Arc 3The Auction and the Jiang Family

Song Yutang protected Jiang Boyan from his bullies, confronted the Jiang family’s unfair treatment of his branch, and faced down her birth family at the auction. As bidding began on He Shuangxi’s recipe notebook, she and an opponent in another private room drove the price to five hundred million yuan.

  • Song Yutang confronted the parents who accused Jiang Boyan and learned that he had protected Su Wanqing from students trying to assault her.
  • Song Yutang promised Jiang Boyan she would address his bullying, while Jiang Muyan concealed that he was awake and arranged to investigate the school and the Jiang family’s enemies.
  • Song Yutang exposed Jiang Boyan’s mistreatment to Old Master Jiang, secured a fair education plan and family support for him, and helped bring consequences for the principal and the six bullies.
  • Song Yutang barred Chen Ruyin, Wu Caixia, and Jiang Shiya from attending the auction, then brought Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan with her after learning how their allowance had been withheld.
  • At the auction, Song Yutang defended herself and the Jiangs against Song Mingzhe and Song Ruowei, then forced Song Jianye and his family to apologize.
  • Song Yutang outbid Song Ruowei for a diamond brooch and made Song Jianye buy an antique pocket watch for Song Mingzhe, while Jiang Muyan bid on jewelry for Song Yutang and his family.
  • Song Yutang raised her bid on He Shuangxi’s recipe notebook to four hundred million yuan, and a bidder in the opposite private room countered with five hundred million yuan.
Chapters 51–75 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51Now I'm the one who won't let this go

Song Yutang took Jiang Boyan and his family away after the principal agreed to handle the school dispute without punishing him. On the ride home, she explained why she would not let the other families’ accusations go unanswered.

  • Song Yutang warned the parents to stop making groundless accusations, then left with Jiang Boyan and his family.
  • The parents learned Jiang Boyan might be the Jiang Family’s acknowledged grandson, but several refused to believe it and vowed to investigate.
  • The principal recalled the Jiang Family’s connection to Jiang Boyan’s enrollment and decided to investigate before the dispute reached him.
  • In the car, Jiang Boyan praised Song Yutang’s spear skills, but balked when she told him martial arts training would eventually take six to ten hours a day.
  • Song Yutang recalled how Li Zerui abandoned her during an assassination attempt, driving her to learn martial arts and rely on herself.
  • Song Yutang reassured Jiang Boyan’s parents that the other families had no evidence, then declared that she would not let the matter go.

Ch. 52He Was Very Kind

Song Yutang learned why Jiang Boyan had beaten the six students and praised him for protecting Su Wanqing. As Jiang Boyan revealed how bullying had driven him to act like a school bully, Song Yutang asked what he needed to focus on his studies at his current school.

  • Song Yutang explained that she had recognized the six students’ guilt from their behavior and the buttons matching those missing from Su Wanqing’s clothes.
  • Jiang Boyan revealed that the students had tried to assault Su Wanqing, whose scholarship supported her ailing grandmother, and said he had intervened to protect her.
  • Song Yutang praised Jiang Boyan for his courage and asked whether he had adopted a tough appearance to scare off bullies.
  • Jiang Boyan admitted that classmates had bullied him after he transferred, and that his family had dismissed his earlier efforts to seek help.
  • Jiang Boyan said he wanted to remain at the school because most classmates were decent, he valued Teacher Zhang’s support, and the school had strong resources.
  • Song Yutang asked Jiang Boyan what would help him settle down and focus on his studies.

Ch. 53My gentle, graceful wife couldn't possibly hit anyone

Jiang Muyan watched surveillance footage showing Song Yutang beating the bullies, their parents, and the principal after they targeted Jiang Boyan, and struggled to reconcile her actions with her gentle image. He ordered Zhao Chuan to preserve evidence of their wrongdoing but erase the footage of the beating, while deciding to see how Song Yutang would handle the aftermath and preparing to act himself.

  • Jiang Boyan told Song Yutang he wanted the bullying to stop and for the principal and homeroom teacher to treat him fairly, and she promised to resolve the problems if he stopped facing trouble alone.
  • Jiang Muyan received Zhao Chuan’s investigation and surveillance footage, then watched footage of Song Yutang and the Jiang family leaving the storage room as injured boys were carried out.
  • Zhao Chuan reported that Song Yutang had beaten the rich students, their parents, and the principal, and Jiang Muyan questioned whether the footage and her identity were genuine.
  • Jiang Muyan concluded that the others must have provoked Song Yutang and ordered Zhao Chuan to preserve their misconduct while deleting all footage of the beating.
  • Jiang Muyan decided to wait and see how Song Yutang handled the aftermath, then devised his own plan and sent a message.

