"Ayue, when are you finally going to take action? If you wait any longer, your son will be surnamed Zhou!"

Liu Mengmeng, covered in sweat, nestled in Qian Yue's arms, playfully poking his bare chest with her finger.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

"How could I let our son be surnamed Zhou!"

He flicked a cigarette, took a drag.

"By the way, how is the thing I asked you to take care of?"

Liu Mengmeng snorted.

"Of course, it's taken care of."

"I eavesdropped on Zhou Man's phone call to Zhou Chen. She told him not to trust you completely. She even said that she's determined to win the Jinchenbaodi land and told him not to tell you or get involved. After the deal, she will give him ten percent of the profit."

"Hah, I heard that many people were competing for it. When I expressed my interest in buying it, Zhou Man adamantly refused and confidently claimed that there was something wrong with the land."

"So she was just trying to mislead me with this. That damn woman!"

"If she manages to secure it and turn it into a tourist resort, then everything I've done so far will have been in vain. That's why I must secure this piece of land!"

On the day of the bidding, Qian Yue appeared at the site full of confidence, with Liu Mengmeng and Zhou Chen following behind him. Zhou Chen seemed uneasy and didn't dare to look at me.

When he saw me, I pretended to be surprised and then glared angrily at Zhou Chen.

"Zhou Chen, you really are two-faced!"

Liu Mengmeng held Zhou Chen's hand, appearing extremely aggrieved.

"Sister, even Ah Chen didn't mind you, an outsider, meddling in our family affairs. How could you bear to humiliate him in front of so many people?"

The people nearby started whispering.

"I've heard that this little Zhou is from an illegitimate background, but I didn't expect her to be so arrogant."

"Exactly, Zhou Shao is the legitimate successor. I don't know what this Dong is thinking. Neglecting his own son and favoring a girl…"

"Both Qian and Zhou are from the Zhou family, why are they bidding separately…"

"You don't know about this? I heard that little Zhou is afraid of being abandoned by the Zhou family, so she has already connected herself to the Gu family. Maybe she's bidding for them."

Seeing everyone condemning me, Liu Mengmeng couldn't help but smirk.

The bidding started quickly.

I raised my paddle first.

"Fifty million."

Qian Yue followed closely.

"Eighty million."

I increased the price nonchalantly.

"One billion."

"..."

The price doubled the starting bid, and seeing that, the others quietly withdrew.

When I raised the price to two billion, Qian Yue started hesitating.

I gave him a contemptuous smile and showed him my phone.

I sent him a file, and on it were detailed records of the fortune he had amassed in these past few months.

After he finished reading, his face turned pale, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

He knew that if these documents were handed over to the board of directors, he would be finished.

This piece of land before his eyes was his last resort.

Even if he was kicked out of the Zhou family, he could make a comeback with this resort project.

He gritted his teeth and stared at me.

"Two billion five hundred million."

I pretended not to give up and raised my paddle, but was tightly held back by my assistant.

In his anger and unwillingness, Qian Yue saw a glimpse of hope.

"Two billion five hundred million once, two billion five hundred million twice... Two billion five hundred million three times! Sold!"

With a heavy burden lifted from my heart, Qian Yue provokingly said.

"Zhou Man, you were just a step away."

I stood up, casually adjusted my skirt, and glanced at Zhou Chen.

Seeing him push away Liu Mengmeng's hand and completely change his disrespectful attitude, he quickly walked to my side and put his assistant's coat on my shoulders.

I arched an eyebrow at Qian Yue.

"I wonder if Uncle Qian has ever heard of an idiom."

"It's called 'inviting a guest into the trap'."