The Quinn Manor, Amanda Ford was gracefully sipping tea and enjoying some snacks.
Upon hearing Arthur Lowell’s probing question over the phone, there was nothing but impatience and perfunctory in her eyes.
"Windfall? What kind of windfall could our family have? It’s all the hard-earned money from your uncle doing business."
While she mentioned "hard-earned money," Amanda’s tone surprisingly showed a sense of superiority.
Though business is indeed tough, it’s a thousand times easier and more comfortable than working the fields in the countryside as they used to.
Certainly, it’s much more comfortable than Arthur’s tireless, on-call, flattering, and subservient job selling real estate.
In saying this, she merely intended to shut down Arthur’s attempt to borrow money or persuade her to invest in those not-so-worthwhile properties.
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So whenever Arthur approached her, Amanda was sure it was nothing good.
Even though this time Arthur explicitly said he wasn’t here to borrow money or get her to buy a house, Amanda remained guarded.
To shut Arthur up, Amanda promptly said, "Arthur, I don’t mind if you laugh, but lately your uncle’s spare money has been trapped in stocks, so there’s no way we can help you."
Amanda wanted to close off any last possibility, making Arthur unable to borrow money or ask her to buy a home.
"Aunt, you really misunderstood me; that’s not my intention this time."
"Then what is it..." Amanda wasn’t paying much attention to her denials.
After all, every previous time Arthur came to her for something, hadn’t he said the same thing?
So she just listened to the phone absent-mindedly, sipping her high-quality red tea.
"I’m just saying, since your family bought so many properties, a commission of over a million, giving it to anyone would be the same—so why not aid a family member?"
Right, Arthur figured that July Quinn suddenly being able to buy so many properties at once surely had some inseparable connection with the aunt and uncle.
Otherwise, with her previous reckless spending habits, the assets secretly given by Old Master Quinn would have been squandered.
Then only one possibility remains.
July must have used some method to reconcile with the uncle and aunt and gained control over part of the family’s finances.
If so, as long as he approached the aunt and got her to order July to give him the deal, it would work.
Very soon, he could become a millionaire and live a semi-luxurious life.
By the way, the lipstick he saw at the mall a few days ago, costing two to three hundred each—he was reluctant to buy.
If he were to get the commission of over a million, he’d immediately purchase all shades of that lipstick home.
As for how to spend the remaining money?
He’d have to really plan it out!
However, Arthur’s dreams were only halfway realized when he heard Amanda say, "Our family bought properties? When did this happen? How come I don’t know?"
"Aunt, you’re really something; we’re all family, you don’t need to hide it from me."
"I really didn’t. Your uncle’s money is genuinely trapped in stocks, and even the company’s liquidity is struggling to operate."
Though she intended to shut Arthur’s mouth, it was true that Charles’s money was trapped in stocks.
Otherwise, why hadn’t they acted on the house they intended to buy for Nina Quinn as dowry recently?
However, after asking, Amanda grew suspicious: "Could it be your uncle who bought them? Under whose name?"
For years, Amanda had been worried about Charles’s potential infidelity, so she was very strict about money.
Now with Arthur mentioning the many properties they bought, she couldn’t help but connect it to Charles’s talk of having money trapped in stocks.
Could it be Charles taking that money to buy properties for those flirty women outside?
But before the words were finished, Arthur retorted, "Not the uncle, it was July! She’s quite the spender, using elimination method to buy a block of commercial properties, full payment of several billion. But... Aunt, you can’t be unaware, right?"
Amanda spilled a bit of her red tea when she heard "full payment of several billion."