Chapter 313: 9.3 Billion Is Enough
Qiao Xi’s face instantly turned cold.
What did he mean? Was he saying that the money would be his in the future? Was he deliberately provoking Gu Zheng?
Qiao Xi was just about to speak when Gu Zheng said indifferently, “Mr. Lu, perhaps your thoughts are too limited.”
Qiao Xi: “…”
She was so angry that she was about to faint. Gu Zheng had a vicious tongue. How could he be bullied?
Lu Yan’s expression was calm as he directly increased the price to 8 billion. “It seems that President Gu is determined to win this island?”
Gu Zheng sneered and raised the placard again.
It was about to reach 10 billion. As expected.
Unexpectedly…
Gu Zheng said, “9.3 billion.”
Everyone: “???”
What was going on? What was with the decimal point? This was not Gu Zheng’s character at all!
Lu Yan’s expression darkened.
Qiao Xi was slightly puzzled as well. She thought that Gu Zheng would directly raise it to 10 billion. What was up with this 9.3 billion?
However, when she saw Lu Yan’s ugly expression, Qiao Xi knew that Gu Zheng had won.
It did not need to be raised to 10 billion. It only needed to be 9.3 billion.
Lu Yan suppressed the emotions in his heart and sighed helplessly. “President Gu, since you like this island so much, I won’t compete anymore.”
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. This battle had finally come to an end.
“It’s not that you don’t want to compete anymore.” However, Gu Zheng suddenly said, “It’s because you can’t win.”
Lu Yan could not win?
A trace of mockery flashed past Gu Zheng’s eyes.
Lu Yan was not his match at all. This was the truth.
“You only have 9.2 billion yuan in assets, so 9.3 billion is enough for you to admit defeat.”
Gu Zheng’s expression was indifferent as he said slowly, “You still want to give her a gift?”
Lu Yan’s expression was calm, but his eyes were filled with coldness.
Everyone could not help but sigh. “Lu Yan only has 9.2 billion yuan in assets, but President Gu…”
The person paused for a moment and continued, “9.3 billion is nothing to President Gu.”
Indeed, it was nothing.
Looking at Gu Zheng’s indifferent expression, they knew that this money was just a number to him.
Lu Yan suppressed the anger in his heart. He had taken out all his assets but they were not even half of Gu Zheng’s.
This difference made Lu Yan feel powerless. His eyes were filled with gloom.
…
After Gu Zheng bought the island, Song Shiyu went to pay for it.
Song Shiyu suddenly said, “Our president has also paid for Miss Qiao’s 100 million yuan. The president said that the name of the foundation should be ‘Xi Zheng’ or ‘Gu Qiao’. We have to choose between these two names.”
Everyone: “???”
Xi Zheng?
This was clearly a combination of Gu Zheng and Qiao Xi’s names! So what was their relationship?
At this moment, Xue Liang happened to walk over. The few of them muttered softly, “Do you know Qiao Xi and Qin An’s relationship?”
“I don’t.”
“I heard that after Qiao Xi was chased out of the family when she was young, she was adopted by the Qin family. She’s known as Qin An’s sister. Qin An and Xue Liang are brothers with different surnames, so it’s reasonable for Xue Liang to treat Qin An’s sister as his own.”
Everyone was enlightened.
The person continued, “So President Gu and Qiao Xi are so close because of Qin An?”
The others echoed, “That’s right! Qin An is Qiao Xi’s elder brother, so he has always been protecting her. Xue Liang also takes good care of Qiao Xi and is her elder brother, so it must be the same with President Gu!”
…
After paying, Song Shiyu returned to the auction house. “President, it’s done.”
Gu Zheng nodded, took out his phone, and showed Qiao Xi a few photos of the island before introducing the surrounding scenery to her.
Suddenly, a few people walked over with obsequious expressions. “President Gu, I didn’t know about your relationship with Miss Qiao before this. Please don’t take offense.”
Gu Zheng looked up, and the few of them said one after another, “Miss Qiao, we were confused by Yao Mengqing before this and misunderstood you. If we had known about your relationship with President Gu, we definitely wouldn’t have thought too much about it.”
Qiao Xi widened her eyes.
Oh no! Had their marriage been exposed?
Qiao Xi’s heart turned cold when she saw their hypocritical expressions..
