he could pray to.

"Our idol!"

The campus forum had already exploded. Long Yingqing had fallen from her position of the No.1 Campus Diva. Let alone staying on the top four, she didn't even rank on the department diva ranking. The pics of her covered all over in that hosted on the main forum had spread everywhere, resulting in her image being wrecked. Even the damn shut-ins began to dislike her.

"Brother, you're popular right now!"

The brutes looked at him with worship. After helping a campus diva suppress another campus diva, he had become the man of the moment in the campus, and the showed up as the first result when searching for the hottest hero on campus.

"I heard Long Yingqing's classmates say that her family has requested an indefinite leave of absence for her. They say she might even transfer to another university."

"Oh? Really?"

Jiang Xiu felt this was a bit unexpected. That girl was pretty ice-cold, so he thought she had a tough character but didn't expect that she would be unable to endure such a hit. However, Jiang Xiu didn't have a guilty conscience regarding it. As the old adage went - Losers are always in the wrong.

"Jiang Xiu, can we go have lunch with Diva Cheng today?"

"Yeh! Yeh!"

Jiang Xiu naturally wanted to go look for Cheng Lingran. However, he disloyally abandoned the three brutes first.

The Sciences Block had a narrow street passing through a grove. Since it was lunchtime, there wasn't anyone there. However, from a distance, Cheng Lingran could be seen making her way over while riding a bicycle.

"Little Xiu!"

"Where did you get the bicycle from?" Jiang Xiu asked.

"From a classmate. It's my turn to buy snacks today…" Cheng Lingran wore a smile on her face. It took around a dozen minutes to travel from the girl's dorm to the retail store, so they used a bicycle to go over there. These girls really knew how to have fun.

"Come up!"

Jiang Xiu responded with an 'Mhm,' and got in the back seat. He also hugged Cheng Lingran's waist quite naturally. He had a clear understanding about her waist, it was slender and of a perfect mold, without any flab.

"Let's go!"

Cheng Lingran stepped on the peddle.

The autumn afternoon sunshine fell on their bodies, creating shadows of their cuddled figures on the flat cement ground. The sunlight and shade of the distant autumn trees interweaved with each other, forming a pretty scenery which seemed to portray the most beautiful melody of youth.

Cheng Lingran even hummed a poem softly as she rode the bicycle.

"If I never met you,

Where would I be?

How would I spend my days?

Would I cherish this life?

Maybe I'd have met someone else,

And led an ordinary life.

But I don't know if I could,

Ever have a sweet love like ours.

Time quickly passes by, but I only care about you.

I'm so happy to be intoxicated by everything you are to me.

How many people get to find their soulmates in this life?

There is no pity in losing the strength to go on,

So I beg you, don't let me leave you.

Without you, I can't feel the slightest trace of love…"

It was an elegant, touching, sweet poem which also seemed like it was relating to the leading male and female roles of a movie!

"You seem to be in a pretty good mood today!"

Cheng Lingran replied cheerfully, "Of course I am. My mother called me today morning and told me that my father is able to sit now. The doctors all said it was a miracle, that my father can recover completely."

A sweet poem in exchange for treating Cheng Hanlin. It was worth it. Thought Jiang Xiu.

"We're at the store!"

Jiang Xiu jumped off the bicycle while Cheng Lingran got down gracefully. After parking it aside, they entered the store. There was no need to worry about the bicycle getting stolen inside the campus.

"I might go out for an archaeological trip!"

Cheng Lingran turned back to look at Jiang Xiu with astonishment in her eyes. "Isn't your Archaeology Dept. barred for trips this semester due to the incident which happened before? How are you able to go?"

"It's a personal trip. I can't neglect my studies, right?"

Cheng Lingran nodded.

"Mhm!"

"How long will you be gone?"

"I need to go abroad. The duration will depend on the circumstances." Jiang Xiu replied.

Cheng Lingran placed all the snacks on the shelf inside the basket Jiang Xiu was holding. She didn't eat much, but her dormmates loved to eat. "Well, go then! Remember to bring back souvenirs."

She then kicked the box of beer near her feet. "Hehe, lift this box as well!"

"Whoa! A box!"

"Yep, it's essential!"

Girls were precisely this wild nowadays.

Not long after delivering Cheng Lingran back to the dorm, Jiang Xiu received a call from Wang Xintong. Her private plane wasn't allowed to take an international route, so it wasn't of much use. That's why she booked a 1st class cabin ticket for Jiang Xiu on the 3 PM flight.

…

At the Imperial Capital Airport.

The 1st class cabin Wang Xintong had booked was pretty spacious and cozy. The air hostess was also charming. Jiang Xiu was able to find his seat quite easily with her acting as the guide.

"Mister, that window seat is yours!"

His neighbor was a girl whose long hair covered most of her face. She wore shades and had fiery lips. Her gaze was fixed outside the shutter. From her clothes, it was easy to make out that she was some family's princess. She sat upright with her knees touching and legs together. Even if it was sitting on a plane, she spent a lot of effort to maintain her bearing. It was clear that this person's self-cultivation was pretty high. She looked pretty attractive to the eyes as well due to her slender and long legs.

It was just that her legs were blocking Jiang Xiu's way inside so he had to call out to her, "Young lady, please give way."

That pretty girl responded to him. "You're finally here. Can you exchange seats with me? I want to sit at the window seat…" She suddenly took off her shades, revealing her pale, beautiful face. Her pretty eyes immediately opened wide as she exclaimed, "It's you!"

Jiang Xiu was also stunned, "It's you!"

This was indeed quite the coincidence. The pretty girl was actually Long Yingqing. It was an irritating matter to encounter one's foe. If her hands had two knives, she might've jabbed him already.

"You want to exchange seats?" Jiang Xiu grinned at her. "I don't want to!"

"You!"

Long Yingqing felt this guy was like a ghost. No matter where she went, she was unable to escape from him. She was planning to leave the country but had actually landed in the same plane as him and that too having a seat adjacent to his. She immediately spoke up, "Hostess, I want to change seats!"

That air hostess was put in an awkward situation. The 1st class cabin only had a few seats, and it was already full. "This… Miss, please wait. I'll try asking."

"Quickly!" Long Yingqing became impatient and looked as if she would become poisoned if she stayed another second together with Jiang Xiu.

Jiang Xiu didn't act politely as well and walked over her leg directly. The little demon in Long Yingqing's mind got triggered, urging her to kick at him, but after recalling Jiang Xiu's strength, she decided to renounce this idea and withdrew her leg. She threw a look of despise at him to let him learn from the experience.

"Miss, I asked for you. No one is willing to change seats!"

Long Yingqing knit her brows into a scowl, "Such classless people!"

That hateful voice rung at her ears at this moment, "If you don't want to sit together with me, you can exchange seats with someone in the economy class. I believe they'll be willing to do it."

The air hostess also nodded.

This was equivalent to upgrading the class for free. Who would let off such a chance?

Long Yingqing also felt this way was better. She only wished to get away from this eight-clawed parasite which had come from Planet Γ. But after thinking it over, she thought why should she be the one to suffer like this. "You should change your seat!"

Jiang Xiu gave her a look of despise to let her learn from the experience.

"You!"

Long Yingqing's pale, angry face turned paler.

The air hostess saw this and asked with a smile, "Is he perhaps your ex-boyfriend?"

Long Yingqing's eyes turned completely round as she looked at this hopelessly blind air hostess, "Him? Just take a look at his clothes. His appearance is so wretched as if his family's entire 18 generations have never seen money and looks as if he had crawled out of an underground hole. If you place a gold chain on his neck, he'll look just like those African bros with lots of dough. You think someone like me can be my ex-boyfriend?"

The air hostess smiled sweetly and quickly left as this place was becoming dangerous.

Jiang Xiu sniffed the air then said, "What's stinking so much? Oh right! Long Whatever, did you wash cleanly or not? Why do you stink so much? Maybe you didn't wash your hair enough? I remember there were a lot of lumps on your head and some of it had seeped into your hair."

Long Yingqing's expression turned unnatural, her face turning green. She even thought of getting her hair shaved off, but she couldn't do it in the end. And now, due to Jiang Xiu's words, she felt…

"Gugh!"

Bastard, you did this on purpose. This won't do. I can't lose to him. Long Yingqing forced herself to push back the nauseous feeling.

"What's this brown thing?"

The moment she heard the word 'brown,' she couldn't endure anymore and rushed towards the washroom while covering her mouth.

The air hostess tensed up due to this. She said anxiously, "Miss, the plane is about to take off soon. You're not allowed to use the washroom at this moment. Can you please return to your seat?"

Actually, Long Yingqing hadn't vomited anything out, she just felt nauseous, that's all. She returned to her seat with an unsightly expression on her face. She pressed her stomach with her hand to endure it, feeling furious. Bastard, you should be minced into pieces.

The air hostess asked her, "Do you feel unwell? Shall I provide you with a waste bag?"

Long Yingqing shook her head. Her luck was indeed bad today. The duration of the flight trip was over 10 hours. Do I have to sit together with this guy for 10 hours?

That ghost-like voice reached her ears at this moment, "Why don't you give one to her? The others won't be able to bear it if she vomits in the cabin. Oh right! Take care not to bring a brown bag."

Brown!

Long Yingqing simply couldn't bear to hear this word. Her face turned green once again. She quickly covered her mouth to endure it. Bastard, you really want to kill me.

"Miss! Miss, where are you going?"

Long Yingqing didn't even take a glance back, "I'm getting off the plane!" Since I can't offend you, can't I just avoid you? Nothing was working out, and she had already decided to ignore the advice of any person.

My lifespan will shorten if I sit with this guy till we reach the destination.

"But the cabin is sealed, and the passenger step ladder has also left. The plane is about to about to take off, so it's impossible for you to get off the plane now." The air hostess shot down her plan immediately.

"I don't care about that at all…" Long Yingqing felt that she would get messed around to death by this guy if she remained here. "Anyway, I want to get off."

"Miss, this won't do!"

Long Yingqing became furious, "I am your VIP customer. You can go research my total flight time. If you don't let me get off the plane, I'll complain about you all."

