My Wife, The Ice Queen President

Chapter 168: 0168: Jewelry Exhibition (Three Updates)_1

Chapter 168: Chapter 0168: Jewelry Exhibition (Three Updates)_1
 

Chen Xiao heaved a sigh and said, “I should’ve known that encountering you would bring no good. You go on with your business; I’ll go catch Zhang Meng first. When the Dragon Group comes to settle the score with you, at least I’ll have some evidence to reason with them.”

“Thanks. But Zhang Meng knows martial arts, are you sure you can handle him?”

“If I say I can’t, would you believe me?” Chen Xiao gave him a look and walked away.

Ye Xiong gave a wry smile, for he truly believed Chen Xiao knew martial arts.

Among those in the intelligence unit, who didn’t know martial arts? It was just that no one had ever seen Chen Xiao make a move.

Having this guy’s help indeed saved a lot of trouble.

In the blink of an eye, evening arrived.

On the eighteenth floor of the Jianghai Group building, lights shone brilliantly, and guests arrived in droves.

Tonight was destined to belong to Dong Xuan.

The globally anticipated jewelry exhibition, hosted by Jianghai Group, was grandly held on the eighteenth floor of the Haitian Group Building. The displayed jewelry originated from various countries and regions around the world, each with diverse styles, dazzling and abundant.

The total value of the jewelry exhibition exceeded ten billion.

The jewelry exhibition was meticulously planned by Dong Xuan, who spent a full half-year preparing. Leveraging the reputation of Jianghai Group, she borrowed jewelry worth up to eight billion for the exhibit.

This jewelry exhibition could not be said to be unparalleled in history but was certainly unprecedented.

As the mastermind behind this jewelry exhibition, Dong Xuan was destined to be the talk of the evening.

She could imagine that tomorrow’s headlines would undoubtedly cover her from all angles.

The story of turning from nobody to somebody would unfold upon her.

Moreover, Ye Yuandong had stated last night that after the jewelry exhibition, he would announce her as the new president of the group. She would soon become the wealthiest and most beautiful female president in all of Kyoto.

Thinking of all these things, Dong Xuan’s eyes lit up with excitement and anticipation.

“Mom, has that guy been dealt with?”

A girl with heavy makeup approached Dong Xuan and asked.

The girl was none other than Ye Tongtong, whom Ye Xiong had slapped into a “pig-headed” state.

In the past few days, Ye Tongtong had been desperately seeking treatment, using all possible methods, but she still couldn’t completely reduce the swelling on her face.

Not willing to miss such a grand gathering, she came up with a solution: to wear heavy makeup.

But after applying heavy makeup, she looked more like a ghost.

Ye Tongtong detested Ye Xiong to death.

“I’ve avenged you already; he will never appear again,” Dong Xuan said softly, keeping her voice low.

If there was anything that made Dong Xuan happy tonight, it was that she had also resolved the last of her worries.

Although it cost her all of her personal savings to hire a hitman for thirty million, the thought of becoming the group president soon—where wealth would come rolling in and Ye Yuandong, the old man, would eventually hand over the financial authority to her—made the expense seem trivial.

Soon, she would be the richest woman in the Capital City.

By then, who would dare to look down on her?

A fiery gleam flickered in Dong Xuan’s eyes.

“Ladies and gentlemen, good evening,” began the two beautiful hostesses, instantly drawing everyone’s attention.

“Welcome to the grand jewelry exhibition hosted by Jiang Hai Jewelry Group Limited… All the jewelry present here tonight is available for purchase, with on-the-spot transactions… The proceeds from tonight’s exhibition by Jianghai Group will donate five percent to the children’s welfare home…”

Upon the hostesses’ announcement, the audience responded with enthusiastic applause.

“Now, please welcome the chairman of Jianghai Group, the vice-chairman of the Capital City business community, Chairman Ye Yuandong, to give his speech. Let’s welcome him warmly.”

Amidst the applause, Ye Yuandong, arm in arm with his wife Dong Xuan, stepped onto the stage.

Ye Yuandong, fifty-two years old, dressed in a shirt and trousers, had hair that was already greying at the temples and sported a beard, making him appear older than his actual age.

Below the stage, three beauties huddled together, whispering in hushed tones.

