Return to the Day When My Pregnant Wife Jumped Off the Building-Chapter 286: Not Giving Any Tangible Benefits_1

At 10:30 pm, after the banquet ended, Guan Qingchang did not join his wife Lu Lichun in a car, but instead got into Guan Ruiming’s car.

"Uncle, Xiao Ming is just too despicable! If I don’t kill him, I might never get over this!" Guan Ruiming said viciously.

"He indeed deserves to die."

Guan Qingchang’s tone remained calm, but his voice was very gloomy, "And he will die soon!"

Guan Ruiming’s eyes lit up, "What do you mean?"

"That lord never said why we had to bid for that bronze hairpin, but now it seems that he, like Xiao Ming, knew it belonged to Empress Dowager Cixi."

"Now, not only has Xiao Ming stolen the object, he also flaunts his intention to donate it to the museum, essentially dashing anyone else’s hopes.

With that lord’s domineering nature, how could he possibly spare him?"

"Right!" Guan Ruiming clapped his hands excitedly, "That lord is someone who even dares to strike Mr. Li; Xiao Ming snatching food from his mouth is simply like an old man seeking death - utterly tired of living!"

Guan Qingchang gave him a glance and said, "So, now there’s only one problem left."

"What problem?"

"To avoid that lord’s wrath for failing to complete the task befalling us."

Guan Ruiming’s expression stiffened, and then, as if realizing something, he widened his eyes and shivered as he asked, "Uncle, you... you aren’t suggesting I meet that lord, are you?"

"Who else if not you? Should I go instead?"

"It’s not that... Uncle, you know my capabilities. What if I accidentally say the wrong thing and make that lord even angrier? What then?"

"I believe in you."

Guan Qingchang patted his shoulder, his face filled with earnest care, "Unfortunately, your uncle has no sons, always treating and raising you as his own.

Although you’ve lost to Xiao Ming tonight, you lost not because of lack of ability, but because of the unknown against the known. He just took advantage of knowing the truth about the hairpin to get ahead first. That doesn’t count.

What’s impressive is you coming up with the ’Jade Beetle Elytra’ idea on the spot.

Ruiming, have confidence. This is a great opportunity for practice and your first close encounter with a noble from a top family mansion to feel the depth beneath their arrogance, which will be greatly beneficial for your mentality and growth.

Don’t worry, I’ll teach you what to say.

You’re my own protege; there’s no reason you can’t outdo a wild kid like Xiao Ming."

Seeing his uncle speak so seriously and solemnly, Guan Ruiming realized he couldn’t change the decision and reluctantly nodded in agreement.

What he didn’t know was that in Guan Qingchang’s mind, he was thinking: I’m too old for this, my status and position are well-established, how could I tolerate being lectured like a child?

You are the younger generation; it’s only natural for you to suffer in my place!

Meanwhile, Furukawa Shizuka had just finished explaining her interaction with Xiao Ming to her father and brothers.

At the end she knelt down on the floor, "Father, I underestimated Xiao Ming, leading to being blackmailed by him and failing our mission, bringing shame to the Furukawa Family name. Please punish me, father!"

Furukawa Tairou, the Consulate Counselor, looked at his daughter with icy eyes and said, "We all underestimated Xiao Ming’s cunning. The failure of this mission is not solely your fault.

But clearly, he is quite interested in you. Why did you repeatedly refuse him?"

Furukawa Shizuka bit her lip, her forehead pressed against the back of her hand, silent.

"Hmph! Being a woman yet liking women, this is the true disgraceful act that brings shame upon the Furukawa Family’s honor!"

"Father, you know that I can’t control this part of me. The mere thought of a man touching me makes me physically repulsed and nauseated."

"So were you repulsed tonight?"

Furukawa Shizuka was stunned, recalling her encounter with Xiao Ming in the archives room. Although her heart still harbored considerable revulsion and anger, she indeed did not feel nauseated.

"Perhaps... perhaps it’s because he didn’t touch any of my private parts..."

"If that’s the case, try dating him," Furukawa Tairou commanded indisputably. "Get to the bottom of his true intentions as soon as possible and find an opportunity to make him work for us.

If you can pull this off, then, in the future, even if you want to bring a woman into the family, I won’t stand in your way."

Furukawa Shizuka opened her mouth, but in the end, she could only sigh and lower her head, "Yes, Father, I will do my best not to disappoint you."

At this moment, Furukawa Jianyi spoke up, "Judging from the information Xiao Ming revealed tonight, Deputy Director Hao Jianwen’s identity has been completely grasped by the Anti-Intelligence Department of Han Country.

Shouldn’t we arrange for his evacuation as soon as possible?"

Furukawa Tairou was silent for a moment, a fierce light entering his eyes, "A Han Country traitor is not worth wasting our operational budget on, let him die in an ’accident’."

"Understood!"

Furukawa Jianyi and Furukawa Shizuka nodded in unison.

Xiao Ming became famous once again.

Although the video of the banquet didn’t leak out, the news about finding a suspected love letter from Empress Dowager Cixi through an ordinary bronze hairpin was too sensational for anyone to keep to themselves.

Coupled with the Furukawa Family’s deliberate promotion, Xiao Ming’s name quickly reappeared in the major media and online platforms.

Thus, to his image as a humorous, wealthy, and devoted man was added another trait: erudition.

Good lord, his female fans went completely crazy. Those who could, left frantic messages under his Twitter posts, and those who couldn’t flocked to his blog—where all articles were ghostwritten by Zhou Qingyuan and which he had never seen—gushing over them.

There were even questions about when he would divorce.

Naturally, Gu Tinglan once again took on the role of his "assistant manager," with her phone ringing nonstop from morning to night.

But Xiao Ming said, before the donation ceremony, he would not accept any interviews; she could only exhaust her ingenuity to politely decline and apologize to the various media outlets. freёwebnoѵel.com

"What a marvelous item, why would you donate it?"

Inside the hotel suite, Yang Hanqing cradled the wooden box and admired the bronze hairpin, eyes gleaming, unable to put it down.

"Why keep it?"

Xiao Ming was lying on the couch, enjoying the professional massage from Xiao Bing, and replied listlessly, "Even if it really belonged to Empress Dowager Cixi, at most it’s worth ten or twenty million. Who in our family is in need of such a trivial sum?"

Yang Hanqing giggled and, squatting down, leaned close to his face, "I like it when you say ’our family.’"

"Is that enough?" Xiao Ming rolled his eyes. "Then, I’ll say it to you every day."

"How annoying! You don’t give anything substantial, just smooth talk."

After pinching him, Yang Hanqing leaned against the couch and sat on the carpet. Looking at the box in her hands, she said, "You don’t care about that ten or twenty million, but you could give it to me!

A love letter written by Empress Dowager Cixi, how romantic!

Tell me, was it for Emperor Xianfeng? Yixuan? Or maybe Ronglu?"

Xiao Ming laughed, "The phrase ’hoping for a glimpse of you’ doesn’t sound like spousal teasing, so the possibility of it being for Emperor Xianfeng is slim.

It means this is most likely a testimony of an affair—a love-struck woman stepping out of bounds.

Comrade Yang Hanqing, your misunderstanding of romance is far too great."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was suddenly pushed open. Ding Jianwei came rushing in, shoving Xiao Bing aside, who was attending to Xiao Ming’s back, and plopped down on his buttocks.

"Hao Jianwen is dead."