After tidying up what was on hand, Gu Nuan walked over to her husband and asked, "So?"

The latest information had just come in, and now, laid out in front of them, there seemed to be only two possible paths. First of all, what could be confirmed was that with Kang Yueting’s consent, this painting was indeed going to be auctioned. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

According to the professional lawyer’s advice, the Xiao Family could file with the court and the auction house, claiming that this painting was involved in a property rights dispute. In other words, the Xiao Family could argue that the painting did not entirely belong to Kang Yueting, and therefore she could not unilaterally decide to put it up for auction. However, the auction house might not listen to their petition, and if it went through court procedures, it would take time—time they probably didn’t have. Before the court could issue an injunction to stop the auction, the painting might already have been sold.

The second path was very simple: go to the auction in person and buy the painting no matter how high the price went.

The problem was, if someone deliberately stirred things up and jacked the price sky-high, what worried Dabai wasn’t whether he could come up with the money, but that the painting would turn into a news story. The media would blow it up with explosive coverage; by then, not only would the Xiao Family lose their peace, but the secret they were currently trying to uncover might be prematurely exposed to the public.

That would turn this into a huge deal!

The second path clearly carried enormous risk and wasn’t really feasible. But if they wanted to take the first path, they needed to delay the auction house from putting the painting on the block. For this, Dabai had already told Zang Xiaolian to bring plenty of money and go smooth things over inside Christie’s.

In the auction circle, Dabai actually knew quite a few people. After all, he used to buy luxury goods all the time, and attending auctions was a regular thing. Some of the bosses in this circle were not about to refuse to do Dabai a favor.

But according to the latest news Zang Xiaolian had just brought back, something seemed to have gone wrong. One of the behind-the-scenes bosses of Christie’s they were trying to reach was said to have been missing for several days and still hadn’t returned to New York.

Xiao Yebai’s expression became more solemn than ever. When he rested his hands under his chin, he felt the faint stubble growing there. This made him frown, and he stood up at once, saying, "Nuannuan, I’m going to shave. You take a look."

Gu Nuan could only watch him hurry off to the bathroom to shave. After letting out a speechless sigh, she sat down in front of the computer in his place.

There were almost no secrets between husband and wife. He never hid his things from her, and of course, she didn’t either.

After clicking twice with the mouse on his screen, she saw some commercial e-magazines that looked like travel guides. It seemed his mind was still wandering, wanting to go explore some place on earth that hadn’t yet been discovered. Men were all like this; expecting a man to put away all his wild thoughts and just stay home guarding this tiny patch of ground was basically impossible.

And who told her to marry a capable man? If he weren’t capable, he’d have been stuck at home long ago.

Gu Nuan could understand this in her heart. And after their deep conversation as a couple last time, she felt she should get to know him more. Only by understanding him better could she reduce a bit of this unnecessary worry.

While she was idly clicking around on his computer, a video call from Zang Xiaolian came through again.

Hearing that it wasn’t Xiao Yebai’s voice, Zang Xiaolian asked, "Where’s Second Brother?"

Gu Nuan coughed lightly. "He’s in the bathroom."

Zang Xiaolian was indeed someone who had been with Dabai for a long time and knew Dabai’s living habits like the back of his hand. "Oh, I get it, Second Brother’s shaving, right."

"..."

"Sister-in-law, so, I don’t know if Second Brother has told you this?"