The air hostess was put in a difficult situation. If the passenger step ladder were brought again, it'd delay the flight's takeoff by over 20 minutes. This would cause complications for the flying route and affect all the scheduled flights for the day.

"Miss, can you please show some understanding?"

"It's really too late now!"

The air hostess had also made out that the issue had arisen due to Jiang Xiu so she looked at him with implore, hoping he could say a few words to placate this girl whose mind was on the edge of breaking down.

"Alright. I won't mention it again. Everyone can mind their own business."

"Who'll believe you!" Long Yingqing retorted.

Jiang Xiu said, "I swear it on my conscience, okay?"

You acted so ruthlessly towards an overwhelmingly pure, beautiful girl like me. There's no way I can trust someone like that. "That tiny conscience of yours has already become dog food!"

"I still have some left for you!" Jiang Xiu replied.

Long Yingqing's pretty eyes turned fully round in surprise. Bastard, you're saying I'm a dog? She got furious, "You're the dog!" She said this and sat down again.

Jiang Xiu became quiet once the flight took off. He leaned against the seat with his eyes closed, not even moving an inch. An hour passed by then two, but he showed no change. Long Yingqing couldn't help but feel curious. He was almost the same as a sculpture. She had peeked at him several times yet discovered that he really hadn't moved. Around 10 hours passed by and she had become fatigued already yet Jiang Xiu was still the same.

She even though he died.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, due to heavy rain at our destination, the Gaulle Airport, we are making an emergency landing at Bourges. We're sorry for the inconvenience caused to you…"

The cabin became chaos as soon as the broadcast ended, but climate change was too variable. If the captain forcefully flew through the thunderstorm area, that would be instead an irresponsible action.

"Why did this have to happen now!"

Although she was unwilling, there was no other way out.

Jiang Xiu opened his eyes only after the plane landed then got down along with the others. The distance from Bourges to Gaulle was over 200 km. Someone people waited at the airport for the follow-up while those who were familiar with Europe booked the cab or took the subway.

This was Jiang Xiu's first time going abroad, so he naturally wasn't familiar with the place. He planned to wait for the airline to arrange something, but they said that it's not possible to organize anything right now and he'd have to wait for four hours. Four hours was enough to travel till Gaulle by car. He was already worn out due to the 10-hour flight.

Thereupon, Jiang Xiu changed his plan and decided to stay for a night in a hotel near to the airport, but as it turned out, Long Yingqing was feeling famished due to not eating anything for a long time and also planned to stay in a hotel, resulting in them running into each other yet again.

Long Yingqing actually smiled at Jiang Xiu when she saw him. This ice-cold lass's smile was unusually pretty, it made her face look quite lively when she showed her pure white teeth while smiling. However, this lass was smiling for no reason and even smiling very weirdly.

Jiang Xiu asked her, "What are you smiling for? Haven't you ever seen a handsome guy?"

"Handsome your ass! You look just like Idiot Uncle Zhu Bajie." The smile in her eyes didn't decrease even a little. She immediately turned around to check-in after that.

"Give me a room."

Jiang Xiu also planned to take out his ID to check-in, but his expression changed immediately after looking for it. "My wallet?" He wasn't some ordinary person but rather a grand God. There was no way someone could've stolen his wallet from him. However, the wallet was really missing.

"Miss, this your room card. Take care not to lose it!"

Jiang Xiu furrowed his brows. Long Yingqing reached out to take the room card and showed off to him by waving it at him then pulled her luggage to go inside. Jiang Xiu immediately grabbed her hand, "Where's my wallet?"

Long Yingqing struggled to get free but she couldn't. "Why would I know where your wallet is?"

"You were laughing weirdly just now. It's definitely related to you."

Long Yingqing glared at him, "Your family name must be Blame. Why are you blaming me for it? Release my hand or else I'll scream that you're harassing me. Do you think this is still China? They have guns here."

"Let go!"

A foreign man couldn't keep watching and thus walked over towards them, speaking in English. "Young man, let go of this lady's hand. Otherwise, it won't end well for you."

Jiang Xiu kicked that man's abdomen in a fit of anger. That heroic foreign friend screamed miserably then shrunk into the shape of a little shrimp. Jiang Xiu questioned Long Yingqing in a cold tone, "Quickly tell me where my wallet is."

Long Yingqing couldn't put up with this violent man anymore. "You forgot it in the plane."

Deity Xiu was stunned. It had turned into an awkward situation now as he was the one who forgot it. Actually, it wasn't possible for anyone to steal his wallet under his eyes.

He had to return to the airport.

However, the airport staff couldn't find his wallet no matter how much they looked. According to what the staff said, it was possible someone might've taken it.

The ID, as well as the atm card, was inside it, including the black card which had a billion Euros in it.

…

Ding-Dong!

Long Yingqing had hardly come out of the bath when she heard the doorbell. She opened the door a little, and Jiang Xiu barged inside using this opportunity. She said, "It's you. Why are you trespassing into my room?"

"I couldn't find the wallet."

Long Yingqing became jubilant, thinking that it served him right. However, the circumstances didn't look that good now. "So, how is that related to me…"

Jiang Xiu said, "I will have to borrow your lodging for the night. Someone will come to receive me tomorrow."

Long Yingqing crossed her hands across her chest, "Why should I let you stay overnight?"

Jiang Xiu looked at her silently.

"What are you doing? Trying to scare me? My hard bones don't fear your threats. Moreover, we are both Chinese people, so we have to take note of our image abroad… This is a public location."

"Surnamed Jiang, enough of it. Don't think you can really beat me. I slipped up last time as I had underestimated you. Don't think I can't really defeat you."

"Okay!"

"You can sleep on the sofa outside…"

Finally, the Campus Diva Long had yielded to Jiang Xiu's intimidation. She stamped her feet in anger. Her luck was terrible recently. She ran into him on the plane and then again in the hotel. The guy seemed like a thieving rogue to her.

Don't give me a chance lest I teach you a lesson!

Ding-Dong!

The doorbell echoed once again.

Long Yingqing went over to open the door yet actually saw two foreign police officers standing outside.

"Why's the police here?"

The officers showed their ID to her. "We received a report just now someone is engaging in that kind of illegal activity at this location. We request you to come back with us to aid the investigation.

Long Yingqing's face turned thoroughly flushed after hearing it. She couldn't believe how it had turned out like this. She snarled at them, "Who is so immoral? We haven't done anything."

The officer said, "You know best whether you've done that kind of thing or not!"

Long Yingqing had never suffered such humiliation her entire life. She bit her lips, "Mr. Officer, this is really a misunderstanding. We are friends, and absolutely not what you were reported about."

Jiang Xiu was quite embarrassed as well, plus he was somewhat angry due to losing his passport. "Can't you use your brain a little? I'm dressed neat and tidy, what could've possibly happened here?"

The officer pointed at Long Yingqing who was wearing a bathrobe and had damp hair. It was also unclear whether she was wearing anything below the robe. The officer shrugged his shoulders. His intent was quite clear. Do you still need me to explain?

"I wouldn't have an interest in her even if she were delivered to my bed. Even if I want to look for one, I'd rather go look for one with a sexy figure, right?"

These words immediately provoked our Campus Diva Long. She cursed at him, "Damn bastard. Just look at your appearance that's just like an African refugee. This Lady wouldn't look upon you even if I were blind."

"Do you still think you're the No. 1 Campus Diva of the Imperial University? Don't waste your breath, Shit Diva. You've already fallen from the ranking and not even in the class diva ranking now."

Long Yingqing bellowed at him, "This Lady will kill you today!"

The officer said, "STOP!"

He pointed at Jiang Xiu while asking Long Yingqing, "You refuse to admit it, right? What's his name then?" This was a standard method to examine a case of prostitution.

Long Yingqing merely remembered that his surname was Jiang. Whenever she cursed at him in her heart, she always used the surname and didn't actually know his full name. "Eh… Jiang, Jiang…"

Jiang Xiu said coldly, "Jiang Xiu!"

"Yes! Jiang Xiu!"

The constable laughed then pointed at Long Yingqing, asking Jiang Xiu, "What's her name then?"

Jiang Xiu naturally didn't bother to remember her unpleasant name, "Long, Long…"

Long Yingqing became furious. Are you even a man? What do you do all day long? I'm such a famous campus diva yet you can't even remember my name. She said resentfully, "Long Yingqing!"

The two officers said, "Alright, enough of your acting. And you even said you're friends. We've seen such tricks a lot. Prostitution isn't permitted here and is considered illegal."

Long Yingqing snarled at them, "You won't get off easy if you dare talk rubbish again."

The officer said, "What? If I had to use the words of your Chinese people, if you did something which offends public morals, you can't stop others from speaking about it. If you really think it's embarrassing and feel shame, you shouldn't have sold yourself."

Long Yingqing tugged at her bathrobe's band then suddenly kicked out with her fair legs.

Bang!

The two officers were sent out flying.

Bang!

The door was slammed shut by her.

According to Jiang Xiu's observations, one of the officer's rib was broken while the other one suffered a concussion. This would be considered a crime. "You were quite ruthless. I'm afraid this won't end well."

Long Yingqing glared at him ferociously, "Isn't this all because of you…"

After she went into the bathroom, she closed the door and came out after changing her clothes. Her hair was still a little wet, and she wore a crimson windbreaker on the outside. Jiang Xiu discovered that she really liked to wear red clothes. They really matched her pale, lovely skin. She said to him, "Let's go!"

"Where to?" Jiang Xiu asked in surprise.

"To surrender!" Long Yingqing replied. She had only hit them due to anger. However, this wasn't China. She planned to go to the police department to settle this matter.

Jiang Xiu, however, laughed out loudly, "You're going to surrender to a westerner?"

Long Yingqing said, "Do you think this place is like China?"

"Since there's no need to do it in our country, there's no need to do it here. If they provoke me, I'll wipe out Gaulle completely."

Long Yingqing cursed out, "Whacko!"

Who do you think you are? Even the U.S president won't dare to say such words.

"Don't make trouble again and come with me. I'll be able to settle this matter…" Since today's matter had originated from them, Long Yingqing had no choice but to pull him along. Otherwise, she'd never chosen to move along with Jiang Xiu.

