Chapter 725: Chapter 725: Who Says We Lost? Chapter 725: Chapter 725: Who Says We Lost? Because of Brandon Piers’ action, Adam Piers’ face showed even more frustration. “Brother, I’m sorry.”

“It’s not your fault.” Although the smell of alcohol on Adam was displeasing, Brandon answered his question decisively.

But Adam didn’t feel the same. “How could it not be my fault? If it wasn’t because I miscalculated, how could we have lost the land in the East Side?”

What’s even more ridiculous was that a tech company’s bid was only a billion less than his. He not only lost to Joshua Piers but also almost to an insignificant company with no foundation.

And it was obviously his inadequate preliminary investigation that let this happen. He found out Evergrowing’s bid was twenty-three billion, so he specially requested from Brandon to raise it to twenty-five billion, but Evergrowing directly bid thirty billion, six times higher than the base price.

“There was nothing wrong with your preliminary work. We just didn’t expect Evergrowing to be so extravagant.” Brandon’s tone was bland, but it was very comforting.

Evergrowing itself couldn’t possibly come up with such a huge sum at once, so the most likely scenario was that the Croft family behind Joshua was supporting them.

Brandon didn’t lie to Adam. He indeed knew that Evergrowing wouldn’t be so extravagant, but he knew Joshua could.

“No matter what, the result is I failed.” Adam knew Brandon was comforting him, but it only made him more dispirited. He had initially hoped to change Bertha Swift’s impression of him through this, but he ended up utterly defeated.

But Brandon slightly raised his eyebrows at this. “Who said we lost?”

“We didn’t lose?” Adam looked at Brandon in confusion. In such a public and fair bidding process, once the result was announced, there was no more room for maneuver.

“Besides the land in the East Side, I remember I asked you to bid on another piece. Did you get it?” Brandon suddenly shifted the topic.

“Oh, you mean the urban village in the suburbs? Yes, I got it for three billion. You know that piece of land is just a chicken rib. Although the price is very low, the demolition cost is too high, and even the government doesn’t want to take over. If it wasn’t to look good to the higher-ups, I would have wanted to get it for two billion.” Adam didn’t understand why Brandon suddenly brought up this piece of land and couldn’t help murmuring.

Brandon nodded. “Oh, what do you think the compensation for the demolition would be?”

“I had my team evaluate it. It would take at least ten billion. Although it’s in the suburbs, it has a large population. There’s no way to demolish it without at least a hundred thousand for each household, and transportation is also a problem.” Adam was focused on the East Side, but he was still very attentive to the tasks Brandon gave him.

Brandon gave Adam a mysterious smile. “Go home early and get some rest.”

After talking about the suburbs, Adam, still in low spirits, said, “…”

That was it?

Adam looked at Brandon in confusion, but Brandon had already turned around and headed upstairs.

Adam panicked. “I haven’t finished talking! Can I stay in the company?”

“The land you got is naturally your responsibility.” Brandon threw back this sentence without turning his head.

Adam, who had been dejected, suddenly brightened up. He stood up straight and saluted, “Rest assured, I’ll get it done this time!”

But after shouting, his body relaxed and returned to his dandy demeanor.

Pullan, standing nearby, glanced at him strangely and quickly followed his boss.

…

Abigail tossed and turned all night. She finally dozed off around five in the morning. Upon waking, she saw a soft, puffy little face.

“Mama, Mama…” Seeing Abigail open her eyes, Teddy happily called out for her, his eyes resembling hers and looking very beautiful.

Abigail’s terrible mood from the night before was instantly cured by her son. She reached out, picked up the little guy, and put him on her stomach. “Teddy, tell Mama, how did you get in here?”

“Doggy!” Teddy understood Abigail’s question and pointed to the side of the bed.

Abigail then noticed Threo was also there. She raised her eyebrows, so the little guy climbed into bed on Threo? Her eyes were full of astonishment and disbelief. “Did it lift you onto the bed?”

“Teddy climbed, Teddy climbed…” Teddy was very smart and could understand many complex sentences, but he wasn’t great at expressing himself. Hearing his mom’s words, he immediately raised a protest.

Abigail raised her eyebrows. “So Teddy climbed up by himself? Our Teddy is amazing!”

“Hee hee hee…” Teddy laughed happily when he was praised by his mom.

Abigail couldn’t resist laughing along with her son. Then she noticed that although Teddy’s eyes were similar in shape to hers, they weren’t as dark as they used to be but had some brown in them. Usually, she didn’t pay attention to this. But now, bathed in the morning sunlight, she could clearly see that her little guy’s eyes had a layer of amber, like glass, sparkling.

Originally, Abigail had restrained herself from thinking about Brandon, but she thought of the engagement announcement she saw last night and sighed. She sat up and kissed Teddy on the cheek. “Teddy, do you want to see Daddy?”

“Mama kiss,” Teddy loved being kissed by his mom. After one kiss, he leaned up again.

Abigail laughed. “Mama is asking if Teddy wants to see Daddy?”

“Yes.” Teddy, seeing Mama didn’t kiss him, leaned up and kissed her. He had no idea what Daddy was but followed along with Mama’s words.

Abigail felt a bit sad. Children are the clingiest creatures but also the most forgetful. Teddy used to cling to Brandon all the time, but after just a month, the little guy already forgot what Daddy was.

Sighing softly, Abigail looked at the little guy who was kissing her face all over. “Since Teddy misses Daddy so much, shall we go see Daddy?”

“Okay.” Teddy responded cheerfully, which seemed to indicate he understood.

At that moment, urgent footsteps sounded outside, followed by a knock on the door. Abigail responded. Aunt Claudia pushed the door open and saw Teddy sitting on Abigail’s body. She breathed a sigh of relief. “You scared me. Lois was making breakfast, and I just turned to get some milk and he disappeared. I looked around the first floor and couldn’t find him. How did he get up here?”

This is the second floor.

“I didn’t even know how he got on the bed.” Abigail was even more surprised.

Teddy saw Aunt Claudia and thought she was going to take him downstairs. The little body rolled off Abigail, then clambered to the bed’s edge. Threo immediately bent down, and Abigail and Aunt Claudia watched in astonishment as Teddy climbed on Threo’s back, slid down Threo’s leg, stood up while holding the bed frame, and wobbled his little body. “Mama, eat!”

Abigail and Aunt Claudia were both stunned. They knew Teddy was smart, but he was only about a year old. The series of movements just now really shocked both of them.

And Threo, was this dog really that smart?

“Mama…” Teddy called out again, seeing that his Mama wasn’t paying attention and sat on the bed dazedly. He anxiously shouted, clearly feeling that eating was the most important thing in life.