Ch. 54How About Waking Up Right Now?

Song Yutang considered how to handle Jiang Boyan’s school trouble and received an offer of help from the Lan Residence, but stayed wary of its motives. While caring for unconscious Jiang Muyan, she realized he might recover and began to imagine a good life with him, leaving him wondering whether he should wake up.

  • Song Yutang planned to tell Old Master Jiang about Jiang Boyan’s trouble, but a message from Top Star Brother revealed that the Lan Residence knew about the incident and offered assistance.
  • Song Yutang learned that her diamond VIP black-gold status was an apology for the club’s previous mistake and politely declined to use its services for now.
  • Jiang Muyan watched from the bedroom as Song Yutang postponed telling Old Master Jiang and went to the study.
  • While undressing Jiang Muyan, Song Yutang noticed his rose-scented shower gel and then massaged him using a technique she had researched.
  • Song Yutang thought Jiang Muyan might recover and that they could have a good marriage, prompting him to wonder whether he should wake up immediately.

Ch. 55Wanting to Truly Have Her

Jiang Muyan’s physical therapy with Song Yutang stirred his desire to reveal that he was awake, but her attention shifted to watching a dance stream. He continued hiding his recovery while pursuing a plan against Jiang Qingyu, then blocked the streamer Xuanxuan and bit Song Yutang’s neck as she slept.

  • Song Yutang continued Jiang Muyan’s physical therapy, and his body reacted as he struggled to hide that he was conscious.
  • Jiang Muyan nearly opened his eyes to tell Song Yutang he was awake, but her phone distracted her with a message about Xuanxuan’s livestream.
  • Song Yutang watched the dance stream and worried that Top Star Brother’s offer might be a trap, while Jiang Muyan listened from bed.
  • After Song Yutang fell asleep, Jiang Muyan messaged Gu Zheng to arrange compensation for Wen Jingyan and explained that he was waiting for the investigation into Jiang Qingyu and his son to progress before waking.
  • Jiang Muyan used Song Yutang’s phone to block Xuanxuan, then leaned over and bit her neck as she slept.

Ch. 56A mark that was his alone

Wen Jingyan endured Jiang Sinian’s neglect and his intimate, boundaryless relationship with Jiang Shiya while reflecting on the career and wealth she had gained from their marriage. After receiving an offer from Gu Zheng to resolve personal troubles, she clashed with Jiang Sinian over her phone, leaving her exhausted and uncertain whether he loved her or whether their marriage could be saved.

  • Jiang Sinian ignored Wen Jingyan in bed while doting on Jiang Shiya through his phone, and he dismissed Wen Jingyan’s wish to have a baby by blaming her fertility.
  • Wen Jingyan saw Jiang Shiya rush into Jiang Sinian’s arms in revealing nightwear, then focused on her couture studio and blocked a male model who contacted her.
  • Gu Zheng offered Wen Jingyan the Lan Residence’s super VVVIP services, including help with infidelity, mistresses, and marital assets.
  • Jiang Sinian returned, demanded to know who Wen Jingyan was chatting with, and grabbed for her phone; when she resisted, he pinned her down, leaving her questioning their marriage.

Ch. 57These mosquitoes were far too venomous

Song Yutang mistook the marks Jiang Muyan had left on her neck for mosquito bites and visited Wen Jingyan, who warned her to hide them from the Jiang family. They discussed whether the Lan Residence and Young Master Gu could be trusted, and Song Yutang ended by joking about finding male models together again.

  • Song Yutang noticed red marks on her neck and blamed mosquitoes, while Jiang Muyan silently celebrated having left a mark on his wife.
  • Wen Jingyan pulled Song Yutang into her room, mistook the marks for hickeys, and helped her cover them to avoid gossip from her mother-in-law and Concubine Chen.
  • Song Yutang told Wen Jingyan that the Lan Residence had contacted her, and Wen Jingyan described Young Master Gu's connections and suggested trying him with a small request.
  • Song Yutang thanked Wen Jingyan and offered to help her in return, then joked about going to find male models together again.

Ch. 58As expected of President Jiang-even in a vegetative state, he could plant mosquito bites

Song Yutang handled the mosquito problem at Lan Residence, then defended Jiang Boyan when Chen Ruyin insulted him at lunch. She drove Chen from the main dining room and scolded the old master for neglecting Boyan’s education, leaving him asking what had happened at school.