At the local police station, Jiang Xiu leaned on the doorway while Long Yingqing walked in.

The officer saw that such a pretty eastern girl came in and cordially welcomed her, "Lady, what do you need?"

Long Yingqing replied in an ice-cold tone, "I've come to surrender."

"Surrender?"

"Two of your colleagues accused me unjustly, so I broke a rib of one of them and knocked out the other one." Saying so, she sat down on the chair.

That arrogant look on her face was far from how one should appear while surrendering.

The officer sized up Long Yingqing. She wasn't even 1.7 m tall but appeared tall because of her long legs. However, comparing her body weight, she looked quite fragile, so that man immediately started laughing. The other officers also started laughing.

"Lady, where have you come from?"

"China!"

"Lady who has come from China. You say you broke one of our officer's rib and knocked out the other one?"

"Hahaha…"

The entire police station began to laugh.

Bang!

Long Yingqing suddenly jumped up and sent a flying side kick towards that officer. That officer felt his vision got blurry then flew out and lost consciousness.

Quick! Accurate! And Ruthless!

The laughter came to an end suddenly. None of them dared to look down on this seemingly frail girl.

"My surname is Long…"

After roughly an hour, the sound of a helicopter echoed outside the police station. A middle-aged Chinese man descended from it. He looked around forty and had an air of arrogance to him. A fat white man was accompanying him as well.

"Sorry for troubling you, Mayor Hamill."

Hamill smiled at him, "I'll go in and get them to release the person."

Hamill entered the police station and looked at Long Yingqing, "Ms. Long, it's quite a pleasure to meet you. I'm a good friend of your uncle."

He was planning to give a standard European greeting to express his welcome, but Long Yingqing had recovered her ice-cold behavior and ignored the hand he had extended out. This put him in an embarrassing situation.

"I've already settled your matter. Those bastard officers who went to inspect your hotel room only planned to fine you a few hundred euros but weren't expecting to have kicked the iron plate."

"I'm really sorry for this to have happened to you."

Long Yingqing stood up then said, "Can my friend and I leave now?"

"Of course, you can. Your uncle is waiting outside for you!"

That middle-aged man had already come in front of Jiang Xiu and sized him up. He didn't notice anything extraordinary, and the clothes were all ordinary ones too. It seemed like Jiang Xiu was just an average person. He was about to say something, but his expression turned unsightly when he noticed Long Yingqnig come out from the police station, "Your parents said you came alone. Why didn't you say a friend was coming with you?"

Long Yingqing was about to explain, but that man hinted to her that there was no need for an explanation. "Our Long family has always cared about face. No matter what we do, we consider the results of our actions. Fortunately, this was another country, if it were China, what face would our Long family have left?"

Long Yingqing's eyes opened wide as she glared at this middle-aged man. Her expression was full of astonishment. She opened her mouth to explain but that man was a step ahead of her, "Haven't you lost enough face already? Let's get out of here."

She was outraged and sent a furious look at Jiang Xiu. It's all because of this bastard. My luck has been terrible ever since I ran into this bastard in the dining hall.

"You go first…"

Long Yingqing walked over towards the helicopter helplessly.

The middle-aged man gazed at Jiang Xiu with the intentions to say something, but after staring at him for some time, he said, "Let's first leave for Gaulle, okay? If the rain pours down heavily again, it won't be possible to go in the helicopter."

Since he was also planning to go to Gaulle, he decided to take this free helicopter ride.

Long Yingqing's eyes turned wide open when she saw Jiang Xiu follow behind her uncle. Don't you have any shame? You even want to get on our helicopter? "Uncle, I'm not that well acquainted with him. There's no need to take him along."

The middle-aged man said, "Looks like you've finally realized how much face you lost. Let's see how you explain this matter to the others when we land at home."

He patted the pilot's seat, "Prepare to leave!"

Long Yingqing was dumbfounded, "Uncle, nothing really happened between him and me."

Whiiiizzzzz…

The helicopter released a whirring sound. The middle-aged man had already put on the headphone receiver and turned a deaf ear to whatever Long Yingqing said. She looked at the source of all of this, Jiang Xiu, and felt like pushing him off the helicopter.

It took only 30 minutes to travel a distance of 200 km via a helicopter with the destination being a massive castle in Gaulle.

When the helicopter landed, the rain fell even harder. A car came out from the large manor towards the helicopter's landing site. Three people got down the plane then sat in the car, after which it moved into the premises.

The Long family's wealth, as well as style, exceeded some of the rational expectations. The family couldn't be compared to the real elites on the Forbes ranking based on their wealth, but this castle, as well as the vast Red Wine Manor alone, surpassed over a billion in value.

There were a lot of people in the castle who were drinking red wine while appreciating the rainy scenery outside. A middle-aged man led Long Yingqing and Jiang Xiu inside. "The head has returned."

The mood was quite strange. Although these people had already realized their arrival, none of them turned around to look at them and minded their own business, sipping the wine and looking at the rain falling outside.

After that, Long Yingqing's uncle summoned a servant, "Take this mister to the guest room."

Jiang Xiu was also very tired, so he followed behind. His guest room was on the 2ndfloor from where he could see the view of the castle's lobby through the window. Using his divine skills, he could not only see it clearly but also hear their dialogue clearly as well.

"Yingqing!" A woman placed the wine cup down and looked at Long Yingqing, "How old are you now? You still act so willfully. Do you know what the consequences of your actions are?"

Long Yingqing remained silent.

"Do you know what will happen if Korea's Lee family hears about this matter? We listened to you when you said you wanted to come back from Korea. We acquiesced when you said you wanted to study in the Imperial Capital. And now, you return home with a man like this?"

The mood became quite stifling. Everyone's expressions were quite grave right now.

Long Yingqing still didn't say a word.

"My good cousin little sister. In those days, Grandpa said you'll have the final say in the Long family in the future, so you think you're the family head now? Don't be too naïve. Just because the prince of the Lee family fancied you, didn't Grandpa coax you into getting engaged with him?"

"Now, you've given such a big gift to that person in the Lee family. Do you think that man can take this lying down?"

Long Yingqing finally opened her mouth. "Don't you slander me!"

"I'm slandering you?" That woman laughed. "You even got taken away to the police station. Even if I was accusing you, were those unrelated police officers also accusing you wrongly?"

"I also thought why the police showed up all of a sudden."

"So it was set up by you!"

That woman said, "Just empty words. Do you have any evidence? No, right? You don't, but we have. That man is the best evidence."

Long Yingqing's expression warped. No wonder Uncle brought Jiang Xiu back even though I told that nothing happened between him and me. So they were waiting for me here. Jiang Xiu, you bastard. You're really my bane.

You first splashed the soup on me in the dining hall then dumped a bucket of shit on me. You embarrassed me in the airplane then I was accused of doing that in the hotel room, and now these people are using it as evidence. What disaster did my, Long Yingqing's ancestor's encounter that we've provoked a demon like you?

"Long Xiuyin, what do you want?"

Long Yingqing raised her pretty brows in anger.

"What do I want?"

"Give me the shares you hold. You family has enjoyed those benefits all these years, so it's time to cough them out. There's so many of us yet your family's shares are a lot higher than the sum of added shares of the others. Do you think this is fair?" Long Xiuyin stated.

"What if I don't do it?"

"Then the news that you were together with this feral man will reach the Lee family. The Lee family will then remove the engagement. Do you think Grandpa can take this hit with his present body condition? I bet he won't be able to. Just in case he passes away… You also know how difficult it is to talk about this matter."

Long Yingqing's face turned deathly pale.

"You…"

Long Xiuyin came beside Long Yingqing and patted her shoulder. "You shouldn't care about it much. You're in the end a girl. Your fiancé's family is the Lee family. Since you're going to get married to him sooner or later, there's no need for you to act so persistent, is there?"

Long Yingqing began to tremble all over.

Jiang Xiu also heard all of it and got a rough idea of Long Yingqing's situation. The elite families had no place for affection, and the waters were deep and murky. The Jiang family was this way, and so was the Long family. So many people schemed to trap a little girl just so they could obtain benefits.

At this moment, Jiang Xiu saw his former self who had entered the Jiang family in the previous life in Long Yingqing. Jiang Xiu wasn't interested in knowing whether she would hand over the shares as these matters were unrelated to him. It was just a coincidence today that he was together with her. It'd have been the same if it were someone else, so he didn't have a guilty conscience.

He walked towards the chair and took a seat. The servant opened a bottle of red wine for him and also prepared cakes which he could eat slowly.

"Mister, our master wants to talk!"

"Hmm?"

Roughly after 45 minutes, that middle-aged man who was Long Yingqing's uncle invited Jiang Xiu to a room. The wind and rain outside had caused the air to become moist and cold. Therefore, he had lit the firewood in the room to heat up the surroundings.

"Take a seat!"

Jiang Xiu sat down halfheartedly.

The man didn't raise his head to look at Jiang Xiu. In his eyes, Jiang Xiu was only an unremarkable little character. "After sitting on the helicopter and coming to a European royal castle like this, you must've made out that my Long family isn't an ordinary family."

Indeed, the Long family was absolutely not an ordinary family.

"It's really something that you didn't get scared. This means your mental strength is pretty high." Ordinary men couldn't remain calm after knowing that their girlfriend's family lived in a villa and drove racing cars, let alone being taken to a royal castle via a helicopter.

Jiang Xiu conversely smiled at him indifferently.

"What did you call me here for?"

The man continued, "You should've guessed it already, so there's no need for me to say it. It'll only put everyone in an embarrassing position. Isn't it better to have good relations? We don't care about you having an affair with Yingqing. You can come to find us if you run into trouble later on, but don't think of getting anything else other than that."

"You're an intelligent man so you ought to know what to do."

"We are just ordinary friends. No, we can't even be considered friends…" It was more accurate to say they were enemies.

The man laughed, "It's indeed nice to have a talk with an intelligent person."

Saying this, he took out a check then pushed it towards Jiang Xiu across the table. Jiang Xiu was really curious what kind of amount this dear brother had put on it.

