Lionel received a call and exclaimed in shock, "THAT HIGH?! Isn't it supposed to be around sixty million?"
"Who won the bid?"
The entire family knew that Lionel was talking about the hillside villa auction after hearing what Lionel said. Everyone turned and looked at Lionel attentively. 
"I understand." 
Lionel hung up the phone and sighed. 
"Dad, what's the transaction price?" Harvey asked eagerly. 
"Eighty-nine million," Lionel said. 
The figure stunned everyone there, with the old lady unable to keep herself calm. It exceeded the estimated price by more than 20 million, so one could imagine how intense the auction was. Most importantly, the actual value of the villa was simply not worth that kind of money. 89 million had all been spent just for reputation alone. 
"Yara was right. It’s a mystery buyer. No one knows who it is," Lionel continued. 
Waves began forming within Yara's heart.

In front of the department store.
Linda Chen’s svelte figure attracted the attention of quite a few men. In just a few minutes, there were already three men who approached her.
She wore a floral print T-shirt, a white blazer thrown over her shoulders, and the pleated white miniskirt she wore exposed her long legs. Who knew how many men she had stunned with that appearance?
She was Yvonne’s old classmate and a close friend. When she spotted Yvonne walking toward her from a distance with a man by her side, she was so surprised that she gaped a little.
Yvonne had been married for three years. She had only seen that legendary husband of hers once during the wedding. Yvonne actually brought him along today.
Was something wrong with her eyes?
“What’s up? What are you so surprised about?” Yvonne asked Linda with a smile on her face when she got closer.
Linda pulled Yvonne to one side. “Yvonne, I'm not going blind, am I?” she whispered, “This is the infamous Samuel Hannigan.”
Even if one had never seen Samuel Hannigan’s appearance, one would have at least heard of his name in Cloud City. This was because the incident that happened three years ago rocked the entire city. Besides, with Harvey fanning the flames on purpose, even regular folk knew about it.
“Mmhmm,” Yvonne hummed, nodding her head.
Linda was even more taken aback when she got Yvonne’s confirmation. That year, Yvonne had been full of resentment toward her marriage; she even harbored bitterness inside her for Yvonne. Although three years had passed, the incident was still treated as a joke whenever someone brought it up, just like how it had been then.
“Are you nuts? Why did you bring him out?” Linda said, shaking her head.
Yvonne knew that her friend cared a lot for her, but the reality was that Samuel was her husband. Anyway, after examining her feelings, Yvonne thought that she should truly allow Samuel into her life.
“I'm not crazy,” Yvonne replied, “You’ll be seeing him more frequently from now on.”
“Y-You…It can’t be that...you’ve accepted him?” Linda looked as if she just heard a ghost story, her expression stricken with terror. She would see him frequently. Did that mean that Yvonne was going to bring him along frequently?
Yvonne bobbed her head without hesitation. “I’ve not fully accepted him,” she said before continuing, “but I'm trying.”
Linda rolled her eyes. She wanted to say more about the matter, but she swallowed her words.
“Whatever makes you happy. You’re my best friend, after all,” Linda reassured.
Her gaze sidled toward Samuel. She discovered, to her surprise, that if one discounted his position as a married man, he did not look half-bad. At least he was pretty good looking and had a charismatic presence. It was a pity that his reputation was rotten.
After the three entered the department store, the two women went into shopping mode. It did not matter if they bought anything or not; they hopped from store to store, trying on the clothes that looked appealing to them at least once.
Samuel was also very patient. It was his first time accompanying Yvonne while she shopped, after all. To him, the feeling was pretty good.
Every time Linda tried on something revealing, she would deliberately flash a glance toward Samuel. She had plenty of confidence in her figure and her face, and would always be approached whenever she stepped out of the house. Men were primarily visual creatures. From her point of view, Samuel was no exception to this.
However, after trying that a few times, Linda found that Samuel would only smile whenever Yvonne changed into something. He did not even bat an eyelash at her.
He could not have been blind, right? Was he really not the least bit interested in her?
Linda did not believe that. She changed into a particularly revealing set of clothes on purpose, which practically exposed her entire body. She even walked right in front of Samuel.
“What do you think? Is it nice?” Linda Chen asked.
Samuel scanned her from top to toe. She did have a good figure. “It looks good,” he said.
As soon as he said that, he reverted his attention to Yvonne, not lingering on her for a moment more.
Linda questioned her understanding of men. There was not a hint of desire in Samuel’s eyes; they were crystal clear. This was not something that one could disguise.
Linda then concluded that Samuel definitely suffered from face blindness. In his eyes, there was no distinction between beauty nor ugliness.
At this moment, a couple walked into the shop. The woman was dressed elegantly, whereas the man was plump and fleshy. A thick gold chain hung around his neck, practically screaming ‘nouveau riche’.

Three days later at the Sue family villa.
The old lady held a celebration banquet for Yvonne and all relatives of the Sue family were present.
During the banquet, Yvonne explained the cooperation with Weakriver Real Estate in detail and the old lady was incredibly happy when she heard it. Meanwhile, the rest of the Sue family’s relatives had sinister intentions because Yvonne's future position in the company was bound to be unshakeable after her advancement to a more senior role became a reality.
After all, Weakriver Real Estate wanted to develop the city’s west side into a city center. A project like that would no doubt take a long time to finish.
If the project was not yet over, could anyone even upend Yvonne's status?
Harvey's expression was exceedingly ugly. He was originally the highest-ranking person within the younger generation in the company, and he was expected to become the su

Lionel received a call and exclaimed in shock, "THAT HIGH?! Isn't it supposed to be around sixty million?"
"Who won the bid?"
The entire family knew that Lionel was talking about the hillside villa auction after hearing what Lionel said. Everyone turned and looked at Lionel attentively. 
"I understand." 
Lionel hung up the phone and sighed. 
"Dad, what's the transaction price?" Harvey asked eagerly. 
"Eighty-nine million," Lionel said. 
The figure stunned everyone there, with the old lady unable to keep herself calm. It exceeded the estimated price by more than 20 million, so one could imagine how intense the auction was. Most importantly, the actual value of the villa was simply not worth that kind of money. 89 million had all been spent just for reputation alone. 
"Yara was right. It’s a mystery buyer. No one knows who it is," Lionel continued. 
Waves began forming within Yara's heart. She made that remark casually but she never expected it to be true! 
She was the subject of affecti

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