The Young Matriarch

Chapter 267: Chapter 267: You Are the Cream of the Crop Among the Youngsters

Duan Feihan gave a faint smile and said, “I brought her just because it was on the way.”

Zhou Ying quickly added, “President Duan probably wanted to see Miss Bai more, so he brought me along as it was convenient.”

Zhou Ying almost broke into a cold sweat from Duan Feihan’s comment—wasn’t President Duan eloquent and persuasive in the business arena? Wouldn’t that remark be taken as a cover-up?

Duan Feihan fell silent, perhaps realizing that all those books he bought on speaking skills were really useless.

Bai Chuwei sipped her milk tea, her slim fingers drawing circles on the glass table, and asked languidly, “Miss Zhou, do you know under what circumstances would that piece of land in the east of the city be auctioned off, yet you couldn’t do anything with it?”

Forget about building residential complexes or business streets—all of it was out of the question.

Zhou Ying’s complexion turned pale as she tentatively asked, “There… are dead people buried there?”

Without waiting for Bai Chuwei’s answer, Zhou Ying shook her head and said, “No, that’s not right; even if a murder occurred, it wouldn’t be a problem to build there once the initial scandal had blown over.”

There’s only so much land in the world, and humans have been leaving their footprints for thousands of years—where hasn’t someone died?

Zhou Ying, who worked in real estate, didn’t care about that at all.

Bai Chuwei continued to sip her milk tea, a multitude of smiles in her eyes, and countered, “But what if the person was very famous, and had been dead a very long time?”

Zhou Ying was confused for a moment before suddenly standing up and exclaiming, “An… ancient tomb?”

Zhou Ying glanced around, quickly covered her mouth, and sat down, then looked around secretively and lowered her voice, “Is there an ancient tomb underground there?”

Bai Chuwei smiled and remained silent.

The more Bai Chuwei behaved this way, the more mysterious Zhou Ying found it.

If there was a tomb of a historical figure beneath that piece of land in the east of the city, they wouldn’t even be able to lay the foundations, let alone build residences and business districts! Wouldn’t they be ruined?

Zhou Ying felt even more anxious and still held onto a sliver of hope, “Could it be that the tomb is rather small and they could build around it…”

“The Emperor’s tomb.”

“???” Zhou Ying almost spat out then and there—

“What? The Emperor’s tomb?” Zhou Ying’s legs turned to jelly. If it was true, buying that land in the east of the city would be an utter disaster, and government subsidies wouldn’t even begin to cover the losses!

Zhou Ying stared at Bai Chuwei’s exquisite and ethereal face and blurted out, “How do you know?”

She spoke so confidently, as if she had seen it with her own eyes.

Bai Chuwei let out a light snort. How could she not know?

Back when she was the State Preceptor, the Emperor had just ascended to the throne and wanted to build his mausoleum; it was she who had chosen the location for him.

Zhou Ying couldn’t describe how she felt. Bai Chuwei’s words couldn’t be verified by anyone! Surely she couldn’t just take people with shovels to the east end of the city to dig and see if there really was an Emperor’s tomb underground, could she?

That would straight-up lead to a lawsuit from the cultural heritage administration.

Zhou Ying was in a dilemma and almost on the verge of tears.

If it were true, the company would have been busy for nothing for half a year.

If it were false, she would have missed out on a great piece of land!

This… this…

Bai Chuwei twirled her milk tea cup and said with prolonged meaning, “Don’t worry, someone will soon verify whether what I’m saying is true or false for you.” @@novelbin@@

Zhou Ying blurted out, “Who?”

“Zhang Ling.”

Duan Feihan’s brows furrowed slightly, “The beauty salon owner we saw earlier?”

Bai Chuwei couldn’t help but say, “Hanhan, I used to think your mind was filled only with work and you knew few women, yet you remember such a common name? You should stay away from her.”

Duan Feihan: “Stay away from her?”

Bai Chuwei was shocked, “Zhang Ling likes younger men, and you’re top-notch among young meat!”