However, just as he was about to take it, an angry voice came through from behind, "Jiang Xiu, come out for me!"

There was no need to guess the person's identity. It was none other than our Campus Diva Long. She went looking for Jiang Xiu yet couldn't find him. After asking the servants, she found out that her uncle had invited him to have a chat so rushed towards the place and thus looked at the current scene.

At this moment, Long Yingqing was akin to a raging dinosaur. The gaze with which she looked at Jiang Xiu was full of contempt, loathe and hatred which all merged into despise. She grabbed his arm, "Come with me."

Jiang Xiu got taken away by her.

Long Yingqing had never seen such a shameless person in her entire life. Just now, he had really reached out to take that check. She questioned him in an ice-cold tone, "What were you doing there?"

"Your uncle asked me to accompany him for a chat, so I was chatting with him."

"Do you think I am blind? What's that on the table?"

"A check!"

Long Yingqing said, "Jiang Xiu oh Jiang Xiu. Although I thought you were repulsive, I admired the courage you showed when you defended Cheng Lingran, but I never expected you were such a person. Why did you take the check? What qualifications do you have to take it?"

"Shameless man!"

Jiang Xiu replied innocently. "Your uncle gave it to me. When someone gives you money, there's no reason to refuse it, right? Not taking it is actually being shameless."

"You…"

Arguing with a person like Jiang Xiu and talking to him about principles was no better than preaching to dumb ears.

"Jiang Xiu, I'm warning you. I had no kind of relationship with you. Don't think you can take advantage of my family. What qualifications do you even have to take such a check? Since it's raining outside, I won't ask you to leave, but the weather will clear up tomorrow, and you can get the hell out of here then. Never appear before me again! Do you understand? Or else even I don't know what I'll do."

This bastard is my nemesis, it's better to keep him as far as possible.

"We were originally strangers brought together by chance, that's all. I'll leave tomorrow morning, okay? However, I'm penniless, so it'll all be fine if you just lend me a few hundred euros."

Puchi!

Campus Diva Long almost vomited blood!

Jiang Xiu had lost his passport and his money. Although Long Yingqing was unrelated to him losing his money, this guy was her star of calamity. Her luck would turn worse if she didn't send him out so she could only grit her teeth in anger. "Follow me!"

Jiang Xiu followed behind her with a smile and casually passed a comment, "Looks like many of your family members live here."

"Why do you care about that?"

It had already reached the stage where this girl couldn't have a conversation with him unless she was bickering with him. Jiang Xiu also stopped speaking and followed her to a room deep within the castle.

The room had a nostalgic feel of the medieval European era to it. She looked over and found a bill of 500 Euros then handed it to Jiang Xiu. "Alright then. From now on, never appear before my eyes again."

This was really something. She was making our Deity Xiu leave after just giving him 500 Euros. Only, Jiang Xiu also wasn't interested in getting involved with this girl.

Jiang Xiu took the money and turned around to leave. Though 500 Euros weren't much, the amount was enough for him to leave this place and reach Gaulle City, but after walking a few steps, Jiang Xiu stopped and asked a question. "Just one last thing. Can I ask you a question?"

Long Yingqing impatiently crossed her hands across her chest, "Ask."

"Did you experience something weird during your childhood? Also, does your illness calm down when you live in this castle?"

Ling Yingqing was stunned and utterly shocked. When she was four years old, she had gone through an awful experience. Her fever kept rising, and even the doctors couldn't do anything about it. Everyone in her family believed she would definitely die, but her grandfather who loved her a lot brought her to Europe. Just like the coincidence which had taken place today, they passed by here and rested in this place for a night. She actually didn't cry or make a noise, and her illness began to improve a lot. Therefore, the Long family bought this place, and Long Yingqing recovered soon after that.

This matter was only known by her close kin!

"How do you know about that?"

Jiang Xiu smiled coolly, "I noticed that your soul's compatibility with your body isn't that high. If I haven't guessed it wrong, your soul was switched when you were a child. The so-called soul switching only happens when a child's holy spirit hasn't fused completely, and it's also possible for wandering souls to invade your body when you're seriously ill or dying. Haven't you ever heard about children's nature changing a lot after they recover from a serious illness? That's due to soul switching."

Long Yingqing sneered at him, "If my soul was switched by someone, why wouldn't I know about it? Stop talking rubbish."

"After the wandering soul invades your body, you won't have any memory of it, so it's natural that you don't know it happened. You'll always believe you are you. If I'm right, you definitely don't remember anything before the time you fell ill."

"I was too small back then, so I naturally won't remember it."

"Don't try to fool me."

"Wow, I got despised again." Jiang Xiu commented.

If Ling Yingqing's soul were really switched out, it'd mean that the little girl's soul had already died. The current Long Yingqing was the real Long Yingqing, but it was just that the something often went wrong with the bodies of those who had their soul switched out. They'd feel unwell, or dizzy or chest pain due to the imperfect compatibility between the soul and the body.

"Leave!"

After Jiang Xiu left, Long Yingqing was left in a daze. She looked at the mirror and suddenly felt the reflection in the mirror to be unfamiliar to her, as if she had never seen it before.

"That bastard must've said that to scare me!"

Long Yingqing believed this to be the case, but she still had a little doubt whether she had her soul switched out. Whether the original soul had already died when she was four years old and the body was taken over by a ghost which began to live its life as Long Yingqing.

"Bah! What are you even thinking, Long Yingqing!"

Bastard, was there a need to mess with my mind before you left?

However, Long Yingqing vaguely remembered reading about such a possibility in an ancient Greek book. Moreover, her grandfather had never allowed her to visit monasteries right from her childhood, especially those ancient European monasteries.

"As if that's possible!"

Jiang Xiu was actually just scaring Long Yingqing just now. However, the matter about the incompatibility between her soul and body was real. From her pale face and contrasting red lips, it could be made out that she was bewitched by a foreign entity once. This didn't imply her soul was switched out but rather that she was used as a sacrifice.

When Long Yingqing had come here back then, someone must've used a Soul Insertion Art to treat her and received the death tribulation in her place. It was done correctly, and the method through which it was done was something even Deity Xiu thought was pretty good so it shouldn't have turned out like this.

The regretful bit was that person didn't remove the dead soul fragment from her body. There were only two possibilities. One was that the person couldn't remove it, but since that person was able to use such a high-level skill like inserting a soul to die in place of Long Yingqing's soul, there shouldn't have been any difficulty in removing the deal soul from inside her, which only left the other possibility. That person had left behind the dead soul fragment to use Long Yingqing's body as a sacrificial medium and gather her life force or energy to nourish themselves.

There was no free lunch in this world. The reason Long Yingqing suffered through various illnesses was the sequelae of being used as a sacrifice.

…

The rain fell harder and harder on the grasslands surrounding the vast royal castle, the winds causing the grass to sway along with the rain. It was full of European charm and contained a sinister as well as a mysterious aura to it. As night fell, the surroundings turned even more oppressing.

Late into the night, Jiang Xiu felt like he heard some weird yells which seemed like a beast's yet like a human's while dreaming. Anyway, he couldn't sleep well at all.

The following day was cloudy, and though it didn't rain that hard to make people worried, they weren't happy about it. As far as the eyes went, the entire sky seemed to drop quite low.

Jiang Xiu turned on the TV in passing. Foreign news was being broadcasted right now. A tall building had caught fire in the city of Gaulle, and the female tv anchor was saying something regarding it, but Jiang Xiu couldn't make sense of it. He looked at the damage which had occurred to the skyscraper on TV, but it didn't seem like it had happened due to a fire. It seemed more like as if it was cut through by something very sharp and resulted in most of the building section being sliced off perfectly at the height of almost 30 floors.

Over a ten square meters of the building structure was sliced off at such a height…

"Hmm?"

A servant knocked on the door then came inside. He appeared to be Chinese and could speak fluent Chinese as well. "Mister, Miss has told me to ask you when you are planning to leave."

Hehe, she actually sent someone to drive me away.

Jiang Xiu pointed towards the tv anchor then asked, "What's she saying?"

"Oh. This is today's special news. She's saying some complex things like space collapse or something. That the section of the building had disappeared from our space-time and appeared at a space-time intersection. Some phenomenon or something… It's all nonsense as there's no textual research to prove it. It must be a sham to create hype, that's all."

Jiang Xiu looked at the precise cut, and his first reaction was that it was the result of using a sword or saber art. But no one in this place could use that.

"Mister, when do you plan to leave?"

"Right now!"

The servant believed Jiang Xiu would stay here, but actually, Jiang Xiu was in a rush as well. Even breakfast wasn't prepared for him when they went down. The intent was clear. She wanted him to leave as soon as possible.

He sat in the car and was taken to the highway. Many cars passed by here and there were even foreigners who drove classy high-end vehicles. Not long after, Jiang Xiu was able to stop a car and promised the driver to give him 100 Euros to drive him to Gaulle. The man accepted the offer.

After traveling for two hours, he finally reached Gaulle then called Wang Xintong and explained the situation to her. She said, "This wouldn't have happened if I was with you."

"Say the important things."

"I'll send someone to the Gaulle Embassy to arrange for your passport. Someone from the Wang family will come to receive you after that. You can make the specific arrangements after that."

Quite quickly, the person arrived in front of Jiang Xiu while driving a car and brought the new passport and landing visa for him. It was a 40-year-old man. "Mr. Jiang, this is the photo we've gathered. This person is selling the thing you want."

Jiang Xiu picked it up and glanced over it. It was a European man, and it'd be quite challenging to look for a single person in Gaulle. Moreover, it was also possible this man wasn't in Gaulle.

"Go to the Montague Building where the fire accident happened today…"

The man was astonished, "Why are we going over there?"

Jiang Xiu didn't act polite towards him and sent him a cold glare. The man immediately realized that he had spoken out of turn and thus lowered his head. He opened the door for Jiang Xiu, after which he sat in the driver's seat, locked the seat belt then drove the car towards the destination.

There were many bystanders assembled near the Montague Building. There were at least over a hundred of them. This matter had already given rise to a commotion in the country, and this resulted in such a clamorous situation.

