Deliberately Approaching
Chapter 280: Tricked by My Own Brother Again

Chapter 280: Chapter 280: Tricked by My Own Brother Again

"It wasn’t me," Li Zishen hastened to explain, fearing that Tang Xiaowan might misunderstand him.

Tang Xiaowan didn’t speak, she just touched her nose and immediately took out the custom tool from her purse, opening the door in just a few tries.

However, before she could even put the tool away, Jiang Kexin had hurried over.

Trailing behind her was Leng Lingxiao.

What’s going on? Why is it Li Zishen? Shouldn’t it be my brother, Jian Kede?

At that moment, all sorts of thoughts were buzzing through Jiang Kexin’s head.

Ten minutes ago, she had received news that her brother Jian Kede had lured Tang Xiaowan to this large private room, intending to persistently bother her and take advantage.

Of course, she wasn’t so kind-hearted, she just wanted to see Tang Xiaowan be embarrassed.

But instead, she ended up being played for a fool.

Meanwhile, Tang Xiaowan habitually touched her prominent nose again.

This was going to be quite a spectacle to catch a cheater in the act!

If I had known earlier, I would have messed up my hair a bit, maybe smeared my lipstick too, to play along with you, so I wouldn’t look so foolish!

"Miss Jiang, the quality of this door is subpar; please find a better construction company next time."

After dropping this comment, Tang Xiaowan put away her tool, stuffed it back into her purse, and after giving Leng Lingxiao a fierce glare, she strode away.

Find a better construction company?

The Jiang Family started off in that business, so for Jiang Kexin, this was an outright insult.

"Hey, Tangtang, Tangtang!"

"Wait for me, Tangtang, Tangtang..."

Seeing that Tang Xiaowan had not only easily resolved the situation of being trapped but also managed to take away her crush, Leng Lingxiao, Jiang Kexin was furious and wished she could immediately implement her next plan.

But Li Zishen was there, so she had no choice but to give up for now and hastily apologized to him.

She explained that it was her negligence that had caused him a poor party experience, hoping that he would be understanding, and not leave halfway because of this.

Li Zishen, of course, wouldn’t leave, but not because of Jiang Kexin’s eloquence.

He was just too concerned about Tang Xiaowan.

From the jade decorations in the hall to the inexplicable lock-in, everything without exception had targeted both him and Tang Xiaowan.

The thought that the mastermind behind the scenes had already begun their actions was the first thing that came to Li Zishen’s mind.

...

On the other hand, in Leng Lingxiao’s private room, Tang Xiaowan’s cheeks puffed out, as if she were very angry.

"Tangtang, why the anger?"

"Why did you come so late? And with Jiang Kexin?"

"Please, I arrived a whole minute early. As for Jiang Kexin, you’re smart enough to guess that we just happened to meet on the way. She mentioned seeing you being brought into a private room and asked if I knew about it, so we came together."

"Psh, why explain so much?"

"Weren’t you just... oh, my mistake, don’t be mad, okay? It’s all my fault. So... that Li Zishen, what did he want from you? Was there something?"

"It’s actually nothing, just some talk about your shortcomings, suggesting I stay away from you."

Leng Lingxiao frowned, "Stirring trouble again?"

"Which is why from now on, you should be nicer to me, or else you never know when someone might covet."

They looked at each other and smiled, then took each other’s hands and sat down on the sofa.

They started to drill down into each other’s questions and answers about the jade decorations in the hall, about Wang Junchen and Jiangbei, and even the reason behind the locked door wasn’t overlooked.

However, as for the incident of Su Luoyi being attacked in Y country, Tang Xiaowan didn’t mention a word.

...

Soon enough, the auction began.

All the guests took their seats, Leng Lingxiao pulled Tang Xiaowan to sit in the middle row, away from Li Zishen but close to the exit.

"Tangtang, take a look, which one do you like? Don’t worry about the price, whatever you like, we’ll bid for."

"I don’t like any of them; they’re ugly to death!"

