Kowtow and admit!
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With this revelation, everyone was left stunned.
Immediately, everyone rushed to pull out their phones and checked the official public account of the Imperial Hao Group.
Lo and behold!
The certified service number of the Imperial Hao Group had indeed released an announcement!
"Imperial Hao Group's $2 billion hotel project, signing the first partner. The group's Vice Chairman, Wang Dongxue, signed a $60 million renovation contract with Xiao Churan, the representative of Jinling Xiao Group!"
Seeing this headline, everyone went into a frenzy!
Xiao Churan had secured the project, and the amount had doubled!
It had only been a little over half an hour!
How could it be so easy?
Xiao Hailong felt shocked and regretful in his heart.
Before today, Xiao Churan was not on par with him, considering his position and status. If he had accepted this mission yesterday, regardless of whether he negotiated successfully or not, he wouldn't have given Xiao Churan a chance to shine!
Now, he had refused the mission out of fear of failure. Even if he had refused, the key was that Xiao Churan had succeeded!
This was a slap in his face!
Old Mrs. Xiao, filled with excitement, picked up the contract and read it carefully. With joy, she exclaimed, "Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Well done, Churan! You've truly achieved a great feat!"
After saying that, she inquired, "How did you manage to do it?"
Xiao Churan replied, "It's thanks to Vice Director Wang Dongxue; she has a lot of confidence in our Xiao family."
Although Xiao Churan wanted to reveal the truth, she hesitated. She didn't know the identity of the Imperial Hao Group's chairman herself, and she doubted if anyone would believe her even if she spoke the truth.
Hearing this, Xiao Hailong felt even more bitter!
So, it turned out that Wang Dongxue of the Imperial Hao Group was optimistic about the Xiao family itself!
Didn't that mean anyone could have done it?
He had truly missed a great opportunity!
At this moment, Ye Chen spoke up, "Hailong, do you remember our bet?"
Xiao Hailong's expression instantly turned as ugly as if he had eaten something foul.
How could he forget the betting contract? The loser had to kowtow three times to the other party in public.
Xiao Churan got the contract, which meant he was the one who lost...
Unwilling to accept it, he gritted his teeth and said, "Ye Chen, who are you? Just a guy who joined our family and lives off others. And you want me to kneel and kowtow to you?"
Ye Chen calmly responded, "I am indeed a dependent, but we made an oath yesterday. Anyone who goes back on their word will bring disaster upon their ancestors."
Ye Chen intentionally emphasized the three words "disaster upon their ancestors."
As expected, Old Mrs. Xiao's expression immediately became incredibly unpleasant.
She glared at Xiao Hailong, questioning him with a chilling voice, "What? Do you want me to die?"
Xiao Hailong panicked and hastily retorted, "Grandma, don't fall for Ye Chen's trick! He's trying to humiliate me and make you lose face!"
Indifferently, Ye Chen said at this point, "Hailong, don't try to fool grandma. Don't forget that you made a solemn oath. Going back on it will incur divine punishment. Do you want to bring calamity upon grandma?"
Xiao Hailong was terrified. He stammered, "Grandma, it's just a joke!"
Old Mrs. Xiao, with a stern face, warned, "Throughout my life, I have believed in Buddhism. And you dare to break a sworn oath, connected to life and death?!"
"Grandma..."
Xiao Hailong was truly panicking, realizing that his grandmother was genuinely angry!
Seeing that Xiao Hailong was willing to break an oath tied to his life and death for the sake of his pride, Old Mrs. Xiao slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Are you determined to break your oath?"
"Grandma, I..."
Xiao Hailong was panicking, doing calculations in his mind. If he kept the bet and kowtowed to Ye Chen, he would lose face. But if he broke the bet and angered his grandmother, he would lose everything he had in the Xiao family!
Thinking of this, even though he was unwilling, he clenched his teeth and said, "Fine! I'm willing to accept the bet!"
Ye Chen looked at him with a smile, not saying a word, just waiting for him to come and kneel and kowtow on his own.
Xiao Hailong felt like his legs were filled with lead as he moved toward Ye Chen with difficulty, step by step.
He was trembling with hatred, clenching his teeth, but his legs still went limp, and he knelt on the ground.
With a flutter!
Some onlookers even discreetly took out their phones.
Xiao Hailong lowered his head and said with a trembling voice, "I was wrong!"
After saying that, he bent down and banged his head.
Ye Chen said, "What did you say? I didn't hear you, speak louder."
Xiao Hailong forced himself to endure the humiliation and kowtowed again, "I was wrong!"
Ye Chen laughed coldly, "Oh, so that means you're wrong. What are you wrong about?"
Xiao Hailong, filled with hatred, still had one last kowtow to do.
So, he clenched his teeth and said, "I was wrong about doubting Churan's ability..."
After saying that, he kowtowed another time!
Ye Chen felt a great sense of relief in his heart!
He had long been unable to tolerate Xiao Hailong, and seizing the opportunity to make him kneel and kowtow to himself and admit his mistake was a genuinely satisfying feeling!
Xiao Churan looked at all this with surprise, sensing that her husband was suddenly different from before!
In what way he was different, she couldn't pinpoint at the moment.
Recalling her husband's confident demeanor when he made the bet with Xiao Hailong yesterday, it seemed like he had foreseen the victory?
What was the reason for his unwavering confidence?
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