Chapter 2735 - 2737: A Bunch of Twisted Reasoning
Jiang Meng believed that if Xiao Chen said this, he must have his reasons.
After the Central Plains grand event ended.
Wanyan Kang knelt there, watching Xiao Chen and the others leave.
His heart was full of suffocated resentment.
He swore that one day, he would make Xiao Chen kneel before him.
As soon as they got in the car, Bai Zhi grew anxious.
"Jiang Meng, I’m sorry, I really didn’t know that thing was so valuable.
Once we get back, I’ll mobilize all the strength of the Bai Family to look for it.
We must get it back."
"Yeah, we absolutely can’t lose that thing.
It’s basically our only link to the Liu Group."
Zhao Qiansun added.
"Godmother, it’s fine.
If it’s lost, then it’s lost. Madam Liu won’t turn into our enemy just because of this.
Besides, several days have already passed.
The person might have gone abroad long ago, there’s no way to find them anymore."
Xiao Chen sighed.
Jiang Meng felt something was off.
The old Xiao Chen, when faced with trouble, was always full of confidence.
If someone said that pendant had been taken abroad,
he’d still be able to find it even to the ends of the earth.
Why did he sound like he was just brushing things off today?
"Ten billion Gemstone Currency, just gone like that! What a pity!"
The entire Bai Family’s assets didn’t even add up to ten billion.
"We should still call the police and see if they have a way."
Bai Zhi thought for a moment and said.
"Godmother, calm down.
If we call the police and this gets blown up all over the city, then it’ll really become a big deal.
By then, Madam Liu will definitely be furious."
Xiao Chen persuaded, "Just let this become a secret."
"But if we don’t call the police, what if she finds out someday?
What do we do then?"
Zhao Qiansun said.
"Then we just tell the truth."
Xiao Chen said casually.
"No! Absolutely not!
If the Liu Family finds out my daughter used that pendant to pay off a gambling debt,
they’ll hate us to death.
That’s totally unacceptable."
Bai Zhi shook her head.
As they spoke, the car had already returned to the villa.
Everyone saw that Bai Yue and Wang Hou were already back.
"Mom, did you have fun? The food there today was so good!"
Bai Yue said with a big grin.
"Smack!"
Seeing Bai Yue’s grinning face, Bai Zhi couldn’t hold back.
She stepped forward and slapped Bai Yue across the face.
Bai Yue was stunned.
She touched her face, feeling it was unbelievable.
Because her mother had never hit her since she was little.
"Mom, you hit me?"
Bai Yue burst into tears.
"Shut up! So what if I hit you?
If I don’t beat you to death, I’m already going easy on you!"
Zhao Qiansun rarely lost his temper, but this time he also roared.
Bai Yue was so frightened she stopped crying.
Wang Hou didn’t dare make a sound either.
It was obvious the two of them were in a very bad state right now.
"You two, do you know that appraiser? Do you know where he’s hiding?"
Bai Zhi took a deep breath and asked.
Hitting someone couldn’t solve the problem in the end.
"What are you looking for him for?"
Bai Yue asked.
Bai Zhi briefly explained the situation.
She scared Bai Yue and Wang Hou so much they both collapsed weakly to the floor.
My god, a thing worth ten billion Gemstone Currency had been used by them to pay off a two-hundred-thousand gambling debt?
"That bastard, he actually dared to cheat me. If I find him, I’ll kill him!"
Wang Hou roared.
But in the end, it was just bluster.
"Mom, are you sure?
That thing didn’t even look like a treasure."
Bai Yue still couldn’t believe it.
"What do you know!
That was an amulet Madam Liu Yan went to Kunlun Mountain to ask for.
It was carved from top-grade mutton-fat white jade.
It contains Mana within it.
And it’s a supreme-grade piece."
Bai Zhi scolded, "You useless wastrel, what am I supposed to say about you."
"Mom, even if you beat Bai Yue to death now it won’t help. We should be thinking about how to solve this problem!"
Wang Hou couldn’t help saying.
"Solve it how? You give me a solution then."
Bai Zhi asked.
"The thing is gone, that’s true, but isn’t Xiao Chen on pretty good terms with the Liu Family?"
Wang Hou said, "Just let him smooth this over.
If something really happens, let him step out and take the hit.
He’s the one who brought the pendant back in the first place.
Totally set us up."
"He’s right. We’re at fault, sure.
But if Xiao Chen hadn’t brought the thing back,
we wouldn’t have had the chance to mess up!"
Bai Yue said righteously.
Jiang Meng was so angry she nearly spat blood.
How could there be people this unreasonable in the world?
But when Bai Zhi heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up, "Xiao Chen, you’re just an unemployed drifter right now.
They say a barefoot man doesn’t fear someone wearing shoes.
You just take this on you.
Say you lost it by accident.
I don’t think the Liu Family will do anything too serious to you."
"No! Absolutely not! From beginning to end this was all Bai Yue’s fault, how can you make my husband be the bad guy?
This isn’t fair.
Godmother, you can’t do this."
Jiang Meng shook her head.
"Jiang Meng, could you really bear to see your godmother, before I’ve even gotten settled, become enemies with the Liu Family?
There’s no problem if Xiao Chen shoulders this.
But if our Bai Family admits it,
then we’re completely finished."
Bai Zhi started crying.
Jiang Meng froze.
She didn’t know what to do.
"Godmother, don’t cry, it’s not that big a deal.
I’ll take this on. I’ll go explain it to Madam Liu.
I definitely won’t let it implicate the Bai Family."
At this moment, Xiao Chen suddenly spoke.
"Xiao Chen, you really are such a good person!
Don’t worry, if you end up going to jail,
I’ll definitely go visit you."
Bai Zhi wiped her tears as she spoke.
But in her heart she was thinking,
once Xiao Chen was in jail, she could find another match for Jiang Meng.
That Young Master Wang wasn’t bad.
"Alright then, that’s that. We’ll head back first."
Xiao Chen smiled and left with Jiang Meng.
In the car, the more Jiang Meng thought about it, the more upset she got: "This is too much, way too much.
How can Godmother be like this?
How can she make you take the blame!"
"Wife, I’m not even angry, what are you angry for?"
Xiao Chen chuckled, "But seeing how much you care about me really makes me happy."
"Happy my ass.
Hurry up and think about how to deal with the pendant.
No, I’m just going to tell Madam Liu the truth.
Yes, Godmother did save my life, but I can’t let my husband take the fall for this."
Jiang Meng bit her lip.
"No need."
Xiao Chen said, "Even if it really were lost, the Liu Family wouldn’t dare cause trouble for me.
Besides, once something’s been given to me, it’s mine.
How I deal with it is my business.
Of course, there’s one more very important reason: the pendant’s already been found.
That treasure appraiser really was hiding in Central Plains City."
"Really? You’re not lying to me?"
Jiang Meng couldn’t help asking.
"When have I ever lied to you?"
Xiao Chen smiled, "At most by tomorrow, someone will send it back."
As they spoke, the car had already returned to the Qinghuang Sect.
There was a person standing at the entrance, it was Jiang Wuyue.
She was holding a box in her hands.
"Mr. War God King, the item has been retrieved.
How should we handle that appraiser?"
Jiang Wuyue asked.
"He’s so greedy, deal with him quietly."
Xiao Chen said, "Don’t let the Bai Family or the Liu Family know. Just pretend this never happened."
"Understood. Then, Mr. War God King, I’ll take my leave!"
Jiang Wuyue turned and left.