Qi Tian wasn't interested in the price that needed to be paid to the Lianying Trade Union. He was thinking of something else. According to Bai YuJie, the Lianying Trade Union was an entity that even the City Lord's Mansion had to give way to. The Cai family was even more powerful than the City Lord's Mansion, and the Yi family was on par with the Cai family. It was unlikely under normal circumstances for the Lianying Trade Union to allow the Yi family to search during the auction. The only explanation was that the Lianying Trade Union was being coerced by a power stronger than the Yi family, forcing it to relent.
Who is this force? The answer was becoming clear.
Miss Li!