TL: Zhao

　　Editing: Krisaia

　　Li Yiming chose to ignore Mrs. Qiang as he had more important matters to attend to. It was when she interjected that he turned his head toward her and noticed a cell phone on the desk right in front of where she sat.

　　'She still has her cell phone?' Given her status, Li Yiming was not completely surprised. After all, those who partic.i.p.ated in the auction were all important figures of society, and it would be outrageous to deprive them of their means to manage their business and a.s.sets. In reality, confiscating the cellphones of the unimportant guests was a way to control the divulgement of information and to protect the privacy of the wealthy and powerful.

　　"I need to make a call, it's really important. Could you help?" Li Yiming asked the vice-captain earnestly.

　　"That's not a problem, but both of us need to be in this room when making your call," The vice-captain answered with a smile after a brief glance at Mrs. Qiang.

　　"That's not a problem." Li Yiming gave a grateful nod and paced toward the telephone.

　　"Wait!" Mrs. Qiang suddenly intervened.

　　Li Yiming stopped as he extended his hand toward the phone.

　　"You need to wait in line, don't you?" Mrs. Qiang stood up from her chair and said with a sly grin.

　　"Mrs. Qiang…" The vice-captain did not know the reason for her interposition. As soon as Mrs. Qiang entered the room, the vice-captain knew that she was there to ask information about another guest on the cruise s.h.i.+p. After all, he was the one who managed the background data files for every individual that partic.i.p.ated in the auction.

　　"I also want to use the phone. I was here first." Mrs. Qiang stared at the vice-captain.

　　"Don't you have your own phone?" Chen Quan was perplexed. He pointed at the cell phone on the table, which was decorated with glittering accessories, suggesting that it belonged to a woman.

　　"The battery's dead." Mrs. Qiang smiled and waved her phone before putting it into her handbag. After an approving glance from the vice-captain, she picked up the satellite phone.

　　"It's urgent," Chen Quan said after glancing at Li Yiming, whose countenance sunk gradually.

　　"But I've also got something urgent. Young people nowadays…" Mrs. Qiang tossed her hair behind her shoulders and glanced at Li Yiming. She was pleased with the turn of events that allowed her to exact revenge. After going over the events that happened on the upper deck, she wondered what gave Li Yiming the courage to humiliate publicly. She suspected that even the money that he used to pay the young model came from Fang Shui'er.

　　'Fang Shui'er… Did I p.i.s.s you off?' Mrs. Qiang pondered as she waited for the call to go through.