Cristino smiled and said, "For your movie shoot." He gestured to the nearby roads, the flowers covering the hillsides, "Is that enough?"
If not, he would add more.
Du Ruoxin: "…………"
No wonder it looked familiar. It was the scene from the movie "Fashion Queen" where the male and female leads fell in love.
She was responsible for filming the segment, and she was also responsible for the on-site setup.
But, what a waste!
Flowers for several streets! She only needed one shot!
Her brother's behavior was completely like a nouveau riche, someone who had been heavily fleeced, a foolish rich kid with more money than sense.
"How much did it cost?" she asked with a dejected expression.
Cristino's tone was flat, "Less than three hundred."
Du Ruoxin cried out, "Five million?!!!"
Heavens!
Was her brother not foolish?
Just a few streets with a few colors of flowers cost five million?!!!
Their crew's budget was less than fifty thousand, and Cristino had spent 100 times more!
Pfft—
Du Ruoxin looked at her own brother with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, her heart truly… churning, surging.
Cristino corrected, "4.98 million." Pounds.
The purpose of spending so much money was to prevent Du Ruoxin and Rong Jingyang from being in close proximity at Buckingham Palace; he feared they might spark something.
Then it would be too late.
Du Ruoxin felt a pain in her chest—was there a difference between 4.98 and 5 million? Was there? Nearly five million pounds converted to RMB was over forty million.
What a spendthrift!
She scoffed, "Don't you have anywhere to spend your money?"
If he couldn't find a place to spend it, she had thousands upon thousands of ways to help him spend it.
Cristino smiled and gently ruffled her hair, saying indulgently, "I am a businessman."
Du Ruoxin suppressed the urge to roll her eyes, "And then?"
Cristino: "A smart businessman, how could he let himself suffer a loss?"
Du Ruoxin: "So?"
How did he plan to earn back these over forty million RMB?
By relying on baby's breath and chrysanthemums?
Selling them for ten thousand each?
Were they fairy flowers? Or fairy herbs?
Du Ruoxin seriously suspected her brother had met a charlatan, who must have tricked him into buying these blessed flowers, promising he could count money until his hands cramped.
Then her brother would use the same rhetoric to trick a second and a third fool.
"It's very simple, you just need…" Cristino's words were cut short as her phone rang from her bag.
"Wait." She took out her phone and saw it was a video call from Miranda, sliding to answer.
"Darling…" As soon as she opened her mouth, Du Ruoxin saw her good friend trapped on a stool, her mouth taped shut with black tape. Her heart leaped to her throat.
"Miranda! How are you!" Who, who kidnapped her?
Du Ruoxin's hand holding the phone trembled, "Who are you? Did you tie her—"
Her voice suddenly stopped.
Because the camera flipped, and she saw Rong Jingyang.
That scoundrel!
Du Ruoxin's temper flared instantly, and she began to curse, "Rong Jingyang, you're crazy! Let Miranda go at once!"
Rong Jingyang's face was grim. He raised a syringe in his hand, "This is the blood of an AIDS patient. If you don't appear before me in half an hour, I will inject it into her body."
Du Ruoxin said urgently, "No! Let her go—"
However, without giving her time to speak, the man hung up the video.
Du Ruoxin could only vent her fury at the screen.
"Rong Jingyang, you bastard of a bastard!"
How dare he bully Miranda?
She would skin him alive!
Du Ruoxin turned around angrily and ran, but Cristino grabbed her, "Xin'er, calm down."
"Rong Jingyang won't harm Miranda. He just wants you to see him."
He saw through this little trick at a glance.
Du Ruoxin shook off her brother's hold, furious, "I will make him regret this!"
Her friend, she would not allow anyone to bully!
He had stepped on her reverse scale!
Cristino followed, and they went to Buckingham Palace together.
But the palace's owner did not welcome him. Cristino was stopped at the palace gate, forced to watch helplessly as Du Ruoxin disappeared.
For some reason, at this moment, his heart felt as if it had been hollowed out.
No!
Cristino's blue eyes turned alluring.