"Is that so?" Qin Jiang sneered, "You won't be laughing for long."
Under everyone's scorching gazes,
the man spoke solemnly, "Now, let's begin designating the betrothal gifts."
"Dowry, in cash 88.88 million!"
"Plus eight thousand taels of gold!"
"Metallic jewelry including gold bracelets, gold hairpins, emperor's jade necklace with jadeite, and a dragon and phoenix love lock... totaling 52 million! Symbolizing perfect harmony and lasting love!"
"Lastly, presenting a contract personally drafted by Mr. Shen, a collaboration project worth one hundred million!"
"Hiss!"
The words 'one hundred million' shocked everyone present on the spot.
"Hahaha—" Wu Xiaolong was exceptionally proud, "I knew Uncle Shen dotes on me! Qin Jiang, did you see that? I'm working with sums of tens and hundreds of millions easily, what can you possibly bring to compete with me?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than the man's voice reached everyone's ears.
"Mr. Shen presents a gift totaling two hundred million!"
"Wishing..."
"Mr. Qin Jiang and Miss Xu Muge the greatest fortune on your engagement, harmonious as the strings of a lute and zither, an everlasting union—"
When the last word dropped, a dead silence suddenly fell over the room!
Wishing... Qin Jiang?
Everyone was stunned, their brains unable to process the information. Had they heard wrong?
Wu Xiaolong's head buzzed with noise as his fury spiked, and he yelled, "What the hell are you doing? You even got my name wrong!"
The man stated indifferently, "Sorry, Mr. Wu, but we didn't make any mistake."
"The gift from Mr. Shen is indeed for Mr. Qin."
After this confirmation, the Xu Family erupted once again.
Wu Xiaolong was utterly bewildered.
Shen Longting was giving this guy a gift?
Then, the man holding a contract approached Qin Jiang, "Mr. Qin! Our task is complete; we will take our leave now."
The people sent by Shen Longting promptly exited the Xu Family residence at a rapid pace.
Qin Jiang signed the contract, and handed it to Xu Muge, "Muge, take this."
"You decide what to do with this contract."
Xu Muge took a deep breath, holding back the storm of shock in her heart!
Why on earth had Shen Longting suddenly sent such a generous gift?
Xu Zilong also roared, "You'd better go and kneel before Mr. Wu to beg for mercy right away, don't drag our Xu Family into this, you jinx!"
They were in a panic, it was obvious that Wu Xiaolong now hated the Xu Family as well!
The Xu Family had already become so desolate that it had fallen out of the second-tier family ranks while Wu Xiaolong's father was the second largest shareholder of the Longting Group, with immense power. He could simply utter a word to leave the Xu Family with no place to bury their dead!
Now they were finished...
Qin Jiang said coldly, "What does that have to do with me? This is the disaster your Xu Family brought upon itself."
"You—" The members of the Xu Family were so angry they could spit blood.
Qin Jiang said coldly, "I haven't even settled the score with you for imprisoning Muge."
The members of the Xu Family, seeing Qin Jiang's frosty expression, were filled with both fear and anger.
Xu Muge said sternly, "Grandfather, with so many betrothal gifts in front of you now, why are you still thinking about Wu Xiaolong's measly offerings?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Jiang fell silent.
"Someone, take these gifts!"
He gestured with a wave of his hand.
"Hold on!" Qin Jiang said coldly, "This is the betrothal gift, and you haven't even agreed to the marriage yet, but you want to accept the gift? Isn't that a bit too funny?"
Xu Jiang's old face darkened, "Betrothal gift? Keep dreaming, this is compensation to our Xu Family! You've cost our Xu Family the chance of a lifetime to rise to greatness, and these compensations, are still far from enough for our losses!"
Seeing Xu Jiang acting so shamelessly, Xu Muge's face also darkened, "In that case, Qin Jiang, take these things back, I'll tear up this contract worth over a hundred million."
With that, she made a motion as though she would tear the contract into pieces!
"You wouldn't dare!"
Xu Jiang panicked, as this was a contract worth over a hundred million! How could he bear to tear it up?
Xu Muge said indifferently, "If you don't accept Qin Jiang, do you still have the audacity to take the betrothal gifts he sent?"
"If you don't agree to my engagement with Qin Jiang, then you won't get any of this cash, gold, or the contract worth a hundred million!"
Xu Jiang said, "Fine, I agree."
Anyway, Qin Jiang had already offended Wu Xiaolong, and Wu Xiaolong wasn't someone who would let him off easily. He agreed for now to secure these possessions before anything else.
If one day something happened to Qin Jiang, Xu Muge would still need to find another partner, wouldn't she?
As for why Qin Jiang could have Shen Longting bring such a generous gift, Xu Jiang guessed that it was most likely due to a favor left by his father.
Now, that favor was used up.
After all, these items were quite valuable, even the greatest favor would be settled with this!
Xu Muge said indifferently, "I have one more condition."
Suppressing his rage, Xu Jiang said, "Speak."
Xu Muge spoke deliberately, "I want to return to the Xu Group as CEO."