Tang Xiaowan certainly didn’t want to give the Jiang Family any face, especially since the incident with the locked door hadn’t blown over yet.

Of course, Leng Lingxiao was aware of her little schemes. In fact, before coming to the auction, he had already taken revenge on Tang Xiaowan’s behalf.

It was probably that after the cocktail party ended, Miss Jiang would definitely not find her new car, and a nightclub owned by the Jiang Family, along with two bars, had been visited by the local police ten minutes earlier.

If nothing went wrong, they would soon be sealed off for rectification by the relevant departments.

"Choose one to take back and give to Grandma."

Tang Xiaowan frowned and nodded, "Then the Nephrite Jade Bracelet, Grandma might like it."

"Just perfect, it’s a pair. Nice."

Then, the charity auction officially began, and a beautiful auctioneer walked onto the stage, announcing the first lot with a smile.

It was a beautiful evening gown made by a famous designer, with a starting price of 150,000.

It was covered with pearls and was stunningly gorgeous.

Since Tang Xiaowan was not interested in the gown, Leng Lingxiao didn’t raise his bidding paddle.

As the auction went on, one after another, priceless works of art, jewelry, and antiques were presented, each receiving fierce bidding.

Li Zishen acquired a very famous landscape painting and some jade decorations, while Leng Lingxiao and Tang Xiaowan did not join in the bidding, still focusing on the pair of Nephrite Jade Bracelets.

Li Zishen watched the entire process.

Finally, in the last phase of the auction, the pair of Nephrite Jade Bracelets was exhibited.

The beautiful auctioneer introduced the bracelets’ provenance and value, with a starting bid of 500,000.

Leng Lingxiao and Tang Xiaowan exchanged a smile and raised their bidding paddles, while Li Zishen at a distance gave a slight nod and a nonchalant smile.

He wouldn’t snatch what Tang Xiaowan liked.

"Brother Shen, I just got news that several of the Jiang Family’s stores have been sealed off."

Li Zishen raised his eyebrow, "They got what they deserved."

"Yes, indeed they did."

Chen Xin turned to look at Leng Lingxiao and suddenly felt a chill down his spine, recalling what Bai Long had said about him.

This guy was truly decisive in killing!

Incredible! He sorted things out effortlessly and would surely become Brother Shen’s strong rival.

Chen Xin frowned at the thought.

After several rounds of bidding, Leng Lingxiao and Tang Xiaowan successfully acquired the pair of high-quality Nephrite Jade Bracelets for 2 million.

Then, Leng Lingxiao took Tang Xiaowan to complete the transaction procedures.

The name written down was Tang Xiaowan.

Just as they were preparing to leave, Jiang Kexin came over, smiling, "Brother Ling Xiao, congratulations on bidding for the pair of Nephrite Jade Bracelets."

"Thank you, as long as Tangtang likes it."

Though seemingly responding to Jiang Kexin, Leng Lingxiao’s eyes remained fixed on Tang Xiaowan.

The affection in his eyes drove Jiang Kexin mad.

But because she couldn’t let go of her pride, she continued stiffly, "Today’s auction was very successful! I believe we will have more opportunities to work together in the future, right, Brother Ling Xiao?"

"Me and You, the Jiang Family, will never cooperate."

After dropping this statement, Leng Lingxiao left with Tang Xiaowan, and one of his bodyguards ruthlessly blocked Jiang Kexin.

"Never cooperate," what did that mean?

Did it mean that Brother Ling Xiao wanted to break off all ties with the Jiang Family and never contact them again?

Because that girl was locked in the private room?

Damn it! It must have been Jiang Kede’s doing, now who knew if the renewed collaboration with Li Zishen would be affected?

The more Jiang Kexin thought about it, the angrier she got, and she headed straight for the private rooms in the hall.

Before the cocktail party started, she had shown mercy and hadn’t exposed her brother Jiang Kede’s issues with the spokesperson to their father, little did she realize she had been outmaneuvered by his schemes.

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