Kai lowered his voice. "It seemed like Jennie expected you to do so. To think that she would arrange for Butler Mingde to watch you secretly. Considering Mingde's loyalty, he will definitely report your actions truthfully. Thank god you reacted fast and didn't keep the red packets in your own pocket. Otherwise, we would be doomed."
Somi was still worried. "Even if we managed to escape from being caught red-handed, it's too much of a stretch to claim that we were trying to hand Jennie our red packets."
"Those Manoban family's elders, who refuse to die, have always disliked us." Kai frowned. "We can't let the Butler tell them about this. Otherwise, we'll be in trouble."
"En." A hint of ruthlessness flashed past Somi's face. She smirked mockingly. "Jennie believes that a simple scheme like this would render me helpless. Isn't it just a butler? It's more than easy to seal his lips."
Kai had a lot of faith in his sister. "I knew you would have a way to deal with this."
"Leave it to me." The glint in Somi's eyes was meaningful.
All of a sudden, her phone pinged.
She checked to see that the Lee Group's old director, Lee Jingyuan, had sent her a message: [Somi, are you living well in the Manoban family? Do you need any help financially?]
Kai read the message and immediately said, "Quickly tell that old man that you're extremely poor. Ask him to transfer some money to you."
"I just praised you for a moment and you've lost your composure already." Somi rolled her eyes and spoke heavily. "Lee Jingyuan is especially intelligent. It's been days since our relationship was acknowledged, but aside from sending me some clothes and jewelry, he hasn't sent me a single cent. He is either wary of me or testing me. If I reveal my greed right now, he will only grow more suspicious of me."
Hence, she wrote a mature reply to him: [Thank you for your concern, Grandfather. I'm living... very well. I'm not lacking in any way financially.]
As expected, through her message, Lee Jingyuan quickly noticed her hesitation and sensed that she was facing trouble.
He immediately replied: [Grandfather transferred a sum of money into your account. If you suffer any grievances in the Manoban family, remember to tell me. Do you understand?]
[Thank you, Grandfather. You are my only proper family in this world.] Somi accompanied this message with a sticker of a moved expression.
Ding! With this noise, she received a notification from the bank that the Lee Group's finance department had transferred two million dollars into her account.
Kai had been staring at her phone. He immediately opened his eyes in astonishment. "That old man sure is generous. He gave you two million dollars so easily."
"Of course." A hint of greed flashed past Somi's gaze. "The entire Lee Group belongs to me!"
"We didn't manage to get the money from Jennie earlier. Split the old man Lee's money with me!" Kai demanded.
"Brother, I need this money for something." Somi glared at him. "If you need money, why don't you look for your Jennie? The three Manoban elderly gave her eighteen million dollars as a greeting gift. Even half of that is much more than mine. All right, I need to tackle Butler's problem. I'm leaving first."
She then turned to walk away.
Kai deliberated over this and felt that his sister made sense.
In the past, whenever he asked anything of Jennie, that foolish woman always gave into him.
Although she had changed a little, it shouldn't be much to borrow some money from her, was it?
...
Butler Mingde had seen the show of 'exchanging' or 'gifting' red packets earlier. He immediately headed for the old mansion and was about to turn around a corner.
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Pampered Wife's Counterattack | Book 4
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