"We'll bid 1.1 million too!" Tang Yun said it — then felt Wei Zhao squeeze her hand again, and had no choice but to add, "We'll bid 1.15 million!"

"Huh?" Bald Boss Wu stared at Tang Yun, hardly able to believe it. She dared to outbid him? Where did she get the nerve? Putting on a brave face while flat broke, was she? But when he caught Wei Zhao making little gestures behind her, Bald Boss Wu understood well enough: it was that bastard Wei Zhao, out to spite him!

Fine — you dare to raise the price on your own? He figured 1.15 million was Wei Zhao's absolute ceiling. Otherwise, why not bid 1.2 million? The man must be running low on cash, unable to go any higher!

So Bald Boss Wu gritted his teeth and declared outright, "1.2 million! 1.2 million — get the contract ready for me, now!"

Though Bald Boss Wu privately felt that paying 1.2 million for a 950,000 apartment was a touch extravagant, he had also salvaged his face, and shown off his means in front of Tang Yun and Mother Tang — which gave him a genuine sense of accomplishment!

This was the first step of his success. Next, so long as he humiliated Wei Zhao a little, he could sit down with Mother Tang and discuss keeping Tang Yun as his mistress.

"Oh, then it's yours. We'll look at something else." Taking Wei Zhao's hint, Tang Yun shook her head. "This one isn't all that ideal anyway. Paying 1.2 million for it is a terrible deal!"

"A terrible deal? I'd say it's that you two have no money!" Xiaoli sneered. Inside she was overjoyed — Bald Boss Wu had bought her such an expensive apartment, and it made her feel enormously important.

"Having money doesn't mean we throw it around!" Tang Yun pursed her lips. Thank goodness Wei Zhao had only meant to make the bald man bleed a little, not to buy the place themselves — otherwise, spending an extra 250,000 on a house would have kept Tang Yun awake at night!

Seeing that Tang Yun's family had given up, the salesgirl stopped pressing them. If someone else was willing to pay a high price for the apartment, why on earth would she object?

"Sir, shall we sign the contract now?" the salesgirl asked.

"Obviously. I went to all that trouble to win the bidding — what if someone else snatches it out from under me?" Bald Boss Wu glared at the salesgirl and barked.

"All right, then let's go back to the sales office and sign..." The salesgirl gave Mother Tang an apologetic look. "Auntie, why don't you come back with me? I can help you find another nice apartment."

"All right..." Mother Tang had no other choice; that was that. Spending an extra 250,000 on a house — she could not bear it! And on top of that, she had been hoping to knock the price down even further!

"So your daughter's boyfriend can't manage it either? What's an extra 250,000? To me it's nothing at all!" Once downstairs and aboard the electric cart, Bald Boss Wu remarked to Mother Tang, as if casually.

Mother Tang glared at him and said nothing. In her heart she thought: if my son-in-law were a moron like you, paying an extra 200,000 for a house, that would be a real failure! When my son-in-law buys me a house, of course the cheaper the better!

Seeing that Mother Tang said nothing, Bald Boss Wu shrugged and went back to cuddling and canoodling with his little mistress.

"That man is truly detestable!" Once in the car, Tang Yun complained to Wei Zhao in a low voice.

"Ha, there are plenty of houses — are we afraid we won't find one we like? Never mind an extra 250,000; I could afford an extra million. But would Auntie stand for it?" Wei Zhao laughed.

"Of course not! You'd better find her a cheap one. If she really had to pay through the nose, she'd worry herself sick!" Tang Yun sighed. She knew her mother's temperament well enough.

The six of them returned to the sales office. The salesgirl first drew up the purchase contract for Bald Boss Wu. The contracts were ready-made — pulled straight from the computer, printed out, and all that remained was a signature and a stamp.

Bald Boss Wu raised his pen grandly, about to sign his own name on the contract, when the little mistress turned sulky. "Didn't we agree it would be in my name? Why the change?"

"Well..." Bald Boss Wu had in fact already shifted his target to Tang Yun! By any measure, Tang Yun was far superior to Xiaoli, so he no longer wished to invest too much in Xiaoli — which was why he had played a little trick when it came to signing. He hadn't expected Xiaoli to be sharp enough to catch it at once.

"I just forgot, that's all..." Bald Boss Wu laughed heartily. He was in the middle of showing off in front of Tang Yun and her mother — how could he admit weakness now? If Mother Tang took him for a cheapskate who wouldn't even buy a woman a house, why would she ever help him talk Tang Yun around?

Only then did Xiaoli beam and write her name down, then happily planted another kiss on Boss Wu.

"Sir, you can make the payment now. Will you be paying in cash, or by bank card?" The salesgirl was delighted to have sold an apartment! An extra 250,000 on the price — surely the boss would praise her when he saw it?

"Obviously by card. Who in their right mind carries over a million in cash around? Only an idiot who's never seen money," Bald Boss Wu said, glaring at the salesgirl in annoyance as he tossed out a bank card.

"Fuck your sister — who are you calling an idiot?" A hulking man carrying a big black plastic sack appeared out of nowhere and seized Bald Boss Wu by the collar. "You got a death wish?"

"Ah? Brother, my apologies, I wasn't talking about you..." Bald Boss Wu was startled. This hulk packed far more of a visual punch than Wei Zhao! Wei Zhao might be formidable too — he could kick a car to a stop — but he wasn't built like this, so he hadn't struck Bald Boss Wu as all that terrifying. This hulk in a black tank top, covered in tattoos, though, gave him a real fright!

Besides, even if security came, he'd be in the wrong here — who told him to run his mouth and call the man an idiot? So Bald Boss Wu hurried to apologize.

"Hmph, I've got no time to waste on a baldy like you. I could kill you with this sack of cash." The hulk was clearly in a hurry to get somewhere; he let go of Bald Boss Wu and left, which came as a relief to the bald man.

The salesgirl brought over a wireless card reader, swiped Bald Boss Wu's card, handed him the receipt slip, issued him a payment voucher, and then said, "Sir, you're entitled to one draw in our lucky draw! The grand prize is free fine decoration and home appliances; first prize is a full set of home appliances; second prize is a full set of kitchen and bathroom fittings; third prize is a central water purifier; and there are smaller prizes too — electric kettles, electric stew pots, rice cookers, induction cookers, and so on. Every draw wins something — a hundred percent chance of a prize..."

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