It was more evident in the scene than on television. That Montague Building which was a landmark seemed like it was sliced off using a giant blade. The concerned staff had inspected the interior and concluded that the fire had occurred due to the damage to the electrical circuits inside the building.

Wang Dingshan asked, "Mr. Jiang, did this really happen due to a space collapse?"

Jiang Xiu didn't say anything and stood still. A white light flickered across his forehead, and the saber pill immediately came out from the divinity source. After becoming a God, the connection with the divinity source had become complete and the saber pill also truly became a part of his body, so there was no need for him to use it as cautiously as he did before.

The saber pill slowly rose up to the sky and reached the place where the building was damaged.

Boom!

The saber pill trembled suddenly, and a powerful saber intent rushed out of it. The awfulness of this saber intent wasn't something humans could imagine. It was just like a hurricane as it crashed ahead.

When the saber intent rushed ahead, it appeared as if an enormous rippled was created in the sky.

Jiang Xiu shook his head slightly, "That's not for sure!"

From what he sensed on the scene, it wasn't due to a sword art or saber art as there wasn't any remnant sword intent or saber intent. The saber pill's saber intent would've resonated with it if that were the case. This was Jiang Xiu's Saber Intent Inspection Art. He used sword intent in his previous life and now, he changed it into saber intent. It was one of the secret skills of the Heaven Treading Sect which was used to track an enemy.

As for whether it was a space collapse, he wasn't sure about it.

However, though he couldn't make anything out from the Montague Building, Jiang Xiu had sensed a lot of martial artists as well as unnatural existences here. He guessed that these people must've been drawn over here due to the strange thing which happened to this Montague Building.

"Hmm?"

A European youth seemed to be taking photos of the Montague Building, but in fact, Jiang Xiu had sensed this person take several pictures of himself.

Perhaps because he noticed Jiang Xiu looking at him, he deliberately retook photos of the Montague Building and chatted a bit with the people beside him. He turned around to leave immediately after that.

His actions were especially cautious. He sped up his footsteps and met up with a woman, handing over the camera in hand to her. "It's possible this person is the newly ascended No. 3 Super Demigod on the Demigod Ranking, Jiang Luoxia. Immediately notify the concerned party and pay close attention to him."

The European woman replied with an indifferent expression on her face, "Got it!"

After this meeting, the woman turned into another street and entered a plaza. She sat down on the bench and asked the man who was reading the newspaper there, "Why was there no notice about something huge like Jiang Xiu coming to Gaulle. Why did he come over here? Is what happened to the Montague Building related to him?"

The man reading the newspaper had black hair and matching eyes. He replied to her, "There's no need for you to be so nervous. Our people inside have already confirmed that Jiang Xiu had come to our Gaulle, but it's only for a trip."

The woman sneered, "Are you mad? The No. 1 Demigod of China coming out for a trip? Do you think I'm a 3-year-old child?"

The man said, "No matter what he came to do, we haven't received any mission yet. Moreover, with his strength, there's not a lot we can do to him so just wait for orders from above."

"Aren't your Chinese people quite home-loving and like to stay there?" The woman asked him.

"Mr. Jiang is an exception. He's not even 20 yet, so it's quite normal for him to want to travel to the outside world."

The woman couldn't help but curse out, "20-years-old! That's some motherfucking age to become a Demigod!"

That man laughed out loud as well. It was really shocking for someone to become a Demigod at the age of 20. An exceptional expression couldn't help but well up on his calm face, as if he were basking in glory. "Heaven's Gate has a grievance with him as Buzhi Ming died at his hands so they might act. Mr. Jiang's trip to Europe will definitely keep us busy so tell everyone to stay extremely alert."

A European fat man with a pot belly came over while munching on a hotdog. He placed his foot on the bench beside the fountain and said, "I received information that Mr. Jiang came together with that young lady of the Long family."

The man reading the newspaper couldn't help but reveal astonishment on his face, "The Long family is a branch of Heaven's Gate so how did they get involved with Mr. Jiang? Didn't that Young Lady Long have an engagement with the prince of Korea's Lee family?"

The fatty gobbled up the hotdog and licked his fingers clean before clapping his hands, "That's right!" After this, he acted as if he had come to watch the scenery then gave it a final glance before leaving.

The man reading the newspaper furrowed his brows, "What's happening? The Long family and Korea's Lee family are both branches of Heaven's Gate, why did they get involved with Mr. Jiang?"

The European woman's expression turned solemn, "They aren't planning to invite Mr. Jiang to Heaven's Gate, right?"

The man couldn't remain calm after hearing this.

He was stupefied by such a possibility!

The woman continued, "If Heaven's Gate gives an important position such as the 3rd or the 2nd Monarch title to him, even a super demigod like him would be tempted."

The man's complexion had already turned ashen, "If that happens, China will be in trouble!" He couldn't remain seated anymore and stood up. "This won't do. I need to report this side's circumstances to the higher-ups."

At the same time, inside an ancient castle in Europe.

The charming man, King Alex, entered the meeting room along with a monastery monk wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt. The monk's voice was quite low yet piercing to the ears. "Our guest has arrived, King Alex!"

King Alex said, "Isn't it going according to our expectations?"

The monk stopped walking and leaned on his crutch. "But you forget that we had set the plan back then to take revenge for Buzhi Ming, which had happened before he killed Ji Wudao. Now, his rank has reached the 3rd position on the Demigod Ranking. He's the No. 1 Demigod in China, will be able to kill him?"

He pointed towards a crow resting on a distant withered tree, "Look, the Death God has descended."

King Alex smiled evilly, "Is there someone in this world that we Heaven's Gate can't kill? Even if we can't kill him, he also can't kill me."

He grabbed the amulet hanging on his chest. There were two dragons drawn on this plate. In the underworld, the rumors were that King Alex had a divine artifact called the Yin-Yang Dual Dragons which has the strongest defense and could withstand even an atom bomb's attack.

The monk also smiled and spoke with his broken-bell like voice, "You want to raise your Demigod Ranking?"

King Alex said, "No one cares about that bullshit ranking. It's just a worthless one."

The two of them went inside.

There were already many people inside the meeting room. There were all the Demigods of Heaven's Gate from different parts of the world. They had all gathered together to due to the arrival of China's No. 1 Demigod and this time, the number of people who had come was higher than the numbers which had gathered when Buzhi Ming got killed.

A black-robed man stood at a distance with his back towards them. He had the Longevity Stone which was posted on the auction house in his hand. "Has everyone gathered? Let's begin today's discussion then."

"There's only one topic to discuss. Descend, the nine mythical arts, cleanse the heavens, a thousand years of karma, a heartless heart yet romantic!"

"Jiang Luoxia!"

A man who was donned in a military-like uniform opened his mouth, "We're already ready to cooperate at any time. Even if Jiang Luoxia is powerful, it'll be difficult for him to win against a group of 3-4 Demigods. Let alone, we have gathered so many people."

"Isn't Mister blowing up a small issue into a big one?"

The black-robed man said, "It's not difficult to kill him, but I have a new opinion. Don't we need such a talent in our Heaven's Gate right now? Just like how everyone joined us, we can take Jiang Luoxia in as well."

As soon as these words were spoken, the place quietened down.

"Mister, have you forgotten that he killed Buzhi Ming?"

"It's because we have lost Buzhi Ming that we need someone to make up for the loss of power." The black robed man replied.

Someone said, "This person's background is unknown and so is his character. It'd be too risky to use him. What if we can't control him? That would affect us internally."

"Yes, that's right."

All of them commented on it. Some of them agreed while some were against it, but those who were against it were more in number.

Moreover…

The monk asked, "Will Jiang Luoxia agree?"

All the Demigods were proud and arrogant. Let alone, this was the No. 1 Demigod of China.

The black-robed man said, "According to the rules of our Heaven's Gate, anyone who wants to enter Heaven's Gate has to accept a test and even leave their most important person behind as a hostage."

"He'll obediently listen to me or die!"

At an antique auction house in Gaulle, Wang Dingshan said to Jiang Xiu, "Mr. Jiang, this is St. Dove Antique Auction House. The thing you want is being auctioned here."

Jiang Xiu glanced at the auction house, and from its exterior, it resembled a church a little, having a dense historical feel to it. He guessed that it must be an old construction. "Let's go in."

There were some European antiques placed inside glass boxes and some of them even resembled bronze works from China. Seeing that visitors had arrived the auction house's staff welcome them. The staff person saw Wang Dingshan and smiled at him, "Mr. Wang, you're here again!"

"This is my boss, Mr. Jiang!"

The staff person spoke in a deferential tone, "Mr. Jiang, it's nice to meet you. We're honored to have you over at our auction house. Only, it's quite a pity that the thing you want is already sold."

"Also, the details left behind by the buyer are fake as well. We too are helpless about it."

Jiang Xiu looked at the antiques then said, "I didn't come here for the buyer's materials this time. Since he wants to hide, it won't be easy to find him. I wish to know the seller's details."

This Longevity Stone could deify an ordinary human. He was curious about the person who wanted to sell this Longevity Stone and whether he was affected by the Longevity Stone.

"Aaah?"

Jiang Xiu's words were out of the staff member's expectations.

"What? Is it inconvenient to reveal it?"

Jiang Xiu's ice-cold gaze fell on this thin 50-year-old European man. The latter immediately wore an apologetic smile, "It's naturally possible to do that…"

He went over and brought the information written in the registry books.

"I hope it's helpful to you, Mister!"

However, the outcome was disappointing. The phone number couldn't be reached. The phone number had changed, and even the bank account was closed.

After leaving the auction house, Jiang Xiu pondered on it a little. This matter felt strange to him. An anonymous seller and an anonymous buyer. He felt that it was possible this entire matter was a scheme to handle someone.

There was no way anyone wouldn't act when a thing like the Longevity Stone was at stake.

The cell phone began ringing at this moment. It was a call from Wang Xintong, "How's the progress at your side?"

"No progress for now!"

"What do you plan to do now? Return or stay there?"

"Of course, I'll stay here. There must be a reason that thing had appeared for the first time. It'll definitely appear again. I have to get this thing."