  • Song Yutang told the servants to treat the room, including under Jiang Muyan’s bed, for mosquitoes.
  • Chen Ruyin criticized Jiang Boyan for missing school and blamed his parents for his supposed poor behavior.
  • Song Yutang slapped Chen Ruyin and ordered Jiang Boyan to escort her to the side dining room.
  • When the old master objected, Song Yutang challenged his concern for the family ancestors and Boyan’s education.
  • Song Yutang lectured the old master about worthy successors and demanded to know why he had trusted Chen Ruyin’s account.
  • The old master, feeling guilty, asked what had happened to Boyan at school.

Ch. 59Old Jiang, You've Grown

Song Yutang confronted Jiang Dingkun over Jiang Boyan’s bullying and neglected education, then arranged support for Boyan and promised to handle the bullies herself. Jiang Dingkun accepted responsibility and backed her plan, while the family reconciled over dinner and Chen Ruyin watched resentfully from outside.

  • Jiang Boyan and Jiang Guoqiang told Jiang Dingkun about Boyan’s bullying and the hardships facing their family, prompting Jiang Dingkun to recognize how he had neglected them.
  • Song Yutang criticized Jiang Dingkun for allowing Old Great-Aunt’s influence to cloud his judgment and insisted Boyan receive the same educational support as the other Jiang children.
  • Song Yutang proposed an assessment and one-on-one tutoring for Boyan while keeping him at his current school, and Jiang Dingkun agreed.
  • Jiang Dingkun asked how Song Yutang would deal with the bullies, and she said she would handle it herself if he backed her with the family’s resources.
  • Jiang Guoqiang, Jiang Boyan, Li Xiulan, and Song Yutang served Jiang Dingkun food, and he felt warmth at being surrounded by family.
  • Chen Ruyin watched the family through the doorway and grew furious.

Ch. 60An Unspoken Understanding

Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu plotted to discredit Song Yutang, while Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan quietly agreed to target the students bullying Jiang Boyan and expose their school's principal. The chapter ended with someone downstairs furiously confronting Jiang Boyan about something.

  • Chen Ruyin warned Jiang Qingyu that Song Yutang threatened their position and urged him to find a way to get rid of her by making her appear to cheat.
  • Song Yutang left the education specialists' session and messaged Top Star Brother about moving after nearly being hit by a dump truck.
  • Jiang Muyan understood Song Yutang's hints and suggested that danger could drive the students bullying Jiang Boyan to transfer schools.
  • Jiang Muyan told Song Yutang that the principal had allegedly taken bribes, altered student records, and committed a serious crime, and said the matter would soon come to light.
  • Song Yutang arranged to collect Jiang Muyan's old notebooks, then someone downstairs angrily demanded that Jiang Boyan explain what they had found.

Ch. 61He Wasn't Useless

After Jiang Boyan’s dismal exam results enraged Old Master Jiang, Song Yutang discovered his perfect physics score and a possible path to university through physics competitions. Jiang Boyan explained that bullying at school had disrupted his studies, though Teacher Zhang had protected him enough to keep him focused on physics.

  • Old Master Jiang confronted Jiang Boyan over his very low scores in Chinese, English, history, geography, and politics, while Jiang Boyan blamed the exam setters for his seven points in English.
  • Song Yutang found that Jiang Boyan had scored 100 in physics and 92 in mathematics, despite his weak results in chemistry and biology.
  • The education team leader explained that Jiang Boyan could pursue physics competitions and special university admissions if he trained for a year or two.
  • Jiang Boyan told Song Yutang that classmates had bullied and framed him after he transferred schools, making it difficult for him to study.
  • Jiang Boyan said Teacher Zhang had protected him, which had allowed him to keep doing well in physics.

Ch. 62The Richest Man's Guilt Really Was Worth a Fortune

Song Yutang secured an ambitious education plan for Jiang Boyan and persuaded Old Master Jiang to compensate the family for the schooling expenses he had denied them. As the family shared a warm meal, Old Master Jiang resolved to stop Boyan’s bullying, while Jiang Muyan made a call to act against the students at school.

