Lin Lang had planned to take back the IOU and leave. As for everything that followed, naturally, it would be handled jointly by both sides' subordinates.
But when he took the IOU from Ji Xi's hand—
The veins on his forehead began to throb wildly.
His teeth ground together with a crackling sound. "President Yan."
"Can you explain what this is?"
Yan Xianjue raised his brows with a smile. "Does President Lin not like the lamination?"
"But I thought it would make it easier to preserve."
"After all, I wasn't sure whether President Lin would repay the debt, so I was planning to put it in the Yan Household's collection room as a family heirloom. Maybe someday, when the Yan Household hosts a banquet, we could use the Ji Household's display shelf as a reference and put it on display."
"Now President Lin can take it home and preserve it himself. Consider it paying for a lesson."
"Ji Xi, what do you think of my suggestion?"
Ji Xi said, "Practical, fair, feasible, targeted, and exceptionally excellent."
Yan Xianjue: "..."
If he remembered correctly, weren't those words from variety show livestream comments?
Had Ji Xi started copying livestream comments too?
Yan Xianjue looked at him suspiciously. "Are you serious?"
Ji Xi nodded firmly.
He had personally taken it to be laminated, after all.
Actually, he did not really support Yan Xianjue taking this gambling stake.
It was only a little over seven hundred million. Sooner or later, he could help Yan Xianjue earn it back through legitimate means.
Provoking Lin Lang and the others would not get them any benefits.
Of course, since Lin Lang had already delivered the money, he would not turn it away.
If Lin Lang refused to pay, that was Lin Lang's problem. But if Lin Lang