Chapter 14: Compensation of Two Million

Nine million was quickly transferred to Bai Wei's account.

She let out a sigh of relief.

"Woof! Woof!"

Dahuang's fierce barking came from outside the door.

Bai Wei walked out the door and saw her Aunt leading two of her maternal relatives, storming into the Farm aggressively.

Aunt ran up eagerly.

"Xiao Wei, I heard the Archaeology Team asked you to work for them and is even paying you a salary of fifteen thousand. Is that true?"

Bai Wei was very cold, "What does that have to do with you?"

Aunt was rebuffed, but she held back and squeezed out a smile.

"Archaeology is too exhausting. A girl like you will be married and having children in a couple of years; why not give this job to your cousin!"

Only then did Bai Wei understand.

Aunt was acting out of character today, running to the Farm to smile at her; it turned out she wanted to secure a job for her cousin.

Aunt was still rambling on.

"... Once a woman is married, she must settle down and look after the family. Leave the work to the men; it's so comfortable for a woman to stay at home, do some chores, handle some farm work, and serve her parents-in-law without having to go to work..."

"Do you want this 'blessing' for yourself?" Bai Wei interrupted, "Since this blessing is so good, why don't you do the chores and farm work instead of running out to play mahjong every day?"

Aunt was righteous, "... My son will be taking a wife in the future; why would I do any work once I have a daughter-in-law?"

"That girl is doing just fine at her own home, why would she marry into your house to do chores? Is it because she covets you as a lazy mother-in-law? Or because she covets your son for being a man?" Bai Wei didn't give her any face, "No wonder your son can't find a wife. Even working as a nanny in the city pays a salary; being a daughter-in-law in your house means working yourself to death without a single cent, and you call that a blessing!"

"You dead girl..." Aunt was so angry she snorted, pointing a finger at her, "With such a poisonous tongue, no man will want you in the future! If you don't give up the job today, I'll raise the land rent to twenty thousand!"

Bai Wei was so angry she laughed.

The Farm was her own to begin with, and she actually wanted to raise the land rent!

At this moment, Professor Ye heard the commotion and ran out.

As soon as Aunt saw Professor Ye, she immediately shrieked, "Bai Wei, no wonder Huang Renfa said you suddenly had money; so you've been kept by an old man! How utterly shameless!"

"You..." Professor Ye was so angry he couldn't speak.

Bai Wei's expression turned cold, "Don't talk nonsense, he is Professor Ye!"

"Dead girl, I saw with my own eyes that he came out of your room, don't try to lie your way out of it." Aunt thought she had caught a handle on her and became even more arrogant, "Either you give the job to my son, or you give me twenty thousand yuan every month, otherwise I will spread the ugly news of you and this old man fooling around to the whole village!"

After saying this, she rushed forward, grabbed Professor Ye, and pulled him toward the door.

Professor Ye was old and lost his footing, causing the antique in his hand to fall to the ground.

Crack!

The clay peace charm shattered into two halves.

Professor Ye immediately cried out in heartbreak, "My peace charm!"

The commotion here was too loud; the village chief ran over with several villagers, and upon seeing the scene, he shouted angrily, "Grab this shrew from the neighboring village."

At this time, Zhou Yuchuan also came out and immediately stepped forward to support Professor Ye.

Aunt and her two maternal relatives were firmly held by the villagers and couldn't move at all.

Professor Ye was devastated, his hands trembling as he pointed at Aunt.

"You... you shrew, destroying a priceless antique, your crimes are heinous!"

Zhou Yuchuan took a look and took out his phone, "Lawyer Wang, someone has damaged Professor Ye's peace charm worth two million. Please help me call the police, and also prepare to file a lawsuit in court."

"What? Two million?" Aunt was stunned, and then the world began to spin, "This... this broken piece of junk, how could it be worth so much money?"

She never imagined that just by throwing a tantrum, she would be sued for two million in damages.

Seeing that the other party was serious, Aunt was almost paralyzed with fear and hurriedly looked at Bai Wei.

"Xiao Wei, I am your aunt, please help me plead with the old man... no, Professor Ye."

