The Huas had never expected that the youngest member of their family, whom they always thought to be not outstanding at all, could be so appreciated by the Jiangs and the heir to their empire.Everyone could tell from Jiang Liu's tone that he treasured his newly-wedded wife. It was not condescending at all.The Huas had five daughters. The eldest, Hua Feng, and the second, Hua Qing, had already gotten married and were over 30.Even though the third, Hua Zhi, was still single, she was already 28. Xie Dongyang was only 26—two years her junior.Furthermore, Hua Zhi was an A-list celebrity who had achieved Best Actor awards, so judging from her achievements and temperament, she would never look up to a playboy like Xie Dongyang. After all, he had been involved in various scandalous affairs with many female stars.Hua Lin was a university lecturer and taught history. She was already 26, but even though she was still a bachelorette, she had a boyfriend who was a policeman, and they were real
Jiang Liu walked into the room as he spoke, as if he had known Hua Sheng and her grandmother for a long time.He did not really have much to chat about with Hua Sheng's parents and sisters; they did not have much in common. After talking with them for a short while, Jiang Liu cooked up an excuse that he wanted to visit Grandma Hua and walked into the backyard.He did not expect to hear Hua Sheng and her grandmother speaking about him the moment he stepped in; it was entirely coincidental.Hua Sheng was a little embarrassed to be caught red-handed, so she remained silent.The old lady, on the other hand, was a little happy.She waved her hand and gave instructions to the attendants. "Bring a chair over for this child now.""How are you feeling, Granny?""Good, good, good... I've been feeling good recently. You two are really fated to be together. Sheng has already told me that your family has been treating her really well.""Oh? She said that?" Jiang Liu replied, amused. He turned his h
"I don't care... We've already gotten a room at Divine Beauty and ordered our drinks. All you have to do is turn up to foot the bill."The voice hung up before Jiang Liu had a chance to reject him.Jiang Liu glanced at Hua Sheng. She was still expressionless.There was no hint of her feeling remorseful at all.Jiang Liu thought about it before giving an explanation to his wife. "Divine Beauty is a place used by businessmen to entertain their guests and for men to have a drink with their close friends. I'm just going to spend some time there. I'll ask the driver to send you home if you don't want to go.""All right." The reply came very quickly.Jiang Liu felt he owed Hua Sheng a more detailed explanation after sensing that she had replied rather too quickly."There's no hanky-panky allowed there, please don't be mistaken.""You're the one who's mistaken. To be honest, I don't care where you go. What you do has nothing to do with me at all."Hua Sheng was making it extremely clear that
Jiang Liu was being at his very calmest. "She didn't come," he replied indifferently."What a diss to you! She shouldn't have..."Everyone was as surprised as Gao He. After all, the bride must have come from a family that wasn't as rich as the Jiangs.Any other woman would have felt it necessary to show her appreciation for having the honor of marrying into the Jiang family.Who wouldn't be aware enough to show Jiang Liu enough respect when it was due?What sort of woman would be so not self-aware?Qin Wanyu piled it on. "I believe it's not your wife that didn't want to come, right? You must have prevented her from coming. You're really a stingy fellow, you know that? You can't bear for us to look at your wife and want to keep her all to yourself, right?"Jiang Liu strode up toward Qin Wanyu and sat down beside him, resting his weight on the sofa."You really understand me, you know that?"A few men laughed."Say, since our beloved Young Master Jiang has suddenly gotten married, I thin
"Xie Dongyang's the unfortunate one; Hua Sheng is a very fine person."Jiang Liu never judged other people easily.When he did, he was usually spot on.First, he made it clear that Xie Dongyang was unlucky for screwing up his own wedding.Secondly, he was telling his friends that his wife was a great person, and that he was very pleased to have her as his partner.Gao He spoke up impatiently before Qin Wanyu and Wang Junxian could react."Are you for real, brother? You needn't lie to us... I've heard rumors that the Fifth Young Mistress of the Huas is uneducated, has never been to school, and is not respected in her family. She was brought up into the hills by her grandmother at a young age for cultivation. How interesting can an uneducated person who is also a vegetarian be? Right, right... They're also saying that she stutters and can't speak coherently. Also, she's known to be extremely ugly. Would someone as crafty as Xie Dongyang allow news of his scandal to be leaked otherwise? H
Just hearing Song Meiqi speak, her stupidity was evident.She was already in her 20s, yet she was still unable to filter her own thoughts.She had just blurted out whatever was on her mind.Putting aside the matter of whether or not what she said was true, wouldn't it be disgraceful for Jiang Liu to question him like this in front of everyone?Was that supposed to be a confession? She was obviously here to spoil Jiang Liu's day.Both Qin Wanyu and Wang Junxian looked at Jiang Liu simultaneously. They believed that Song Meiqi's words would have driven him mad with rage.Jiang Liu did not become enraged, however.He took a long drag of his cigar before replying coldly, "Are we even that close in the first place?"Song Meiqi was speechless.Her eyes were wide open with shock, as if she was unable to comprehend that those cold words had come from Jiang Liu.He was not really wrong, however. The Songs were direct relatives with the Xies, but not that close to the Jiangs.Even so, Song Meiqi
A voice came from behind him at this time. "Young Master, the mistress has already fallen asleep.""Oh," Jiang Liu muttered as he turned around to see Gingko, Hua Sheng's personal attendant, standing behind him.Hua Sheng traveled around everywhere with two female attendants. It was easy to differentiate them, as one had double eyelids, and the other only single eyelids.The maid with double eyelids was known as Peach, while the other was called Gingko.It was said that they had been attending to Hua Sheng for more than a decade."Are you free now, Young Master? There are some things that I think I should go over with you.""Sure."Jiang Liu wasn't feeling like sleeping anyway. Besides, he knew that the girls would not have approached him directly for something unimportant.He was proved to be right after they went downstairs.Peach considerately brewed a pot of tea for him to help with his hangover.Gingko then walked up to him with a small booklet in her hand.As Jiang Liu watched he
She was really overthinking this... Where would he find the time and energy to have a child with another woman?He would most likely have his hands full just dealing with her. How could he possibly spare the time and effort to fool around?Did she really think that he was a playboy in the same mold as Xie Dongyang? The kind that had nothing better to do than drink, splurge unnecessarily, and hook up with female celebrities every day?Jiang Liu was the complete opposite of that. He had been accompanying his father to board meetings to take notes since he was 10.He could hold morning briefings by himself at 16, and by 18, he had already become the legal representative of the HR Private Bank.In other words, Old Master Jiang had been cultivating his son over the past few years, and he was about to hand the reins of the family business to him.Rather than feeling uneasy about passing on the business to his son like many other entrepreneurs, Old Master Jiang felt that he could trust him co