The Chosen System: Counterattack with Husband

August 8, Wednesday, 9 a.m., inside the Imperial Capital Longtengju Hotel.

Meng Lingqi, wearing a navy blue Tang suit, stood at the entrance of Taishan Pavilion in Longtengju, busy but not chaotically directing the exhibition staff who were carrying boxes in and out to place the items needed for the auction.

As the core area of ​​this auction, Taishan Pavilion needed the most decoration and layout. Fortunately, the staff from the four major families were as efficient as in previous sessions. Today, Meng Lingqi came here mainly to supervise the finishing work of the venue layout, and there was not much left to do.

Longtengju Hotel is owned by the Zhou family, one of the four major families in the imperial capital. Countless celebrities and tycoons in the imperial capital choose to entertain important guests here. Even the highest-ranking leader in China has received visiting dignitaries from other countries here.

The Taishan Pavilion in Longtengju is usually not open to the outside world unless the event being held is very important or the guests being entertained are of exceptional status.

Before the auction of the four major families was held this time, the heads of the Wu, Ye and Gu families used no idea how many times they had to use their eloquence to finally convince the head of the Zhou family, who had rarely appeared in public, to lend half of Longtengju as the venue for the auction, and they also agreed to a lot of unequal treaties for this.

Ye Yingqi, who is usually arrogant and domineering, has been so busy these days that he has almost no time to rest. In addition to contacting many mysterious sellers at the auction, he also has to assist Mr. Meng in completing the overall coordination work on site. His temper has been smoothed out a lot.

After making the last phone call of the day, Ye Yingqi sat on the stone steps at the entrance of Taishan Pavilion with a messy hair, rubbing his eyes hard which he could hardly open, and threw a triple amount of Jingliang mint candy into his mouth, forcing himself to wake up.

While directing the workers to move things, Meng Lingqi glanced at the Ye family boy out of the corner of his eye. Seeing the slightly decadent but fresh look of the Ye family's eldest son, who did not dare to neglect him, a relieved smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although the eldest son of the Ye family had participated in many auctions held by the four major families before, this was his first time to communicate and contact on site as an exhibition staff. The level of busyness was completely different from the previous time when he was just a buyer and guest.

When Ye Yingqi went to pick up Xu Yiyu two days ago, it was a rare break.

As for the girl from the Wu family, she should be busy going back and forth between the various storage rooms to count the items. I guess she is very busy.

Meng Lingqi stroked the white beard on his chin with satisfaction, walked to Ye Yingqi, and sat down beside Ye Yingqi leisurely without any airs of an elder.

Ye Yingqi forced himself to glance at the person sitting next to him, and suddenly he was about to stand up.

Meng Lingqi quickly held down the frightened young man and prevented him from standing up.

"Don't be nervous, just take a rest."

Meng Lingqi raised his hand and patted Ye Yingqi on the back, smiling kindly and with relief.

"The old man just came to chat with you, there's no need to be so nervous."

"Stop joking with me, old man."

Ye Yingqi lowered his brows and smiled bitterly, completely lacking his previous arrogant and domineering look.

"During this period of time, I have almost formed a conditioned reflex and I can't even sleep well."

"After today, you can finally take a break."

Meng Lingqi lowered his eyes and saw the mint candy in Ye Yingqi's hand, and naturally opened his palm towards him.

"Here, give me one of that candy too."

Ye Yingqi's expression was a little surprised. He looked down at the only two mints left in his hand, laughed dryly, and put them back in his pocket.

"You'd better not eat this stuff. It's too strong. I take it to refresh myself."

Ye Yingqi waved at Meng Lingqi and explained tactfully.

"I have to keep two more in case of emergency, so don't fight with me for them."

Meng Lingqi curled his lips a little dissatisfiedly and withdrew his outstretched palm.

"Tsk, you are just like that girl from the Wu family, you just want to scare me with words."

Meng Lingqi expressed his displeasure directly, but did not force Ye Yingqi.

"You kids are good in everything except that you have too many worries. Be careful not to worry too much in the future, or you will become as gray-haired as an old man like me."

Ye Yingqi listened to Meng Lingqi's half-serious and half-false teasing, and the smile on his face faded a little.

"Mr. Meng, I'm going to ask you something. It's up to you whether you tell me or not."

Ye Yingqi thought of the phone call he had just made and lowered his voice with a hint of pleading in his tone.

Seeing that this dandy young master whom he had watched grow up was so abnormally serious, Meng Lingqi probably guessed that he had something important to ask, so he did not interrupt him, but signaled him to continue with his eyes.

"Will something like that really appear at this auction?"

Ye Yingqi turned his head and looked at Meng Lingqi who was standing beside him with a kind face, and asked solemnly.

"You should know what I'm talking about."

When Meng Lingqi heard Ye Yingqi ask this, he was unusually silent for a long while.

Ye Yingqi knew that his question was of great importance, so he did not rush him to answer. Instead, he and he looked at the porters coming in and out, waiting quietly for the old man to speak.

When Ye Yingqi almost thought that Mr. Meng would not answer him, the old man next to him sighed and finally gave him an answer.

"Although this question should be answered by your father, since you asked, it doesn't hurt for me to tell you."

Meng Lingqi's gaze gradually drifted away, looking towards the distant skyline of the imperial capital.

"This thing that has been lost in China for over a thousand years will indeed appear at this auction."

Meng Lingqi's voice was very soft, but every word seemed to hit Ye Yingqi's heart heavily.

"To be precise, what appeared this time was not the thing itself, but a piece of news about it."

After hearing this answer, Ye Yingqi's tone became a little anxious: "Is this news credible? It's not groundless, is it?"

Meng Lingqi slowly turned his head, looked directly into Ye Yingqi's eyes, and answered in a resounding voice.

"The credibility is as high as 95 percent, and it can be basically confirmed that it is true information."

Ye Yingqi seemed not to have expected this answer and fell silent for a moment.

“…Since the family heads have already confirmed this, why do they still want to make it public at the auction?”

The eldest son of the Ye family, who was not easily surprised by anything, buried his head and muttered to himself, as if he did not expect Meng Lingqi to give him an answer.

"Perhaps it is because this news is too important that they cannot hide it from hundreds of millions of our citizens."

Meng Lingqi placed his hand on Ye Yingqi's shoulder and replied in a low voice as if to comfort him.

For some reason, Xu Yiyu's eyes, which were always determined, suddenly appeared in Ye Yingqi's mind. Suddenly, his mood, which was still in chaos a moment ago, slowly settled down.

"Maybe... maybe someone can really find something like this this time."

Ye Yingqi didn't know why he placed his hopes on this woman who had repeatedly frustrated him, but he inexplicably felt that she would definitely not let the four major families down this time.

A faint smile appeared on Meng Lingqi's old face, and he seemed to understand who Ye Yingqi was talking about.

"Perhaps so..."

"After all, the person you are talking about is a miracle in himself."