Bai Wei ignored her and turned to the village chief, "Village Chief, this shrew from the neighboring village insulted Professor Ye and damaged an antique worth two million. This matter must be reported to her village chief, otherwise, others might think she is from our village, which would ruin our village's reputation!"

Escalating it to a political level, the village chief also broke out in a cold sweat and nodded hurriedly.

"Right, I will call her village chief right now and have him come to collect her."

Aunt's face turned pale, "Bai Wei, you dead girl, not only are you not helping me, but you're also fanning the flames to find my village chief; I won't let you off!"

"You'd better worry about yourself first," Bai Wei said coldly, "You damaged an antique worth two million and assaulted Professor Ye. The medical expenses and emotional distress damages will add up to quite a lot."

After saying this, she tilted her chin at the people Aunt had brought, "Don't think you can escape either; you have a share in the compensation too."

"You... you..." Aunt felt the world spinning and collapsed to the ground in a cold sweat.

Why was this little girl so hard to deal with?

The two maternal relatives Aunt brought were also terrified when they heard they had to pay money, and they kept complaining to her, blaming her for bringing them to pick a fight with Bai Wei.

Professor Ye was helped to a chair and sat down, looking at the shattered peace charm, his heart aching so much he couldn't catch his breath.

"My antique... this was a priceless treasure... and it's just been destroyed like this..."

Bai Wei walked over, "Professor Ye, please don't worry. I will look for you at home to see if there is anything similar in the Warehouse, and I will replace it for you then."

"You still have more?" Professor Ye was suddenly pleasantly surprised, grabbing her hands and shouting excitedly, "You actually have more of such priceless treasures? How many more do you have?"

"This... let me look first, and then I will get back to you."

Zhou Yuchuan smiled, "Such ancient artifacts are like Chinese cabbage at your place, available at any time; it really is rare."

Bai Wei realized he was fishing for information and pretended not to hear, not answering a single word.

After sending the crowd away, Bai Wei closed the main gate.

The antiques in her hands had already aroused Zhou Yuchuan's suspicion.

Next time, she could not keep selling antiques to Professor Ye.

There are a few antique auction houses in the city, and she needs to find a new buyer.

The surroundings fell silent; there were gusts of wind and the chirping of insects.

Nine million was added to Bai Wei's account again.

She took out the Jade Pendant, intending to go to Xiao Moting's side to see what he was actually doing.

Just as Bai Wei was about to prick her finger and drip blood onto the Jade Pendant.

Dahuang bounded over joyfully.

Bai Wei immediately dodged to the side and commanded.

"Dahuang, sit!"

Thump!

Xiao Moting, dressed in silver armor, suddenly fell from his warhorse and landed straight on the snowy ground.

The ten thousand soldiers before him looked at each other in dismay.

Their young and heroic Prince of Northern Suppression... had actually fallen off his horse in front of the entire army?

Xiao Moting's expression was also awkward.

He had been patrolling the army on his warhorse, preparing for the battle against the barbarian soldiers in three days, but he never expected that while he was patrolling, the half-piece of Jade Pendant he wore around his neck would suddenly turn scalding hot; caught off guard, he fell from his horse.

The snow was getting heavier, and the sky was as gloomy as a piece of ink-stained gray cloth, so oppressive it made it hard to breathe.

"Chirp—"

A vigorous gyrfalcon spread its wings and swooped down from the sky filled with wind and snow.

Xiao Moting raised his arm.

The gyrfalcon folded its wings and landed on the armor of his left arm.

He tossed a Ham Sausage to the gyrfalcon and deftly untied a secret letter from its claws.

Xiao Moting quickly finished reading the secret letter, but his sword-like brows furrowed even tighter.

Qin Zhan immediately stepped forward, "Prince, is there news regarding the request for reinforcements?"

Xiao Moting pondered for a moment, "There is news..."

"That's great, we are saved..."

"The news from Shengjing is that the Second Prince will lead twenty thousand troops to arrive in Xuancheng to reinforce us and jointly engage the barbarian army."

Qin Zhan's expression froze, "The Second Prince is coming to reinforce us? How is that possible? Hasn't he always viewed you as a thorn in his side?"