"Oh. Okay them. The reason I called was to tell you that when Amidst Heaven's businesses were halted, I acquired the authority to act as the Asia Pacific Region's agent of a famous luxury diamond brand of Gaulle. There's a party tonight where jewelry will be sold. Since you're in Europe, better buy a gift for the madame as well as that person in your heart."

Jiang Xiu didn't like Wang Xintong mentioning Cheng Lingran, but she had done the right thing in reminding him this time. It wouldn't be right to delay buying gifts for them due to focusing on what he had come here for.

"Buy something from the auction in the party. They are all good things you can't find outside."

"If you're interested in it, let Wang Dingshan get the invitation card."

"This time's party is the anniversary party, a grand event with quite the high standards!"

After returning to the hotel, Jiang Xiu discovered that the entrance was blocked up by a group of Chinese people. Jiang Xiu took a careful look and noticed a girl with shocking beauty walk in with her suitcase. He couldn't help but smile. It was quite the coincidence to run into a superstar here. Looking at her graceful gait, he guessed that her leg had healed properly.

Running into a noble person when going out or meeting an acquaintance in a foreign place were happy occasions.

He planned to go and greet her, but after seeing that no one was going to help her, he noticed a video camera as well as a mic and lighting equipment.

They were filming!

"Xiaoxiao…"

"Xiaoxiao…"

Jiang Xiu recalled that Xiao Xuetong had participated in a famous reality show's tour program in the previous life. He guessed she must be in the middle of filming that right now.

Since they were shooting, Jiang Xiu didn't call out to her and passed by her. An exceptional light flickered through Xiao Xuetong's eyes when she saw him. She couldn't believe it at first, but after glancing at him a few times, she was 80-90% certain it was Jiang Xiu. She wanted to call out to him but dropped the idea so that the shooting isn't delayed.

After the filming ended, Xiao Xuetong returned to the hotel and spoke to her agent, Sister Li. "Sister Li, I want to meet Jiang Xiu."

"Jiang Xiu?"

Sister Li removed the face pack from her face and prepared to spread a pack on Xiao Xuetong's face. It took a lot of time and money to maintain a female star's beauty.

"Huh, who?"

Xiao Xuetong came beside her then glared at her, "How could you forget it? It's that youth from the time when I got kidnapped in Jiang City."

Sister Li said, "You have so many fans. How will I remember each one? You should be more worried about the invitation card to the RV fashion show's party."

"The RV show is quite important and the former RV girls from the previous years will attend as well. All of them are excellent international stars. I don't have the qualifications to enter it so what can I do if I didn't get an invitation card? However, Jiang Xiu is different. He's in this hotel and is my savior."

She could never forget how determinedly Jiang Xiu had chased after the van which had kidnapped her. She will remember that scene all her life. Even the scenes of the most beautiful movie couldn't compare to that.

"What do you want to do?" Sister Li asked her.

Xiao Xuetong grabbed Sister Li's hand in a spoiled manner, "I want to go meet him."

Sister Li turned hostile immediately, "Are you crazy? There are so many fans outside. What if someone sees you together with a strange man in the hotel? If the paparazzi take a photo, they'll cook up some or the other story. An artist's public image is quite important so act obediently."

Xiao Xuetong pursed her lips, feeling wronged. "But he's my savior. Do you want others to say I'm a conscienceless person who doesn't know how to repay favors?"

Sister Li pondered on it, "Now that you mentioned it, I remember the incident. Isn't that person called Mr. Jiang, a famous person in Jiang City…" After reaching a level where a superstar like Xiao Xuetong was, big shots of areas were no better than mobs. She was already too used to being flattered by others and had seen many people like them. However, Jiang Xiu had left an impression on her because that day's experience was too unusual. Moreover, Mayor Gu had also appeared there. He was the governor of Jiangnan's border region.

Only, there was a clear difference between both of their cognition. Xiao Xuetong knew Jiang Xiu while Sister Li was speaking about Mr. Jiang.

"Yeh-Yeh! Him!"

Sister Li muttered to herself. She believed that it'd be better to have a good relationship with such a person. "Be careful then. Take care not to get your photo taken by anyone."

"Yay!" Xiao Xuetong jumped in excitement then immediately called her assistant.

The two of them came to the reception desk. Xiao Xuetong asked in fluent English, "Excuse me, can you tell me in which room is Mr. Jiang who came from China residing?"

The attendant researched it then shook his head, "I'm sorry, there's no one by that name here."

This was also no wonder as the hotel room was booked by the Wang family.

"Ehh?"

Xiao Xuetong was a little disappointed. Something like a friend booking a room was a typical affair. This was troublesome as it wasn't easy to look for a single person in such a huge hotel.

She became crestfallen and returned back to her room.

"How did it go?" Sister Li asked.

The assistant shook her head, "We couldn't find him."

Sister Li said, "Nothing can be done about this matter then. Since you couldn't find him, why don't you prepare to go for the RV anniversary party tonight? I already called the boss, but he rejected the idea. Xiaoxiao, why don't try doing something yourself? Becoming RV's ambassador isn't something to kid about. You'll have immediate international exposure."

Xiao Xuetong said, "The company only has one invitation card. It'll either be Bai Xin or me. Since the boss doesn't want to give it to me, he'll definitely give it to her. Why should I fight over it with her? They'll just say we aren't qualified to enter the party."

Sister Li became furious, "Bai Xin's momentum is reaching a new high while you take such a modest stance. The company's resources are all being taken by her. Even if you don't fight her for it, she'll fight you over your resources. This is the reality of the entertainment circles."

Xiao Xuetong turned silent after listening to this.

"Listen to me. You best act fast!"

…

On the night of that day, Jiang Xiu wore rich clothes to attend the party. No matter whether he bought something for Cheng Lingran or not, he planned to get a few things for his mother. He wanted to make Lin Yueling the most respected woman of this world.

However, Jiang Xiu hadn't expected that the standard of this party would be so high. When he reached there in the car, he saw that there was a red carpet placed and both sides were full of photographers and fans. There was also a signature wall for stars. All of this had left Deity Xiu dumbfounded.

At the waiting area, Xiao Xuetong stood in a white evening dress with a diamond belt. This dress alone cost over a hundred thousand and gave her a youthful yet alluring look. The big necklace on her pale neck was especially conspicuous as well. However, at this moment, her expression was very ugly.

The company had arranged a way for her to enter the party but the method was a little disgusting. She had to act as a female companion of one of the guests to enter the venue. Xiao Xuetong didn't agree to it initially as she'd lose too much face, but Sister Li said that the outside reporters as well the fans wouldn't know what identity you used to participate in RV's anniversary party.

For increasing the exposure as well as to survive in the entertainment industry, she had gritted herself to do it.

It was already close to November now and the days were quite cold in Gaulle. Xiao Xuetong's dress had a double shoulder strap, and her pretty legs were exposed outside. Whenever the cold wind blew by, her teeth would shiver from the chill. If it weren't for her heavy makeup, her lips would've already turned purple and her face green.

"Why isn't he here yet?"

Xiao Xuetong stamped her feet in fury. She was waiting for the VIP guest called Long Tianyi to arrive.

But, that person still hadn't arrived after a long time!

Just as she was about to take her cell out to inquire her agent about it, a commotion rose up nearby. She saw a pretty woman wearing an evening dress walk at a casual pace under the flashes while embracing a man's arm.

Whoosh!

Xiao Xuetong's face turned pale as she looked at this scene in disbelief, rage welling up inside her heart, making her feel like cursing out. This man was none other than one of the VIP guests of RV, Mr. Long Tianyi, and the woman embracing his hand was none other than her colleague, Bai Xin.

"Why did this happen?"

"Why is Bai Xin accompanying him…."

"What does this mean?"

The agent, Sister Li, who was outside was also dumbfounded as she looked at this scene. Didn't Bai Xin have an invitation card? Why's she accompanying Long Tianyi inside?

However, she quickly realized the crux of the matter.

Bai Xin was planning to completely destroy all of Xiao Xuetong's chances to prevent her from taking the stage.

This kind of move was quite common in the entertainment circles and also the most vicious one.

The assistant's eyes turned red as well, but she tried to hold back her tears. "Is there a need to bully her so ruthlessly? The invitation card was snatched and even this chance to enter the party was seized."

As the wind blew past Xiao Xintong, she seemed to have even forgotten everything about the cold. Her gaze gradually turned lifeless.

"Hmph!"

Bai Xin looked at Xiao Xuetong who was in the waiting area and smirked at her.

"Get lost, okay?!"

Someone had already started yelling from the side, "Little Bai, look over here…"

"Over here…"

Bai Xin put her hand on her waist to reveal as much of her charm as possible. She was extremely excited right now as each and every action taken here would become international news in the fashion industry, her social status would increase by hundredfold when she returned back.

As for Xiao Xuetong, she could only stand within the cold wind and endure the chill.

The hundred thousand spent preparing the dress was in vain as well.

Xiao Xuetong turned back sadly, leaving silently like a sad loser. However, when she turned back, she saw a man who spoke out to her. "What? Did you get bullied again?"

Her eyes turned livid, "Jiang Xiu!"

"A superstar like you actually remembers my name, I'm honored!" Jiang Xiu commented.

Xiao Xuetong threw away all the unhappiness she felt after seeing Jiang Xiu. A light flickered through her livid eyes as she asked, "What are you doing here?"

Jiang Xiu waved the invitation card in his hands, "I came in place of a friend."

Xiao Xuetong almost screamed out, "An invitation card?"

Jiang Xiu was planning to leave. He wasn't used to occasions like these. Since he had money, there was no need to fear to buy things. He wasn't expecting to see such a scene here.

Xiao Xuetong asked him nervously, "Do you have a female companion?"

"There's no one for the time being!" replied Jiang Xiu.

"I-I…"

Xiao Xuetong impolitely grabbed his hand and pulled him along, "I'll let you take advantage then. I'll be your female companion. Remember to walk slowly and stop along with me when I do, follow my pace."

Immediately after that, she pulled Jiang Xiu onto the red carpet!

"Xiaoxiao!"

"It's Xiaoxiao!"