It was Yang Xinyi, Tang Ning, and Ye Yangyang.

As a well-known official in Kyoto, Tang Jianjun was among those invited to this jewelry exhibition, so he brought his wife, Yang Yueru, along.

As the daughter of Ye Yuandong, Ye Yuandong had sent her three tickets as a gesture, and she took the opportunity to bring Yang Xinyi and Tang Ning with her.

Otherwise, Yang Xinyi and Tang Ning wouldn’t dream of getting in—such grand jewelry exhibitions were notoriously hard to get tickets for.

“Sister-in-law, you said brother would come, why isn’t he here yet?” Ye Yangyang asked in a low voice.

After returning home last night, Yang Xinyi ultimately told Ye Yangyang that Ye Xiong was fine and said he would come to the jewelry show tonight, so Ye Yangyang had been looking for her brother all night.

“Your brother has nine lives, he’ll be fine.”

Tang Ning wasn’t the least bit worried about Ye Xiong’s safety and walked up to a display case, admiring the necklace inside.

“Eight million eight hundred eighty-eight thousand, five million two hundred thousand, my God, this one’s twelve million.” Tang Ning’s eyes were filled with stars, saliva nearly dribbling out of her mouth. “If someone gave me this necklace, I’d marry him on the spot.”

“What if he’s an eighty-year-old geezer?” Ye Yangyang teased.

“Even better, I’d marry him, and once he kicks the bucket, keeling over dead, wouldn’t all his property be mine then?”

Ye Yangyang was utterly dumbfounded; she truly couldn’t comprehend Tang Ning’s way of thinking.

If it were her, she wouldn’t even consider marrying some decrepit old man, let alone spend a minute with him, much less a lifetime.

“You’re really pragmatic,” Ye Yangyang responded.

“Look at you, taking it so seriously, I was just talking,” Tang Ning retorted, gesturing towards the woman reveling in the limelight on stage. “That b*tch up there, that’s what you call pragmatic.” Tang Ning pointed at Dong Xuan on stage. “She married a man over a decade her senior; I don’t believe for a second she did it willingly, and I’m even less convinced that she’ll live out her life happily munching on cucumbers without having an affair.”

“Why would she want to eat cucumbers?” the innocent Ye Yangyang wondered aloud.

Yang Xinyi’s face turned dark at the side, feeling that if Ye Yangyang kept hanging out with Tang Ning, she would surely go bad. She quickly scolded, “Tang Ning, if you keep spouting nonsense, I’ll tell your brother-in-law.”

Tang Ning huffed, and as she was turning around, she was suddenly struck by a vicious slap across her face.

She was stunned.

Ye Yangyang and Yang Xinyi were also stunned.

Even the people around them, noticing the commotion, all turned their gazes towards the scene.

It turned out that Ye Tongtong had been observing the three women all along.

With Ye Jun still around, she had been wary of the trio, but now that Ye Jun was dealt with, she had been eager to settle the score with the three women. Having passed by just at the right moment, she overheard Tang Ning speaking ill of her mother, and that’s when she exploded with rage.

“You dare hit me, I’ll fight you!”

Tang Ning suddenly lunged forward, grabbing Ye Tongtong’s hair tightly and yanking forcefully, slamming her into a nearby display case.

The surrounding people were stunned once again.

Both women were hot-tempered, and now it was truly like Mars colliding with Earth.

The collision left Ye Tongtong bleeding from the head, and upon feeling the blood, she screamed, “I’ll fight you to the death.”

“As if I’m scared of you?”

The two women charged at each other and wrestled together.

On the stage, Ye Yuandong was just about to speak when the brawl interrupted him, immediately infuriating him. He demanded, “Who is causing a scene down there?”

“To the Chairman, it’s Miss Tongtong and another girl causing a commotion,” one of the company executives replied softly.

“Bring them up here.”

Then, Ye Tongtong and Tang Ning were escorted up onto the stage by the security personnel.

(I’d like to apologize to everyone, as this book has a very high word count, the editor has asked to slow down the release pace. Starting today, we’ll temporarily switch to three updates a day. Although it’s three updates, it’s still at the pace of an ordinary free book. Please forgive us, and should the performance improve, we’ll notify you about additional updates.)