Chapter 1481: Chapter 1551: Family Head, I Will Be
In the Feng Family, Housekeeper Xing was on equal footing with Chief Ni, but had more real power because he dealt with external matters and secretive dealings.
He was truly the one who called the shots.
Even Feng Jianxi didn’t dare to contradict him face-to-face.
"What are you doing, Housekeeper Xing?"
"Let me go."
"First, take them back and let the gentleman handle it."
Without further ado, everyone was taken away in a disgraceful and embarrassing manner.
Chief Ni turned pale as a sheet the moment he saw Housekeeper Xing come in, his ear bleeding onto his face and clothes looked terrifying.
"Old Xing." He called out in a trembling voice.
Housekeeper Xing shook his head in disappointment, "You’ve been cautious your whole life, how could you make such a mistake in your old age?" It really let him down too much.
The gentleman had ordered last time that any young masters and misses not returning home that day were to be expelled from the family. Most of them came back. He demanded to ferret out the insider, and Old Ni did a cleanup.
Afterwards, he reported to the gentleman, who only smiled indifferently. At that time, he didn’t understand, but now realized that the gentleman must have known back then that the one leaking information was Old Ni himself.
"You explain the specifics to the gentleman personally!"
"I... I... yes." Chief Ni closed his eyes and left voluntarily without needing anyone to escort him.
In the room, only Sheng Ning, Xu Qigang, Gu Yunbo, and Housekeeper Xing were left.
"This must be President Xu?" Housekeeper Xing walked up to Xu Qigang, bowed politely, "I’ve long admired your reputation." On his way here, he was still wondering who the force causing such a stir in Country M was, but after watching their decisive and clean actions, he had a pretty good idea.
Xu Qigang didn’t like the pleasantries of businessmen; he only frowned slightly as he sized up Housekeeper Xing.
"Miss Sheng Ning, I’m sorry for scaring you."
"No worries, thank you, Housekeeper Xing." Sheng Ning was very polite to Housekeeper Xing; he had helped her before and had never held ill intentions towards her. "Please convey to Uncle Grandpa, I’m determined to be the Family Head of the Feng Family."
She was referring to Family Head, not inheritor.
Since she couldn’t avoid it, she might as well accept it, and she didn’t believe she’d always be at the mercy of others.
Housekeeper Xing was overjoyed, his fingers trembling.
"Good, so good! I’ll go host the auction, you all sit here."
"I’ll come with you." Gu Yunbo dashed out. Ever since Xu Qigang came in, she felt like a thousand-watt lightbulb, feeling more and more in the way.
The moment Housekeeper Xing closed the door from the outside, Sheng Ning was unexpectedly pinned onto the Taishi Chair by Xu Qigang.
"I missed you." His high nose brushed against her nose tip, his breath carrying a faint tobacco scent that was so charming and alluring.
"The auction started." She whispered.
"I know."
"I mean, the auction has started, and if we don’t open our booth’s door, people will laugh at us." Sheng Ning blushed as red as a sunset glow.
"Who cares! Let them talk."
Sheng Ning’s eyes showed a sly fox-like smile, "I remember you weren’t like this before, not daring to even hold my hand in public."
Xu Qigang uncomfortably touched his nose, resolutely refusing to admit he ever did such a thing before.
"I’ll go open the door." He got up, and as soon as he opened the booth’s door, Beiate was opposite waving his hands frantically.
"Hi... I’m here, I’m here."
Xu Qigang expressionlessly returned to sit down next to Sheng Ning, completely ignoring Beiate. He wasn’t blind; how could he not see that big living person?
"Who is that?"
The doors of every booth on the second floor were open, and it was clear who was sitting inside.
Sheng Ning had been very curious about the person directly opposite her; now she saw a room full of blonde and blue-eyed men, one of whom looked wild like a monkey, while the other seemed noble, and why did he look so familiar?
Sheng Ning tilted her head, staring at the Duke opposite for a long time, the more she looked, the more familiar he seemed. Meanwhile, she overlooked the man beside her, who was now brimming with jealousy, his fists clenched so tightly they creaked.
"Stop looking, your man’s right here!" Xu Qigang murmurously but firmly turned her head back, forcing her to only look at him, "What’s so good about them? Not better looking than me."
Previously, Xu Qigang never cared about appearances, but now he suddenly realized that men being good-looking was nice. At least he didn’t have to worry about his wife staring at other men.
Sheng Ning seriously evaluated, "Honestly, although you’re good-looking too, he’s beautiful!" Her man exuded hormones off the charts, not the same type as the other.
"Even so, he’s not better looking than Meng Fan." Xu Qigang had this look that my brother is the best in the world, proud as can be.
"Hearing you say that makes me even more curious about Meng Fan. By the way, I haven’t seen his photo; when will you show it to me?"
"No, absolutely not." Even with a brother, he couldn’t tolerate it.
"Next time, you can only look at me."
Kissed in public for the first time, Sheng Ning was so shy she couldn’t lift her head. Xu Qigang, on the other hand, was calm and collected, surveying the surroundings and paying close attention to the auction below.
"Gu Yunbo seems to be very interested in the dagger on the stage." His keen observation allowed him to notice Gu Yunbo’s eyes light up when the dagger was brought up below.
The dagger on the showcase, with its sharp and brilliant sheen, was indeed a formidable weapon. Xu Qigang narrowed his eyes slightly, letting out a sudden intense cold light.
"What’s wrong?" Sheng Ning noticed his unusual behavior and asked in surprise.
"That dagger belongs to Meng Fan." Xu Qigang clenched his fist so tightly that his knuckles turned an abnormal shade of green-white. "We scoured everywhere back then and never expected it to end up here. It’s a Meng family heirloom, sharp enough to cut through iron like mud."
