Chapter 56

The staff on the side politely put the
emerald pipe in front of Nicole, who
picked it up and looked at it. There was a
small red spot at the bottom of the
tobacco pipe.
‘So it is the real deal… Nicole thought.
“Thank you,” Nicole said to the staff.
She simply ignored the two women who
were on the side. Quinn could not stand it
anymore and coldly snorted. “Nicole, are
your eyes on your feet? Don’t you know
how to be polite when you see your
elders?”
“How did she treat me back then? She
never treated me properly when I was her
daughter-in-law and expects me to treat

her like an elder now?’
Nicole’s eyes flickered. She raised an
eyebrow and said, “Oh, Mrs. Ferguson,
you’re here too. What a coincidence!”
Her words were enough to make Quinn
die from exasperation.
Quinn’s face turned red with anger. “You
think that just because you have a
backer, you don’t need to respect me?
Don’t forget that I’m your mother-in-law!”



Before Nicole and Eric’s divorce, Quinn
had never considered herself as Nicole’s
mother-in-law. Instead, Quinn only
thought of herself as a master and
treated Nicole as if she was a servant.
Whenever Nicole went back to the
Ferguson Villa, Quinn would always find
ways to mock Nicole’s lowly ingratiation.
She would make Nicole do housework

Fortunately, her mother was here, so
Ingrid worked up the courage to speak.
The atmosphere felt heavy for a moment.
Nicole’s smile faded as she swept a cold
glance at Ingrid. “Are you trying to teach
me what to do?”
Ingrid shrank to the back and dared not
make another sound. She just looked at
her mother helplessly.

The Ferguson mother-daughter pair
originally wanted to pull Nicole off her
high horse, then coax her and take the
emerald pipe away, but it turned out that
Nicole did not do anything as they had
planned.
If not for the staff in the room, Quinn
would have been more straightforward



and would not have the patience to
babble on with Nicole.

and chores, and find excuses to reprimand and punish Nicole. Quinn would often bring back other
young single ladies from other affluent familiest o hang around in front of Nicole and even gave those
ladies Eric’s private numbers o that Nicole would know what to do and back off by herself. At that time,
Nicole was a thorn in Quinn’s side. Nicole could not help but laugh lightly.“ Have you gone senile? I
divorced your son long ago. You can find someone else to be your daughter-in-law…” “Nicole, you’re
so rude! How can you talk t o your elders like that?” Ingrid could not help but speak up. She was greatly
humiliated by Nicole on several occasions, so when she saw Nicole again, she began to fear her.

Fortunately, her mother was here, so Ingrid worked up the courage to speak. The atmosphere felt
heavy for a moment. Nicole’s smile faded as she swept a cold glance at Ingrid. “Are you trying to teach
me what to do?” Ingrid shrank to the back and dared not make another sound. She just looked at her
mother helplessly. The Ferguson mother-daughter pair originally wanted to pull Nicole off her high
horse, then coax her and take the emerald pipe away, but it turned out that Nicole did not do anything
as they had

planned.
If not for the staff in the room, Quinn
would have been more straightforward
and would not have the patience to
babble on with Nicole.

Quinn was a little nervous and said,” Nicole, I’ll give you $30 million. I must take the pipe!” She had
already contacted her son because she knew that she could not hide it any longer. If Nicole really took
their family heirloom away, not to mention her father-in-law, even her husband would not forgive her!
Nicole paused for a moment and laughed. “If you had $30 million, you could’ve raised the bid earlier
when it was still fair play. Now it’s too late.” “I’ve contacted Eric. He’ll be here soon.” Quinn knew how



obsessed Nicole was with her son. Once Eric was here, she was certain that Nicole would compromise
just to see him “Whether he comes or not doesn’t

change the fact that this emerald pipe is now mine.” Nicole laughed. ‘Does she still think that I’m the
stupid woman from three years ago? Does she think that I’ll forgive and forget everything when I hear
Eric’s name? “Nicole, $30 million is not a small amount. Can you even afford it?” Quinn did not believe
that the penniless Nicole could fork out $30 million so easily. Back then, Nicole married into the

Ferguson family without a penny to her
name. Quinn was laughed at by other high
-society women for having such a poor
daughter-in-law, so Nicole was a disgrace
to her.
Although Ingrid said that Nicole now had
a lot of men backing her, why would they

spend so much money on a divorced woman? Were those men dumb? Nicole hooked her lips, took out
the black card from her purse, and handed it to the staff at the side. “Swipe it.” There was no hesitation.
“Yes, Ms. Nicole.” The staff member took the card with both hands. Quinn and Ingrid stared at Nicole
with their pale faces. Ingrid felt so antsy and kept clutching her phone to call someone. ‘Who is she
calling? Eric Ferguson?’ Nicole smiled faintly. ‘It’s useless regardless of who shows up!’ She could
spend $30 million in a second without the slightest hesitation and could even afford to pay more than
$30 million as long as she wanted to!

“It’s useless for you to take this pipe. What’s the point of spending so much on i t?” Quinn softened her
attitude and used a roundabout way. “I only took it out so that everyone could see it. You know that this
is the old man’s life. He’ll die without this pipe. Do you want to see him suffer at such an old age?”
Quinn said and began to cry. ‘Who are you acting for?’ Nicole looked at Quinn with a cold gaze and
wanted to laugh “Since you said so yourself that this is Old Master Ferguson’s life, were you thinking of



killing him by putting it on auction? You’re the reason for his suffering at his old age. So… What do I
have to worry about? I bought this through the proper channels with real money. Anyone here can
testify to it. The old man is quite

revered in the industry, so I believe that he’ll understand what integrity means.” “Ms. Nicole, the
transaction is complete.” The staff carefully handed her the card. Nicole took it and signed her name on
the relevant documents. This emerald pipe officially belonged to her now. At that moment, the door was
suddenly pushed open…


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