The fans began to scream excitedly. Regarding popularity, Xiao Xuetong was absolutely above Bai Xin. It's just that Bai Xin's background was stronger than hers.

"Xiaoxiao, look over here…"

"Xiaoxiao, smile!"

Xiao Xuetong was also someone who was accustomed to the big stage. She placed her hand on her waist and gave a glance, followed by a smile. Though some foreigners didn't know who this Chinese star was, they also took photos after seeing the fans act so crazily.

The commotion had caught Bai Xin's attention. She turned back to look, and her expression twisted immediately. "Why is she coming in? Who is that man beside her?"

She clenched her fist tightly. The trick she had prepared so meticulously had all gone to waste.

Xiao Xuetong managed to grab some exposure along with Jiang Xiu carefully matching her as they walked down the red carpet slowly.

After entering the venue, Xiao Xuetong spoke to Bai Xin, "Sorry for disappointing you."

Bai Xin grunted at her.

The staff member at the entrance asked them, "Mister, please show your invitation card."

The propaganda to the outside world was that RV was planning to make a business deal, but the place inside was a completely private space, it was a location where the elite class of Gaulle mingled with each other.

Jiang Xiu handed the invitation card over, and the staff member asked in surprise, "Mister, the VIP guest name on this card is written as Wang Xintong, and it's also mentioned that she's a lady."

"I'm her friend who's here to represent her."

"So it's like that. Please come inside!"

Bai Xin's expression turned sour after she saw Jiang Xiu and Xiao Xuetong enter the banquet hall. "Tianyi, do you know him?"

Long Tianyi shook his head. On that day, he wasn't at the castle, so he hadn't seen Jiang Xiu. "The staff member mentioned that the card belongs to Wang Xintong, she's the genius girl of the Wang family. I heard that her Wang family is busy with consolidating Jiangnan's assets so she must've sent a subordinate to represent her."

"Let's go in as well!"

Graceful violin tune resounded in the banquet hall. The hall was full of European men who wore well-ironed suits as well as ladies wearing stylish clothes paired with precious jewelry. They were naturally first-class stars of Europe.

"Isn't Wang Xintong the CEO of Amidst Heaven?!" Bai Xin exclaimed all of a sudden.

"Yes!"

"I heard that Amidst Heaven spent over a billion to buy the right to act as the Asia Pacific Region's agent of RV. I wonder if that's true?"

This news wouldn't gain much attention elsewhere, but it was hot news in the entertainment circles. Especially for someone like Bai Xin with a good network of contacts, she had heard of it earlier and was closely paying attention to it.

She had to pay close attention to it if she wanted to become RV's ambassador.

The ambassador salary wasn't the critical part. The most important thing was that RV's ambassadors were all currently famous stars in the international scene. Whoever became the ambassador would see an instant increase in their social status, becoming an international female star in one go.

"I can't let her grab it!"

Long Tianyi said, "Don't worry. I know most of the big shots over here, and this person isn't among them. His clothes are also just ordinary ones of the gold-collar class. He should be Wang Xintong's subordinate in Gaulle and come here to support the event. If Xiao Xuetong places her bet on him, her only end would be either being cheated out of her money or being done by him."

This was also normal. Some high-level executives of large companies used their influence to socialize with female stars and take advantage of them.

After entering the venue, Xiao Xuetong drew the gazes of several people, especially those Chinese people. Her reputation was still pretty high.

"Isn't this Miss Xiao?"

A 40-year-old man came over to chat.

"I like your songs very much!"

Xiao Xuetong gave a courteous reply to him, "Thank you!"

"Shall I take you to Korea's Mr. Lee? Whoever he decides on will become RV's Chinese ambassador."

The middle-aged man revealed this information in kindness, but it was an open secret already.

Xiao Xuetong shook her head while smiling, "Thank you! But there's no need for that."

She always believed she was a singer and never did anything wrong. Merely, the higher she reached in the entertainment circles, the lesser her freedom became.

"You really don't want me to introduce you? It's quite a rare opportunity!" The middle-aged man eyed her chest.

Jiang Xiu was contrarily curious what kind of skills this Mr. Lee from Korea possessed. The right to act as RV's Asia Pacific agent belonged to the Amidst Heaven Group, in other words, it belonged to him. He wondered just what did this Mr. Lee have to lord over him!

At a distance, Long Tianyi spoke up, "Little Bai, I'll take you to see Mr. Lee. If he says you'll be the RV ambassador, it'd be the best."

"Really? Then let's go quickly!"

The middle-aged man had also heard that Xiao Xuetong didn't get along with Bai Xin. "Miss Xiao, are you going to let someone else take this chance? It'll be too late to regret it later on. Mr. Lee is someone who always keeps his word. Once he decides on who the ambassador will be, there will be no changes."

Xiao Xuetong hesitated a bit. What happened to her just now where she got played by Bai Xin had affected her significantly and also made her realize the importance of background. Her heart was conflicted about it. She became even more worried after seeing Bai Xin go look for Mr. Lee.

"Mr. Lee!"

"Mr. Lee is here!"

Along with these exclamations, countless people looked towards the man in a white suit who just walked in.

"Mr. Lee!"

The middle-aged man couldn't bother with Xiao Xuetong anymore and went to greet him as well.

"Little Ke!"

The white-suited man was clearly younger in comparison but still called the other party as 'Little Ke,' acting as if he was higher than him in position. He also had a beautiful girl accompanying him, which was coincidently none other than Long Yingqing. She wore a flame-like red evening dress today which formed a deep contrast with her ice-cold temperament. Her charm had suppressed all the female stars on the scene in an instant.

This Mr. Lee acted arrogantly towards all these people who were flattering and fawning on him, as if he were a king.

"Mr. Lee!"

Long Yingqing didn't say a word when she saw Long Tianyi, but Mr. Lee spoke up, "Tianyi, you've also come!"

Initially, Long Tianyi wasn't planning to come as there were many people from the Long family here already. It was just that Xiao Xuetong's boss had requested him to come over, so he decided to attend the party. After all, this wasn't some major event.

"Mr. Lee, this is my friend, Ms. Bai Xin!"

Mr. Lee took a glance at Bai Xin. She had good looks and a nice figure, but there were many celebs and first-rate female stars from various countries here, so she was just mediocre in comparison to them. Let alone, she couldn't even compare to Mr. Lee's beautiful fiancée.

"Not bad!"

Mr. Lee praised her lightly. Long Tianyi became jubilated, and Bai Xin was also overwhelmed with joy. She knew just what this meant.

As for Long Yingqing who stood beside him, she didn't say a word. She was already accustomed to things like these.

"Ms. Xiao, what about you?"

The middle-aged man gazed at Xiao Xuetong. She was younger and pure, there were also no rumors of her being involved in a sex scandal as well. This was one of the reason's he liked her and was even somewhat infatuated with her.

Xiao Xuetong shook her head to refuse decisively!

It was impossible for her to do this!

Mr. Lee entered the venue along with his fiancée just as the auction was also about to begin. Jiang Xiu asked Xiao Xuetong, "Why didn't you go and miss such a good chance?"

Xiao Xuetong said, "There's no free lunch in this world. I know what that person is planning. Even I waver sometimes, but my heart is always conflicted about it."

The middle-aged man felt gloomy when he saw that she had refused his offer and was chatting with Jiang Xiu cordially.

"As today is our RV's anniversary party, we are going to take out a few collections out to sell. Gentlemen, we hope you can show your sincerity towards you ladies!" One of the staff members said humorously.

Following after Mr. Lee, Long Yingqing also took a glass of champagne. Her pair of lifeless eyes suddenly opened wide, as if she was high on drugs. She had finally noticed Jiang Xiu who was donned in rich clothes and chatting with a female star. She shook her head sideways in disbelief, thinking she must be hallucinating, but the Jiang Xiu before her eyes was really there. "It's really that bastard. Why doesn't he just leave me alone!"

Mr. Lee was also keeping tabs on his fiancée. When he noticed Long Yingqing walk towards a man, his expression immediately turned cold. "Who is that brat?"

The people beside him looked at each other, but no one had an answer.

At this time, the members of the Long family also took notice of Jiang Xiu. Long Yingqing's uncle, Long Xiaoru's eyes opened wide, feeling a bad premonition. This brat must've come here to make trouble.

They used Jiang Xiu to create difficulties for Long Yingqing, but if this person really created trouble here, it'd all blow up. Though Long Yingqing won't have a good end, even they wouldn't go scot-free. The partnership between the families would break down as well.

All of the Wang family members became nervous.

"Quickly make someone throw him out."

"Else something bad will happen."

Jiang Xiu had also noticed it. He wasn't expecting to run into the Long family here again.

Only, this time, the Long family was considering him as a star of destruction.

Jiang Xiu wore a smile on his face as he saw Long Xiaoru come over. Xiao Xuetong to his side became a little nervous seeing this man come over. She didn't know him, but she knew anyone who could attend this place wasn't ordinary. They weren't someone a small star like them could offend. She saw him question Jiang Xiu with a gloomy face, "You actually dared to come here. I believed you were an intelligent person but looks like I was wrong."

"Why can't I come here?!" Jiang Xiu questioned back.

"Why?" Long Xiaoru sneered, "Because you aren't qualified to attend this party. What do you think this place is? It's not a place someone like you can wander into. Each person here has a status 10,000 times nobler than yours. Is there a need for you to come here and disgrace yourself?"

Jiang Xiu's expression gradually turned cold.

Long Xiaoru continued speaking, "Let me give you a piece of advice. Best leave from here. Don't make me use force."

"You don't have the power to make me leave."

Long Xiaoru's expression turned grim. Xiao Xuetong's heart became restless as well. According to this man's words, it looked like the reason Jiang Xiu had come here today wasn't so simple. She recalled that the invitation card didn't have his name and this became more anxious.

Long Xiaoru waved towards the black bodyguard standing at a distance. That man came over and asked, "Mr. Long, what do you need?"

"This person sneaked in. His name isn't on the invitation list."

"I suspect he's a thief!"

Since this was a jewelry auction, it'd naturally attract thieves. These words immediately put the bodyguard on alert.

