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"Aunt, please don't have the secretary write a check for now. That piece of land is worth twenty million. I'm afraid of carrying such a large check; it might get lost."

At this point, Charlotte had already opened her handbag and took out a check. The amount on the check was only one million. This was the price of that piece of land twenty years ago, and she didn't intend to redeem it at its current market value.

Isabella's words caused a slight crack in Charlotte's perfect smile. She awkwardly stuffed the check back into her bag.

Emily stood on the side, her eyes red with anxiety. In her view, Mrs. Brown didn't favor her because she didn't have as substantial a dowry as Isabella.

Isabella ignored them and turned to David, "Dad, your old classmates and colleagues all know that the land deed of the ancestral house is in my mom's name. If you use your ex-wife's things as a dowry for your stepdaughter, it will only make people laugh. Besides, Brown family doesn't insist on that piece of l