Chapter 52
They Are Selling The Old House
Wen Biyu laughed, and with her arms crossed in front of her chest, deliberately squeezed her body to reveal more of her cleavage.
An Xiaowan pursed her lips and said, “Keep talking.”
Gloating, Wen Biyu continued with a smirk, “I heard Madam Du is selling the house.”
An Xiaowan’s eyes widened.
The An family had their beginnings in that old house. An Yanmo had built it brick by brick.
It had always been the An family’s residence. Every other generation would refurbish or renovate the place to maintain it.
That is where the An family’s roots are! How could she sell it?
An Xiaowan clenched her hands tightly into a fist. “Who told you that?”
“It was An Xue who told me. I’m not lying.” Wen Biyu then cocked her head to one side and taunted, “Aren’t you filthy rich? Why don’t you buy the house?”
Wen Biyu knew that An Xiaowan could not afford it.
The An family home was situated at the Golden Belt. In such places within the Capital where land prices skyrocketed, properties like the An family house would sell for astronomical amounts.
On top of that, An Xiaowan, who had been labeled as the murderer of her father, had no right to stop Du Yunlan from selling the house!
An Xiaowan’s face turned cold.
An Xiaowan ignored Wen Biyu’s glee over her predicament, and quickly changed her clothes and left.
It was already dark outside.
An Xiaowan called for a cab and rushed down to the old house. When she reached just outside the property, she saw the “For Sale” sign. At this point, her rage and hatred were uncontrollable.
She was wrongly accused of murdering her father and disowned by the family. She lost everything.
First, Du Yunlan and An Xue took claim over all of the An family’s properties. Now, they want to sell the An family’s roots!
This place was full of her childhood memories, as well as the memories of her father.
She would never allow Du Yunlan to sell it!
An Xiaowan whipped out her phone at once. “Sister Susan, help me check on An Xue and Du Yunlan’s whereabouts now.”
Susan had a wide network of contacts, and it did not take long before she replied. “Such a coincidence. All three of them, Chen Yinian, Du Yunlan, and An Xue, are making an important business deal at Mo Luote Hotel.”
“Good. Very good.”
An Xiaowan narrowed her eyes as she said in a rigid, cold voice.
Lowering her phone, she was feeling so mad that her fingers trembled. It felt like her entire body was shrouded in deep hatred.
She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and used all of her self-control to suppress all those raging feelings within her.
It had been a long time, ever since she cleared her name as a murderer, that she felt such wild anger and lost control. She tried hard to control herself by consoling herself to take things one step at a time. One day, she would be able to pull them down.
After she ended the call, An Xiaowan asked the driver to make a detour to Mo Luote Hotel.
Inside the Huo Building.
Huo Shen finished another meeting when he realized An Xiaowan had not arrived. He frowned and thought,
“Where is she?”
Assistant Luo shook his head nervously. “I couldn’t get through at first… Then, I received information that An Xiaowan was checking about An Xue and Du Yunlan’s whereabouts.
Huo Shen’s cold eyes narrowed.
This woman was not taking his words seriously.
At Mo Luote Hotel.
The hotel had a European-style architecture. Although it was not the best in the Capital, it was the favorite amongst the upper-class foreigners because of its style and decor.
An Xiaowan got out of the car and stood at the grand and majestic entrance of the hotel. Both her hands clenched into fists on the sides.
She calmed and steadied herself. Then, with her head up high, she strutted in her high heels straight to the private room where the three of them were.
Seeing that she was a little flustered, a service staff approached her and queried, “Excuse me, Mam, are you looking for someone?”
Although An Xiaowan’s eyes remained cold and emotionless, a passionate and alluring smile appeared on her face.
With fluttering lips, An Xiaowan said plainly, “I have an appointment with Madam Du in room 605.”
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The service staff saw An Xiaowan dressed in high-end limited edition clothes and was mindful not to treat her poorly. She thought to herself,
“This lady is dressed so sophisticatedly, it is unlikely she would be up to anything indecent.”
Hence, she did not question An Xiaowan further and allowed An Xiaowan to enter the VIP lounge.
Standing outside room 605, An Xiaowan could hear the scandalous conversation from inside the room.
An Xiaowan pursed her lips and pushed open the door.
The people inside the room suddenly stopped talking. Everyone looked up towards the door.
There were five people in the room, two men with dark faces, and then Chen Yinian, An Xue, and Du Yunlan.
An Xiaowan laughed softly. Then she elegantly walked over and chose a random seat to sit down.
“Is she somebody we know?” Among the two men, the one looking slightly younger asked in fluent English.
An Xue’s face was already turning pale when An Xiaowan spoke up. “I am An Xiaowan, An Xue’s elder sister. My apologies, Mr. Smith, Mr. Frank, I am late. I ask for your kind understanding.”
“Oh, no worries.” Seeing that An Xiaowan had pronounced their names accurately, the two men were very pleased.
An Xiaowan had spoken in fluent English.
Although not perfect, it was considered eloquent and proficient enough to amaze anyone.
Du Yunlan frowned and looked at An Xiaowan, struggling to look as calm as possible. “Wan, what are you doing here?”
“I have something to discuss with you, you have something to discuss with them, so I thought we could all have a discussion together.” An Xiaowan was smiling as she casually leaned back on her seat.
Du Yunlan’s face changed at once. She was on the verge of calling for security to bring An Xiaowan out, but it would not be a good thing to do so in front of her clients.
“Wan, we can talk about it later on.”
Chen Yinian also frowned and said, “An Xiaowan, stop fooling around.”
An Xiaowan ignored them. Instead, she leaned forward, put her arms on the table, and said in fluent English, “Where did we stop?”
“Oh yes, my lady, let us continue.”
Soon enough, An Xiaowan learned that their discussion today was regarding an artificial intelligence project.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming an integral part of our everyday lives. Whoever takes this opportunity to lead in developing its usage is bound to reap huge profits later.
However, developing such projects requires huge amounts of investments. No wonder Du Yunlan thought of selling the old house.
An Xiaowan feigned an expression of panic and astonishment and exaggeratedly covered her mouth with her hand. “Wouldn’t that require a lot of money?”
She said that in English.
Du Yunlan turned rigid with anger.
Then, An Xiaowan lowered her voice and pretended to mutter to herself. “No wonder we are selling the family’s old house…”
Mr. Smith’s eyes shot up when he heard An Xiaowan. “What did you say just now?” he probed.
When they came here, they were not looking for too many investors this time, instead; they were focused on quality. They needed financially stable investors, not those who had to scavenge every cent they could find.
“She…”
Chen Yinian was about to say something to salvage the situation, but An Xiaowan was one step ahead of him. She hastily covered her mouth and shook her head as if she said something she shouldn’t have. Then, in a subtle but deliberate manner, she cautiously turned towards Du Yunlan and the rest and said, “I’m sorry. I was only spouting nonsense just now.”
It would have been better if she didn’t say that.
An Xiaowan’s words only further authenticated what she said earlier.
Mr. Smith and Mr. Frank looked at one another. Their expressions were not the same as before.
An Xue, who had been tightly clutching her bag anxiously, could not take it anymore. She stood up angrily and grabbed An Xiaowan.
“An Xiaowan, you’re doing this on purpose!” An Xue immediately shot a look at Mr. Smith and said in English, “Mr. Smith, Mr. Frank, she has long been disowned and is no longer a part of the family. What she said just now has nothing to do with our investments. She is doing this on purpose to get us into trouble!”