Although Lin Tian was the major stakeholder of Tianxue Jewelry, he had never really managed anything, and Miss never intentionally revealed what the auctioned erald actually was.
"You want to know? I just won’t tell you, who told you to be so relaxed as a hands-off shopkeeper? Just keep guessing," Xiao Manxue, seeing that the erald wasn’t really lost, spoke more lightly, rolled her eyes at Lin Tian, and turned to head back to the auction hall.
"Miss, wait a second. If you return to the auction hall looking so relaxed, anyone who’s paying attention will know there’s no issue with the erald. Since we want to hook the fish and make sure it bites firmly onto the hook, we still need to keep up the act. You need to look angrier and more worried; otherwise, nobody will believe it," Lin Tian gestured with his hands, mimicking an expression that was both angry and anxious.
"Angry? Like this?" Xia Manxue deliberately straightened her face and spoke seriously.
"No, that’s not it, that feeling isn’t right. That expression might fool the uninford, but Bai Zhengchu has lived a lifeti and seen countless people; he can tell it’s fake with a single glance," Lin Tian shook his head, unable to find the feeling Xiao Manxue had when she first ran out.
"So what do you want to do? I’m not an actress. I can’t just change my facial expressions on demand," Xiao Manxue said discontentedly.
She usually maintained the cool deanor of a female CEO, appearing cold on the outside but warm on the inside. Crafting a believable deceptive expression was only possible for those deeply cunning individuals who wear masks all their lives.
"I’ve got it!" Lin Tian suddenly laughed, then, with a quick movent of his feet, before Xiao Manxue could react, she felt a pinch on the soft flesh of her buttocks, Lin Tian had brazenly pinched her hard.
"You..." Xiao Manxue was stunned, then her eyebrows shot up in anger, on the verge of exploding.
Lin Tian seed oblivious to her anger, withdrew his hand and even sniffed it, with an enraptured look on his face, "It’s so soft and bouncy and hmm, it even has a hint of your body scent. Really nice."
"Lin Tian! You bastard, I’m going to kill you!" Xia Manxue imdiately ca back to her senses, fuming with rage, she clenched her fist and launched it at the sleazy Lin Tian.
Lin Tian’s lips curled into a smile, and just as her fist neared him, he had already dashed back more than ten steps. However, the spot where he just stood was not so fortunate. Xia Manxue, driven by anger, unleashed a powerful punch that blasted the turf away with its gust.
"Whoa, Miss, you’re serious? Actually using True Qi against soone!" Lin Tian exclaid, looking at the torn turf, thinking that if that punch had landed on him, it would have thrown him flying.
Though it wouldn’t have injured him, being thrown flying by a punch would still be quite embarrassing.
Imdiately after, Lin Tian realized sothing else and exclaid in surprise, "Miss, your True Qi is getting thicker and thicker; a casual punch from you can have this effect."
"Hmph, you forced it out of , you big pervert, you big bastard. Take another punch from ," Xiao Manxue huffed, her feet moving rapidly as she rushed forward swiftly and threw another punch at Lin Tian.
With the montum of her charge behind it, the punch was even more powerful, and the wind from it carried a sharp edge. Lin Tian felt his clothes could be sliced through by it even without a direct hit.
"Miss, goodbye, I’m off," Lin Tian quickly activated his speed, turned around, and swiftly made his escape. In the blink of an eye, he had already disappeared around the corner.
The Miss clenched her teeth and, undeterred, chased after him, powering up as she went. By the ti she reached the outside of the auction house’s ancient tower, Lin Tian was already there waiting at the door, a smile playing on his lips.
"Lin Tian..." Miss wanted to say sothing, but seeing the waitstaff and bodyguards all looking at her, she suddenly couldn’t speak. Having her butt grabbed by Lin Tian was such an embarrassing matter; if she ntioned it, the news would explode among the staff imdiately.
"Miss, please co in, the auction is reaching a critical mont," Lin Tian said with a smile on his face.
Xiao Manxue glared at Lin Tian’s smiling face, her anger rising, wishing she could rush up and beat Lin Tian into a pig-headed ss. But they were already outside the auction venue; if a fight broke out, the ancient building might very well collapse.
"Hmph!" was all Xiao Manxue could muster. She glared at Lin Tian and walked towards the venue. As she passed by Lin Tian, she said in a low voice, "Lin Tian, one of these days I’ll let Little Zi tear off all your clothes in public and see if you still act like a hooligan!"
"Heh, Miss, don’t forget that Little Zi almost sees as half her master, she listens more to . Beware that I might have her stealthily rip your clothes instead, mm, of course in private. For such matters, my appreciation alone is enough," Lin Tian said with shaless glee.
But what he said was completely true. When Little Zi had just advanced, she danced joyfully in front of him, almost regarding him as her master. The blood of a zombie was just that miraculous, it was sothing even Li Qingyun couldn’t explain—an Gu Worm recognizing two masters at the sa ti.
"You... you..." Xiao Manxue stamred but couldn’t finish her sentence. She really feared that Lin Tian would do just that, because she knew Lin Tian was soone who dared to do what he said. Distracted, she stumbled a few steps and nearly plunged into the venue, looking sowhat disheveled.
Bai Zhengchu, watching from upstairs, saw Miss’s disconcerted deanor and a sneer crossed his eyes, but being a man of deep sches, he quickly hid his amusent.
Bai Yuze wasn’t as deep as Bai Zhengchu. Seeing Miss’s staggered walk and unsettled expression, he couldn’t hide his satisfaction.
"Mr. Futian, it looks like our plan is working. Look at the Miss’s state—I’ve never seen her lose her composure like that before," Bai Yuze said softly, yet smugly.
"Indeed, after such an incident, all efforts gone to waste, not everyone can withstand that," Futian Shenyi murmured in agreent, his face also full of pride.
Sun Decai looked at the two with puzzlent and out of curiosity asked, "May I know what matter you two are talking about?"
"What matter? You’ll know soon enough. This ti the Bai Family will definitely take the lead in the auction, retrieve all past losses. And we will ride this montum to enter the international jewelry design contest, and win the crown in one fell swoop. Then, our Bai Family will beco world-famous, reclaiming the honor of the century-old jade we rightfully deserve!" Bai Yuze said with a laugh.
"It seems that the two of you had preparations in advance; now you hold the winning ticket." Sun Decai was astute and knew better than to pry further, so he offered a complint. What he truly thought, however, only he knew.
Lin Tian, as soon as he entered, noticed these people’s expressions and took in their satisfaction.
Heh, the move of spanking, though a bit an, obviously had a clear effect, huh? I wonder if Miss is genuinely enraged or just pretending. Or is it three parts pretense and seven parts anger? Lin Tian chuckled inwardly.
If Miss knew what he was thinking just now, her seven parts anger would probably turn into ten. However, she always felt that Lin Tian was staring at her butt and didn’t dare to linger on the first floor any longer, quickly ascending to the private seats on the second floor.
Lin Tian returned to his seat with an expressionless façade, and Zhou Botong quickly said, "Lin Tian, you took so long just to teach soone a lesson. While you were gone, the Bai Family’s jade has been the center of attention, and the prices keep climbing!"
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