Chapter 398: A thousand-year true cypress costs millions—she definitely can

"Lin Qianqian, to behave like this is truly one of a kind, you really are something! You don't even know your father and younger brother are now miserable, eating pig swill, the family destitute, yet you can still dress so splendidly and go shopping everywhere; your cheek is indeed thick, I admit defeat."

"I admire, I admire!"

"Lin Meng gave Lin Qianqian no face at all, speaking out everything she had done in front of the boss and her wealthy patron, feeling extremely relieved."

"Lin Qianqian never expected Lin Meng to directly expose her shame; in her impression Lin Meng, though difficult to deal with, was certainly not a talkative person, yet today she spoke so much!"

"You're talking nonsense, shut up!"

"Lin Meng spread her hands."

"Don't let people know unless you do nothing; cousin, all this you're enjoying now comes from stepping on your family's face—doesn't your conscience hurt?"

"After Lin Meng finished speaking, she glanced at Li Pinzhi and suddenly shuddered."

"My goodness, Lin Qianqian will really swallow anything to cling to a wealthy man; this old gentleman looks to be over fifty, right?"

"At his age, he might even have grandchildren running around his knees, and the original wife might still be sitting at home; Lin Qianqian is becoming more and more shameless."

"Lin Meng spoke to Li Pinzhi before Lin Qianqian could open her mouth:"

"Sir, how did you meet my cousin? Judging by your attire and demeanor, you must be well-off and substantial; you should be careful—people your age are easily deceived. My sister graduated from the Jing Shi Socialite Class; she's skilled, so keep your wits about you."

"After Lin Meng finished speaking, she closed her mouth; today she played the big mouth, spilling all of Lin Qianqian's dirty secrets, and it felt great."

"Upon hearing this, Li Pinzhi's scalp tightened on the spot, and his gaze toward Lin Qianqian grew colder and colder."

"Lin Qianqian, is everything your cousin said true? Although I, Li Pinzhi, have some means, I despise unfilial and disloyal people the most—is your family's situation really as your cousin described?"

"Also, what's this Socialite Class about?"

"Lin Qianqian glared at Lin Meng hatefully, but she panicked when Li Pinzhi questioned her."

"Li Ge, hear me out—my cousin just can't stand seeing me well, she's saying this on purpose to drive us apart."

"Lin Meng rolled her eyes; Lin Qianqian can make up any story—envy her? Ridiculous."

"Li Ge? You look capable at a glance—go check it out yourself; my older sister never considers consequences, she's full of flaws, you'll find out as soon as you look."

"People who do wrong usually hide it, fearing discovery and being caught; but Lin Qianqian is the opposite—she announced her Socialite Class, the whole village knows, she ran off with the family's money in a grand fashion, as if afraid her infamy wouldn't be known."

"Upon hearing this, Li Pinzhi's eyes shifted instantly."

"Earning that much money at over fifty, he naturally isn't brainless; seeing Lin Meng speak with certainty and Lin Qianqian's frightened yet angry expression, he roughly understood what was going on."

"He immediately shook off Lin Qianqian's hand and began to mock and sneer at her."

"You slut, your heart is so wicked; although I, Li Pinzhi, am no great saint, I really can't stand someone as vicious as you, daring to swindle away all the family's money."

"Fortunately I found out in time; otherwise, who knows what would happen to my several billion in assets."

"The shop owner and assistants, addicted to the spectacle, didn't come out to interfere."

"Instead, the commotion here drew many people from the market to watch the fun; now a crowd has gathered outside the shop."

"Seeing that Lin Qianqian seemed about to flee, the boss immediately stepped forward."

"Cousin making things difficult for cousin, saying she's putting on airs—this is interesting; miss, do you still want to buy this antique bonsai?"

"The boss saw that Lin Qianqian was no good person, while Lin Meng had a refined bearing and didn't look like someone putting on airs, so he posed this question."

"First, there's business; second, it's also a chance to slap Lin Qianqian in the face."

"A woman like that annoys him even to see."

"Seeing the boss was reasonable, Lin Meng curled her lips and said:"

"Buy it, set it aside for now—I still want to look at other varieties and buy more to take home."

"After Lin Meng finished speaking, out of the corner of her eye she saw Lin Qianqian biting her lip, full of hatred."

"Lin Qianqian had wanted to slip away, but seeing Lin Meng say she wanted to buy more, she couldn't help wondering whether Lin Meng really had money or was just pretending."

"After thinking, she decided to stay and see—just in case Lin Meng was really pretending to be wealthy and couldn't pay later, then what would everyone think of her?"

"By then she'd have a way to turn the tables and trample Lin Meng in the mud!"

"Seeing Lin Qianqian's expression, Lin Meng knew what little schemes she was hatching."

"Isn't it just wanting to see her unable to pay and make a laughingstock of herself in public, hoping to reverse her reputation? Truly laughable."

"Sometimes I really don't know what's in Lin Qianqian's head—how can she be so foolish?"

"Right now there are so many people outside the shop watching the spectacle; the boss isn't easily fooled—who would be stupid enough to pretend to be wealthy when they clearly have no money?"

"Lin Qianqian, this fool, always thinks everyone else is as stupid as she is."

"Lin Meng wandered around the shop, picked out two or three items that caught her eye and were relatively easy to care for; the boss quoted a total of two million, adding to the previous 1.3 million, Lin Meng has now selected bonsai worth 3.3 million."

"Lin Qianqian clenched her fists, still consoling herself."

"Isn't it just over three million? Maybe Lin Meng sold that car and has some cash."

"If she puts in a bit more effort to accompany Li Ge eating, drinking, and having fun for a while, it's not impossible for her to earn that much!"

"But soon Lin Qianqian realized she had guessed wrong."

"Lin Meng said to the boss:"

"I'm more interested in antique bonsai; do you have any more?"

"Upon hearing this, the boss immediately perked up."

"Yes, the shop still has two pots of antique bonsai: one pot of bougainvillea, one pot of Chinese juniper. The bougainvillea is a hundred years old and costs three million; as for the Chinese juniper, it's even more expensive—it's a thousand-year true cypress, a genuine thousand-year bonsai, with no limit, priced at twelve million."

"As soon as he finished speaking, not only those inside the shop but also the sightseers outside were stunned, gasps of cold air rising and falling."

"Curious and bold tourists have been squeezing into the shop one after another, wanting to see what the thousand-year true cypress looks like."

"Li Pinzhi, upon hearing this, was also greatly startled, his heart pounding wildly."

"He does have several billion in assets, it's true, but his liquid funds are only a few tens of millions; even he wouldn't dare casually buy a bonsai worth over ten million—this little girl probably lacks both the courage and the funds, right?"

"Spending twelve million on a bonsai to keep at home—you can only look at it, and you must tend it daily to keep it from dying; good grief, are you crazy to spend that much buying an ancestor back home!"

"What kind of wealth does one need to dare spend like that? I think this girl is just asking verbally; she definitely wouldn't dare buy it."

"I think she definitely can't come up with that much money; just now she picked those three bonsai, which already cost over three million—quite expensive enough."

Everyone thought Lin Meng wouldn't buy the Thousand-Year True Cypress; Lin Qianqian, with a ferocious expression, wanted to laugh out loud.

Lin Meng, Lin Meng, you pretended to be rich—now you're sweating profusely, huh?

One pot of scenery costs 1,200,000—you definitely can't afford it!