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The two went downstairs side by side. Song Shiwei glanced at the people sitting in the dining room and abruptly sank into thought.

[Why do I remember today being the day of the bid? I wonder if that unlucky bastard Jiang Chao will leak confidential information!]

[I figured the misunderstanding had already been cleared up, so surely there wouldn't still be a leak?]

[But you never know. If Jiang Chao goes off the deep end and wants to kill Jiang Xun so he can take over as the boss, that's possible too.]

Song Shiwei was having a great time inwardly snarking when, unexpectedly, Jiang Chao choked on his milk. "Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough."

Everyone in the Jiang Family turned to look at him. Jiang Chao hurriedly signaled to them with his eyes: I haven't! I won't! Believe me, everyone.

[What's wrong? Don't tell me I hit the nail on the head? I don't think he can hear me, though.]

[Hmm... should I warn Jiang Xun? I'd hate for him to actually get played. Anything he loses technically counts as our marital property, too.]

"Would you like some milk, wife?" Jiang Xun picked up a glass of milk from the side and handed it to Song Shiwei.

"Yes, thank you." Song Shiwei accepted it with an obedient expression.

[Wow, my iceberg husband is pretty gentle. Should I tell him? I'm so torn.] Song Shiwei sat on the table, looking conflicted, drinking milk as she inwardly snarked.

Jiang Xun lowered his eyes, the corners of his mouth unconsciously curling up slightly. Would his wife tell him?

He was rather looking forward to it.

Song Shiwei kept wavering between telling Jiang Xun and not telling him, and the words spilling out in her heart were truly making it hard for the Jiang Family to hold back.

As she dawdled and dawdled, Jiang Xun and Jiang Chao finished breakfast, while Song Shiwei was still vigorously stabbing a sunny-side-up egg, silently counting beans in her head.

Jiang Xun straightened his suit and smiled at Song Shiwei. "Wife, I'm leaving. Eat some more."

Song Shiwei's inner voice rang out again, this time with a hint of helplessness.

[Jiang Xun is using his good looks to seduce me! Who could withstand that? Fine, I'll say it. Just a tiny bit. If the system wants to strike me with lightning, it can strike me dead.]

"Um, sir, when you go to the bid today, if your budget allows, throw some more money at it," Song Shiwei said earnestly. "I don't really understand it, but I think you get what you pay for. Pushing the amount right up to the budget limit should be safer."

After Song Shiwei finished speaking, her inner voice rang out again. [Aaaah! I didn't break character, did I? Right now, I'm just an illiterate good-for-nothing. I shouldn't have broken character, right?]

[Jiang Xun won't think I sound like a fucking idiot and ignore me, will he? If he ignores me, then I'll...]

The Jiang Family looked at Song Shiwei. They were all very curious about what exactly she would do.

[Then I'll eat a few more bowls. Once I'm full, I won't be sad anymore.]

The Jiang Family: ...

She had a point. A full stomach really did keep sadness away. Jiang Zhuxin nodded emphatically, and Jiang Ye expressed his agreement too, then began enthusiastically shoveling down his food.

Jiang Xun nodded, waves of gentleness surfacing on his cold face. "All right, wife. If we successfully sign the contract today, you'll deserve the credit. Fifty percent of the shares in this project will be yours."

Song Shiwei abruptly lifted her head from her bowl. [Wait! With such a huge temptation, I really might expose myself!!]

[Buying my loyalty like this-isn't he tempting me into committing a crime?! As expected of the filthy-rich main villain.]

Song Shiwei narrowed her eyes slightly, unable to hide the smile on her face. "I hope you win the moment you raise your flag. Remember to throw more money at it."

Jiang Xun neither agreed nor disagreed. For no particular reason, he reached out and patted Song Shiwei's head. "All right. We'll definitely win it."

[Bro, don't celebrate too soon. He's got the male lead halo. You're the main villain, yet you dare battle the male lead? Careful he doesn't beat you so hard you're searching all over the floor for your head. Win it first; there's still time to brag afterward.] Song Shiwei wore a cheerful smile while inwardly snarking.

Jiang Xun's hand, which he had yet to withdraw, abruptly paused. "Wait for my good news."

[Go ahead and smile now. Just don't let that precious younger brother of yours screw you over so badly you cry later.]

Jiang Xun glanced at Jiang Chao without betraying anything. Jiang Chao felt even more as though thorns were digging into his back and hurriedly flashed his big teeth at his older brother. "Brother, don't worry. I definitely won't mess around today. We'll absolutely win it."

Jiang Xun picked up his briefcase and said evenly to Jiang Chao, "Let's go."

"Sister-in-law, just wait for me to earn you those shares." Jiang Chao turned and made a reassuring gesture at Song Shiwei, a rare trace of expression appearing on his pale face.

His eldest sister-in-law had been right after all. Last night, his online romantic partner had actually said again that the sow at home was sick and needed money for treatment. This time, he had wised up and used his computer to check the other person's IP address.

He would never have known without checking, and the result gave him a fright: the other person's IP address really was in Northern Myanmar.

A sudden chill swept through his kidneys, scaring him into scrambling out of bed that very night to order two bottles of kidney tonic tablets.

After Jiang Xun and Jiang Chao left for work, Father Jiang also had to head to work. The company's board meeting was today, so he left early as well.

Jiang Ye had also been notified by his manager that he had to attend an audition, but the audition had been scheduled for the evening.

Jiang Ye could not have been more puzzled. What production crew held auditions in the middle of the night? Why did he feel it was a little, hmm...

His manager, however, said he had heard that the director preferred holding auditions at night. Jiang Ye did not give it much thought, but Song Shiwei let out a shrill shriek. [A glow-in-the-dark production crew?!]

[Wow, wow, wow! Such juicy gossip! I want to go feast on it so badly. What should I do?!]

[How do I convince Jiang Ye to take me along to eat melon?!]

Song Shiwei was still racking her brains for a way to tag along and eat melon, completely unaware that her innermost thoughts were running around naked.

The moment Jiang Ye and Jiang Zhuxin heard there was melon to eat, their eyes went wide. There really was gossip? They wanted so badly to know what it was, too!

Jiang Zhuxin spoke first. "Brother, why don't you take me and Sister-in-law along to your audition? We're both just sitting around doing nothing anyway."