Chapter 59: Begging is Also Useless
“You! This is extortion!” After she heard Eldest Sister’s words, Emma couldn’t help but feel flabbergasted; even with all her riches this was still considered an exorbitant cost.
Eldest Sister was displeased and furrowed her brows after listening to Emma’s words. In a low voice, she said, “Miss Emma, please pay attention to your words. We will not extort you; you can decide whether or not you wish to come to the White Villa on your own . You were not forced to come!”
After she paused for a second, Eldest Sister said in a disdainful tone, “Yesterday, you had already received the heavens’ help and pulled out the golden card, but you were the one who willingly gave it up. Otherwise, your beauty right now would be comparable to Wen Ya’s. Since it’s like this, how can you claim that we have blackmailed you?”
Taking in a deep breath, Eldest Sister pretended to be upset and said, “To be honest, Miss Emma, that first card you received was only available as a gift from that evening’s raffle. The Young Master is a devout believer, and decided for his first customer to be left for the heavens to choose. However, Miss Emma, you received the God’s blessing but didn’t cherish that opportunity, and now the opportunity is lost. Now you come here and dare to accuse us of extortion, does such reasoning exist in this world?”
The more Eldest Sister spoke, the angrier she got, until she began to shake. “Miss Emma, I hope that you can understand that right now, no one is extorting you. In fact, even if you managed to save up a hundred million gold, no one can help you get back your golden card. Although the card was initially valued at a hundred million gold, the Young Master would never exchange a golden card for gold.”
Hearing Eldest Sister’s words, Emma finally realized the hundred million gold was brought up not because they wanted her to buy back the card, but rather to tell her that no amount of gold could purchase another golden card. She originally had the opportunity to finally obtain beauty, but because she did not appreciate this chance, she instead completely lost it.
Recalling everything that happened yesterday, Emma could not help but feel like punching herself a few times. Originally, the other party received her with a smiling face, but because she simply had a problem with his age and looked down on him. She even went as far as to call him a child and question his ability. Naturally, no one would willingly accept this type of humiliation.
The heavens had definitely given her a chance. Amongst the 200 cards, she had managed to draw that one priceless golden card, yet she had ignored God’s generosity. Who else could she blame but herself? Perhaps it was for this precise reason that the devout Lord Suo Jia refused to meet with her again no matter what, let alone help her lose weight. After all….she had blasphemed God’s gift!
Weakly looking at Eldest Sister, Emma bitterly pondered; if money was capable of solving the problem, then she would definitely not be stingy with it. However, the truth was that the opposing party wasn’t even discussing money. The only reason they had said the number of 100 million was simply to prevent any notions of being able to use money to solve the problem. If even 100 million could not force the golden card out, then no matter how wealthy Emma was, she had no way of getting it. Although her family was rich, even she was unable to randomly throw away 100 million gold just like that.
Although she was at a loss, Emma still had not resigned to leaving. She waited the whole time until sunset, and still refused to leave. For the sake of persuading the servant girls, she gave them quite a large number of tips, and also did not hold back on enjoying the White Villa’s food and services. Unfortunately, even after the entire day had passed, Lord Suo Jia did not appear.
As evening fell, finally….waves of guests began to arrive at the White Villa one after another by carriage. Among these, it was admittedly true that some of these people had been from yesterday. However, majority of the people were rich and powerful merchants coming to observe; everyone wanted to witness exactly how luxurious the White Villa was.
Since it was currently dinnertime, the villa had round tables and chairs set up around the lounge. All the guests that entered sat themselves at a table, and ordered dishes that were terrifyingly expensive to flaunt their wealthy statuses.
Emma sat in a corner and played with a glass of wine in her hand. After seeing the deep red liquid in the glass, Emma understood that this was a fine liquor that had successfully passed through the Greater Trade Routes. Despite this, Emma was still completely unable to taste what was so good about it; it was both sour and tart. Aside from the fact that its value was scarily high, it had no other special characteristics.
Looking at the staircase for the Nth time and still not see