That shout left everyone stunned.
Then everyone hurriedly pulled out their phones and searched for the Dihao Group's official account!
Sure enough!
The Dihao Group's officially verified service account had published a post!
"Dihao Group signs first partner for its two-billion-yuan hotel project. Group vice chairwoman Wang Dongxue signs a 60-million-yuan renovation contract with Xiao Churan, representative of the Jinling Xiao Group!"
When they saw the headline, everyone went wild!
Xiao Churan had actually secured the deal! And for twice the amount!
It had only been a little over half an hour!
How could it be so easy?!
It made no sense at all!
Xiao Hailong was shocked and full of regret!
Before today, Xiao Churan had been no match for him in either standing or status.
If he had accepted the task yesterday, whether or not he succeeded, he would never have given Xiao Churan a chance to shine!
Yet he had turned it down because he was afraid of failing!
It would have been one thing if he had simply refused, but the crucial point was that Xiao Churan had actually succeeded!
This was a fucking slap in his face!
Old Madam Xiao immediately picked up the contract and read it carefully. Then she burst out laughing with excitement. "Good! Good! Good! Wonderful! Churan, you've made a great contribution!"
Then she asked, "How on earth did you do it?"
Xiao Churan said, "It was all thanks to Vice Chairwoman Wang Dongxue. She thinks very highly of our Xiao family."
In fact, Xiao Churan had wanted to tell the truth, but on second thought, she didn't even know who the chairman of the Dihao Group was, and even if she said it, no one might believe her.
Hearing this, Xiao Hailong felt so miserable he wanted to die!
Damn it, no wonder Xiao Churan managed to land the contract!
So Wang Dongxue of the Dihao Group already thought highly of the Xiao family!
Didn't that fucking mean anyone could have gone?
Fuck!
I really missed a perfect opportunity!
Just then, Ye Chen spoke up. "Hailong, do you remember our bet?"
Xiao Hailong's face instantly turned as ugly as if he had swallowed shit.
How could he forget the bet? The loser had to kowtow three times to the other person in public.
Xiao Churan had secured the contract, so he was clearly the loser...
Damn it!
No!
How could I kowtow to a trashy loser like him?!
Never!
So he immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Ye Chen, who the fuck do you think you are? You're just a useless live-in son-in-law who lives off our family every day, and you fucking expect me to kneel and kowtow to you?"
Ye Chen said calmly, "I am indeed a useless man who lives off others, but we swore an oath yesterday. Whoever goes back on it will lose his father, his mother, his grandfather, and his grandmother!"
Ye Chen deliberately placed special emphasis on "lose his grandmother."
Sure enough!
Old Madam Xiao's expression instantly turned extremely ugly!
She stared fixedly at Xiao Hailong and demanded in an icy voice, "What? Do you want me to die?"
Xiao Hailong panicked and blurted out, "Grandma, you can't fall for Ye Chen's trick! He wants to make your grandson lose all face and make you lose face too!"
Ye Chen said mildly, "Hailong, don't try to hoodwink Grandma. Don't forget that you swore a solemn oath. If you go back on it, heaven will punish you for breaking it. Are you trying to curse Grandma?"
Xiao Hailong was terrified and blurted out, "Grandma, it was just a joke. You can't take it seriously!"
Old Madam Xiao said coldly, "You know I've been a Buddhist all my life, yet you dare break an oath you swore to heaven?!"
"Grandma..."
Xiao Hailong was truly panicking now, because he could see that his grandmother was genuinely angry!
Seeing that Xiao Hailong was willing to break an oath tied to her very life and death for the sake of his own face, Old Madam Xiao slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Are you dead set on breaking your oath?"
"Grandma, I..." Xiao Hailong stammered, quickly weighing his options.
If he honored the bet and kowtowed to Ye Chen to admit his mistake, he would lose face.
But if he didn't honor the bet and angered Grandma, he would lose everything he had in the Xiao family!
At that thought, though he was unwilling ten thousand times over, he could only grit his teeth and say, "Fine! I accept my loss!"
Ye Chen watched him with a smile, saying nothing as he waited for him to kneel and kowtow.
Xiao Hailong felt as though his legs were filled with lead as he struggled forward, step by step, until he stood before Ye Chen.
He trembled all over with hatred and clenched his teeth, but his legs gave way and he dropped to his knees.
Thud!
Some who were eager for a spectacle even quietly took out their phones.
With his head lowered, Xiao Hailong said in a trembling voice, "I was wrong!"
Then he bent down and kowtowed with a bang.
Ye Chen said, "What did you say? I didn't hear you clearly. Louder."
Fighting back his humiliation, Xiao Hailong kowtowed again. "I was wrong!"
Ye Chen sneered. "Oh, so you were saying you were wrong. What were you wrong about?"
Xiao Hailong wanted nothing more than to kill Ye Chen, but he still had one last kowtow to make.
So he could only grit his teeth and say, "I was wrong to doubt Churan's ability..."
With that, he kowtowed again!
Ye Chen felt thoroughly satisfied!
He had long since reached the end of his patience with Xiao Hailong, and this time he had seized the chance to make him kneel, kowtow, and admit his mistake. It felt wonderful!
Xiao Churan watched it all in surprise, feeling that her husband was suddenly different from the way he used to be!
She couldn't quite say what was different about him.
But when she recalled how confident her husband had looked when he made the bet with Xiao Hailong yesterday, had he already foreseen that he would win?
Why exactly was he so confident?