"Mister, please show your invitation card!"

Jiang Xiu knew what Long Xiaoru was anxious about. He was worried that the matter between him and Long Yingqing would leak and out and reach Mr. Lee's ears. They were afraid of this happening but, he, Jiang Luoxia, wasn't willing to let something like this happen to him as well. His arrogance was far above what these people could imagine.

"I threw it away…"

The invitation card was akin to a cinema ticket to him. He naturally threw it away after entering the venue. He didn't have anything on him to keep it inside and felt quite weird holding such a big invitation card.

"Threw it away?"

"Hehe, Mister, your words are a bit difficult to believe."

Long Tianyi and Bai Xin had also noticed the commotion and came over, looking at the scene with interest. Especially, Bai Xin, she was taking joy in the series of developments. She wanted Xiao Xuetong to be driven away from the place. If that happened, she'd definitely become RV's China ambassador.

Xiao Xuetong became nervous, "Mr. Bodyguard. We really had an invitation letter. This Mr. Long and Ms. Bai can act as our witnesses as we came in at the same time."

"Bai Xin, help us explain it!"

"Explain what? I was chatting with Mr. Long then so I didn't notice anything."

Xia Xuetong's eyes opened wide, "You…"

The bodyguard said, "Mister, I'm really sorry. You might be in trouble!" This was a giant man who was 1.9 m tall and appeared quite fierce. He was donned in a black suit and wore shades. He came over with bad intentions, nearing Jiang Xiu so he could handle him.

The intent was clear. If Jiang Xiu didn't match accordingly, he'd take him down.

Xiao Xuetong's face was already pale with worry. If the news of this incident reached back to China, the reporters would make a mess out of the story.

"I'm here to represent Miss Wang Xintong."

"You can go check it at the reception!"

Long Xiaoru said, "Alright. Since you said you're here to represent the Wang family, why are you here?"

"Of course, to buy jewelry!" replied Jiang Xiu.

The auction began at this moment.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the item being auctioned right now is an 18th-century crown pendant, an item of the royal court and possessed by the concubine of Gaulle's Emperor… The starting price is 5 million Euros! Each bid must be at least 500,000 Euros or above."

"Buy it then. If you buy it, we'll believe you. If you can't then don't blame us for acting impolite…"

The crown pendant was an exquisite piece of work which was created with care. It was embedded full of diamonds which flickered under the lighting, and its extravagance was blinding to the eyes. Just the cost of production alone was something to take note of, let alone, this piece also had a historical significance of long-lost craftsmanship of a few centuries ago. Though the starting price of 5 million euros was a bit high, it's market value might reach 10 million euros or higher.

Long Xiaoru said, "This is just the first item, the latter items will be even more expensive…" Disdain flashed through his eyes. Even they would be in the limelight if they were able to buy one of the items, let alone someone like Jiang Xiu.

10 million euros was equivalent to almost 100 million RMB. 100 million to buy a piece of jewelry was a huge amount no matter who was the one buying it.

"Didn't you say you're here to buy jewelry?"

"Why don't you buy it then?"

Jiang Xiu had naturally come to buy jewelry, but it was up to him whether he wanted to buy it or not. This Long fellow had no say in what he wished to do. His cold gaze swept across him, "Do I need to explain my actions to you? Who do you think you are?"

Long Xiaoru's eyes opened wide, "You dare to say such things to me?"

The surrounding Long family members created an uproar as well. They wondered where this brat had come from and set on going against the Long family. Their Long family was an elite family in China. They could bear the contempt of these foreigners but not from such a low-scum like Jiang Xiu. All of them glared at him furiously.

"What? Are you highborn from China? Are you that amazing?"

Xiao Xuetong pulled his clothes, hinting him to stop talking. These big shots weren't someone they afford to offend. The consequences of showing off would be too miserable for them.

Long Xiaoru's expression turned gloomier, "It seems like you're here to truly cause trouble today."

"Bodyguard, this person is a thief. Just take him away quickly."

The bodyguard wasn't Long Xiaoru's lackey that would listen to him just because he said it. Everyone who had the qualifications to come here was someone they couldn't offend.

Moreover, the bodyguard wasn't stupid as well. He could make out that these two didn't get along with each other.

"Didn't I say it's useless?"

"Do you want me to go find Mr. Lee? If I tell him, it might be hard for you to keep your job."

The bodyguard's expression couldn't help but change. "Mister, I'll have to trouble you to come with me temporarily. I request you to show some understanding. We need to verify your identity."

The people who took notice of the commotion kept increasing.

"What's happening over there?"

"Looks like someone caught a thief who had infiltrated inside."

"He's a VIP but do you think I am not one? If you grab me, aren't you scared you'll lose your job? Do you think I can't do it?" Jiang Xiu faced the bodyguard.

"That…"

All the people who were able to come here were significant people.

Long Xaioru saw that the bodyguard was acting timid and frowned, "He's just a poor brat who is here to cause trouble. He can't even afford to buy a single piece here. What are you afraid of? Just grab him."

Jiang Xiu remained indifferent to it!

Long Yingqing saw that the situation was turning worse. The people gathered around kept increasing as well. She came over while furrowing her brows, "It's you again!"

Her face was full of despise, "Didn't I give you money? Do you think you can take advantage of my Long family? Don't act foolishly. Your schemes are nothing in front of my Long family."

Long Yingqing believed Jiang Xiu must have found out that the Long family was well-off and thus planned to exploit the misunderstanding her family had to trick money out of them. This really made her feel disgusted. Only, this world never lacked this kind of disgusting people.

"Do you still want that check?"

"Don't even dream of it."

Long Yingqing turned her head back to look at Mr. Lee in worry and found that he was also watching over here several times. However, he was still interacting with the people around him. "Don't think of causing trouble here. It won't end well for you!"

"Keep an eye on him!"

Long Xiaoru said, "There's no need for you to say it!"

Long Yingqing returned back to Mr. Lee after that. She couldn't stay away for long as that person might get angry.

Long Xiaoru said to the bodyguard, "Did you hear it clearly? Since you don't dare to drive him out, keep an eye on him. After the auction ends, you can let him leave."

The bodyguard nodded. The reason they hadn't forcefully kicked Jiang Xiu out was that they worried he was really a VIP. Another worry was that he may get into a fight with another guest. The bodyguard couldn't take responsibility for that, so there was no harm in keeping an eye on him.

"Hmph!"

Jiang Xiu grunted. He had just come to buy things yet run into such a scene.

Xiao Xuetong still had lingering fears after she saw those people leave to interact with others. "These people from the Long family are really bold. They actually boss people around here. The Long family is really worthy of being a powerful, elite family of China. Why did you quarrel with them?"

"They are just worthless trash!" Jiang Xiu commented.

Xiao Xuetong rolled her eyes, "Do you even know what the Long family is? Really, those oblivious have no fear at all. Right! You really came to buy jewelry?"

"Indeed!"

It'd be a wonder if someone believed you. However, she believed Jiang Xiu wasn't a bad person. The scene from that day when he had chased after the van was still fresh in her mind. She could never forget it.

Long Yingqing returned beside Mr. Lee. He questioned her, "Who is that?"

"Just someone who wants to take advantage of my Long family."

Mr. Lee smiled coolly. He could sense loathe as well as disdain from Long Yingqing's face. He knew how arrogant this fiancée of his was. She acted arrogantly even when she was facing him and didn't pay much attention to his words sometimes. Long Yingqing's noble and virtuous nature was what he liked the most.

However, if this Mr. Lee knew that this proud fiancée of his had shit poured all over her body by Jiang Xiu, he'd be feeling something else entirely.

"Money and power can always make people crazy…"

"I know how to handle it!" Long Yingqing interjected.

Mr. Li continued, "The best way to handle this kind of person is to make him disappear from this world completely to awe those who plan to scheme against your Long family."

"There's no need to make a big fuss over such a minor issue!"

Mr. Lee smiled then pointed towards the pendant, "Do you like it? If you do, I'll buy it for you."

He was talking about the crown pendant being auctioned right now.

"12.5 Million Euros once!"

Long Yingqing was born of a wealthy family, so she wasn't as greedy as those ordinary women and didn't have much obsession with jewelry, but since a man was giving the present, it was proper to accept it, so she nodded.

Looking at her nod, Mr. Lee revealed a slight smile. This fiancée of his was quite mature and emotionless. She only showed a little of her feminine side when she faced him. He raised his hand to make a bid.

"Wow. Looks like Mr. Lee fancies this piece." The auctioneer was excited.

"15 Million Euros!"

He had increased the bid by 2.5 Million Euros in one go, which was a really huge amount. At the same time, he was also warning everyone that this item was his!

Under normal circumstances, everyone would take the hint and stop bidding.

But the competition was pretty high this time. There was a lord of Europe who was particularly interested in this piece of jewelry. It was someone from the Cadillac family.

"15.5 Million Euros!"

That nobleman from the Cadillac family gave a knightly bow towards Mr. Li to express his intent to compete fairly.

Mr. Lee raised the bid again, "30 Million Euros!"

This was indeed thrilling!

Everyone was stunned after hearing this bid. This was a really huge amount. He had doubled his previous bid.

The nobleman from the Cadillac family was dumbfounded as well. This jewelry piece once belonged to his ancestor but was sold away because they became poor. Now that the family was on the right track again, they planned to get it back.

He gasped in amazement then shook his head. 30 Million Euros was a crazy amount, and this was just a crown pendant.

Everyone knew in an instant that this piece was already in Mr. Lee's hands.

"Congrats, Mr. Lee!"

Mr. Lee shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "I'm not a lady so of course, I won't be wearing it."

"You should be congratulating Ms. Long."

Long Yingqing revealed a shy smile.

"3 Million Euros once…"

"3 Million Euros twice…"

At the moment the auctioneer was about to hit the hammer, a voice suddenly came through. "100 Million!"

"100 Million Euros!"

The entire venue exploded in a clamor. Are you kidding?

All of them looked towards the source of the voice. The noblemen, celebs, as well as the female stars all, looked at the bidder with utter shock in their eyes.

It was actually Jiang Xiu who had his hand raised.