Chapter 498: Receive with Guilt
Chapter 498: Receive with Guilt
The crowd gasped. How bold must she be to have the guts to say this? Is it worth it for a Jizo coral?
The answer was affirmative because the two parties weren’t simply fighting over a Jizo coral. They were fighting over… reputation!
The matter had been blown up, so whoever backed away at this point would be admitting defeat.
Jiang Yuzhi and Xiahou Tingan represented their family clans behind them. No matter if it were the Jiang family or the Xiahou family, they were all reputable aristocratic families here. It would be too humiliating if they lost to this unknown nobody at Hundred Herbs Building.
Xiahou Tingan couldn’t control his expression anymore as he looked at Duan Ziyu and sneered. "Are you purposely going against my Xiahou family?"
Chu Liuyue lightly chuckled and said, "Why do you say this, Second Young Master Xiahou? After all, I liked this Jizo coral first, yet you increased the price and bid for it. Why did it suddenly become us purposely going against you because we increased the bid amount?"
Xiahou Tingan could not retort and was embarrassed. Even if I can continue to increase the price, I will definitely be lectured when I go home. Besides, with the other party like this, they are obviously going to fight to the end. If I let this snowball, the incident will just become bigger!
"Tingan, why aren’t you talking?" Jiang Yuzhi knitted her intricately drawn brows. "You must help me buy it! Are you just going to watch on as I’m bullied by them?"
Xiahou Tingan became increasingly frustrated. Who is the one being bullied now? She just stood there and casually said a few sentences without doing anything, but I’m the one being humiliated! Even if we really buy it, she’ll only be scolded for being willful when she goes back, but what about me? I’m not the only young master in the Xiahou family! They will most likely make a mountain out of a molehill for this!
"Tingan, Tingan?" yelled Jiang Yuzhi in frustration.
Xiahou Tingan took a deep breath in before suppressing his anger. He tidied his shirt, coughed, and looked at Duan Ziyu. "You’re from the Black Guard? It looks like you’re a military officer. From what I know, the salary of Black Guard’s military officers isn’t high enough for you to be tossing money on the streets. I’m afraid your money is illegal, right?"
There were unclean people everywhere, even amongst the Black Guard.
This military officer is so arrogant, and he throws money even more freely than young masters. It’ll be a wonder if there’s nothing wrong with him!
Duan Ziyu straightened his back and stood like a standard gun. "I’m the Black Guard’s third military officer, Duan Ziyu. I have been in the military for 11 years and killed 1,589 enemies. I can use my life to guarantee you that I’ve never done anything against my conscience or taken illegal money!"
His voice was cold and hard, and every single word was as if lightning zapped the ground.
"What you said previously, Second Young Master Xiahou, isn’t just an insult to me, but an insult to the millions of Black Guards that protect the royal family. Please take back your words!"
The crowd was taken aback before they were solemn and respectful. With this kind of military accolades, it’s more than enough for him to be promoted to another rank.