  • Song Yutang approved a plan for Jiang Boyan that included intensive physics and English tutoring, a laboratory, and time for competition training.
  • Jiang Boyan thanked Song Yutang, who urged him to study hard and support the family; he and his parents challenged Old Master Jiang over the unfair treatment he had received.
  • Old Master Jiang agreed to calculate the schooling expenses that should have gone to Boyan and his siblings and convert the amount into cash or shares.
  • Song Yutang suggested hot pot, and the family’s warm, lively preparations softened Old Master Jiang and made him appreciate their family bond.
  • Old Master Jiang vowed to deal with the students bullying Jiang Boyan, and Song Yutang said she had already discussed the matter with Top Star Brother.
  • Jiang Muyan watched the surveillance footage, admired Song Yutang’s efforts, and called Zhao Chuan to proceed with the matter at the school.

Ch. 63The wife led, the husband followed-in mischief

Song Yutang helped Jiang Boyan resolve the school bullying scandal and considered creating a foundation to support girls like Su Wanqing. After collecting old notes arranged by Jiang Muyan from the Lan Residence, she asked how to qualify as a diamond black-gold VIP client.

  • The principal and several teachers were arrested or investigated, while all six students who bullied Jiang Boyan transferred schools after a series of accidents.
  • Jiang Boyan thanked Song Yutang and asked her to hire Teacher Zhang as his physics tutor; she agreed and reassured him that she would help Su Wanqing.
  • Song Yutang considered using the Jiang Family charitable foundation to support more girls in need.
  • Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan exchanged messages about the school scandal and arranged for her to collect old notes from the Lan Residence.
  • Song Yutang checked her finances, collected the prepared envelope from the Lan Residence, and asked the manager how to qualify as a diamond black-gold VIP client.

Ch. 64President Jiang, You're Lovestruck

Song Yutang topped up her Lan Residence account, helped Jiang Boyan return to school, and prepared for the auction where she planned to sell her belongings. Jiang Muyan arranged to attend the auction and buy her jewelry, while Li Xiulan hurried off after seeing Song Yutang dressed to leave.

  • Song Yutang topped up eight million at the Lan Residence and asked the manager to open two bottles of wine in case she could not attend.
  • Jiang Boyan returned to school in new clothes, promised Song Yutang he would study hard, and left after thanking Old Master Jiang.
  • Song Yutang read Top Star Brother’s study notes, while Zhao Chuan told Jiang Muyan that Jiang Boyan was doing well and that the auction was three days away.
  • Jiang Muyan ordered Zhao Chuan to set aside money to buy Song Yutang gifts at the auction, then decided to attend himself and arranged for Doctor Fang to pick him up.
  • Song Yutang dressed for the auction in a champagne-colored gown, and Li Xiulan hurried to the kitchen after complimenting her appearance.

Ch. 65An ill-mannered mistress-drag them back and lock them up

Song Yutang defended Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan after Chen Ruyin, Wu Caixia, and Jiang Shiya mocked them for wanting to attend an auction. She ordered Butler Wang to escort the three women back to their rooms and barred them from formal events, but Jiang Shiya began threatening to harm herself.

  • Jiang Guoqiang gave Song Yutang a bank card for the auction, but Chen Ruyin, Wu Caixia, and Jiang Shiya mocked his and Li Xiulan's clothes and finances.
  • Song Yutang stopped Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan from leaving and told them to get changed so she could take them to the auction.
  • Song Yutang ordered Butler Wang to send Chen Ruyin, Wu Caixia, and Jiang Shiya back to their rooms and forbid them from attending formal events in the Jiang Family's name.
  • Chen Ruyin argued that the old master had permitted her to attend, but Song Yutang warned her to obey or kneel in the ancestral hall.
  • Jiang Shiya fell to the floor and threatened to slit her wrists as Butler Wang's bodyguards moved to escort the women away.

Ch. 66Not his own flesh and blood, not of one heart after all

Song Yutang asserted her authority over Chen Ruyin, Wu Caixia, and Jiang Shiya, while Jiang Dingkun regretted the old child-switching decision but kept the family’s interests in mind. She took Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan toward the auction and learned that the family’s allowances had been unfairly deducted for years.

  • Song Yutang ordered Jiang Shiya sent for psychiatric treatment and revoked Chen Ruyin, Wu Caixia, and Jiang Shiya’s access to the shared dressing room.
  • Chen Ruyin and Jiang Shiya tried to gain Jiang Dingkun’s sympathy outside his room, but he stayed silent and reflected on how the family’s children had been switched.
  • Jiang Dingkun regretted how Jiang Guoqiang had been treated but decided he could not yet sever ties with Chen Ruyin’s branch because the family’s interests were intertwined.
  • Song Yutang invited Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan to attend the auction and encouraged them to adapt to their place in the Jiang Family.
  • Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan told Song Yutang their monthly allowances had been deducted for ten years after Wu Caixia penalized them for minor incidents.

