Tomb raiding: A mere 20 is nothing!

Shen Mingchao never expected that Qi Qiu, whom he had casually saved in Russia, would also be a lucky charm who was no less powerful than Xie Yuchen.

This morning, Qi Qiu sent her a message saying he would drive to pick her up. When she left the hotel, she saw a very conspicuous Maybach slowly stop in front of her.

On the bus, Qi Qiu gave a brief explanation of his background.

He was adopted by the Eighth Master of the Nine Gates at a young age to carry on the Qi family line. However, the Eighth Master's lineage was only a branch of the Qi family. The main Qi family had lived in seclusion for many years, but after a period of turmoil, the family members were forced to come out into the world.

After the war, they caught the wave of the times and eventually made their fortunes in Beijing.

The current head of the Qi family was originally his elder brother, but unfortunately he passed away unexpectedly a few years ago without leaving any offspring. The family was leaderless and internal strife was constant.

Qi Qiu chuckled lightly: "When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. I guess I just happened to pick up a bargain."

Shen Mingchao understood. Qi Qiu was now not only the head of the Qi family of the Nine Gates, but also the head of his own family.

"Even so, why did you go to the Crescent Hotel to light a sky lantern? You can't just burn money like that."

She had wanted to bring this up for a while. She had advised Qi Qiu to be more youthful and energetic, and not to always act so old-fashioned. But she hadn't told him to recklessly become a spendthrift.

"Sister," Qi Qiu said in a deliberately soft tone, "the first time you give someone a gift, it should be something unique."

He sighed again, "It's a pity I couldn't deliver it."

Shen Mingchao glanced at Qi Qiu and said irritably, "You seem quite regretful. If it weren't for the competition among several restaurants, the New Moon Hotel might have ended up in a bad situation, and you would have suffered a huge financial loss that night."

Qi Qiu's smile widened. "So, sister lit the lamps to help me out of this predicament?"

That brat, he knows how to get to the point.

Shen Mingchao snorted coldly: "Don't overthink it, I was just joining in the fun."

"oh."

Qi Qiu lowered her eyes silently, her eyes showing no disappointment but rather an undisguised joy.

Shen Mingchao twitched the corner of his mouth.

You brat, you're like a sack reincarnated, you're quite the show-off.

Shen Mingchao initially took Qi Qiu's story as just a story, but Qi Qiu's subsequent actions made her deeply realize the true value of the phrase "successfully made a fortune."

The Maybach drove into a high-end, elegant villa area befitting its price, and eventually stopped in front of one of the villas.

After following Qi Qiu into the house, Shen Mingchao asked, "Qi Qiu, is this your home? The environment is quite nice."

"You like it?" Qi Qiu suddenly asked.

Shen Mingchao was taken aback. He met Qi Qiu's serious gaze, and some domineering CEO scenes suddenly flashed through his mind.

[You like it? It's yours.]

After a brief, inexplicable laugh, she nodded truthfully: "Of course I like it. Nobody dislikes a villa, right?"

"That's good." Qi Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the living room, and pushed a stack of property deeds that had been prepared on the table in front of Shen Mingchao.

"Sister, all the villas in this area belong to the Qi family, and now they are all yours."

"what?"

Shen Mingchao couldn't believe what he was hearing.

After thinking it over several times, she finally made sure she hadn't misheard. She suddenly picked up the top property certificate and saw her own name on it.

She picked up the second book, the third book... and the name Shen Mingchao was listed as the rights holder.

"No, you..." Shen Mingchao exclaimed in surprise, "Are you serious?"

Qi Qiu did not answer the question, but instead led Shen Mingchao to the family storeroom, which contained rare treasures passed down through generations of the Qi family.

It is a dazzling array, countless in number.

Shen Mingchao was truly dumbfounded. He lightly patted Qi Qiu's arm and gritted his teeth, saying, "If you want to give me a gift, can't you just pick one from here? Why bother lighting a lantern? What? Trying to show off? Think lighting a lantern is cool?"

That is indeed the intention.

Especially when there are many rivals present.

Qi Qiu: "No, these already belong to my sister. I can't take her things and give them to her."

Shen Mingchao: "......"

She could tell that this spendthrift was truly determined to give her his entire fortune.

Her eyes were vacant, and her tone was calmly numb: "There should be more than that, right? Tell me everything."

"Hehe, you're so smart, sister."

Of course, it wasn't just real estate and treasures, but also the Qi family's companies in various industries. Qi Qiu even made a final phone call, summoning a group of Qi family members who lined up in front of her, saying that there were butlers, bodyguards, drivers, cooks... all outstanding individuals, and she could take whichever one she liked directly.

No, is that right?

Did she wander onto the wrong set?

Even more alarming, the entire Qi family bowed deeply to her in unison and shouted, "Greetings, Patriarch!"

Shen Mingchao suddenly took several steps back.

This is terrifying.

She looked at Qi Qiu, whose smug grin was infuriating, and asked, "If they call me 'Patriarch,' what do they call you?"

"Madam!"

Someone in the crowd said this, and everyone chuckled softly.

Shen Mingchao's vision went black, and he immediately pulled Qi Qiu out of the house, explaining something to him in a serious manner.

She has more money than she can spend herself, so if she were given these assets, they would most likely just sit there gathering dust for years.

Qi Qiu said seriously, "Sister, you don't need to worry about this. These things are registered in your name, so you can take whatever you want. I'll take care of the daily management."

Hearing this, Shen Mingchao stared at Qi Qiu for a long while before finally speaking, "You really want to give all of these to me?"

"Not a single word of this is false."

Qi Qiu, with a serious expression, spoke her truest thoughts: "Sister, these are not only my sincere wishes, but I also hope they can give you confidence in this unfamiliar world."

"So, please don't refuse, okay?"

Shen Mingchao was stunned after hearing this.

The word "confidence" came to her ears and transformed into two other words: "sincerity".

At this moment, she was finally certain that Qi Qiu was serious.

Having said that, she could find no reason to refuse, after all, no one would complain about having too much money.

After the family assets were inventoried, it was almost noon, so Qi Qiu asked the kitchen to prepare a table of Changsha dishes.

"Sister, come and try this steamed fish head with chopped chili peppers. The chef is a native of Changsha, so it's authentic and goes very well with rice. I loved this dish when I was a child, when I was with my grandfather."

Qi Qiu used serving chopsticks to place the selected fish meat on a plate, and thoughtfully drizzled some broth on it before pushing it in front of Shen Mingchao.

Seeing that she didn't refuse, he smiled faintly and leaned closer, his breath sweet as orchids: "Sister, I have another favor to ask."

"you say."

"I've registered for next year's college entrance exam. Sister, I haven't had much schooling, but I've heard that you have excellent grades. Could you tutor me?"

Oh, I thought it was something serious.

Having received so many gifts from the person, Shen Mingchao thought they were going to make some unreasonable demands, but it turned out they were just asking for extra lessons.

This was considered to be in her comfort zone, so she readily agreed, saying she would take care of it and guarantee him a place in a good university.

Qi Qiu nodded repeatedly.

He had this idea a long time ago; he didn't want to be inferior to others because of his educational background, which would become a weakness that people would criticize.

At the same time, this is also an excellent opportunity to spend time with Shen Mingchao.

The best of both worlds.