Stolen Life of the Poor Girl, Top Luxury Family's Group Favor

Chapter 104

Sheng Yuxiao's face darkened, "Then I might as well shave my head in the new year."

Secretary Wang chuckled and scolded, "You're out of line."

Sheng Yuxiao pulled out a bottle of water and handed it over, then said in a serious tone, "Li Xiaoya wouldn't cry."

"Really? Has she ever cried?" He hadn't seen the show, so all his knowledge of Li Xiaoya came from Sheng Yuxiao's narration.

"Only twice, in all."

"So, she's cried then?"

"How can these two instances be the same?" Sheng Yuxiao pulled out another bottle of water for himself, unscrewed the cap with a snap, leaned back, and his tone slightly rose, "One time she cried was when I held her to dodge a landslide. That time when my leg got injured, she cried. Which kid wouldn't be shocked by such an occurrence? She was scared something would happen to me."

"Another time was when she was taken away. I finally found her in the hospital with a fever. She cried as soon as she saw me."

The central idea was that the two times she cried, it was because of him.

No one else had that privilege.

Sheng Yuxiao's tone became a little somber, "Even when she was experiencing hardships, she wouldn't shed tears."

"Like an orange." Secretary Wang said calmly, "The outside is bitter, but the inside is sweet."

Sheng Yuxiao took a sip of water and said, "She's not an orange. Haven't you seen the artwork from my mother's exhibition that Ning Heng claimed for himself?"

"Hmm, I've heard a bit about it. A acquaintance of mine who is a Yakut wanted to buy it and even asked my assistant for any insider information. Ning Heng returned back to his country right after the exhibition, right? His nonchalance about leaving without any attachments created even more intrigue and inadvertently made the price surge a bit more."

"How much was the bid?" Sheng Yuxiao was interested in that.

Secretary Wang glanced at him with surprise, "Why are you interested in this?" After saying this, he picked up his phone, opened the search engine, and looked up the keywords. He found Ning Heng's art piece immediately.

The artwork was boldly titled "Xiao Ya."

"Inspired by her?" Secretary Wang arched an eyebrow.

"Yes. So if Ning Heng is going to sell it, he had better give Xiao Ya half of the earnings... Was the bid high? If it's low, forget it." Sheng Yuxiao said.

"Not particularly high, but if Ning Heng wants to sell it, I can help raise the price up a bit." Secretary Wang said with a slight smile.

Sheng Yuxiao was aware that for Secretary Wang, this was as easy as lifting a finger, a trivial piece of work.

He did not do this for any particular reason. It was just a convenient source of entertainment, just like his appearance here and partaking in this staged scenario.

"I'll ask Ning Heng about it some other day." Sheng Yuxiao paused and lightly touched the screen of his phone, "I also think that the portrait made by Ning Heng resembles her."

"Hmm."

Sheng Yuxiao then said solemnly, "She's not a plaything."

"More suited to be cared for?" Secretary Wang corrected himself, his expression still calm, he said in a soft tone, "Then she's better off at my home. Every tree that goes into the Gui family's house grows crooked. Your temper is too explosive, and that Qin kid is too gloomy and cunning. I am different......I am easygoing."

He even chuckled lightly while saying this.

Sheng Yuxiao turned his back to him, "Forget it, my mum said even the tortoises you took care of when you were young died. The turtle she is keeping doesn’t want to see you, for fear it’ll die at the sight of you."

"......"

Secretary Wang liked keeping many things.

He brought back a cactus from the desert; in the Middle East, he kept crocodiles and elephants; in North Africa, he nearly brought back people from a primitive tribe... later he found out the creatures he kept tended to die, so he switched to keeping mold.

This thing turned out to be quite resilient.

Sheng Yuxiao was often taken to see those peculiarly shaped fungi when he was young.

Recently, he showed interest in creating an ecological botanical garden… his hobbies were vast and ever-changing. Why would he even consider keeping Li Xiaoya?

Sheng Yuxiao knew it was just a passing thought for him, so he never took it to heart.

The car passed through the bustling section and finally stopped in front of a huge office building.

Secretary Wang took off his suit, changed into a trench coat, removed his black-rimmed glasses, and put on a mask and a duckbill hat. He said, "Let's go, wait for your payment."

After saying this, he pushed the door and got out. The person waiting by the building immediately greeted him, whispering, "Mr. Xu."

That's right.

There's no Secretary Wang, only Sheng Yuxiao's uncle, Xu Ji.

When Sheng Yuxiao called him, Xu Ji readily agreed and presented himself the next day.

There were no public images of Xu Ji, and no one took notice of his existence that year.

In Li Qingqing's memory, the forum's analysis of him wasn't until more than ten years later.

And Wei Wenjuan, who couldn't even get to know people like Wei Wenjuan, would certainly not know who Xu Ji was.

*

That night, when Li Xiaoya was back home, Wei Xuanming immediately asked her, "Did you spend that one million dollars in the card? What did you do with it? Tell me."

Wei Wenjuan couldn't stand this tone. Do I need to explain the details? Just one million? I wouldn't bother with her even if I gave her five million!

"Father......"

"I want to hear it from her," Wei Xuanming didn’t even spare a glance at him. He didn't really get why his son could not discern the crux of the matter.

Of course, his question was not meant for Xiao Ya.

He just wanted to know what she could achieve. If anything wasn't right, he would know when to remind her at the right time.

Why was he so resistant to his questions?

Li Xiaoya tugged at Wei Wenjuan's sleeve quietly under the table before answering herself: "I bought some shares."

"What shares?" Wei Xuanming was surprised.

He had thought at most she’d rely on flipping for a profit on a larger scale.

Does she even know how to evaluate shares?

Wei Lin chimed in, "The shares you can buy with a million... it must be a start-up company. There are many scammers who use shell companies to defraud investors these days..."

He found it puzzling. How was a girl who came from the mountains so bold? She could casually spend a million, wasn't she afraid of being blamed by the old man for being reckless?

Li Xiaoya said, "A million is not enough."

The words that Wei Lin was about to say stuck in his throat.

Wei Xuanming then asked, "How was the remaining money sorted out?"

Wei Wenqing happily pointed at himself.

"You called Wenqing?" Wei Xuanming asked again.

Li Xiaoya nodded, "My uncle gave me 4.8 million."

Wei Lin's heart skipped a beat, "So in total, it would be 5.8 million?"

Li Xiaoya nodded again: "There was even a bargain."

The secretary Wang that Sheng Yuxiao found for her was exceptionally good at negotiating.

The General Manager Liu asked for 1.08 million, and Secretary Wang slashed almost half of it.

Wei Lin could barely hold back his laughter.

Well, after all, they are from the mountains, aren’t they? They have no concept of money, right? They think that 580,000 is the same as 580?