“I remember now!”

Just as they arrived at the hotel, Xia Xiaolan suddenly burst out with this statement, startling the preoccupied Bai Zhenzhu.

“Xiaolan, what do you remember?”

Xia Xiaolan had taken a small catalog from the auction. She pointed to the picture of the Tian Huang seal she’d missed out on: “I remember where I’ve seen this before. It wasn’t just familiar – it was incredibly familiar!”

All seals looked somewhat similar.

She hadn’t paid much attention to what characters were carved on the seals at the time.

If the seal was indeed one of the items Yuan Han had sold, Xia Xiaolan was surprised it had made its way to Hong Kong in just over a month.

She didn’t know how much Yuan Han had sold the items for, but it couldn’t have been much.

If it had been several tens of thousands, there would have been money left over after buying the four major wedding items, and they wouldn’t have needed to both actively pay the bill at the wedding banquet while painfully counting the cost of four tables.

But of the items Yuan Han sold, just one Tian Huang seal was worth 150,000 Hong Kong dollars – Yuan Han would die of regret if he knew!

Of course, the Tian Huang seal reaching 150,000 Hong Kong dollars was partly due to Tang Yuanyue and Du Jiaoqi’s pride battle. Ordinary people wouldn’t have channels to get antiques into private auctions specifically targeting Hong Kong’s wealthy – but the item was genuinely valuable, with a starting price of 10,000 Hong Kong dollars proving it was worth at least that much.

Xia Xiaolan shook the jumbled thoughts from her head.

Yuan Han’s cheap sale of the items had nothing to do with her. Until Zhou Yi cleared the water from her brain, nothing outsiders said would matter.

After coveting the profits in antique trading for a while, Bai Zhenzhu couldn’t help discussing it with Xia Xiaolan, who counter-questioned:

“Better to stick with what you know. Sister Bai, do you understand antiques?”

Bai Zhenzhu shook her head.

“Then do you know anyone, someone particularly trustworthy, who’s an expert in the field?”

Bai Zhenzhu didn’t know anyone like that either.

She trusted her martial brothers and sisters, but they were all rough fighters.

Now these people worked for her and followed her orders diligently, but Bai Zhenzhu wouldn’t let them participate in decision-making – most of them couldn’t even keep accounts straight.

After Xia Xiaolan’s two questions, Bai Zhenzhu came to her senses:

“I understand what you mean. You’re saying this isn’t like running a transport team – being able to fight isn’t enough.”

Without trusted experts, one wouldn’t know if acquired items were genuine or fake.

Was Bai Zhenzhu supposed to go tomb raiding?

That would be nonsensical – her current business was doing well, so why enter a completely unfamiliar industry?

After Xia Xiaolan’s cold splash of reality, Bai Zhenzhu’s mind cleared.

“Staying in this place too long makes people restless!”

Bai Zhenzhu now particularly understood what Xia Xiaolan meant about Hong Kong is all about money. Following Xia Xiaolan, she’d seen Tang Yuanyue’s villa, these people driving sports cars, and today’s private auction where everyone was glamorous and spoke of hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars as mere numbers.

Bai Zhenzhu had established herself in Pengcheng – many people from the Bai Family Martial Arts School depended on her, she had the construction materials business, and had bought a brick factory… but her annual earnings were equivalent to what others casually spent on an antique vase.

Xia Xiaolan could understand this feeling. Upon entering truly wealthy circles and seeing the wealth gap, Bai Zhenzhu felt somewhat panicked and anxious.

People were easily stimulated at such times, wanting to quickly make big money, but big money wasn’t easily made – only with a calm mind could one know what they truly wanted!

Xia Xiaolan wasn’t in a hurry – she was about to go abroad, what business would she do in Hong Kong?

For someone just starting like her, no business could be completely handed over to others without personal oversight.

When Huo Chenzhou invited her to develop office buildings, Xia Xiaolan refused. Though Hong Kong had many business opportunities, she wouldn’t refuse a chance to make quick money in a few days and leave.

Xia Xiaolan’s appearance with Tang Yuanyue at the auction had stirred up a hornet’s nest.

Even Abby and others knew, so He Zhitong had no reason not to know.

Being strong-willed, the next day she made front-page headlines, actively announcing the termination of her engagement to Tang Yuanyue of the Yuhua Group.

Hong Kong’s paparazzi went wild.

He Zhitong’s announcement of the broken engagement provided plenty of gossip material.

According to insider sources, during their five-year engagement, He Zhitong had caught Tang Yuanyue cheating several times. This time he had even brought a woman to live with him on his property, finally crossing He Zhitong’s bottom line. Miss He angrily broke off the engagement. The article was cleverly illustrated with photos of Xia Xiaolan entering and leaving Tang Yuanyue’s villa-

“They can do this?”

Even Bai Zhenzhu was shocked by Hong Kong paparazzi’s lack of boundaries.

She had never been more than a meter away from Xia Xiaolan, but the unclear long-distance candid photos had completely cropped Bai Zhenzhu out.

Xia Xiaolan held the newspaper with a dark expression.

Tang Yuanyue’s broken engagement had truly been blamed on her.

“We should leave Hong Kong as soon as possible.”

Registering a company in Hong Kong or directly abroad didn’t require Xia Xiaolan’s presence – as long as she could afford the commission, someone in Hong Kong would handle it.

Only Wu Daonan hadn’t been met yet, and this meal couldn’t possibly be attended with Tang Yuanyue anymore.

Tang Yuanyue also called to apologize:

“I’ve arranged a time for you with Master Wu. This tabloid exposure wasn’t my doing, I hadn’t expected-“

“Beep… beep… beep…”

The phone line went dead, leaving Tang Yuanyue helpless.

A heavy blow to prove his loyalty had missed the brakes and things had developed beyond Tang Yuanyue’s expectations.

He had underestimated a woman’s desire for revenge, thinking everything was under control.

Even if He Zhitong didn’t like Tang Yuanyue, how could her pride be so easily wounded?

Though Xia Xiaolan’s photos were blurry, acquaintances could roughly recognize her figure. Xia Ziyu saw the newspaper and was shocked and weak – was this Xia Xiaolan? How had she come to Hong Kong and gotten involved with Yuhua’s eldest young master?

The newspaper wanted to do a deep dive on Xia Xiaolan, but Tang Yuanyue had already moved to suppress it.

Xia Ziyu read the entire gossip article, very much wanting to add fuel to the fire.

But she couldn’t make any moves.

She hadn’t found a patron yet and feared being exposed herself – Xia Xiaolan would have her arrested and sent back to the mainland for imprisonment.

Wanting revenge while being cautious of consequences, Xia Ziyu was extremely frustrated.

…

Du Zhaohui also saw the report.

He slammed his hand on the table, making his palm sting:

“The paparazzi are writing complete nonsense! I thought that Tang fellow had some integrity, but he’s so despicable, absolutely shameless!”

Ah Hua’s eye twitched listening to this.

Young Master, you’re not shameless at all – you knew early on about Mr. Tang discussing breaking off the engagement with the He family, why didn’t you warn Miss Xia to be careful?

In terms of shamelessness, Mr. Tang couldn’t even compare to you, Young Master.

Ah Hua stood quietly, watching Du Zhaohui say he was going out with a cold face, knowing Du Zhaohui must have further plans.

The Young Master had watched this situation unfold – what exactly did he want to do?