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
Of course, Hua Feng was extremely unhappy to hear that. She was currently heading the Hua family business, after all."You're out of line, Sis. You agreed to marry into the Xie family yourself when Dad and Mum discussed the matter with you earlier on; none of us forced you. Besides, I'm not taking this sum of money for myself. Who do you think I've been working so hard every day for?""All right, Big Sis. I'll catch you later."Hua Sheng didn't like to argue and hung up immediately after sensing that their conversation was heading south.She did not care what her eldest sister thought about her. After all, the five sisters didn't really have a strong bond with each other.In fact, she could not be bothered with what other people thought about her. She had never thought of giving an official explanation to dispel all those rumors going around about her right now.In the headquarters of HR Bank...Old Master Jiang's assistant came to him with a piece of news immediately after he returned
Xie Dongyang had brought his buddy out for a spin and did not expect to bump into Jiang Liu.There weren't that many Rolls-Royces in River City, and Jiang Liu's license plate number was rather eye-catching—9999.It did not take much effort to tell that the car belonged to him.Xie Dongyang's interest was immediately piqued upon vaguely noticing that a young woman had gotten into the car with Jiang Liu.As such, he decided to follow them.He followed Jiang Liu's car from a distance until they arrived at a famous hotpot restaurant.They were famous for their delicious Sichuan mala hotpot, and it was said that they stir-fried the soup broth themselves.Jiang Liu brought Hua Sheng upstairs into a room he had reserved for them.Xie Dongyang, meanwhile, followed closely behind with his buddy.The restaurant owner recognized them as sons of rich tycoons and did not dare to stop them, for fear of offending them.He thought Xie Dongyang was here to meet up with Jiang Liu and gave him the room n
Xie Dongyang was stunned for 10 whole seconds before he began stuttering. "You... you... you're kidding, right?""I'm not, Mister Xie. I never joke around, especially with people I'm not familiar with."Jiang Liu was making it very clear that he didn't like to fool around and that he wasn't even close to Xie Dongyang."How... how is this possible?"The contrast between Xie Dongyang's original thoughts and reality were so great that he could not react for a while.He believed the rumors about the Fifth Young Mistress of the Huas being an ugly young woman with a stuttering problem whom even her own family didn't want to see.He would rather have died than agree to the arranged marriage.Eventually, his father told him that he had taken a fancy to a plot of land in South City that the Huas owned. They had promised to give it to the Xies after the marriage.Even though it was not really that valuable, it was situated at a newly developed district of the city. It was for this reason that th
Not even Xie Dongyang could understand his emotional state now, much less anyone else.He did not know why, but after being triggered that day, he started to check out Hua Sheng's background.At 5 p.m., in Xie Dongyang's own bar...His friend, the influential De, arrived with a cowskin pouch in hand.*"Master Xie, I've only managed to gather this much information... Please have a look."A cigarette dangled on Xie Dongyang's lips as he drew out a huge wad of cash from his purse that roughly amounted to about 700,000 dollars."You don't have to pay me, Master Xie. I was just doing a favor for you.""Keep it. You have employees to feed."Upon hearing that, De cheerfully accepted Xie Dongyang's reward.The young master then opened the cowskin pouch impatiently.He fished out a few photographs. They were really photos of Hua Sheng since she was a young girl.The first was taken when she was about five years old.She looked uncannily like her current self even at that young age. Anyone coul
"What do you want?"Xie Dongyang was a little irritated by her stickiness and sudden movement. He immediately and impolitely shoved her away."You're asking me? You've been evading me for the past four days. You haven't been picking up my calls or returning my messages in WeChat. Are you trying to hide from me?""I'm not.""Why are you evading me then? Are you still mad at me?"Liang Xiaoxiao knew that she overdid things that night. In fact, she was planning to make herself famous.However, she also wanted to prevent Xie Dongyang from marrying another woman and plotted to break up his wedding.So, she added a little sedative to Xie Dongyang's drinks that night.She wanted him to sleep in the next day, and she especially wanted the media to stop him from leaving the hotel.Xie Dongyang had suddenly become the center of attention in the city. Liang Xiaoxiao, who was a B-list actor, got the fame (or rather infamy) she was trying so hard to get.The result was a constant influx of calls fr
Xie Yun immediately became furious. "What rubbish are you talking about? You good-for-nothing!" he said scoldingly.Xie Dongyang cocked his head, his expression resolute. "I'm not talking nonsense, Dad. I'm for real this time."Even Madam Xie could hear no more. She hurriedly got up from her seat and dragged her son upstairs.She felt that it was extremely disgraceful for him to speak about the wedding in front of their relatives.She only began speaking softly after they were upstairs. "What are you trying to do, Son?"Xie Dongyang leaned against the wall, a cigarette dangling on his lips."I regret my decision, Mum. I'm going to snatch Hua Sheng back. After all, you guys tried to match us together."Madam Xie looked worried. She was choking with pent-up rage at her useless son. "Don't even think of bringing the matter up with your father. You'll only end up getting flogged again. Have you forgotten why he did that in the first place? We arranged for your wedding, selected a good date