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My phone kept vibrating during the auction.

After the Duan Xing ended, he checked his phone and found several missed calls from employees of the Welfare Institute whom he had previously bribed.

Duan Xing him back, and the other party said that Duan Sheng suddenly had a high fever that night and had been sent to the hospital. He gave him the hospital address.

Duan Xing's heart tightened. He had feelings for Duan Sheng; after all, he was Duan Sheng's first child.

He started to walk out, but stopped after only a few steps.

The auction was over, but his deal wasn't.

Faced with a deal worth eight figures on one side and his biological son Duan Sheng on the other, Duan Xing is confronted with a major life decision.

The balance scale tilted repeatedly at both ends.

Duan Xing didn't hesitate for long. He quickly came up with a solution and sent a message to Qiao Yun, asking her to go to the hospital for a checkup.

She is, after all, the child's biological mother by blood. As long as she is careful, she can still keep it from being discovered.

There aren't that many important choices in the world that Duan Xing could make both possible.

Once Qiao Yun replied "okay," Duan Xing put away his phone with peace of mind and headed to the transaction location.

Xie Zhiyu had already arranged everything, waiting for Duan Xing captured.

The Duan Xing appeared, and as he watched the man he had called "uncle" for over a decade being captured in such a disheveled state, Xie Zhiyu's calm heart was finally stirred.

Xie Zhiyu remembered the first time he met Duan Xing. His Aunt, Xie Liuzheng, was holding the man's hand with a bright smile, while Duan Xing smiled shyly and his eyes sparkled when he looked at his Aunt.

If it weren't for Xie Liuzheng's steadfastness and Duan Xing's unreserved love for his Aunt, his grandfather would not have agreed to the marriage.

At least his father, Xie Chengyue, didn't approve, but with Xie Liuzheng himself and the family elders giving their approval, his objection was rejected.

Many years have passed, and love has been worn down by time and eroded by the desire for power.

Xie Zhiyu his Aunt hadn't witnessed the scene before him.

Duan Xing always felt that the Xie Family hadn't given him anything, but without Xie Chengyue and Xie Zhiyu's tacit approval, how could his business ventures have been so smooth and natural?

Duan Xing's success was inseparable from both his hard work and the Xie Corporation's protection.

Even after Duan Xing arrested by the police, Duan Xing thought he was just unlucky and had run into a crackdown on illegal money laundering.

In a spacious and luxurious room, Qiao Yun was playing mahjong with "wealthy women," most of whom were mistresses kept by rich men. They often played together, but knew nothing about each other's backgrounds, each trying to pry into the others' privacy while keeping their own secrets hidden.

Qiao Yun learned a lot of gossip about wealthy families from them.

"If you ask me, the luckiest one is that ordinary woman who married into the Xie Family. She had incredible good fortune, rising from a commoner to marry into a top-tier wealthy family... and it's said to be her second marriage."

"They must have used a curse. The curses I raised didn't work, and they cost me so much money!"

Qiao Yun was very interested. "Is it a second marriage? How did she meet this big shot? Has she been a mistress all this time?"

"It's very possible. Mrs. Xie brought a teenage child with her when she married into the family. Maybe this child is the tycoon's illegitimate daughter..."

"Don't talk nonsense. If she really was an illegitimate daughter, would the two young masters of the Xie Family tolerate it? They're not the type to swallow their pride. The older one already controls half of the Xie Group."

"... So the big shot really found true love in his later years???"

"Perhaps Mrs. Xie has a special talent."

"I'm so envious. I might not even get a permanent position by the time I die."

"The one I raised is really useful! My wife got cancer... the doctor said she only has a few months left to live, and I'm about to get promoted!"

These words immediately piqued the interest of many.

"What kind of breed do you raise? I'll give you a referral fee."

"I want one too."

Qiao Yun wasn't interested in raising such things. She had once visited the creatures that person kept, and they were particularly creepy, scaring her so much that she couldn't sleep well for a week.

Duan Xing's phone call came in at that moment.

After finishing the phone call, Qiao Yun wanted to leave, but her "plastic besties" persuaded her to stay.

"That won't do. They're only halfway through the fight and they're already thinking about leaving."

"Yeah, yeah, if you suddenly leave, where are we supposed to find you? You didn't just win the money and think you could just run away, did you?"

"If the child is sick, just have the nanny take a look. Your good luck only lasts a day; look, you've already won almost half a million from us..."

Qiao Yun was persuaded to stop; if she played for another half a day, wouldn't she be able to win a million?

"Then I'll send a message to the nanny."

She sat back down at the card table, and only then were her fake girlfriends around her satisfied.

"You've already given birth to a son for your sugar daddy, why can't you be officially recognized as his wife?"

Qiao Yun forced a smile, "Soon, soon."

"Tell the other ladies who your sugar daddy is. He's the stingiest sugar daddy out there."

"Yeah, yeah, tell us and we sisters will give you some advice."

Qiao Yun wasn't particularly clever, but she knew what was important and wasn't easily swayed by their words: "Let's not talk about it anymore, let's play mahjong."

"I'm ready to win, you guys just wait and see, you'll be handing me money."

The room was filled with the clatter of mahjong tiles and the cheerful laughter of women.

Duan Xing spent the entire night at the police station before being bailed out by Xie Liuzheng the next day. He was lucky; the previous transaction records were damaged, and the calligraphy and paintings he auctioned "surprisingly" all complied with the procedures.

When the police officer said those words, Duan Xing himself couldn't believe it.

After clearing Xie Liuzheng of suspicion, the police contacted her and bailed her out.

Duan Xing assumed the person who bailed him out was his assistant. He walked out of the police station with a cold face, his once impeccably groomed suit now wrinkled, and his hair disheveled like a sea urchin.