Chapter 314: Guess Which Brother I Like Most?
At that time, the Yao family mocked her for being a plaything and they lost the qualification to enter the auction house. These people knew now that she was Mrs. Gu, so they immediately rushed over to apologize?
Seeing that Qiao Xi wasn’t saying anything, the women looked embarrassed. “Miss Qiao, it’s not our fault for not knowing. We didn’t expect you and President Gu to…”
They leaned over slightly. “It’s also because of what the Yao family said that we thought like that.”
Qiao Xi’s face was slightly red as she hurriedly waved her hand. “It’s fine, but how did all of you find out?”
Hearing Qiao Xi’s words, everyone was even more certain of her relationship with Gu Zheng.
Their expressions were solemn. They had to get Qiao Xi to forgive them today. Otherwise, it would bring a devastating blow to their respective families.
The few of them wanted to kneel on the floor. “We guessed it. If you and President Gu had told us earlier, we wouldn’t have dared to offend you. Miss Qiao, if you don’t want outsiders to know, we won’t say a word!”
Qiao Xi raised her eyes to look at Gu Zheng.
He sat beside her with one hand on the chair, looking very lazy yet domineering.
Everyone saw that President Gu wasn’t saying anything, which meant that he had tacitly acknowledged the two’s relationship. They had to build a good relationship with Qiao Xi in the future!
President Gu’s younger sister… That meant she was the daughter of a truly wealthy family! It was the greatest honor.
Even though Yao Mengqing was President Gu’s childhood friend, for the sake of his younger sister, he wouldn’t care about his friend.
It was obvious who was closer between a sister and a friend.
The ladies started fawning over them. “President Gu is so nice to Miss Qiao!”
Qiao Xi blushed and lowered her head shyly.
How did this matter get out? How embarrassing!
Qiao Xi said shyly, “We just got married…” They hadn’t been married for long, so they had yet to make any official announcements. She hoped nobody would spread the news.
Before she could finish his sentence, she heard a woman’s voice—
“Although the two of you aren’t biological siblings, President Gu only has you as his sister. He’s really good to you. It’s such a blessing to have an older brother like President Gu!”
Qiao Xi: “…”
She swallowed the words that came out of her mouth, then coughed violently as her cheeks started flushing.
She looked at her in shock and asked in disbelief, “What? Gu Zheng and I are siblings?”
Everyone exclaimed, “Yes! We all know that President Gu is your brother. Miss Qiao, you don’t have to hide it anymore. Qin An is your brother and Xue Liang is your brother. So of course, President Gu is also your brother!”
“…”
Qiao Xi gulped and was forced to nod under the confident gazes of everyone. “Right… We’re… siblings.”
After everyone left, Qiao Xi’s heart that was hanging in the air finally relaxed.
Unexpectedly, a faint voice came from beside her. “Siblings?”
Qiao Xi’s heart thumped as she slowly turned around.
Gu Zheng smirked. “You have quite a number of brothers.”
Qiao Xi instantly felt a chill run down her spine. Gu Zheng was truly too terrifying. He seemed to be smiling, but in reality, his smile didn’t reach his eyes.
Yes, she had many brothers. There was nothing wrong with that!
No!
Qiao Xi looked at him with slight bewilderment.
‘Is Gu Zheng jealous? Why is he so jealous?
‘Are you jealous of my brothers?’
Gu Zheng blushed and turned his face away.
Qiao Xi squeezed out a fawning smile and moved in front of him, speaking in a coquettish voice, “Gu Zheng, you’re my older brother as well, but you’re different from them.”
Gu Zheng’s body instantly heated up as he suppressed the restlessness in his heart.
Her elegant breath landed on him, while her delicate body was pressed against his. She even spoke in such a soft voice. What was she trying to do?
Gu Zheng’s eyes darkened as his voice turned hoarse. “I’m not your brother.”
Qiao Xi pouted shyly, her eyes filled with temptation. “Actually, I have a favorite brother. Do you want to know who he is?”
Gu Zheng felt a wave of anger rush to his head.
Those brothers of hers grew up with her. Thinking of those men who were not related to her by blood but spent time with her, Gu Zheng felt frustrated.
Qiao Xi sighed.. “I thought you’d surely know the answer to that!”