Ch. 67Was Song Yutang Worthy?

Song Yutang learned how badly Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan had been deprived of money and decided to take them to the auction and buy them whatever they wanted. As the Jiang convoy arrived, the Song Family assumed Song Yutang could not be receiving such an impressive escort.

  • Song Yutang discovered that Wu Caixia had docked the household allowance, while Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan had spent their savings on Jiang Muyan’s medical care and relatives’ troubles.
  • Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang offered Song Yutang their remaining savings for the auction, but Song Yutang insisted on taking them and promised they would soon have plenty of money.
  • Song Mingzhe promised to buy Song Ruowei an aquamarine and diamond necklace with the Jiang Family’s betrothal gift, while Song Jianye belittled Song Yutang and praised Song Ruowei.
  • Song Yutang’s convoy reached the auction hotel with an elaborate escort, and the Song Family assumed Mrs. Chen and Wu Caixia were inside instead of Song Yutang.
  • Song Ruowei admired the convoy, while Song Mingzhe questioned whether Song Yutang deserved such grandeur.

Ch. 68Smash His Mouth

Song Yutang arrived with the Jiang Family and publicly confronted the Song Family after Song Mingzhe and Song Ruowei insulted her. She won over the assembled guests, while Song Jianye tried to repair their relationship to protect his business ties.

  • Song Mingzhe and Song Ruowei mocked Song Yutang, and Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang defended her marriage to Jiang Muyan.
  • Song Yutang slapped Song Mingzhe and ordered a bodyguard to drag him away and beat him.
  • Song Yutang slapped Song Ruowei when she tried to portray herself as the victim, then had bodyguards silence and remove her.
  • Song Yutang addressed the crowd, denounced her siblings as concubine-born, and gained the guests' approval with her poised manner.
  • Song Ruowei resented Song Yutang's prominence, while Song Jianye worried her conduct would hurt his business connections to the Jiang Family.
  • Song Jianye approached Song Yutang with a false smile and urged her to discuss their family grievances in private.

Ch. 69Sowing Discord

Song Yutang forced Song Jianye and his family to answer for the insults Song Mingzhe and Song Ruowei had directed at her and the Jiang family. She left the family divided, with Song Mingzhe resenting Song Ruowei for escaping the harshest punishment.

  • Song Yutang warned Song Jianye that his children’s slander could damage the Song family’s reputation, and he ordered Song Mingzhe and Song Ruowei to apologize.
  • Song Jianye slapped and forced Song Mingzhe and Song Ruowei to kneel after Song Yutang threatened to involve the Jiang family and a lawyer.
  • Song Yutang demanded an apology from Sun Meifang, and Song Jianye slapped her until she apologized.
  • Song Jianye made Song Mingzhe apologize repeatedly to Song Yutang, then to Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan.
  • Song Yutang excused Song Ruowei from apologizing to the Jiangs, leaving Song Mingzhe resentful toward her and revealing a rift in the family.

Ch. 70Have you heard of Empress Dowager Duanyi of the Song clan?

Song Yutang brought the Song men into a private box at the auction while humiliating and separating Sun Meifang and Song Ruowei, then privately sent Butler Wang to handle an unspecified task. While admiring an old painting, she met a young man who claimed painter Kangyuan may have been Empress Dowager Duanyi’s lover.

  • Song Yutang persuaded Song Jianye and Song Mingzhe to enter the auction with her, promising to help them make connections.
  • Song Yutang barred Sun Meifang and Song Ruowei from the private box and shamed Sun Meifang over her background.
  • Song Mingzhe abandoned Sun Meifang and followed Song Yutang into the private box.
  • Song Yutang signaled Butler Wang to take care of something, then went to view the exhibits alone.
  • A young man discussed Kangyuan’s painting with Song Yutang and said historians believed the painter had been Empress Dowager Duanyi’s lover.

Ch. 71Song Yutang's White Moonlight

Song Yutang learned that modern rumors falsely linked her historical self to several men, then reunited with Cheng Yun, who had once helped her in high school. Upstairs, Jiang Muyan learned that Song Yutang was talking closely with the man Gu Zheng identified as her youthful white moonlight.

