Chapter 122: What Right Do You Have to Speak?
Lin Ruoxi was a little star-struck. Cheng Yuan looked even more handsome after changing into his new clothes. He perfectly matched the image of the man she held deep in her heart!
’If the Cheng Yuan from yesterday had been this dashingly handsome, would I have even had the courage to resist?’
"Wife, do I look good in a suit?"
Cheng Yuan spun around a few times in a very flamboyant display.
Lin Ruoxi was screaming internally, ’He’s drop-dead gorgeous!’
But when the words actually left her lips, Lin Ruoxi’s tone changed completely. She said nonchalantly, "It’s alright. You finally look like a city person."
Cheng Yuan felt a little offended, but he couldn’t argue. He really had been a bit dowdy before and had no fashion sense.
"It’s a shame you don’t have a nice watch. After the auction, I’ll take you to buy a decent one."
"Okay. I’ll do as my wife says."
Laughing and chatting, the two of them left the room and headed straight for the dining room.
"Good morning, Brother, Sister."
Shen Youchu greeted them sweetly.
"Good morning, little Youchu. Your big brother and sister have to go host an auction in a bit. Do you want to stay home or come with us?"
"I don’t want to be home alone..."
"Then come with us. We’ll find an empty room for you to practice your skills."
"Okay."
Once they had eaten and drunk their fill, the family of five set out in two cars.
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「8:30 a.m.」
The family of five arrived at Futai Square.
In the parking lot, they unexpectedly ran into Lin Xingchen’s family.
Seeing his older brother’s family, Lin Xinghe hurried to greet them.
"Big Brother, Sister-in-law, and Ruolong, what brings you to Luocheng?"
Lin Xingchen snorted contemptuously. "Xinghe, so you still remember you have an older brother? You have the nerve to ask me why I’m in Luocheng? Isn’t it all because of you?"
Lin Xinghe’s pupils contracted slightly. ’The Old Man is being overly cautious, isn’t he? To think he’d send Big Brother over!’
Lin Xinghe forced a smile. "Big Brother, can you help me plead with Dad? The reason we chose the auction house instead of the jewelry or pharmaceutical industries was precisely to avoid competing with Huanyu Group. Can you ask Dad to go easy on us? We’re still blood of the Lin Family, after all!"
"You still know you’re the blood of the Lin Family? The Lin Family is facing a serious crisis of survival, and Ruoxi actually ran away from her marriage? Is your family trying to make the Lin Family fall apart?"
Lin Xinghe and Hua Yao were at a loss for words. Ruoxi running away from the marriage would indeed have a huge impact on Huanyu Group!
Lin Ruoxi didn’t know how to refute it either. It was true that she had been a bit headstrong, but she couldn’t be blamed for it. ’If anyone’s to blame, it’s Gu Chen and his stinking reputation!’
’If the Old Man had arranged a marriage partner for me with even a slightly better reputation, I wouldn’t have run away.’
Only Cheng Yuan felt that Lin Ruoxi was completely blameless. He said loudly, "Uncle, you have no right to blame Ruoxi! Is Ruoxi the only third-generation direct descendant in the entire Lin Family? Why should Ruoxi’s happiness be sacrificed? Why not have your own son marry for an alliance? Why not the other girls?"
Lin Xingchen glanced coldly at Cheng Yuan. "Who are you calling Uncle? When we, the Lin Family, are talking, outsiders should step aside. You have no right to speak here!"
Lin Ruoxi supported Cheng Yuan without hesitation. "Uncle, Cheng Yuan is my legally recognized husband. Of course he has the right to speak!"
Hua Yao also stepped forward without hesitation, saying loudly, "Big Brother, Cheng Yuan is right. There are seven children in the third generation of the Lin Family! Why should Ruoxi’s happiness be sacrificed? If you really consider yourself part of the Lin Family’s bloodline, why not have Ruolong marry for an alliance? You can’t put all the blame on Ruoxi."
Lin Xingchen was choked with anger, his face red and his neck veins bulging, unable to utter a word. His wife, Jiang Yue, however, was sharp-tongued.
"Right about what? He’s just a human shield the Old Man doesn’t even acknowledge. What right does he have to speak? He doesn’t understand the Lin Family’s situation at all! Right now, among the third generation of the Lin Family, only Ruoxi has the most outstanding looks and talent. Only she can marry into a top-tier family! If Ruoxi doesn’t do it, who will?"
Cheng Yuan laughed in exasperation.
"This is the first time I’ve heard such shameless logic. So now it’s a virtue to be ugly and untalented? If a family can only survive by selling off the happiness of its children, then a family like that doesn’t deserve to exist!"
The faces of Lin Xingchen’s family of three turned ashen with rage!
’This damn brat’s mouth is truly venomous!’
Jiang Yue snorted coldly. "Brat, no matter how tough you talk, you can’t change the fact that your Yuanxi Auction House is going to be crushed! An auction without an Antique Appraiser is destined to become a laughingstock!"
Lin Ruolong chimed in to twist the knife, "How many lots do you even have? I heard that you have fewer than ten Treasure Holders confirmed for the auction!"
Lin Xingchen finally found some confidence and said condescendingly, "Brat, how many distinguished guests have you found to attend your auction? Three? Five? You probably can’t even fill the front row, right? Our Huanya Auction House has invited over a hundred distinguished guests! Do you need us to lend you a few?"
After speaking, Lin Xingchen couldn’t be bothered to argue anymore and led his family toward Futai Building.
At the entrance of Futai Building, the staff from Huanya and Yuanxi were crammed together, fighting for the best spots to set up their inflatable arches and welcome banners.
The Huanya staff outnumbered the Yuanxi staff several times over. The Yuanxi employees simply couldn’t compete and were pushed to the side.
WHIRRR!
The large inflator roared to life, and Huanya’s archway blew up as their banner was hung.
Lin Xingchen’s family nodded in satisfaction at Mu Qingfeng. Assistant Mu was certainly capable.
The Yuanxi staff could only approach with looks of helplessness to air their grievances. "The two President Lins, and President Hua, this is impossible! Huanya used their superior numbers to take all the best spots, leaving us just a little space in the corners. Should we even hang our banner?"
At this moment, Cheng Yuan had already become their backbone. The other three subconsciously looked toward him.
"Xiaoyuan, the people from Huanya are too shameless. What should we do? If we don’t even have an arch and a banner, we’ll be overshadowed from the get-go."
Cheng Yuan grinned. "Hang it! Of course we’ll hang it! Just hang it right in front of theirs. Block their arch for me!"
Hearing Cheng Yuan’s words, the staff members looked at each other in disbelief.
’Who is this young man? Can he stop talking nonsense?’
’Huanya has twice as many people as we do. How could they just stand by and watch us block their arch and banner?’
’We can’t even get through, okay?’
"Young man, that’s easy for you to say. They have so many people, we can’t charge through at all. There’s no way for us to set up an arch and banner."
Cheng Yuan grinned. "Youchu, the people from Huanya are bullying us like this. Can we tolerate it?"
"We cannot!"
"Everyone, with me! Let’s teach them a lesson!"