The man smiled proudly, "What is there to be afraid of? Our company's most important task now is to penetrate the markets of the four capitals. You wait for my good news."
Chu Yunying was very happy to hear him say he wasn't afraid, "When it's all settled, remember to give me shares. I contributed too."
The man said in a deep voice, "You will naturally not be shortchanged on benefits."
Chu Yunying happily hung up the phone.
Without looking behind her, she left via the stairs.
She didn't see Xiao Fan, who had returned to retrieve the contract Mu Jiuchen had left on the table.
Watching Chu Yunying walk away, he then went into the private room and left with the contract.
Back in the car, he sat still, stunned by what he had just heard.
Mu Jiuchen watched him sitting there blankly, not starting the car. Xiao Fan's usually busy handsome face looked a bit haggard. Mu Jiuchen frowned and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Xiao Fan snapped back to attention, turned to look at him, and said, "Master, pinch me!"
Mu Jiuchen: "..." He must be out of his mind!
He pinched his arm hard.
"Ah..." Xiao Fan cried out in pain and complained to Mu Jiuchen, "Master, you are too rough! I just asked you to pinch me. Am I dreaming?"
Mu Jiuchen frowned, "Are you sick?"
Xiao Fan quickly shook his head, "I'm not sick! I just can't believe what I heard."
Xiao Fan recounted what he had overheard when he went back to get the contract to Mu Jiuchen.
Mu Jiuchen was surprised, "You said Chu Yunying mentioned seeking revenge for Madam Jiang?"
Xiao Fan repeated Chu Yunying's words.
"What I found out is that you can cooperate with her. It just so happens that she needs this kind of cooperation now. She has fallen out with Mu Jiuchen, which is the perfect time for you to avenge Madam Jiang. And we can use her to make money. Do you dare?"
"Oh!" Mu Jiuchen mused, how did Chu Yunying know Madam Jiang?
He hadn't seen Chu Yunying at those few banquets, and she had even allied with Madam Jiang's people.
Madam Jiang also had a collaborator behind her, someone who was likely responsible for treating Jiang Xian.
Mu Jiuchen's eyes deepened with a cunning gleam. He pursed his lips slightly, contemplating the possibility of Chu Yunying knowing Madam Jiang.
"Get out and keep an eye on Chu Yunying and Jiang Siyu. No matter where they go, take photos for me."
Xiao Fan: "..." Serves me right for being so nosy.
Now he's got chest pains!
The cargo ship incident hasn't been cleared up, and now he has another task of tailing people.
Mu Jiuchen saw Xiao Fan's dejected look and gave him a bonus, "I'll give you an extra 100,000 at the end of the month."
Xiao Fan seemed to be injected with adrenaline, fully revitalized.
"Thank you, Master! I'll go now. But I need to take the car." He can't do without a car.
He was going all out for that 100,000 yuan.
Mu Jiuchen let him take the car and got out with his gifts, hailing a taxi by the roadside to go back.
Xiao Fan saw Chu Yunying get out. She hailed a taxi by the roadside. He drove to follow her.
Mu Jiuchen bought supper on the way back and carried it.
As soon as he entered the Lu family residence, he heard cheerful voices.
"Yunyun, this princess dress suits you so well," Jin Yan's happy voice chimed in.
"Thank you, Grandma! I really like this princess dress!" Jiang Siyun looked herself up and down, thinking how beautiful she was!
Mu Jiuchen quickened his pace and went inside. He saw only Lu Chengsi and his wife, Jiang Nuan, and the two children at home.
Mu Jiuchen greeted them and then looked at his daughter in the white princess dress.
His little princess had grown a lot and was becoming more beautiful.
"Dad bought you supper."
Mu Jiuchen handed the supper to Jiang Yukuo, who was overjoyed.
The happiest part was getting to eat supper.
Lu Chengsi saw the gifts in Mu Jiuchen's hand. As a man, he could tell his son-in-law's intentions.
"Xiao Jiu, you and Nuan Nuan go back and rest. We will take good care of the children."
Mu Jiuchen looked gratefully at his father-in-law, "Thank you, Dad! Then we'll head back to the city. We have an early meeting tomorrow morning."
"Alright, alright." He just wanted to keep the children.
Mu Jiuchen had monopolized his daughter since he returned, and he had to find an opportunity even to speak to her. It was better to let the couple go back.
Jiang Nuan said goodbye and reluctantly left with Mu Jiuchen.
However, as soon as she opened the door, she saw the elderly Madam Jin and Jin Tong standing outside.
Jiang Nuan frowned slightly. Why were they here so late?
Mu Jiuchen saw the two and frowned, his expression turning cold.
Jin Tong looked at Jiang Nuan and asked softly, somewhat embarrassed, "Nuan Nuan, is your wound feeling better?"
Jin Tong's sudden concern made Jiang Nuan uncomfortable.
"It's better. Do you need something?" Jiang Nuan's voice was flat, betraying no emotion. Her exquisite face was so cold it was almost inhuman.
This was her mother's sister. Her mother couldn't just watch her own sister die.
She wasn't heartless, just that some people weren't worth sympathizing with.
"That's good!" Jin Tong pursed her lips slightly, smiling faintly.
Jiang Nuan stepped aside and said, "Come in."
Jiang Nuan and Mu Jiuchen had no choice but to go back.
Jin Yan's expression soured when she saw her mother and sister arrive again.
"What are you doing here?" she suddenly stood up and asked angrily.
Thinking of Jin Tong causing her daughter's injury, she was furious.
Some people were inherently malicious!
"Why are you yelling? I'm gracing you with my presence," the old lady's deeply ingrained beliefs were unlikely to change.
Jin Tong also lowered her head aggrievedly. If it weren't for her treatment, why would she lower herself to come here?
After thinking about it for a long time, she thought, why bother with a little bastard? Just say a few nice words, and she'd be fawning over her and obediently getting treated.
The Jin family had always been in a position of superiority. In their eyes, others should be flattering them; they had never spoken in a subservient tone to anyone.
"Heh heh..." Jin Yan sneered, looking at the feigning-innocent Jin Tong, which only made her angrier.
"Jin Tong, pretending to be like this to gain my daughter's sympathy, don't you feel ashamed? I also grew up in the Jin family, don't I know your family's temperament?"
"Also, if you're going to pretend, at least do it convincingly. This fake act is truly awkward."
Jin Tong: "..."
Jin Yan was furious. For her mother's sake, Jiang Nuan would treat Jin Tong if she said just one word. But she knew the deep-rooted beliefs of the Jin family.
They only knew how to enjoy from a position of superiority and had never experienced the lives of those at the bottom.
In their eyes, having money made one superior. Moreover, the Jin family had been wealthy since generations before her great-grandfather. Such ingrained beliefs couldn't be changed in a day or two.
Jin Tong was putting on an act to solicit sympathy!
For the sake of her life, she would do anything to say a few nice words.
Jin Tong would not hesitate to do so.
"Jin Yan, you..."
"Heh heh..." Jin Yan interrupted her with a cold laugh, "I made you lose your composure with just one sentence. Don't always bother my daughter. You look down on her yet want her to treat you. Aren't you afraid of soiling your noble body? You are too noble; we Lu family cannot afford to be associated with you. You should leave." Jin Yan showed no mercy.
Jin Tong's face turned red and looked terrible.
However, the old lady noticed Jiang Yukuo and his sister.
She asked with a stern face, "This is Jiang Nuan's little bastard born out of wedlock at eighteen!"