  • A man told Song Yutang that histories and popular rumors portrayed Empress Dowager Duanyi as a schemer who had several lovers, and she rejected his invitation to tour the exhibits together.
  • Song Yutang recognized Cheng Yun as the schoolmate who had helped her when classmates mocked her after she bled through her clothes, and they caught up politely.
  • Jiang Muyan told Gu Zheng that he had found leads on his uncle and cousin's overseas asset transfers and hoped Song Yutang would help him remove them from the company.
  • Jiang Muyan objected when Gu Zheng called Song Yutang his little sister-in-law, insisting she was his lawfully wedded wife.
  • Gu Zheng showed Jiang Muyan Song Yutang chatting with Cheng Yun in the exhibition hall and identified Cheng Yun as her white moonlight from her youth.

Ch. 72What Was a Married Woman Doing Getting Touchy with a Strange Man?

Jiang Muyan watched Song Yutang speak with Cheng Yun and suspected the meeting might be part of a plot against her, but he trusted her judgment and explained why he supported her independence. As the auction began, Song Jianye confronted Song Yutang about her conversation with Cheng Yun.

  • Jiang Muyan recognized Cheng Yun from a report and asked Gu Zheng to investigate him, suspecting Jiang Qingyu's side might use him in another scheme against Song Yutang.
  • Gu Zheng offered to have Cheng Yun beaten, but Jiang Muyan refused to alert anyone and said Song Yutang could handle herself.
  • Jiang Muyan told Gu Zheng that he supported Song Yutang's wish to learn and manage her own wealth because she was his wife, not his slave.
  • Jiang Muyan said he had set aside three hundred million to bid on jewelry for Song Yutang as the auction began.
  • Song Yutang exchanged contact details with Cheng Yun out of politeness, then returned to the private room, where Song Jianye reprimanded her for getting close to a strange man.

Ch. 73Of Course She Had to Snatch Her Shu Sister's Things

At an auction, Song Yutang forced Song Jianye to buy a diamond brooch and an antique watch, then watched the Song Family’s seized valuables sell for twenty-three million. The auction continued to its grand finale, a pink diamond necklace.

  • Song Yutang threatened to tell her grandfather to take away the Jiang Family project unless Song Jianye bought her the diamond brooch, which Song Ruowei had also been bidding on.
  • Song Yutang blamed Song Ruowei for driving up the brooch’s price, and Song Jianye became displeased with his concubine and shu daughter.
  • Song Yutang pressured Song Jianye to buy an antique pocket watch for Song Mingzhe and forbade him from bidding on anything for himself afterward.
  • Song Ruowei and Sun Meifang angrily complained that Song Yutang had outbid them for the brooch and that Jiang Muyan had cost Ruowei her place in the Jiang Family.
  • Song Yutang’s oil painting and antique ornaments from the Song Family sold for twenty-three million, and the auction brought out a pink diamond necklace as its grand finale.

Ch. 74Might as well keep murdering the second branch

Song Yutang attended an auction with the Jiang family, where Jiang Muyan secretly bought several expensive pieces of jewelry. As the auction’s final lot was introduced, Song Yutang resolved to abandon her plans to kill her husband but still pursue the Song family’s assets by targeting its second branch.

  • Jiang Guoqiang obtained twenty million from Jiang Dingkun and transferred it to Song Yutang to spend at the auction.
  • Jiang Muyan bid two hundred and sixty million for a pink diamond necklace, then bought jadeite jewelry and a yellow diamond necklace for his mother and Zhixia.
  • Song Yutang watched Song Ruowei grow jealous and decided to keep targeting the Song family’s second branch while giving up on killing her husband.
  • The auction presented an incomplete handwritten journal from the Jing Dynasty as its final lot.

Ch. 75A Relic from the Jing Dynasty

The auction’s final lot was He Shuangxi’s recipe notebook, which Song Yutang recognized as important to her family’s culinary heritage and bid aggressively to obtain. Just as the bidding reached four hundred million yuan, someone in the opposite private room raised the offer to five hundred million.

  • The host presented He Shuangxi’s notebook of the lost recipes for the River Clear and Sea Calm Banquet and opened bidding at one hundred million yuan.
  • Jiang Muyan explained that He Family Catering descended from He Shuangxi’s apprentices, while Jiang Guoqiang recalled his own master’s claims about their culinary lineage.
  • Song Yutang asked Jiang Guoqiang whether he would cook anything she wanted and considered whether he was an inheritor of He Shuangxi’s tradition.
  • After someone bid two hundred million yuan, Song Yutang raised the offer to three hundred million, then four hundred million yuan.
  • Jiang Muyan defended Song Yutang’s bid, and a person in the opposite private room countered with five hundred million yuan.
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