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Dou Xiangling saw that Ian apologized to her again and she was momentarily stunned.

However, Zi Yi laughed and said, “Since you know that you broke my cousin’s thermal generator, compensate her.”

“Yiyi…”

Zi Yi gave her a wink, hinting to her not to say anything.

Dou Xiangling looked at Ian with sympathy and really did not speak up anymore.

an knew that Zi Yi definitely did not have any good intentions, but he was prepared to cede land and pay the compensation. “Tell me, how do you want me to compensate?”

Zi Yi thought about it and said, “It just so happens that our art gallery will be undergoing renovations soon, but we do not have enough money.”

Dou Xiangling’s eyes widened slightly and she suddenly felt that her cousin was a little naughty.

an also widened his eyes and revealed a shocked expression. “How would you not have enough money to renovate an art gallery!”

This person was easily capable of building a research base worth billions and now she’s telling him that she doesn’t have the money to renovate an art gallery?!

He immediately came to a conclusion. “You’re robbing in troubled waters!”

Zi Yi’s lips curled up. “How is that possible? Do you know how much that thermal generator is worth?”

“How much?”

Everyone turned to look at Zi Yi.

She began to count with her fingers. “The engine used is currently the most advanced engine of Company X and it’s worth 150 thousand… and lastly, the cost of my invention is worth 5 million.”

Zi Yi did not even forget to add in the quote of a single screw.

After Zi Yi was done, Dou Xiangling and Dou Zerui were so surprised that they forgot to react. However, Ian had an expression on his face as if he had suffered a great loss.

Only Lu Jingye stood there and looked at his girlfriend talking nonsense in a serious manner and the corner of his lips curled up.

“Therefore, that thermal generator is worth 500k and your invention is worth 5 million and I should pay you 5.5 million?”

“That’s right.”

an felt that he had been blackmailed. But even so, he could only play along. “Alright then, I ought to pay the compensation, so I’ll pay for the renovation of your art gallery.”

Speaking of this, he turned to Lu Jingye and there was a complicated expression on his face. “Lu, you should take a hold of your woman.”

Lu Jingye made eye contact with him. “You prevented her cousin from finishing her painting and I think that this should also be taken into consideration.”

an was speechless.

Dou Xiangling and Dou Zerui fought back a smile. They finally understood the situation. These two were clearly scamming Ian.

Zi Yi looked at Ian and said with a smile, “You shouldn’t think that you’ve been scammed either. You arrived so early and you’ll be eating and staying with us. You should be smiling that we aren’t charging you for the

accommodation.”

an, who was planning to stay in a hotel, had changed his mind and decided to stay at Lu Jingye’s place.

At the same time, he decided to play and eat all he could!

Lu Jingye could not possibly allow Ian to continue wallowing in his depressed emotions and he said to Zi Yi, “You and your cousins can take a rest first. lan and I have something to discuss.”

He then motioned for Ian to go outside with him.

After they left, Dou Zerui asked, “Yiyi, didn’t you ask for too much compensation?”

At the thought of 5.5 million, he felt that it was too much.

“It isn’t.” Zi Yi smiled at Dou Xiangling. “Are you feeling better?”

Dou Xiangling was stunned. She did not expect Zi Yi to ask that question and she suddenly realized that Zi Yi had deliberately blackmailed Ian, so that she would be in a better mood.

She felt very touched by her actions.

Dou Zerui heard Zi Yi’s question and asked, “Xiangling, what’s wrong? Who caused you to be in a bad mood?”

Dou Xiangling did not wish for him to be upset on her behalf and so she said, “Ian interrupted my painting and I was indeed a little sad. Yiyi helped me to vent my anger.”

“Is that really it?” Dou Zerui felt that Dou Xiangling was hiding something from him.

“It’s true.” Dou Xiangling nodded her hand and said, “I’ll go and organize my painting tools.”

She then thought of Zi Yi’s thermal generator and asked, “Yiyi, is that thermal generator really that valuable?”

“I faked the cost. All the parts can be easily bought on the market and it’s worth a few hundred dollars at most.”

Dou Xiangling and Dou Zerui:”…”

Both of them suddenly sympathized with Ian.

an was not one of those types of stingy people. During lunch, he had forgotten about how he had gotten blackmailed by Zi Yi.

He said to everyone present, “I brought some wine from your winery. I got Lu to send people to the airport to collect the main bulk of them, while I brought a few bottles here. Why don’t we have a party tonight?”

Before Zi Yi had the chance to speak, Dou Xiangling suddenly asked, “Mr. Ian, aren’t you afraid of getting drunk?”

an’s expression stiffened. He was worried that Dou Xiangling would reveal what happened that night and he hastily said, “I didn’t bring much. Everyone will be having some and so we won’t get drunk from that

amount.”

Zi Yi’s eyes brightened when she heard that there was alcohol. “Sure, let’s have a barbeque tonight. This weather is just right for a barbeque and it just so happens that the villa has plenty of delicacies.”

“Barbeque with red wine?” As someone who grew up in a noble family, Ian could not imagine what it was like to match the two together.

Zi Yi looked at him with a sympathetic gaze. “You’re so pitiful. Let me guess, you’ve never had a barbeque before.”

Tan:”…”

She was right.

Dou Zerui and Dou Xiangling could not hold back their laughter at the sight of Ian’s expression.

After they finished dinner, they were about to return to their respective courtyards to rest.

However, Ian still had something to discuss with Zi Yi and Lu Jingye and so, he followed them to their courtyard.

Zi Yi and Lu Jingye stayed in one of the courtyards while the other three stayed in another.

The three of them sat down in the living room and Ian updated Zi Yi on the process of transforming her winery into a research base.

“The foundation and frame have been built, so you can directly start construction after the building materials arrive.”

Zi Yi nodded her head. “The speed of the work is pretty good.”

“Of course,” Ian said with a smile, “The workers are all from the Royal Construction Team and the chief engineer is a gold medal professor of Architecture at X University; his name is Thomas. Moreover, Professor

Thomas is particularly interested in the blueprints you had provided. He said that it was a challenge for him, and ever since the project started, he has been staying there.”

Lu Jingye asked, “What is the background of this person?”

“His family is a vassal of ours.”

Lu Jingye nodded his head.

Ian continued to speak. “The construction works are expected to be completed after the New Year in your country. When the time comes, will your robots be immediately shipped there?”

“Yes. I have already contacted the relevant companies. After the research base is built, I will personally make a visit.”

There were many robots that she had to personally install and modify.

Ian suddenly thought of a question. “Zi, where are your staff members? You are building such a large research base and so where will you be getting your staff members from?”

“Why will I need staff members?”

“…Ifnot, don’t tell me you’re going to personally do the experiments?”

“How’s that possible? My research lab will be fully automated by AI and there’s no need for human staff members.”

“Is that really feasible?”

“Why not?”

Zi Yi felt that Ian was making a fuss out of nothing. “If it’s fully automated with AI, there’s no need to worry about important information leaking out. Most importantly, there’s no one in the world that can complete the

experiments I plan to do.”

Ian was once again speechless.

He felt that Zi Yi was talking big again..