Chapter 529 — Bought as a Makeup Box
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Fatty Lai frowned. He had meant to give up anyway, so he had not played any tricks on the Kang family, only traded a few casual jibes and let it go. But he had never expected the Kang boy to be so venomous: a few words had left him standing in the position of a heartless, unrighteous man!
Fatty Lai, shrewd all his life, had capsized in a ditch! In truth, this was not his fault; Wei Zhao had already told him to give up, so why would he still spend his wits maneuvering against the Kang family?
"Who says we are snatching that thousand-year snow lotus from you?" Before Fatty Lai could speak, Feng Xiaoxiao rose to her feet.
"Oh? Then I must have misheard earlier?" Kang Jinglong smiled faintly, not at all put out, though inwardly his brows drew together. This Feng Xiaoxiao was no easy character; yesterday she had nearly ruined Wu Chengtian. This little girl was devilishly clever!
"What thousand-year snow lotus? I want to buy that box!" Feng Xiaoxiao pointed at the box on the auction stage that held the thousand-year snow lotus. "I just think it's a pretty box, and I want to buy it as a makeup box. What does that have to do with the thousand-year snow lotus?"
Feng Xiaoxiao's words brought the auction hall to an instant chill. So Fatty Lai had been calling bids all this time just to buy a makeup box for this girl?
Kang Jinglong sneered inwardly. The two of you spending a hundred million on a makeup box? Who are you trying to fool? Knowing Feng Xiaoxiao to be a cunning little imp who could lie through her teeth without blinking, Kang Jinglong did not believe a word she said!
In his view, Feng Xiaoxiao had probably stood up to rescue Fatty Lai from his predicament! After all, he himself had just said the thousand-year snow lotus was being bought to save a life! Fatty Lai would now have to lower his head and yield, but would that not cost him face?
Feng Xiaoxiao's move spared Fatty Lai the loss of face, for it was a makeup box she was buying, not the thousand-year snow lotus; thus no one was deliberately snatching anything from him.
"Oh? So it's a makeup box you are buying? Sister Xiaoxiao's taste is truly unique!" Kang Jinglong was no Wu Chengtian; how could he possibly believe Feng Xiaoxiao's nonsense?
"Exactly. So why not just let me have it? It's not often I take a liking to something!" Feng Xiaoxiao beamed at Kang Jinglong, radiating such adorable charm that it was enough to melt anyone's heart.
Kang Jinglong gave an inward snort of cold laughter. Playing that game with me, are you? It won't work! Who do you take me for, Wu Chengtian? Easy to fool? Fine, Feng Xiaoxiao. I still haven't settled accounts with you over that fifteen million you made me spend yesterday, and now you've come knocking on my door of your own accord. If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll actually start thinking Kang Jinglong is easy to push around, won't you?
At that thought, a plan took shape in Kang Jinglong's mind. He stopped looking at Feng Xiaoxiao and turned to Fatty Lai instead, still asking in that neither-humble-nor-haughty manner, "Mr. Lai, so this box is what you've been after all along? Not the thousand-year snow lotus?"
"That's right. I'm just here to bid on this box for her!" Fatty Lai had vaguely grasped what Feng Xiaoxiao meant and naturally played along now, though he looked a little unnatural, since he did not know the details of her plan.
Kang Jinglong caught that unnatural look, and it delighted him all the more, for it clearly showed that Fatty Lai's words did not match what was in his heart! People talked about putting on a brave front at any cost, but if Fatty Lai kept slapping his face to make himself look fatter, one wondered just how fat he would end up.